Chinese zodiac 2024
Year of the Wood Dragon
10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025
Born in 2024? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 2024 it falls on 10 February 2024.
- 10 February to 31 December 2024
- 🐉 Wood Dragon
- and on to 28 Jan 2025
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The Wood Dragon at a glance
Animal
🐉 Dragon
Said to be ambitious, energetic, charismatic.
Element
木 Yang Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Dragon years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Dragon years nearest to this one are 1964 and 2084.
Who gets on with the Dragon
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 Dragon 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.