Sexagenary cycle · position 53 of 60
丙辰
Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰: 1916, 1976, 2036, 2096 Years & Na Yin
丙辰 Bǐng–Chén is pillar 53 of 60: Yang Fire over the Dragon’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Earth in the sand 沙中土. It names 1916, 1976, 2036, 2096 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 丙辰
Earth in the sand
Earth in the sand is a mixed, workable ground rather than a completed wall or roof. The classical image places it before final form, with moisture contributing to its usefulness. In a day-pillar reading, this becomes a symbol of receptivity and formation: a setting can support development while still leaving its own arrangement open.
沙中土
- English association
- Earth in the sand
- Associated phase
- 土 Earth
- Shares this Na Yin
- 丁巳 Yin Fire Snake
The 辰 Chen coordinate
- Animal
- Dragon
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 07:00–08:59
- Month opens at
- 清明 Clear and Bright
- Direction
- East-southeast
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 辰
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 丙 Bing as the reference stem.
- 01
戊
Primary interior stem
食神 Eating God - 02
乙
Middle interior stem
正印 Direct Resource - 03
癸
Residual interior stem
正官 Direct Officer
Where 丙辰 returns
- Cycle position
- 53 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲寅
- Stem stage at this branch
- 冠带 Cap and Gown
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1916丙辰
- 1976丙辰
- 2036丙辰
- 2096丙辰
丙辰 as a day pillar
Bing’s Fire is expansive and readily felt. Read through the Day Master, this image suggests vivid expression, direct engagement and an impulse to bring things into the open. Its intensity gives the interpretation movement and warmth. The surrounding chart helps distinguish a clear, sustained expression from heat that builds faster than it can find a useful outlet.
丙 above 辰
Fire generates Earth, so the visible stem feeds the branch phase. The day branch holds Wu 戊 (Eating God), Yi 乙 (Direct Resource), Gui 癸 (Direct Officer) relative to this Day Master.