Water Goat
Guǐ Wèi, yin
- Stem
- 癸 water, yin
- Branch
- 未 goat
- 納音
- 楊柳木 Willow Wood
- Years
- 1943, 2003, 2063
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
癸未 places yin water over the earth of 未, the Goat, and earth dams water. Branch overcomes stem in this case. 1943 and 2003 are years of this type.
As a 納音, Willow Wood covers 壬午 and 癸未 alike. Here the handbook's phrase about burial at 未 applies directly to the branch of the year, an unusually neat link between image and position. Wood itself is in neither half, and the label is doing its usual work of marking a slot.
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.