Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 22 February 1924, 13:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 102 years 37,497 days lived · traditional age 103 · next birthday 2027-02-22 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 18th 甲子年正月十八 · lunar year 1924
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Piscesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayRain Water
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1924-02-22 13:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood · Rat
Month
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Day
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Hour
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold in the 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 3
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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