Year of the Snake
Gui Si 癸巳 · Water snake · 25 December 1953, 02:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 72 years 26,598 days lived · traditional age 74 · next birthday 2026-12-25 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 20th 癸巳年十一月二十 · lunar year 1953
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 20
- Five elements
- Water fate Ever-Flowing Water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1953-12-25 02:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Gui Si
癸巳
Water · Snake
Month
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
Hour
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Ever-Flowing Water” 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 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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