Year of the Rooster
Geng Shen 庚申 · Wood rooster · 4 February 1981, 03:00 local
Rooster (鸡) — Punctual, honest and meticulous.
- Age
- 45 years 16,695 days lived · traditional age 47 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Roosterby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 30th 庚申年十二月三十 · lunar year 1980
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Pomegranate · missing fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1981-02-04 03:00
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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: Rooster by the solar-term rule used in divination, Monkey 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
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal · Monkey
Month
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Hour
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood
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 the Pomegranate” 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 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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