Year of the Snake
Ding Si 丁巳 · Earth snake · 7 January 1978, 19:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 48 years 17,819 days lived · traditional age 50 · next birthday 2027-01-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 28th 丁巳年十一月廿八 · lunar year 1977
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth in the Sand · missing metal
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1978-01-07 19:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire · Snake
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Hour
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth in the Sand” 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 3
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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