1978 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Earth Horse
Year of the Earth Horse
Animal
🐎 Horse
Element
Yang Earth
Cycle position
#7 of 12
About the 1978 Horse year
- 1978 is a Yang Earth year — the Earth element colours the Horse's nature with stability, patience, and practicality.
- The Horse is the seventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Horse year was 1966 and the next is 1990.
- 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
1978 is the Year of the Earth Horse — a Yang Earth year. The animal sign is the Horse, the seventh of the 12-animal cycle.
1978 carries the Earth element (Yang Earth). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Earth Horse combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1978, the Year of the Horse, are traditionally described as energetic, independent, and warm-hearted. With the Earth element added, stability, patience, and practicality 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 1978, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Snake (the 1977 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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