Chinese zodiac · Year of the Dog
The Wood Dog: 1934, 1994, 2054
甲戌 · Jia xū · Yang Wood stem on the Earth branch
A Wood Dog year pairs the Heavenly Stem 甲 (Jia, yang Wood) with the Earthly Branch 戌 (xū, the Dog). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Dog years are 1934, 1994, 2054. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Dog different from a Fire Dog or a Earth Dog. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Wood Dog is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Dog is the most cooperative and the least anxious, loyalty that trusts the pack to hold.
1994 Wood Dogs are the cooperative, least anxious ones, and the tradition's loyalty that trusts the pack fits a generation raised online and reasonably well adjusted to it.
In BaZi terms the Wood stem controls the Earth branch: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Dog's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
The rest of the Dog’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Dog page.
Wood Dog years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 14 February 1934 | 3 February 1935 | 4 February 1934 |
| 1994 | 10 February 1994 | 30 January 1995 | 4 February 1994 |
| 2054 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2054 |
The next Wood Dog year is 2054. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Dogs
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1934
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Dog start?
- The 1934 Wood Dog year began at Lunar New Year on 14 February 1934 and ran to 3 February 1935. The 1994 Wood Dog year began at Lunar New Year on 10 February 1994 and ran to 30 January 1995. 2054 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1934: 4 February 1934; 1994: 4 February 1994; 2054: 3 February 2054), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Dog personality?
- The Wood Dog is the most cooperative and the least anxious, loyalty that trusts the pack to hold. In BaZi terms the Wood stem controls the Earth branch: Wood restrains Earth in the controlling cycle. Practitioners read the year as the element on top holding the animal in check, so the Dog's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
- When is the next Wood Dog year?
- 2054. The pair of stem 甲 and branch 戌 recurs every sixty years.