The Almanac of Signs and Years
Horoscope Animals
One animal for every horoscope, set by the year you were born.
People search for their horoscope animal, or their Zodi Animal, and mean the same thing: the single creature you get when your star sign meets your birth year. Its full name is your Primal Zodiac Animal. Your Zodi Animal, whose full name is your Primal Zodiac Animal, is what we call your Zodi Animal. Twelve Sun signs cross twelve Chinese zodiac years, so there are 144 in all. Pick yours below, or read down to your sign.
Find your horoscope animal
Choose your Sun sign and the animal of your birth year.
Also known as
Zodi Animal · Primal Zodiac Animal · Zodi Animal
Three names, one idea. The one we keep is the Zodi Animal.
Aries horoscope animals
A Aries (March 21 to April 19) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Taurus horoscope animals
A Taurus (April 20 to May 20) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Gemini horoscope animals
A Gemini (May 21 to June 20) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Cancer horoscope animals
A Cancer (June 21 to July 22) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Leo horoscope animals
A Leo (July 23 to August 22) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Virgo horoscope animals
A Virgo (August 23 to September 22) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Libra horoscope animals
A Libra (September 23 to October 22) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Scorpio horoscope animals
A Scorpio (October 23 to November 21) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Sagittarius horoscope animals
A Sagittarius (November 22 to December 21) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Capricorn horoscope animals
A Capricorn (December 22 to January 19) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Aquarius horoscope animals
A Aquarius (January 20 to February 18) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
Pisces horoscope animals
A Pisces (February 19 to March 20) is one of these twelve animals, set by birth year.
What is my horoscope animal?
It is the single creature named where your Western Sun sign crosses your Chinese zodiac year. Twelve signs and twelve years make 144 of them. On this site that creature is your Zodi Animal.
How can one Sun sign have twelve different animals?
The Sun sign sets only half. The birth year sets the other half. A Leo born in a Rat year and a Leo born in a Horse year land in two different cells, so they carry two different animals.
Is a horoscope animal the same as a Primal Zodiac Animal?
Yes. The full name is Primal Zodiac Animal, informally a Zodi Animal. It is the same idea we call a Zodi Animal, one animal for each of the 144 sign and year crossings.
Where do the 144 animals come from?
The grid crosses two public systems, the Western zodiac and the Chinese zodiac. Twelve times twelve is 144. Each cell is given one animal, and each animal has its own reading.
See the full 12 by 12 gridMeet all 144 animalsHow the crossing works