2014: Year of the Green Wood Horse

As we welcome 2014 as the Year of the Green Wood Horse, let’s take time to know this favorite Chinese animal—HORSE and the people born in this zodiac year.

HORSE

Horse is one of Chinese favorite animals. Horse provides a good and quick transportation for people before automobiles. Horse can give people a ride to their destination. Therefore, horse is not only a symbol of traveling, but also a sign of speedy success.

Horses like to compete with others. They pursue for their freedom, passion and leadership. Therefore, people will have busy schedule for their goal in the year of Horse. Horse hour of Chinese Horoscopes is from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. Sunshine generates lots of heat during Horse hour. Therefore, horse is connected to heat, hot, fire and red. Horses like the social activities, because horses like show off themselves. Since horse is a social animal and red is also connected to love, therefore, horse is treated as a Romantic Star in Chinese Horoscope.

Chinese wouldn't let horse to the farm work. Instead, all the farmland jobs go to the ox. This is because Chinese have higher expectation on horses. Horses can help human to win the battle. Sitting on the Horse back implies that the person is from noble or higher ranking family. So people born in the Horse year usually care about their dressing, outlook and speech.

Horse is intelligent animal. Horses need to be trained to become useful to human. Human can make Horse famous. Without human's guide, Horse just a wild animal. It doesn't know where to go. There is no destination in its life.

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PEOPLE BORN IN THE YEAR OF HORSE

People born in the Year of the Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, and 2014) are clever, kind, animated and energetic. Although they sometimes talk too much, they are cheerful, perceptive, talented and love to be in the centre of a crowd. They are popular among friends, active at work and have a deft sense of humor.

2014 is the year of the Wooden Horse. Wood Horses are strong and stable and have a better ability to make decisions. Excellent at interacting with others, they are successful personally and professionally.

Horse lucky gemstone

Beryl

Horse lucky color

Green

Horse lucky numbers

3, 4, 9

Horse lucky flowers

Giant taro, jasmine

Most compatible signs for the Horse

Tiger, Sheep or Dog

Most incompatible signs for the Horse

Rat, Ox, Rabbit or Horse

Most compatible careers for the Horse

Publicist, sales representative, journalist, language instructor, translator, bartender, performer, tour operator, librarian or pilot

People born in the Year of the Horse

Margaret Court, Lindy Lee, Robyn Nevin, Dorothy Porter, Helen Reddy, Liam Hemsworth,

Sir Isaac Newton, Barbara Streisand, Cindy Crawford, Jerry Seinfeld, John Travolta, Leonard Bernstein, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Rembrandt and Genghis Khan

CHINESE NEW YEAR FACTS

Clean your house from top to bottom and pay off all debts before New Year.

Decorate your home to welcome in the New Year. Red is a popular color as it scares away evil spirits and bad fortune.

Place mandarins in bowls throughout the house. Mandarins with their leaves still intact are the fruits of happiness for the New Year. Keep their numbers even though, as uneven numbers bring unhappiness.

Wear new clothes and ensure you are polite to others on the first day of the New Year – it sets the tone for the year to come.

Celebrate New Year with a family dinner. Traditional dishes include uncut noodles – a symbol of longevity – and fish and chicken, symbols of prosperity.

Apricot and peach blossom are popular decorations during Vietnamese Tet and symbolise new beginnings.

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