- Animal
- 🐂 Ox (牛)
- Element
- Earth 土 · Yin
- Stem & Branch
- 己丑 · Jǐ Chǒu
- Year starts
- January 26, 2009 (Lunar New Year)
- Year ends
- February 13, 2010
- Age in 2027
- turns 18
- 2027 Tai Sui
- a clash with Tai Sui
The Earth Ox personality
Steady Earth Ox: practical, self-contained, and quietly formidable.
The Earth Ox stands out from other Ox years by being the most grounded, measured, and security-minded version of this sign. All Ox people value duty, patience, and consistency, but yin Earth adds extra caution, realism, and a talent for building slowly without waste. This is less forceful than a Metal Ox, less openly driven than a Fire Ox, and less flexible than a Wood Ox.
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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 2009 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 2009?
2009 is the Year of the Earth Ox (己丑, Jǐ Chǒu). It runs from Lunar New Year on January 26, 2009 to February 13, 2010.
What element is 2009 in Chinese astrology?
Earth (土), in its Yin form. The year's Heavenly Stem is 己 and its Earthly Branch is 丑 (Ox).
Is someone born in January 2009 a Ox?
Born in January or early February 2009, before January 26, 2009? Then your sign is the Earth Rat of 2008.
Who is a Earth 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 2009?
2027 is the Fire Goat year. For the Ox it is a clash with Tai Sui. A person born in 2009 turns 18 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.