Chinese zodiac 1978
Year of the Earth Horse
7 February 1978 to 27 January 1979
Born in 1978? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1978 it falls on 7 February 1978.
- 7 February to 31 December 1978
- 🐎 Earth Horse
- and on to 27 Jan 1979
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The Earth Horse at a glance
Animal
🐎 Horse
Said to be lively, independent, warm.
Element
土 Yang Earth
Linked with stability and patience. 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 Earth Horse years nearest to this one are 1918 and 2038.
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.