Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 2 January 1959, 22:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 67 years 24,765 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2027-01-02 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 23rd 戊戌年十一月廿三 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing fire
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1959-01-02 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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood
Hour
Yi Hai
乙亥
Wood
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 3
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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