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Year of the Ox
- Steadiness
- Endurance
- Earth
Before dawn, in the last of the hour of Chou, the ox is already in the field. People born in the Year of the Ox don't say much, but they are the ones you can count on: what they promise, they do, and the road they choose, they finish. Slow is fine; you know where you're going.
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Light · strengths
Hard-working, reliable, enduring
Shadow · room to grow
Stubborn at times, slow to ask for help, carrying the load alone
In love
Not one for grand words, you show love through years of steady presence.
At work
You are made for long-term commitments. Where others give up halfway, you are often the one who finishes.
Folk tale · the Great Race
The ox set off first and swam steadily across, never noticing the rat on its back. It came second and didn't mind.
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- Earthly branch
- 丑 Chou
- Yin / yang
- Yin
- Element
- Earth
- Double hour
- 1–3 h
- Direction
- Northeast
Getting along
These are traditional pairings, shared as culture.
- Three harmonies
- Year of the Snake · Year of the Rooster
- Six harmonies
- Year of the Rat
- Opposite
- Year of the Goat
Year of the Ox years
Chinese New Year (Goat year begins)
- 1925乙丑 · WoodJan 24
- 1937丁丑 · FireFeb 11
- 1949己丑 · EarthJan 29
- 1961辛丑 · MetalFeb 15
- 1973癸丑 · WaterFeb 3
- 1985乙丑 · WoodFeb 20
- 1997丁丑 · FireFeb 7
- 2009己丑 · EarthJan 26
- 2021辛丑 · MetalFeb 12
The animal changes at Start of Spring (around Feb 4). Many people use Chinese New Year instead, so if you were born in January or early February, check which year applies.
Your sign comes from your birthday and your animal from your year. A BaZi chart uses your year, month, day and hour together.
For culture and fun: personality and tradition only, no predictions.