1966 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Horse

1966 is the year of the Fire Horse (丙午 Bǐngwǔ), from 21 January 1966 to 8 February 1967. Anyone born in 1966 before 21 January 1966 belongs to the Wood Snake year.

• Animal: Horse
• Element: Fire (Yang)
• Cycle name: 丙午 Bǐngwǔ, year 43 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 21 January 1966
• Ends: 8 February 1967

The Fire Horse

Fire years are traditionally linked with passion, visibility and momentum: the element of warmth, courage and ideas that spread quickly. The Horse is the free spirit of the cycle. Tradition describes Horse people as energetic, independent and warm, quick with words and happiest on the move. They start with enthusiasm and hate being fenced in.

Born in January or February 1966?

Anyone born from 1 January to 20 January 1966 belongs to the Wood Snake year of 1965. From 21 January 1966 the Fire Horse year begins.

Famous people born in the Fire Horse year

• Janet Jackson, born 16 May 1966
• Mike Tyson, born 30 June 1966
• Halle Berry, born 14 August 1966
• Salma Hayek, born 2 September 1966
• Gordon Ramsay, born 8 November 1966

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1965: Wood Snake · 1967: Fire Goat · All Horse years · All 12 animals