1906 Chinese Zodiac: Fire Horse

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1906?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1906. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1906 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1906 – January 24, 1906	Wood Snake 蛇
January 25, 1906 – December 31, 1906	Fire Horse 马

The full 1906 lunar year continues into 1907, through February 12, 1907. A birthday on January 24, 1906 belongs to the Snake; a birthday one day later, on January 25, 1906, belongs to the Horse.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Horse is 1906?

1906 is a Fire Horse year. Its stem-branch name is 丙午 (bǐng-wǔ): the heavenly stem 丙 carries yang fire, and the earthly branch 午 corresponds to the Horse.

Zodiac animal: Horse · 马
Year element: Fire
Stem & branch: 丙午 · bǐng-wǔ
Lunar year length: 384 days

Horse personality in tradition

The Horse often represents energy and forward movement. Horses have a long presence in Chinese painting and poetry.

The phrase “energetic & independent” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1906. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属马。

Wǒ shǔ mǎ. “I was born in the Year of the Horse.”

Horse compatibility in folklore

Horse, Dog and Tiger form a traditional harmony group of three. Rat sits opposite Horse, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

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03 / A closer look at the dates

1906 lunar calendar at a glance

This Horse year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 4 repeats as a leap month, starting May 23, 1906. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1907.

Lunar months of 1906: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 25, 1906	February 22, 1906	29
Month 2	February 23, 1906	March 24, 1906	30
Month 3	March 25, 1906	April 23, 1906	30
Month 4	April 24, 1906	May 22, 1906	29
Leap month 4	May 23, 1906	June 21, 1906	30
Month 5	June 22, 1906	July 20, 1906	29
Month 6	July 21, 1906	August 19, 1906	30
Month 7	August 20, 1906	September 17, 1906	29
Month 8	September 18, 1906	October 17, 1906	30
Month 9	October 18, 1906	November 15, 1906	29
Month 10	November 16, 1906	December 15, 1906	30
Month 11	December 16, 1906	January 13, 1907	29
Month 12	January 14, 1907	February 12, 1907	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Horse

The Horse returns every 12 years; the same Fire Horse combination returns every 60. These are the other Horse years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1918Earth Horse 1930Metal Horse 1942Water Horse 1954Wood Horse 1966Fire Horse 1978Earth Horse 1990Metal Horse 2002Water Horse 2014Wood Horse 2026Fire Horse 2038Earth Horse 2050Metal Horse 2062Water Horse 2074Wood Horse 2086Fire Horse 2098Earth Horse

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.