23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yin Metal year pillar

Metal Ox (1901, 1961, 2021, 2081)

Metal Ox years are 1901, 1961, 2021, 2081 within 1901–2099. 辛丑 is pillar 38 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Metal is its year-stem element, while the Ox branch remains Earth.

Metal Ox personality

The Metal Ox pairs sustained effort with exacting standards, concentrating on doing a chosen thing thoroughly and bringing it to a clear conclusion. Metal's boundary-setting symbolism makes the Ox's sense of duty more explicit. That precision can become inflexibility if a different method is dismissed before it has been considered, or if a small imperfection obscures substantial progress.

Born in 1901, 1961, 2021, 2081? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

辛丑: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
辛 Xin · Yin Metal
Animal branch
丑 Chou · Yin Earth
Year stem and fixed branch
Earth generates Metal
Solar month 12
Minor Cold · Winter
Branch compass and double-hour
NNE · 01:00–03:00
Hidden stems
己 jǐ Earth (primary); 癸 guǐ Water (middle); 辛 xīn Metal (residual)

In the Five Phases cycle, Earth feeds Metal.

Na Yin pair: 壁上土

Earth Na Yin · paired with 庚子 Yang Metal Rat in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Metal Ox years, 1901–2099

The complete 辛丑 pillar returns every sixty years. Each record below keeps the same animal, stem element, and polarity, while its exact lunar-year boundary and leap-month pattern change.

2026 live coordinate

Metal Ox with the current Yang Fire Horse year

Animal branches

Harm

Harm 六害

Same branch, five stems

Compare all five Ox elements

Calendar and pillar conventions are recorded in the methodology.