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Zodiac 7 of 12 · Horse (午)

The Horse (午) — yang Fire, years 1906 to 2038

The Horse is the branch 午 (Wu (Horse)): yang Fire, direction South, the 5th month (beginning at Grain in Ear), the hour 11:00–13:00. This page is that branch's calendar view — which Gregorian years belong to it, the minute each one begins, and which animals stand in a defined relation to it. For the branch as a position inside a chart — hidden stems, the ten-stem stage table, the five pillars containing it — see the branch page.

Computed facts (engine-verified)

Generated from engine v0.14.0, not hand-written; years and lichun instants come from the engine's lichun table.

AnimalHorse 马
Branch Wu (Horse) · position 7 of 12
Polarity & elementyang Fire (火)
Direction / seasonSouth (南) · Summer
Month5th month · begins at Grain in Ear (芒种)
Hour11:00–13:00
Hidden stems Ding Yin Fire (main, 火); Ji Yin Earth (middle, 土)
Six break Rabbit

The years that belong to this animal

Each animal recurs twelve times across 144 years, once every twelve. The table gives the most recent cycles with the year pillar and the exact lichun instant (Beijing time) at which each year begins — so "after which date is someone born a Horse" is checkable to the minute.

YearYear pillarLichun (Beijing time)Age in 2027
1966丙午 (Bing Wu)1966-02-04 14:3761
1978戊午 (Wu Wu)1978-02-04 12:2649
1990庚午 (Geng Wu)1990-02-04 10:1437
2002壬午 (Ren Wu)2002-02-04 08:2425
2014甲午 (Jia Wu)2014-02-04 06:0313
2026丙午 (Bing Wu)2026-02-04 04:021

The next one is 2038 (戊午, Wu Wu), beginning at lichun on 2038-02-04 02:03.

Every year, 1900–2043

1906 · 1918 · 1930 · 1942 · 1954 · 1966 · 1978 · 1990 · 2002 · 2014 · 2026 · 2038

The year turns at lichun, not at New Year

This siteThe year pillar and the animal change at the instant of lichun, the moment the sun reaches 315° of ecliptic longitude. It falls on 3–5 February and is known to the minute.
Most zodiac sitesChange the animal at the lunar new year (the second new moon after the winter solstice). The two conventions disagree for anyone born between 1 January and lichun, and again between lichun and the lunar new year.
ConsequenceSomeone born before lichun on 2026-02-04 still carries the previous year's pillar. If your birthday falls in January or February, use the exact instant rather than the year.

The years this animal offends the year branch

Fan tai sui ("offending the year") is one of five fixed table relations between an animal and the year branch — own year, clash, punishment, harm, break — and they can stack. This site computes them from those tables, does not read them as fortune, and sells no remedy. Every year between 1924 and 2043 is listed below.

YearYear pillarRelation to the year branch
1924甲子 (Jia Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1925乙丑 (Yi Chou)害太岁 Harm
1927丁卯 (Ding Mao)破太岁 Break
1930庚午 (Geng Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1936丙子 (Bing Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1937丁丑 (Ding Chou)害太岁 Harm
1939己卯 (Ji Mao)破太岁 Break
1942壬午 (Ren Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1948戊子 (Wu Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1949己丑 (Ji Chou)害太岁 Harm
1951辛卯 (Xin Mao)破太岁 Break
1954甲午 (Jia Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1960庚子 (Geng Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1961辛丑 (Xin Chou)害太岁 Harm
1963癸卯 (Gui Mao)破太岁 Break
1966丙午 (Bing Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1972壬子 (Ren Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1973癸丑 (Gui Chou)害太岁 Harm
1975乙卯 (Yi Mao)破太岁 Break
1978戊午 (Wu Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1984甲子 (Jia Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1985乙丑 (Yi Chou)害太岁 Harm
1987丁卯 (Ding Mao)破太岁 Break
1990庚午 (Geng Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
1996丙子 (Bing Zi)冲太岁 Clash
1997丁丑 (Ding Chou)害太岁 Harm
1999己卯 (Ji Mao)破太岁 Break
2002壬午 (Ren Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
2008戊子 (Wu Zi)冲太岁 Clash
2009己丑 (Ji Chou)害太岁 Harm
2011辛卯 (Xin Mao)破太岁 Break
2014甲午 (Jia Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
2020庚子 (Geng Zi)冲太岁 Clash
2021辛丑 (Xin Chou)害太岁 Harm
2023癸卯 (Gui Mao)破太岁 Break
2026丙午 (Bing Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment
2032壬子 (Ren Zi)冲太岁 Clash
2033癸丑 (Gui Chou)害太岁 Harm
2035乙卯 (Yi Mao)破太岁 Break
2038戊午 (Wu Wu)值太岁 Own year + 刑太岁 Punishment

How this animal relates to the others

All seven relations are fixed tables and every one can be checked against the index page.

Six harmony Goat — combines into Earth
Clash Rat
Harm Ox
Break Rabbit
PunishmentSelf-punishment (one of Chen, Wu, You, Hai)
TrineFire: Tiger Horse Dog
MeetingSouth Fire: Snake Horse Goat

Break is one of the traditional fixed tables, structurally the same kind of statement as harm or clash. It is printed from the table with no fortune reading attached.

This animal as a position

The animal and the branch are one character used two ways: as an animal it governs years, as a branch it governs positions. The hidden stems, month, hour, ten-stem stage table and the five pillars containing it are all on the branch page.

Open the Horse (午) branch page →

See how the Horse relates to 2027 (Ding Wei) →

What this page deliberately does not do. The zodiac is the one part of this system that the popular market has turned into a horoscope: a fixed personality per animal, a fortune per year, and a lucky charm sold to fix the year that clashes with yours. This site publishes none of that. What is here is a calendar relation: which Gregorian years belong to this animal, the exact minute each of those years begins, and which animal-branches stand in a defined relation to it. Those relations are fixed tables — the same six-harmony, clash, harm and break tables used everywhere else on this site — and not one of them carries a fortune score. In particular, "offending the year" (fan tai sui) is a structural fact, not a curse, and this site sells no remedy for it.

Frequently asked

Which years are Horse years?
1906, 1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026, 2038. Each animal recurs every twelve years, counted from that year's lichun. The most recent is 2026 (丙午, Bing Wu), with lichun at 2026-02-04 04:02.
What if I was born around lichun?
The animal changes at the instant of lichun. In 2026, lichun falls at 2026-02-04 04:02; born before that instant and your year pillar still belongs to 2025. The two conventions (lichun versus lunar new year) disagree for January and early-February birthdays. This site uses lichun.
Which years does the Horse offend the year branch?
Between 1924 and 2043 there are 40: 1924 (Clash); 1925 (Harm); 1927 (Break); 1930 (Own year + Punishment); 1936 (Clash); 1937 (Harm); 1939 (Break); 1942 (Own year + Punishment); 1948 (Clash); 1949 (Harm); 1951 (Break); 1954 (Own year + Punishment); 1960 (Clash); 1961 (Harm); 1963 (Break); 1966 (Own year + Punishment); 1972 (Clash); 1973 (Harm); 1975 (Break); 1978 (Own year + Punishment); 1984 (Clash); 1985 (Harm); 1987 (Break); 1990 (Own year + Punishment); 1996 (Clash); 1997 (Harm); 1999 (Break); 2002 (Own year + Punishment); 2008 (Clash); 2009 (Harm); 2011 (Break); 2014 (Own year + Punishment); 2020 (Clash); 2021 (Harm); 2023 (Break); 2026 (Own year + Punishment); 2032 (Clash); 2033 (Harm); 2035 (Break); 2038 (Own year + Punishment).
What is the Horse personality?
This site does not assign a personality to an animal. The animal is the everyday name of a year branch — a structural position (yang Fire, hidden stems Ding + Ji) rather than a character label. The same animal reads differently under a different month command and inside a whole chart; any source that fixes a character to an animal is claiming more than the system does.

Nearby animals

Snake ←  ·  → Goat

Reference index

Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.