1939 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Rabbit

1939 is the Year of the Earth Rabbit — a Yin Earth year. The animal sign is the Rabbit, the fourth of the 12-animal cycle.

1939 carries the Earth element (Yin Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Rabbit combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1939, the Year of the Rabbit, are traditionally described as gentle, elegant, and alert. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality are emphasised.

The Rabbit is traditionally most compatible with the Goat, Pig, Dog.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1939, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Tiger (the 1938 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.