Chinese zodiac 1942
Year of the Water Horse
15 February 1942 to 4 February 1943
Born in 1942? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1942 it falls on 15 February 1942.
- 15 February to 31 December 1942
- 🐎 Water Horse
- and on to 4 Feb 1943
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The Water Horse at a glance
Animal
🐎 Horse
Said to be lively, independent, warm.
Element
水 Yang Water
Linked with wisdom and flexibility. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
355 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Horse years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Water Horse years nearest to this one are 1882 and 2002.
Who gets on with the Horse
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Horse sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.