Double hour 2 of 12 · 時支
Ox Hour 丑时 01:00–02:59: Secret Animal & Meaning
The Ox hour 丑时 runs 01:00–02:59. Born then, your secret animal is the Ox; the hour branch is 丑 (Yin Earth), and the hour stem follows the day stem.
Traditional secret-animal reading
The Ox hour’s inner image
Ox hour combines Yin Earth with the closing branch of winter. Its secret-animal symbolism is a chamber that holds things through a pause: impressions settle, resources stay gathered and unfinished thoughts have a place to remain before the next stage opens.
In hour folklore, this is the hour oxen chew the cud, long before the ploughing begins.
One branch · four linked coordinates
What stays fixed in the Ox period
- Hour branch丑 Chou
01:00–02:59
- Month opens小寒 Xiǎohán
Minor Cold
- DirectionNorth-northeast
Branch sector 2 of 12
- Fixed phaseEarth
Phase carried by the branch
五鼠遁 · day stem sets hour stem
Five complete Ox hour pillars are possible
- 01 · on 甲 Jia / 己 Ji days乙丑Yin Wood Ox
- 02 · on 乙 Yi / 庚 Geng days丁丑Yin Fire Ox
- 03 · on 丙 Bing / 辛 Xin days己丑Yin Earth Ox
- 04 · on 丁 Ding / 壬 Ren days辛丑Yin Metal Ox
- 05 · on 戊 Wu / 癸 Gui days癸丑Yin Water Ox
Two clock edges
The Ox hour changes at 01:00 and after 02:59
The Ox interval begins at 01:00 and includes 02:59. 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 Ox branch clashes with Goat, forms Six Harmony with Rat, and belongs to the Metal trine with Snake and Rooster and Ox. These relationships come from fixed positions.