2002: Year of the Water Horse
The 2002 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Water Horse, and it runs from 12 February 2002 to 31 January 2003 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Water
- Gan-Zhi
- Ren Wu 壬午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2002, a person turns 24 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2002? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 2002 fell on 12 February 2002. Anyone born between 1 January 2002 and 11 February 2002 — a window of 42 days — belongs to the 2001 zodiac year, the Yin Metal Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 12 February 2002 boundary.
Exact 2002 zodiac year dates
The 2002 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Horse years around 2002
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Yang Fire Horse | 21 January 1966 |
| 1978 | Yang Earth Horse | 7 February 1978 |
| 1990 | Yang Metal Horse | 27 January 1990 |
| 2014 | Yang Wood Horse | 31 January 2014 |
| 2026 | Yang Fire Horse | 17 February 2026 |
| 2038 | Yang Earth Horse | 4 February 2038 |
The exact pairing 壬午 — Yang Water Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 1942, 2062.