Year of the Loong
Wu Chen 戊辰 · Wood loong · 23 October 1988, 22:00 local
Loong (龙) — Charismatic, confident and energetic.
- Age
- 37 years 13,877 days lived · traditional age 39 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Loongby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 13th 戊辰年九月十三 · lunar year 1988
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 13
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Great Forest · missing wood, fire
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayFrost Descent
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1988-10-23 22:00
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
Xin Hai
辛亥
Metal
Hour
Ji Hai
己亥
Earth
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 0 · missing
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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