Sexagenary cycle · position 56 of 60

己未

Yin Earth Goat 己未: 1919, 1979, 2039, 2099 Years & Na Yin

己未 Jǐ–Wèi is pillar 56 of 60: Yin Earth over the Goat’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Fire in the sky 天上火. It names 1919, 1979, 2039, 2099 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Jǐ–Wèi

Stem
己 Ji
Branch
未 Wei
Na Yin
天上火
Goat in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 6/10己JiYin Earth
Earthly Branch · 8/12未WeiGoat · Yin Earth
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 己未

01 · Visible stem

己

Ji

Yin Earth, stem 6 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Reinforcing

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

Fire in the sky

Fire in the sky takes the scale of broad illumination, making a landscape visible rather than lighting only one corner. Beside a day pillar, it suggests outward expression and a clear field of attention. The image differs from a sheltered lamp through reach, while the presence of both brightness and shadow keeps that reach from meaning identical visibility everywhere.

天上火

English association
Fire in the sky
Associated phase
火 Fire
Shares this Na Yin
戊午 Yang Earth Horse

The 未 Wei coordinate

Animal
Goat
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
13:00–14:59
Month opens at
小暑 Minor Heat
Direction
South-southwest

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 未

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 己 Ji as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    己

    Primary interior stem

    比肩 Friend
  2. 02

    丁

    Middle interior stem

    偏印 Indirect Resource
  3. 03

    乙

    Residual interior stem

    七杀 Seven Killings
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Where 己未 returns

Cycle position
56 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲寅
Void branches · 空亡
子 Rat · 丑 Ox
Stem stage at this branch
冠带 Cap and Gown

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1919己未
  2. 1979己未
  3. 2039己未
  4. 2099己未
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己未 as a day pillar

Ji is pictured as the soil of a field or garden, receptive to cultivation and able to hold what growing things need. As a Day Master image, it suggests patient involvement, practical care and development through steady attention. Its reading turns on conditions: warmth, moisture and room for growth make the surrounding chart part of the metaphor.

己 above 未

The stem and branch both carry Earth, so this pair repeats one phase rather than linking two phases. The day branch holds Ji 己 (Friend), Ding 丁 (Indirect Resource), Yi 乙 (Seven Killings) relative to this Day Master.