Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 18 April 1984, 19:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,526 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-04-18 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 18th 甲子年三月十八 · 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
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayPure Brightness
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-04-18 19:00
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
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth
Day
Ren Wu
壬午
Water
Hour
Geng Xu
庚戌
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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