- Animal
- 🐉 Dragon (龙)
- Element
- Metal 金 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 庚辰 · Gēng Chén
- Year starts
- February 8, 1940 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 26, 1941
- Age in 2027
- turns 87
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a neutral year with Tai Sui
The Metal Dragon personality
Metal Dragon turns Dragon confidence into disciplined force and clear intent.
Metal Dragon is distinct from other Dragon years because Metal sharpens the sign’s natural scale and ambition. Dragon energy is bold, visible, and hard to ignore; add Yang Metal, and it becomes more exacting, strategic, and tough-minded. This is often a Dragon with stronger standards, firmer boundaries, and a clearer sense of what is worth pursuing.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐉 Dragon & 🐓 Rooster. Three Harmony partners: 🐉 Dragon & 🐀 Rat, 🐉 Dragon & 🐒 Monkey. Clash: 🐉 Dragon & 🐕 Dog.
A Dragon born in 1940 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Dragon. See the month-by-month forecast in Dragon horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1940?
1940 is the Year of the Metal Dragon (庚辰, Gēng Chén). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 8, 1940 to January 26, 1941.
What element is 1940 in Chinese astrology?
Metal (金), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 庚 and its Earthly Branch is 辰 (Dragon).
Is someone born in January 1940 a Dragon?
Born in January or early February 1940, before February 8, 1940? Then your sign is the Earth Rabbit of 1939.
Who is a Metal Dragon compatible with?
Traditionally the Dragon pairs best with the Rooster, Rat, Monkey and finds the Dog most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1940?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Dragon it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1940 turns 87 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.