The Chinese Zodiac and The Horse Sign

I think everyone has heard of the Chinese Zodiac. What we know especially is that it is very different as the one we look everyday to.
The Chinese Zodiac has a important place in the Chinese culture, which is a very wast. The signs in it were used for a very long time now. Interesting is that the signs from the zodiac have been used in stories and folklore. These developed the different personality traits that were represented with each animal. That means that the horse has a very important place in the Chinese culture.
Horses are present in many Chinese myths . They represent horse tales, horse-like beings but also pony. We can find a lot of motifs of horses, which have their focus the horse or have horses as the protagonist of the action or in other cases they are represented as support. According to the cyclical Chinese calendar system, the time period between 31 January 2014 and 18 February 2015 falls unde the category of the (yang) Wood Horse.

The Horse Sign

The Chinese Zodiac consists of a twelve-year cycle, each year being associated with a certain animal. The 7th in the cycle is the Horse. The order of the beings-of-the-year is made to their order in completing a contest of racing across a river, in the so-called The Great Race.This race is done to see which of the animals, in which order, would be the namesakes of the twelve-year cycle. That includes to run, and swum, the finishing line being across a great river. The Rat and the Ox crossed easily enough (the Rat hitchhiking on the Ox back). Those powerful swimmers, Tiger and Dragon had little problem; nor did Rabbit, with a little help from the Dragon. The Horse, an excellent runner; but, not as good of a swimmer, would have been next -- but, the Snake having crossed the river by stowing away on Horse's hoof, doing a sudden dismount, gained the finish line, just in front of the startled Horse. Thus, it is said, despite the animal's general swiftness, the Horse finished the race only in the rank of the seventh position.

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In Chinese the horse is written like: 马 mǎ.

Years of the Horse were and will be:1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026

The Five Elements of Horse is Fire (Huo), which symbolizes enthusiasm and energy. The horse gives people an impression of independence and integrity. Its spirit is recognized to be Chinese people's ethos - making unremitting efforts to improve themselves with passion and diligence.

Lucky Signs for Horse:

• Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 7

• Lucky Colors: brown, yellow, purple

• Lucky Flowers: calla lily, jasmine, marigold

• Lucky Directions: northeast, southwest and northwest

Things Should be Avoided:

• Unlucky Numbers: 1, 5, 6
• Unlucky Colors: blue, white, gold
• Unlucky Direction: southeast

Personality of the Horse:

People with Chinese zodiac Horse sign always impress people with dynamic, zealous and generous image. Endowed with many shinning points, they also have to face the weaknesses in characteristics.
 Strengths: Most of them are born with nice personalities, such as warm-hearted, upright, easygoing, so they usually have a lot of friends flocking around. Independence and endurance makes them more powerful, and they will never give in facing the bitter suffering. Positive attitude leads everything to a bright direction. 
Weaknesses: Loving spending is their problem, for they need a great amount of money to support social activities and decent dressing. Besides, frankness allows them to let out secret easily. Persistence is what they lack on the path leading to success. 

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So like the real animal, the people which are in the Chinese Horse sign are very great and interesting persons.