Year of the Goat
Wu Wu 戊午 · Fire goat · 4 February 1979, 18:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 47 years 17,426 days lived · traditional age 48 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 8th 己未年正月初八 · lunar year 1979
- Moon phase
- First Quarter上弦月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire in the Sky
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1979-02-04 18:00
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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: Goat by the solar-term rule used in divination, Horse 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
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth · Horse
Month
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ren Yin
壬寅
Water
Hour
Ji You
己酉
Earth
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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