Year of the Rat
Bing Zi 丙子 · Water rat · 12 January 1997, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 29 years 10,875 days lived · traditional age 31 · next birthday 2027-01-12 (as of 2026-10-22)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 4th 丙子年十二月初四 · lunar year 1996
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 4
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SundayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-01-12 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire · Rat
Month
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood
Hour
Geng Wu
庚午
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Water fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Water in the Ravine” 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 2
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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