1994 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Dog

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1994?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1994. 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.

1994 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1994 – February 9, 1994	Water Rooster 鸡
February 10, 1994 – December 31, 1994	Wood Dog 狗

The full 1994 lunar year continues into 1995, through January 30, 1995. A birthday on February 9, 1994 belongs to the Rooster; a birthday one day later, on February 10, 1994, belongs to the Dog.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Dog is 1994?

1994 is a Wood Dog year. Its stem-branch name is 甲戌 (jiǎ-xū): the heavenly stem 甲 carries yang wood, and the earthly branch 戌 corresponds to the Dog.

Zodiac animal: Dog · 狗
Year element: Wood
Stem & branch: 甲戌 · jiǎ-xū
Lunar year length: 355 days

Dog personality in tradition

The Dog commonly symbolizes loyalty and companionship in popular accounts of the zodiac.

The phrase “loyal & sincere” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1994. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属狗。

Wǒ shǔ gǒu. “I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Dog compatibility in folklore

Dog, Tiger and Horse form a traditional harmony group of three. Dragon sits opposite Dog, 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

1994 lunar calendar at a glance

This Dog year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1995.

Lunar months of 1994: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 10, 1994	March 11, 1994	30
Month 2	March 12, 1994	April 10, 1994	30
Month 3	April 11, 1994	May 10, 1994	30
Month 4	May 11, 1994	June 8, 1994	29
Month 5	June 9, 1994	July 8, 1994	30
Month 6	July 9, 1994	August 6, 1994	29
Month 7	August 7, 1994	September 5, 1994	30
Month 8	September 6, 1994	October 4, 1994	29
Month 9	October 5, 1994	November 2, 1994	29
Month 10	November 3, 1994	December 2, 1994	30
Month 11	December 3, 1994	December 31, 1994	29
Month 12	January 1, 1995	January 30, 1995	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Dog

The Dog returns every 12 years; the same Wood Dog combination returns every 60. These are the other Dog years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1910Metal Dog 1922Water Dog 1934Wood Dog 1946Fire Dog 1958Earth Dog 1970Metal Dog 1982Water Dog 2006Fire Dog 2018Earth Dog 2030Metal Dog 2042Water Dog 2054Wood Dog 2066Fire Dog 2078Earth Dog 2090Metal Dog

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.