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date and time of a person's birth
37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020
heptose
your age
black-naped oriole
seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030
twenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion