Cosmic Guide

Birth year

Born in 1968 — Yang Earth Monkey

The 1968 year pillar is Wu Shen (戊申) — the yang Earth stem over the Monkey branch.

Year pillarWu Shen 戊申
AnimalMonkey
Year elementYang Earth (stem) over Metal (branch)
Hidden stems in the branch庚 Geng Metal, 壬 Ren Water, 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 1968, your year pillar is almost certainly Ding Wei, the 1968 − 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 1968 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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