Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 8 December 1997, 16:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 28 years 10,544 days lived · traditional age 30 · next birthday 2026-12-08 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 9th 丁丑年十一月初九 · lunar year 1997
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 9
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- MondayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1997-12-08 16:00
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
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
Day
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood
Hour
Ren Shen
壬申
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 1
- Metal 2
- Water 3
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