Wood Goat
Yǐ Wèi, yin
- Stem
- 乙 wood, yin
- Branch
- 未 goat
- 納音
- 沙中金 Gold in the Sand
- Years
- 1955, 2015, 2075
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
乙未, the Wood Goat, is yin wood over the earth of 未. Under the overcoming cycle wood parts earth, the same relation found in 乙丑 on the far side of the circle. It marked 1955 and 2015.
Gold in the Sand, this year's 納音, is shared with the year before, 甲午. The handbook adds that by this stage the material has grown solid, with fire as the place of its refining. Metal is absent from both the stem and the branch, so read the name as a marker in the cycle and keep it separate from the Wood in the year's common English title.
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)
Retrieved 2026-11-09
The English here is our own plain wording, not a translation of a single source.