Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 9 December 2018, 14:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 7 years 2,872 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2026-12-09 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 3rd 戊戌年十一月初三 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Waxing Crescent蛾眉月 · lunar day 3
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing fire, metal
- Day master
- Woodelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Sagittariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SundayMajor Snow
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-12-09 14:00
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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Yi Hai
乙亥
Wood
Hour
Gui Wei
癸未
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 2
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 3
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 3
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