Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 21 December 1958, 02:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 67 years 24,776 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 11th 戊戌年十一月十一 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 11
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1958-12-21 02:00
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
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Hour
Xin Chou
辛丑
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 2
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