Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 17 July 1949, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 77 years 28,221 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2027-07-17 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 6th month, 22nd 己丑年六月廿二 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayMinor Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1949-07-17 12:00
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
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Day
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth
Hour
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
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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