Year of the Ox
Yi Chou 乙丑 · Metal ox · 3 February 1986, 17:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 40 years 14,870 days lived · traditional age 42 · next birthday 2027-02-03 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 25th 乙丑年十二月廿五 · lunar year 1985
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sea · missing fire, water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1986-02-03 17:00
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
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Hour
Xin You
辛酉
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 2
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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