Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 4 January 1986, 21:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 40 years 14,900 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2027-01-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 24th 乙丑年十一月廿四 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1986-01-04 21:00
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
Wu Shen
戊申
Earth
Hour
Gui Hai
癸亥
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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