Year of the Ox
Years: 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033
Positive Qualities: Inspiring, conservative, steadfast, dependable, eloquent
Negative Qualities: Methodical, stubborn, eccentric, fierce temper
Suitable Jobs: Surgeon, general, hairdresser, investment banker
Compatible With: Snakes, Roosters, Rats
Must Avoid: Sheep
Ruling Hours: 1 AM to 3 AM
Season: Winter
Ruling Month: January
Sign Direction: North - Northwest
Fixed Element: Water
Corresponding Western Sign: Capricorn
Men born in this year are highly impressionable and any scrap of unhappiness tends to leave lasting marks on their personality - - especially where girls are concerned. Put an Ox up against a lady and they turn to mush, literally, on the spot - - a stark contrast to their brash stubbornness to be sure.
On the other hand, women tend to be serious, but also neat and punctual. Their cooking is to die for and they are very loving and motherly. Perfectionists at heart, women born in this year try to turn a deaf ear on flattery, as the knowledge of a job well done is more than thanks enough in their eyes. A good deed though, never goes unpaid with an Ox.
During the great race, the cunning Rat hitched a ride atop the Ox’s head and jumped across the finish line at the last moment. To say the Ox was angry would have been the understatement of a lifetime. Oxen are unyieldingly stubborn ante feeling opposed. In fact, the only thing they hate more is failing. For these reasons, people born in the year of the Ox are natural born leaders and powerfully successful ones at that.
While an Ox might seem like a scary person to go up against, they tend to be quite, very patient of others and highly trusted. Ox (or cows) have a certain yin-yang type of duality to their personalities meaning they can be kind and calm at times and at others completely rude and arrogant. Nonetheless, they enjoy listening to others and usually take a friend or colleague’s advice whenever given. Oxen are very orderly and strictly by-the-book when it comes to their jobs and chores.
Celebrity Oxen: Neve Campbell, Adam Garcia, Whoopi Goldberg, Andy Lau, Heather Locklear, Frankie Muniz, Jack Osbourne, Sigourney Weaver
President Oxen: Chester Arthur, Warren Harding, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Barack Obama
