Year of the Monkey
Bing Shen 丙申 · Fire monkey · 4 July 1956, 08:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 70 years 25,676 days lived · traditional age 71 · next birthday 2027-07-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 5th month, 26th 丙申年五月廿六 · lunar year 1956
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdaySummer Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1956-07-04 08:00
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
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
Day
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Hour
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
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 2
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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