1975 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Rabbit

沉浸 TeamAugust 26, 20264 min read

The 1975 Chinese zodiac animal is the Rabbit. More precisely, 1975 was the Year of the Wood Rabbit (乙卯 yǐmǎo): the zodiac year ran from February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976. If you were born in that window, your Chinese zodiac sign is the Rabbit (兔 tù).

One catch before anything else: the zodiac year follows the lunar calendar, not January 1. Born in 1975 before February 11? Then you belong to the previous animal, the Wood Tiger. The next section has the exact dates.

1975 Chinese zodiac at a glance

Animal: Rabbit (兔 tù), the fourth of the 12 zodiac animals
Element: Wood (木 mù)
Traditional name: 乙卯 (yǐmǎo) in the 60-year cycle
Dates: February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976
Lucky numbers: 3, 4, 6
Lucky colors: red, pink, purple, blue

Born in January or February 1975?

Chinese New Year fell on February 11 in 1975. So:

Born January 1 to February 10, 1975: you're a Wood Tiger (tiger year 1974), not a Rabbit.
Born February 11 or later in 1975: you're a Wood Rabbit.

This is the single most common mistake people make with the Chinese zodiac. When a January or February birthday is involved, always check the new year date before assuming the animal.

The Wood Rabbit personality

Rabbits are gentle, tactful, and quietly elegant. They read a room instantly, avoid conflict when they can, and build beautiful, comfortable lives. Under the softness is real shrewdness; a Rabbit rarely ends up on the losing side of a deal.

Wood is the element of growth and ideas. It adds curiosity, generosity, and a builder's patience. In the 60-year cycle each animal pairs with one of five elements, so a Wood Rabbit (born 1975) reads a little different from Rabbits of other years: the wood side colors how the rabbit's core traits show up.

Strengths:

Kind and considerate
Diplomatic peacemaker
Refined taste
Quietly shrewd

Watch out for:

Avoids confrontation
Can seem detached
Overly cautious at times

Rabbits do well in design, diplomacy, law, publishing, and care work, anywhere tact and taste matter.

1975 zodiac compatibility

Traditional Chinese astrology groups the 12 animals into "trines" of three signs that share a temperament, and pairs each sign with a "secret friend" and one clash.

Best matches for the Rabbit: the Goat and the Pig (trine partners), plus the Dog, the Rabbit's secret friend.
Trickiest match: the Rooster, the Rabbit's opposite on the zodiac wheel.

Treat this as folk wisdom rather than fate. Plenty of happy couples "clash" on paper, and Chinese families today read these charts with a wink more often than a frown.

How to say it in Chinese

兔 (tù): rabbit
生肖 (shēngxiào): Chinese zodiac sign
我属兔 (wǒ shǔ tù): "I'm a Rabbit." The verb 属 (shǔ) means "to belong to"
本命年 (běnmìngnián): your own zodiac year, when your animal comes back around

Born in 1975? Your next 本命年 is 2035, the next Rabbit year after 2026. Tradition says to wear red that year for luck.

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Other Rabbit years

1963: Water Rabbit (January 25, 1963 to February 12, 1964)
1987: Fire Rabbit (January 29, 1987 to February 16, 1988)
1999: Earth Rabbit (February 16, 1999 to February 4, 2000)
2011: Metal Rabbit (February 3, 2011 to January 22, 2012)
2023: Water Rabbit (January 22, 2023 to February 9, 2024)

Read the full Year of the Rabbit guide for the personality in depth, or look up a different birth year on the Chinese zodiac overview.

1975 Chinese zodiac FAQ

What animal is 1975 in the Chinese zodiac?

1975 is the Year of the Rabbit. Anyone born from February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976 is a Rabbit; a birthday earlier in 1975 belongs to the Year of the Tiger.

What element is 1975?

Wood. The full sign for 1975 is the Wood Rabbit (乙卯 yǐmǎo), a combination that repeats only once every 60 years.

How old is someone born in 1975?

Someone born in 1975 turns 51 in 2026, or is still 50 if their birthday hasn't come around yet this year. In traditional Chinese age counting (虚岁 xūsuì), you'd add one more, since babies are counted as one year old at birth.