Chinese Zodiac
1980: Year of the Metal Monkey
Chinese New Year 1980 fell on Saturday, February 16.
- By Chinese New Year: February 16, 1980 to February 4, 1981
- By Lichun (Start of Spring): February 5, 1980 to February 3, 1981
Chinese New Year follows the lunisolar calendar, so its date moves between January 21 and February 20. Lichun is a solar term that falls on February 3, 4 or 5, and it is where Ba Zi astrology starts the year.
Born from February 5 to February 15, 1980? By Lichun, the boundary Ba Zi astrology uses, you are already in the Year of the Metal Monkey; by Chinese New Year you are still in the Year of the Earth Goat.
People born in 1980 turn 47 in 2027.
About the Metal Monkey
Metal is the Monkey's native element, producing the sharpest, most strategically brilliant, and most determined Monkey type. This combination hones the Monkey's natural intelligence to a razor edge, creating an analytical mind of extraordinary precision and clarity. The Metal Monkey is ambitious, competitive, and capable of devising strategies of breathtaking cleverness and effectiveness. Their challenge is to temper their formidable intellect with warmth, as the combination of Monkey cunning and Metal sharpness can seem cold to others.
The Yang Metal Monkey wields their brilliant mind as a visible weapon, actively outmaneuvering competitors with dazzling strategic precision and confident authority.
Learn more about the Metal Monkey → Learn more about the Monkey →
Famous People Born in 1980
Listed by calendar year of birth. People born before Lichun (February 5, 1980) belong to the previous zodiac year in Ba Zi astrology, so their sign is shown after the date.
- Alyssa EdwardsJanuary 4 · Earth Goat
- Lin-Manuel MirandaJanuary 16 · Earth Goat
- Xavi HernandezJanuary 25 · Earth Goat
- Marat SafinJanuary 27 · Earth Goat
- King Jigme Khesar Namgyel WangchuckFebruary 21
- Mark RoberMarch 11
- Marit BjorgenMarch 21
- RonaldinhoMarch 21
- Russell HowardMarch 23
- Robyn RegehrApril 19
- Rishi SunakMay 12
- Abby WambachJune 2
- Venus WilliamsJune 17
- Pau GasolJuly 6
- Jacinda ArdernJuly 26
- Pita LimjaroenratSeptember 5
- Michelle WilliamsSeptember 9
- Yao MingSeptember 12
- Jolin TsaiSeptember 15
- Virgil AblohSeptember 30
- Nick CannonOctober 8
- Kim KardashianOctober 21
- Ryan GoslingNovember 12
- Ibrahim MaaloufDecember 5
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