On perhaps the coldest day of the year (it was two degrees) we went to the Metropolitan Museum to check out their exhibit in the Asia galleries celebrating the Year of the Horse. The traditional East Asian lunar calendar marks time through a twelve-year cycle, each year represented by the animals of the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger , rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. First associated with the Chinese calendar in the third century BCE and firmly established by the first century CE, these symbolic creatures are believed to embody certain traits that are manifested in the personalities of people born in that animal’s year. February 17, 2026, marked the beginning of the Year of the Horse, a creature symbolizing power, strength, and vitality. I am the Year of the Monkey. What are you? I also just learned there is also an airplane dedicated to flying horses around the world it is called ‘Air Horse One‘.