Monkey strengths in tradition
- Clever and inventive
- Curious and quick to learn
- Playful and good company
- Versatile problem-solver
1944 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Monkey
The 1944 Chinese year ran from Tuesday 25 January 1944 to Monday 12 February 1945.
Its sign is the Yang Wood Monkey: 甲申 (Jiǎ-shēn) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–24 January 1944? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Goat of 1943.
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:
- 25 January – 4 February 1944: Wood Monkey by Chinese New Year, Water Goat by Lichun.
- 5 February 1944 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Goat before 06:22 China time and Wood Monkey from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Monkey.
- 4 February 1945 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Monkey before 12:19 China time and Wood Rooster from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Monkey.
- 5–12 February 1945: Wood Monkey by Chinese New Year, Wood Rooster by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology
A Wood Monkey is said to be more patient and cooperative, turning the Monkey's ideas into practical projects.
The Monkey is the ninth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with cleverness, curiosity and a playful, inventive mind. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
Monkey challenges in tradition
- Easily bored
- Can be mischievous
- Overconfident at times
- Restless and hard to pin down
Traditions, not predictions. The Monkey in love and at work · The five elements
Other Monkey years
The Wood Monkey every 60 years
← 1943 Water Goat · 1945 Wood Rooster → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1944?
1944 is the Year of the Wood Monkey (yang Wood, 甲申 Jiǎ-shēn), from 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945. Anyone born 1–24 January 1944 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Goat.
What element is 1944 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 1944 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 25 January 1944, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Goat of the 1943 Chinese year; from 25 January 1944 on, it is the Wood Monkey. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (5 February 1944, 06:22 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1944?
It was on Tuesday 25 January 1944 (China time). The next one, on Tuesday 13 February 1945, began the Year of the Wood Rooster.