1918 Chinese Zodiac: Earth Horse

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1918?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1918. 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.

1918 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1918 – February 10, 1918	Fire Snake 蛇
February 11, 1918 – December 31, 1918	Earth Horse 马

The full 1918 lunar year continues into 1919, through January 31, 1919. A birthday on February 10, 1918 belongs to the Snake; a birthday one day later, on February 11, 1918, belongs to the Horse.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Horse is 1918?

1918 is a Earth Horse year. Its stem-branch name is 戊午 (wù-wǔ): the heavenly stem 戊 carries yang earth, and the earthly branch 午 corresponds to the Horse.

Zodiac animal: Horse · 马
Year element: Earth
Stem & branch: 戊午 · wù-wǔ
Lunar year length: 355 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 1918. 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.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1918 lunar calendar at a glance

This Horse year contains 12 lunar months and 355 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1919.

Lunar months of 1918: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 11, 1918	March 12, 1918	30
Month 2	March 13, 1918	April 10, 1918	29
Month 3	April 11, 1918	May 9, 1918	29
Month 4	May 10, 1918	June 8, 1918	30
Month 5	June 9, 1918	July 7, 1918	29
Month 6	July 8, 1918	August 6, 1918	30
Month 7	August 7, 1918	September 4, 1918	29
Month 8	September 5, 1918	October 4, 1918	30
Month 9	October 5, 1918	November 3, 1918	30
Month 10	November 4, 1918	December 2, 1918	29
Month 11	December 3, 1918	January 1, 1919	30
Month 12	January 2, 1919	January 31, 1919	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Horse

The Horse returns every 12 years; the same Earth 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.

1906Fire 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.