Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 10 January 1950, 09:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 76 years 28,043 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2027-01-10 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 22nd 己丑年十一月廿二 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing water
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1950-01-10 09:00
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
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Yi Si
乙巳
Wood
Hour
Xin Si
辛巳
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 1
- Fire 3
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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