2002 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Water Horse

2002 is the Year of the Water Horse — a Yang Water year. The animal sign is the Horse, the seventh of the 12-animal cycle.

2002 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 2002, 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 2002, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Snake (the 2001 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.