Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 19 May 1985, 15:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 41 years 15,130 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2027-05-19 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 30th 乙丑年三月三十 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-05-19 15:00
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
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Day
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
Hour
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
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 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 3
- Water 0 · missing
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