Year of the Rat
Geng Zi 庚子 · Earth rat · 21 January 1961, 23:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 65 years 24,014 days lived · traditional age 67 · next birthday 2027-01-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 5th 庚子年十二月初五 · lunar year 1960
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 5
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1961-01-21 23:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal · Rat
Month
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Yi Mao
乙卯
Wood
Hour
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth on the Wall” 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 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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