1974: Year of the Wood Tiger
The 1974 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Tiger, and it runs from 23 January 1974 to 10 February 1975 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Tiger 虎
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Yin 甲寅
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1974, a person turns 52 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1974? You may be Ox, not Tiger
Chinese New Year 1974 fell on 23 January 1974. Anyone born between 1 January 1974 and 22 January 1974 — a window of 22 days — belongs to the 1973 zodiac year, the Yin Water Ox, and not to the Tiger.
Check an exact birth date against the 23 January 1974 boundary.
Exact 1974 zodiac year dates
The 1974 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Tiger years around 1974
| Tiger year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Yang Earth Tiger | 31 January 1938 |
| 1950 | Yang Metal Tiger | 17 February 1950 |
| 1962 | Yang Water Tiger | 5 February 1962 |
| 1986 | Yang Fire Tiger | 9 February 1986 |
| 1998 | Yang Earth Tiger | 28 January 1998 |
| 2010 | Yang Metal Tiger | 14 February 2010 |
The exact pairing 甲寅 — Yang Wood Tiger — returns only once every sixty years: 1914, 2034, 2094.