Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 5 December 1997, 07:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 28 years 10,547 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2026-12-05 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 6th 丁丑年十一月初六 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 6
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing wood
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-12-05 07:00
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
Xin Hai
辛亥
Metal
Day
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
Hour
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
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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