Chinese zodiac 1954
Year of the Wood Horse
3 February 1954 to 23 January 1955
Born in 1954? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1954 it falls on 3 February 1954.
- 3 February to 31 December 1954
- 🐎 Wood Horse
- and on to 23 Jan 1955
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The Wood Horse at a glance
Animal
🐎 Horse
Said to be lively, independent, warm.
Element
木 Yang Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
355 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Horse years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Horse years nearest to this one are 1894 and 2014.
Who gets on with the Horse
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Horse sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.