Year of the Rat
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood rat · 3 February 1973, 03:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 53 years 19,618 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-02-03 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 1st 癸丑年正月初一 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-02-03 03:00
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
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Hour
Wu Yin
戊寅
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 2
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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