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.

What is fixed inside 丁酉
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.
- 01
辛
Primary interior stem
偏财 Indirect Wealth
Where 丁酉 returns
- Cycle position
- 34 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲午
- Stem stage at this branch
- 长生 Growth
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1957丁酉
- 2017丁酉
- 2077丁酉
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.