--- title: "What Chinese Zodiac Is 1937? Year of the Fire Ox" description: "1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox in the Chinese zodiac, from February 11, 1937 to January 30, 1938. Personality, Lunar New Year dates and numerology." canonical: https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1937 last-updated: 2026-10-23 reviewed: false author: Unified Reading editorial --- # What Chinese Zodiac Is 1937? Year of the Fire Ox In Chinese astrology, 1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox, a Yin year. It began at Lunar New Year on February 11, 1937 and ended on January 30, 1938, so people born in 1937 before Feb 11 belong to the Fire Rat year. ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Animal · element · polarity | Ox · Fire · Yin | | Starts (Lunar New Year) | February 11, 1937 | | Ends | January 30, 1938 | | Born in 1937 before Feb 11 | Fire Rat (the 1936 year) | | Ox's fixed element | Earth (Fire generates Earth) | | Other Fire Ox years (1924-2044) | 1997 | | Stem-branch name | Ding-Chou | | Lunar New Year weekday · Sun sign | Thursday · Aquarius | | Numerology year number | 2 | ## When the 1937 Fire Ox year starts and ends The 1937 Fire Ox year began at Lunar New Year on February 11, 1937 and lasted until January 30, 1938, the day before the next new year. Anyone born between January 1 and Feb 11 1937 therefore belongs to the Fire Rat year that started in 1936, while someone born in early 1938, up to Jan 30, is still a Fire Ox. The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, which is why the start date moves between January 21 and February 20 instead of staying on January 1. The same Fire Ox combination also falls in 1997, sixty years apart, because five elements and twelve animals realign only once in each sixty-year cycle. Lunar New Year 1937 fell on a Thursday, while the Western Sun was in Aquarius. ## Fire Ox personality A Fire Ox year is linked with strong-willed, hardworking and decisive people. Fire feeds the Ox's Earth, so traditional readings describe confidence and visible authority added to the sign's famous persistence. People born then often lead firmly and expect high standards. The usual caution is stubbornness, especially when evidence shifts and backing down would be the wiser choice. Once committed, they rarely leave a job half done. Fire is the element of summer and full daylight, and a Fire year is traditionally said to turn up the volume of whatever animal it meets. Descriptions link it with passion, charisma, courage and a love of movement and expression. Fire-year people are often portrayed as lively, persuasive and quick to act, able to warm a room and rally others behind an idea. The element is associated with the heart and with joy, which gives it real generosity of spirit. Its traditional shadow is impatience: Fire can burn hot and fast, leading to restlessness, sharp words in the moment and a tendency to lose interest once the excitement fades. ## 1937 in numerology and the twelve-year cycle In numerology the year's digits reduce to 2, the number of partnership, patience and diplomacy, and a 2 year is traditionally read as one for cooperation rather than solo pushes. The digits of 1937 add up to 20, which reduces to 2. In the twelve-year cycle the Ox is the second animal, earthly branch Chou, with Earth as its fixed element and Yin polarity. The year element is Fire, and in the five-element cycles fire generates Earth. The year before was the Fire Rat and the year after is the Earth Tiger. In the traditional sexagenary count the year is called Ding-Chou: Ding is the Fire heavenly stem and Chou is the Ox's earthly branch. Stems and branches alternate between yang and yin together, which is why yin stems only ever meet yin animals. ## Frequently asked questions ### What Chinese zodiac is 1937? 1937 is the Year of the Fire Ox. It started on February 11, 1937 and ended on January 30, 1938. ### What if I was born in January or February 1937? Check the date against Feb 11. Born before February 11, 1937, you are a Fire Rat; born on or after it, you are a Fire Ox. ### What element is 1937 in the Chinese zodiac? Fire, a Yin year. The Ox's own fixed element is Earth; the year element changes every two years, while the fixed element stays with the animal. ### What is the traditional Chinese name for 1937? Ding-Chou. The first part is the heavenly stem, which carries the year's element and polarity; the second is the earthly branch, which carries the animal. Almanacs, calendars and Four Pillars charts identify years this way rather than by animal alone. ### When is the next Fire Ox year? 1997, sixty years later, when the five elements and twelve animals line up again; the table also has 1997. ## Related pages - [Fire Ox](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/fire-ox) - [Ox](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/ox) - [Chinese zodiac years](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/years) - [1936 (Fire Rat)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1936) - [1938 (Earth Tiger)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1938) - [1925 (Wood Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1925) - [1949 (Earth Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1949) - [1997 (Fire Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1997) - [1961 (Metal Ox)](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac/1961) - [Chinese zodiac calculator](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac-calculator) - [Chinese zodiac](https://unifiedreading.com/chinese-zodiac) ## About Unified Reading Unified Reading combines Pythagorean numerology, the Western Sun sign (Moon and rising with a birth time), the Chinese zodiac and life-stage context in one reading. 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