Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 2 May 1973, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 53 years 19,530 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-05-02 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 30th 癸丑年三月三十 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayGrain Rain
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-05-02 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
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 2
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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