1978 Chinese zodiac
馬 Earth Horse · yang
Born between 7 February 1978 and 27 January 1979: you are a Earth Horse. Born in 1978 but before 7 February 1978: your sign is that of 1977, the Fire Snake.
The year
- New Year : 7 February 1978
- Ends : 27 January 1979
- Animal : Horse
- Element : Earth (yang)
The Earth element
stability, realism, reliability.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
戊午 wù wǔ
Year 55 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1918 and 2038.
The Horse in one line
Free and enthusiastic, it needs space and movement.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.