23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yang Wood year pillar

Wood Monkey (1944, 2004, 2064)

Wood Monkey years are 1944, 2004, 2064 within 1901–2099. 甲申 is pillar 21 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Wood is its year-stem element, while the Monkey branch remains Metal.

Wood Monkey personality

Wood gives the Monkey's inventiveness a constructive, shared direction, emphasising experiments that help an idea grow beyond its first clever version. Sociability becomes a way to gather different contributions rather than simply enjoy an audience. The challenge is starting too many collaborations, leaving the practical task of completing them behind the excitement of making another connection.

Born in 1944, 2004, 2064? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

甲申: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
甲 Jia · Yang Wood
Animal branch
申 Shen · Yang Metal
Year stem and fixed branch
Metal controls Wood
Solar month 7
Start of Autumn · Autumn
Branch compass and double-hour
WSW · 15:00–17:00
Hidden stems
庚 gēng Metal (primary); 壬 rén Water (middle); 戊 wù Earth (residual)

In the Five Phases cycle, Metal regulates Wood.

Na Yin pair: 泉中水

Water Na Yin · paired with 乙酉 Yin Wood Rooster in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Wood Monkey years, 1901–2099

The complete 甲申 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.

2026 live coordinate

Wood Monkey with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Monkey elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.