Year of the Horse
Jia Wu 甲午 · Metal horse · 25 January 1955, 16:00 local
Horse (马) — Free-spirited, energetic and adventurous.
- Age
- 71 years 26,202 days lived · traditional age 72 · next birthday 2027-01-25 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Horseby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 2nd 乙未年正月初二 · lunar year 1955
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1955-01-25 16:00
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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
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 4
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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