The Horse ⾺ is the seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac, related to the Chinese calendar. There's a long tradition of the Horse in Chinese mythology. Certain characteristics of the Horse's nature are supposed to be typical of or associated with a year of the Horse and its events, or with the personality of someone born in such a year. Horse aspects can also be influenced by other chronomantic factors or measures, such as hourly divisions. The year of the Horse is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 午.