Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 20 March 1984, 17:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,555 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-03-20 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 2th month, 18th 甲子年二月十八 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Piscesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdaySpring Equinox
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-03-20 17:00
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
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
Day
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Hour
Xin You
辛酉
Metal
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 1
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 2
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