Year of the Tiger
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Metal tiger · 4 February 1962, 09:00 local
Tiger (虎) — Brave, competitive and a natural leader.
- Age
- 64 years 23,635 days lived · traditional age 66 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Tigerby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 30th 辛丑年十二月三十 · lunar year 1961
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold Leaf · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1962-02-04 09:00
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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: Tiger by the solar-term rule used in divination, Ox 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
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal · Ox
Month
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Gui You
癸酉
Water
Hour
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold Leaf” 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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 3
- Water 1
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