Year of the Rat
Wu Zi 戊子 · Fire rat · 24 January 2009, 12:00 local
Rat (鼠) — Resourceful, quick-witted and adaptable.
- Age
- 17 years 6,478 days lived · traditional age 19 · next birthday 2027-01-24 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Ratby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 29th 戊子年十二月廿九 · lunar year 2008
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2009-01-24 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
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Hour
Geng Wu
庚午
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 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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