Sexagenary cycle · position 31 of 60
甲午
Yang Wood Horse 甲午: 1954, 2014, 2074 Years & Na Yin
甲午 Jiǎ–Wǔ is pillar 31 of 60: Yang Wood over the Horse’s Fire branch, with Na Yin Metal in the sand 沙中金. It names 1954, 2014, 2074 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 甲午
Metal in the sand
Metal in the sand is already substantial, yet mixed with material from which it must be distinguished. In a day-pillar reading, the image concerns discernment: recognising a definite quality without mistaking everything around it for the same substance. Selection and refinement give the picture its movement, bringing something specific into focus from a broader, less ordered setting.
沙中金
- English association
- Metal in the sand
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 乙未 Yin Wood Goat
The 午 Wu coordinate
- Animal
- Horse
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 11:00–12:59
- Month opens at
- 芒种 Grain in Ear
- Direction
- South
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 午
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 甲 Jia as the reference stem.
- 01
丁
Primary interior stem
伤官 Hurting Officer - 02
己
Middle interior stem
正财 Direct Wealth
Where 甲午 returns
- Cycle position
- 31 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲午
- Stem stage at this branch
- 死 Death
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1954甲午
- 2014甲午
- 2074甲午
甲午 as a day pillar
Jia’s traditional image is substantial Wood: roots, trunk and upward growth. As a Day Master image, it invites a reading of direction, persistence and the wish to stand by a principle. The useful tension is between staying rooted and becoming inflexible. Consider what supports that growth in the surrounding chart and where it finds an outlet.
甲 above 午
Wood generates Fire, so the visible stem feeds the branch phase. The day branch holds Ding 丁 (Hurting Officer), Ji 己 (Direct Wealth) relative to this Day Master.