Wood Dragon (甲辰): personality and meaning in the Chinese zodiac
The Wood Dragon, 甲辰, gives the Dragon an inventive mind and a cooperative strength. The tradition reads it as creative, curious and generous.
Heavenly stem and earthly branch: 甲辰
Years: 1904, 1964, 2024
Character
甲辰 sets 甲, yang wood, the tall tree, over 辰, the Dragon's yang earth, in late spring. Wood draws on earth, and the tradition reads this pair as a great tree rooted in fertile ground after the spring rains: vision with the means to grow.
People born in a Wood Dragon year are read as imaginative, enthusiastic and fair-minded, with the Dragon's ambition turned toward creating and sharing rather than only toward winning. They welcome new ideas and work well with others. The tradition's shadow for the Wood Dragon is restlessness — many grand plans begun at once — and a pride that finds criticism hard to take.
In love and at work
In love the Wood Dragon is read as warm, idealistic and generous, a partner who shares its dreams. At work it shines in innovation, the arts, education, entrepreneurship and public life. The tradition suggests the Wood Dragon let a trusted ally tell it which plan to start with.
A question to take with you
Which of your grand plans would you most like to see finished — and what is its next small step?
Updated October 28, 2026