2004 Chinese zodiac
猴 Wood Monkey · yang
Born between 22 January 2004 and 8 February 2005: you are a Wood Monkey. Born in 2004 but before 22 January 2004: your sign is that of 2003, the Water Goat.
The year
- New Year : 22 January 2004
- Ends : 8 February 2005
- Animal : Monkey
- Element : Wood (yang)
The Wood element
growth, generosity, openness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
甲申 jiǎ shēn
Year 21 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1944 and 2064.
The Monkey in one line
Clever and inventive, it finds a way out of anything.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.