Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 19 February 1985, 02:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 41 years 15,219 days lived · traditional age 43 · next birthday 2027-02-19 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 30th 甲子年十二月三十 · lunar year 1984
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire, metal, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Piscesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayRain Water
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-02-19 02:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood · Ox
Month
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Day
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Hour
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
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 0 · missing
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 0 · missing
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