Year of the Tiger
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Earth tiger · 4 February 1938, 10:00 local
Tiger (虎) — Brave, competitive and a natural leader.
- Age
- 88 years 32,401 days lived · traditional age 89 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Tigerby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 5th 戊寅年正月初五 · lunar year 1938
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 5
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the City Wall · missing metal
- 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 1938-02-04 10:00
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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: Tiger by the solar-term rule used in divination, Ox 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
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire · Ox
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
Hour
Yi Si
乙巳
Wood
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth on the City Wall” 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 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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