Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 24 October 1997, 23:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 28 years 10,589 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2026-10-24 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 9th month, 23rd 丁丑年九月廿三 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Scorpiothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayFrost Descent
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-10-24 23:00
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
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Hour
Bing Zi
丙子
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 0 · missing
- Fire 2
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 2
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