Ox (zodiac)

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The twelve animals of Chinese astrology:
Rat	Ox
Tiger	Rabbit
Dragon	Snake
Horse	Sheep
Monkey	Rooster
Dog	Pig

The Ox ( 丑 ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

Contents 1 Years and the Five Elements 2 Attributes 3 Ox Attributes 4 Famous people born in the year of ox 4.1 Metal Oxen 4.2 Water Oxen 4.3 Wood Oxen 4.4 Fire Oxen 4.5 Earth Oxen 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Years and the Five Elements

Persons born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "year of the Ox," while also bearing the following elemental sign:

• 19 February 1901 - 7 February 1902: Metal Ox
• 6 February 1913 - 25 January 1914: Water Ox
• 25 January 1925 - 12 February 1926: Wood Ox
• 11 February 1937 - 30 January 1938: Fire Ox
• 29 January 1949 - 16 February 1950: Earth Ox
• 15 February 1961 - 4 February 1962: Metal Ox
• 3 February 1973 - 22 January 1974: Water Ox
• 20 February 1985 - 8 February 1986: Wood Ox
• 7 February 1997 - 28 January 1998: Fire Ox
• 26 January 2009 - 14 February 2010: Earth Ox
• 2021 - 2022: Metal Ox
• 2033 - 2034: Water Ox

[edit] Attributes

The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. This powerful sign is a born leader, being quite dependable and possessing an innate ability to achieve great things. As one might guess, such people are dependable, calm, and modest. Like their animal namesake, the Ox is unswervingly patient, tireless in their work, and capable of enduring any amount of hardship without complaint.

Ox people need peace and quiet to work through their ideas, and when they have set their mind on something it is hard for them to be convinced otherwise. An Ox person has a very logical mind and is extremely systematic in whatever they do, even without imagination. These people speak little but are extremely intelligent. When necessary, they are articulate and eloquent.

The Ox is not extravagant, and the thought of living off credit cards or being in debt makes them nervous. The possibility of taking a serious risk could cause the Ox sleepless nights.

Ox people are truthful and sincere, and the idea of wheeling and dealing in a competitive world is distasteful to them. They are rarely driven by the prospect of financial gain. These people are always welcome because of their honesty and patience. They have many friends, who appreciate the fact that the Ox people are wary of new trends, although every now and then they can be encouraged to try something new.

It is important to remember that the Ox people are sociable and relaxed when they feel secure, but occasionally a dark cloud looms over such people and they engage all the trials of the whole world and seek solutions for them.

[edit] Ox Attributes

Zodiac Location	2nd
Ruling hours	1am-3am
Direction	North-northeast
Season and month	winter, January
Gemstone	Onyx
Roughly-equivalent Western sign	Capricorn
Polarity	Yin
Countries	Switzerland, India, Cuba, Yemen, Finland, Ukraine

[edit] Famous people born in the year of ox

[edit] Metal Oxen

Abdullah II of Jordan Anastasia Romanov, Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia Andy Lau, actor and singer Barack Obama, American politician Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete Boy George, British musician and producer Carl Lewis, American athlete Dan Marino, American football player Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor Diana, Princess of Wales Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian Enya, Irish singer and songwriter George Clooney, American actor Hirohito, Japanese emperor

Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian Laurence Fishburne, American actor Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician Marlene Dietrich, German actress Meg Ryan, American actress Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Qin Shi Huang, Chinese emperor Tom Araya, Chilean-born musician Walt Disney, American animator and film producer Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate Zeppo Marx, American comedian

[edit] Water Oxen

Adrien Brody, American actor Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate Albrecht Kossel, German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Burt Lancaster, American actor David Blaine, American magician Fabio Cannavaro, Italian football player Faith Evans, American singer Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States Gretchen Wilson, American singer Heidi Klum, German model Jason David Frank, American entertainer and martial artist Jesse Owens, American athlete Kate Beckinsale, English actress Kate Moss, English model Marco Materazzi, Italian football player Nas, American rapper

Neve Campbell, Canadian actress Oscar de la Hoya, American boxer Pharrell Williams, American musician and producer Plato, Greek philosopher Tori Spelling, American actress Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Cuc Truong, Dentist in Houston, wife of the great Dr. Albert Alfonso

[edit] Wood Oxen

Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist Angela Lansbury, American actress Archibald Bower, Scottish historian Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States BB King, American blues musician Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Ciara, American singer Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist George Berkeley, English philosopher George Frideric Handel, German composer Gore Vidal, American writer Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer Jack Osbourne, English actor Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer

Lukas Podolski, German football player Malcolm X, American civil rights activist Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Paul Newman, actor Pol Pot, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Raven Symone, American actress Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician, and actor Sarah Hughes, American athlete Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States Zachary Hanson, American musician

[edit] Fire Oxen

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor Bill Cosby, American actor and comedian Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State Dustin Hoffman, American actor Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate Jack Nicholson, American actor Jane Fonda, American actress and social activist Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State Morgan Freeman, American actor Peter Cook, British comedian Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Roman poet Richard the Lionheart

Saddam Hussein, Iraqi dictator Saint Gregory the Illuminator, founder and patron saint of the Armenian Church Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate Warren Beatty, American actor and director Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist

[edit] Earth Oxen

Adolf Hitler, German Dictator Alan Menken, American composer Arsène Wenger, French football manager Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel Bill O'Reilly, American journalist Billy Joel, American musician Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter Charlie Chaplin, English actor and film director Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States Geronimo, Apache leader Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher

Mark Knopfler, English guitarist, Dire Straits Morgan Fairchild, American actress Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French Patrick Duffy, American actor Patrick Süskind, German writer Peter Gabriel, British musician Richard Gere, American actor Sigourney Weaver, American actress Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia Tom Berenger, American actor Vasco da Gama, Explorer

[edit] See also

• Ox
• Chinese zodiac

[edit] External links

• http://www.gotohoroscope.com/chinese-zodiac-ox.html