2014 Chinese Zodiac: Wood Horse

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 2014?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 2014. 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.

2014 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 2014 – January 30, 2014	Water Snake 蛇
January 31, 2014 – December 31, 2014	Wood Horse 马

The full 2014 lunar year continues into 2015, through February 18, 2015. A birthday on January 30, 2014 belongs to the Snake; a birthday one day later, on January 31, 2014, belongs to the Horse.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Horse is 2014?

2014 is a Wood Horse year. Its stem-branch name is 甲午 (jiǎ-wǔ): the heavenly stem 甲 carries yang wood, and the earthly branch 午 corresponds to the Horse.

Zodiac animal: Horse · 马
Year element: Wood
Stem & branch: 甲午 · jiǎ-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 2014. 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

2014 lunar calendar at a glance

This Horse year contains 13 lunar months and 384 days. Month 9 repeats as a leap month, starting October 24, 2014. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 2015.

Lunar months of 2014: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	January 31, 2014	February 28, 2014	29
Month 2	March 1, 2014	March 30, 2014	30
Month 3	March 31, 2014	April 28, 2014	29
Month 4	April 29, 2014	May 28, 2014	30
Month 5	May 29, 2014	June 26, 2014	29
Month 6	June 27, 2014	July 26, 2014	30
Month 7	July 27, 2014	August 24, 2014	29
Month 8	August 25, 2014	September 23, 2014	30
Month 9	September 24, 2014	October 23, 2014	30
Leap month 9	October 24, 2014	November 21, 2014	29
Month 10	November 22, 2014	December 21, 2014	30
Month 11	December 22, 2014	January 19, 2015	29
Month 12	January 20, 2015	February 18, 2015	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Horse

The Horse returns every 12 years; the same Wood 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 1930Metal Horse 1942Water Horse 1954Wood Horse 1966Fire Horse 1978Earth Horse 1990Metal Horse 2002Water 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.