Cosmic Guide

Birth year

Born in 1938 — Yang Earth Tiger

The 1938 year pillar is Wu Yin (戊寅) — the yang Earth stem over the Tiger branch.

Year pillarWu Yin 戊寅
AnimalTiger
Year elementYang Earth (stem) over Wood (branch)
Hidden stems in the branch甲 Jia Wood, 丙 Bing Fire, 戊 Wu Earth

Read this before you use it

A BaZi year does not start on 1 January, and it does not start at Chinese New Year either. It starts at the solar term Li Chun, which falls around 4 February. If you were born in January or the first days of February 1938, your year pillar is almost certainly Ding Chou, the 1938 − 1 pillar, not this one. The exact moment moves by a few hours each year, so a birthday on 3, 4 or 5 February has to be computed rather than assumed.

The year is one pillar of four

Your birth year gives you one of the four pillars, and it is not the one that stands for you. That is the day pillar, whose stem is your Day Master. Two people born in 1938 share this year pillar and can otherwise have almost nothing in common. The month pillar needs your birth date, and the hour pillar needs your birth time.

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