Year of the Dog
Gui You 癸酉 · Fire dog · 4 February 1994, 07:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 32 years 11,947 days lived · traditional age 34 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 24th 癸酉年十二月廿四 · lunar year 1993
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 24
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire atop the Hill · missing fire
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1994-02-04 07:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Dog by the solar-term rule used in divination, Rooster by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Gui You
癸酉
Water · Rooster
Month
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Xin You
辛酉
Metal
Hour
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire atop the Hill” 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 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 3
- Water 2
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