Monkey strengths in tradition
- Clever and inventive
- Curious and quick to learn
- Playful and good company
- Versatile problem-solver
2088 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Monkey
The 2088 Chinese year will run from Saturday 24 January 2088 to Wednesday 9 February 2089.
Its sign is the Yang Earth Monkey: 戊申 (Wù-shēn) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–23 January 2088? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Fire Goat of 2087.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 24 January – 3 February 2088: Earth Monkey by Chinese New Year, Fire Goat by Lichun.
- 4 February 2088 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Goat before 04:58 China time and Earth Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey.
- 3 February 2089 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Monkey before 10:54 China time and Earth Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Monkey.
- 4–9 February 2089: Earth Monkey by Chinese New Year, Earth Rooster by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology
An Earth Monkey is described as steadier and more reliable, with a calm mind and a strong sense of fairness.
The Monkey is the ninth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with cleverness, curiosity and a playful, inventive mind. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
Monkey challenges in tradition
- Easily bored
- Can be mischievous
- Overconfident at times
- Restless and hard to pin down
Traditions, not predictions. The Monkey in love and at work · The five elements
Other Monkey years
The Earth Monkey every 60 years
← 2087 Fire Goat · 2089 Earth Rooster → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2088?
2088 is the Year of the Earth Monkey (yang Earth, 戊申 Wù-shēn), from 24 January 2088 to 9 February 2089. Anyone born 1–23 January 2088 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Fire Goat.
What element is 2088 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 戊 (Wù). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2088 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 24 January 2088, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Fire Goat of the 2087 Chinese year; from 24 January 2088 on, it is the Earth Monkey. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2088, 04:58 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2088?
On Saturday 24 January 2088 (China time). The next one, on Thursday 10 February 2089, begins the Year of the Earth Rooster.