Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 9 February 1948, 14:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 78 years 28,744 days lived · traditional age 80 · next birthday 2027-02-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 30th 丁亥年十二月三十 · lunar year 1947
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing fire
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1948-02-09 14:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth · Rat
Month
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood
Day
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Hour
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire of the Thunderbolt” 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 3
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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