Year of the Goat
Yi Wei 乙未 · Metal goat · 9 January 1956, 13:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 70 years 25,853 days lived · traditional age 72 · next birthday 2027-01-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 27th 乙未年十一月廿七 · lunar year 1955
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1956-01-09 13:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood · Goat
Month
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Yi Hai
乙亥
Wood
Hour
Gui Wei
癸未
Water
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 2
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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