Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 22 December 1912, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 113 years 41,576 days lived · traditional age 115 · next birthday 2026-12-22 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 14th 壬子年十一月十四 · lunar year 1912
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 14
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood, earth
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1912-12-22 12:00
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
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
Day
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
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 2
- Earth 0 · missing
- Metal 1
- Water 5
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