Wooden Horse
Horse years are notorious historical turning points for many signs. Turbulent, untamed, and chaotic, every 12 years the Horse comes around asking the question, "Are you awake?" The Yang force is at its peak during Horse years, requiring action and movement. The predominant element within this 7th sign of the eastern zodiac, is Fire. This can incinerate the Wood element of 2014, causing events to flare-up when least expected. Rigor and severity are also chronicled with unusual excesses befalling governing forces. The oratory Horse leads crowds with convincing speeches, as was the case in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966*). Political muscle flexing, global changes and fits of geological temper seem to occur more often during Horse years. The Great San Francisco Earthquake is an example of that (1906*). Pandemics also seem to favor the socially oriented Horse years. 1978's Earth Horse year was a particularly nasty one for the flu & in 1918 Spanish Flu deb...