Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 2 January 1925, 10:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 101 years 37,182 days lived · traditional age 103 · next birthday 2027-01-02 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 8th 甲子年十二月初八 · lunar year 1924
- Moon phase
- First Quarter上弦月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1925-01-02 10:00
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 Zi
丙子
Fire
Day
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Gui Si
癸巳
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 3
- Earth 1
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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