Year of the Rat
Jia Zi 甲子 · Metal rat · 18 January 1985, 11:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 41 years 15,251 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-01-18 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 28th 甲子年十一月廿八 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 28
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-01-18 11:00
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
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
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 5
- Earth 1
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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