Year of the Dog
Ren Xu 壬戌 · Water dog · 21 January 1983, 12:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 43 years 15,979 days lived · traditional age 45 · next birthday 2027-01-21 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 8th 壬戌年十二月初八 · lunar year 1982
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Water fate Water of the Great Sea · missing wood
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1983-01-21 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water · Dog
Month
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Ji You
己酉
Earth
Hour
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water of the Great Sea” 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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 2
- Water 2
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