Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 24 September 2018, 05:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 8 years 2,948 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2027-09-24 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 8th month, 15th 戊戌年八月十五 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Waxing Gibbous盈凸月 · lunar day 15
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing water
- Day master
- Earthelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Librafrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- MondayAutumn Equinox
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-09-24 05:00
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
Xin You
辛酉
Metal
Day
Ji Wei
己未
Earth
Hour
Ding Mao
丁卯
Fire
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 4
- Metal 2
- Water 0 · missing
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