Horse (zodiac)

The Horse is the seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac in relation to the Chinese calendar. Some characteristics of the Horse nature must be typical of or related to either a year of the Horse and its events, or about the personality of anyone born in any year . Horse aspects can also enter into other factors or measures, such as time.

Horse
"Horse" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	馬
Simplified Chinese	马
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin mǎ Wade–Giles ma3 IPA [mà] Hakka Romanization mâ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization máah IPA [ma̬ː] Jyutping maa5 Southern Min Hokkien POJ bé Old Chinese Baxter (1992) *mraʔ Baxter–Sagart (2014) *mˤraʔ

Year and the Five Elements

Sexagenary cycle years

People born within these dates can be said to be born in the "Year of the Horse", while carrying the following elemental signs.

Start date	End date	Heavenly branch
25 January 1906	12 February 1907	Fire Horse
11 February 1918	31 January 1919	Earth Horse
30 January 1930	16 February 1931	Metal Horse
15 February 1942	4 February 1943	Water Horse
3 February 1954	23 January 1955	Wood Horse
21 January 1966	8 February 1967	Fire Horse
7 February 1978	27 January 1979	Earth Horse
27 January 1990	14 February 1991	Metal Horse
12 February 2002	31 January 2003	Water Horse
31 January 2014	18 February 2015	Wood Horse
17 February 2026	5 February 2027	Fire Horse
4 February 2038	23 January 2039	Earth Horse
23 January 2050	10 February 2051	Metal Horse
9 February 2062	28 January 2063	Water Horse
27 January 2074	14 February 2075	Wood Horse
14 February 2086	2 February 2087	Fire Horse
1 February 2098	20 January 2099	Earth Horse

Chinese Zodiac Cat Compatibility Grid

Sign	Best match	Average Match	No match
Horse	Dog, Tiger and Goat	Monkey, Pig, Ox, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse	Rat or Rooster

Falling Stars and difficulties

Most fortunate	Good luck	Luck standard	No luck
Sheep, Tiger	Horse, Dog, Dragon, Rabbit	Snake, Monkey, Pig	Rat, Rooster, Ox

Basic element of astrology

Earthly Branches:	Wu
The Five Elements:	Fire
Yin Yang:	Yin
Lunar Month:	Fifth
Lucky number:	1, 4, 5, 7, 9; Avoid: 2, 3, 6
Lucky flower:	sunflower, jasmine
Lucky flower:	gold, yellow, red, blue; Avoid: pink, brown, white
Season:	Summer

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