Year of the Horse
Ding Si 丁巳 · Fire horse · 4 February 1978, 05:00 local
Horse (马) — Free-spirited, energetic and adventurous.
- Age
- 48 years 17,791 days lived · traditional age 50 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Horseby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 27th 丁巳年十二月廿七 · lunar year 1977
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire in the Sky
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1978-02-04 05:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Horse by the solar-term rule used in divination, Snake by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Hour
Gui Mao
癸卯
Water
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire in the Sky” 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 1
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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