Ox and Rooster in love
Dependable and orderly, with shared standards. Traditionally one of the best matches for both.
Trine — natural allies
Ox and Rooster Compatibility
Ox and Rooster compatibility: they sit 4 apart in the twelve-year cycle, a pairing the tradition classes as “Trine — natural allies”. We score it 90%.
- Relation
- Trine San He, 三合
- Steps apart
- 4 in the twelve-year cycle
- Next Ox year
- 2033 starts Jan 31, 2033
- Next Rooster year
- 2029 starts Feb 13, 2029
New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory calendar.
Trine — natural allies
90%
Are the Ox and Rooster compatible?
Ox and Rooster share the Ox–Snake–Rooster trine, the group of disciplined thinkers. Both are hardworking, organized and value doing things properly. They respect each other's competence and usually agree on priorities.
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Working together
A superb team for precision, planning and execution.
Where it goes wrong
The Rooster's criticism meeting the Ox's stubbornness.
Over time
How an Ox–Rooster relationship usually unfolds
- At first. Partners in the metal triangle: two diligent, orderly people respect each other at once.
- Once settled. A dependable, well-organized household with shared standards.
- What keeps it working. The Rooster softening criticism and the Ox bending on small things.
Fixed elements
Earth Ox, metal Rooster
generating · controlling
The Ox’s earth bears the Rooster’s metal — the image is ore that forms inside the ground. On the generating cycle the Ox gives and the Rooster receives.
The fixed element belongs to the animal and never changes; the element of a birth year (wood, fire, earth, metal or water) rotates every two years — see the years below.
On the twelve-year wheel
Where the Ox and the Rooster sit on the wheel
- Ox–Rooster, 4 steps apart: San He, the three harmonies.
- San He triangles. Rooster and Ox share it, with Snake as the third corner.
- Clash axes. Rooster–Rabbit; Ox–Goat.
- Secret friends. In the Liu He list the Rooster pairs with the Dragon; the Ox pairs with the Rat.
- Six harms. Ox and Horse; Rooster and Dog — not drawn.
Computed from 108 years of real lunar new year dates
The arithmetic behind this pairing
How the Ox and the Rooster sit on the cycle, and the share of the century each one actually holds.
Lunar years run 353 to 385 days, so the Rooster ends up with 26 more days than the Ox over the 108-year table: 3,305 against 3,279. As a pairing, four positions apart, they make up 1.393% of all pairings.
Possible age gaps — fixed by the cycle
An Ox and a Rooster can only be these numbers of years apart:
4
years apart
8
years apart
16
years apart
20
years apart
28
years apart
32
years apart
40
years apart
44
years apart
Recent birth-year combinations
| Ox | Rooster | Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Metal Ox 2021 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 4 years apart |
| Earth Ox 2009 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 4 years apart |
| Earth Ox 2009 | Fire Rooster 2017 | 8 years apart |
| Fire Ox 1997 | Water Rooster 1993 | 4 years apart |
| Fire Ox 1997 | Wood Rooster 2005 | 8 years apart |
| Wood Ox 1985 | Metal Rooster 1981 | 4 years apart |
| Wood Ox 1985 | Water Rooster 1993 | 8 years apart |
| Water Ox 1973 | Earth Rooster 1969 | 4 years apart |
Birth years for this pairing
Born in January or early February? Check the date before counting yourself an Ox or a Rooster.
Ox
1961 · 1973 · 1985 · 1997 · 2009 · 2021Rooster
1957 · 1969 · 1981 · 1993 · 2005 · 2017Cite this page
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