Chinese zodiac · Year of the Ox
The Fire Ox: 1937, 1997, 2057
丁丑 · Ding chǒu · Yin Fire stem on the Earth branch
A Fire Ox year pairs the Heavenly Stem 丁 (Ding, yin Fire) with the Earthly Branch 丑 (chǒu, the Ox). The pair recurs every sixty years, so in the range AsterNym covers the Fire Ox years are 1937, 1997, 2057. The animal is the same each time; the stem is what makes a Fire Ox different from a Wood Ox or a Earth Ox. The popular zodiac begins each of these years at Lunar New Year and BaZi begins it at Li Chun, so both boundaries are given below for every year.
What a Fire Ox is like
Popular Chinese zodiac tradition. For reflection, not prediction.
The Fire Ox has drive to match its patience, a rare pairing, and can be formidable once it decides where the field ends.
The Fire Ox of 1997 pairs the tradition's most patient animal with its most driven stem, and the result is a year associated with slow starts and remarkable finishes.
In BaZi terms the Fire stem feeds the Earth branch: Fire produces Earth in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Ox's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
The rest of the Ox’s character, in love, at work and the growing edge, is on the Year of the Ox page.
Fire Ox years and when each begins
The popular zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year; BaZi begins it at Li Chun, the start of spring. Both dates are given so a birth between them can be placed in either system.
| Year | Lunar New Year (popular zodiac) | Ends | Li Chun (BaZi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 11 February 1937 | 30 January 1938 | 4 February 1937 |
| 1997 | 7 February 1997 | 27 January 1998 | 4 February 1997 |
| 2057 | outside the table | … | 3 February 2057 |
The next Fire Ox year is 2057. Check any birthday against the boundary with the finder.
Famous Fire Oxs
Public birth records, assigned by the Lunar New Year boundary.
Born in 1937
Common questions
- When does the Year of the Fire Ox start?
- The 1937 Fire Ox year began at Lunar New Year on 11 February 1937 and ran to 30 January 1938. The 1997 Fire Ox year began at Lunar New Year on 7 February 1997 and ran to 27 January 1998. 2057 is outside AsterNym's Lunar New Year table. BaZi turns the year at Li Chun instead (1937: 4 February 1937; 1997: 4 February 1997; 2057: 3 February 2057), so a birth between the two dates carries different year animals in the two systems.
- What is a Fire Ox personality?
- The Fire Ox has drive to match its patience, a rare pairing, and can be formidable once it decides where the field ends. In BaZi terms the Fire stem feeds the Earth branch: Fire produces Earth in the generating cycle. Practitioners read the year as the stem spending itself on the branch, so the Ox's qualities are well supported from above while the stem itself is drained. A generous year for the animal, at some cost to the element on top.
- When is the next Fire Ox year?
- 2057. The pair of stem 丁 and branch 丑 recurs every sixty years.