Year of the Goat
Ren Wu 壬午 · Wood goat · 4 February 2003, 01:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 23 years 8,660 days lived · traditional age 24 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- Zhengyue (1st month), 4th 癸未年正月初四 · lunar year 2003
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 4
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Willow · missing wood
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2003-02-04 01:00
This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Goat by the solar-term rule used in divination, Horse by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood of the Willow” 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 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 3
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