Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 23 June 1984, 01:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,460 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-06-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 5th month, 24th 甲子年五月廿四 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdaySummer Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-06-23 01:00
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
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Day
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth
Hour
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
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 2
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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