2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese zodiac. The Year of the Horse starts from Jan. 31, 2014 which welcomes in(the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival of China and lasts to Feb. 18, 2015.
A Chinese Temple illuminated for the New Year's celebration
The spirit of the horse is recognized to be the Chinese ethos and people born during the Year of the Horse are thought to make unremitting efforts to improve themselves, while being energetic, bright, warm-hearted, intelligent and able.
© 2013 by Flying Pharmacist
The spirit of the horse is recognized to be the Chinese people's ethos - making unremitting efforts to improve themselves. It is energetic, bright, warm-hearted, intelligent and able. Ancient people liked to designate an able person as 'Qianli Ma', a horse that covers a thousand li a day (one li equals 500 meters).
According to Chinese customs, people born in the year of the horse are clever, kind to others, and like to join in a venture career. Although they sometimes may talk too much, they are cheerful, perceptive, talented, earthy, but stubborn. They like entertainment and large crowds. They are popular among friends, active at work and refuse to be reconciled to failure, although their endeavor cannot last indefinitely.
Among the negative traits seen in people born in the year of the horse, are that they cannot bear too much constraint. Often their interest may be only superficial and lacking real substance. They are usually impatient and hot blooded about everything other than their daily work and are independent and rarely listen to advice. They usually have strong endurance but with bad temper.
They are seen as wasteful since they are not good with matters of finance due to a lack of budgetary efficiency. Some of those who are born in the horse like to move in glamorous circles while pursuing high profile careers.
Among people born during the Year of the Horse are: Louisa May Alcott, Chopin, Davy Crockett, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Sandra Day O'Connor, Rembrandt, Teddy Roosevelt, Sir Isaac Newton, Barbara Streisand, Cindy Crawford, Cynthia Nixon, Denzel Washington, Harrison Ford, Jerry Seinfeld, John Travolta, Leonard Bernstein, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Rembrandt, Ashton Kutcher, Emma Watson, Josh Hartnett, Katie Holmes, Kristen Stewart, Kobe Bryant, and Genghis Khan,