The Ox/ Bufallo/ Bull
Happy Chinese
New Year Gung Hai Fat Choi!
With the spirit of Aquarian inclusiveness
we all join in the ancient celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year, the 4,707th this
year, which always occurs during the Aquarius New Moon.
The Chinese Astrological system is
Jupiterian in nature, as Jupiter the largest planet takes about a year to move through each of the Astrology signs. The Chinese
system has 5 elements fire, air, water, earth and metal. Every 12 years is an OX year in a different element and a complete
cycle return lasts 60 years. The last Earth Ox year was in 1949.
The Sign of the OX - 2nd Sign of the Chinese Zodiac
Solid, dependable, ploughers of the earth, the ox has been a
major tool in allowing mankind to cultivate the soil, plant crops, create steady stable agricultural foundations.The domestication
of oxen, allowed our ancestors to till the soil more efficiently, producing surplus food supplies, which lead to trading,
security, more leisure time. Civilization as we know it today would never have been possible.
Worship of the Ox/Bull in Ancient Times
The Ancient Matriarchal societies in Crete worshipped the Bull,
Ox or Cow. In Egypt, Oxen were worshipped, ritually slaughtered and offered to the Gods. In India till this day, cows are
considered sacred. The Bull is similar to the Sign of TAURUS in Western Zodiac,also the 2nd sign of the Zodiac.
Native Americans worshipped the Ox as the Buffalo, the animal associated with Prayer and Abundance, White Buffalo Woman being
the bringer of the Sacred Pipe to the People.
THE OX PERSONALITY
Ox people are systematic, hard working, servile, stubborn, dependable,
they have good ideas if not very imaginative ones. They are devoted parents, patient, but with strong tempers if aroused.
Strong work ethics, workaholics, usually robust in stature, ancient wisdom says Ox people live long lives.
An Ox’s home is his castle, where he or she can relax.
Ox people love nature, trees and gardens and ox’s love natural earthy colors. the earth and natural colours.
Able ethical, an eye for details very well organized, good for
special positions working in larger companies and prefer to work alone.
OX YEARS
1/26/ 2009 – 2/13/ 2010 { Earth Ox}
2/7/ 1997 – 1/27/ 1998 { Fire
Ox }
2/20/ 1985 – 2/8/ 1986 {Wood
Ox}
1/25/ 2/3/ 1973 – 1/22/ 1974
{Water Ox}
2/15/ 1961 – 2/4/ 1962 {Metal
Ox}
1/29/ 1949 – 2/16/ 1950 {Earth
Ox}
2/ 11/ 1937 – 1/30/ 1938 {Fire
Ox}
1/25/ 1925 –2/12/ 1926 {Wood
Ox}
2/6/ 1913 - 1/25/ 1914 {Water Ox}:
2/19/1901-2/7/1902 {Metal Ox},
OX PERSONALITY AND ELEMENTS
FIRE OX – powerful,
money-oriented, motivated by combat, objective
WOOD OX –traditional,
accommodating, ethical, honest, fair-minded
EARTH OX –
resolute,enduring, patient, focused, genuine
METAL OX –confrontational,
conceited, bright, intense, motivated by conviction
WATER OX- systematic,
strength of mind, patient, practical, level headed
FAMOUS OX PEOPLE
Barack Obama is a Metal OX and look
how good his “return” year is!
Ox Years in History
The last Earth Ox year was in 1949 The
People’s Republic of China was proclaimed, therefore it is a “golden Dragon year, the 60th Anniversary of
China this Year.
The firsy stored program computer was at Cambridge, the
first non stop round the world airplane flight, NATO began, Orwell’s 1984 was published.
Apartheid began in South Africa, legal aid begun,
OX Actors
Jane Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Meryl
Streep, George Cloony, Princess Diana, Vivien Leigh, Bill Cosby, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, Robert Redford,
Richard Gere, Jodi Foster, Melissa Etheridge, Monica Lewinsky, Michael J. Fox, Jack Lemmon, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh,
Famous Ox Comedians- Lots of them
Johnny Carson,
Jim Carrey, Peter Sellers, Andy Kaufman Eddie Murphy, Danny Kaye, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Danny Thomas, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Jonathan Winters, Whoopi Goldberg,
Famous “Raging Bulls”
and other sports figures
Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Clarke, George
Chuvalo, Brian Orser, Marilyn Bell, and astronaut Marc Garneau,
Musical Oxen
If the OX is like Taurus the sign
of the Bull, there should be lots of Ox musicians. One of the most famous of them all Historically; Johanne Sebastian Bach,
and Dvorjak.
Pop Musicians
The
Boss- Bruce Springsteen,Gene Simmons, Paul Shaffer, Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Maurice and Robin Gibb of the
Bee Gees, Billy Joel, John Bon Jovi
Canadian Jazz Pianist: Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson
Blues Guitarist : B.B. King
Famous Ox Artists
2 of the
Biggest - Vincent Van Gogh and Picasso –who did lots of Bull drawings
