Year of the Ox
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Earth ox · 8 May 2021, 15:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 5 years 1,991 days lived · traditional age 6 · next birthday 2027-05-08 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 3th month, 27th 辛丑年三月廿七 · lunar year 2021
- Moon phase
- Waning Crescent残月 · lunar day 27
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall · missing wood
- Day master
- Fireelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Taurusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Summer
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2021-05-08 15:00
Four pillars
The hour you choose only changes the last pillar; the other three stay fixed for this date.
Year
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal · Ox
Month
Gui Si
癸巳
Water
Day
Bing Chen
丙辰
Fire
Hour
Bing Shen
丙申
Fire
Element balance of the eight characters
Two different “elements” are quoted for a birth year. The Earth fate above is the traditional nayin (纳音) of the year pillar, which is what “Earth on the Wall” 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 3
- Earth 2
- Metal 2
- Water 1
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