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Chinese zodiac by year

🐒 1944 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Monkey

People born between January 25, 1944 and February 12, 1945 are Wood Monkey (甲申 Jiǎ Shēn) in the Chinese zodiac. Born in January or early February 1944, before January 25, 1944? Then your sign is the Water Goat of 1943.

Animal
🐒 Monkey (猴)
Element
Wood 木 · Yang
Stem & Branch
甲申 · Jiǎ Shēn
Year starts
January 25, 1944 (Lunar New Year)
Year ends
February 12, 1945
Age in 2027
turns 83
2027 Tai Sui
a neutral year with Tai Sui

The Wood Monkey personality

A quick-minded Monkey with extra reach, ideals, and nerve.

quick strategic mindrestless curiositysocially alertbold problem-solverindependent streak

Wood Monkey years blend the Monkey’s sharp timing and clever social radar with Jia Wood’s upright, outward-moving style. Compared with other Monkeys, this one is less purely tactical and more interested in growth, vision, and making something larger happen. The Monkey branch is Metal, while Wood is cut and shaped by Metal, so this sign often carries a useful inner tension: big ideas meeting hard reality.

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Best matches and clashes

Six Harmony partner: 🐒 Monkey & 🐍 Snake. Three Harmony partners: 🐒 Monkey & 🐀 Rat, 🐒 Monkey & 🐉 Dragon. Clash: 🐒 Monkey & 🐅 Tiger.

A Monkey born in 1944 in the 2027 Fire Goat year

2027 is a neutral year with Tai Sui for the Monkey. See the month-by-month forecast in Monkey horoscope 2027.

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Frequently asked questions

What Chinese zodiac is 1944?

1944 is the Year of the Wood Monkey (甲申, Jiǎ Shēn). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 25, 1944 to February 12, 1945.

What element is 1944 in Chinese astrology?

Wood (木), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 甲 and its Earthly Branch is 申 (Monkey).

Is someone born in January 1944 a Monkey?

Born in January or early February 1944, before January 25, 1944? Then your sign is the Water Goat of 1943.

Who is a Wood Monkey compatible with?

Traditionally the Monkey pairs best with the Snake, Rat, Dragon and finds the Tiger most challenging.

What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1944?

2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Monkey it is a neutral year with Tai Sui. A person born in 1944 turns 83 in 2027.

Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.

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