1944 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Monkey
Year of the Wood Monkey
Animal
🐒 Monkey
Element
Yang Wood
Cycle position
#9 of 12
About the 1944 Monkey year
- 1944 is a Yang Wood year — the Wood element colours the Monkey's nature with growth, generosity, and cooperation.
- The Monkey is the ninth of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Monkey year was 1932 and the next is 1956.
- People born in the Year of the Monkey are traditionally seen as sharp, curious, and inventive. The Monkey is said to pair most harmoniously with the Rat, Dragon, Snake.
Best matches for the Monkey
Signs the Monkey is traditionally most compatible with.
- Rat
- Dragon
- Snake
Frequently asked
1944 is the Year of the Wood Monkey — a Yang Wood year. The animal sign is the Monkey, the ninth of the 12-animal cycle.
1944 carries the Wood element (Yang Wood). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Wood Monkey combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1944, the Year of the Monkey, are traditionally described as sharp, curious, and inventive. With the Wood element added, growth, generosity, and cooperation are emphasised.
The Monkey is traditionally most compatible with the Rat, Dragon, Snake.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1944, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Goat (the 1943 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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