Year of the Goat
Yi Wei 乙未 · Metal goat · 9 January 2016, 21:00 local
Goat (羊) — Harmonious, creative and gentle.
- Age
- 10 years 3,937 days lived · traditional age 12 · next birthday 2027-01-09 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Goatby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 30th 乙未年十一月三十 · lunar year 2015
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Metal fate Gold in the Sand
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2016-01-09 21:00
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
Ji Chou
己丑
Earth
Day
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal
Hour
Ding Hai
丁亥
Fire
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 2
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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