Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 22 December 2008, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 17 years 6,511 days lived · traditional age 19 · next birthday 2026-12-22 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 25th 戊子年十一月廿五 · lunar year 2008
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 25
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- MondayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2008-12-22 12:00
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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Hour
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
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 2
- Fire 2
- Earth 1
- Metal 1
- Water 2
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