Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 20 October 1984, 23:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 42 years 15,341 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-10-20 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 26th 甲子年九月廿六 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-10-20 23:00
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
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
Day
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth
Hour
Ren Zi
壬子
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 2
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 4
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