Sexagenary cycle · position 28 of 60
辛卯
Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯: 1951, 2011, 2071 Years & Na Yin
辛卯 Xīn–Mǎo is pillar 28 of 60: Yin Metal over the Rabbit’s Wood branch, with Na Yin Pine and cypress wood 松柏木. It names 1951, 2011, 2071 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

What is fixed inside 辛卯
Pine and cypress wood
Pine and cypress wood presents an evergreen form that remains recognisable through the cold season. Read beside a day pillar, it suggests continuity of character, a durable outline and strength expressed by remaining present. The image is not rapid expansion; its interest lies in how a stable form meets changing surroundings without becoming entirely closed to them.
松柏木
- English association
- Pine and cypress wood
- Associated phase
- 木 Wood
- Shares this Na Yin
- 庚寅 Yang Metal Tiger
The 卯 Mao coordinate
- Animal
- Rabbit
- Branch polarity
- Yin
- Double hour
- 05:00–06:59
- Month opens at
- 惊蛰 Awakening of Insects
- Direction
- East
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 卯
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 辛 Xin as the reference stem.
- 01
乙
Primary interior stem
偏财 Indirect Wealth
Where 辛卯 returns
- Cycle position
- 28 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲申
- Stem stage at this branch
- 绝 Extinction
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1951辛卯
- 2011辛卯
- 2071辛卯
辛卯 as a day pillar
Xin draws attention to fineness, clarity and the conditions that allow a material’s qualities to show. A Day Master reading can explore discernment, sensitivity to detail and care over how something is expressed. The image also contains a tension between refinement and excessive scrutiny. Surrounding Earth, Water and Fire shape how the classical texts develop this theme.
辛 above 卯
Metal controls Wood in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Yi 乙 (Indirect Wealth) relative to this Day Master.