Horse strengths in tradition
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Independent and free-spirited
- Warm and sociable
- Honest and direct
2014 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Wood Horse
The 2014 Chinese year ran from Friday 31 January 2014 to Wednesday 18 February 2015.
Its sign is the Yang Wood Horse: 甲午 (Jiǎ-wǔ) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–30 January 2014? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Water Snake of 2013.
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:
- 31 January – 3 February 2014: Wood Horse by Chinese New Year, Water Snake by Lichun.
- 4 February 2014 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Water Snake before 06:03 China time and Wood Horse from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Horse.
- 4 February 2015 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Wood Horse before 11:58 China time and Wood Goat from then on; by Chinese New Year, Wood Horse.
- 5–18 February 2015: Wood Horse by Chinese New Year, Wood Goat by Lichun.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Wood Horse in Chinese astrology
A Wood Horse is said to be more cooperative and steady, combining the Horse's energy with a wish to grow and share ideas.
The Horse is the seventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with energy, independence and a love of freedom and movement. Wood is the element of growth and new beginnings, linked in Chinese tradition with spring, generosity and steady expansion.
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 Wood Horse every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2014?
2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse (yang Wood, 甲午 Jiǎ-wǔ), from 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015. Anyone born 1–30 January 2014 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Water Snake.
What element is 2014 in the Chinese zodiac?
Wood, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 甲 (Jiǎ). Wood years are years ending in 4 or 5 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January 2014 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 31 January 2014, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Water Snake of the 2013 Chinese year; from 31 January 2014 on, it is the Wood Horse. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (4 February 2014, 06:03 China time).
When was Chinese New Year 2014?
It was on Friday 31 January 2014 (China time). The next one, on Thursday 19 February 2015, began the Year of the Wood Goat.