Chinese zodiac 1985
Year of the Wood Ox
20 February 1985 to 8 February 1986
Born in 1985? Your sign depends on the day
The animal changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January. In 1985 it falls on 20 February 1985.
- 20 February to 31 December 1985
- π Wood Ox
- and on to 8 Feb 1986
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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
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 Wood Ox years nearest to this one are 1925 and 2045.
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.