Water Snake
Guǐ Sì, yin
- Stem
- 癸 water, yin
- Branch
- 巳 snake
- 納音
- 長流水 Long-Flowing Water
- Years
- 1953, 2013, 2073
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
Water quenches fire, and 癸巳 has the water on top: yin water 癸 above 巳, the Snake, a fire branch. The stem overcomes the branch. It was the year of 1953 and of 2013.
Sanming Tonghui places this Long-Flowing Water in the far southeast, alongside bright, abundant fire. The water still arrives at its store. A 納音 is decided by the place in the sixty, so the match with 癸 means less than it first appears.
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.