2004 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Monkey

2004 is the Year of the Wood Monkey — a Yang Wood year. The animal sign is the Monkey, the ninth of the 12-animal cycle.

2004 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 2004, 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 2004, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Goat (the 2003 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.