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Ox in ink brush style

Year of the Ox

Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 23 August 1937, 04:00 local

Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.

Age
89 years 32,566 days lived · traditional age 90 · next birthday 2027-08-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Oxby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
7th month, 18th 丁丑年七月十八 · lunar year 1937
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
Five elements
Water fate Water in the Ravine
Day master
Waterelement of the day stem
Constellation
Virgothe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
MondayEnd of Heat
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1937-08-23 04:00

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
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth
Day
Ren Wu
壬午
Water
Hour
Ren Yin
壬寅
Water

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.

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