These hardworking, conscientious people are patient and work towards goals with unwavering determination. They are dedicated and often succeed due to consistency of effort, doing best in jobs that allow some degree of initiative. They are good leaders but can be tough and uncompromising as they are not easily influenced by others.

Whilst they make faithful friends who are always ready to offer help, they may not be good at communicating, and may not value communication at all, and when combined with a tendency to stubbornness, this may lead to conflict with others. They are usually calm and peaceful, but when pushed to their limit, or disappointed by others, they do have a temper.

The methodical Ox tends to stick to what they know rather than experiment with new things and are not particularly keen on change.

Wood Ox

Restless, decisive, straightforward, defender of the weak, helpful, caring.

The Wood Ox is easygoing and generous, and loves looking after others. They do not hesitate to share their innermost feelings. They are very mild tempered, and whilst passionate on the inside, are not always good at expressing their affection, so would do well to work on communication skills. They are however, dependable, honest, and sincere, they make good partners,

These clever, hardworking people enjoy learning and have excellent attention to detail, which makes them good problem solvers. However, they lack patience and are not very interested in new things. Due to their limited interests they should specialise in an area of particular interest in order to achieve success

Fire Ox

Practical, down to earth, may appear self centred.

Easy going and flexible, these open minded people are receptive to new ideas. They may come across as stubborn and have few friends but those friendships are deep and sincere. They have a hot temper and may have a tendency to be hard on themselves, but they are very dedicated to their family.

The Fire Ox is a strong and resilient character. They are industrious and excellent leaders which means they often achieve great success and power. They may get overexcited under pressure and forget to consider those around them.

Metal Ox

Industrious, active, busy, popular, honourable.

The Metal Ox is outwardly cool and offhand but feels very passionate inside. People find them honest, polite, and kind. These people are always ready to help out, value friendship greatly, and others find them very attractive so they are never short of admirers. The Metal Ox will always keep a promise and usually has a close knit circle of very loyal friends.

These are very determined and strong willed people who are hard to sway once they have made up their mind. They are brave and persistent. They are very responsible and good leaders who take decisive action, but they have a tendency to work too much.

Earth Ox

Honest, prudent, responsible.

Diligent and with a strong sense of ethics, these people are easy to trust and in turn are attracted to other straightforward people. Consequently, they are likely to have many good friends who are willing to help in whatever way they can. They have a wide circle of social connections which often has a beneficial effect on their career. These focused people have clear goals and work hard to carry out their work to a high degree of accuracy.

They are easy going people who make faithful partners but they need to put themselves out there in order to find the right match.

Water Ox

Hardworking, ambitious, tenacious, strong sense of justice, practical, skilled, helpful.

The Wood Ox is a very good judge of character, direct and straightforward, making a loyal friend and faithful partner. They are very much admired by those around them. When they find a potential mate, they are bold and persistent in pursuing their interest.

They may be easily influenced by others but are not good at accepting advice, and may not think things through before taking action. They may also have a tendency to be hard on themselves.

These organised and industrious people often manage to achieve financial success due to a combination of hard work and planning.