Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 6 May 2008, 07:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 18 years 6,741 days lived · traditional age 19 · next birthday 2027-05-06 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 2nd 戊子年四月初二 · lunar year 2008
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 2
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2008-05-06 07:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth · Rat
Month
Ding Si
丁巳
Fire
Day
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire
Hour
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Fire fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Fire of the Thunderbolt” 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 4
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 2
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