Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 23 October 1925, 02:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 100 years 36,888 days lived · traditional age 102 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 6th 乙丑年九月初六 · lunar year 1925
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 6
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1925-10-23 02:00
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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Day
Geng Chen
庚辰
Metal
Hour
Ding Chou
丁丑
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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