1968 Chinese zodiac
This lunar year is the Yang Earth Monkey. Its lunar year begins January 30, 1968 and ends February 16, 1969; birthdays before the start date remain in the Goat year.
What is the 1968 Chinese zodiac sign?
The complete sign is Yang Earth Monkey, written 戊申. The animal supplies the curious, agile, and playfully intelligent archetype, while Earth adds stability, care, practicality, integration to the traditional reading.
Anyone born from January 30, 1968 through February 16, 1969 has this popular birth-year sign. A Gregorian birthday earlier than January 30, 1968 belongs to the Fire Goat year instead.
1968 Chinese zodiac dates
Lunar New Year divides the Gregorian year. This timeline shows where the Monkey sign begins and why January or early-February birthdays require a complete date.
January 1 – January 29
January 30, 1968 – February 16, 1969
1968 Monkey personality
The Monkey experiments. Traditional readings highlight fast learning, humor, improvisation, and a willingness to test rules to see whether a better route is available.
Earth influence
Earth receives, organizes, and supports. In a zodiac combination it adds realism, patience, and concern for lasting security.
Earth helps an animal sign translate instinct into practical structures and dependable routines. Too much Earth may become cautious or fixed. New information and movement prevent stability from becoming stagnation.
1968 Chinese zodiac compatibility
Snake is the secret friend; Rat and Dragon share the same trine; Tiger is opposite. These are broad year-sign patterns, not relationship predictions.
Meaning of the 1968 Chinese zodiac
This year sign combines the animal’s established cultural image with the movement associated with Earth. Monkey symbolism ranges from playful cleverness to heroic rebellion. Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of Journey to the West, is one of the best-known figures in Chinese literature.
In an element reading, Earth emphasizes stability, care, practicality, integration. The result is not a scientific personality type, and people born in the same lunar year remain individuals shaped by family, society, experience, and choice.
Use this page as a calendar reference first and a folklore guide second. The complete Earth Monkey profile explores the combination across all recurring years, while the Monkey animal page compares all five element versions.
1968 Chinese zodiac FAQ
Always compare the birthday with Lunar New Year before assigning the Gregorian year’s main animal.
What animal is the 1968 Chinese zodiac?
1968 is the Year of the Monkey for birthdays from January 30, 1968 through February 16, 1969. Birthdays before January 30, 1968 belong to the preceding Goat year.
What element is 1968?
1968 carries the Earth element in its Yang form, producing the complete Yang Earth Monkey sign.
Is everyone born in 1968 a Monkey?
No. People born before Lunar New Year on January 30, 1968 belong to the preceding Goat lunar year.