Fire Goat
Dīng Wèi, yin
- Stem
- 丁 fire, yin
- Branch
- 未 goat
- 納音
- 天河水 Water of the Milky Way
- Years
- 1907, 1967, 2027, 2087
Each listed year runs from its boundary to the next one, and it depends on the convention. Early dates in the calendar year can belong to the year before.
About this year
Yin fire over earth: 丁未 joins the stem 丁 with the branch 未, the Goat. Fire makes earth, so the stem gives rise to the branch. The years 1967 and 2027 are examples.
The 納音 Water of the Milky Way continues from the year before. The Ming text says energy is at the turn between rising and falling, and it places such water in the sky alone. Neither half of the pair is water, since the name belongs to the slot and the slot was counted on its own terms.
Where this text comes from
The 納音 name follows the Wikisource text of 三命通會, volume 1, the only witness we found for the full set of names. The polarity of the stems and branches and the generating and overcoming cycles follow 五行大義 volume 2.
- 三命通會 卷一 (Wikisource 三命通會/卷一, SIMPLIFIED script as stored on Wikisource)
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- 五行大義 卷二 (Wikisource 五行大義/2, traditional script)
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The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.