Sexagenary cycle · position 01 of 60
甲子
Yang Wood Rat 甲子: 1924, 1984, 2044 Years & Na Yin
甲子 Jiǎ–Zǐ is pillar 1 of 60: Yang Wood over the Rat’s Water branch, with Na Yin Gold in the sea 海中金. It names 1924, 1984, 2044 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 甲子
Gold in the sea
Gold in the sea pictures something precious concealed beneath a much larger surface. In a day-pillar reading, the image turns attention to qualities that are present before they are easily recognised. Depth and protection matter here: an idea can be carefully held without being absent, although concealment can also leave its shape difficult for others to see.
海中金
- English association
- Gold in the sea
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 乙丑 Yin Wood Ox
The 子 Zi coordinate
- Animal
- Rat
- Branch polarity
- Yang
- Double hour
- 23:00–00:59
- Month opens at
- 大雪 Major Snow
- Direction
- North
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 子
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 甲 Jia as the reference stem.
- 01
癸
Primary interior stem
正印 Direct Resource
Where 甲子 returns
- Cycle position
- 01 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲子
- Stem stage at this branch
- 沐浴 Bath
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1924甲子
- 1984甲子
- 2044甲子
甲子 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 子
Water generates Wood, so the branch phase feeds the visible stem. The day branch holds Gui 癸 (Direct Resource) relative to this Day Master.