甲子 · 六十甲子第 1 位
Jia Zi (甲子) is number 1 in the cycle of sixty stem-and-branch pairs that numbers years, months, days and hours: the stem Jia (甲), yang Wood, on top of the Rat branch, Zi (子).
What these words mean
- BaZi (八字): Chinese "four pillars" astrology. The moment you were born is written as four pillars, for the year, the month, the day and the hour.
- Pillar: a pair of symbols: a stem written on top and a branch below it. Your year pillar is the pair for your year of birth, and your day pillar the pair for your day of birth. Four pillars make eight symbols, which is what BaZi means: "eight characters".
- Stem (天干, Heavenly Stem): the top symbol of a pillar. There are ten. Each is one of the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) in its yang or its yin form.
- Branch (地支, Earthly Branch): the bottom symbol of a pillar. There are twelve, each with an animal sign. The branch of your year pillar is your zodiac animal.
- Yang and yin: the two forms of each element. Yang is the bigger, bolder form (Wood as a towering tree), and yin the finer, gentler one (Wood as flowers and vines).
- Day Master (日主): the stem of your day pillar. It stands for you, and the rest of the chart is read in relation to it.
- Hidden stems (藏干): every branch holds one to three stems inside it. The strongest is called its principal qi (本气). The others are its middle qi and residual qi.
- Ten Gods (十神): the names for how any stem relates to your Day Master, such as Direct Officer or Rob Wealth. Each one stands for a part of life: work, money, people or support.
- Growth stages (十二长生): twelve stages, from Birth through Zenith to Tomb and on to Gestation, that describe how strong a stem is on a given branch, like the stages of a life.
- The Void (空亡): the two branches that a group of ten pillars leaves out. Whatever falls on them counts for less, good or bad.
- Nayin (纳音): an old element name, such as Gold in the Sea, that each pair of neighboring pillars in the cycle of sixty shares.
甲子
天干 甲 · 阳木五行 木地支 子生肖 鼠
Jia Zi: yang Wood on top of the Rat branch
纳音、旬与空亡 Nayin, group of ten and the Void
| 纳音 Nayin | 海中金 Gold in the Sea |
|---|---|
| 所在旬 Group of ten | 甲子旬，旬中第 1 位 The group headed by Jia Zi, number 1 of 10 |
| 空亡 Void | 戌亥（甲子旬十干配不到的两支） the Dog branch, Xu, and the Pig branch, Hai |
The sixty pillars run in six groups of ten, each headed by a Jia (甲) pillar. Jia Zi is the first pillar of the group headed by Jia Zi (甲子). Ten stems pair with only ten of the twelve branches, so each group leaves two branches out. Here they are the Dog branch, Xu (戌), and the Pig branch, Hai (亥). These two are the group's Void (空亡): whatever falls on them counts for less, good or bad. The nayin (纳音) of Jia Zi, the old element name it shares with its neighbor in the cycle, is Gold in the Sea (海中金).
甲子作日柱 As a day pillar
生在甲子日，日主是甲木，坐在子上。甲在子的十二长生是“沐浴”；子中藏癸（本气），对甲是正印。日支又称夫妻宫，所以这几个字也落在婚姻那一宫。
If you were born on a Jia Zi day, your Day Master is Jia (甲), yang Wood, and it sits on the Rat branch, Zi (子). In the twelve growth stages, Jia Wood on the Rat branch is at Bathing (沐浴): young, unsettled energy. The Rat branch holds one hidden stem. Gui Water (癸), its principal qi, is your Direct Resource, which stands for your mother, your education and the people who back you. The day branch is called the spouse palace, so these stems bear on your marriage.
与甲子天克地冲的是庚午、戊午：天干相克，地支相冲。
Two pillars clash with Jia Zi on both levels at once (天克地冲): Geng Wu (庚午) and Wu Wu (戊午). In each, one stem controls the other, and the Horse branch clashes with the Rat branch.
对应年份 Years with this pillar
以下年份的年柱为 甲子（以立春为界）：
In these years the year pillar is Jia Zi, each year counted from the Start of Spring (立春):
六十甲子每 60 年循环一次，同样用于纪日与纪时。The cycle of sixty repeats every 60 years. It numbers days and hours too, not only years.
生在甲子日的人，日主是甲：甲木日主的性格与盲点 →
Born on a Jia Zi day? Your Day Master is Jia Wood: read about its character and blind spots →
循环中的位置 Position in the cycle
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