WWaiShiHui
Snake in ink brush style

Year of the Snake

Ji Si 己巳 · Wood snake · 2 May 1989, 12:00 local

Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.

Age
37 years 13,686 days lived · traditional age 38 · next birthday 2027-05-02 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
3th month, 27th 己巳年三月廿七 · lunar year 1989
Moon phase
Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
Five elements
Wood fate Wood of the Great Forest · missing wood, metal
Day master
Waterelement of the day stem
Constellation
Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
TuesdayGrain Rain
Time zone used
UTC+9Asia/Shanghai · China time 1989-05-02 12:00

Four pillars

The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.

Year
Ji Si
己巳
Earth · Snake
Month
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth
Day
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire

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.

Try another hour

Hour of birth changes the hour pillar, and after 23:00 it can move the day pillar too.

Times above are Chinese calendar time. Born elsewhere? Search with your own time zone.