Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 4 May 1937, 19:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 89 years 32,677 days lived · traditional age 90 · next birthday 2027-05-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 24th 丁丑年三月廿四 · lunar year 1937
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayGrain Rain
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1937-05-04 19:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire · Ox
Month
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
Day
Xin Mao
辛卯
Metal
Hour
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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