{"id":677,"date":"2026-06-01T17:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/?page_id=677"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:25:06","slug":"1949-le-zodiaque-chinois","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thezodiaclore.com\/fr\/1949-chinese-zodiac\/","title":{"rendered":"1949 : le zodiaque chinois \u2013 L'ann\u00e9e du B\u0153uf de Terre"},"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 the first 28 days of 1949 still belong to the previous lunar year.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Item<\/th>\n            <th>1949 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>Earth \u00b7 <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u571f<\/span> \u00b7 <em>t\u01d4<\/em><\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Full year type<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Ox<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Stem-branch label<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span> \u00b7 <em>J\u01d0ch\u01d2u<\/em> \u00b7 Yin Earth Ox<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Chinese zodiac date range<\/td>\n            <td>January 29, 1949 \u2013 February 16, 1950<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Before the zodiac year began<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201328, 1949 belongs to Earth Rat<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>Next zodiac year<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Tiger begins on February 17, 1950<\/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>1949 is not \u201call Ox\u201d<\/h3>\n        <p>A person born on January 20, 1949 is still Earth Rat. A person born on February 1, 1949 is Earth Ox.<\/p>\n        <p>That difference changes the animal sign, the Earthly Branch, and the full stem-branch label used in the 60-year cycle.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"date-ranges\">\n    <h2>1949 Chinese zodiac dates and birthday rule<\/h2>\n    <p>For 1949, the main rule is to check whether the birthday came before or after January 29. Any birthday before January 29 belongs to the previous Earth Rat year.<\/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\u201328, 1949<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Rat<\/td>\n            <td>The Earth Ox year had not started yet. These birthdays belong to the previous lunar year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>January 29, 1949 \u2013 February 16, 1950<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Ox<\/td>\n            <td>This is the actual Earth Ox zodiac year.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>February 17, 1950 onward<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>The next zodiac year begins in mid-February 1950.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>This is why a plain \u201cborn in 1949\u201d answer is not enough. For Chinese zodiac purposes, January 1\u201328 and January 29 onward belong to different zodiac years.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"earth-ox-meaning\">\n    <h2>What Earth Ox means in the 1949 zodiac year<\/h2>\n    <p>Earth Ox combines the Ox animal sign with the Earth element. Ox brings endurance, patience, practical strength, reliability, and a slow-building rhythm. Earth adds stability, responsibility, grounded judgment, and the ability to hold things together.<\/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, steady work, practical strength, and a careful sense of duty.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Element layer<\/span>\n        <strong>Earth \u00b7 \u571f<\/strong>\n        <p>Associated with stability, responsibility, patience, cultivated judgment, and practical support.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Combined reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Earth Ox<\/strong>\n        <p>Suggests steadiness layered on steadiness: reliable, grounded, careful, and slow to abandon what matters.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>Earth Ox is one of the more grounded combinations in simple zodiac language. The animal already leans toward patience and work; the element reinforces that with a stronger sense of structure and responsibility.<\/p>\n    <p>Still, this should not be turned into a rigid personality label. The zodiac year is a cultural and calendrical symbol, not a complete description of a person.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"jichou-cycle\">\n    <h2>1949 in the 60-year cycle: <em>J\u01d0ch\u01d2u<\/em> \u5df1\u4e11<\/h2>\n    <p>The full traditional label for the 1949 Chinese zodiac year is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span>, pronounced <em>J\u01d0ch\u01d2u<\/em>. This is more precise than \u201cOx year,\u201d because it includes both the Heavenly Stem and the 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\">\u5df1<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>J\u01d0<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Earth: cultivated, quiet, practical, holding, and stabilizing.<\/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\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td><em>J\u01d0ch\u01d2u<\/em><\/td>\n            <td>Yin Earth Ox, commonly written in English as Earth 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 Earth gives this Ox a cultivated tone<\/h3>\n        <p><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1<\/span> is Yin Earth. Instead of a mountain-like image, it is often easier to understand as cultivated soil: practical, patient, and able to support steady growth.<\/p>\n        <p>That makes 1949 Earth Ox different from a harsher reading of \u201cstubborn Ox.\u201d The better image is endurance with responsibility.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"born-in-1949\">\n    <h2>People born in the 1949 Earth Ox year<\/h2>\n    <p>People born during the Earth Ox date range are often described through themes of endurance, responsibility, patience, practical care, reliability, and a preference for steady progress over fast display.<\/p>\n    <p>The Earth layer makes the Ox image even more grounded. Instead of only \u201chard work,\u201d Earth Ox symbolism points to responsibility that can carry weight over time: family duty, careful building, and slow trust.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-card-grid two\">\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Useful cultural reading<\/span>\n        <strong>Steady responsibility<\/strong>\n        <p>Earth Ox can suggest patient effort, practical strength, reliability, and a deep respect for what lasts.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">What not to do<\/span>\n        <strong>Do not reduce a life to a sign<\/strong>\n        <p>A zodiac year cannot summarize someone\u2019s full character, history, values, health, work, or relationships.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p>For an older birth year such as 1949, real life context is especially important. A person\u2019s actual story has been shaped by family, education, language, work, historical environment, migration, health, and personal choices.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"compatibility\">\n    <h2>1949 Earth 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 Earth 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>Earth Ox fits a disciplined group: patient effort, careful planning, and respect for 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.<\/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 should be read as symbolic relationship language. It can help describe differences in pace, duty, and emotional style, 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 1949<\/h2>\n    <p>1949 should be checked with 1948 and 1950 because both edges matter: most of January 1949 still belongs to Earth Rat, and early 1950 still belongs to Earth Ox.<\/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>1948 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Rat<\/td>\n            <td>February 10, 1948 \u2013 January 28, 1949<\/td>\n            <td>January 1\u201328, 1949 belongs here, not to Earth Ox.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1949 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Earth Ox<\/td>\n            <td>January 29, 1949 \u2013 February 16, 1950<\/td>\n            <td>This is the true Earth Ox range.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1950 Chinese zodiac<\/td>\n            <td>Metal Tiger<\/td>\n            <td>February 17, 1950 \u2013 February 5, 1951<\/td>\n            <td>February 17, 1950 starts Metal Tiger; February 1\u201316 is still Earth Ox.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n      <\/table>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"tzl-section\" id=\"same-cycle\">\n    <h2>1949 and other Earth Ox years<\/h2>\n    <p>The Earth Ox label repeats every 60 years. That means 1889, 1949, and 2009 share the same stem-branch label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span>. What repeats is the calendar label, not a person\u2019s life story.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-table-wrap\">\n      <table class=\"tzl-table\">\n        <thead>\n          <tr>\n            <th>Earth 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>1889<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Ox cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>Historical world, family structure, and lived conditions.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>1949<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth Ox cycle label<\/td>\n            <td>The lived experience of people born in 1949 belongs to their own time and choices.<\/td>\n          <\/tr>\n          <tr>\n            <td>2009<\/td>\n            <td><span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span><\/td>\n            <td>Earth 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 1949 and 2009 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 1949 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 1949 births Ox<\/strong>\n        <p>January 1\u201328, 1949 is still Earth Rat. Earth Ox begins on January 29.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 2<\/span>\n        <strong>Ignoring \u5df1\u4e11<\/strong>\n        <p>The full traditional label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\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 Earth as only stubborn<\/strong>\n        <p>In 1949, Earth is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1<\/span> Yin Earth: cultivated, practical, patient, and stabilizing.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"tzl-card\">\n        <span class=\"label\">Mistake 4<\/span>\n        <strong>Missing early 1950<\/strong>\n        <p>February 1\u201316, 1950 is still Earth Ox. Metal Tiger begins on February 17.<\/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, careful work, reliability, and practical 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>Earth 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>1949 Chinese zodiac FAQ<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"tzl-faq\">\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1949?<\/summary>\n        <p>1949 is the Year of the Ox. More specifically, it is the Year of the Earth Ox for birthdays from January 29, 1949 to February 16, 1950.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>Is January 1949 Ox or Rat?<\/summary>\n        <p>January 1\u201328, 1949 is still Earth Rat. January 29, 1949 begins the Earth Ox year.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What is the element for 1949?<\/summary>\n        <p>The 1949 Chinese zodiac element is Earth. The full stem-branch label is <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\u4e11<\/span> <em>J\u01d0ch\u01d2u<\/em>, meaning Yin Earth Ox.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What does Earth Ox mean?<\/summary>\n        <p>Earth Ox combines Ox symbolism of patience, endurance, practical strength, and duty with Earth symbolism of stability, responsibility, grounded judgment, and support.<\/p>\n      <\/details>\n\n      <details>\n        <summary>What signs are compatible with the 1949 Earth 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 1949 the same zodiac type as 2009?<\/summary>\n        <p>Yes. Both 1949 and 2009 are Earth Ox years with the label <span class=\"tzl-cn\">\u5df1\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=\"\/2009-chinese-zodiac\/\">\n        <span>Same cycle<\/span>\n        <b>2009 Earth 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>1949 \u00b7 Earth Ox Year \u00b7 \u5df1\u4e11 1949 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Ox 1949 is the Year of the Earth Ox in the Chinese zodiac, but only for birthdays from January 29, 1949 to February 16, 1950. 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