Year of the Rooster
Jia Shen 甲申 · Water rooster · 4 February 2005, 01:00 local
Rooster (鸡) — Punctual, honest and meticulous.
- Age
- 21 years 7,928 days lived · traditional age 23 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Roosterby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 26th 甲申年十二月廿六 · lunar year 2004
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Water fate Water in the Spring · missing water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- FridayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2005-02-04 01:00
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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: Rooster by the solar-term rule used in divination, Monkey 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.
Year
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood · Monkey
Month
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Ji Wei
己未
Earth
Hour
Yi Chou
乙丑
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.
- Wood 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 1
- Water 0 · missing
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