Ox
The Ox is the second sign of the cycle. Years: 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021, 2033. If you were born in January, check your year with the calculator.
Personality
The Ox is the sign of endurance and persistence. It is neither quick nor flexible, but it finishes what it starts and keeps its word. In Chinese tradition it symbolizes farm labor: results come through repetition, not flashes of insight.
The Ox is so reliable that people around it stop noticing and start taking it for granted. Hence a story common to the sign: it carries the load for years, then leaves without explaining anything.
Weak spot: stubbornness. The Ox changes its mind very reluctantly, and it can be persuaded only by time and facts, never by pressure.
The Gemini man and woman
The Ox man is solid, a man of few words, responsible. He courts without imagination but in earnest; he can't stand games or tests of feelings.
The Ox woman is strong and patient, often carrying both home and work on her shoulders. She doesn't ask for help, and when none is offered, she takes offense silently.
Both handle chaos and sudden changes of plan poorly.
Career and money
Good fits are jobs that value consistency: manufacturing, agriculture, engineering, medicine, accounting, any craft. Fast-moving speculative fields are a bad idea for the Ox.
The Ox earns money slowly and reliably, tends to save and to invest in tangible things: real estate, land, tools.
Compatibility
Best partners: the Snake and the Rooster, from the same trine. Gets along well with the Rat.
The most difficult match is the Goat, the opposite sign. All pairs are in the compatibility section.