Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 8 October 1936, 08:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 90 years 32,885 days lived · traditional age 91 · next birthday 2027-10-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 8th month, 23rd 丙子年八月廿三 · lunar year 1936
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1936-10-08 08:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire · Rat
Month
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Day
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
Hour
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water in the Ravine” 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 3
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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