Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 24 May 1997, 17:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 29 years 10,742 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2027-05-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 18th 丁丑年四月十八 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 18
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing water
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Geminithe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayGrain Buds
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-05-24 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
Yi Si
乙巳
Wood
Day
Bing Yin
丙寅
Fire
Hour
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
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 4
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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