Chinese Zodiac · Sign 2 of 12
牛 · niú
Diligent and dependable — the one who finishes what everyone else only starts.
牛
Ask an Ox to do something and it gets done — no shortcuts, no drama, no excuses. Reliability is the Ox's whole reputation, earned through work rather than words, which is why people lean on it in a crisis. The flip side of that resolve is a legendary stubbornness: an Ox rarely reverses a decision once it's made, dislikes being rushed, and forgives slowly.
Lucky numbers and colors follow popular Chinese almanac tradition and vary by source — treat them as folklore, not fact.
The Goat sits opposite the Ox on the zodiac wheel — the classic “six clash” (六冲). A pairing that takes extra patience.
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