Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 5 December 1949, 17:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 76 years 28,079 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2026-12-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 16th 己丑年十月十六 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1949-12-05 17:00
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
Yi Hai
乙亥
Wood
Day
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Hour
Gui You
癸酉
Water
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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