Sexagenary cycle · position 15 of 60
戊寅
Yang Earth Tiger 戊寅: 1938, 1998, 2058 Years & Na Yin
戊寅 Wù–Yín is pillar 15 of 60: Yang Earth over the Tiger’s Wood branch, with Na Yin City-wall earth 城头土. It names 1938, 1998, 2058 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 戊寅
City-wall earth
City-wall earth is ground organised into a protective boundary around a shared place. Its day-pillar symbolism centres on holding a position, defining an inside and preserving a structure that others can recognise. The useful tension is between protection and access: a wall gives the settlement form, while its gates determine how it remains connected.
城头土
- English association
- City-wall earth
- Associated phase
- 土 Earth
- Shares this Na Yin
- 己卯 Yin Earth Rabbit
The 寅 Yin coordinate
- Animal
- Tiger
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 03:00–04:59
- Month opens at
- 立春 Start of Spring
- Direction
- East-northeast
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 寅
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 戊 Wu as the reference stem.
- 01
甲
Primary interior stem
七杀 Seven Killings - 02
丙
Middle interior stem
偏印 Indirect Resource - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
比肩 Friend
Where 戊寅 returns
- Cycle position
- 15 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲戌
- Stem stage at this branch
- 长生 Growth
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1938戊寅
- 1998戊寅
- 2058戊寅
戊寅 as a day pillar
Wu’s image is thick, elevated Earth that holds a position and gives other things a foundation. A Day Master interpretation can explore steadiness, consistency and the effort involved in remaining dependable. The same image raises a question about movement: when does holding the centre preserve something valuable, and when does it make a needed adjustment difficult?
戊 above 寅
Wood controls Earth in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Jia 甲 (Seven Killings), Bing 丙 (Indirect Resource), Wu 戊 (Friend) relative to this Day Master.