Year of the Snake
Ding Si 丁巳 · Earth snake · 8 September 1917, 09:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 109 years 39,855 days lived · traditional age 110 · next birthday 2027-09-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 7th month, 22nd 丁巳年七月廿二 · lunar year 1917
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth in the Sand · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Virgothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayWhite Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1917-09-08 09:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire · Snake
Month
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth
Day
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Hour
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth in the Sand” 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 4
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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