Year of the Dog
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood dog · 26 December 2018, 23:00 local
Dog (狗) — Loyal, sincere and responsible.
- Age
- 7 years 2,855 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2026-12-26 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Dogby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 11th month, 20th 戊戌年十一月二十 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 20
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- WednesdayWinter Solstice
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2018-12-26 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
Jia Zi
甲子
Wood
Day
Gui Si
癸巳
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 2
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 4
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