- Animal
- 🐎 Horse (马)
- Element
- Water 水 · Yang
- Stem & Branch
- 壬午 · Rén Wǔ
- Year starts
- February 15, 1942 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 4, 1943
- Age in 2027
- turns 85
- 2027 Tai Sui
- Six Harmony with Tai Sui
The Water Horse personality
A fast-moving Horse with sharper instincts, cooler judgment, and a restless inner tide.
The Water Horse stands out from other Horse years because it blends the Horse’s drive, candor, and love of movement with Water’s flexibility, perception, and quick mental shifts. In Chinese astrology, Horse is a Fire branch, so Water does not sit here in a simple, easy way. That creates a lively inner contrast: bold yet changeable, sociable yet hard to pin down, enthusiastic but not always consistent.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐎 Horse & 🐐 Goat. Three Harmony partners: 🐎 Horse & 🐅 Tiger, 🐎 Horse & 🐕 Dog. Clash: 🐎 Horse & 🐀 Rat.
A Horse born in 1942 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is Six Harmony with Tai Sui for the Horse. See the month-by-month forecast in Horse horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1942?
1942 is the Year of the Water Horse (壬午, Rén Wǔ). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 15, 1942 to February 4, 1943.
What element is 1942 in Chinese astrology?
Water (水), in its Yang form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 壬 and its Earthly Branch is 午 (Horse).
Is someone born in January 1942 a Horse?
Born in January or early February 1942, before February 15, 1942? Then your sign is the Metal Snake of 1941.
Who is a Water Horse compatible with?
Traditionally the Horse pairs best with the Goat, Tiger, Dog and finds the Rat most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1942?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Horse it is Six Harmony with Tai Sui. A person born in 1942 turns 85 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.