23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yang Wood year pillar

Wood Rat (1924, 1984, 2044)

Wood Rat years are 1924, 1984, 2044 within 1901–2099. 甲子 is pillar 1 of the 60-year cycle: Yang Wood is its year-stem element, while the Rat branch remains Water.

Wood Rat personality

Wood gives the Rat's resourcefulness a cooperative direction, turning a private clever idea into something that can grow through shared effort. This is the Rat portrait most concerned with keeping useful connections alive and finding room for another person's contribution. Its challenge is spreading attention across so many possibilities that a promising beginning never receives sustained care.

Born in 1924, 1984, 2044? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

甲子: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
甲 Jia · Yang Wood
Animal branch
子 Zi · Yang Water
Year stem and fixed branch
Water generates Wood
Solar month 11
Major Snow · Winter
Branch compass and double-hour
N · 23:00–01:00
Hidden stems
癸 guǐ Water (primary)

In the Five Phases cycle, Water feeds Wood.

Na Yin pair: 海中金

Metal Na Yin · paired with 乙丑 Yin Wood Ox in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Wood Rat years, 1901–2099

The complete 甲子 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 Rat with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Animal branches

Clash

Clash 六冲

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Rat elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.