A year in which success can only be achieved through diligence and conscientious effort, while politics and diplomacy are treated with indifference at best. The conservative Ox favors discipline and traditional ways. Conflicts can arise as a result of miscommunication and inflexibility or stubbornness. Gains will be made this year, but only through conventional methods and not without hard work.

A person born in the year of the Ox will be calm, reliable and patient. While they are often stubborn and biased, they are also resolute and fearless. They are traditional and methodical and adhere to fixed patterns of thought and behavior. This makes them appear predictable and unimaginative. The sturdy and dutiful Oxen do not rely on luck or guile. Their accomplishments are all the result of sheer tenacity and plodding and systematic determination.

They possess a quiet dignity and a strong moral sense, and are generally respected and liked for their honesty, rectitude, and lack of pretension. They are super-self-reliant, loath to ask others for help and never resort to unfair means to attain their goals. They build things to last, including their families and will work diligently to ensure the continued survival and prosperity of their offspring. As providers and heads of their households, their word is law, and they will not tolerate insolence or rebellion, although they are extremely proud of their families and care for them a great deal.

Oxen have strong constitutions and are rarely sick. They are proud and uncompromising and disdainful of weakness. When negative, they can lack compassion and be unapproachable, rigid and narrow-minded. Oxen can be naive and awkward in matters of the heart. Their practical, down-to-earth nature has little sense the refinements of romance and seduction, and they cannot fully understand the snares and enticements of love. Because of their traditional ways, both Ox men and women will insist on long courtships. Both are slow to open up and reveal their true feelings, but once committed they are steadfast and responsible.

Words mean little to the practical Ox; it's action that counts.

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