1994 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Dog

1994 is the year of the Wood Dog (甲戌 Jiǎxū), from 10 February 1994 to 30 January 1995. Anyone born in 1994 before 10 February 1994 belongs to the Water Rooster year.

• Animal: Dog
• Element: Wood (Yang)
• Cycle name: 甲戌 Jiǎxū, year 11 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 10 February 1994
• Ends: 30 January 1995

The Wood Dog

Wood years are traditionally linked with growth, generosity and cooperation: the element of things that grow towards the light and make room for others. The Dog is the zodiac's loyal guardian. Tradition describes Dog people as honest, fair and protective, with a strong sense of right and wrong and a small, trusted circle they will defend without hesitation.

Born in January or February 1994?

Anyone born from 1 January to 9 February 1994 belongs to the Water Rooster year of 1993. From 10 February 1994 the Wood Dog year begins.

Famous people born in the Wood Dog year

• J-Hope, born 18 February 1994
• Justin Bieber, born 1 March 1994
• Bad Bunny, born 10 March 1994
• Saoirse Ronan, born 12 April 1994
• RM (BTS), born 12 September 1994
• Halsey, born 29 September 1994
• Jisoo, born 3 January 1995

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1993: Water Rooster · 1995: Wood Pig · All Dog years · All 12 animals