Chinese zodiac
π Ox
Says nothing for an hour, then finishes the whole job.
- steady
- dependable
- stubborn
- quietly proud
Oxen don't announce the work. They just do it, the same way every day, until it's done properly. Try to rush one and you'll get the same pace back, just with a longer silence attached.
That patience has another side: once an Ox decides a position is right, no amount of new evidence moves it quickly. Pride has little to do with it. Changing course before it's actually necessary just feels like wasted effort. In love, the loyalty is unglamorous and total: showing up, on time, every time, long after the excitement of showing up has worn off for anyone else.
At best / what to watch for
At their best: The one person still standing when everyone else quit.
Watch for: Refusing to move a plan even after it's stopped working.
Who the Ox matches
Best natural match: Rat. Natural allies: Rooster and Snake. Hardest match: Goat.
Which years are Ox years?
1937 Β· 1949 Β· 1961 Β· 1973 Β· 1985 Β· 1997 Β· 2009 Β· 2021
Born in January or February? You may belong to the year before, because the animal changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1.
Not sure if youβre actually the Ox?
The Chinese zodiac year turns over on the lunar new year, not January 1. If you were born in late January or February, the year printed on most sites can be wrong.
Check my exact animal (free)The other eleven
Same birthday, different system: your Western star sign.
The other chart
Why two Oxs can be so different
The zodiac animal uses one fact about your birth: the year. Saju, the Korean birth chart, uses the year, month, day and hour, weighed as five elements. That is why two Oxs born twelve years apart can come out very differently.
See my Saju chart (free)