2014 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Horse
Year of the Wood Horse
Animal
🐎 Horse
Element
Yang Wood
Cycle position
#7 of 12
About the 2014 Horse year
- 2014 is a Yang Wood year — the Wood element colours the Horse's nature with growth, generosity, and cooperation.
- The Horse is the seventh of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Horse year was 2002 and the next is 2026.
- 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
2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse — a Yang Wood year. The animal sign is the Horse, the seventh of the 12-animal cycle.
2014 carries the Wood element (Yang Wood). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Wood Horse combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 2014, the Year of the Horse, are traditionally described as energetic, independent, and warm-hearted. With the Wood element added, growth, generosity, and cooperation 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 2014, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Snake (the 2013 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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