1935 Chinese zodiac sign: Wood Pig

Chinese year 1935 begins on Monday, February 4, 1935, and ends on Thursday, January 23, 1936, the day before the Year of the Fire Rat begins. It has 354 days, or 12 lunar months: each month starts on a new moon, so it is 29 or 30 days long. The next leap year, with a thirteenth month, comes in 1936.

The year opens with the new moon on Sunday, February 3, 1935 at 11:27 a.m. ET. In Beijing it is already February 4, 12:27 a.m. China Standard Time, and the Beijing date sets New Year's Day, so the new year begins on February 4. The partial solar eclipse takes place at this same new moon.

The Lantern Festival, which closes the New Year celebrations, comes on the fifteenth day of the first month, so on Monday, February 18, 1935. The year's first full moon falls on Monday, February 18, 1935 at 6:17 a.m. ET.

It is year 12 of the sixty-year cycle that began in 1924 with the Wood Rat. In Chinese this year is called 乙亥 (yǐhài): the heavenly stem 乙 gives the element and the earthly branch 亥 the animal.

In Ba Zi astrology, the Four Pillars of Destiny, the year 1935 begins not at the lunar New Year but at the moment of lìchūn (立春, “start of spring”), when the Sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude: on Monday, February 4, 1935 at 12:48 p.m. Eastern Time. That is the same day Chinese New Year begins, so both calendars change sign on February 4.

This page and the calculator give your sign by the lunar calendar.

The Pig, called the Boar in some sources, closes the twelve-year cycle. It is the sign of kindness, sincerity and joy in life.

Growth, curiosity and cooperation. Wood brings a gardener's patience: it builds slowly, with an eye on what will grow in the years ahead.

The Wood element covers two years in a row, 1934 (yang) and 1935 (yin), and comes back every ten years: before that in 1924–1925, next in 1944–1945.

The Wood Pig is the life of the party. Wood adds optimism and generosity, so it gets involved in other people's affairs and always finds time to help. It is warmhearted and well liked. It can be naive, though, and takes on other people's problems more often than it should.

In 2026, people born in 1935 turn 91 years old. The Year of the Fire Horse is running now, which tradition counts as a year with no special tie for the Pig. People born in 1935 reach their next běnmìngnián, the year of their own sign, in 2031, when they turn 96 years old.

The Pig comes back every 12 years, each time with a different element. The exact combination of 1935, the Wood Pig, returns every 60 years: in 1875, 1935 and 1995.