Rooster strengths in tradition
- Hardworking and punctual
- Observant and precise
- Honest and straightforward
- Organised and well prepared
1945 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Rooster
The 1945 Chinese year ran from Tuesday 13 February 1945 to Friday 1 February 1946.
Its sign is the Yin Wood Rooster: 乙酉 (Yǐ-yǒu) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 12 February 1945? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Monkey of 1944.
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 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 Rooster in Chinese astrology
A Wood Rooster is said to be warmer and more cooperative, combining the Rooster's precision with generosity and fairness.
The Rooster is the tenth Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with confidence, hard work and a sharp eye for detail. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
Rooster challenges in tradition
- Can be blunt
- Leans towards perfectionism
- Quick to criticise
- Proud and hard to persuade
Traditions, not predictions. The Rooster in love and at work · The five elements
Other Rooster years
The Wood Rooster every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1945?
1945 is the Year of the Wood Rooster (yin Wood, 乙酉 Yǐ-yǒu), from 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946. Anyone born 1 January – 12 February 1945 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Monkey.
What element is 1945 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, in its yin form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 乙 (Yǐ). 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 1945 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 13 February 1945, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Monkey of the 1944 Chinese year; from 13 February 1945 on, it is the Wood Rooster. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 1945, 12:19 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1945?
It was on Tuesday 13 February 1945 (China time). The next one, on Saturday 2 February 1946, began the Year of the Fire Dog.