Year of the Ox
Gui Chou 癸丑 · Wood ox · 21 January 1974, 16:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 52 years 19,266 days lived · traditional age 54 · next birthday 2027-01-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 29th 癸丑年十二月廿九 · lunar year 1973
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of Mulberry · missing fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1974-01-21 16:00
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
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Hour
Wu Shen
戊申
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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