Year of the Snake
Ding Si 丁巳 · Earth snake · 24 October 1917, 04:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 108 years 39,809 days lived · traditional age 110 · next birthday 2026-10-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 9th 丁巳年九月初九 · lunar year 1917
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 9
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth in the Sand
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Scorpiothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayFrost Descent
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1917-10-24 04:00
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
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
Day
Ji Hai
己亥
Earth
Hour
Bing Yin
丙寅
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 1
- Fire 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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