2024 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Dragon
People born in 2024 are Yang Wood Dragons, with one important exception: the first weeks of the year.
Quick answer
The 2024 zodiac year ran from February 10, 2024 to January 28, 2025. If you were born on or after February 10, 2024, your sign is the Wood Dragon. If you were born earlier in 2024, you belong to the Water Rabbit of 2023.
Wood Dragon personality
Ambitious, charismatic and larger than life.
The Dragon is the fifth animal and the only mythical creature in the zodiac. It is the most prestigious sign in Chinese culture, associated with power, good fortune and ambition.
Wood years add growth, creativity and flexibility. Wood people tend to be idealistic, cooperative and always learning.
Strengths: Confident and charismatic, Ambitious and energetic, Generous, Natural leader, Optimistic. Watch for: Domineering, Impatient, Perfectionist, Proud, Short-tempered.
Read the full Dragon guide for love, career and compatibility.
Born early in 2024?
The Chinese zodiac follows the lunisolar calendar, so a January or February birth often belongs to the previous animal. In 2024, Chinese New Year fell on February 10, 2024. Anyone born before that date is a Water Rabbit instead. See the Rabbit guide.
2024 zodiac year facts
- Chinese New Year 2024 fell on a Saturday, February 10, 2024.
- The Dragon year lasted 354 days, slightly shorter than a calendar year.
- Anyone born in the first 40 days of 2024 (January 1 to February 10, 2024) belongs to the previous sign.
- People born in 2024 turn 2 or 1 during 2026, depending on their birthday.
- The same Wood Dragon combination appears every 60 years: previously in 1964.
Other Dragon years: 2000, 2012. Each has a different element, which colors the animal's traits.
Dragon compatibility
The Dragon is traditionally most harmonious with Rat and Monkey, and tends to clash with the Dog.
Near 2024, the Dragon's harmonious partners were born in: Rat: 2020; Monkey: 2028.
The Chinese zodiac is a cultural tradition offered for reflection and entertainment.