Year of the Horse
Jia Wu 甲午 · Metal horse · 7 January 1955, 11:00 local
Horse (马) — Free-spirited, energetic and adventurous.
- Age
- 71 years 26,220 days lived · traditional age 73 · next birthday 2027-01-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Horseby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 14th 甲午年十二月十四 · lunar year 1954
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 14
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing metal, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1955-01-07 11:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood · Horse
Month
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth
Hour
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold in the Sand” 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 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 0 · missing
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