Sexagenary cycle · position 51 of 60

甲寅

Yang Wood Tiger 甲寅: 1914, 1974, 2034, 2094 Years & Na Yin

甲寅 Jiǎ–Yín is pillar 51 of 60: Yang Wood over the Tiger’s Wood branch, with Na Yin Great-stream water 大溪水. It names 1914, 1974, 2034, 2094 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Jiǎ–Yín

Branch
寅 Yin
Na Yin
大溪水
Tiger in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 1/10甲JiaYang Wood
Earthly Branch · 3/12寅YinTiger · Yang Wood
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 甲寅

01 · Visible stem

甲

Jia

Yang Wood, stem 1 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Reinforcing

The stem and branch both carry Wood, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases.

Great-stream water

Great-stream water expands from its source into a wider, more forceful course. As a day-pillar image, it brings momentum, encounter and the way a growing current changes its relationship with the banks. The scene is more outward-moving than a quiet spring, placing attention on how direction is maintained as the scale of movement increases.

大溪水

English association
Great-stream water
Associated phase
水 Water
Shares this Na Yin
乙卯 Yin Wood 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 甲 Jia as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    甲

    Primary interior stem

    比肩 Friend
  2. 02

    丙

    Middle interior stem

    食神 Eating God
  3. 03

    戊

    Residual interior stem

    偏财 Indirect Wealth
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Where 甲寅 returns

Cycle position
51 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲寅
Void branches · 空亡
子 Rat · 丑 Ox
Stem stage at this branch
沐浴 Bath

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1914甲寅
  2. 1974甲寅
  3. 2034甲寅
  4. 2094甲寅
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甲寅 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 寅

The stem and branch both carry Wood, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Jia 甲 (Friend), Bing 丙 (Eating God), Wu 戊 (Indirect Wealth) relative to this Day Master.