Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 17 April 2009, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 17 years 6,396 days lived · traditional age 18 · next birthday 2027-04-17 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 22nd 己丑年三月廿二 · lunar year 2009
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Ariesthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- FridayPure Brightness
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2009-04-17 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth · Ox
Month
Wu Chen
戊辰
Earth
Day
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire
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 2
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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