Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 22 October 1985, 08:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 40 years 14,974 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2026-10-22 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 9th 乙丑年九月初九 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 9
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing metal, water
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-10-22 08:00
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
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
Day
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
Hour
Wu Chen
戊辰
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 2
- Fire 2
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 0 · missing
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