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Horse in ink brush style

Year of the Horse

Jia Wu 甲午 · Metal horse · 21 May 2014, 03:00 local

Horse (马) — Free-spirited, energetic and adventurous.

Age
12 years 4,535 days lived · traditional age 13 · next birthday 2027-05-21 (as of 2026-10-20)
Chinese zodiac
Horseby the Start of Spring rule
Lunar date
4th month, 23rd 甲午年四月廿三 · lunar year 2014
Moon phase
Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
Five elements
Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing metal
Day master
Waterelement of the day stem
Constellation
Geminifrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
Weekday & term
WednesdayGrain Buds
Time zone used
UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2014-05-21 03:00

Four pillars

The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.

Year
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood · Horse
Month
Ji Si
己巳
Earth
Day
Ren Chen
壬辰
Water
Hour
Ren Yin
壬寅
Water

Element balance of the eight characters

Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Metal fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Gold in the Sand” 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.

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