2021 Chinese zodiac
牛 Metal Ox · yin
Born between 12 February 2021 and 31 January 2022: you are a Metal Ox. Born in 2021 but before 12 February 2021: your sign is that of 2020, the Metal Rat.
The year
- New Year : 12 February 2021
- Ends : 31 January 2022
- Animal : Ox
- Element : Metal (yin)
The Metal element
determination, rigour, uprightness.
Each animal returns every twelve years with a different element: the same pair only comes back every sixty years.
In the sixty-year cycle
辛丑 xīn chǒu
Year 38 of the cycle. The same pair comes back in 1961 and 2081.
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.