Sheng Xiao
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
Sheng Xiao assigns one of twelve animals (Rat through Pig) to each lunar year, often paired with an element color on a ten-year stem cycle.
If you were born in January or early February, your animal may belong to the previous lunar year. Our Chinese calculator and reader use Lunar New Year tables, not the Gregorian calendar alone.
Not the same as Ba Zi Four Pillars
Sheng Xiao here means birth-year animal. Ba Zi (Four Pillars) adds month, day, and hour pillars, a separate, deeper chart on our Ba Zi page.
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These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links into the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Vedic folk pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Vedic Rising Sign CalculatorLagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Vedic Moon Sign CalculatorJanma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.