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Monkey in ink brush style

Year of the Monkey

Jia Shen 甲申 · Water monkey · 10 December 2004, 03:00 local

Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.

Age
21 years 7,985 days lived · traditional age 23 · next birthday 2026-12-10 (as of 2026-10-21)
Chinese zodiac
Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
10th month, 29th 甲申年十月廿九 · lunar year 2004
Moon phase
Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
Five elements
Water fate Water in the Spring · missing earth
Day master
Waterelement of the day stem
Constellation
Sagittariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
Weekday & term
FridayMajor Snow
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2004-12-10 03:00

Four pillars

The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.

Year
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood · Monkey
Month
Bing Zi
丙子
Fire
Day
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
Hour
Jia Yin
甲寅
Wood

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 Spring” 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.

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