Sexagenary cycle · position 20 of 60

癸未

Yin Water Goat 癸未: 1943, 2003, 2063 Years & Na Yin

癸未 Guǐ–Wèi is pillar 20 of 60: Yin Water over the Goat’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Willow wood 杨柳木. It names 1943, 2003, 2063 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.

Guǐ–Wèi

Branch
未 Wei
Na Yin
杨柳木
Goat in a traditional Chinese landscape
Heavenly Stem · 10/10癸GuiYin Water
Earthly Branch · 8/12未WeiGoat · Yin Earth
Both sequences advance one position at a time. This exact pair returns after sixty steps.

What is fixed inside 癸未

01 · Visible stem

癸

Gui

Yin Water, stem 10 in the ten-stem sequence.

02 · Phase relation

Branch restrains stem

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle.

Willow wood

Willow wood offers a supple branch rather than the rigid outline of a trunk. As a day-pillar image, it brings responsiveness, graceful adjustment and the ability to retain a connection while changing shape. Flexibility is the point of the picture; its counterweight is rootedness, so that bending with an encounter does not erase a distinct centre.

杨柳木

English association
Willow wood
Associated phase
木 Wood
Shares this Na Yin
壬午 Yang Water Horse

The 未 Wei coordinate

Animal
Goat
Branch polarity
Yin
Double hour
13:00–14:59
Month opens at
小暑 Minor Heat
Direction
South-southwest

Inside this branch · 藏干

Hidden stems carried by 未

The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 癸 Gui as the reference stem.

  1. 01

    己

    Primary interior stem

    七杀 Seven Killings
  2. 02

    丁

    Middle interior stem

    偏财 Indirect Wealth
  3. 03

    乙

    Residual interior stem

    食神 Eating God
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Where 癸未 returns

Cycle position
20 / 60
Ten-position decade · 旬
甲戌
Void branches · 空亡
申 Monkey · 酉 Rooster
Stem stage at this branch
墓 Tomb

Annual returns in the supported range

Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.

  1. 1943癸未
  2. 2003癸未
  3. 2063癸未
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癸未 as a day pillar

Gui’s traditional description emphasises quietness, subtle movement and the ability to nourish through contact. Its Day Master image invites a reading of close observation, responsiveness and influence exercised in small increments. A useful reflection is how something understated becomes effective. The wider chart supplies the context for understanding where this Water is gathered, supported or drawn into activity.

癸 above 未

Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Ji 己 (Seven Killings), Ding 丁 (Indirect Wealth), Yi 乙 (Eating God) relative to this Day Master.