Year of the Monkey
Xin Wei 辛未 · Metal monkey · 5 February 1932, 02:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 94 years 34,592 days lived · traditional age 96 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 29th 辛未年十二月廿九 · lunar year 1931
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold on the Sword Edge · missing wood, water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1932-02-05 02:00
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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: Monkey by the solar-term rule used in divination, Goat 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
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal · Goat
Month
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Hour
Ji Chou
己丑
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 on the Sword Edge” 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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 3
- Water 0 · missing
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