Horse strengths in tradition
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Independent and free-spirited
- Warm and sociable
- Honest and direct
2050 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Metal Horse
The 2050 Chinese year will run from Sunday 23 January 2050 to Friday 10 February 2051.
Its sign is the Yang Metal Horse: 庚午 (Gēng-wǔ) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–22 January 2050? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Earth Snake of 2049.
Chinese New Year or Lichun?
Most calendars change the animal at Chinese New Year. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology starts the year at Lichun, the Start of Spring, instead. For births around the turn of the year the two counts differ:
- 23 January – 2 February 2050: Metal Horse by Chinese New Year, Earth Snake by Lichun.
- 3 February 2050 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Earth Snake before 23:43 China time and Metal Horse from then on; by Chinese New Year, Metal Horse.
- 4 February 2051 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Metal Horse before 05:35 China time and Metal Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Metal Horse.
- 5–10 February 2051: Metal Horse by Chinese New Year, Metal Goat by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Metal Horse in Chinese astrology
A Metal Horse is said to be especially determined and freedom-loving, headstrong and focused on its own goals.
The Horse is the seventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with energy, independence and a love of freedom and movement. Metal is the element of clarity and strength, linked in Chinese tradition with autumn, precision and determination.
Horse challenges in tradition
- Impatient with delays
- Restless under routine
- Starts more than it finishes
- Resists being restricted
Traditions, not predictions. The Horse in love and at work · The five elements
Other Horse years
The Metal Horse every 60 years
← 2049 Earth Snake · 2051 Metal Goat → · All years 1900–2100
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2050?
2050 is the Year of the Metal Horse (yang Metal, 庚午 Gēng-wǔ), from 23 January 2050 to 10 February 2051. Anyone born 1–22 January 2050 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Earth Snake.
What element is 2050 in the Chinese zodiac?
Metal, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 庚 (Gēng). Metal years are years ending in 0 or 1 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2050 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 23 January 2050, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Earth Snake of the 2049 Chinese year; from 23 January 2050 on, it is the Metal Horse. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2050, 23:43 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2050?
On Sunday 23 January 2050 (China time). The next one, on Saturday 11 February 2051, begins the Year of the Metal Goat.