Chinese zodiac 1937
Year of the Fire Ox
11 February 1937 to 30 January 1938
Born in 1937? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1937 it falls on 11 February 1937.
- 11 February to 31 December 1937
- π Fire Ox
- and on to 30 Jan 1938
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The Fire Ox at a glance
Animal
π Ox
Said to be steady, hard-working, dependable.
Element
η« Yin Fire
Linked with passion and drive. Each element rules two years in a row.
Length
354 days
A regular year of twelve lunar months.
Other Ox years
The 60-year cycle
Animal and element line up again only every 60 years. The Fire Ox years nearest to this one are 1877 and 1997.
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.