Dog strengths in tradition
- Loyal and devoted
- Honest and sincere
- Fair-minded
- Protective of others
1934 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Dog
The 1934 Chinese year ran from Wednesday 14 February 1934 to Sunday 3 February 1935.
Its sign is the Yang Wood Dog: 甲戌 (Jiǎ-xū) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 13 February 1934? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Rooster of 1933.
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:
- 4 February 1934 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Rooster before 20:03 China time and Wood Dog from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Rooster.
- 5–13 February 1934: Water Rooster by Chinese New Year, Wood Dog by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Dog in Chinese astrology
A Wood Dog is said to be especially warm and cooperative, generous with its time and patient with others.
The Dog is the eleventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of fairness. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
Dog challenges in tradition
- Prone to worry
- Wary of strangers
- Can be rigid about principles
- Tends to expect the worst
Traditions, not predictions. The Dog in love and at work · The five elements
Other Dog years
The Wood Dog every 60 years
← 1933 Water Rooster · 1935 Wood Pig → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1934?
1934 is the Year of the Wood Dog (yang Wood, 甲戌 Jiǎ-xū), from 14 February 1934 to 3 February 1935. Anyone born 1 January – 13 February 1934 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Rooster.
What element is 1934 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 or early February 1934 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 14 February 1934, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Rooster of the 1933 Chinese year; from 14 February 1934 on, it is the Wood Dog. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1934, 20:03 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1934?
It was on Wednesday 14 February 1934 (China time). The next one, on Monday 4 February 1935, began the Year of the Wood Pig.