1973 Chinese zodiac
牛 Water Ox · yin
Born between 3 February 1973 and 22 January 1974: you are a Water Ox. Born in 1973 but before 3 February 1973: your sign is that of 1972, the Water Rat.
The year
- New Year : 3 February 1973
- Ends : 22 January 1974
- Animal : Ox
- Element : Water (yin)
The Water element
intuition, flexibility, depth.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
癸丑 guǐ chǒu
Year 50 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1913 and 2033.
The Ox in one line
Patient and steady, it moves slowly but never steps back.
Dates computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Beijing time) under the rules of the Chinese calendar, and checked against published dates.