Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 17 December 1984, 03:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 41 years 15,283 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2026-12-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Leap 10th month, 25th 甲子年闰十月廿五 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1984-12-17 03:00
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
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Day
Yi You
乙酉
Wood
Hour
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
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 3
- Fire 1
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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