The Horse (馬 午) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. There is a long tradition of the horse in Chinese mythology. Certain characteristics of the Horse nature are supposed to be typical of or to be associated with either a year of the Horse and its events, or in regard to the personality of someone born in such a year. Horse aspects can also enter by other factors or measures, such as hourly.
People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Horse", while also bearing the following elemental sign:
Horses are thought to be particularly incompatible with Rat personalities; and to be particularly compatible with people of the Tiger and Dog type.