Born July 17, 1920 — Metal Monkey
People born on July 17, 1920 are Metal Monkeys — the 庚申 year by the solar calendar. Their day pillar is 丙子: a Yang Fire Day Master, the sun — warm, expressive, impossible to ignore; energizes whole rooms. The month pillar is 癸未 (Yin Water · Goat).
What the pillars say
Metal Monkey — the year animal
Monkeys are traditionally described as inventive, playful, solves what others give up on; the Metal element of 1920 adds a disciplined, exacting tone. The animal is the public layer of the chart — how the generation moves.
Yang Fire Day Master — the core self
The day stem 丙 is the sun — warm, expressive, impossible to ignore; energizes whole rooms. Hidden in the day branch 子: 癸 — undercurrents that shape relationships and instincts.
Element balance (six visible characters)
Fire ×1 · Earth ×1 · Metal ×2 · Water ×2 — with no visible Wood. The full picture needs the hour pillar and the hidden stems weighed together; the free calculator does both. That day's almanac officer, for the curious: 执 Hold.
This is three quarters of the chart. Add the birth time — free — for the hour pillar, Day Master strength, Luck Pillars and a personal day forecast. Or see how a full chart reads a real life: Bruce Lee, decade by decade.
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FAQ
What Chinese zodiac sign is someone born on July 17, 1920?
July 17, 1920 falls in the 庚申 year — the Metal Monkey. Note that the zodiac year follows the solar calendar (changing at 立春, early February), not January 1, so dates in January and early February belong to the previous animal year.
What is the Day Master and why does it matter more than the animal?
The zodiac animal is one of eight characters in the full chart. The Day Master — here 丙 (Yang Fire) — is the element that represents the person; classical BaZi reads everything else relative to it.
Why is the hour pillar missing?
The fourth pillar requires the time of birth, corrected to true solar time of the birthplace. Add your birth time in the free DayAtlas calculator to complete the chart, including Luck Pillars and a personal day forecast.