Sexagenary cycle · position 36 of 60

己亥

Yin Earth Pig 己亥: 1959, 2019, 2079 Years & Na Yin

己亥 Jǐ–Hài is pillar 36 of 60: Yin Earth over the Pig’s Water branch, with Na Yin Level-ground wood 平地木. It names 1959, 2019, 2079 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Jǐ–Hài

Stem
己 Ji
Branch
亥 Hai
Na Yin
平地木
Pig in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 6/10己JiYin Earth
Earthly Branch · 12/12亥HaiPig · Yin Water
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 己亥

01 · Visible stem

己

Ji

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

02 · Phase relation

Stem restrains branch

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle.

Level-ground wood

Level-ground wood places the emphasis near the earth, where growth rests on roots and the space available to establish itself. Its day-pillar symbolism concerns a beginning held in ordinary surroundings rather than the crowded height of a forest. The picture gives quiet preparation its own form, with what is rooted below shaping what can later become visible.

平地木

English association
Level-ground wood
Associated phase
木 Wood
Shares this Na Yin
戊戌 Yang Earth Dog

The 亥 Hai coordinate

Animal
Pig
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
21:00–22:59
Month opens at
立冬 Start of Winter
Direction
North-northwest

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 亥

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

  1. 01

    壬

    Primary interior stem

    正财 Direct Wealth
  2. 02

    甲

    Middle interior stem

    正官 Direct Officer
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Where 己亥 returns

Cycle position
36 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲午
Void branches · 空亡
辰 Dragon · 巳 Snake
Stem stage at this branch
胎 Conception

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1959己亥
  2. 2019己亥
  3. 2079己亥
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己亥 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 亥

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Ren 壬 (Direct Wealth), Jia 甲 (Direct Officer) relative to this Day Master.