Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 23 August 1958, 22:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 68 years 24,896 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2027-08-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 7th month, 9th 戊戌年七月初九 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 9
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing wood, fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Virgothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayEnd of Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1958-08-23 22:00
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
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
Day
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Hour
Xin Hai
辛亥
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 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 4
- Water 2
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