Sexagenary cycle · position 30 of 60
癸巳
Yin Water Snake 癸巳: 1953, 2013, 2073 Years & Na Yin
癸巳 Guǐ–Sì is pillar 30 of 60: Yin Water over the Snake’s Fire branch, with Na Yin Long-flowing water 长流水. It names 1953, 2013, 2073 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 癸巳
Long-flowing water
Long-flowing water emphasises continuation: one stretch of movement leads into another rather than ending at the first basin. As a day-pillar image, it suggests a sense of sequence, sustained exchange and attention to where an ongoing process is headed. Its defining contrast is with the isolated pool, placing meaning in connection between stages rather than a single arrival.
长流水
- English association
- Long-flowing water
- Associated phase
- 水 Water
- Shares this Na Yin
- 壬辰 Yang Water 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 癸 Gui as the reference stem.
- 01
丙
Primary interior stem
正财 Direct Wealth - 02
庚
Middle interior stem
正印 Direct Resource - 03
戊
Residual interior stem
正官 Direct Officer
Where 癸巳 returns
- Cycle position
- 30 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲申
- Stem stage at this branch
- 胎 Conception
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1953癸巳
- 2013癸巳
- 2073癸巳
癸巳 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 巳
Water controls Fire in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Bing 丙 (Direct Wealth), Geng 庚 (Direct Resource), Wu 戊 (Direct Officer) relative to this Day Master.