Water Ox

癸丑

Gye-chuk · Yin Water · Ox

Snow on a winter field, protecting the seeds underneath.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Water Ox is the day pillar 癸丑 (Gye-chuk), one of 60. It pairs Yin Water, rain and morning dew, with the Ox: frozen soil waiting for spring.

What a Water Ox is like

Endurance modeYou keep going long after other people have given up.

Deep researcherYou dig until you understand something completely.

Strong, few wordsYou handle a lot on your own and rarely complain.

You probably…

read the terms and conditions, all of them
go down a research rabbit hole on a random topic
keep your hardest days to yourself and still show up

In love and friendship

You love patiently and protectively, and your care deepens every year.

The element: Water

Water energy is like a deep river: calm, flexible and quietly wise. As a yin water day, it shows up as rain and morning dew.

The animal: Ox

Steady worker. Slow and sure. People trust you because you finish what you start. In saju the Ox also carries Earth energy: frozen soil waiting for spring.

Water Ox years: 1913 and 1973

The Water Ox (癸丑) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Water Ox years: 1973, and the next one is 2033. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Water Ox year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

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Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Water Ox years?1973, and next in 2033. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Water Ox if I was born in a Water Ox year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Water Ox year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Water Ox personality?Snow on a winter field, protecting the seeds underneath. Endurance mode, Deep researcher, Strong, few words.