Born in 1954 (Shōwa 29): eto and age

1.The eto of 1954, and the Risshun rule

The eto of 1954 is 甲午 (Kinoe-uma, the Yang Wood Horse). In Four Pillars, Nine Star Ki and other Eastern astrology, though, the year begins at Risshun (Feb 4 in 1954). People born between 1 January 1954 and the moment of Risshun (Feb 4, 17:31) are treated as the previous year's 癸巳 Mizunoto-mi and Jikoku Dosei.

2.Personality of people born in 1954

甲午 combines 甲, the stem of a great tree, with 午, the horse. Like a horse running across the plains, the Horse is cheerful, active and in love with freedom.

You are a natural leader with a strong sense of justice, and once you decide something you see it through. You look after people, and friends trust you deeply.

Read more: meaning of 甲午, Year of the Horse and Ippaku Suisei.

3.School years in Japan for people born in 1954

Japanese school years run from 2 April to 1 April the next year, so people born between 1 January and 1 April (hayaumare) are in the grade above.

4.Longevity celebrations

Kanreki is celebrated at 60 (61 in traditional counting). From Koki on, the celebrations were originally counted in traditional age, which would make each one a year earlier than shown.

5.Yakudoshi (unlucky years) for people born in 1954

Yakudoshi are counted in traditional age (kazoedoshi = the calendar year − birth year + 1; everyone gains a year on 1 January, regardless of birthday).

6.Fortune for the Horse in 2026 and 2027

2026: overall ★★★★☆ A year with the wind at your back: challenges bear fruit

2027: overall ★★★★☆ A year with the wind at your back: challenges bear fruit

Read the full fortune for the Horse →

7.The calendar of 1954

In 1954, Ippaku Suisei sat in the center of the Nine Star Ki year chart, and the lucky direction (where the year god Toshitokujin resides) was east-northeast. Years with the same eto are 1894 and 2014; years with the same eto and the same star come every 180 years (1774, 2134). The Donghak Peasant Revolution of 1894 (甲午農民戦争) in Korea triggered the First Sino-Japanese War.