Fire Rooster
Dīng Yǒu, yin
- Stem
- 丁 fire, yin
- Branch
- 酉 rooster
- 納音
- 山下火 Fire at the Foot of the Mountain
- Years
- 1957, 2017, 2077
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
The Fire Rooster sets yin fire against the metal of 酉. Fire melts metal, so stem overcomes branch in 丁酉. Look to 1957 and 2017 for examples.
The handbook's words for its 納音, Fire at the Foot of the Mountain, are unusually frank: drawn in like a tortoise, small in strength, with a light that does not reach far. The stem is also fire here, an overlap that follows from the position in the sixty.
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.