Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 6 May 1984, 19:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,508 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-05-06 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 6th 甲子年四月初六 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 6
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-05-06 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
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Day
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Hour
Bing Xu
丙戌
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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