23 September 2026

12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Yin Water year pillar

Water Ox (1913, 1973, 2033, 2093)

Water Ox years are 1913, 1973, 2033, 2093 within 1901–2099. 癸丑 is pillar 50 of the 60-year cycle: Yin Water is its year-stem element, while the Ox branch remains Earth.

Water Ox personality

Water introduces responsiveness into the Ox's deliberate rhythm, suggesting a patient observer who can adjust a method without abandoning the underlying commitment. Listening has a larger place in this variant than insisting on one fixed procedure. Its characteristic tension is between absorbing another person's concerns and remaining able to name a clear limit when a promise has become too demanding.

Born in 1913, 1973, 2033, 2093? Check the opening date below before choosing this variant.

癸丑: pillar anatomy

Heavenly stem
癸 Gui · Yin Water
Animal branch
丑 Chou · Yin Earth
Year stem and fixed branch
Earth controls Water
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 regulates Water.

Na Yin pair: 桑柘木

Wood Na Yin · paired with 壬子 Yang Water Rat in the 30 Na Yin pairs.

Exact date records

Water Ox years, 1901–2099

The complete 癸丑 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

Water 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.