Year of the Monkey
Wu Shen 戊申 · Earth monkey · 8 November 1968, 16:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 57 years 21,166 days lived · traditional age 59 · next birthday 2026-11-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 18th 戊申年九月十八 · lunar year 1968
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth of the Relay Station · missing wood
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Scorpiothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Winter
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1968-11-08 16:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth · Monkey
Month
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
Day
Ren Wu
壬午
Water
Hour
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth
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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 3
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