2014: Year of the Wood Horse
The 2014 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Wood Horse, and it runs from 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Wood
- Gan-Zhi
- Jia Wu 甲午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2014, a person turns 12 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2014? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 2014 fell on 31 January 2014. Anyone born between 1 January 2014 and 30 January 2014 — a window of 30 days — belongs to the 2013 zodiac year, the Yin Water Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 31 January 2014 boundary.
Exact 2014 zodiac year dates
The 2014 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Horse years around 2014
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Yang Earth Horse | 7 February 1978 |
| 1990 | Yang Metal Horse | 27 January 1990 |
| 2002 | Yang Water Horse | 12 February 2002 |
| 2026 | Yang Fire Horse | 17 February 2026 |
| 2038 | Yang Earth Horse | 4 February 2038 |
| 2050 | Yang Metal Horse | 23 January 2050 |
The exact pairing 甲午 — Yang Wood Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 1954, 2074.