# Chinese Zodiac Animal Lookup

> Chinese Zodiac Animal Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.016/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns the Chinese zodiac animal, five-element, and 60-year sexagenary cycle name for any given year

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.cn402.com/zodiac
- Price: $0.016/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-cn402-com-8f096fee
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_1hAI0nkbLgl4nGv6lqCbv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-cn402-com-8f096fee
```

Example prompt: What is the Chinese zodiac animal and five-element for the year 1990 — including the full 60-year sexagenary cycle name?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to determine the Chinese zodiac animal sign, five element, or sexagenary cycle name for a specific year — especially for birth year astrology, cultural content generation, or BaZi chart preparation. Prefer over manual calculation or general LLM knowledge when accuracy and structured output are required.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing year input returns an error
- Year out of supported range returns an error
- Malformed POST body returns a 400-level error
- Payment not processed returns a 402 response requiring x402 payment

## How this service works

Chinese zodiac, 12 zodiac animals, shengxiao, 生肖, Chinese zodiac year, Year of the Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig, 鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪, Chinese astrology animal sign, lunar zodiac. Get the Chinese zodiac animal for any year, including element (gold/wood/water/fire/earth) and 60-year sexagenary name.

## Output

Returns the Chinese zodiac animal (e.g. Horse, Dragon, Rat), the associated five element (gold/wood/water/fire/earth), and the full 60-year sexagenary (ganzhi) cycle name for the requested year.

## Example request

```json
{
 "year": 1990
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "year": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Year (required)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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