Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 21 January 1914, 13:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 112 years 41,181 days lived · traditional age 114 · next birthday 2027-01-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 26th 癸丑年十二月廿六 · lunar year 1913
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- 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
- WednesdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1914-01-21 13:00
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
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ding Wei
丁未
Fire
Hour
Ding Wei
丁未
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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