Year of the Goat
Yi Wei 乙未 · Metal goat · 20 January 1956, 13:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 70 years 25,842 days lived · traditional age 72 · next birthday 2027-01-20 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 8th 乙未年十二月初八 · lunar year 1955
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing metal, water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1956-01-20 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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
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 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 0 · missing
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