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Ox in ink brush style

Year of the Ox

Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 21 February 1973, 14:00 local

Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.

Age
53 years 19,600 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-02-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Oxby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
Zhengyue (1st month), 19th 癸丑年正月十九 · lunar year 1973
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 19
Five elements
Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing fire, metal
Day master
Earthelement of the day stem
Constellation
Piscesthe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
WednesdayRain Water
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-02-21 14:00

Four pillars

The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.

Year
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water · Ox
Month
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood
Day
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth
Hour
Ji Wei
己未
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.

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