Chinese zodiac · Year of the Dragon
The Wood Dragon: 1964, 2024, 2084
甲辰 · Jia chén · Yang Wood stem on the Earth branch
A Wood Dragon year pairs the Heavenly Stem 甲 (Jia, yang Wood) with the Earthly Branch 辰 (chén, the Dragon). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Dragon years are 1964, 2024, 2084. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Dragon different from a Fire Dragon or a Earth Dragon. 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 Dragon is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Dragon is the most creative and the most willing to listen, ambition with a collaborative streak.
The Wood Dragon of 2024 is the one people search for: the tradition's most creative Dragon, ambition with a collaborative streak, and the next comes round in 2084.
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 Dragon's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
The rest of the Dragon’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Dragon page.
Wood Dragon 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 13 February 1964 | 1 February 1965 | 5 February 1964 |
| 2024 | 10 February 2024 | 28 January 2025 | 4 February 2024 |
| 2084 | outside the table | … | 4 February 2084 |
The next Wood Dragon year is 2084. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Dragons
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1964
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Dragon start?
- The 1964 Wood Dragon year began at Lunar New Year on 13 February 1964 and ran to 1 February 1965. The 2024 Wood Dragon year began at Lunar New Year on 10 February 2024 and ran to 28 January 2025. 2084 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1964: 5 February 1964; 2024: 4 February 2024; 2084: 4 February 2084), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Dragon personality?
- The Wood Dragon is the most creative and the most willing to listen, ambition with a collaborative streak. 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 Dragon's nature is disciplined, sometimes frustrated, and channelled rather than let loose. Tension with a purpose.
- When is the next Wood Dragon year?
- 2084. The pair of stem 甲 and branch 辰 recurs every sixty years.