Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 16 January 1913, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 113 years 41,551 days lived · traditional age 115 · next birthday 2027-01-16 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 10th 壬子年十二月初十 · lunar year 1912
- Moon phase
- First Quarter上弦月 · lunar day 10
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1913-01-16 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
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
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 3
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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