Year of the Pig
Wu Xu 戊戌 · Wood pig · 4 February 2019, 02:00 local
Pig (猪) — Generous, honest and fortunate.
- Age
- 7 years 2,815 days lived · traditional age 9 · next birthday 2027-02-04 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Pigby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 30th 戊戌年十二月三十 · lunar year 2018
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 30
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood on the Plain · missing fire
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- MondayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2019-02-04 02:00
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This date falls in the disputed window
It is after the Start of Spring but before the lunar new year, so the two conventions disagree: Pig by the solar-term rule used in divination, Dog by the festival rule. Printed tables usually show the second one.
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
Yi Chou
乙丑
Wood
Day
Ren Shen
壬申
Water
Hour
Xin Chou
辛丑
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 1
- Fire 0 · missing
- Earth 4
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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