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The 1988 Chinese zodiac year pairs the Dragon with earth energy.
What the 1988 year is made of
Sign: Dragon. Element: Earth. Polarity: Yang. Stem-branch: 戊 辰. Cycle spot 5 of 60.
If you were born in 1988
Your sign is the Dragon: confident, charismatic, ambitious, energetic, perfectionist.
The number behind 1988
Add the digits of 1988 and you land on 8 — the same life-path number astrologers read for people born this year.
Pair this with the life path 8 reading to see how the year number plays out personally.
That is the sketch; the Dragon sign page carries the complete reading.
And because 1988 is a yang year, the tone is .
The cycle clock: 5/60. Halfway is 2014 — opposite energy, same animal every 4 years.
Traditional readers give the 1988 Dragon strong stamina and a slow-burning fuse.
- Published: August 10, 2026