Year of the Ox
Ji Chou 己丑 · Fire ox · 2 February 2010, 22:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 16 years 6,105 days lived · traditional age 18 · next birthday 2027-02-02 (as of 2026-10-21)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 19th 己丑年十二月十九 · lunar year 2009
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 19
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire of the Thunderbolt · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusthe Sun’s sign on that date
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMajor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2010-02-02 22:00
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
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Gui Wei
癸未
Water
Hour
Gui Hai
癸亥
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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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