Birthday from Lunar New Year onward
February 19, 1901 to February 7, 1902: read this page as Metal Ox.
Born in 1901
1901 Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Metal Ox
If you were born in 1901, your public Chinese zodiac sign is Ox and your public element is Metal for birthdays from February 19, 1901 to February 7, 1902. If your birthday was before February 19, 1901, read the previous lunar year instead: 1900 Metal Rat.
If you were born before February 19, 1901, your public Chinese zodiac year belongs to the previous lunar year: 1900 Metal Rat. Chinese zodiac year pages use Lunar New Year as the public boundary.
The date boundary matters before the meaning.
Chinese zodiac year pages use Lunar New Year as the public animal-year boundary. That is why January and February birthdays need care: the Gregorian year may have changed, while the lunar zodiac year has not.
Birthday before Lunar New Year
January 1, 1901 to February 18, 1901: check 1900 Metal Rat.
After this lunar year ends
After February 7, 1902, the next public zodiac year is 1902 Water Tiger.
BaZi precision note
A public zodiac year page uses Lunar New Year for the animal-year lookup. A fuller BaZi reading may also consider solar-term timing around Li Chun, birth hour, timezone, and location.
Why 1901 is Metal Ox.
This label is not a random personality tag. It comes from the public Stem-Branch cycle: a Heavenly Stem gives the element and Yin/Yang mode, while an Earthly Branch gives the zodiac animal.
Why the animal is Ox
Ox comes from the Earthly Branch Chou / 丑. Ox is the branch image for steadiness, maintenance, patience, and reliable building.
Why the element is Metal
Metal comes from the Heavenly Stem Xin / 辛, which is a Yin Metal stem. It is not a full personal element balance.
Why the year is Xin Chou
Xin Chou / 辛丑 is the calendar name formed by Xin / 辛 and Chou / 丑. Xin Chou combines refined metal with the Ox branch. Ox years open through continuity, maintenance, and the slow building of something reliable.
Why Yin matters
Yin describes a more inward, receptive, refining mode. It is not weakness or a lower value.
Branch element cue
Chou / 丑, the Ox branch, carries a traditional Earth cue. This is supporting branch language; the public year element on this page comes from the Heavenly Stem.
Exact cycle signature
Xin Chou / 辛丑 combines refined metal with the Ox branch.
Stem emphasis
Xin Metal is the image of refined metal or jewelry: precision, taste, value, and careful standards.
Cycle return rule
Xin Chou repeats every 60 years. The calendar signature can repeat; a person's full life, place, choices, and complete chart do not.
Metal Ox profile, in plain English.
Ox years open through continuity, maintenance, and the slow building of something reliable. Metal adds clarity, standards, decisions, and clean focus to the Ox doorway. The useful reading is modest: it gives a cultural and timing layer that can help you understand why this birth year has its name.
In plain English, Metal Ox can be read as staying with a task long enough for structure to appear. The Metal layer asks it to let standards guide movement without making the reading rigid. It cannot decide a person's whole character, relationships, work, money, or wellbeing by itself.
Animal doorway
Ox years open through continuity, maintenance, and the slow building of something reliable.
Element tone
Metal adds clarity, standards, decisions, and clean focus to the Ox doorway.
Stem tone
Xin Metal is the image of refined metal or jewelry: precision, taste, value, and careful standards.
Care point
The care point is not letting steadiness become refusal to adapt. Keep it as a calendar tone; it is not proof that a person must be vain, delicate, or judgmental. The birth year is still only one public layer, not a full chart.
60 JiaZi cycle
The same Stem-Branch returns every 60 years.
Xin Chou repeats every 60 years. The calendar signature can repeat; a person's full life, place, choices, and complete chart do not. This is especially important for pages such as 1930 and 1990, or 1966 and 2026: shared symbols can repeat, but the page must not invent the same life.
This page
1901 Metal Ox
Xin Chou / 辛丑; Yin Metal; February 19, 1901 to February 7, 1902.
Same 60-year name
1961 Metal Ox
Xin Chou / 辛丑; Yin Metal; February 15, 1961 to February 4, 1962.
Same 60-year name
2021 Metal Ox
Xin Chou / 辛丑; Yin Metal; February 12, 2021 to January 31, 2022.
Same animal, different elements.
The Ox branch repeats every 12 years. The public element changes with the Heavenly Stem, so two Ox years can share the animal doorway while carrying different element and Yin/Yang labels.
You are reading the Metal Ox version: its stem is Xin / 辛, so the year tone comes through refined metal. Metal versions of the same animal usually read more through clarity, commitment, and boundary.
| Year | Label | Stem-Branch | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Metal Ox | Xin Chou / 辛丑 | February 19, 1901 to February 7, 1902 |
| 1913 | Water Ox | Gui Chou / 癸丑 | February 6, 1913 to January 25, 1914 |
| 1925 | Wood Ox | Yi Chou / 乙丑 | January 24, 1925 to February 12, 1926 |
| 1937 | Fire Ox | Ding Chou / 丁丑 | February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938 |
| 1949 | Earth Ox | Ji Chou / 己丑 | January 29, 1949 to February 16, 1950 |
| 1961 | Metal Ox | Xin Chou / 辛丑 | February 15, 1961 to February 4, 1962 |
| 1973 | Water Ox | Gui Chou / 癸丑 | February 3, 1973 to January 22, 1974 |
| 1985 | Wood Ox | Yi Chou / 乙丑 | February 20, 1985 to February 8, 1986 |
| 1997 | Fire Ox | Ding Chou / 丁丑 | February 7, 1997 to January 27, 1998 |
| 2009 | Earth Ox | Ji Chou / 己丑 | January 26, 2009 to February 13, 2010 |
| 2021 | Metal Ox | Xin Chou / 辛丑 | February 12, 2021 to January 31, 2022 |
For this animal, nearby published variants include 1913 Water Ox, 1925 Wood Ox, 1937 Fire Ox, 1949 Earth Ox, 1961 Metal Ox, 1973 Water Ox, 1985 Wood Ox, 1997 Fire Ox, 2009 Earth Ox, 2021 Metal Ox. Compare the element and Stem-Branch before treating two Ox years as the same.
Metal Ox profile
Metal versions of the same animal usually read more through clarity, commitment, and boundary.
Water Ox profile
Water versions of the same animal usually read more through learning, flow, and response.
Wood Ox profile
Wood versions of the same animal usually read more through development and fresh movement.
Fire Ox profile
Fire versions of the same animal usually read more through visibility, timing, and intensity.
Earth Ox profile
Earth versions of the same animal usually read more through steadiness, care, and structure.
2026 Fire Horse comparison
Public yearly weather, not a fixed outcome.
2026 is Yang Fire Horse, also written Bing Wu / 丙午. For a 1901 Metal Ox page, this comparison is a planning mirror.
Ox and Horse are often read as a friction cue in branch relationship language. For 2026 reflection, use it as a reminder to repair small practical tensions early.
Fire controls Metal in the controlling cycle, so the 2026 Fire Horse year can be read as heat and visibility testing Metal clarity, standards, and focus.
Use the 2026 Fire Horse year as public timing context: compare the yearly pace with this birth-year label, then keep personal decisions grounded in real life.
Zodiac is the doorway.
Use the birth year as the doorway. BaZi adds month, day, hour, and timing cycles; Daily Ming applies public timing to a personal reflection for the day. This keeps the public lookup useful without turning one symbol into a complete life map.
If your birthday sits near Lunar New Year, start with the calculator. If your question is personal, continue into BaZi, Five Elements, Chinese Hours, and Daily Ming.
The stem and branch advance together.
Adjacent pages should differ because the Heavenly Stem, Earthly Branch, element, Yin/Yang mode, and date boundary move forward. This is the clean evidence-based way to compare years such as 1900 and 1901.
What this page can and cannot do.
A birth-year profile can name a public zodiac year, explain its element and Stem-Branch label, compare it with other years, and offer reflection language. It should not be used to make high-stakes choices or to reduce a person to one symbol.
It can confirm
The public zodiac label, date boundary, previous-year note, Xin Chou name, Metal source, and 2026 comparison.
It can explain
How animal, element, Yin/Yang, and the 60-year cycle work together in public Chinese zodiac language.
It cannot decide
A person's full character, relationships, work path, money choices, body, family story, or future events.
It points onward
Use BaZi and Daily Ming when the question needs birth time, personal timing, and a more complete pattern.
Move from birth year into the wider map.
These links keep the page connected to the larger MingSez system: animal hubs, year lookup, element literacy, Stem-Branch literacy, BaZi, Chinese Hours, and Daily Ming.
Ox Chinese Zodiac
Read the wider Ox sign page and compare the animal layer with this exact birth year.
Chinese Zodiac Years
Return to the full years lookup and compare nearby birth years.
Chinese Zodiac Years Chart
Scan zodiac years by animal, element, and date boundary.
Chinese Zodiac Calculator
Enter a birth date when the birthday is near Lunar New Year.
Five Elements
Learn how Metal works as a public stem element.
Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches
Understand Xin Chou as part of the 60 stem-branch cycle.
BaZi Lite
Move beyond birth year into a fuller Four Pillars reading.
Chinese Hours
See how birth hour becomes another layer in traditional timing.
Daily Ming
Use public timing with your birth pattern for a daily reflection.
1901 Chinese zodiac questions
Use these answers after checking the boundary and public year facts. If the date sits near Lunar New Year, use the calculator before reading meaning into the year.
What is the Chinese zodiac sign for 1901?
1901 is the Year of the Metal Ox for birthdays from February 19, 1901 to February 7, 1902.
What if I was born before February 19, 1901?
Then your public Chinese zodiac year belongs to 1900 Metal Rat, because the 1901 lunar year had not started yet.
Why is 1901 called Metal Ox?
Metal comes from the Heavenly Stem Xin / 辛, and Ox comes from the Earthly Branch Chou / 丑. Together they form Xin Chou / 辛丑.
Is 1901 the same as other Ox years?
It shares the Ox branch with other Ox years, but the Heavenly Stem, public element, Yin/Yang mode, and date boundary can be different.
What does the 60-year cycle mean here?
Xin Chou returns every 60 years. Years with the same label share the same public calendar signature, but not the same personal chart or life conditions. In this published range, the closest matching years are 1961 Metal Ox, 2021 Metal Ox.
How should I read 1901 with 2026 Fire Horse?
Ox and Horse are often read as a friction cue in branch relationship language. For 2026 reflection, use it as a reminder to repair small practical tensions early. Fire controls Metal in the controlling cycle, so the 2026 Fire Horse year can be read as heat and visibility testing Metal clarity, standards, and focus.
Is a birth-year page a full BaZi chart?
No. The birth year is only the doorway. A fuller BaZi reading uses month, day, hour, timing cycles, and birth-time context.
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