Chinese zodiac 1925
Year of the Wood Ox
24 January 1925 to 12 February 1926
Born in 1925? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1925 it falls on 24 January 1925.
- 24 January to 31 December 1925
- π Wood Ox
- and on to 12 Feb 1926
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The Wood Ox at a glance
Animal
π Ox
Said to be steady, hard-working, dependable.
Element
ζ¨ Yin Wood
Linked with growth and generosity. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
385 days
A long year: the calendar adds a thirteenth, leap month.
Other Ox years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Wood Ox years nearest to this one are 1865 and 1985.
Who gets on with the Ox
Allies
Four years apart. The three animals of a trine are said to share a temperament.
Secret friend
One of six fixed pairs said to complement each other.
Opposite
Six years apart, directly across the wheel. Tradition calls this the hardest pairing.
Friction
One of six fixed pairs said to rub each other the wrong way.
Bonds come from each animal's position among the twelve, as tradition sets them. They describe the Ox sign in general, not any one person.
Dates are computed estimates from the Hong Kong Observatory's calendar tables, counted in China's time zone. Some traditions change the animal at the start of spring (around 4 February) instead of at Lunar New Year.