{"id":685,"date":"2026-06-01T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:22:40","slug":"1937-das-chinesische-tierkreiszeichen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/de\/1937-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1937 im chinesischen Tierkreis: Das Jahr des Feuer-Ochsen"},"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 ten days of February 1937 still belong to the previous Fire Rat year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1937 Chinese zodiac answer<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Zodiac animal<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u725b<\/span>Ox \u00b7 <em>ni\u00fa<\/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 Ox<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span> \u00b7 <em>D\u012bngch\u01d2u<\/em> \u00b7 Yin Fire Ox<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>February 11, 1937 \u2013 January 30, 1938<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 10, 1937 belongs to Fire Rat<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Tiger begins on January 31, 1938<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Compatibility pattern<\/td>\n            <td>Three Harmonies: Ox \u00b7 Snake \u00b7 Rooster; Six Harmony: Rat; Six Conflict: Goat<\/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>1937 changes sign after the first ten days of February<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on February 5, 1937 is still Fire Rat. A person born on February 15, 1937 is Fire Ox.<\/p>\n        <p>That is a small calendar gap, but it changes the zodiac animal, the Earthly Branch, and the full 60-year cycle label.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1937 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1937, the key question is whether the birthday came before or after February 11. Dates before February 11 still belong to the Fire Rat year, even though the Gregorian year says 1937.<\/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 10, 1937<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rat<\/td>\n            <td>The Fire Ox year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 11, 1937 \u2013 January 30, 1938<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Fire Ox zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 31, 1938 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins before February 1938 arrives.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This is why \u201cborn in 1937\u201d is not always enough. For Chinese zodiac purposes, January and early February must be checked against the Lunar New Year boundary.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"fire-ox-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Fire Ox means in the 1937 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Fire Ox combines the Ox animal sign with the Fire element. Ox brings endurance, patience, reliability, practical strength, and a slow-building rhythm. Fire adds visibility, warmth, expression, conviction, 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>Ox \u00b7 \u725b<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with patience, endurance, practical work, duty, reliability, and steady strength.<\/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 visibility, warmth, expression, clarity, conviction, and active outward energy.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Fire Ox<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests steady strength with visible conviction: patient, practical, but less hidden than a quieter Ox type.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Simple English zodiac descriptions often make Ox sound only stubborn or slow. Fire changes that reading. In a Fire Ox year, the patient Ox image is lit from within: still steady, but more expressive, more visible, and more willing to stand behind a clear position.<\/p>\n    <p>That does not mean every person born in the Fire Ox year is forceful or inflexible. The zodiac label is cultural language, not a fixed psychological profile.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"dingchou-cycle\">\n    <h2>1937 in the 60-year cycle: <em>D\u012bngch\u01d2u<\/em> \u4e01\u4e11<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1937 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span>, pronounced <em>D\u012bngch\u01d2u<\/em>. This is more exact than \u201cOx 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\">\u4e01<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>D\u012bng<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Fire: focused light, warmth, clarity, refinement, and controlled expression.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Earthly Branch<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>Ch\u01d2u<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>The branch associated with the Ox sign in the zodiac cycle.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>D\u012bngch\u01d2u<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Fire Ox, commonly written in English as Fire Ox.<\/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>Yin Fire makes this Ox more focused than flashy<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01<\/span> is Yin Fire. A useful image is a lamp or candle rather than a wildfire: visible, focused, and steady enough to illuminate details.<\/p>\n        <p>When that Fire layer meets Ox, the reading becomes less about explosive force and more about persistent conviction.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1937\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1937 Fire Ox year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Fire Ox date range are often described through themes of endurance, duty, reliability, visible standards, practical strength, and strong conviction.<\/p>\n    <p>The Fire layer gives the Ox image a more expressive tone. Instead of only quiet work or silent patience, Fire Ox symbolism suggests a person or year image that can hold a line, make standards visible, and keep going even under pressure.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Persistent conviction<\/strong>\n        <p>Fire Ox can suggest patience, responsibility, visible standards, practical effort, and steady determination.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not reduce Ox to stubbornness<\/strong>\n        <p>Ox symbolism also includes endurance, care, duty, reliability, and the strength to build slowly.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For an older birth year such as 1937, real life context matters even more. 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>1937 Fire Ox compatibility notes<\/h2>\n    <p>In traditional compatibility, Ox belongs to the Ox-Snake-Rooster Three Harmonies group. This group is usually read through planning, patience, precision, and structured progress. Ox\u2019s Six Harmony partner is Rat, while its Six Conflicts pair is Goat.<\/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 Ox<\/th>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Three Harmonies<\/td>\n            <td>Ox \u00b7 Snake \u00b7 Rooster<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox brings visible standards and persistence to a group focused on discipline and structure.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Harmony<\/td>\n            <td>Ox \u00b7 Rat<\/td>\n            <td>Rat adds timing and strategy to Ox\u2019s steadiness; Ox gives Rat a dependable base for long-term plans.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Six Conflicts<\/td>\n            <td>Ox \u00b7 Goat<\/td>\n            <td>Ox may prefer duty and structure, while Goat may need emotional nuance. The tension is rhythm, 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 1937<\/h2>\n    <p>1937 should be checked with 1936 and 1938 because both edges matter: early 1937 still belongs to Fire Rat, and the next Tiger year begins before February 1938.<\/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>1936 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Rat<\/td>\n            <td>January 24, 1936 \u2013 February 10, 1937<\/td>\n            <td>January 1 \u2013 February 10, 1937 belongs here, not to Fire Ox.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1937 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox<\/td>\n            <td>February 11, 1937 \u2013 January 30, 1938<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Fire Ox range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1938 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1938 \u2013 February 18, 1939<\/td>\n            <td>January 31, 1938 starts Earth Tiger, 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>1937 and other Fire Ox years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Fire Ox label repeats every 60 years. That means 1877, 1937, and 1997 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/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 Ox 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>1877<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1937<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1937 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1997<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Fire Ox 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 1937 and 1997 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 1937 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 1937 births Ox<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1 \u2013 February 10, 1937 is still Fire Rat. Fire Ox begins on February 11.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u4e01\u4e11<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span>, not only \u201cOx.\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 1937, Fire is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01<\/span> Yin Fire: focused, illuminating, refined, and controlled.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing January 1938<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201330, 1938 is still Fire Ox. Earth Tiger begins on January 31.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 5<\/span>\n        <strong>Treating Ox as only stubborn<\/strong>\n        <p>Ox symbolism also includes endurance, duty, reliability, care, and slow-building strength.<\/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 Ox 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>1937 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1937?<\/summary>\n        <p>1937 is the Year of the Ox. More specifically, it is the Year of the Fire Ox for birthdays from February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1937 Ox or Rat?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1937 is still Fire Rat. The Fire Ox year begins on February 11, 1937.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is early February 1937 Ox?<\/summary>\n        <p>No. February 1\u201310, 1937 is still Fire Rat. February 11, 1937 begins the Fire Ox year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1937?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1937 Chinese zodiac element is Fire. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/span> <em>D\u012bngch\u01d2u<\/em>, meaning Yin Fire Ox.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Fire Ox mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Fire Ox combines Ox symbolism of endurance, responsibility, reliability, and practical strength with Fire symbolism of visibility, warmth, conviction, and focused expression.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1937 Fire Ox?<\/summary>\n        <p>Ox belongs to the Ox-Snake-Rooster Three Harmonies group. Rat is Ox\u2019s Six Harmony partner, while Goat is Ox\u2019s Six Conflicts pair.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is 1937 the same zodiac type as 1997?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1937 and 1997 are Fire Ox years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u4e01\u4e11<\/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 Ox 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-ox\/\">\n        <span>Animal sign<\/span>\n        <b>Year of the Ox<\/b>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a href=\"\/1997-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>1997 Fire Ox<\/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>1937 \u00b7 Fire Ox Year \u00b7 \u4e01\u4e11 1937 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Ox 1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938. 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