Year of the Ox
Ren Zi 壬子 · Wood ox · 4 February 1973, 01:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 53 years 19,617 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 2nd 癸丑年正月初二 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood, fire
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-02-04 01:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Ox by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rat by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Hour
Ji Chou
己丑
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 0 · missing
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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