Year of the Goat
Yi Wei 乙未 · Metal goat · 5 January 2016, 01:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 10 years 3,941 days lived · traditional age 12 · next birthday 2027-01-05 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 26th 乙未年十一月廿六 · lunar year 2015
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 26
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand · missing metal
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2016-01-05 01:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Yi Wei
乙未
Wood · Goat
Month
Wu Zi
戊子
Earth
Day
Bing Xu
丙戌
Fire
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 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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