Tiger strengths in tradition
- Brave and willing to act
- Confident and charismatic
- Generous and protective
- Sets its own course
2034 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Tiger
The 2034 Chinese year will run from Sunday 19 February 2034 to Wednesday 7 February 2035.
Its sign is the Yang Wood Tiger: 甲寅 (Jiǎ-yín) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1 January – 18 February 2034? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Ox of 2033.
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 2034 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Ox before 02:40 China time and Wood Tiger from then on; by Chinese New Year, Water Ox.
- 5–18 February 2034: Water Ox by Chinese New Year, Wood Tiger by Lichun.
- 4 February 2035 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Tiger before 08:32 China time and Wood Rabbit from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Tiger.
- 5–7 February 2035: 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 2034?
2034 is the Year of the Wood Tiger (yang Wood, 甲寅 Jiǎ-yín), from 19 February 2034 to 7 February 2035. Anyone born 1 January – 18 February 2034 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Ox.
What element is 2034 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 2034 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 19 February 2034, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Ox of the 2033 Chinese year; from 19 February 2034 on, it is the Wood Tiger. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2034, 02:40 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2034?
On Sunday 19 February 2034 (China time). The next one, on Thursday 8 February 2035, begins the Year of the Wood Rabbit.