yi-si day pillar

乙巳 sends yin wood into 巳, the Snake, a fire branch that wood generates. Here the classical tables are at peace: 淵海子平, 神峰通考 and 三命通會 all hold 丙, 庚 and 戊 in 巳, with only the order changing. Each is yang against a yin stem, so 丙 is the Hurting Officer, 庚 the Direct Officer and 戊 Direct Wealth.

Right after the lamp of 甲辰 comes 灯光也, lamplight, in 三命通會 卷一, with the note 同上, same as above. The pair therefore inherits what the lamp likes, and 尤喜申酉及秋 adds a special fondness for 申, 酉 and autumn. Lamp Fire is the 納音 they share.

Right after Growth comes Bath, 沐浴, named for washing. 三命通會 records 败, ruin, as an alternate name for this step, a harsher word for the same spot on the count.