1930 Chinese Zodiac: Metal Horse

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1930?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1930. 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.

1930 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1930 – January 29, 1930	Earth Snake 蛇
January 30, 1930 – December 31, 1930	Metal Horse 马

The full 1930 lunar year continues into 1931, through February 16, 1931. A birthday on January 29, 1930 belongs to the Snake; a birthday one day later, on January 30, 1930, belongs to the Horse.

YOUR STORY STARTS HERE

When were you born?

02 / The story of the year

What kind of Horse is 1930?

1930 is a Metal Horse year. Its stem-branch name is 庚午 (gēng-wǔ): the heavenly stem 庚 carries yang metal, and the earthly branch 午 corresponds to the Horse.

Zodiac animal: Horse · 马
Year element: Metal
Stem & branch: 庚午 · gēng-wǔ
Lunar year length: 383 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 1930. 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

1930 lunar calendar at a glance

This Horse year contains 13 lunar months and 383 days. Month 6 repeats as a leap month, starting July 26, 1930. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1931.

Lunar months of 1930: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 30, 1930	February 27, 1930	29
Month 2	February 28, 1930	March 29, 1930	30
Month 3	March 30, 1930	April 28, 1930	30
Month 4	April 29, 1930	May 27, 1930	29
Month 5	May 28, 1930	June 25, 1930	29
Month 6	June 26, 1930	July 25, 1930	30
Leap month 6	July 26, 1930	August 23, 1930	29
Month 7	August 24, 1930	September 21, 1930	29
Month 8	September 22, 1930	October 21, 1930	30
Month 9	October 22, 1930	November 19, 1930	29
Month 10	November 20, 1930	December 19, 1930	30
Month 11	December 20, 1930	January 18, 1931	30
Month 12	January 19, 1931	February 16, 1931	29

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Horse

The Horse returns every 12 years; the same Metal 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 1918Earth 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.