Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 22 December 1985, 18:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 40 years 14,913 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2026-12-22 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 11th 乙丑年十一月十一 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 11
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1985-12-22 18:00
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 Zi
戊子
Earth
Day
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Hour
Yi You
乙酉
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 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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