Sexagenary cycle · position 18 of 60
辛巳
Yin Metal Snake 辛巳: 1941, 2001, 2061 Years & Na Yin
辛巳 Xīn–Sì is pillar 18 of 60: Yin Metal over the Snake’s Fire branch, with Na Yin White-wax metal 白蜡金. It names 1941, 2001, 2061 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 辛巳
White-wax metal
White-wax metal names a stage of metal still associated with ore and refinement, not a candle made of wax. Read with a day pillar, its image is potential acquiring a clearer form through a process of separation and shaping. The emphasis falls on what is becoming identifiable, with an unfinished surface leaving room for further definition.
白蜡金
- English association
- White-wax metal
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 庚辰 Yang Metal 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 辛 Xin as the reference stem.
- 01
丙
Primary interior stem
正官 Direct Officer - 02
庚
Middle interior stem
劫财 Rob Wealth - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
正印 Direct Resource
Where 辛巳 returns
- Cycle position
- 18 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲戌
- Stem stage at this branch
- 死 Death
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1941辛巳
- 2001辛巳
- 2061辛巳
辛巳 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 巳
Fire controls Metal in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Bing 丙 (Direct Officer), Geng 庚 (Rob Wealth), Wu 戊 (Direct Resource) relative to this Day Master.