--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1925? Year of the Wood Ox" description: "1925 is the Year of the Wood Ox in the Chinese zodiac, from January 24, 1925 to February 12, 1926. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1925 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1925? Year of the Wood Ox In Chinese astrology, 1925 is the Year of the Wood Ox, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on January 24, 1925 and ended on February 12, 1926, so people born in 1925 before Jan 24 belong to the Wood Rat year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Ox · Wood · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | January 24, 1925 | | Ends | February 12, 1926 | | Born in 1925 before Jan 24 | Wood Rat (the 1924 year) | | Ox's fixed element | Earth (Wood controls Earth) | | Other Wood Ox years (1924-2044) | 1985 | | Stem-branch name | Yi-Chou | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Saturday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 8 | ## When the 1925 Wood Ox year starts and ends The 1925 Wood Ox year began at Lunar New Year on January 24, 1925 and lasted until February 12, 1926, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Jan 24 1925 therefore belongs to the Wood Rat year that started in 1924, while someone born in early 1926, up to Feb 12, is still a Wood Ox. 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 Ox combination also falls in 1985, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1925 fell on a Saturday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Wood Ox personality The Wood Ox is the Ox with a lighter step: still patient, honest and hardworking, but more open to fresh methods and to working alongside others. Wood pressing on the Ox's earthy nature is read as a gentle loosening force. People born in this year are often described as fair, dependable builders who can feel caught between a sense of duty and a quiet wish for change. 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. ## 1925 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the digits reduce to 8, associated with ambition, authority and material results, so an 8 year is described in terms of effort and reward. The digits of 1925 add up to 17, which reduces to 8. In the twelve-year cycle the Ox is the second animal, earthly branch Chou, with Earth as its fixed element and Yin polarity. The year element is Wood, and in the five-element cycles wood controls Earth. The year before was the Wood Rat and the year after is the Fire Tiger. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Yi-Chou: Yi is the Wood heavenly stem and Chou is the Ox's earthly branch. Stems and branches alternate between yang and yin together, which is why yin stems only ever meet yin animals. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 1925? 1925 is the Year of the Wood Ox. It started on January 24, 1925 and ended on February 12, 1926. ### What if I was born in January or February 1925? Check the date against Jan 24. Born before January 24, 1925, you are a Wood Rat; born on or after it, you are a Wood Ox. ### What element is 1925 in the Chinese zodiac? Wood, a Yin year. The Ox's own fixed element is Earth; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 1925? Yi-Chou. 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 Ox year? 1985, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1985. ## Related pages - [Wood Ox](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/wood-ox) - [Ox](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/ox) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1924 (Wood Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1924) - [1926 (Fire Tiger)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1926) - [1937 (Fire Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1937) - [1985 (Wood Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1985) - [1949 (Earth Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1949) - [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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