Year of the Monkey
Bing Shen 丙申 · Fire monkey · 3 January 1957, 21:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 69 years 25,493 days lived · traditional age 71 · next birthday 2027-01-03 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 3rd 丙申年十二月初三 · lunar year 1956
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain · missing earth
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1957-01-03 21:00
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
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Day
Yi Hai
乙亥
Wood
Hour
Ding Hai
丁亥
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 0 · missing
- Metal 2
- Water 3
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