1942 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Horse
Year of the Water Horse
Animal
🐎 Horse
Element
Yang Water
Cycle position
#7 of 12
About the 1942 Horse year
- 1942 is a Yang Water year — the Water element colours the Horse's nature with intuition, adaptability, and empathy.
- The Horse is the seventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Horse year was 1930 and the next is 1954.
- People born in the Year of the Horse are traditionally seen as energetic, independent, and warm-hearted. The Horse is said to pair most harmoniously with the Tiger, Dog, Goat.
Best matches for the Horse
Signs the Horse is traditionally most compatible with.
- Tiger
- Dog
- Goat
Frequently asked
1942 is the Year of the Water Horse — a Yang Water year. The animal sign is the Horse, the seventh of the 12-animal cycle.
1942 carries the Water element (Yang Water). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Water Horse combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1942, the Year of the Horse, are traditionally described as energetic, independent, and warm-hearted. With the Water element added, intuition, adaptability, and empathy are emphasised.
The Horse is traditionally most compatible with the Tiger, Dog, Goat.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1942, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Snake (the 1941 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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