Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 21 May 1958, 16:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 68 years 24,990 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2027-05-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 3rd 戊戌年四月初三 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing wood, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Geminithe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayGrain Buds
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1958-05-21 16:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth · Dog
Month
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Day
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth
Hour
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
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 4
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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