Year of the Rooster
Ding You 丁酉 · Fire rooster · 23 December 2017, 12:00 local
Rooster (鸡) — Punctual, honest and meticulous.
- Age
- 8 years 3,223 days lived · traditional age 10 · next birthday 2026-12-23 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Roosterby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 6th 丁酉年十一月初六 · lunar year 2017
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 6
- Five elements
- Fire fate Fire below the Mountain · missing earth
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2017-12-23 12:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Ding You
丁酉
Fire · Rooster
Month
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
Day
Jia Shen
甲申
Wood
Hour
Geng Wu
庚午
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 1
- Fire 2
- Earth 0 · missing
- Metal 3
- Water 2
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Hour of birth changes the hour pillar, and after 23:00 it can move the day pillar too.
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