Year of the Ox
Ding Chou 丁丑 · Water ox · 31 January 1998, 21:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 28 years 10,490 days lived · traditional age 29 · next birthday 2027-01-31 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 4th 戊寅年正月初四 · lunar year 1998
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 4
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Ravine · missing metal
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 1998-01-31 21:00
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
Gui Chou
癸丑
Water
Day
Wu Yin
戊寅
Earth
Hour
Gui Hai
癸亥
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 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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