Year of the Ox
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood ox · 4 February 1913, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 113 years 41,533 days lived · traditional age 115 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 29th 壬子年十二月廿九 · lunar year 1912
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1913-02-04 12:00
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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: Ox by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rat 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
Ren Zi
壬子
Water · Rat
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Hour
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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