1968 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Monkey

1968 is the Year of the Earth Monkey — a Yang Earth year. The animal sign is the Monkey, the ninth of the 12-animal cycle.

1968 carries the Earth element (Yang Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Monkey combination returns only once every 60 years.

Those born in 1968, the Year of the Monkey, are traditionally described as sharp, curious, and inventive. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality are emphasised.

The Monkey is traditionally most compatible with the Rat, Dragon, Snake.

Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1968, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Goat (the 1967 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.