Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 20 August 2009, 20:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 17 years 6,271 days lived · traditional age 18 · next birthday 2027-08-20 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 7th month, 1st 己丑年七月初一 · lunar year 2009
- Moon phase
- New Moon新月 · lunar day 1
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Leothe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayStart of Autumn
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2009-08-20 20:00
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
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Day
Ding You
丁酉
Fire
Hour
Geng Xu
庚戌
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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 3
- Water 1
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