Year of the Snake
Ding Si 丁巳 · Earth snake · 24 January 1978, 16:00 local
Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.
- Age
- 48 years 17,802 days lived · traditional age 50 · next birthday 2027-01-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 16th 丁巳年十二月十六 · lunar year 1977
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth in the Sand · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1978-01-24 16:00
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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Hour
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
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 0 · missing
- Fire 4
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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