2009 Chinese zodiac
牛 Earth Ox · yin
Born between 26 January 2009 and 13 February 2010: you are a Earth Ox. Born in 2009 but before 26 January 2009: your sign is that of 2008, the Earth Rat.
The year
- New Year : 26 January 2009
- Ends : 13 February 2010
- Animal : Ox
- Element : Earth (yin)
The Earth element
stability, realism, reliability.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
己丑 jǐ chǒu
Year 26 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1949 and 2069.
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.