Sexagenary cycle · position 06 of 60

己巳

Yin Earth Snake 己巳: 1929, 1989, 2049 Years & Na Yin

己巳 Jǐ–Sì is pillar 6 of 60: Yin Earth over the Snake’s Fire branch, with Na Yin Great forest wood 大林木. It names 1929, 1989, 2049 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Jǐ–Sì

Stem
己 Ji
Branch
巳 Si
Na Yin
大林木
Snake in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 6/10己JiYin Earth
Earthly Branch · 6/12巳SiSnake · Yin Fire
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 己巳

01 · Visible stem

己

Ji

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

02 · Phase relation

Branch feeds stem

Fire generates Earth, so the branch phase feeds the visible stem.

Great forest wood

Great forest wood brings many branches, roots and layers of growth into one picture. Its day-pillar symbolism concerns development through connection: individual growth becomes part of a larger living pattern. Abundance is the central quality, while crowded growth supplies the counterpoint, asking how room for a particular direction remains visible within all that surrounds it.

大林木

English association
Great forest wood
Associated phase
木 Wood
Shares this Na Yin
戊辰 Yang Earth Dragon

The 巳 Si coordinate

Animal
Snake
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
09:00–10:59
Month opens at
立夏 Start of Summer
Direction
South-southeast

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 巳

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

  1. 01

    丙

    Primary interior stem

    正印 Direct Resource
  2. 02

    庚

    Middle interior stem

    伤官 Hurting Officer
  3. 03

    戊

    Residual interior stem

    劫财 Rob Wealth
Open all twelve hidden-stem interiors

Where 己巳 returns

Cycle position
06 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲子
Void branches · 空亡
戌 Dog · 亥 Pig
Stem stage at this branch
帝旺 Prosperity

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1929己巳
  2. 1989己巳
  3. 2049己巳
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己巳 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 巳

Fire generates Earth, so the branch phase feeds the visible stem. The day branch holds Bing 丙 (Direct Resource), Geng 庚 (Hurting Officer), Wu 戊 (Rob Wealth) relative to this Day Master.