1954: Year of the Wood Horse
The 1954 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Horse, and it runs from 3 February 1954 to 23 January 1955 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Wu 甲午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1954, a person turns 72 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1954? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 1954 fell on 3 February 1954. Anyone born between 1 January 1954 and 2 February 1954 — a window of 33 days — belongs to the 1953 zodiac year, the Yin Water Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 3 February 1954 boundary.
Exact 1954 zodiac year dates
The 1954 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 355 days in total.
Other Horse years around 1954
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Yang Earth Horse | 11 February 1918 |
| 1930 | Yang Metal Horse | 30 January 1930 |
| 1942 | Yang Water Horse | 15 February 1942 |
| 1966 | Yang Fire Horse | 21 January 1966 |
| 1978 | Yang Earth Horse | 7 February 1978 |
| 1990 | Yang Metal Horse | 27 January 1990 |
The exact pairing 甲午 — Yang Wood Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 2014, 2074.