Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 9 October 1997, 22:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 29 years 10,604 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2027-10-09 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 8th 丁丑年九月初八 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- First Quarter上弦月 · lunar day 8
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librathe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayCold Dew
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-10-09 22:00
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
Geng Xu
庚戌
Metal
Day
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood
Hour
Yi Hai
乙亥
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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