Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 5 May 1973, 02:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 53 years 19,527 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-05-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 3rd 癸丑年四月初三 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing wood
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-05-05 02:00
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
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Day
Xin Chou
辛丑
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 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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