Year of the Rat
Xin Hai 辛亥 · Wood rat · 5 February 1972, 01:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 54 years 19,982 days lived · traditional age 56 · next birthday 2027-02-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 21st 辛亥年十二月廿一 · lunar year 1971
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 21
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1972-02-05 01:00
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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: Rat by the solar-term rule used in divination, Pig 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 Hai
辛亥
Metal · Pig
Month
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Hour
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of Mulberry” 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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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