Year of the Goat
Jia Wu 甲午 · Metal goat · 4 February 2015, 02:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 11 years 4,276 days lived · traditional age 13 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 16th 甲午年十二月十六 · lunar year 2014
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2015-02-04 02:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Goat by the solar-term rule used in divination, Horse by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Xin Hai
辛亥
Metal
Hour
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
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.
- Wood 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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