Year of the Dog
Ji You 己酉 · Metal dog · 4 February 1970, 00:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 56 years 20,713 days lived · traditional age 58 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 28th 己酉年十二月廿八 · lunar year 1969
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold of Hairpin and Bracelet
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1970-02-04 00:00
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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: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster 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
Ji You
己酉
Earth · Rooster
Month
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Yi Mao
乙卯
Wood
Hour
Bing Zi
丙子
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 of Hairpin and Bracelet” 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 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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