Year of the Dog
Ding You 丁酉 · Wood dog · 4 February 1958, 14:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 68 years 25,096 days lived · traditional age 70 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 16th 丁酉年十二月十六 · lunar year 1957
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1958-02-04 14:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding You
丁酉
Fire · Rooster
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
Hour
Ding Wei
丁未
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood on the Plain” 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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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