Horse Personality

The folk reading gives the horse energy, independence and a dislike of standing still. A folk characterisation following the animal's reputation, treated as general temperament rather than individual.

It is one factor among several in the traditional system. The folk reading gives the horse energy, independence and a dislike of standing still. The year animal is the coarsest of the four pillars — the month, day and hour carry equal weight, and the classical sources never read the year alone. The independence and the restlessness are the same attribute read from two directions, and the tradition names both.

The attributed traits follow the horse's traditional role as the animal of travel and of swift progress. It is grouped under Fire (火) in the five-element system.