Year of the Tiger
Ji Chou 己丑 · Wood tiger · 4 February 1950, 10:00 local
Tiger (虎) — Brave, competitive and a natural leader.
- Age
- 76 years 28,018 days lived · traditional age 78 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Tigerby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 18th 己丑年十二月十八 · lunar year 1949
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Pine and Cypress · missing wood, water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1950-02-04 10:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Tiger by the solar-term rule used in divination, Ox by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Hour
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of Pine and Cypress” 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 3
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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