Sexagenary cycle · position 50 of 60
癸丑
Yin Water Ox 癸丑: 1913, 1973, 2033, 2093 Years & Na Yin
癸丑 Guǐ–Chǒu is pillar 50 of 60: Yin Water over the Ox’s Earth branch, with Na Yin Mulberry wood 桑柘木. It names 1913, 1973, 2033, 2093 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 癸丑
Mulberry wood
Mulberry wood belongs to a picture of cultivation in which a tree’s growth also supports the making of silk. Applied to a day pillar, it suggests contribution through a connected process: one form of care provides material for another. Its meaning is found in this chain of use and renewal rather than in height or solitary display.
桑柘木
- English association
- Mulberry wood
- Associated phase
- 木 Wood
- Shares this Na Yin
- 壬子 Yang Water Rat
The 丑 Chou coordinate
- Animal
- Ox
- Branch polarity
- Yin
- Double hour
- 01:00–02:59
- Month opens at
- 小寒 Minor Cold
- Direction
- North-northeast
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 丑
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 癸 Gui as the reference stem.
- 01
己
Primary interior stem
七杀 Seven Killings - 02
癸
Middle interior stem
比肩 Friend - 03
辛
Residual interior stem
偏印 Indirect Resource
Where 癸丑 returns
- Cycle position
- 50 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲辰
- Stem stage at this branch
- 冠带 Cap and Gown
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1913癸丑
- 1973癸丑
- 2033癸丑
- 2093癸丑
癸丑 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 丑
Earth controls Water in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Ji 己 (Seven Killings), Gui 癸 (Friend), Xin 辛 (Indirect Resource) relative to this Day Master.