Sexagenary cycle · position 26 of 60
己丑
Yin Earth Ox 己丑: 1949, 2009, 2069 Years & Na Yin
己丑 Jǐ–Chǒu is pillar 26 of 60: Yin Earth over the Ox’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Thunderbolt fire 霹雳火. It names 1949, 2009, 2069 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 己丑
Thunderbolt fire
Thunderbolt fire places a sudden flash within the very setting associated with Water. Its day-pillar symbolism is the interruption that makes a hidden charge visible: a moment of sharp expression against a quieter background. Contrast matters more than duration here, distinguishing a revealing instant from the steady warmth of a furnace or the broad light of the sky.
霹雳火
- English association
- Thunderbolt fire
- Associated phase
- 火 Fire
- Shares this Na Yin
- 戊子 Yang Earth Rat
The 丑 Chou coordinate
- Animal
- Ox
- Branch polarity
- Yin
- Double hour
- 01:00–02:59
- Month opens at
- 小寒 Minor Cold
- Direction
- North-northeast
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 丑
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 己 Ji as the reference stem.
- 01
己
Primary interior stem
比肩 Friend - 02
癸
Middle interior stem
偏财 Indirect Wealth - 03
辛
Residual interior stem
食神 Eating God
Where 己丑 returns
- Cycle position
- 26 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲申
- Stem stage at this branch
- 墓 Tomb
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1949己丑
- 2009己丑
- 2069己丑
己丑 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 丑
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), Gui 癸 (Indirect Wealth), Xin 辛 (Eating God) relative to this Day Master.