Double hour 6 of 12 · 時支
Snake Hour 巳时 09:00–10:59: Secret Animal & Meaning
The Snake hour 巳时 runs 09:00–10:59. Born then, your secret animal is the Snake; the hour branch is 巳 (Yin Fire), and the hour stem follows the day stem.
Traditional secret-animal reading
The Snake hour’s inner image
Snake hour places Yin Fire at the opening of the summer sequence. Its secret-animal symbolism concerns a light being brought into focus: an impression that was previously diffuse becomes clearer in a chosen setting. The inward emphasis is concentration, with illumination taking form before reaching its widest extent.
In hour folklore, this is the hour snakes leave their burrows without troubling anyone.
One branch · four linked coordinates
What stays fixed in the Snake period
- Hour branch巳 Si
09:00–10:59
- Month opens立夏 Lìxià
Start of Summer
- DirectionSouth-southeast
Branch sector 6 of 12
- Fixed phaseFire
Phase carried by the branch
五鼠遁 · day stem sets hour stem
Five complete Snake hour pillars are possible
- 01 · on 甲 Jia / 己 Ji days己巳Yin Earth Snake
- 02 · on 乙 Yi / 庚 Geng days辛巳Yin Metal Snake
- 03 · on 丙 Bing / 辛 Xin days癸巳Yin Water Snake
- 04 · on 丁 Ding / 壬 Ren days乙巳Yin Wood Snake
- 05 · on 戊 Wu / 癸 Gui days丁巳Yin Fire Snake
Two clock edges
The Snake hour changes at 09:00 and after 10:59
The Snake interval begins at 09:00 and includes 10:59. 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 Snake branch clashes with Pig, forms Six Harmony with Monkey, and belongs to the Metal trine with Snake and Rooster and Ox. These relationships come from fixed positions.