Tiger strengths in tradition
- Brave and willing to act
- Confident and charismatic
- Generous and protective
- Sets its own course
1914 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Tiger
The 1914 Chinese year ran from Monday 26 January 1914 to Saturday 13 February 1915.
Its sign is the Yang Wood Tiger: 甲寅 (Jiǎ-yín) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–25 January 1914? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Ox of 1913.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 26 January – 3 February 1914: Wood Tiger by Chinese New Year, Water Ox by Lichun.
- 4 February 1914 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Ox before 23:15 China time and Wood Tiger from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Tiger.
- 5 February 1915 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Tiger before 05:11 China time and Wood Rabbit from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Tiger.
- 6–13 February 1915: Wood Tiger by Chinese New Year, Wood Rabbit by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology
Wood is the Tiger's own fixed element, so a Wood Tiger is said to be the most open-minded and creative Tiger, generous with ideas and support.
The Tiger is the third Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with courage, confidence and a strong sense of independence. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
Tiger challenges in tradition
- Can act on impulse
- Chafes at rules and routine
- Quick to take offence
- Tends to push too hard
Traditions, not predictions. The Tiger in love and at work · The five elements
Other Tiger years
The Wood Tiger every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1914?
1914 is the Year of the Wood Tiger (yang Wood, 甲寅 Jiǎ-yín), from 26 January 1914 to 13 February 1915. Anyone born 1–25 January 1914 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Ox.
What element is 1914 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 甲 (Jiǎ). Wood years are years ending in 4 or 5 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1914 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 26 January 1914, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Ox of the 1913 Chinese year; from 26 January 1914 on, it is the Wood Tiger. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1914, 23:15 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1914?
It was on Monday 26 January 1914 (China time). The next one, on Sunday 14 February 1915, began the Year of the Wood Rabbit.