Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 5 February 1925, 19:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 101 years 37,148 days lived · traditional age 102 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 13th 乙丑年正月十三 · lunar year 1925
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 13
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1925-02-05 19:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood · Ox
Month
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Day
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
Hour
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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