{"id":673,"date":"2026-06-01T17:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=673"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:27:01","slug":"1954-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1954-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1954 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Horse"},"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 1954 is split near the beginning of February.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1954 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u9a6c<\/span>Horse \u00b7 <em>m\u01ce<\/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 Horse<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span> \u00b7 <em>Ji\u01cew\u01d4<\/em> \u00b7 Yang Wood Horse<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>February 3, 1954 \u2013 January 23, 1955<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 2, 1954 belongs to Water Snake<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Goat begins on January 24, 1955<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Tiger \u00b7 Horse \u00b7 Dog; Six Harmony: Goat; Six Conflict: Rat<\/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>1954 is not \u201call Horse\u201d<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on February 1, 1954 is still Water Snake. A person born on February 5, 1954 is Wood Horse.<\/p>\n        <p>That small date difference changes not only the animal sign, but also the element and full stem-branch label.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1954 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1954, the most important rule is simple: check whether the birthday came before or after February 3. The Chinese zodiac year begins with Lunar New Year, not with January 1.<\/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 2, 1954<\/td>\n            <td>Water Snake<\/td>\n            <td>The Wood Horse year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 3, 1954 \u2013 January 23, 1955<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Wood Horse zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 24, 1955 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Goat<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins before the end of January 1955.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This is why a plain \u201cborn in 1954\u201d answer is not careful enough. For January and the first two days of February, the correct sign is still the previous year\u2019s Water Snake.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"wood-horse-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Wood Horse means in the 1954 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Wood Horse combines the Horse animal sign with the Wood element. Horse brings movement, openness, independence, warmth, and a strong need for space. Wood adds growth, learning, renewal, and forward development.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Horse \u00b7 \u9a6c<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with movement, freedom, warmth, social energy, directness, and momentum.<\/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, expansion, learning, flexibility, and gradual development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Wood Horse<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests active growth: a Horse image that wants movement, but also improvement and direction.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Wood does not make Horse quieter; it gives Horse a growth pattern. The symbolic image is less like random motion and more like forward movement with a living direction \u2014 a branch reaching outward, not a wheel spinning in place.<\/p>\n    <p>As always, this is cultural symbolism. It is useful for reading a calendar label, but it should not be used to reduce a real person to a fixed personality description.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"jiawu-cycle\">\n    <h2>1954 in the 60-year cycle: <em>Ji\u01cew\u01d4<\/em> \u7532\u5348<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1954 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span>, pronounced <em>Ji\u01cew\u01d4<\/em>. This is more precise than \u201cYear of the Horse,\u201d because it tells you the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch together.<\/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, and expansive.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5348<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>W\u01d4<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Horse sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ji\u01cew\u01d4<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Wood Horse, commonly written in English as Wood Horse.<\/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 Horse a more outward image<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532<\/span> is Yang Wood. Compared with Yin Wood, it is often read as more upright, direct, and outward-moving.<\/p>\n        <p>In 1954, that fits the Horse image well: movement, initiative, expansion, and a desire to keep going forward.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1954\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1954 Wood Horse year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Wood Horse date range are often described through themes of independence, movement, curiosity, warmth, social confidence, and a desire to keep life moving.<\/p>\n    <p>The Wood layer adds a developmental quality. Instead of only \u201crestless Horse energy,\u201d Wood Horse symbolism suggests movement that wants growth: learning a new skill, improving a path, widening a social world, or seeking a larger field to move in.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Forward growth<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood Horse can suggest independence, social warmth, initiative, and the need to grow through movement.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not confuse symbol with biography<\/strong>\n        <p>A zodiac year cannot summarize someone\u2019s life, choices, relationships, health, work, or values.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For a birth year such as 1954, real life context matters greatly. A zodiac sign can be a cultural marker, but a person\u2019s actual story is shaped by family, education, work, language, historical environment, and personal decisions.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1954 Wood Horse compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Horse belongs to the Tiger-Horse-Dog Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through activity, loyalty, movement, courage, and directness. Horse\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Goat, while its Six Conflicts pair is Rat.<\/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 Horse<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Tiger \u00b7 Horse \u00b7 Dog<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse fits an active group: movement, courage, directness, and shared forward direction.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Horse \u00b7 Goat<\/td>\n            <td>Goat softens Horse\u2019s pace with care and emotional rhythm; Horse gives Goat more warmth and momentum.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Horse \u00b7 Rat<\/td>\n            <td>Horse may want open movement, while Rat may prefer timing and strategy. The tension is pace, not destiny.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Compatibility should be read as symbolic relationship language. It can help explain differences in rhythm, but it should not be treated 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 1954<\/h2>\n    <p>1954 should be checked together with 1953 and 1955 because the boundary cuts through early February 1954 and late January 1955. Both edges can change the zodiac answer.<\/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>1953 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Water Snake<\/td>\n            <td>February 14, 1953 \u2013 February 2, 1954<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 2, 1954 belongs here, not to Wood Horse.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1954 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse<\/td>\n            <td>February 3, 1954 \u2013 January 23, 1955<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Wood Horse range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1955-chinese-zodiac\/\">1955 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Goat<\/td>\n            <td>January 24, 1955 \u2013 February 11, 1956<\/td>\n            <td>January 24, 1955 starts a new animal sign while the Gregorian year has just begun.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1954 and other Wood Horse years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Wood Horse label repeats every 60 years. That means 1894, 1954, and 2014 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/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 Horse 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>1894<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1954<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The actual life context of people born in 1954 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2014<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Wood Horse 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 good comparison between 1954 and 2014 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 1954 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 1954 births Horse<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1 \u2013 February 2, 1954 is still Water Snake. Wood Horse begins on February 3.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u7532\u5348<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span>, not only \u201cHorse.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Wood as generic \u201cnature energy\u201d<\/strong>\n        <p>In 1954, Wood is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532<\/span> Yang Wood, giving the year a more outward and initiative-driven tone.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing the 1955 boundary<\/strong>\n        <p>January 24, 1955 begins Wood Goat, even though it is still January in the Gregorian calendar.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating Horse as only restless<\/strong>\n        <p>Wood Horse is better read as movement with growth, not just impatience or speed.<\/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 Horse 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>1954 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1954?<\/summary>\n        <p>1954 is the Year of the Horse. More specifically, it is the Year of the Wood Horse for birthdays from February 3, 1954 to January 23, 1955.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1954 Horse or Snake?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1954 is still Water Snake. The Wood Horse year begins on February 3, 1954.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is early February 1954 Horse?<\/summary>\n        <p>February 1\u20132, 1954 is still Water Snake. February 3, 1954 begins the Wood Horse year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1954?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1954 Chinese zodiac element is Wood. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/span> <em>Ji\u01cew\u01d4<\/em>, meaning Yang Wood Horse.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1954 Wood Horse?<\/summary>\n        <p>Horse belongs to the Tiger-Horse-Dog Three Harmonies group. Goat is Horse\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Rat is Horse\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1954 the same zodiac type as 2014?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1954 and 2014 are Wood Horse years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7532\u5348<\/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 Horse 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-horse\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Horse<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1955-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Next year<\/span>\n        <b>1955 Wood Goat<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/chinese-zodiac-elements\/\">\n        <span>Elements<\/span>\n        <b>Chinese Zodiac Elements<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/zodiac-element-combinations\/\">\n        <span>60-year cycle<\/span>\n        <b>Zodiac Element Combinations<\/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>1954 \u00b7 Wood Horse Year \u00b7 \u7532\u5348 1954 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Horse 1954 is the Year of the Wood Horse in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from February 3, 1954 to January 23, 1955. 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