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Ox in ink brush style

Year of the Ox

Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 7 December 1937, 08:00 local

Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.

Age
88 years 32,460 days lived · traditional age 90 · next birthday 2026-12-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Oxby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
11th month, 5th 丁丑年十一月初五 · lunar year 1937
Moon phase
Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 5
Five elements
Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
Day master
Earthelement of the day stem
Constellation
Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
TuesdayMajor Snow
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1937-12-07 08:00

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
Xin Hai
辛亥
Metal
Day
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth
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.

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