Animals of the Thai Zodiac and the Twelve Year Cycle

In traditional Thai culture, special birthdays and anniversaries are celebrated in twelve-year cycles linked to the signs of the zodiac. Similar to the Chinese zodiac there are twelve animals each representing a year. The zodiac years for that animal are shown in brackets.

• Rat/Mouse (1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032)
• Ox (1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033)
• Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022, 2034)
• Rabbit (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, 2035)
• Serpent/Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1998, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036)
• Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025, 2037)
• Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026, 2038)
• Goat/Ram (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027, 2039)
• Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028, 2040)
• Rooster (1933,…