Year of the Monkey
Ding Wei 丁未 · Earth monkey · 5 February 1908, 09:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 118 years 43,359 days lived · traditional age 119 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 4th 戊申年正月初四 · lunar year 1908
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 4
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth of the Relay Station
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1908-02-05 09:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Monkey by the solar-term rule used in divination, Goat by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding Wei
丁未
Fire · Goat
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal
Hour
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth of the Relay Station” means in folk astrology. The colours and counts below come from the stem and branch of each pillar, which is the method used for a five-element reading.
- Wood 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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