Year of the Monkey
Wu Shen 戊申 · Earth monkey · 21 December 1968, 17:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 57 years 21,123 days lived · traditional age 59 · next birthday 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 2nd 戊申年十一月初二 · lunar year 1968
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth of the Relay Station · missing fire
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1968-12-21 17:00
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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Hour
Yi You
乙酉
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 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 3
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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