Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 23 August 2008, 09:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 18 years 6,632 days lived · traditional age 19 · next birthday 2027-08-23 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 7th month, 23rd 戊子年七月廿三 · lunar year 2008
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Virgofrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayEnd of Heat
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2008-08-23 09:00
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
Geng Shen
庚申
Metal
Day
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood
Hour
Xin Si
辛巳
Metal
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 3
- Water 1
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