Year of the Loong
Wu Chen 戊辰 · Wood loong · 9 October 1988, 08:00 local
Loong (龙) — Charismatic, confident and energetic.
- Age
- 38 years 13,891 days lived · traditional age 39 · next birthday 2027-10-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Loongby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 8th month, 29th 戊辰年八月廿九 · lunar year 1988
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Great Forest
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1988-10-09 08:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth · Loong
Month
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Day
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Hour
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of the Great Forest” 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 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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