Chinese zodiac 1994
Year of the Wood Dog
10 February 1994 to 30 January 1995
Born in 1994? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1994 it falls on 10 February 1994.
- 10 February to 31 December 1994
- 🐕 Wood Dog
- and on to 30 Jan 1995
Check an exact birth date
The Wood Dog at a glance
Animal
🐕 Dog
Said to be loyal, honest, protective.
Element
木 Yang Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
355 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Dog years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Dog years nearest to this one are 1934 and 2054.
Who gets on with the Dog
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Dog sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.