- Animal
- 🐂 Ox (牛)
- Element
- Metal 金 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 辛丑 · Xīn Chǒu
- Year starts
- February 15, 1961 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 4, 1962
- Age in 2027
- turns 66
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a clash with Tai Sui
The Metal Ox personality
The Metal Ox is steady, exacting, and quietly hard to move.
Among Ox years, the Metal Ox stands out for its sharper edge and stronger standards. The Ox is naturally patient, dependable, and built for long effort, but Yin Metal adds precision, discipline, and a more private kind of toughness. This is not the most openly warm Ox, nor the most flexible, but it is often the one with the clearest sense of duty and the strongest respect for quality.
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Best matches and clashes
Six Harmony partner: 🐂 Ox & 🐀 Rat. Three Harmony partners: 🐂 Ox & 🐍 Snake, 🐂 Ox & 🐓 Rooster. Clash: 🐂 Ox & 🐐 Goat.
A Ox born in 1961 in the 2027 Fire Goat year
2027 is a clash with Tai Sui for the Ox. See the month-by-month forecast in Ox horoscope 2027.
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What Chinese zodiac is 1961?
1961 is the Year of the Metal Ox (辛丑, Xīn Chǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 15, 1961 to February 4, 1962.
What element is 1961 in Chinese astrology?
Metal (金), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 辛 and its Earthly Branch is 丑 (Ox).
Is someone born in January 1961 a Ox?
Born in January or early February 1961, before February 15, 1961? Then your sign is the Metal Rat of 1960.
Who is a Metal Ox compatible with?
Traditionally the Ox pairs best with the Rat, Snake, Rooster and finds the Goat most challenging.
What does 2027 mean for someone born in 1961?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Ox it is a clash with Tai Sui. A person born in 1961 turns 66 in 2027.
Dates are computed from the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar New Year). Some BaZi practitioners start the year at Lichun (around February 4) instead. Updated 2026-11-05.