Year of the Snake
Wu Chen 戊辰 · Wood snake · 4 February 1929, 09:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 97 years 35,688 days lived · traditional age 99 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 25th 戊辰年十二月廿五 · lunar year 1928
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Great Forest · missing water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1929-02-04 09:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Snake by the solar-term rule used in divination, Loong by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth · Loong
Month
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Geng Chen
庚辰
Metal
Hour
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of the Great Forest” 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 4
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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