Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 8 July 1924, 21:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 102 years 37,360 days lived · traditional age 103 · next birthday 2027-07-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 6th month, 7th 甲子年六月初七 · lunar year 1924
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 7
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMinor Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1924-07-08 21:00
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
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Day
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth
Hour
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 4
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