Double hour 8 of 12 · 時支
Goat Hour 未时 13:00–14:59: Secret Animal & Meaning
The Goat hour 未时 runs 13:00–14:59. Born then, your secret animal is the Goat; the hour branch is 未 (Yin Earth), and the hour stem follows the day stem.
Traditional secret-animal reading
The Goat hour’s inner image
Goat hour joins Yin Earth to the closing branch of summer. Its secret-animal image is the ground that receives warmth after its strongest expression, allowing impressions to settle into a form. The focus shifts from displaying an experience to giving that experience a place to remain.
In hour folklore, this is the hour goats graze best, after the worst of the heat.
One branch · four linked coordinates
What stays fixed in the Goat period
- Hour branch未 Wei
13:00–14:59
- Month opens小暑 Xiǎoshǔ
Minor Heat
- DirectionSouth-southwest
Branch sector 8 of 12
- Fixed phaseEarth
Phase carried by the branch
五鼠遁 · day stem sets hour stem
Five complete Goat hour pillars are possible
- 01 · on 甲 Jia / 己 Ji days辛未Yin Metal Goat
- 02 · on 乙 Yi / 庚 Geng days癸未Yin Water Goat
- 03 · on 丙 Bing / 辛 Xin days乙未Yin Wood Goat
- 04 · on 丁 Ding / 壬 Ren days丁未Yin Fire Goat
- 05 · on 戊 Wu / 癸 Gui days己未Yin Earth Goat
Two clock edges
The Goat hour changes at 13:00 and after 14:59
The Goat interval begins at 13:00 and includes 14:59. Use the recorded local civil clock time.
The same branch geometry at every scale
Its clash, harmony and trine do not change with the clock
The Goat branch clashes with Ox, forms Six Harmony with Horse, and belongs to the Wood trine with Pig and Rabbit and Goat. These relationships come from fixed positions.