Born in 2003 (Heisei 15): eto and age

1.The eto of 2003, and the Risshun rule

The eto of 2003 is 癸未 (Mizunoto-hitsuji, the Yin Water Goat). In Four Pillars, Nine Star Ki and other Eastern astrology, though, the year begins at Risshun (Feb 4 in 2003). People born between 1 January 2003 and the moment of Risshun (Feb 4, 15:05) are treated as the previous year's 壬午 Mizunoe-uma and Shichiseki Kinsei.

2.Personality of people born in 2003

癸未 combines 癸, the stem of rain and dew, with 未, the goat (sheep). Like sheep living together in a flock, the Goat is gentle and cooperative, and stands for the safety of family and friends.

Diligent, serious and thoughtful, you understand how others feel. You quietly build up effort until it bears fruit.

Read more: meaning of 癸未, Year of the Goat and Roppaku Kinsei.

3.School years in Japan for people born in 2003

Japanese school years run from 2 April to 1 April the next year, so people born between 1 January and 1 April (hayaumare) are in the grade above.

4.Longevity celebrations

Kanreki is celebrated at 60 (61 in traditional counting). From Koki on, the celebrations were originally counted in traditional age, which would make each one a year earlier than shown.

5.Yakudoshi (unlucky years) for people born in 2003

Yakudoshi are counted in traditional age (kazoedoshi = the calendar year − birth year + 1; everyone gains a year on 1 January, regardless of birthday).

6.Fortune for the Goat in 2026 and 2027

2026: overall ★★★★★ A strong tailwind: a year to leap forward

2027: overall ★★★★☆ A year with the wind at your back: challenges bear fruit

Read the full fortune for the Goat →

7.The calendar of 2003

In 2003, Roppaku Kinsei sat in the center of the Nine Star Ki year chart, and the lucky direction (where the year god Toshitokujin resides) was south-southeast. Years with the same eto are 1943 and 2063; years with the same eto and the same star come every 180 years (1823, 2183).