Will the bulls come charging in the Year of the Ox?

XIN Nián Kuài Lè! Happy New Year! Today we usher in the Year of the Ox, the second zodiac animal sign under the twelve animal zodiacs derived from the Great Race. Based on the Chinese calendar, this year is the year 4719 and it is a Yin year.

Just like the Year of the Rat, the Year of the Ox too will have significant influence on not only for people who are born in the same animal zodiac year, but also the other eleven Chinese zodiac signs. In addition, there are five elements of the Chinese zodiac derived from the Five Elements Theory and they are Fire, Water, Earth, Wood and Metal and this year’s element, similar to last year, is again Metal.