--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 2014? Year of the Wood Horse" description: "2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse in the Chinese zodiac, from January 31, 2014 to February 18, 2015. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2014 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 2014? Year of the Wood Horse In Chinese astrology, 2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse, a Yang year. It began at Lunar New Year on January 31, 2014 and ended on February 18, 2015, so people born in 2014 before Jan 31 belong to the Water Snake year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Horse · Wood · Yang | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | January 31, 2014 | | Ends | February 18, 2015 | | Born in 2014 before Jan 31 | Water Snake (the 2013 year) | | Horse's fixed element | Fire (Wood generates Fire) | | Other Wood Horse years (1924-2044) | 1954 | | Stem-branch name | Jia-Wu | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Friday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 7 | ## 2014 Lunar New Year: start and end dates Lunar New Year opened the Wood Horse year on January 31, 2014, and the year ran to February 18, 2015. So a birth date of Jan 31, 2014 or later counts as Wood Horse, and so do early 2015 birthdays through Feb 18; births in 2014 before Jan 31 still belong to the Water Snake. That moving boundary comes from the lunisolar calendar, in which the new year starts with the second new moon after the winter solstice in most years, so its Gregorian date shifts by up to a month from one year to the next. Look sixty years either side and the pairing repeats: 1954 are Wood Horse years too. That Friday new year arrived with the Sun in Aquarius in the Western zodiac. ## What the Wood Horse is like A Horse with a team spirit is the classic picture of this year. Since Wood generates Fire, readings describe lively, hard-to-tire people who care how their choices affect others. Travel and collaborative creativity suit them. A day's pause before committing to new plans, and friends steadier than themselves, help their idealism find lasting outlets. Group trips, shared causes and lively debates tend to bring out the very best in them. In the five-element scheme, Wood belongs to the east and to the green energy of early spring, and that seasonal image shapes how it colours an animal sign. A Wood stem tends to soften sharp edges and add warmth, curiosity and a cooperative instinct. Traditional texts associate it with benevolence, growth and the wish to build something that lasts beyond the self. People born under a Wood stem are often portrayed as principled, open-handed and hopeful about others. The caution usually attached to Wood is a habit of spreading energy thinly, saying yes to every request and feeling quietly hurt when generosity is not returned in kind. ## 2014 in the animal cycle and in numerology In numerology the year reduces to 7, the number of reflection, analysis and inner work, giving a 7 year a quieter, more searching character. The digits of 2014 add up to 7. The Horse holds the seventh place among the twelve animals and its fixed element is Fire. Set beside the year's Wood stem, wood generates Fire, which readings use to describe how settled or stretched the combination feels. The year before was the Water Snake and the year after is the Wood Goat. Chinese almanacs name 2014 Jia-Wu, pairing the Wood stem Jia with the branch Wu. Both are Yang, as stem and branch always share a polarity, so of the hundred and twenty possible pairings only sixty ever occur, and each one names a single year in every cycle. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 2014? 2014 is the Year of the Wood Horse. It started on January 31, 2014 and ended on February 18, 2015. ### What if I was born in January or February 2014? Check the date against Jan 31. Born before January 31, 2014, you are a Water Snake; born on or after it, you are a Wood Horse. ### What element is 2014 in the Chinese zodiac? Wood, a Yang year. The Horse's own fixed element is Fire; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 2014? Jia-Wu. The first part is the heavenly stem, which carries the year's element and polarity; the second is the earthly branch, which carries the animal. Almanacs, calendars and Four Pillars charts identify years this way rather than by animal alone. ### When is the next Wood Horse year? 2074, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1954. ## Related pages - [Wood Horse](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/wood-horse) - [Horse](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/horse) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [2013 (Water Snake)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2013) - [2015 (Wood Goat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2015) - [2002 (Water Horse)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2002) - [2026 (Fire Horse)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2026) - [1954 (Wood Horse)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1954) - [1990 (Metal Horse)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1990) - [2038 (Earth Horse)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/2038) - [Chinese zodiac calculator](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac-calculator) - [Chinese zodiac](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac) ## About Unified Reading Unified Reading combines Pythagorean numerology, the Western Sun sign (Moon and rising with a birth time), the Chinese zodiac and life-stage context in one reading. 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