Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 23 April 1997, 17:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 29 years 10,773 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2027-04-23 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 17th 丁丑年三月十七 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 17
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing water
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayGrain Rain
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-04-23 17:00
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
Jia Chen
甲辰
Wood
Day
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Hour
Yi You
乙酉
Wood
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 3
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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