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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thi%C3%BA_(t%C4%93-chi)" title="Thiú (tē-chi) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Thiú (tē-chi)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka_(sodyak)" title="Baka (sodyak) – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Baka (sodyak)" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4rja-aasta" title="Härja-aasta – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Härja-aasta" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signo_del_buey" title="Signo del buey – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Signo del buey" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idia_(zodiakoa)" title="Idia (zodiakoa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Idia (zodiakoa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC)" title="ورزا (منطقةالبروج) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ورزا (منطقةالبروج)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffle_(astrologie_chinoise)" title="Buffle (astrologie chinoise) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Buffle (astrologie chinoise)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhi%C3%BA_(thi-ch%E1%B9%B3%CC%82)" title="Chhiú (thi-chṳ̂) – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chhiú (thi-chṳ̂)" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B6%95_(%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%80)" title="축 (지지) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="축 (지지)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerbau_(shio)" title="Kerbau (shio) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kerbau (shio)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufalo_(zodiaco_cinese)" title="Bufalo (zodiaco cinese) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bufalo (zodiaco cinese)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li 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language">Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hani" style="font-size: 1rem;">牛</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">niú</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">niu<sup>2</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[njǒʊ]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Guangdong_Romanization#Hakka" title="Guangdong Romanization">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">ngiù</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">ngàuh</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">ngau4</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a 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style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Chinese" title="Middle Chinese">Middle Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Late Middle Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ltc-Latn">ngiu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Old_Chinese" title="Old Chinese">Old Chinese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter_(1992)" title="Reconstructions of Old Chinese">Baxter (1992)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Old Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="och-Latn">*<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ŋʷjɨ</span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter–Sagart_(2014)" title="Reconstructions of Old Chinese">Baxter–Sagart (2014)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Old Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="och-Latn">*<span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">ŋʷə</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg/220px-OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg/330px-OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg/440px-OMBRE_CHINOISE_BUFFLE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Zodiacal ox, showing the Chinese character <i>niú </i> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%9B" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:牛">牛</a>), meaning "ox" or "bovine creature". The same character is also used in some related languages.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg/220px-Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg/330px-Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg/440px-Mount_H%C3%B4rai-ji_Buddhist_Temple_-_Stone_monument_with_a_carving_of_a_cattle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>Carving of a <a href="/wiki/Bovidae_in_Chinese_mythology" title="Bovidae in Chinese mythology">bovine animal</a> ("ox"), at Mount Hôrai-ji Buddhist Temple, <a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi Prefecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>: a stone monument showing the <a href="/wiki/Earthly_Branches" title="Earthly Branches">Earthly Branch</a> <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> <i>chǒu</i> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%91" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:丑">丑</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Ox</b> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%9B" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:牛">牛</a>) is the second of the 12-year <a href="/wiki/Periodic_sequence" title="Periodic sequence">periodic sequence</a> (cycle) of <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">animals</a> which appear in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_zodiac" title="Chinese zodiac">Chinese zodiac</a> related to the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as <i><a href="/wiki/Ox" title="Ox">ox</a></i> is in Chinese <i>niú </i> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%89%9B" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:牛">牛</a>), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or <a href="/wiki/Neutering" title="Neutering">neutered</a> types of the <a href="/wiki/Bovinae" title="Bovinae">bovine</a> family, such as common <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cattle</a> or <a href="/wiki/Water_buffalo" title="Water buffalo">water buffalo</a>. The zodiacal ox may be construed as male, female, neutered, intersex (formerly referred to as hermaphroditic), and either singular or plural. The <b>Year of the Ox</b> is also denoted by the <a href="/wiki/Earthly_Branches" title="Earthly Branches">Earthly Branch</a> <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> <i>chǒu</i> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%91" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:丑">丑</a>). The term "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zodiac" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:zodiac">zodiac</a>" ultimately derives from an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> term referring to a "circle of little animals". There are also a yearly month of the ox and a daily hour of the ox (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_timekeeping#Dual_hour:_Shí" title="Traditional Chinese timekeeping">Chinese double hour</a>, 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.). Years of the oxen (cows) are cyclically differentiated by correlation to the <a href="/wiki/Heavenly_Stems" title="Heavenly Stems">Heavenly Stems</a> cycle, resulting in a repeating cycle of five years of the ox/cow (over a sixty-year period), each ox/cow year also being associated with one of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)" title="Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)">wǔxíng</a>, also known as the "five elements", or "phases": the "Five Phases" being <a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%81%AB#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:火">火</a></span> <i>huǒ</i>), <a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:水">水</a></span> <i>shuǐ</i>), <a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:木">木</a></span> <i>mù</i>), <a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%87%91#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:金">金</a></span> <i>jīn</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> (<span lang="zh"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F#Chinese" class="extiw" title="wikt:土">土</a></span> <i>tǔ</i>). The Year of the Ox follows after the <a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">Year of the Rat</a> (the first year of the zodiacal cycle) which happened in 2020 and is then followed by the <a href="/wiki/Tiger_(zodiac)" title="Tiger (zodiac)">Year of the Tiger</a>, which happened in 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zodiac">Zodiac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Zodiac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_zodiac" title="Chinese zodiac">Chinese zodiac</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:12_zodiac.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/12_zodiac.jpg/220px-12_zodiac.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/12_zodiac.jpg/330px-12_zodiac.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/12_zodiac.jpg/440px-12_zodiac.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3156" data-file-height="2298" /></a><figcaption>Twelve jade figurines from China representing the zodiacal "circle of small animals", beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">rat</a> (left front), and then going <a href="/wiki/Clockwise" title="Clockwise">clockwise</a> to the next figure on the left (the ox) and then continuing clockwise around to the pig (right front)</figcaption></figure> <p>The term "zodiacal" refers to the classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating 12-year cycle. The 12-year cycle is an approximation to the 11.85-year orbital period of Jupiter. Originating from China, this form of the zodiac (with some variations) has been popular for a long time in many East Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The ox symbolizes diligence and patience. The people with this age have progressed steadily and owns persistent strength. They are very determined but stubborn. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meaning">Meaning</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ox (牛) is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems. The Chinese term translated here as ox is in Chinese niú (牛), a word generally referring to cows, bulls, or native varieties of the bovine family, such as the water buffalo in South-East Asia. The zodiacal ox may be construed as male, female, neutered, hermaphroditic, and either singular or plural. The Year of the Ox is also denoted by the Earthly Branch symbol chǒu (丑). The term "zodiac" ultimately derives from an Ancient Greek term referring to a "circle of little animals". There are also a yearly month of the ox and a daily hour of the ox (Chinese double hour, 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.). Years of the oxen (cows) are cyclically differentiated by correlation to the Heavenly Stems cycle, resulting in a repeating cycle of five years of the ox/cow (over a sixty-year period), each ox/cow year also being associated with one of the Chinese wǔxíng, also known as the "five elements", or "phases": the "Five Phases" being Fire (火 huǒ), Water (水 shuǐ), Wood (木 mù), Metal (金 jīn), and Earth (土 tǔ). The Year of the Ox follows after the Year of the Rat (the first year of the zodiacal cycle) which happened in 2020 and it then is followed by the Year of the Tiger which happened in 2022. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Differences_with_Western_astrology">Differences with Western astrology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Differences with Western astrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "<i><a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">zodiac</a></i>" reflects similarities and differences with the <a href="/wiki/Western_culture" title="Western culture">Western</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_astrology" title="Western astrology">zodiac</a>. Both similarly have cycles divided into twelve parts, with at least the majority of those parts named for animals, and each is widely associated with an ascription of a person's personality or events in their life to a supposed influence of the person's particular relationship to the cycle. A major difference between the two is that the animals of the Chinese zodiac are not associated with <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellations</a> spanned by the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic plane</a> (that is, the part of the sky through which the Sun appears to move from the perspective of Earth). The Chinese/East Asian 12-part cycle corresponds to years, rather than months. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythological_ox">Mythological ox</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mythological ox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Ox_in_Chinese_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ox in Chinese mythology">Ox in Chinese mythology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_(Chinese_mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Agriculture (Chinese mythology)">Agriculture (Chinese mythology)</a></div> <p>The ox of the Chinese zodiac has a long history. In Chinese mythology, many myths about <a href="/wiki/Oxen" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxen">oxen</a> or ox-like entities include celestial and earthly beings. The myths range from ones which include oxen or composite beings with ox characteristics as major actors to ones which focus on human or divine actors, in which the role of the oxen are more subsidiary. In some cases, Chinese myths focus on oxen-related subjects, such as plowing and agriculture or ox-powered carriage. Another important role for beef cattle is in the religious capacity of sacrificial offerings. Chinese mythology intersects with the idea of the zodiacal ox. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_race">Great race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Great race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to some old mythological traditions there was a race held by a great deity to determine which creatures, in which order, would be the namesakes of the twelve-year cycle. The race was run, and swum, the finishing line being across a great river. The <a href="/wiki/Rat_(zodiac)" title="Rat (zodiac)">Rat</a> and the Ox crossed easily enough, the Ox due to being large, powerful, and adept both on land and in water: the Rat asked the good-natured Ox for a ride on its back, but then ungratefully jumped off at the last minute to cross the finish line first. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Years_and_the_Five_Elements">Years and the Five Elements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Years and the Five Elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">Sexagenary cycle</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg/220px-Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg/330px-Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg/440px-Sexagenary_cycle_years_spirals.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Sexagenary cycle years</figcaption></figure> <p>People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Ox", while bearing the following <a href="/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)" title="Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)">elemental</a> phase sign:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Start date</th> <th>End date</th> <th>Heavenly branch </th></tr> <tr> <td>31 January 1805 </td> <td>17 February 1806 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 January 1817 </td> <td>4 February 1818 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 February 1829 </td> <td>24 January 1830 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 January 1841 </td> <td>9 February 1842 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 February 1853 </td> <td>28 January 1854 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 January 1865 </td> <td>14 February 1866 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 February 1877 </td> <td>1 February 1878 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 January 1889 </td> <td>20 January 1890 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 February 1901</td> <td>7 February 1902</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 February 1913</td> <td>25 January 1914</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 January 1925</td> <td>12 February 1926</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 February 1937</td> <td>30 January 1938</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 January 1949</td> <td>16 February 1950</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 February 1961</td> <td>4 February 1962</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 February 1973</td> <td>22 January 1974</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 February 1985</td> <td>8 February 1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 February 1997</td> <td>27 January 1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 January 2009</td> <td>13 February 2010</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 February 2021</td> <td>31 January 2022</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 January 2033</td> <td>18 February 2034</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 February 2045</td> <td>5 February 2046</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wood_(wuxing)" title="Wood (wuxing)">Wood</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 February 2057</td> <td>23 January 2058</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fire_(wuxing)" title="Fire (wuxing)">Fire</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 January 2069</td> <td>10 February 2070</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 February 2081</td> <td>28 January 2082</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metal_(wuxing)" title="Metal (wuxing)">Metal</a> Ox </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 January 2093</td> <td>14 February 2094</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Water_(wuxing)" title="Water (wuxing)">Water</a> Ox </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lunar_Mansion">Lunar Mansion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lunar Mansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Eight_Mansions" title="Twenty-Eight Mansions">Twenty-Eight Mansions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nakshatra" title="Nakshatra">Nakshatra</a></div> <p>In traditional Chinese astrology as well as traditional <a href="/wiki/Chinese_astronomy" title="Chinese astronomy">Chinese astronomy</a> the sky was mapped into various <a href="/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy)">asterisms</a> or what are sometimes referred to as <a href="/wiki/Chinese_constellations" title="Chinese constellations">Chinese constellations</a>. This is actually more similar to the zodiac of <a href="/wiki/Western_astrology" title="Western astrology">Western astrology</a> than is the 12 animal cycle. The stars along the plane of the ecliptic divide into groups known as the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Eight_Mansions" title="Twenty-Eight Mansions">Twenty-Eight Mansions</a>. Because the moon during its monthly cycle could be observed to appear to move from one mansion (or "camp") into the next each night in turn, they are also known as Lunar Mansions. Traditionally, these mansions were divided into four groups of seven each, and associated with one of <a href="/wiki/Four_Symbols" title="Four Symbols">four spiritual entities</a>. This is applicable to the Year of the Ox, Chǒu (丑), a sign linked to the celestial region of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Tortoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Tortoise">Black Warrior</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Xuanwu_(god)" title="Xuanwu (god)">Xuánwǔ</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> linked to the stars of <a href="/wiki/Beta_Tauri" title="Beta Tauri">Beta Tauri</a>, in modern <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hour_of_the_Ox">Hour of the Ox</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Hour of the Ox"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_timekeeping" title="Traditional Chinese timekeeping">Traditional Chinese timekeeping</a></div> <p>Main Chinese tradition divided the hours of a day-night period into 12 <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_timekeeping" title="Traditional Chinese timekeeping">double-hours</a>. Each of these double-hours corresponds with one of the twelve signs of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_astrology" title="Chinese astrology">Chinese zodiac</a>, with similar symbolic motif and astrological significance. The first of the twelve double hours is <a href="/wiki/Midnight" title="Midnight">midnight</a> (at the middle of the double-hour), corresponding with 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.: this is the Hour of the Rat. The second and next double-hour is the Hour of the Ox: 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; that is the double-hour <i>chǒu</i> (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%91" class="extiw" title="wikt:丑">丑</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basic_astrology_elements">Basic astrology elements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Basic astrology elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earthly_Branches" title="Earthly Branches">Earthly Branches</a> of Birth Year:</td> <td>丑 Chǒu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)" title="Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)">The Five Elements</a>:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earth_(wuxing)" title="Earth (wuxing)">Earth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cardinal_direction" title="Cardinal direction">Cardinal Point</a>: </td> <td><b>N</b>orth-<b>N</b>orth<b>e</b>ast (<b>NNE</b>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yin_and_yang" title="Yin and yang">Yin/ Yang</a>:</td> <td>Yin </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Lunar Calendar">Lunar</a> Month: </td> <td>Twelfth </td></tr> <tr> <td>Season:</td> <td>Winter </td></tr> <tr> <td>Closest Western Zodiac:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" title="Taurus (astrology)">Taurus</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Earthly_Branches" title="Earthly Branches">Earthly Branch</a> Ruling Hours: </td> <td>01:00 to 02:59 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Heavenly_Generals" title="Twelve Heavenly Generals">Twelve Heavenly Generals</a>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a><i>: <a href="/wiki/Vajra" title="Vajra">Caundhula</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">招杜羅</span>) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lucky Flowers:</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulip" title="Tulip">tulip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evergreen" title="Evergreen">evergreen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peach" title="Peach">peach blossom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rose" title="Rose">rose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lucky Numbers:</td> <td>8, 3; Avoid: 6, 9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lucky Colors:</td> <td>green, red, purple; Avoid: white, blue </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Around_the_world">Around the world</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Around the world"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamps_of_Ukraine,_2013-72.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg/220px-Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg/330px-Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg/440px-Stamps_of_Ukraine%2C_2013-72.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption>Stamp from a zodiacal series from <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> commemorating Years of the Ox</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_zodiac" title="Vietnamese zodiac">Vietnamese zodiac</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Water_buffalo_(zodiac)" title="Water buffalo (zodiac)">water buffalo</a> occupies the position of the Ox. In Nepal, the Tamu/<a href="/wiki/Gurung_people" title="Gurung people">Gurung people</a> celebrate the year of the <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bovidae_in_Chinese_mythology" title="Bovidae in Chinese mythology">Bovidae in Chinese mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_zodiac" title="Burmese zodiac">Burmese zodiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_astrology" title="Chinese astrology">Chinese astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ox" title="Ox">Ox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ox_in_Chinese_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ox in Chinese mythology">Ox in Chinese mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_calendar" title="Tibetan calendar">Tibetan calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_buffalo_(zodiac)" title="Water buffalo (zodiac)">Water buffalo (zodiac)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ox_(zodiac)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Boston: Shambala. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-74221-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-74221-4">0-394-74221-4</a>, 34</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArina_Sherchan2010" class="citation web cs1">Arina Sherchan (11 July 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170729174053/http://ecs.com.np/culture/tamu-gurung-losar-festival">"Tamu (Gurung) Losar Festival"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ecs.com.np/culture/tamu-gurung-losar-festival">the original</a> on 29 July 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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