Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 6 December 1972, 11:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 53 years 19,677 days lived · traditional age 55 · next birthday 2026-12-06 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 1st 壬子年十一月初一 · lunar year 1972
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1972-12-06 11:00
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
Xin Hai
辛亥
Metal
Day
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Hour
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
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 1
- Metal 2
- Water 3
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