{"id":679,"date":"2026-06-01T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=679"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:26:54","slug":"1956-chinese-zodiac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1956-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1956 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Monkey"},"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 birthday first, because the first six weeks of 1956 still belong to the previous Wood Goat year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1956 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7334<\/span>Monkey \u00b7 <em>h\u00f3u<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Element<\/td>\n            <td>Fire \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u706b<\/span> \u00b7 <em>hu\u01d2<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span> \u00b7 <em>B\u01d0ngsh\u0113n<\/em> \u00b7 Yang Fire Monkey<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>February 12, 1956 \u2013 January 30, 1957<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 11, 1956 belongs to Wood Goat<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster begins on January 31, 1957<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey; Six Harmony: Snake; Six Conflict: Tiger<\/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>1956 is easy to misread before February 12<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on February 5, 1956 is still Wood Goat. A person born on February 15, 1956 is Fire Monkey.<\/p>\n        <p>That small date gap changes the animal, element, and full stem-branch label. This is why a Gregorian birth year alone is not enough.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1956 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1956, the key question is whether the birthday came before or after February 12. Dates before that still belong to the Wood Goat year, even though the Gregorian year says 1956.<\/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 11, 1956<\/td>\n            <td>Wood Goat<\/td>\n            <td>The Fire Monkey year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 12, 1956 \u2013 January 30, 1957<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Fire Monkey zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins before February 1957 arrives.<\/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 \u201c1956 = Monkey.\u201d For people born before February 12, that answer is wrong.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"fire-monkey-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Fire Monkey means in the 1956 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Fire Monkey combines the Monkey animal sign with the Fire element. Monkey brings cleverness, speed, social agility, curiosity, and problem-solving. Fire adds visibility, confidence, warmth, expression, and a more outward push.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Animal layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Monkey \u00b7 \u7334<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with wit, adaptability, curiosity, improvisation, social movement, and mental quickness.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Fire \u00b7 \u706b<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with brightness, expression, warmth, confidence, visibility, and active outward energy.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Fire Monkey<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests cleverness that wants to be seen: quick, expressive, inventive, and socially alert.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Monkey already has a restless, curious quality. Fire makes that quality more visible. In symbolic terms, this is not just quiet intelligence; it is intelligence with movement, performance, and quick response.<\/p>\n    <p>That does not mean every person born in the Fire Monkey year is playful, clever, or dramatic. The zodiac label is cultural language, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"bingshen-cycle\">\n    <h2>1956 in the 60-year cycle: <em>B\u01d0ngsh\u0113n<\/em> \u4e19\u7533<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1956 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span>, pronounced <em>B\u01d0ngsh\u0113n<\/em>. This is more exact than \u201cMonkey 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\">\u4e19<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>B\u01d0ng<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Fire: bright, outward, active, expressive, and strongly visible.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u7533<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Sh\u0113n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Monkey sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>B\u01d0ngsh\u0113n<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yang Fire Monkey, commonly written in English as Fire Monkey.<\/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 Fire makes this Monkey more outward<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19<\/span> is Yang Fire. A useful image is sunlight rather than a small candle: bright, visible, and hard to ignore.<\/p>\n        <p>When that Fire layer meets Monkey, the reading becomes more expressive and quick-moving than a quieter Monkey year.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1956\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1956 Fire Monkey year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Fire Monkey date range are often described through themes of quick thinking, curiosity, flexibility, social movement, humor, confidence, and inventive problem-solving.<\/p>\n    <p>The Fire layer makes the Monkey image more outward. Instead of only cleverness or private strategy, Fire Monkey symbolism suggests quick intelligence that wants motion, reaction, expression, and sometimes an audience.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Visible cleverness<\/strong>\n        <p>Fire Monkey can suggest agile thinking, expressive humor, fast adaptation, and a strong response to opportunity.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not reduce people to \u201ctrickster\u201d labels<\/strong>\n        <p>Monkey symbolism can be playful, 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 1956, 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>1956 Fire Monkey compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Monkey belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through strategy, timing, invention, momentum, and adaptive intelligence. Monkey\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Snake, while its Six Conflicts pair is Tiger.<\/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 Fire Monkey<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Rat \u00b7 Dragon \u00b7 Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey brings quick reaction and visible cleverness to a group focused on strategy and momentum.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Monkey \u00b7 Snake<\/td>\n            <td>Snake gives Monkey depth and patience; Monkey gives Snake movement, agility, and faster social response.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Monkey \u00b7 Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>Monkey may prefer tactics and detours, while Tiger prefers direct action. The tension is method, 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 1956<\/h2>\n    <p>1956 should be checked with 1955 and 1957 because both edges matter: early 1956 still belongs to Wood Goat, and the next Rooster year begins before February 1957.<\/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=\"\/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 1 \u2013 February 11, 1956 belongs here, not to Fire Monkey.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1956 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey<\/td>\n            <td>February 12, 1956 \u2013 January 30, 1957<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Fire Monkey range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td><a href=\"\/1957-chinese-zodiac\/\">1957 Chinese zodiac<\/a><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 \u2013 February 17, 1958<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1957 starts Fire Rooster, even though it is still January.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1956 and other Fire Monkey years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Fire Monkey label repeats every 60 years. That means 1896, 1956, and 2016 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/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>Fire Monkey 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>1896<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1956<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1956 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2016<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Monkey 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 1956 and 2016 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 1956 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 1956 births Monkey<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1 \u2013 February 11, 1956 is still Wood Goat. Fire Monkey begins on February 12.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u4e19\u7533<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span>, not only \u201cMonkey.\u201d<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 3<\/span>\n        <strong>Reading Fire as only temper<\/strong>\n        <p>In 1956, Fire is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19<\/span> Yang Fire: bright, expressive, active, and outward.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing January 1957<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201330, 1957 is still Fire Monkey. Fire Rooster begins on January 31.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating Monkey as only mischievous<\/strong>\n        <p>Monkey symbolism also includes intelligence, adaptability, timing, humor, and problem-solving.<\/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>Fire Monkey 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>1956 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1956?<\/summary>\n        <p>1956 is the Year of the Monkey. More specifically, it is the Year of the Fire Monkey for birthdays from February 12, 1956 to January 30, 1957.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1956 Monkey or Goat?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1956 is still Wood Goat. The Fire Monkey year begins on February 12, 1956.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is early February 1956 Monkey?<\/summary>\n        <p>No. February 1\u201311, 1956 is still Wood Goat. February 12, 1956 begins the Fire Monkey year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1956?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1956 Chinese zodiac element is Fire. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/span> <em>B\u01d0ngsh\u0113n<\/em>, meaning Yang Fire Monkey.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Fire Monkey mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Fire Monkey combines Monkey symbolism of wit, adaptability, curiosity, and problem-solving with Fire symbolism of expression, visibility, confidence, and active movement.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1956 Fire Monkey?<\/summary>\n        <p>Monkey belongs to the Rat-Dragon-Monkey Three Harmonies group. Snake is Monkey\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Tiger is Monkey\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1956 the same zodiac type as 2016?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1956 and 2016 are Fire Monkey years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e19\u7533<\/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 Monkey 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-monkey\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Monkey<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1955-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Boundary<\/span>\n        <b>1955 Wood Goat<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1957-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Next year<\/span>\n        <b>1957 Fire Rooster<\/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>1956 \u00b7 Fire Monkey Year \u00b7 \u4e19\u7533 1956 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Monkey 1956 is the Year of the Fire Monkey in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from February 12, 1956 to January 30, 1957. 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