Year of the Monkey
Ding Wei 丁未 · Earth monkey · 5 February 1968, 02:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 58 years 21,443 days lived · traditional age 59 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 7th 戊申年正月初七 · lunar year 1968
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 7
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth of the Relay Station · missing metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1968-02-05 02:00
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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: Monkey by the solar-term rule used in divination, Goat 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
Ding Wei
丁未
Fire · Goat
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Yi Si
乙巳
Wood
Hour
Ding Chou
丁丑
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 of the Relay Station” 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 1
- Fire 3
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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