Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 1 January 1913, 19:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 113 years 41,567 days lived · traditional age 115 · next birthday 2027-01-01 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 24th 壬子年十一月廿四 · lunar year 1912
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1913-01-01 19:00
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 Wu
壬午
Water
Hour
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
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 1
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 5
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