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Ox in ink brush style

Year of the Ox

Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 3 January 1974, 07:00 local

Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.

Age
52 years 19,284 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-01-03 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Oxby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
12th month, 11th 癸丑年十二月十一 · lunar year 1973
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 11
Five elements
Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing fire, metal
Day master
Woodelement of the day stem
Constellation
Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
ThursdayWinter Solstice
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1974-01-03 07:00

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 Chen
甲辰
Wood
Hour
Wu Chen
戊辰
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.

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