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Chinese Zodiac Daily Horoscope · Sinabro Labs
Handle money and commitments carefully. Take your time and double-check.
Conversation and information exchange are key today for Ox. New connections or proposals may come your way — keep your ears open. Feeling good? Finish strong all the way.
The symbol of perseverance. Walks its own path quietly and reaps a great harvest in the end.
The Ox is honest and responsible, finishing whatever it starts. A dependable, trustworthy person — but can be stubborn and short on flexibility, preferring stability over change.
Love that deepens slowly. Shows its heart through steady actions rather than flashy words, and stays faithful to the one it chooses.
Thrives where steadiness and trust are needed — public service, education, manufacturing, agriculture, skilled trades.
A steady saver of the "honest wealth" type. Consistent saving and real assets like property suit it better than get-rich-quick schemes.
Element
Earth (Yin)
Direction
north-northeast
Hour
1am–3am
Season
late winter
Lunar month
month 12 of the lunar year
Trine
Sa–Yu–Chuk Metal — storing seat
It walked the hardest and lost by a single step to the Rat it had carried. The story has it accept second place without complaint. The Chuk (丑) hour (1–3am) is still pitch dark — the time for moving while everyone else sleeps.
Read from the Chuk (丑) seat. What do these terms mean?
Six Harmony one of the six pairs the twelve fold into · Three Harmony three signs that together form one element · Same Seat the same branch twice · Neutral no fixed harmony or clash · Break arrangements tend to slip · Harm each quietly loses a little · Clash directly opposite on the circle · Punishment a three-way knot that presses on itselfTogether they turn to Earth. Deep winter and late winter sit side by side on the circle of twelve.
Ox is the close and Snake the start. Add Rooster at the middle and the three make Metal.
Ox is the close and Rooster the middle. Add Snake at the start and the three make Metal.
Ox × Ox
Season, hour and direction all coincide (late winter, 1–3am, north-northeast). Snake and Rooster fill what is missing.
Wood presses on Earth; 1 step apart (lunar months 12, 1).
Wood presses on Earth; 2 steps apart (lunar months 12, 2).
Earth feeds Metal, so Ox supports; 5 steps apart (lunar months 12, 7).
Earth presses on Water; 2 steps apart (lunar months 12, 10).
North-northeast and east-southeast, late winter and late spring — angled away from each other.
Lunar months 12 and 5 — 5 steps apart.
North-northeast against south-southwest, 1–3am against 1–3pm — and Earth against Earth.
It completes when Goat, the missing third, joins.
Take 2021: the Ox year begins on Feb 12, the lunar new year — anyone born before that is still the Rat. Saju counts the year from Lichun instead, which fell on Feb 3 that year, so births between the two dates carry one sign by custom and another in the chart. Why two different rules?
| Year | Starts (lunar new year) | Lichun (Saju year) |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Feb 12 | Feb 3 |
| 2009 | Jan 26 | Feb 4 |
| 1997 | Feb 8 | Feb 4 |
| 1985 | Feb 20 | Feb 4 |
| 1973 | Feb 3 | Feb 4 |
| 1961 | Feb 15 | Feb 4 |
The branch repeats every twelve years but the stem runs on a ten-year cycle, so the same pairing only comes back after sixty. That makes five kinds of Ox year, each carrying a different stem element on top of Earth.
2021, 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961, 1949 and 1937 are Ox years. If born before the lunar new year you may belong to the previous sign, the Rat.
The Ox harmonizes wonderfully with the Snake and Rooster, and pairs well with the Rat. Friction arises most with the Goat.
Strengths are perseverance, responsibility and trustworthiness; weaknesses are stubbornness and a lack of flexibility. A little more openness to change brings good fortune.