Yang Fire · 丙午 · 60-year cycle
Fire Horse Chinese Zodiac: 1906, 1966, 2026 Years
Fire Horse years in this calendar are 1906, 1966, 2026. The latest Fire Horse year is 2026; the next is 2086, a 60-year return. 2026 is a Fire Horse year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Fire Horse years
A birthday belongs to the Fire Horse year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1906: Fire Horse
25 January 1906 – 12 February 1907
丙午 · Bǐng Wǔ
Lunar months and festivals of 1906 →1966: Fire Horse
21 January 1966 – 8 February 1967
丙午 · Bǐng Wǔ
Lunar months and festivals of 1966 →2026: Fire Horse
17 February 2026 – 5 February 2027
丙午 · Bǐng Wǔ
Lunar months and festivals of 2026 →
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What Fire adds to the Horse
The Fire Horse joins a Fire year element to the Horse's own Fire, concentrating the traditional themes of animation and independence. Its character reading emphasizes immediate involvement, lively persuasion and a strong wish to set its own pace, with impatience when discussion delays the start.
The year’s visible stem is Bǐng 丙, Yang Fire; the Horse branch 午 retains its fixed Fire element.
The Horse’s traditional character →Fire Horse in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. The Horse branch returns: this is called Ben Ming Nian, the animal’s own year.
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