Metal horse

庚午

The metal horse ( Gengwu ( Chinese  庚午 , Pinyin gēngwǔ )) is the 7th year of the Chinese calendar (see table 天 支 60-year cycle). It is a term from the field of Chinese astrology and describes those lunar years that are linked by a connection between the seventh heavenly stem ( 庚 , gēng , element metal and Yáng ) and the seventh earth branch ( 午 , wǔ ), symbolized by the horse ( 馬 , mǎ ), are characterized.

60-year cycle ( 干支 gānzhī)
阳 Yáng (odd years) 阴 Yin (even years) The 5 elements : wood fire earth metal water
Animal 地支	子	丑	寅	卯	辰	巳	午	未	申	酉	戌	亥
Year 天干 地支	1 甲 子	2 乙 丑	3 丙 寅	4 丁 卯	5 戊 辰	6 己 巳	7 庚 午	8 辛 Unfilled	9 壬 申	10 癸 酉	11 甲 戌	12 乙 亥
Year 天干 地支	13 丙 子	14 丁 丑	15 戊 寅	16 己 卯	17 庚 辰	18 辛 巳	19 壬 午	20 癸 Unfilled	21 甲 申	22 乙 酉	23 丙 戌	24 丁 亥
Year 天干 地支	25 戊 子	26 己 丑	27 庚 寅	28 辛 卯	29 壬 辰	30 癸 巳	31 甲 午	32 乙 Unfilled	33 丙 申	34 丁 酉	35 戊 戌	36 己 亥
Year 天干 地支	37 庚 子	38 辛 丑	39 壬 寅	40 癸 卯	41 甲 辰	42 乙 巳	43 丙 午	44 丁 Unfilled	45 戊 申	46 己 酉	47 庚 戌	48 辛 亥
Year 天干 地支	49 壬 子	50 癸 丑	51 甲 寅	52 乙 卯	53 丙 辰	54 丁 巳	55 戊 午	56 己 Unfilled	57 庚 申	58 辛 酉	59 壬 戌	60 癸 亥

According to the Chinese calendar , such a connection occurs every 60 years. The last Metal Horse year began in 1990 and lasted from January 27, 1990 to February 14, 1991 due to the deviation of the Chinese from the Gregorian calendar year .

Metal horse year

In the Chinese calendar cycle, the year of the metal horse 庚午 gēngwǔ is the 7th year (at the beginning of the year: earth-snake 己巳 jǐsì 6).

List of 60-year cycles (end of cycle - when counting from the 1st year of the Huángdì government) (beginning of the cycle - when counting from the 61st year of Huángdì government)
	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
0	2691 BC Chr.	2631 BC Chr.	2571 BC Chr.	2511 BC Chr.	2451 BC Chr.	2391 BC Chr.	2331 BC Chr.	2271 BC Chr.	2211 BC Chr.	2151 BC Chr.
10	2091 BC Chr.	2031 BC Chr.	1971 BC Chr.	1911 BC Chr.	1851 BC Chr.	1791 BC Chr.	1731 BC Chr.	1671 BC Chr.	1611 BC Chr.	1551 BC Chr.
20th	1491 BC Chr.	1431 BC Chr.	1371 BC Chr.	1311 BC Chr.	1251 BC Chr.	1191 BC Chr.	1131 BC Chr.	1071 BC Chr.	1011 BC Chr.	951 BC Chr.
30th	891 BC Chr.	831 BC Chr.	771 BC Chr.	711 BC Chr.	651 BC Chr.	591 BC Chr.	531 BC Chr.	471 BC Chr.	411 BC Chr.	351 BC Chr.
40	291 BC Chr.	231 BC Chr.	171 BC Chr.	111 BC Chr.	51 BC Chr.	10	70	130	190	250
50	310	370	430	490	550	610	670	730	790	850
60	910	970	1030	1090	1150	1210	1270	1330	1390	1450
70	1510	1570	1630	1690	1750	1810	1870	1930	1990	2050
Note: The consecutive number of the cycle results from the line number. added to the column no. Example: row 30 + column 5 = 35th cycle corresponds to 591 v. Chr.