Born on December 17

December 17 at a glance

Sun sign

Sagittarius (Fire)

BaZi month

Rat month · Water season

Solar term

Major Snow

Birthday number

8 — The Achiever

Birthstone

Turquoise (success and prosperity)

Your BaZi birth monthRat month (Major Snow to Minor Cold)

The Rat month holds the winter solstice, the most yin point of the year, when Water peaks and yang begins to return. Those born now tend to be wise, deep thinkers with a gift for starting over. Water Day Masters gain strength, and Fire becomes the key to balance.

BaZi (the Four Pillars of Destiny) divides the year into twelve months by the 24 solar terms, and the branch of your birth month sets the season of your chart. December 17 falls in the period of Major Snow: heavy snow begins.

Sagittarius, born December 17Western sun sign

Sagittarius is the explorer. Faraway places and big ideas pull at you, and travel and learning widen your life. Your optimism turns mistakes into good stories, though you lose your spark when fenced in.

Birthday number 8The Achiever · numerology

Eight is the number of power and abundance. You turn goals into real results and have a talent for money and organisation. The bigger the dream, the more your strength shows.

For the 17th, the digits 1 + 7 reduce to 8. The original digits still colour the number, giving you a flavour of your own within the 8s.

Birthstone: Turquoise

The birthstone for December is Turquoise, a stone associated with success and prosperity. Many people wear it as a charm or give it as a gift on special days.

Your real chart depends on the year and hour

Two people born on December 17 in different years, or at different times of day, have completely different Four Pillars: a different Day Master, Ten Gods and Luck Pillars. Enter your full birth data to get your own BaZi chart and Zi Wei Dou Shu chart, free.