The ox is a symbol representing persistence, plodding, toiling, and great perseverance. The ox slowly drags the plow and sews the fields and rice paddies; and the job gets done. The ox serves the earth faithfully. Time does not matter to nature and the ox. The Ox is a symbol of power, strength, resurrection, masculinity, fertility, fatherhood, and kingship. Were you born during the year of the ox: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009?