Wood rat
甲子
The year of the Wood Rat ( Jiazi , Chinese 甲子 , Pinyin jiǎzǐ ) is the 1st year in the 60-year cycle (天 支) of the Chinese calendar . In Chinese astrology, this is such a lunar year that is characterized by a connection between the first celestial stem ( 甲 , jiǎ , element wood and yáng ) with the first earth branch ( 子 , zǐ ), symbolized by the rat ( 鼠 , shǔ ).
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Animal 地支 |
子 |
丑 |
寅 |
卯 |
辰 |
巳 |
午 |
未 |
申 |
酉 |
戌 |
亥 |
Year 天干 地支 |
1 甲 子 |
2 乙 丑 |
3 丙 寅 |
4 丁 卯 |
5 戊 辰 |
6 己 巳 |
7 庚 午 |
8 辛 Unfilled |
9 壬 申 |
10 癸 酉 |
11 甲 戌 |
12 乙 亥 |
Year 天干 地支 |
13 丙 子 |
14 丁 丑 |
15 戊 寅 |
16 己 卯 |
17 庚 辰 |
18 辛 巳 |
19 壬 午 |
20 癸 Unfilled |
21 甲 申 |
22 乙 酉 |
23 丙 戌 |
24 丁 亥 |
Year 天干 地支 |
25 戊 子 |
26 己 丑 |
27 庚 寅 |
28 辛 卯 |
29 壬 辰 |
30 癸 巳 |
31 甲 午 |
32 乙 Unfilled |
33 丙 申 |
34 丁 酉 |
35 戊 戌 |
36 己 亥 |
Year 天干 地支 |
37 庚 子 |
38 辛 丑 |
39 壬 寅 |
40 癸 卯 |
41 甲 辰 |
42 乙 巳 |
43 丙 午 |
44 丁 Unfilled |
45 戊 申 |
46 己 酉 |
47 庚 戌 |
48 辛 亥 |
Year 天干 地支 |
49 壬 子 |
50 癸 丑 |
51 甲 寅 |
52 乙 卯 |
53 丙 辰 |
54 丁 巳 |
55 戊 午 |
56 己 Unfilled |
57 庚 申 |
58 辛 酉 |
59 壬 戌 |
60 癸 亥 |
Such a connection occurs every 60 years in the Chinese calendar. The last Wood Rat year began on February 2, 1984 and ended on February 19, 1985 .
The year of the wood rat 甲子 jiǎzǐ 1 follows the year of the water pig 癸亥 guǐhài 60.