Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 3 May 1925, 17:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 101 years 37,061 days lived · traditional age 102 · next birthday 2027-05-03 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 11th 乙丑年四月十一 · lunar year 1925
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 11
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayGrain Rain
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1925-05-03 17:00
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
Geng Chen
庚辰
Metal
Day
Ding Hai
丁亥
Fire
Hour
Ji You
己酉
Earth
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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