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Heavenly Stem 06 of 10 · 天干

己

Ji 己 Yin Earth Stem: Day Master Meaning, Years Ending in 9

Ji 己 Yin Earth is stem 6 of 10; it heads animal years ending in 9 (1999, 2009, 2019, 2029), combines with Jia 甲 and has no partner in the four stem clashes. Apply the year boundary to January and February births.

jǐ

Polarity
Yin
Phase partner
戊 Wu
A late-summer landscape of terraces, grain fields and an earthen courtyard
The turn of each season · CentreThis landscape visualises the traditional seasonal and directional correspondences of Earth. Ji's yin position is supplied by the stem itself.

Traditional Day Master reading

Ji: Cultivated soil that receives and nourishes

Ji is pictured as the soil of a field or garden, receptive to cultivation and able to hold what growing things need. As a Day Master image, it suggests patient involvement, practical care and development through steady attention. Its reading turns on conditions: warmth, moisture and room for growth make the surrounding chart part of the metaphor.

What stays fixed for Ji

Sequence position
6 of 10

After 戊 Wu; before 庚 Geng.

Five Combination · 五合
甲 Jia

The reciprocal partner five positions away in the stem sequence.

Four stem clashes · 天干相沖
None: Wu and Ji are outside these four pairs

Every Ji pillar in the cycle

  1. Position 06己巳Example year 1989
  2. Position 16己卯Example year 1999
  3. Position 26己丑Example year 2009
  4. Position 36己亥Example year 2019
  5. Position 46己酉Example year 2029
  6. Position 56己未Example year 2039

Where 己 is carried as a hidden stem

  1. 01

    丑

    Ox · Chou

    Earth branch

    primary

    The branch’s principal interior stem

  2. 02

    午

    Horse · Wu

    Fire branch

    middle

    The second stem in the branch’s interior order

  3. 03

    未

    Goat · Wei

    Earth branch

    primary

    The branch’s principal interior stem

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How Ji names all ten stem relationships

  1. 01甲JiaYang WoodIt controls the Day Master · different polarity正官Direct Officerzhèng guān
  2. 02乙YiYin WoodIt controls the Day Master · same polarity七杀Seven Killingsqī shā
  3. 03丙BingYang FireIt generates the Day Master · different polarity正印Direct Resourcezhèng yìn
  4. 04丁DingYin FireIt generates the Day Master · same polarity偏印Indirect Resourcepiān yìn
  5. 05戊WuYang EarthSame phase · different polarity劫财Rob Wealthjié cái
  6. 06己JiYin EarthSame phase · same polarity比肩Friendbǐ jiān
  7. 07庚GengYang MetalDay Master generates it · different polarity伤官Hurting Officershāng guān
  8. 08辛XinYin MetalDay Master generates it · same polarity食神Eating Godshí shén
  9. 09壬RenYang WaterDay Master controls it · different polarity正财Direct Wealthzhèng cái
  10. 10癸GuiYin WaterDay Master controls it · same polarity偏财Indirect Wealthpiān cái
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