Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 4 January 1959, 03:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 67 years 24,763 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2027-01-04 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 25th 戊戌年十一月廿五 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1959-01-04 03:00
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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Geng Yin
庚寅
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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