Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 9 October 1912, 10:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 114 years 41,650 days lived · traditional age 115 · next birthday 2027-10-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 8th month, 29th 壬子年八月廿九 · lunar year 1912
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1912-10-09 10:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ren Zi
壬子
Water · Rat
Month
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
Day
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
Hour
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of Mulberry” 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 0 · missing
- Fire 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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