Born on August 9? Here's your birth element

In the Korean birth chart, your birth element comes from the exact day you were born, not just the date on the calendar. That's why two people born on August 9 in different years can be completely different people. Find your year below.

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Your birth month: the Monkey month

August 9 falls in the Monkey month (申), early autumn, when Metal is strongest. You were born as Metal arrives and the air turns crisp. Monkey-month people are clever and quick to change course. At work you solve the problem everyone else was stuck on.

Heads up: the solar month changes around August 8, and the exact moment moves a little from year to year. If you were born within a day of it, your month mark depends on your birth year and hour. Your free chart checks the exact moment.

August 9: your character by birth year

Your day mark is the center of the chart: the element you were born as plus an animal, one of 60 characters. Born after 11 PM? Use the next day's date.

The ten birth elements

For entertainment purposes. Dates use an approximate solar-month boundary; the free chart uses the exact moment for your birth year and time zone.