Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 20 May 1949, 08:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 77 years 28,278 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2027-05-20 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 23rd 己丑年四月廿三 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood, water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+9Asia/Shanghai · China time 1949-05-20 08:00
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
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Day
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
Hour
Geng Chen
庚辰
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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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