.zodiac
Is .zodiac a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody is chasing .zodiac, as of 7 October 2026. One applicant claimed it and is out. We keep the entry on the record either way.
- Journey To The West
A memorable label for astrology and horoscope projects, but few serious brands would likely make it their main web address.
astrology and horoscope creators, spirituality and wellness apps, Chinese-zodiac and lunar-new-year themed products, and businesses that happen to carry the Zodiac name
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “The twelve-year cycle that orders time itself.”
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: an open-registry noun naming a practice/belief system whose primary identity holders are independent practitioners and enthusiast content sites rather than any single owning institution, so it lives or dies on whether a diffuse global hobby-plus-service niche will re-badge off .com.
Also a subculture-practice noun with the same two-sided buyer mix of small practitioners and passionate enthusiasts, and the same evocative-single-word appeal, though it anchors to a paid physical service far more concretely than a symbolic system does.
A culture-identity word sold to fans and creators who self-identify with it, betting on affinity rather than commercial necessity — the same weak-utility, strong-belonging thesis as .zodiac, but tied to a genre scene instead of a divinatory framework.
What a .zodiac domain is
.zodiac is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. Nobody is chasing .zodiac today. The applicants that claimed it are out.
Is the .zodiac domain extension real yet?
.zodiac is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. Nobody has applied for it on the public record; the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round is the process that would decide whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .zodiac domain?
You can’t yet. A .zodiac name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .zodiac was .yoga, delegated on 15 October 2014.
Is .zodiac a real TLD?
Not yet. .zodiac is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant claimed .zodiac and is no longer in it. We keep the entry, and every entry on this page links to its source.
- Journey To The West · now abandonedICANN
- Journey To The West · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“.zodiac · Zodiac & Creatures · “The twelve-year cycle that orders time itself.””Journey To The West Corporation
- Band 10-29 (vanity/narrow). Astrology is a genuine consumer market with real apps and media brands, and the Chinese-zodiac angle adds a cultural hook, so the string is above the no-market floor of 1-9. But by analogy with narrow themed generics (lifestyle strings like .yoga or .life, which drew mostly low-price or defensive registrations and thin aftermarkets), .zodiac is unlikely to see volume registrations or become a primary identity for serious astrology platforms, which by analogy tend to brand on .com or short app-style domains — so it does not reach the 30-49 usable-but-limited band. The applicant is a Beijing-based portfolio filer with 323 submitted strings (verified), which by analogy with past portfolio registries suggests limited per-TLD marketing and adoption push. Main market uncertainty: whether the astrology-economy's creator and app segment would treat a themed TLD as a credible identity at all, or keep it purely as a redirect and vanity layer.