Year of the Ox
Xin Chou 辛丑 · Earth ox · 18 January 2022, 12:00 local
Ox (牛) — Diligent, dependable and patient.
- Age
- 4 years 1,736 days lived · traditional age 6 · next birthday 2027-01-18 (as of 2026-10-20)
- Chinese zodiac
- Oxby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 16th 辛丑年十二月十六 · lunar year 2021
- Moon phase
- Full Moon满月 · lunar day 16
- Five elements
- Earth fate Earth on the Wall · missing water
- Day master
- Metalelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Capricornfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- TuesdayMinor Cold
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2022-01-18 12:00
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
Xin Chou
辛丑
Metal
Day
Xin Wei
辛未
Metal
Hour
Jia Wu
甲午
Wood
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 1
- Fire 1
- Earth 3
- Metal 3
- Water 0 · missing
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