Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 5 April 1972, 20:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 54 years 19,922 days lived · traditional age 55 · next birthday 2027-04-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 2th month, 22nd 壬子年二月廿二 · lunar year 1972
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayPure Brightness
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1972-04-05 20:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ren Zi
壬子
Water · Rat
Month
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
Day
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Hour
Wu Xu
戊戌
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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