Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 7 December 1985, 03:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 40 years 14,928 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2026-12-07 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 26th 乙丑年十月廿六 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-12-07 03:00
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
Ding Hai
丁亥
Fire
Day
Geng Chen
庚辰
Metal
Hour
Wu Yin
戊寅
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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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