1985 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Wood Ox
Year of the Wood Ox
Animal
🐂 Ox
Element
Yin Wood
Cycle position
#2 of 12
About the 1985 Ox year
- 1985 is a Yin Wood year — the Wood element colours the Ox's nature with growth, generosity, and cooperation.
- The Ox is the second of the 12 zodiac animals. The previous Ox year was 1973 and the next is 1997.
- 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
1985 is the Year of the Wood Ox — a Yin Wood year. The animal sign is the Ox, the second of the 12-animal cycle.
1985 carries the Wood element (Yin Wood). Element is set by the year's heavenly stem and cycles every 10 years, so the full Wood Ox combination returns only once every 60 years.
Those born in 1985, the Year of the Ox, are traditionally described as diligent, dependable, and strong-willed. With the Wood element added, growth, generosity, and cooperation 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 1985, before that year's Chinese New Year, is actually a Rat (the 1984 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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