ding-chou day pillar

丁 fire gives rise to 丑 earth, so in this pair the output runs from stem to branch. The stage is Tomb, which 三命通會 also names 库, a storehouse. It holds both senses at once when it speaks of things that have finished their work and are put away in store.

Handbooks list 己, 癸 and 辛 inside 丑, in differing orders. From 丁 those read as Eating God, Seven Killings and Indirect Wealth. 三命通會 writes 庚 where the others write 辛, and from 丁 that yang stem would be Direct Wealth.

三命通會 卷一 gives this half of 澗下水 a very still scene: 水之不流清澈处, a spot where water stops flowing and stands clear. That suits the ravine name far better than the rivers of 丙子. 喜金及夏 follows, pleased by metal and summer.