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Chinese Zodiac 1925: Year of the Wood Ox

January 24, 1925 – February 12, 1926 · Yin

Born January 1 – January 23, 1925? You are a Wood Rat 🐀, because the Ox year only began at Lunar New Year on January 24.

The 1925 sign

Animal
🐂 Ox
Element
Wood
Yin / Yang
Yin
Lunar New Year
Saturday, Jan 24
Generation
Greatest Generation
Age in 2026
101

The Ox is said to be diligent, dependable and strong.

Ox compatibility

Best matches (same trine)

🐍 Snake 🐓 Rooster

Secret friend

🐀 Rat

Clashes with

🐐 Goat

Traditional Chinese astrology, for fun.

Other years of the Ox

Check another year

Born in January or February? Add the month and day — you may belong to the year before, because the Chinese year starts at Lunar New Year.

About the Chinese Zodiac

Chinese Zodiac tells you your animal sign and element from your birth year — and gets it right for January and February birthdays, which most charts miss. The Chinese zodiac year starts at Lunar New Year, between January 21 and February 20, so someone born before it belongs to the previous year’s animal. Every year from 1924 to 2035 has a page with its exact start and end dates, its element and yin or yang, and every animal has a page listing its years and its best and worst matches.

How to use it

  1. 1 Enter your birth year, and the month and day if you were born in January or February.
  2. 2 See your animal, element and yin or yang.
  3. 3 Open your year to see when it started and ended.
  4. 4 Check the animals you match and clash with.

Frequently asked questions

What Chinese zodiac is 1925?

1925 is the year of the Wood Ox (Yin). It began at Lunar New Year on January 24, 1925 and ended on February 12, 1926.

I was born in January 1925 — am I an Ox?

Only if you were born on or after January 24. Anyone born from January 1 to January 23, 1925 belongs to the previous year: the Wood Rat.

Which signs match the Ox?

Traditionally the Ox gets on best with the Snake and the Rooster, which share its trine, and with its “secret friend”, the Rat. It clashes with the Goat.

What are the 12 Chinese zodiac animals in order?

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. The cycle repeats every 12 years, and each year also has one of five elements — Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water — giving a full cycle of 60 years.

What is the Chinese zodiac for 2026?

2026 is the year of the Fire Horse. It starts at Lunar New Year on February 17, 2026 and runs until February 5, 2027, when the year of the Fire Goat begins.

Why is my Chinese zodiac different from my birth year?

Because the Chinese zodiac year begins at Lunar New Year, not on January 1. If you were born in January or early February before that year’s Lunar New Year, your animal is the one for the year before. Enter your full birth date to check.

Where do the Lunar New Year dates come from?

They are worked out from the Chinese lunisolar calendar (the same calculation used by the Unicode ICU calendar library), which places Lunar New Year on the second new moon after the winter solstice in Chinese time.