Yin Earth · 己丑 · 60-year cycle
Earth Ox Chinese Zodiac: 1949, 2009 Years
Earth Ox years in this calendar are 1949, 2009. The latest Earth Ox year is 2009; the next is 2069, a 60-year return. 2026 is not a Earth Ox year. Birth-year boundaries begin at Chinese New Year.
People born in Earth Ox years
A birthday belongs to the Earth Ox year only within one of these intervals. The days before Chinese New Year belong to the previous animal. Dates below cover this calendar’s 1902–2049 year archives.
1949: Earth Ox
29 January 1949 – 16 February 1950
己丑 · Jǐ Chǒu
Lunar months and festivals of 1949 →2009: Earth Ox
26 January 2009 – 13 February 2010
己丑 · Jǐ Chǒu
Lunar months and festivals of 2009 →
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What Earth adds to the Ox
Earth repeats the Ox's own element, concentrating the traditional qualities of steadiness, endurance and responsibility for the task in hand. The Earth Ox reading centres on a reliable routine and careful completion, with a reluctance to change course until the reason is as concrete as the work already done.
The year’s visible stem is Jǐ 己, Yin Earth; the Ox branch 丑 retains its fixed Earth element.
The Ox’s traditional character →Earth Ox in 2026
2026 is a Horse year. Ox and Horse occupy branches 丑 and 午.
This pair has no shared harmony, trine, seasonal meeting or Six Clash in the four groups shown here.
Read Ox with Horse →