Dragon strengths in tradition
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Confident and decisive
- Ambitious and visionary
- Generous with its energy
2096 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Dragon
The 2096 Chinese year will run from Wednesday 25 January 2096 to Monday 11 February 2097.
Its sign is the Yang Fire Dragon: 丙辰 (Bǐng-chén) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–24 January 2096? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Rabbit of 2095.
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:
- 25 January – 3 February 2096: Fire Dragon by Chinese New Year, Wood Rabbit by Lichun.
- 4 February 2096 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Rabbit before 03:46 China time and Fire Dragon from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Dragon.
- 3 February 2097 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Dragon before 09:42 China time and Fire Snake from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Dragon.
- 4–11 February 2097: Fire Dragon by Chinese New Year, Fire Snake by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology
A Fire Dragon is traditionally the most intense and ambitious Dragon – passionate, outspoken and driven to lead.
The Dragon is the fifth Chinese zodiac animal and the only mythical one, associated in tradition with vitality, ambition and natural authority. Fire is the element of warmth and energy, linked in Chinese tradition with summer, passion and outward expression.
Dragon challenges in tradition
- Can be proud or domineering
- Impatient with slower people
- Sets very high standards
- Dislikes taking advice
Traditions, not predictions. The Dragon in love and at work · The five elements
Other Dragon years
The Fire Dragon every 60 years
← 2095 Wood Rabbit · 2097 Fire Snake → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2096?
2096 is the Year of the Fire Dragon (yang Fire, 丙辰 Bǐng-chén), from 25 January 2096 to 11 February 2097. Anyone born 1–24 January 2096 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Rabbit.
What element is 2096 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 丙 (Bǐng). Fire years are years ending in 6 or 7 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2096 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 25 January 2096, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Rabbit of the 2095 Chinese year; from 25 January 2096 on, it is the Fire Dragon. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2096, 03:46 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2096?
On Wednesday 25 January 2096 (China time). The next one, on Tuesday 12 February 2097, begins the Year of the Fire Snake.