Horse strengths in tradition
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Independent and free-spirited
- Warm and sociable
- Honest and direct
1906 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Fire Horse
The 1906 Chinese year ran from Thursday 25 January 1906 to Tuesday 12 February 1907.
Its sign is the Yang Fire Horse: 丙午 (Bǐng-wǔ) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–24 January 1906? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Wood Snake of 1905.
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:
- 25 January – 4 February 1906: Fire Horse by Chinese New Year, Wood Snake by Lichun.
- 5 February 1906 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Snake before 00:49 China time and Fire Horse from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Horse.
- 5 February 1907 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Horse before 06:44 China time and Fire Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Fire Horse.
- 6–12 February 1907: Fire Horse by Chinese New Year, Fire Goat by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Fire Horse in Chinese astrology
Fire is the Horse's own fixed element, so the Fire Horse is traditionally the most intense and independent Horse – spirited, bold and famously strong-willed.
The Horse is the seventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with energy, independence and a love of freedom and movement. Fire is the element of warmth and energy, linked in Chinese tradition with summer, passion and outward expression.
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 Fire Horse every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 1906?
1906 is the Year of the Fire Horse (yang Fire, 丙午 Bǐng-wǔ), from 25 January 1906 to 12 February 1907. Anyone born 1–24 January 1906 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Wood Snake.
What element is 1906 in the Chinese zodiac?
Fire, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 丙 (Bǐng). Fire years are years ending in 6 or 7 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 1906 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 25 January 1906, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Wood Snake of the 1905 Chinese year; from 25 January 1906 on, it is the Fire Horse. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (5 February 1906, 00:49 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 1906?
It was on Thursday 25 January 1906 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 13 February 1907, began the Year of the Fire Goat.