Year of the Pig
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood pig · 4 February 1959, 05:00 local
Pig (猪) — Generous, honest and fortunate.
- Age
- 67 years 24,731 days lived · traditional age 69 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Pigby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 27th 戊戌年十二月廿七 · lunar year 1958
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1959-02-04 05:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Pig by the solar-term rule used in divination, Dog by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Hour
Gui Mao
癸卯
Water
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 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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