Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 21 March 1973, 19:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 53 years 19,572 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-03-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 2th month, 17th 癸丑年二月十七 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 17
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdaySpring Equinox
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-03-21 19:00
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
Yi Mao
乙卯
Wood
Day
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Hour
Wu Xu
戊戌
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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