Wood Tiger
Jiǎ Yín, yang
- Stem
- 甲 wood, yang
- Branch
- 寅 tiger
- 納音
- 大溪水 Water of the Great Stream
- Years
- 1914, 1974, 2034, 2094
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
Both halves of 甲寅 are wood: yang wood in the stem 甲 and the wood of the branch 寅, the Tiger. With one element on both sides, neither the generating nor the overcoming cycle has work to do between them. It fell in 1974 and returns in 2034.
Water of the Great Stream is the 納音, though no water appears in the pair. Sanming Tonghui pictures energy coming out into the light and a current drawing on its source as it pours east and steadily widens. The element in such a name comes from the year's slot in the count and can sit apart from the wood of the stem.
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.