Year of the Ox
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Earth ox · 9 August 1961, 20:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 65 years 23,814 days lived · traditional age 66 · next birthday 2027-08-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 6th month, 28th 辛丑年六月廿八 · lunar year 1961
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall · missing water
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Leothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Autumn
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1961-08-09 20:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal · Ox
Month
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Day
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
Hour
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
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 3
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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