Year of the Ox
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Earth ox · 7 December 1961, 00:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 64 years 23,694 days lived · traditional age 66 · next birthday 2026-12-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 30th 辛丑年十月三十 · lunar year 1961
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall · missing fire
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1961-12-07 00:00
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
Ji Hai
己亥
Earth
Day
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
Hour
Jia Zi
甲子
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 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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