Year of the Rooster
Xin You 辛酉 · Wood rooster · 23 May 1981, 18:00 local
Rooster (鸡) — Punctual, honest and meticulous.
- Age
- 45 years 16,587 days lived · traditional age 46 · next birthday 2027-05-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Roosterby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 20th 辛酉年四月二十 · lunar year 1981
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 20
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Pomegranate · missing wood
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Geminithe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayGrain Buds
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1981-05-23 18:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Xin You
辛酉
Metal · Rooster
Month
Gui Si
癸巳
Water
Day
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Hour
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 4
- Water 1
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