Sexagenary cycle · position 40 of 60
癸卯
Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯: 1903, 1963, 2023, 2083 Years & Na Yin
癸卯 Guǐ–Mǎo is pillar 40 of 60: Yin Water over the Rabbit’s Wood branch, with Na Yin Gold foil metal 金箔金. It names 1903, 1963, 2023, 2083 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 癸卯
Gold foil metal
Gold foil is metal made remarkably thin, spreading its appearance across a surface instead of taking the form of a heavy implement. Read beside a day pillar, it suggests delicacy, presentation and influence through fine detail. Its strength belongs to the quality of its application, while thinness makes the relationship with its supporting surface especially important.
金箔金
- English association
- Gold foil metal
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 壬寅 Yang Water 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 癸 Gui as the reference stem.
- 01
乙
Primary interior stem
食神 Eating God
Where 癸卯 returns
- Cycle position
- 40 / 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.
- 1903癸卯
- 1963癸卯
- 2023癸卯
- 2083癸卯
癸卯 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 卯
Water generates Wood, so the visible stem feeds the branch phase. The day branch holds Yi 乙 (Eating God) relative to this Day Master.