Year of the Monkey
Ji Wei 己未 · Wood monkey · 4 February 2040, 12:00 local
Monkey (猴) — Witty, curious and inventive.
- Age
- Not yet born in 4,855 days, on 2040-02-04
- Chinese zodiac
- Monkeyby the Start of Spring rule
- Lunar date
- 12th month, 22nd 己未年十二月廿二 · lunar year 2039
- Moon phase
- Waning Gibbous亏凸月 · lunar day 22
- Five elements
- Wood fate Wood of the Pomegranate · missing wood, metal
- Day master
- Waterelement of the day stem
- Constellation
- Aquariusfrom the Sun’s position at the solar terms
- Weekday & term
- SaturdayStart of Spring
- Time zone used
- UTC+8Asia/Shanghai · China time 2040-02-04 12:00
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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: Monkey by the solar-term rule used in divination, Goat 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
Ji Wei
己未
Earth · Goat
Month
Ding Chou
丁丑
Fire
Day
Ren Xu
壬戌
Water
Hour
Bing Wu
丙午
Fire
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 of the Pomegranate” 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 4
- Metal 0 · missing
- Water 1
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