Year of the Goat
Ren Wu 壬午 · Wood goat · 5 February 1943, 00:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 83 years 30,574 days lived · traditional age 84 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 1st 癸未年正月初一 · lunar year 1943
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Willow · missing metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+9Asia/Shanghai · China time 1943-02-05 00:00
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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: Goat by the solar-term rule used in divination, Horse 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
Ren Wu
壬午
Water · Horse
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
Hour
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of the Willow” 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 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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