Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 18 February 1949, 05:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 77 years 28,369 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2027-02-18 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 21st 己丑年正月廿一 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 21
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing metal, water
- Day master
- Earthelement 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 1949-02-18 05:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth · Ox
Month
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Day
Ji Mao
己卯
Earth
Hour
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
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 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 0 · missing
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