Sexagenary cycle · position 22 of 60
乙酉
Yin Wood Rooster 乙酉: 1945, 2005, 2065 Years & Na Yin
乙酉 Yǐ–Yǒu is pillar 22 of 60: Yin Wood over the Rooster’s Metal branch, with Na Yin Water in the spring 泉中水. It names 1945, 2005, 2065 and returns as a day pillar every 60 days.
What is fixed inside 乙酉
Water in the spring
Spring water is a source approached repeatedly, with value in its continuing availability rather than in a dramatic flood. In a day-pillar reading, it becomes an image of replenishment, clarity and a contribution that can be returned to. Its scale is intimate: a definite source serves many small needs without needing to resemble an entire sea.
泉中水
- English association
- Water in the spring
- Associated phase
- 水 Water
- Shares this Na Yin
- 甲申 Yang Wood 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 乙 Yi as the reference stem.
- 01
辛
Primary interior stem
七杀 Seven Killings
Where 乙酉 returns
- Cycle position
- 22 / 60
- Ten-position decade · 旬
- 甲申
- Stem stage at this branch
- 绝 Extinction
Annual returns in the supported range
Every occurrence from 1901 through 2099 is shown.
- 1945乙酉
- 2005乙酉
- 2065乙酉
乙酉 as a day pillar
Yi brings the image of supple growth that reaches its destination through small adjustments. A Day Master reading can explore adaptability, responsiveness and the ability to work with surrounding conditions. The vine’s connection to a larger tree also gives this image a relational quality: support can extend its reach, while excessive accommodation can obscure its own direction.
乙 above 酉
Metal controls Wood in the five-phase controlling cycle. The day branch holds Xin 辛 (Seven Killings) relative to this Day Master.