Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 5 March 1985, 19:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 41 years 15,205 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2027-03-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 14th 乙丑年正月十四 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 14
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Piscesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayAwakening of Insects
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-03-05 19:00
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
Gui Mao
癸卯
Water
Hour
Ren Xu
壬戌
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 3
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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