Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 5 January 1973, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 53 years 19,647 days lived · traditional age 55 · next birthday 2027-01-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 2nd 壬子年十二月初二 · lunar year 1972
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-01-05 12:00
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
Xin Chou
辛丑
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 1
- Water 4
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