Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 24 December 1973, 04:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 52 years 19,294 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2026-12-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 1st 癸丑年十二月初一 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1973-12-24 04:00
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 Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
Hour
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
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 3
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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