Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 18 February 1997, 03:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 29 years 10,837 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2027-02-18 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 12th 丁丑年正月十二 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 12
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayRain Water
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-02-18 03:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire · Ox
Month
Ren Yin
壬寅
Water
Day
Xin Mao
辛卯
Metal
Hour
Geng Yin
庚寅
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 3
- Fire 1
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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