The tables
Why the pair is rated this way
The Ox and the Goat sit directly opposite each other on the circle of twelve, which makes them a clash pair (沖). 丑 faces 未 across the wheel, winter against summer, and the classical reading is strong movement between them rather than stillness.
They are also two of the three branches of a punishment trio (三刑), Ox 丑, Dog 戌 and Goat 未, an old pattern read as friction that comes from inside a group rather than from outside it.
Both are earth signs, the Ox yin and the Goat yin, so in five-element terms they speak the same language.
The Ox rules the winter month that starts around Jan 6 and the hours from 1 am to 3 am; the Goat rules the summer month that starts around Jul 7 and the hours from 1 pm to 3 pm.
For comparison, the Ox's harmony partner is the Rat and its trine partners are the Snake and the Rooster; the Goat's harmony partner is the Horse and its trine partners are the Pig and the Rabbit.
Reading
In love, friendship and work
Traditionally the Ox is patient, steady and hard-working, and the Goat is artistic, kind and sensitive. The Ox tends to bring reliability and look for loyalty; the Goat tends to bring care and creativity and look for reassurance.
In love, a clash pair is the classic opposites-attract match: a strong pull and strong friction, read as movement and change rather than as a bad sign.
As friends or co-workers they tend to move at the same pace and understand each other quickly.
Years
Which years are these animals?
Ox years: 1949 (Earth Ox), 1961 (Metal Ox), 1973 (Water Ox), 1985 (Wood Ox), 1997 (Fire Ox), 2009 (Earth Ox), 2021 (Metal Ox).
Goat years: 1955 (Wood Goat), 1967 (Fire Goat), 1979 (Earth Goat), 1991 (Metal Goat), 2003 (Water Goat), 2015 (Wood Goat), 2027 (Fire Goat).
12 of the idols with a Bias Match idol page were born in Ox years.
16 of the idols with a Bias Match idol page were born in Goat years.
Your pair
Check two birth years
A zodiac year starts in late January or February, not on January 1: Chinese New Year calendars switch at Lunar New Year, and saju switches at Lichun, around February 4. If you were born in January or early February, you may belong to the year before.
Beyond the birth year
On Bias Match the animal that counts most is not the birth year but the day branch, the animal in each person's day pillar. If two people's day branches are Ox (丑) and Goat (未), the compatibility calculator scores that check as a minus, next to five other checks.
The text is fixed sentence templates filled in with the classical relation tables built into the Bias Match engine; no AI model generates or rewrites it. For entertainment only: the zodiac describes old patterns, not what will happen between two people.