--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1975? Year of the Wood Rabbit" description: "1975 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac, from February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1975 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1975? Year of the Wood Rabbit In Chinese astrology, 1975 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 11, 1975 and ended on January 30, 1976, so people born in 1975 before Feb 11 belong to the Wood Tiger year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Rabbit · Wood · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 11, 1975 | | Ends | January 30, 1976 | | Born in 1975 before Feb 11 | Wood Tiger (the 1974 year) | | Rabbit's fixed element | Wood (Wood year element matches the fixed element) | | Other Wood Rabbit years (1924-2044) | 2035 | | Stem-branch name | Yi-Mao | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Tuesday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 22 | ## When the 1975 Wood Rabbit year starts and ends The 1975 Wood Rabbit year began at Lunar New Year on February 11, 1975 and lasted until January 30, 1976, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Feb 11 1975 therefore belongs to the Wood Tiger year that started in 1974, while someone born in early 1976, up to Jan 30, is still a Wood Rabbit. 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 Rabbit combination also falls in 2035, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1975 fell on a Tuesday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Wood Rabbit personality Kind, artistic and devoted to harmony, the Wood Rabbit is gentleness in full leaf. The Rabbit's fixed element is Wood, so this year doubles it, and tradition describes a peacemaker with fine taste and a generous heart. People born now notice who feels left out. Being too pliable is the usual caution, and small, clear refusals help. Their homes often feel like calm retreats. 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. ## 1975 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the year's digits add up to 22, the master builder's number, kept whole and associated with large, practical plans. The digits of 1975 add up to 22. In the twelve-year cycle the Rabbit is the fourth animal, earthly branch Mao, with Wood as its fixed element and Yin polarity. The year element is Wood, and in the five-element cycles wood year element matches the fixed element. The year before was the Wood Tiger and the year after is the Fire Dragon. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Yi-Mao: Yi is the Wood heavenly stem and Mao is the Rabbit'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 1975? 1975 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit. It started on February 11, 1975 and ended on January 30, 1976. ### What if I was born in January or February 1975? Check the date against Feb 11. Born before February 11, 1975, you are a Wood Tiger; born on or after it, you are a Wood Rabbit. ### What element is 1975 in the Chinese zodiac? Wood, a Yin year. The Rabbit's own fixed element is Wood; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 1975? Yi-Mao. 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 Rabbit year? 2035, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 2035. ## Related pages - [Wood Rabbit](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/wood-rabbit) - [Rabbit](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/rabbit) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1974 (Wood Tiger)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1974) - [1976 (Fire Dragon)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1976) - [1963 (Water Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1963) - [1987 (Fire Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1987) - [2035 (Wood Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2035) - [1951 (Metal Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1951) - [1999 (Earth Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1999) - [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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