Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 17 February 1984, 18:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,587 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-02-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 16th 甲子年正月十六 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing earth
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-02-17 18:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood · Rat
Month
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Day
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Hour
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold in the 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 2
- Fire 3
- Earth 0 · missing
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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