Birthdays / March
Born on March 5: Chinese zodiac and element
Every March 5 birthday falls in a Wood solar month of the Four Pillars (BaZi) calendar. Your zodiac animal, year element and Day Master depend on the year, so the table below works out all three for every year from 1950 to 2026.
Solar month element
Wood
March 5, 2000 zodiac
Metal Dragon
March 5, 2000 Day Master
Yang Water
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March 5 by year
| Year | Zodiac | Year element | Day Master |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Tiger | Metal (Yang) | Yin Earth Pig |
| 1951 | Rabbit | Metal (Yin) | Yang Wood Dragon |
| 1952 | Dragon | Water (Yang) | Yang Metal Dog |
| 1953 | Snake | Water (Yin) | Yin Wood Rabbit |
| 1954 | Horse | Wood (Yang) | Yang Metal Monkey |
| 1955 | Goat | Wood (Yin) | Yin Wood Ox |
| 1956 | Monkey | Fire (Yang) | Yin Metal Goat |
| 1957 | Rooster | Fire (Yin) | Yang Fire Rat |
| 1958 | Dog | Earth (Yang) | Yin Metal Snake |
| 1959 | Pig | Earth (Yin) | Yang Fire Dog |
| 1960 | Rat | Metal (Yang) | Yang Water Dragon |
| 1961 | Ox | Metal (Yin) | Yin Fire Rooster |
| 1962 | Tiger | Water (Yang) | Yang Water Tiger |
| 1963 | Rabbit | Water (Yin) | Yin Fire Goat |
| 1964 | Dragon | Wood (Yang) | Yin Water Ox |
| 1965 | Snake | Wood (Yin) | Yang Earth Horse |
| 1966 | Horse | Fire (Yang) | Yin Water Pig |
| 1967 | Goat | Fire (Yin) | Yang Earth Dragon |
| 1968 | Monkey | Earth (Yang) | Yang Wood Dog |
| 1969 | Rooster | Earth (Yin) | Yin Earth Rabbit |
| 1970 | Dog | Metal (Yang) | Yang Wood Monkey |
| 1971 | Pig | Metal (Yin) | Yin Earth Ox |
| 1972 | Rat | Water (Yang) | Yin Wood Goat |
| 1973 | Ox | Water (Yin) | Yang Metal Rat |
| 1974 | Tiger | Wood (Yang) | Yin Wood Snake |
| 1975 | Rabbit | Wood (Yin) | Yang Metal Dog |
| 1976 | Dragon | Fire (Yang) | Yang Fire Dragon |
| 1977 | Snake | Fire (Yin) | Yin Metal Rooster |
| 1978 | Horse | Earth (Yang) | Yang Fire Tiger |
| 1979 | Goat | Earth (Yin) | Yin Metal Goat |
| 1980 | Monkey | Metal (Yang) | Yin Fire Ox |
| 1981 | Rooster | Metal (Yin) | Yang Water Horse |
| 1982 | Dog | Water (Yang) | Yin Fire Pig |
| 1983 | Pig | Water (Yin) | Yang Water Dragon |
| 1984 | Rat | Wood (Yang) | Yang Earth Dog |
| 1985 | Ox | Wood (Yin) | Yin Water Rabbit |
| 1986 | Tiger | Fire (Yang) | Yang Earth Monkey |
| 1987 | Rabbit | Fire (Yin) | Yin Water Ox |
| 1988 | Dragon | Earth (Yang) | Yin Earth Goat |
| 1989 | Snake | Earth (Yin) | Yang Wood Rat |
| 1990 | Horse | Metal (Yang) | Yin Earth Snake |
| 1991 | Goat | Metal (Yin) | Yang Wood Dog |
| 1992 | Monkey | Water (Yang) | Yang Metal Dragon |
| 1993 | Rooster | Water (Yin) | Yin Wood Rooster |
| 1994 | Dog | Wood (Yang) | Yang Metal Tiger |
| 1995 | Pig | Wood (Yin) | Yin Wood Goat |
| 1996 | Rat | Fire (Yang) | Yin Metal Ox |
| 1997 | Ox | Fire (Yin) | Yang Fire Horse |
| 1998 | Tiger | Earth (Yang) | Yin Metal Pig |
| 1999 | Rabbit | Earth (Yin) | Yang Fire Dragon |
| 2000 | Dragon | Metal (Yang) | Yang Water Dog |
| 2001 | Snake | Metal (Yin) | Yin Fire Rabbit |
| 2002 | Horse | Water (Yang) | Yang Water Monkey |
| 2003 | Goat | Water (Yin) | Yin Fire Ox |
| 2004 | Monkey | Wood (Yang) | Yin Water Goat |
| 2005 | Rooster | Wood (Yin) | Yang Earth Rat |
| 2006 | Dog | Fire (Yang) | Yin Water Snake |
| 2007 | Pig | Fire (Yin) | Yang Earth Dog |
| 2008 | Rat | Earth (Yang) | Yang Wood Dragon |
| 2009 | Ox | Earth (Yin) | Yin Earth Rooster |
| 2010 | Tiger | Metal (Yang) | Yang Wood Tiger |
| 2011 | Rabbit | Metal (Yin) | Yin Earth Goat |
| 2012 | Dragon | Water (Yang) | Yin Wood Ox |
| 2013 | Snake | Water (Yin) | Yang Metal Horse |
| 2014 | Horse | Wood (Yang) | Yin Wood Pig |
| 2015 | Goat | Wood (Yin) | Yang Metal Dragon |
| 2016 | Monkey | Fire (Yang) | Yang Fire Dog |
| 2017 | Rooster | Fire (Yin) | Yin Metal Rabbit |
| 2018 | Dog | Earth (Yang) | Yang Fire Monkey |
| 2019 | Pig | Earth (Yin) | Yin Metal Ox |
| 2020 | Rat | Metal (Yang) | Yin Fire Goat |
| 2021 | Ox | Metal (Yin) | Yang Water Rat |
| 2022 | Tiger | Water (Yang) | Yin Fire Snake |
| 2023 | Rabbit | Water (Yin) | Yang Water Dog |
| 2024 | Dragon | Wood (Yang) | Yang Earth Dragon |
| 2025 | Snake | Wood (Yin) | Yin Water Rooster |
| 2026 | Horse | Fire (Yang) | Yang Earth Tiger |
Day Master is the element of the day pillar, the character classical readers treat as “you”. Worked out with the standard 60-day ganzhi cycle; within a day of a solar-term boundary the month pillar can shift.
What a Wood month means
Charts born in a Wood month start with extra Wood in the count. Tradition reads a strong element as a flavour, not a verdict. If your chart turns out light on Wood, its balancing colors are green, teal. Run the calculator to see your own count across all five.