--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1935? Year of the Wood Pig" description: "1935 is the Year of the Wood Pig in the Chinese zodiac, from February 4, 1935 to January 23, 1936. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1935 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1935? Year of the Wood Pig In Chinese astrology, 1935 is the Year of the Wood Pig, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 4, 1935 and ended on January 23, 1936, so people born in 1935 before Feb 4 belong to the Wood Dog year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Pig · Wood · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 4, 1935 | | Ends | January 23, 1936 | | Born in 1935 before Feb 4 | Wood Dog (the 1934 year) | | Pig's fixed element | Water (Water generates Wood) | | Other Wood Pig years (1924-2044) | 1995 | | Stem-branch name | Yi-Hai | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Monday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 9 | ## When the 1935 Wood Pig year starts and ends The 1935 Wood Pig year began at Lunar New Year on February 4, 1935 and lasted until January 23, 1936, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Feb 4 1935 therefore belongs to the Wood Dog year that started in 1934, while someone born in early 1936, up to Jan 23, is still a Wood Pig. 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 Pig combination also falls in 1995, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1935 fell on a Monday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Wood Pig personality A Wood Pig year is linked with warm-hearted, sociable and optimistic people. The Pig's Water nourishes Wood, so its generosity is traditionally said to flow freely into community and shared projects. People born then are often natural hosts who bring others together. The common caution is being too trusting or indulgent, and readings suggest pausing before saying yes to every request. 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. ## 1935 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the year reduces to 9, the number of completion, generosity and letting go, and a 9 year is traditionally read as one of endings that clear space. The digits of 1935 add up to 18, which reduces to 9. In the twelve-year cycle the Pig is the twelfth animal, earthly branch Hai, with Water as its fixed element and Yin polarity. The year element is Wood, and in the five-element cycles water generates Wood. The year before was the Wood Dog and the year after is the Fire Rat. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Yi-Hai: Yi is the Wood heavenly stem and Hai is the Pig'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 1935? 1935 is the Year of the Wood Pig. It started on February 4, 1935 and ended on January 23, 1936. ### What if I was born in January or February 1935? Check the date against Feb 4. Born before February 4, 1935, you are a Wood Dog; born on or after it, you are a Wood Pig. ### What element is 1935 in the Chinese zodiac? Wood, a Yin year. The Pig'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 1935? Yi-Hai. 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 Pig year? 1995, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1995. ## Related pages - [Wood Pig](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/wood-pig) - [Pig](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/pig) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1934 (Wood Dog)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1934) - [1936 (Fire Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1936) - [1947 (Fire Pig)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1947) - [1995 (Wood Pig)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1995) - [1959 (Earth Pig)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1959) - [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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