Chinese zodiac · Year of the Tiger
The Wood Tiger: 1974, 2034, 2094
甲寅 · Jia yín · Yang Wood stem on the Wood branch
A Wood Tiger year pairs the Heavenly Stem 甲 (Jia, yang Wood) with the Earthly Branch 寅 (yín, the Tiger). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Wood Tiger years are 1974, 2034, 2094. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Wood Tiger different from a Fire Tiger or a Earth Tiger. 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 Tiger is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Wood Tiger is the most cooperative, a leader who takes the team with it rather than leaving it behind.
The Wood Tiger of 1974 is the cooperative one, and the next arrives in 2034; the tradition reads Wood on the Wood branch as a Tiger that takes the team with it.
In BaZi terms the Wood stem sits on a Wood branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Tiger's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Tiger does, this year does more of it.
The rest of the Tiger’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Tiger page.
Wood Tiger 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 23 January 1974 | 10 February 1975 | 4 February 1974 |
| 2034 | 19 February 2034 | 7 February 2035 | 4 February 2034 |
| 2094 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2094 |
The next Wood Tiger year is 2034. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Wood Tigers
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Wood Tiger start?
- The 1974 Wood Tiger year began at Lunar New Year on 23 January 1974 and ran to 10 February 1975. The 2034 Wood Tiger year began at Lunar New Year on 19 February 2034 and ran to 7 February 2035. 2094 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1974: 4 February 1974; 2034: 4 February 2034; 2094: 3 February 2094), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Wood Tiger personality?
- The Wood Tiger is the most cooperative, a leader who takes the team with it rather than leaving it behind. In BaZi terms the Wood stem sits on a Wood branch, the same element twice. Practitioners read a matched pair as a year with one clear voice: the Tiger's nature amplified rather than argued with, strong in its own direction and short of counterweight. Whatever the Tiger does, this year does more of it.
- When is the next Wood Tiger year?
- 2034. The pair of stem 甲 and branch 寅 recurs every sixty years.