Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 21 December 1972, 07:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 53 years 19,662 days lived · traditional age 55 · next birthday 2026-12-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 16th 壬子年十一月十六 · lunar year 1972
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1972-12-21 07:00
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
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
Day
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 5
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