Chinese Horoscopes:
The Ox

Ox: 1949 Earth, 1961 Metal, 1973 Water, 1985 Wood, 1997 Fire
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Ox in 2009 - You’ll work more and achieve less. And old affair returns with entanglements. It’s a time for perseverance. For 1925, good fortune comes if you don’t worry needlessly. Don’t be officious or take medicine arbitrarily. Quell your anger. For 1937, don’t be greedy with money or things won’t go your way. Take time to care for your family. For 1949, health may be poor. Volunteer for public service and donate more or an unexpected personal financial loss may result. For 1961, strong initiative will be smooth. The passive approach will be blocked. Diligence overshadows dullness. For 1973, make advance plans. Don’t embrace Buddha’s feet in an hour of need or success will be difficult. Your wealth is lucky. For 1985, study and develop practical things. Don’t aim too high, but start correctly, or you’ll fall short from lack of final effort. The secret weapon of success for all oxen this year is striving steadily for victory. Don’t follow blindly. You’re health may be poor so exercise regularly to the point of sweating.

1/5–2/4:  Don’t be hindered by anything that crops up by surprise.  Be psychologically prepared.  The key to success is to be firm with an indomitable spirit.

2/4-3/5: You’re stranded by your feelings of personal entanglement.  Adopt a low-key attitude.

3/5-4/4: Be careful of injuries and illness.  It is very important to use your practice to fortify your body. 

4/4-5/5: Make compromises or too many others will turn against you.  Communicate more with your superiors to avoid an unnecessary misunderstanding. 

5/5-6/5: Strictly follow the rules.  Leave nothing to chance, especially if there’s a potential regulation violation.  Seek your fortune.  It’s a good moon for financial gain.

6/5 –7/7: Anticipate sudden changes.  Married oxen should avoid enticements.  Unmarried oxen may shift lovers. 

7/7– 8/7: Hindrances arise.  You go back and forth with little progress.  Avoid implementing anything major.  When things arise, discuss it with others.  Don’t go your own way.  

"The more you understand something, I think the more you can enjoy it."
Ox Ricky Gervais

"I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and time into it. I think your mind really controls everything."
Ox Michael Phelps

"Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin.  That, or a kick-ass red lipstick."
Ox Gwyneth Paltrow

"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance."
Ox Sam Brown

"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy."
Ox George Carlin

"A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow."
Ox Charles Hendrickson Brower

"If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything."
Ox Claude McKay

"We are the change that we seek."
Ox Barack Obama

"So profound was my non-productivity that a nearby Buddhist monk was embarrassingly upstaged."
Ox Patrick Rothfuss

"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."
Ox Muriel Rukeyser

"Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished."
Ox Leslie Nielson

"I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me."
Ox Melanie

"Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."
Ox Dante Alighieri

"I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself."
Ox Eddie Murphy

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
Ox Robert F. Kennedy

"I alone, as the sharer of their way of life, presented a replica of childhood."
Ox Neal Cassady

"A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding."
Ox Niccolo Machiavelli

"To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power."
Ox Jane Fonda

"It takes two to speak truth - one to speak, and another to hear."
Ox Henry David Thoreau

"Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day."
Ox Albert Camus

"Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day."
Ox Bruce Jenner

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Ox Margaret Mead

"Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing."
Ox Walt Kell

"In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process."
Ox Gerald Ford"

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends…They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!"
Ox Warren Harding

"The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only what is."
Ox Lenny Bruce

"Civilizations in decline are consistently characterised by a tendency towards standardization and uniformity."
Ox Arnold Toynbee

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
Ox Vince Lombardi

"'Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone."
Ox Baltasar Gracian

"A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people."
Ox Frederick Douglass

"Concern with existence needs no possession. Comprehending the void does not wait upon reason."
Ox Liu Zongyuan

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
Ox Mary Tyler Moore

"The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction."
Ox Jawaharlal Nehru