乙丑 · 六十甲子第 2 位
Yi Chou (乙丑) is number 2 in the cycle of sixty stem-and-branch pairs that numbers years, months, days and hours: the stem Yi (乙), yin Wood, on top of the Ox branch, Chou (丑).
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.
乙丑
天干 乙 · 阴木五行 木地支 丑生肖 牛
Yi Chou: yin Wood on top of the Ox 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 2 位 The group headed by Jia Zi, number 2 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. Yi Chou is the second 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 Yi Chou, the old element name it shares with its neighbor in the cycle, is Gold in the Sea (海中金).
乙丑作日柱 As a day pillar
生在乙丑日，日主是乙木，坐在丑上。乙在丑的十二长生是“衰”；丑中藏己（本气），对乙是偏财；癸（中气），对乙是偏印；辛（余气），对乙是七杀。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 Yi Chou day, your Day Master is Yi (乙), yin Wood, and it sits on the Ox branch, Chou (丑). In the twelve growth stages, Yi Wood on the Ox branch is at Decline (衰): fading, but still steady. The Ox branch holds three hidden stems. Ji Earth (己), its principal qi, is your Indirect Wealth, which stands for money from opportunities and deals rather than a salary, for your network, and for your father. Gui Water (癸), its middle qi, is your Indirect Resource, which stands for unconventional learning, intuition and skills learned outside the usual paths. Xin Metal (辛), its residual qi, is your Seven Killings, which stands for pressure, nerve, rivals and hard-won authority. The day branch is called the spouse palace, so these stems bear on your marriage.
与乙丑天克地冲的是辛未、己未：天干相克，地支相冲。
Two pillars clash with Yi Chou on both levels at once (天克地冲): Xin Wei (辛未) and Ji Wei (己未). In each, one stem controls the other, and the Goat branch clashes with the Ox branch.
对应年份 Years with this pillar
以下年份的年柱为 乙丑（以立春为界）：
In these years the year pillar is Yi Chou, 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.
生在乙丑日的人，日主是乙：乙木日主的性格与盲点 →
Born on a Yi Chou day? Your Day Master is Yi Wood: read about its character and blind spots →
循环中的位置 Position in the cycle
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