--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1924? Year of the Wood Rat" description: "1924 is the Year of the Wood Rat in the Chinese zodiac, from February 5, 1924 to January 23, 1925. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1924 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1924? Year of the Wood Rat In Chinese astrology, 1924 is the Year of the Wood Rat, a Yang year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 5, 1924 and ended on January 23, 1925, so people born in 1924 before Feb 5 belong to the Water Pig year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Rat · Wood · Yang | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 5, 1924 | | Ends | January 23, 1925 | | Born in 1924 before Feb 5 | Water Pig (the 1923 year) | | Rat's fixed element | Water (Water generates Wood) | | Other Wood Rat years (1924-2044) | 1984, 2044 | | Stem-branch name | Jia-Zi | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Tuesday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 7 | ## When the 1924 Wood Rat year starts and ends The 1924 Wood Rat year began at Lunar New Year on February 5, 1924 and lasted until January 23, 1925, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Feb 5 1924 therefore belongs to the Water Pig year that started in 1923, while someone born in early 1925, up to Jan 23, is still a Wood Rat. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, which is why the start date moves between January 21 and February 20 instead of staying on January 1. The same Wood Rat combination also falls in 1984 and 2044, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1924 fell on a Tuesday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Wood Rat personality Babies born in a Wood Rat year are traditionally pictured as bright, friendly planners who like to share their discoveries. The Rat's watery cleverness runs into Wood's urge to grow, so the classic portrait is a resourceful person with a community streak, happiest when a good idea benefits a whole circle of friends. The usual caution is overcommitting and running low on energy without noticing until late. Wood is the element of spring and of things that grow, so a Wood year is traditionally said to lend any animal a generous, expansive streak. Classical descriptions link it with kindness, idealism and a talent for cooperation: Wood people are often pictured as the ones who start community projects, mentor younger colleagues and believe that most situations can improve with patience and goodwill. The element also carries a strong sense of fairness and a dislike of waste. Its shadow side, according to most readings, is overextension. Like a plant reaching in every direction, a Wood-year person may take on too much, trust too readily or struggle to say no when a cause seems worthwhile. ## 1924 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the year reduces to 7, the number of reflection, analysis and inner work, giving a 7 year a quieter, more searching character. The digits of 1924 add up to 16, which reduces to 7. In the twelve-year cycle the Rat is the first animal, earthly branch Zi, with Water as its fixed element and Yang polarity. The year element is Wood, and in the five-element cycles water generates Wood. The year before was the Water Pig and the year after is the Wood Ox. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Jia-Zi: Jia is the Wood heavenly stem and Zi is the Rat's earthly branch. Stems and branches alternate between yang and yin together, which is why yang stems only ever meet yang animals. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 1924? 1924 is the Year of the Wood Rat. It started on February 5, 1924 and ended on January 23, 1925. ### What if I was born in January or February 1924? Check the date against Feb 5. Born before February 5, 1924, you are a Water Pig; born on or after it, you are a Wood Rat. ### What element is 1924 in the Chinese zodiac? Wood, a Yang year. The Rat's own fixed element is Water; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 1924? Jia-Zi. The first part is the heavenly stem, which carries the year's element and polarity; the second is the earthly branch, which carries the animal. Almanacs, calendars and Four Pillars charts identify years this way rather than by animal alone. ### When is the next Wood Rat year? 1984, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1984 and 2044. ## Related pages - [Wood Rat](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/wood-rat) - [Rat](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/rat) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1925 (Wood Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1925) - [1936 (Fire Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1936) - [1984 (Wood Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1984) - [1948 (Earth Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1948) - [Chinese zodiac calculator](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac-calculator) - [Chinese zodiac](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac) ## About Unified Reading Unified Reading combines Pythagorean numerology, the Western Sun sign (Moon and rising with a birth time), the Chinese zodiac and life-stage context in one reading. 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