Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 23 October 1973, 08:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 52 years 19,356 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 28th 癸丑年九月廿八 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayFrost Descent
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-10-23 08:00
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
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Day
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Hour
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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