Chinese Zodiac

2000: Year of the Metal Dragon

Chinese New Year 2000 fell on Saturday, February 5.

Yang Metal Dragon (庚辰)

  • By Chinese New Year: February 5, 2000 to January 23, 2001
  • By Lichun (Start of Spring): February 4, 2000 to February 3, 2001

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 on February 4, 2000? By Lichun, the boundary Ba Zi astrology uses, you are already in the Year of the Metal Dragon; by Chinese New Year you are still in the Year of the Earth Rabbit.

People born in 2000 turn 27 in 2027.

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Dragon

About the Metal Dragon

Metal focuses the Dragon's vast ambition with discipline, clarity, and uncompromising standards. The Metal Dragon is the most formidable and determined of all Dragon types, possessing both grand vision and the iron will to see it through. This element gives the Dragon a sharper, more strategic quality, replacing impulsive displays of power with calculated, devastating effectiveness. The Metal Dragon commands respect through the sheer force of their integrity and the precision of their achievements.

The Yang Metal Dragon dominates their domain with magnificent, disciplined power, forging their vision into reality through sheer force of will and precision.

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Famous People Born in 2000

Listed by calendar year of birth. People born before Lichun (February 4, 2000) belong to the previous zodiac year in Ba Zi astrology, so their sign is shown after the date.

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