Sexagenary cycle · position 10 of 60
癸酉
Yin Water Rooster 癸酉: 1933, 1993, 2053 Years & Na Yin
癸酉 Guǐ–Yǒu is pillar 10 of 60: Yin Water over the Rooster’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Sword-edge metal 剑锋金. It names 1933, 1993, 2053 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 癸酉
Sword-edge metal
Sword-edge metal is metal brought to a definite edge through shaping and tempering. As a day-pillar image, it places precision, distinction and readiness at the centre of the reading. An edge makes a clear separation possible, but the metaphor also contains a question of proportion: when does necessary definition become sharper than the situation requires?
剑锋金
- English association
- Sword-edge metal
- Associated phase
- 金 Metal
- Shares this Na Yin
- 壬申 Yang Water Monkey
The 酉 You coordinate
- Animal
- Rooster
- Branch polarity
- Yin
- Double hour
- 17:00–18:59
- Month opens at
- 白露 White Dew
- Direction
- West
Inside this branch · 藏干
Hidden stems carried by 酉
The relationship name below compares each interior stem with 癸 Gui as the reference stem.
- 01
辛
Primary interior stem
偏印 Indirect Resource
Where 癸酉 returns
- Cycle position
- 10 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲子
- Stem stage at this branch
- 病 Sickness
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1933癸酉
- 1993癸酉
- 2053癸酉
癸酉 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 酉
Metal generates Water, so the branch phase feeds the visible stem. The day branch holds Xin 辛 (Indirect Resource) relative to this Day Master.