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Snake in ink brush style

Year of the Snake

Ji Si 己巳 · Wood snake · 23 October 1989, 03:00 local

Snake (蛇) — Wise, intuitive and deliberate.

Age
36 years 13,512 days lived · traditional age 38 · next birthday 2026-10-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Snakeby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
9th month, 24th 己巳年九月廿四 · lunar year 1989
Moon phase
Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 24
Five elements
Wood fate Wood of the Great Forest · missing water
Day master
Fireelement of the day stem
Constellation
Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
MondayFrost Descent
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1989-10-23 03:00

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
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood
Day
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Hour
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal

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.

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