Year of the Fire Horse: A Balancing Blue Edit for Lunar New Year

Offset the intensity of the Year of the Fire Horse with a curated selection of tranquil midnight and water-blue goods by Louis Vuitton.

On the Lunar New Year this February 17, one of the rarest and extreme Chinese zodiac combinations will begin: the Year of the Fire Horse, a fiery fusion of the Horse’s ambitious spirit with the blazing force of the Yang Fire. 

This rare pairing of animal and element emerges just once every 60 years and is renowned for bringing sweeping changes, both triumphs and upheavals. In 1966, the previous Year of the Fire Horse, China was swept into the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, while the Soviet Union achieved a milestone by landing its unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft on the moon.

In the ancient philosophy of Wuxing, or the Five Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. It views all things as interconnected, offering a framework to understand nature, human life, and cycles of change. Fire fuels passion and transformation, but left unattended, it can amplify impatience and restlessness. To balance this intensity, practitioners turn to its natural counterpart, Water, represented by deep shades of blue. Water governs calm, wisdom, and flow, tempering Fire without suppressing its vitality.

For Lunar New Year, you can gift and channel the serene properties of water through style with Louis Vuitton, from an ocean-Navy Capucine handbag with a gold chain to a minimalist tubular monogram bracelet, every piece will guide you into a prosperous year ahead. 

For Her

Remind and restore balance and harmony throughout the day with accessories rendered in calming shades of blue, designed to bring a sense of ease and quiet clarity to every moment.

For Him

Midnight-blue pieces draw on the grounding qualities of still ocean water, offering a composed counterbalance to the scorching passion and potency of the Year of the Fire Horse.