Year of the Dog
Jia Xu 甲戌 · Fire dog · 12 May 1994, 02:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 32 years 11,850 days lived · traditional age 33 · next birthday 2027-05-12 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 2nd 甲戌年四月初二 · lunar year 1994
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire atop the Hill · missing metal
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1994-05-12 02:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Jia Xu
甲戌
Wood · Dog
Month
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Day
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth
Hour
Gui Chou
癸丑
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 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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