--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 2035? Year of the Wood Rabbit" description: "2035 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac, from February 8, 2035 to January 27, 2036. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2035 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 2035? Year of the Wood Rabbit In Chinese astrology, 2035 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 8, 2035 and ended on January 27, 2036, so people born in 2035 before Feb 8 belong to the Wood Tiger year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Rabbit · Wood · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 8, 2035 | | Ends | January 27, 2036 | | Born in 2035 before Feb 8 | Wood Tiger (the 2034 year) | | Rabbit's fixed element | Wood (Wood year element matches the fixed element) | | Other Wood Rabbit years (1924-2044) | 1975 | | Stem-branch name | Yi-Mao | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Thursday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 1 | ## 2035 Lunar New Year: start and end dates Lunar New Year opened the Wood Rabbit year on February 8, 2035, and the year ran to January 27, 2036. So a birth date of Feb 8, 2035 or later counts as Wood Rabbit, and so do early 2036 birthdays through Jan 27; births in 2035 before Feb 8 still belong to the Wood Tiger. That moving boundary comes from the lunisolar calendar, in which the new year starts with the second new moon after the winter solstice in most years, so its Gregorian date shifts by up to a month from one year to the next. Look sixty years either side and the pairing repeats: 1975 are Wood Rabbit years too. That Thursday new year arrived with the Sun in Aquarius in the Western zodiac. ## What the Wood Rabbit is like Double Wood gives this Rabbit year a reputation for grace and warmth. Those born now are pictured as tactful hosts and patient makers, gifted with gardens, crafts and interiors. They give freely. Readings suggest writing down priorities before negotiations and choosing frank but gentle friends, so that kindness comes with a backbone. Their quiet hospitality tends to be remembered long after the evening ends. In the five-element scheme, Wood belongs to the east and to the green energy of early spring, and that seasonal image shapes how it colours an animal sign. A Wood stem tends to soften sharp edges and add warmth, curiosity and a cooperative instinct. Traditional texts associate it with benevolence, growth and the wish to build something that lasts beyond the self. People born under a Wood stem are often portrayed as principled, open-handed and hopeful about others. The caution usually attached to Wood is a habit of spreading energy thinly, saying yes to every request and feeling quietly hurt when generosity is not returned in kind. ## 2035 in the animal cycle and in numerology In numerology the year's digits reduce to 1, the number of beginnings, initiative and independence, so numerologists describe a 1 year as one that rewards starting things. The digits of 2035 add up to 10, which reduces to 1. The Rabbit holds the fourth place among the twelve animals and its fixed element is Wood. Set beside the year's Wood stem, wood year element matches the fixed element, which readings use to describe how settled or stretched the combination feels. The year before was the Wood Tiger and the year after is the Fire Dragon. Chinese almanacs name 2035 Yi-Mao, pairing the Wood stem Yi with the branch Mao. Both are Yin, as stem and branch always share a polarity, so of the hundred and twenty possible pairings only sixty ever occur, and each one names a single year in every cycle. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 2035? 2035 is the Year of the Wood Rabbit. It started on February 8, 2035 and ended on January 27, 2036. ### What if I was born in January or February 2035? Check the date against Feb 8. Born before February 8, 2035, you are a Wood Tiger; born on or after it, you are a Wood Rabbit. ### What element is 2035 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 2035? 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? 2095, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1975. ## 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) - [2034 (Wood Tiger)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2034) - [2036 (Fire Dragon)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2036) - [2023 (Water Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2023) - [1975 (Wood Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1975) - [2011 (Metal Rabbit)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2011) - [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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