1925 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Ox

1925 is the year of the Wood Ox (乙丑 Yǐchǒu), from 24 January 1925 to 12 February 1926. Anyone born in 1925 before 24 January 1925 belongs to the Wood Rat year.

• Animal: Ox
• Element: Wood (Yin)
• Cycle name: 乙丑 Yǐchǒu, year 2 of the 60-year cycle
• Starts: 24 January 1925
• Ends: 12 February 1926

The Wood Ox

Wood years are traditionally linked with growth, generosity and cooperation: the element of things that grow towards the light and make room for others. The Ox is the patient worker of the zodiac. Tradition describes Ox people as dependable, methodical and quietly strong: slow to start, very hard to stop. They prefer proof to promises and build things meant to last, from a savings account to a family routine.

Born in January or February 1925?

Anyone born from 1 January to 23 January 1925 belongs to the Wood Rat year of 1924. From 24 January 1925 the Wood Ox year begins.

How the dates are worked out

Each Chinese New Year here is worked out from the sky, not copied from a list. A lunar month starts on the day of a New Moon in China Standard Time (UTC+8, or Beijing local time before 1929). The month holding the December solstice is the 11th month. When 13 New Moons fall between two of those months, the first month with no principal solar term (the Sun reaching a multiple of 30 degrees) is a leap month. New Year is the first day of the 1st month, which is why it moves between 21 January and 20 February. New Moons and solar terms follow Jean Meeus's Astronomical Algorithms. The rules follow the Chinese calendar.

1924: Wood Rat · 1926: Fire Tiger · All Ox years · All 12 animals