Chinese zodiac
Ox compatibility: best and worst matches
In CUE, the Ox is friendly with Rat, Snake and Rooster, and its enemy sign is the Goat. Every other sign is neutral.
Best matches for the Ox
Rat, Snake and Rooster. Ox, Snake, Rooster form one of CUE's four friendly trines. Signs in a trine tend to understand each other's pace, and this group shares discipline, strategy, precision, patience, consistency and practical execution.
- Ox and Rat: friendly
- Ox and Snake: friendly
- Ox and Rooster: friendly
The Ox's enemy sign: the Goat
Fixed practicality meets emotional and creative sensitivity.
Growth practice: Do not dismiss either logic or feeling.
An enemy pair means more friction to be aware of, not a relationship that cannot work. All six enemy pairs →
Neutral signs for the Ox
Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, Dog and Pig. Neutral pairs neither pull together nor push apart: this part of the match is what the two of you make of it.
Ox years
The animal year changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1. If your birthday is in January or early February, check the date your year began:
| Year | The Ox year began |
|---|---|
| 1925 | January 24, 1925 |
| 1937 | February 11, 1937 |
| 1949 | January 29, 1949 |
| 1961 | February 15, 1961 |
| 1973 | February 3, 1973 |
| 1985 | February 20, 1985 |
| 1997 | February 7, 1997 |
| 2009 | January 26, 2009 |
| 2021 | February 12, 2021 |
CUE also reads animal months, which run from the 6th to the 5th. The Ox month is January 6 to February 5.
Famous people born in Ox years
Ox compatibility questions
What is the Ox's best match?
In CUE, the Ox is friendly with Rat, Snake and Rooster. Ox, Snake, Rooster form one friendly trine, sharing discipline, strategy, precision, patience, consistency and practical execution.
Who is the Ox's enemy sign?
The Goat. Fixed practicality meets emotional and creative sensitivity. An enemy pair means more friction to be aware of, not a relationship that cannot work.
What years are Ox years?
1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021. The animal year changes at Lunar New Year, not January 1, so a birthday in January or early February may belong to the year before. The table on this page gives the date each Ox year began.
Which signs are neutral with the Ox?
Tiger, Cat, Dragon, Horse, Monkey, Dog and Pig. Neutral pairs neither pull together nor push apart.
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