Birthdays / August
Born on August 24: Chinese zodiac and element
Every August 24 birthday falls in a Metal solar month of the Four Pillars (BaZi) calendar. Your zodiac animal, year element and Day Master depend on the year, so the table below works out all three for every year from 1950 to 2026.
Solar month element
Metal
August 24, 2000 zodiac
Metal Dragon
August 24, 2000 Day Master
Yang Wood
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August 24 by year
| Year | Zodiac | Year element | Day Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Tiger | Metal (Yang) | Yin Metal Rabbit |
| 1951 | Rabbit | Metal (Yin) | Yang Fire Monkey |
| 1952 | Dragon | Water (Yang) | Yang Water Tiger |
| 1953 | Snake | Water (Yin) | Yin Fire Goat |
| 1954 | Horse | Wood (Yang) | Yang Water Rat |
| 1955 | Goat | Wood (Yin) | Yin Fire Snake |
| 1956 | Monkey | Fire (Yang) | Yin Water Pig |
| 1957 | Rooster | Fire (Yin) | Yang Earth Dragon |
| 1958 | Dog | Earth (Yang) | Yin Water Rooster |
| 1959 | Pig | Earth (Yin) | Yang Earth Tiger |
| 1960 | Rat | Metal (Yang) | Yang Wood Monkey |
| 1961 | Ox | Metal (Yin) | Yin Earth Ox |
| 1962 | Tiger | Water (Yang) | Yang Wood Horse |
| 1963 | Rabbit | Water (Yin) | Yin Earth Pig |
| 1964 | Dragon | Wood (Yang) | Yin Wood Snake |
| 1965 | Snake | Wood (Yin) | Yang Metal Dog |
| 1966 | Horse | Fire (Yang) | Yin Wood Rabbit |
| 1967 | Goat | Fire (Yin) | Yang Metal Monkey |
| 1968 | Monkey | Earth (Yang) | Yang Fire Tiger |
| 1969 | Rooster | Earth (Yin) | Yin Metal Goat |
| 1970 | Dog | Metal (Yang) | Yang Fire Rat |
| 1971 | Pig | Metal (Yin) | Yin Metal Snake |
| 1972 | Rat | Water (Yang) | Yin Fire Pig |
| 1973 | Ox | Water (Yin) | Yang Water Dragon |
| 1974 | Tiger | Wood (Yang) | Yin Fire Rooster |
| 1975 | Rabbit | Wood (Yin) | Yang Water Tiger |
| 1976 | Dragon | Fire (Yang) | Yang Earth Monkey |
| 1977 | Snake | Fire (Yin) | Yin Water Ox |
| 1978 | Horse | Earth (Yang) | Yang Earth Horse |
| 1979 | Goat | Earth (Yin) | Yin Water Pig |
| 1980 | Monkey | Metal (Yang) | Yin Earth Snake |
| 1981 | Rooster | Metal (Yin) | Yang Wood Dog |
| 1982 | Dog | Water (Yang) | Yin Earth Rabbit |
| 1983 | Pig | Water (Yin) | Yang Wood Monkey |
| 1984 | Rat | Wood (Yang) | Yang Metal Tiger |
| 1985 | Ox | Wood (Yin) | Yin Wood Goat |
| 1986 | Tiger | Fire (Yang) | Yang Metal Rat |
| 1987 | Rabbit | Fire (Yin) | Yin Wood Snake |
| 1988 | Dragon | Earth (Yang) | Yin Metal Pig |
| 1989 | Snake | Earth (Yin) | Yang Fire Dragon |
| 1990 | Horse | Metal (Yang) | Yin Metal Rooster |
| 1991 | Goat | Metal (Yin) | Yang Fire Tiger |
| 1992 | Monkey | Water (Yang) | Yang Water Monkey |
| 1993 | Rooster | Water (Yin) | Yin Fire Ox |
| 1994 | Dog | Wood (Yang) | Yang Water Horse |
| 1995 | Pig | Wood (Yin) | Yin Fire Pig |
| 1996 | Rat | Fire (Yang) | Yin Water Snake |
| 1997 | Ox | Fire (Yin) | Yang Earth Dog |
| 1998 | Tiger | Earth (Yang) | Yin Water Rabbit |
| 1999 | Rabbit | Earth (Yin) | Yang Earth Monkey |
| 2000 | Dragon | Metal (Yang) | Yang Wood Tiger |
| 2001 | Snake | Metal (Yin) | Yin Earth Goat |
| 2002 | Horse | Water (Yang) | Yang Wood Rat |
| 2003 | Goat | Water (Yin) | Yin Earth Snake |
| 2004 | Monkey | Wood (Yang) | Yin Wood Pig |
| 2005 | Rooster | Wood (Yin) | Yang Metal Dragon |
| 2006 | Dog | Fire (Yang) | Yin Wood Rooster |
| 2007 | Pig | Fire (Yin) | Yang Metal Tiger |
| 2008 | Rat | Earth (Yang) | Yang Fire Monkey |
| 2009 | Ox | Earth (Yin) | Yin Metal Ox |
| 2010 | Tiger | Metal (Yang) | Yang Fire Horse |
| 2011 | Rabbit | Metal (Yin) | Yin Metal Pig |
| 2012 | Dragon | Water (Yang) | Yin Fire Snake |
| 2013 | Snake | Water (Yin) | Yang Water Dog |
| 2014 | Horse | Wood (Yang) | Yin Fire Rabbit |
| 2015 | Goat | Wood (Yin) | Yang Water Monkey |
| 2016 | Monkey | Fire (Yang) | Yang Earth Tiger |
| 2017 | Rooster | Fire (Yin) | Yin Water Goat |
| 2018 | Dog | Earth (Yang) | Yang Earth Rat |
| 2019 | Pig | Earth (Yin) | Yin Water Snake |
| 2020 | Rat | Metal (Yang) | Yin Earth Pig |
| 2021 | Ox | Metal (Yin) | Yang Wood Dragon |
| 2022 | Tiger | Water (Yang) | Yin Earth Rooster |
| 2023 | Rabbit | Water (Yin) | Yang Wood Tiger |
| 2024 | Dragon | Wood (Yang) | Yang Metal Monkey |
| 2025 | Snake | Wood (Yin) | Yin Wood Ox |
| 2026 | Horse | Fire (Yang) | Yang Metal Horse |
Day Master is the element of the day pillar, the character classical readers treat as “you”. Worked out with the standard 60-day ganzhi cycle; within a day of a solar-term boundary the month pillar can shift.
What a Metal month means
Charts born in a Metal month start with extra Metal in the count. Tradition reads a strong element as a flavour, not a verdict. If your chart turns out light on Metal, its balancing colors are white, silver, gold. Run the calculator to see your own count across all five.