Sexagenary cycle · position 34 of 60

丁酉

Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉: 1957, 2017, 2077 Years & Na Yin

丁酉 Dīng–Yǒu is pillar 34 of 60: Yin Fire over the Rooster’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Fire below the mountain 山下火. It names 1957, 2017, 2077 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Dīng–Yǒu

Branch
酉 You
Na Yin
山下火
Rooster in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 4/10丁DingYin Fire
Earthly Branch · 10/12酉YouRooster · Yin Metal
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 丁酉

01 · Visible stem

丁

Ding

Yin Fire, stem 4 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Stem restrains branch

Fire controls Metal in the five-phase controlling cycle.

Fire below the mountain

Fire below the mountain gives light close to its setting rather than across a distant horizon. Beside a day pillar, it suggests expression that becomes meaningful through proximity: something modest in reach can still be vivid to those nearby. The image distinguishes local warmth from public brilliance, with shelter and limited visibility forming part of the same scene.

山下火

English association
Fire below the mountain
Associated phase
火 Fire
Shares this Na Yin
丙申 Yang Fire Monkey

The 酉 You coordinate

Animal
Rooster
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
17:00–18:59
Month opens at
白露 White Dew
Direction
West

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 酉

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 丁 Ding as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    辛

    Primary interior stem

    偏财 Indirect Wealth
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Where 丁酉 returns

Cycle position
34 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲午
Void branches · 空亡
辰 Dragon · 巳 Snake
Stem stage at this branch
长生 Growth

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1957丁酉
  2. 2017丁酉
  3. 2077丁酉
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丁酉 as a day pillar

Ding’s classical description combines a yielding exterior with inner brightness. Its Day Master image lends itself to focused attention, thoughtful expression and care sustained through repeated small acts. The emphasis is on keeping something meaningful alight. Wood’s presence and the chart’s seasonal setting give this reading more substance than treating every Ding person as equally quiet or intense.

丁 above 酉

Fire controls Metal in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Xin 辛 (Indirect Wealth) relative to this Day Master.