1974 / Chinese zodiac
1974 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Tiger
1974 is the Year of the Wood Tiger. It begins on January 23, 1974 and ends on February 10, 1975. If you were born before January 23, 1974, your sign is the Water Ox.
01 / Check the boundary
What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1974?
Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1974. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.
| Gregorian birthday | Animal & year element |
|---|---|
| – | Water Ox 牛 |
| – | Wood Tiger 虎 |
The full 1974 lunar year continues into 1975, through February 10, 1975. A birthday on January 22, 1974 belongs to the Ox; a birthday one day later, on January 23, 1974, belongs to the Tiger.
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YOUR RESULT
02 / The story of the year
What kind of Tiger is 1974?
1974 is a Wood Tiger year. Its stem-branch name is 甲寅 (jiǎ-yín): the heavenly stem 甲 carries yang wood, and the earthly branch 寅 corresponds to the Tiger.
- Zodiac animal
- Tiger · 虎
- Year element
- Wood
- Stem & branch
- 甲寅 · jiǎ-yín
- Lunar year length
- 384 days
Tiger personality in tradition
The Tiger commonly represents courage and protective strength in Chinese art and storytelling.
The phrase “brave & spirited” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1974. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.
我属虎。
Wǒ shǔ hǔ. “I was born in the Year of the Tiger.”
Tiger compatibility in folklore
Tiger, Horse and Dog form a traditional harmony group of three. Monkey sits opposite Tiger, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.
Explore traditional pairings →03 / A closer look at the dates
1974 lunar calendar at a glance
This Tiger year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 4 repeats as a leap month, starting May 22, 1974. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1975.
| Lunar month | Begins | Ends | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 | ||
| Month 2 | 30 | ||
| Month 3 | 29 | ||
| Month 4 | 30 | ||
| Leap month 4 | 29 | ||
| Month 5 | 29 | ||
| Month 6 | 30 | ||
| Month 7 | 29 | ||
| Month 8 | 29 | ||
| Month 9 | 30 | ||
| Month 10 | 30 | ||
| Month 11 | 29 | ||
| Month 12 | 30 |
Sources & calendar convention
Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.