Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 6 July 2018, 13:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 8 years 3,028 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2027-07-06 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 5th month, 23rd 戊戌年五月廿三 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter下弦月 · lunar day 23
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing wood
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Cancerfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- FridaySummer Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-07-06 13:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Wu Xu
戊戌
Earth · Dog
Month
Wu Wu
戊午
Earth
Day
Ji Hai
己亥
Earth
Hour
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Wood fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Wood on the Plain” 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 0 · missing
- Fire 1
- Earth 5
- Metal 1
- Water 1
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