Two animals · their fixed branch coordinates

子丑

Rat–Ox 子丑: Harmony, Shared season, Hidden Stems & Phases

Rat–Ox 子丑 has harmony, shared season; earth controls water. The two branches share 1 hidden stem: Gui 癸.

Branch relation
Harmony · Shared season
Phase relation
Earth controls Water
Circle distance
1 of 6 steps
子 Zi · Rat丑 Chou · Ox

Read the two branches first

Branch coordinates, side by side
CoordinateRat 子 · ZiOx 丑 · Chou
Circle position1 of 122 of 12
Polarity & phaseYang WaterYin Earth
Double-hour23:00–00:5901:00–02:59
Month opens大雪 Major Snow小寒 Minor Cold
DirectionNorthNorth-northeast

What Rat and Ox carry beneath the surface

Shared stems

癸 Gui

Shared hidden phases

Water.

Hidden-stem map

The named branch relationships

  1. 01

    Rat and Ox form one of the six fixed 六合 pairs. This identifies their matched positions on the branch circle.

    子 Rat丑 Ox

  2. 02

    Pig, Rat, Ox form the complete winter 三会 sequence. The selected pair marks a partial seasonal group; the remaining member completes it.

    亥 Pig子 Rat丑 Ox

Earth controls Water

The pair belongs to two trines

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