Year of the Dog
Xin You 辛酉 · Water dog · 4 February 1922, 10:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 104 years 38,245 days lived · traditional age 105 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 8th 壬戌年正月初八 · lunar year 1922
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Water fate Water of the Great Sea
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1922-02-04 10:00
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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: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster 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
Xin You
辛酉
Metal · Rooster
Month
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Gui Mao
癸卯
Water
Hour
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water of the Great Sea” 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 1
- Metal 3
- Water 1
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