Born on April 17

April 17 at a glance

Sun sign

Aries (Fire)

BaZi month

Dragon month · Earth season

Solar term

Clear and Bright

Birthday number

8 — The Achiever

Birthstone

Diamond (everlasting bonds and purity)

Your BaZi birth monthDragon month (Clear and Bright to Start of Summer)

The Dragon month is the transitional Earth period between spring and summer: moist soil that stores traces of Wood and Water. Those born now tend to absorb a lot and give it shape, and to hold firm in times of change.

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. April 17 falls in the period of Clear and Bright: everything is fresh and lively.

Aries, born April 17Western sun sign

Aries opens the zodiac. You act the moment an idea arrives, speak plainly and lead by example. Enthusiasm can flare up and burn out quickly, but few signs bounce back from a setback as fast.

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: Diamond

The birthstone for April is Diamond, a stone associated with everlasting bonds and purity. 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 April 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.