Chinese Zodiac - Horse

People born in the year of the Horse are fiery, warm-hearted and generous. There are always plenty of friends around them as they are good at getting along with others. But they are not good at keeping secrets. They prefer social activities because of which, there are usually too many overheads preventing them from saving up money.
 
Open-minded and positive are strong points for the person under the sign of the Horse, but the drawback is that he/she often can not insist on doing things from the beginning to the end. Although showing positive attitude at the beginning, they are easy to give up once encounter small obstacles. Due to this reason, they are usually thought to be lack of responsibility. Most of them like to leave away from home to struggle for their career in youth. So they are easily to succeed when they are young but begin to encounter failure from the middle age.
 
In love, the Horse person is straightforward and focuses much on appearance. So they are always attractive. However, due to their never-lasting character trait, they usually couldn’t go long with their mates. Also in work, although they have excellent physical conditioning, they couldn’t get great success because of such characters. Please click for more about Horse Personality Traits.

Horse People's Personality by Five Elements
Click the following links to get personalities and horoscope for the five types of Horse.   
→ Metal Horse: 1990 (Jan. 27, 1990 - Feb. 14, 1991)
→ Earth Horse: 1978 (Feb. 07, 1978 - Jan. 27, 1979)
→ Fire Horse: 1966 (Jan. 21, 1966 - Feb. 08, 1967)
→ Wood Horse: 1954 (Jan. 31, 1954 - Feb. 17, 1955) or 2014 (Jan.28, 2014 - Feb. 15, 2015)
→ Water Horse: 1942 (Feb. 15, 1942 - Feb. 04, 1943) or 2002 (Feb. 12, 2002 - Jan. 31, 2003)

Horse People's Personality by Blood Types
→ Horse People with Blood Type O
→ Horse People with Blood Type A
→ Horse People with Blood Type B
→ Horse People with Blood Type AB

Start Date	End Date	Associated Element	Heavenly Branch
01/30/1930	02/16/1931	Yang Metal	Geng Wu
02/15/1942	02/04/1943	Yang Water	Ren Wu
02/03/1954	01/23/1955	Yang Wood	Jia Wu
01/21/1966	02/08/1967	Yang Fire	Bing Wu
02/07/1978	01/27/1979	Yang Earth	Wu Wu
01/27/1990	02/14/1991	Yang Metal	Geng Wu
02/12/2002	01/31/2003	Yang Water	Ren Wu
01/31/2014	02/18/2015	Yang Wood	Jia Wu
02/17/2026	02/05/2027	Yang Fire	Bing Wu

Each Chinese zodiac sign has compatible or incompatible signs according to their characteristics’ compatibility. If your find your signs are compatible, you could get along well in most cases. In opposite, you need to do more effort to be together harmoniously.

Following are the compatibility chart of the Horse with other signs. → more about Horse Compatibility.

Horse's Fate by Birth Time
The birth time of people plays a very important role in terms of whether the destiny is auspicious or not. People under the Horse sign born in different time periods will have different characters and fate. Those who were born and will be born between 01:00-03:00, 11:00-13:00 and 13:00-15:00 are the most auspicious.

Best Birth Dates
The Horse people born in the 2nd, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 29th or the 30th day in Chinese lunar calendar are usually blessed with good luck and fortune during the whole life.

Best Birth Months
In general, January, February, March, July and August are auspicious birth months for the Horse people.
January: Although silent and speak little, the Horses born during January are popular among friends. This is usually because they are men of good character and their deeds could accord with words. Life for them is full of joys and happiness.    
February: The Horse people born in February are honest, upright and extraordinarily bright. They could usually enjoy a free and simple life.  
March: The Horses born in March are quite spunky and usually could achieve things before anyone else. Besides, they are usually praised by neighbors and receive great respect from others.
July: Tender, gentle and full of vigor, the Horses born during July can usually get benefactor assistance during their life. Everything falls into their lap. They have less worry and could live a peacefully and happily.
August: For those Horses born in August, they are endowed with civil and martial virtues. Their technical ability is exceptional. Also, they are quick witted and bold to get success in career.

Note: The months here refer to the Chinese lunar month. Please use the Gregorian-Chinese Calendar Converter tool on Chinese calendar page to find the Chinese lunar month.

The people under the animal sign of Horse are fit to efficient works instead of simple and monotonous ones. E.g. Journalists, translators, salesmen, and securities traders would be perfect. Also, the Horse people have their qualities to be an artist. The ability to adjust to the changing circumstances also enables them to be a good statesman or critics. The Horses could do some active and positive jobs like an athlete. To those naturally confident Horses, they are suitable to be an adventurer, architect or entertainer and in those works they could get great achievements.

When selecting a Chinese name for the people born in the year of Horse, there are some dos and don’ts you need to know which are based on the characters of the Horse, zodiac compatibility and Chinese five element theories. Let's take a look at what are good and auspicious names for the male and female Horses.
→ Auspicious Chinese Names for the Horse Year People