Cosmic Guide

Birth year

Born in 1953 — Yin Water Snake

The 1953 year pillar is Gui Si (癸巳) — the yin Water stem over the Snake branch.

Year pillarGui Si 癸巳
AnimalSnake
Year elementYin Water (stem) over Fire (branch)
Hidden stems in the branch丙 Bing Fire, 戊 Wu Earth, 庚 Geng Metal

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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 1953, your year pillar is almost certainly Ren Chen, the 1953 − 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 1953 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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