1930 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Yang Metal Horse (庚午)
The 1930 year pillar
The year 1930 corresponds to 庚午 — a Yang Metal year combined with the Horse branch. The Na Yin image for this pair is "Earth by the Roadside" (路旁土).
Horse year, Yang Metal stem
People often describe 1930 as the year of the Metal Horse. The animal comes from the branch; the element label comes from the stem. Together they form the traditional shorthand for the year's character.
What a year pillar tells you
A year pillar is one of four pillars in a BaZi chart. The year animal is a familiar cultural label, but a full chart also includes month, day, and hour pillars. Your Day Master — not your year animal — is the primary reference point in most readings.
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