Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 9 December 1958, 05:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 67 years 24,788 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2026-12-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 29th 戊戌年十月廿九 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing fire
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1958-12-09 05:00
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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
Hour
Ji Mao
己卯
Earth
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 2
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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