Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 3 December 1948, 07:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 77 years 28,447 days lived · traditional age 79 · next birthday 2026-12-03 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 3rd 戊子年十一月初三 · lunar year 1948
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1948-12-03 07:00
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
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
Day
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Hour
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 4
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