Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 20 May 2009, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 17 years 6,362 days lived · traditional age 18 · next birthday 2027-05-20 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 4th month, 26th 己丑年四月廿六 · lunar year 2009
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2009-05-20 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
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Day
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Hour
Ren Wu
壬午
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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