Year of the Monkey
Bing Shen 丙申 · Fire monkey · 4 January 2017, 04:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- 9 years 3,576 days lived · traditional age 11 · next birthday 2027-01-04 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 7th 丙申年十二月初七 · lunar year 2016
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 7
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain · missing earth
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2017-01-04 04:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire · Monkey
Month
Geng Zi
庚子
Metal
Day
Xin Mao
辛卯
Metal
Hour
Geng Yin
庚寅
Metal
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 below the Mountain” 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 0 · missing
- Metal 4
- Water 1
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