{"id":611,"date":"2026-06-01T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=611"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:27:20","slug":"1964-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1964-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1964 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&#038;family=Noto+Sans+SC:wght@400;500;700&#038;family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500&#038;display=swap\" as=\"style\" onload=\"this.onload=null;this.rel='stylesheet'\"><noscript><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Archivo:wght@400;500;600;700;800;900&#038;family=Noto+Sans+SC:wght@400;500;700&#038;family=Spline+Sans+Mono:wght@400;500&#038;display=swap\"><\/noscript>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/unpkg.com\/@phosphor-icons\/web@2.1.1\" defer><\/script>\n<style>\n\/* The Zodiac Lore \u2014 Year\/Animal\/Compat page style \u2014 BRAND-UNIFIED to new homepage (Style B). 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The careful answer checks the exact birthday, because January and the first twelve days of February 1964 still belong to the previous Water Rabbit year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1964 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u9f99<\/span>Dragon \u00b7 <em>l\u00f3ng<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Element<\/td>\n            <td>Wood \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u6728<\/span> \u00b7 <em>m\u00f9<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span> \u00b7 <em>Ji\u01cech\u00e9n<\/em> \u00b7 Yang Wood Dragon<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>February 13, 1964 \u2013 February 1, 1965<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 12, 1964 belongs to Water Rabbit<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake begins on February 2, 1965<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey; Six Harmony: Rooster; Six Conflict: Dog<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-warning-circle\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>1964 changes sign in mid-February<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on February 10, 1964 is still Water Rabbit. A person born on February 15, 1964 is Wood Dragon.<\/p>\n        <p>That short gap changes the zodiac animal, element, and full 60-year cycle label.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1964 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1964, the key question is whether the birthday came before or after February 13. Dates before February 13 still belong to the Water Rabbit year, even though the Gregorian year says 1964.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Birthday range<\/th>\n            <th>Correct zodiac result<\/th>\n            <th>Reading note<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 12, 1964<\/td>\n            <td>Water Rabbit<\/td>\n            <td>The Wood Dragon year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 13, 1964 \u2013 February 1, 1965<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Wood Dragon zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 2, 1965 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins in early February 1965.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This year is a useful example of why Chinese zodiac pages should not simply say \u201c1964 = Dragon.\u201d For people born before February 13, that answer is wrong.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"wood-dragon-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Wood Dragon means in the 1964 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Wood Dragon combines the Dragon animal sign with the Wood element. Dragon brings presence, imagination, ambition, confidence, vitality, and a sense of larger possibility. Wood adds growth, renewal, expansion, learning, and the impulse to build something living rather than merely display power.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Dragon \u00b7 \u9f99<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with vitality, confidence, imagination, visibility, ambition, and a larger-than-life symbolic presence.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Wood \u00b7 \u6728<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with growth, renewal, flexibility, learning, expansion, and long-term development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Wood Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests expansive vision: a Dragon image that wants growth, renewal, and meaningful forward development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Dragon symbolism can sound too grand in English, as if it were only about power or status. Wood changes that reading. In a Wood Dragon year, the Dragon image becomes more developmental: not just \u201cbeing impressive,\u201d but growing, creating, improving, and reaching outward.<\/p>\n    <p>That does not mean every person born in the Wood Dragon year is ambitious, charismatic, or creative. The zodiac label is cultural language, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"jiachen-cycle\">\n    <h2>1964 in the 60-year cycle: <em>Ji\u01cech\u00e9n<\/em> \u7532\u8fb0<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1964 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span>, pronounced <em>Ji\u01cech\u00e9n<\/em>. This is more exact than \u201cDragon year,\u201d because it combines the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Layer<\/th>\n            <th>Chinese<\/th>\n            <th>Pinyin<\/th>\n            <th>How it shapes the year<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Heavenly Stem<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ji\u01ce<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Wood: upright, outward-growing, initiative-driven, expansive, and strongly developmental.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ch\u00e9n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Dragon sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ji\u01cech\u00e9n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Wood Dragon, commonly written in English as Wood Dragon.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-note\">\n      <div class=\"mark\"><i class=\"ph-bold ph-yin-yang\"><\/i><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Yang Wood gives this Dragon an outward-growing tone<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532<\/span> is Yang Wood. A useful image is a tall tree: upright, visible, expanding, and trying to grow toward open space.<\/p>\n        <p>When that Wood layer meets Dragon, the reading becomes less about fixed grandeur and more about creative growth, initiative, and long-range vision.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1964\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1964 Wood Dragon year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Wood Dragon date range are often described through themes of imagination, growth, confidence, vitality, learning, creative direction, and the desire to build something larger than the present moment.<\/p>\n    <p>The Wood layer gives the Dragon image a developmental quality. Instead of only ambition or presence, Wood Dragon symbolism suggests vision that wants to grow into form: a project, family role, idea, skill, business, garden, craft, or long-term path.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Expansive growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood Dragon can suggest imagination, initiative, creative confidence, growth, and a strong sense of forward development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not over-mythologize Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>Dragon is culturally powerful, but a real person is shaped by far more than a zodiac animal.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a birth year such as 1964, real life context matters. Family, education, language, work, health, migration, historical environment, and personal choices all matter more than a symbolic calendar label.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1964 Wood Dragon compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Dragon belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through strategy, invention, timing, momentum, and adaptive intelligence. Dragon\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Rooster, while its Six Conflicts pair is Dog.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Pattern<\/th>\n            <th>Signs<\/th>\n            <th>How to read it for Wood Dragon<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon brings expansive vision and initiative to a group focused on strategy, opportunity, and momentum.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon \u00b7 Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>Rooster gives Dragon precision and finish; Dragon gives Rooster scale, confidence, and a larger direction.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon \u00b7 Dog<\/td>\n            <td>Dragon may move toward big possibility, while Dog may ask for proof, trust, and caution. The tension is scale, not destiny.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Compatibility is symbolic relationship language. It can help describe different rhythms, but it should not be used as a rule for love, marriage, friendship, or family decisions.<\/p>\n    <p>For the full system, read <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/a>, <a href=\"\/three-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Three Harmonies<\/a>, <a href=\"\/six-harmonies-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Harmonies<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/six-conflicts-chinese-zodiac\/\">Six Conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"nearby-years\">\n    <h2>Nearby years that are easy to confuse with 1964<\/h2>\n    <p>1964 should be checked with 1963 and 1965 because both edges matter: early February 1964 still belongs to Water Rabbit, and early February 1965 already begins Wood Snake.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Year page<\/th>\n            <th>Zodiac type<\/th>\n            <th>Date range<\/th>\n            <th>Why it matters<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1963-chinese-zodiac\/\">1963 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Water Rabbit<\/td>\n            <td>January 25, 1963 \u2013 February 12, 1964<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 12, 1964 belongs here, not to Wood Dragon.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1964 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon<\/td>\n            <td>February 13, 1964 \u2013 February 1, 1965<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Wood Dragon range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1965-chinese-zodiac\/\">1965 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Snake<\/td>\n            <td>February 2, 1965 \u2013 January 20, 1966<\/td>\n            <td>February 2, 1965 starts Wood Snake; February 1 is still Wood Dragon.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1964 and other Wood Dragon years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Wood Dragon label repeats every 60 years. That means 1904, 1964, and 2024 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span>. What repeats is the calendar label, not the person\u2019s life story.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Wood Dragon year<\/th>\n            <th>Traditional label<\/th>\n            <th>What repeats<\/th>\n            <th>What changes<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1904<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1964<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1964 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2024<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Dragon cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Modern childhood, education, family culture, and social environment are completely different.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>A useful comparison between 1964 and 2024 is therefore cultural and calendrical: the same animal-element label returns, while human context changes entirely.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"common-mistakes\">\n    <h2>Common mistakes about the 1964 Chinese zodiac<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 1<\/span>\n        <strong>Calling all 1964 births Dragon<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1 \u2013 February 12, 1964 is still Water Rabbit. Wood Dragon begins on February 13.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u7532\u8fb0<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span>, not only \u201cDragon.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Dragon as only power<\/strong>\n        <p>Dragon symbolism also includes imagination, vitality, vision, presence, and a sense of larger possibility.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing February 1965<\/strong>\n        <p>February 1, 1965 is still Wood Dragon. Wood Snake begins on February 2.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Forgetting the Wood layer<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood gives the Dragon reading more growth, renewal, initiative, and long-range development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 6<\/span>\n        <strong>Using zodiac as biography<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood Dragon is a calendar and cultural label, not a complete life story.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n          <section class=\"tzl-card\" id=\"go-deeper\">\n      <h2>Want it for your own chart?<\/h2>\n      <p>Everything above is the public year picture. If you or the person you are reading this for were actually born in this year, two things go a step past what a public page can give you:<\/p>\n      <div class=\"tzl-links\">\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/personalized-reading\/\"><strong>Personalized Reading<\/strong>Your full birth-chart write-up &#8211; element balance, the signs and years it traditionally clashes or harmonizes with, and a printable report.<span>See the reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n        <a class=\"tzl-link\" href=\"\/product\/couple-chinese-zodiac-compatibility-report\/\"><strong>Couple Compatibility Report<\/strong>How two birth charts read together &#8211; both sides side by side, not a generic match-score list.<span>See the report &rarr;<\/span><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"faq\">\n    <h2>1964 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1964?<\/summary>\n        <p>1964 is the Year of the Dragon. More specifically, it is the Year of the Wood Dragon for birthdays from February 13, 1964 to February 1, 1965.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1964 Dragon or Rabbit?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1964 is still Water Rabbit. The Wood Dragon year begins on February 13, 1964.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is early February 1964 Dragon?<\/summary>\n        <p>No. February 1\u201312, 1964 is still Water Rabbit. February 13, 1964 begins the Wood Dragon year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1964?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1964 Chinese zodiac element is Wood. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span> <em>Ji\u01cech\u00e9n<\/em>, meaning Yang Wood Dragon.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Wood Dragon mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Wood Dragon combines Dragon symbolism of vitality, imagination, confidence, and larger possibility with Wood symbolism of growth, learning, renewal, and long-term development.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1964 Wood Dragon?<\/summary>\n        <p>Dragon belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. Rooster is Dragon\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Dog is Dragon\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1964 the same zodiac type as 2024?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1964 and 2024 are Wood Dragon years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u8fb0<\/span>. But the same 60-year cycle label does not mean the same personality, fate, or life story.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\">\n    <h2>Next steps<\/h2>\n    <p>Use these pages to confirm the boundary, understand Dragon symbolism, and compare nearby zodiac years.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-next\">\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-years-chart\/\">\n        <span>Chart<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Years Chart<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/year-of-the-dragon\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Dragon<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1963-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Boundary<\/span>\n        <b>1963 Water Rabbit<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1965-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Next year<\/span>\n        <b>1965 Wood Snake<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/2024-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>2024 Wood Dragon<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-compatibility\/\">\n        <span>Compatibility<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Compatibility<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<style id=\"tzl-enh\">\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-table th{background:#262626;color:#f2f2f2}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-next a:hover span{color:rgba(255,255,255,.7)}\nhtml.tzl-dark .tzl-links a:hover{background:var(--accent,#e1391b);color:#fff}\n.tzl-toc{border:2px solid var(--ink,#0a0a0a);padding:16px 22px;margin:0 0 30px;background:var(--bg,#fff)}\n.tzl-toc-h{font-family:'Spline Sans Mono',monospace;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);margin-bottom:10px}\n.tzl-toc-list{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0;columns:2;column-gap:30px}\n.tzl-toc-list li{margin:0 0 7px;break-inside:avoid}\n.tzl-toc-list a{color:var(--ink,#0a0a0a);text-decoration:none;font-size:15px;border-bottom:1px solid transparent}\n.tzl-toc-list a:hover{color:var(--accent,#e1391b);border-bottom-color:var(--accent,#e1391b)}\n@media(max-width:600px){.tzl-toc-list{columns:1}}\nhtml.tzl-dark section.tzl-card{background:var(--bg)!important}\r\n<\/style>\n<script>\n(function(){function go(){var page=document.querySelector('.tzl-page');if(!page||page.querySelector('.tzl-toc'))return;var hs=[].filter.call(page.querySelectorAll('h2'),function(h){return !h.closest('.tzl-hero')&&!h.closest('.tzl-faq');});if(hs.length<3)return;var ul='';hs.forEach(function(h,i){if(!h.id){var s=(h.textContent||'').trim().toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]+\/g,'-').replace(\/^-+|-+$\/g,'').slice(0,50)||('sec'+i);var id=s,k=2;while(document.getElementById(id)){id=s+'-'+(k++);}h.id=id;}ul+='<li><a href=\"#'+h.id+'\">'+(h.textContent||'').trim()+'<\/a><\/li>';});var nav=document.createElement('nav');nav.className='tzl-toc';nav.setAttribute('aria-label','Contents');nav.innerHTML='<div class=\"tzl-toc-h\">On this page<\/div><ul class=\"tzl-toc-list\">'+ul+'<\/ul>';var hero=page.querySelector('.tzl-hero');if(hero&&hero.parentNode)hero.parentNode.insertBefore(nav,hero.nextSibling);else page.insertBefore(nav,page.firstChild);}if(document.readyState!=='loading')go();else document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',go);})();\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1964 \u00b7 Wood Dragon Year \u00b7 \u7532\u8fb0 1964 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Dragon 1964 is the Year of the Wood Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from February 13, 1964 to February 1, 1965. 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