Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 21 December 1913, 01:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 112 years 41,212 days lived · traditional age 114 · next birthday 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 24th 癸丑年十一月廿四 · lunar year 1913
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1913-12-21 01:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water · Ox
Month
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Hour
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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