Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 6 December 2018, 23:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 7 years 2,875 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2026-12-06 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 10th month, 29th 戊戌年十月廿九 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 29
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing wood, fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- ThursdayMinor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-12-06 23:00
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
Gui Hai
癸亥
Water
Day
Gui You
癸酉
Water
Hour
Ren Zi
壬子
Water
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 0 · missing
- Earth 2
- Metal 1
- Water 5
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