- Animal
- 🐂 Ox (牛)
- Element
- Wood 木 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 乙丑 · Yǐ Chǒu
- Year starts
- February 20, 1985 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 8, 1986
- Age in 2027
- turns 42
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a clash with Tai Sui
The Wood Ox personality
Steady Ox strength softened by Yin Wood’s tact, patience, and quiet growth.
The Wood Ox stands out from other Ox years by mixing the Ox’s solid, duty-first nature with the gentler, more adaptive quality of Yin Wood. A Metal Ox can be more rigid, a Fire Ox more forceful, and a Water Ox more flexible in mood, but the Wood Ox often shows steady persistence with a humane touch. This is an Ox that still values order, reliability, and proof, yet is usually better at reading people and building trust over time.
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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 1985 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 1985?
1985 is the Year of the Wood Ox (乙丑, Yǐ Chǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on February 20, 1985 to February 8, 1986.
What element is 1985 in Chinese astrology?
Wood (木), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 乙 and its Earthly Branch is 丑 (Ox).
Is someone born in January 1985 a Ox?
Born in January or early February 1985, before February 20, 1985? Then your sign is the Wood Rat of 1984.
Who is a Wood 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 1985?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Ox it is a clash with Tai Sui. A person born in 1985 turns 42 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.