Year of the Monkey
Bing Shen 丙申 · Fire monkey · 17 April 1956, 05:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 70 years 25,754 days lived · traditional age 71 · next birthday 2027-04-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 7th 丙申年三月初七 · lunar year 1956
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 7
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayPure Brightness
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1956-04-17 05:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire · Monkey
Month
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Day
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood
Hour
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire below the Mountain” 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 3
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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