Horse strengths in tradition
- Energetic and enthusiastic
- Independent and free-spirited
- Warm and sociable
- Honest and direct
2098 Chinese zodiac: Year of the Earth Horse
The 2098 Chinese year will run from Saturday 1 February 2098 to Tuesday 20 January 2099.
Its sign is the Yang Earth Horse: 戊午 (Wù-wǔ) in the 60-year cycle.
Born 1–31 January 2098? Then you belong to the previous Chinese year: the Fire Snake of 2097.
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:
- 1–2 February 2098: Earth Horse by Chinese New Year, Fire Snake by Lichun.
- 3 February 2098 (Lichun day): by Lichun, Fire Snake before 15:27 China time and Earth Horse from then on; by Chinese New Year, Earth Horse.
Dates and times in China time. The Chinese zodiac calculator converts them for your birthplace and shows both counts.
The Earth Horse in Chinese astrology
An Earth Horse is described as calmer and more careful, willing to plan ahead and keep its enthusiasm on course.
The Horse is the seventh Chinese zodiac animal, associated in tradition with energy, independence and a love of freedom and movement. Earth is the element of stability and balance, linked in Chinese tradition with the turning points between the seasons.
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 Earth Horse every 60 years
Questions and answers
What Chinese zodiac is 2098?
2098 is the Year of the Earth Horse (yang Earth, 戊午 Wù-wǔ), from 1 February 2098 to 20 January 2099. Anyone born 1–31 January 2098 belongs to the previous Chinese year, the Fire Snake.
What element is 2098 in the Chinese zodiac?
Earth, in its yang form: the year’s Heavenly Stem is 戊 (Wù). Earth years are years ending in 8 or 9 – counted by the Chinese year, which begins in late January or February.
I was born in January or early February 2098 — which animal am I?
If you were born before 1 February 2098, the date of Chinese New Year, your sign is the Fire Snake of the 2097 Chinese year; from 1 February 2098 on, it is the Earth Horse. Four Pillars (BaZi) astrology counts from Lichun instead (3 February 2098, 15:27 China time).
When is Chinese New Year 2098?
On Saturday 1 February 2098 (China time). The next one, on Wednesday 21 January 2099, begins the Year of the Earth Goat.