1937 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Fire Ox
Year of the Fire Ox
Animal
🐂 Ox
Element
Yin Fire
Cycle position
#2 of 12
About the 1937 Ox year
- 1937 is a Yin Fire year — the Fire element colours the Ox's nature with passion, energy, and boldness.
- The Ox is the second of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Ox year was 1925 and the next is 1949.
- People born in the Year of the Ox are traditionally seen as diligent, dependable, and strong-willed. The Ox is said to pair most harmoniously with the Snake, Rooster, Rat.
Best matches for the Ox
Signs the Ox is traditionally most compatible with.
- Snake
- Rooster
- Rat
Frequently asked
1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox — a Yin Fire year. The animal sign is the Ox, the second of the 12-animal cycle.
1937 carries the Fire element (Yin Fire). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Fire Ox combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1937, the Year of the Ox, are traditionally described as diligent, dependable, and strong-willed. With the Fire element added, passion, energy, and boldness are emphasised.
The Ox is traditionally most compatible with the Snake, Rooster, Rat.
Almost — but the Chinese zodiac year starts at Chinese New Year (late January or early February), not January 1. So someone born in early 1937, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rat (the 1936 sign). If your birthday is in late January or early February, enter your full date of birth in the Age Calculator to confirm your exact sign.
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