Birthdays / March

Born on March 15: Chinese zodiac and element

Every March 15 birthday falls in a Wood 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
Wood
March 15, 2000 zodiac
Metal Dragon
March 15, 2000 Day Master
Yang Water
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March 15 by year

YearZodiacYear elementDay Master
1950TigerMetal (Yang)Yin Earth Rooster
1951RabbitMetal (Yin)Yang Wood Tiger
1952DragonWater (Yang)Yang Metal Monkey
1953SnakeWater (Yin)Yin Wood Ox
1954HorseWood (Yang)Yang Metal Horse
1955GoatWood (Yin)Yin Wood Pig
1956MonkeyFire (Yang)Yin Metal Snake
1957RoosterFire (Yin)Yang Fire Dog
1958DogEarth (Yang)Yin Metal Rabbit
1959PigEarth (Yin)Yang Fire Monkey
1960RatMetal (Yang)Yang Water Tiger
1961OxMetal (Yin)Yin Fire Goat
1962TigerWater (Yang)Yang Water Rat
1963RabbitWater (Yin)Yin Fire Snake
1964DragonWood (Yang)Yin Water Pig
1965SnakeWood (Yin)Yang Earth Dragon
1966HorseFire (Yang)Yin Water Rooster
1967GoatFire (Yin)Yang Earth Tiger
1968MonkeyEarth (Yang)Yang Wood Monkey
1969RoosterEarth (Yin)Yin Earth Ox
1970DogMetal (Yang)Yang Wood Horse
1971PigMetal (Yin)Yin Earth Pig
1972RatWater (Yang)Yin Wood Snake
1973OxWater (Yin)Yang Metal Dog
1974TigerWood (Yang)Yin Wood Rabbit
1975RabbitWood (Yin)Yang Metal Monkey
1976DragonFire (Yang)Yang Fire Tiger
1977SnakeFire (Yin)Yin Metal Goat
1978HorseEarth (Yang)Yang Fire Rat
1979GoatEarth (Yin)Yin Metal Snake
1980MonkeyMetal (Yang)Yin Fire Pig
1981RoosterMetal (Yin)Yang Water Dragon
1982DogWater (Yang)Yin Fire Rooster
1983PigWater (Yin)Yang Water Tiger
1984RatWood (Yang)Yang Earth Monkey
1985OxWood (Yin)Yin Water Ox
1986TigerFire (Yang)Yang Earth Horse
1987RabbitFire (Yin)Yin Water Pig
1988DragonEarth (Yang)Yin Earth Snake
1989SnakeEarth (Yin)Yang Wood Dog
1990HorseMetal (Yang)Yin Earth Rabbit
1991GoatMetal (Yin)Yang Wood Monkey
1992MonkeyWater (Yang)Yang Metal Tiger
1993RoosterWater (Yin)Yin Wood Goat
1994DogWood (Yang)Yang Metal Rat
1995PigWood (Yin)Yin Wood Snake
1996RatFire (Yang)Yin Metal Pig
1997OxFire (Yin)Yang Fire Dragon
1998TigerEarth (Yang)Yin Metal Rooster
1999RabbitEarth (Yin)Yang Fire Tiger
2000DragonMetal (Yang)Yang Water Monkey
2001SnakeMetal (Yin)Yin Fire Ox
2002HorseWater (Yang)Yang Water Horse
2003GoatWater (Yin)Yin Fire Pig
2004MonkeyWood (Yang)Yin Water Snake
2005RoosterWood (Yin)Yang Earth Dog
2006DogFire (Yang)Yin Water Rabbit
2007PigFire (Yin)Yang Earth Monkey
2008RatEarth (Yang)Yang Wood Tiger
2009OxEarth (Yin)Yin Earth Goat
2010TigerMetal (Yang)Yang Wood Rat
2011RabbitMetal (Yin)Yin Earth Snake
2012DragonWater (Yang)Yin Wood Pig
2013SnakeWater (Yin)Yang Metal Dragon
2014HorseWood (Yang)Yin Wood Rooster
2015GoatWood (Yin)Yang Metal Tiger
2016MonkeyFire (Yang)Yang Fire Monkey
2017RoosterFire (Yin)Yin Metal Ox
2018DogEarth (Yang)Yang Fire Horse
2019PigEarth (Yin)Yin Metal Pig
2020RatMetal (Yang)Yin Fire Snake
2021OxMetal (Yin)Yang Water Dog
2022TigerWater (Yang)Yin Fire Rabbit
2023RabbitWater (Yin)Yang Water Monkey
2024DragonWood (Yang)Yang Earth Tiger
2025SnakeWood (Yin)Yin Water Goat
2026HorseFire (Yang)Yang Earth Rat

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 Wood month means

Charts born in a Wood month start with extra Wood in the count. Tradition reads a strong element as a flavour, not a verdict. If your chart turns out light on Wood, its balancing colors are green, teal. Run the calculator to see your own count across all five.