- Animal
- 🐂 Ox (牛)
- Element
- Water 水 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 癸丑 · Guǐ Chǒu
- Year starts
- February 3, 1973 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- January 22, 1974
- Age in 2027
- turns 54
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a clash with Tai Sui
The Water Ox personality
A steady Ox with a softer voice, sharp instincts, and quiet staying power.
The Water Ox stands out from other Ox years by mixing the sign’s usual grit and duty with more sensitivity, flexibility, and inner reflection. Ox types are known for patience, discipline, and a preference for solid ground. Yin Water adds tact, intuition, and a subtle way of reading people and timing.
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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 1973 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 1973?
1973 is the Year of the Water Ox (癸丑, Guǐ Chǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 3, 1973 to January 22, 1974.
What element is 1973 in Chinese astrology?
Water (水), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 癸 and its Earthly Branch is 丑 (Ox).
Is someone born in January 1973 a Ox?
Born in January or early February 1973, before February 3, 1973? Then your sign is the Water Rat of 1972.
Who is a Water 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 1973?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Ox it is a clash with Tai Sui. A person born in 1973 turns 54 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.