BaZi – Four Pillars

Pillar 1 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Rat (子, Water) · Water nourishes Wood — the most auspicious Stem-Branch harmony · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 1984, 2044)

Pillar 2 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Ox (丑, Earth) · Earth partially controls Wood — the vine growing through cold, dense soil; perseverance over ease · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 1985, 2045)

Pillar 3 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Tiger (寅, Wood) · Wood feeds Fire — the most radiant and powerful of the Fire pillars · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 1986, 2046)

Pillar 4 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Rabbit (卯, Wood) · Wood feeds Fire — the candle made of living wood; warmth and light through artistic refinement · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 1987, 2047)

Pillar 5 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Dragon (辰, Earth with hidden Wood and Water) · Earth-Earth combination with hidden stems — the mountain containing rivers; immense power with concealed depth · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 1988, 2048)

Pillar 6 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Snake (巳, Fire with hidden Yang Fire, Yang Metal, Yang Earth) · Fire nourishes Earth — the Snake's inner warmth continuously feeds the fertile soil · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 1989, 2049)

Pillar 7 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Horse (午, Fire with hidden Yin Fire and Yin Earth) · Fire controls Metal — the forge: creative tension between the Horse's passion and the Metal's drive for structure; the blade being sharpened by heat · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 1990, 2050)

Pillar 8 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Goat (未, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Wood) · Earth generates Metal — the earth containing precious stones; deep resources of beauty and refinement embedded in the nurturing ground · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 1991, 2051)

Pillar 9 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Monkey (申, Metal with hidden Yang Metal, Yang Water, Yang Earth) · Metal generates Water — a deeply harmonious combination; the Monkey's Metal continuously enriches the ocean-like intelligence of the Yang Water Day Master · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 1992, 2052)

Pillar 10 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Rooster (酉, pure Metal with hidden Yin Metal only) · Metal generates Water — pure and harmonious; the Rooster's refined Metal feeds the Yin Water's intuitive sensitivity with crystalline clarity · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 1993, 2053)

Pillar 11 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Dog (戌, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Metal, Yin Fire) · Wood controls Earth — the roots of the great tree penetrating and organising the earth; principled authority whose drive for growth structures and transforms its environment · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 1994, 2054)

Pillar 12 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Pig (亥, Water with hidden Yang Water and Yang Wood) · Water nourishes Wood — perfect harmony; the Pig's deep oceanic water feeds the Yin Wood's creative growth, while its hidden Yang Wood creates a resonance of Wood nourishing itself · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 1995, 2055)

Pillar 13 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Rat (子, Water with hidden Yang Water only) · Water controls Fire — the focused brilliance of sunlight reflected on deep water; the Rat's intelligence tempers and concentrates the Sun's radiance into precise illumination · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 1996, 2056)

Pillar 14 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Ox (丑, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Water, Yin Metal) · Fire generates Earth — the candle's steady warmth nourishes the Ox's patient cultivation; the guiding light sustaining the methodical builder · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 1997, 2057)

Pillar 15 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Tiger (寅, Wood with hidden Yang Wood, Yang Fire, Yang Earth) · Wood controls Earth — the Tiger's explosive growth energy penetrates the mountain; the most Yang-charged branch challenging the most commanding Earth; creative dynamic tension of unstoppable initiative meeting immovable authority · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 1998, 2058)

Pillar 16 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Rabbit (卯, pure Wood with hidden Yin Wood only) · Wood controls Earth — the graceful vine shapes the cultivated garden; the spring equinox's harmony refined into a partnership of aesthetic soil and flowering growth · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 1999, 2059)

Pillar 17 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Dragon (辰, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Wood, Yin Water) · Earth generates Metal — the Dragon's mythologically complex earth contains and generates the Metal's decisive power; immense authority sharpened by the blade's cutting clarity · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 2000, 2060)

Pillar 18 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Snake (巳, Fire with hidden Yang Fire, Yang Metal, Yang Earth) · Fire controls Metal — the jewel tested by fire; the Snake's inner heat challenges and ultimately reveals the true quality of the gem; refinement achieved through pressure · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 2001, 2061)

Pillar 19 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Horse (午, Fire with hidden Yin Fire and Yin Earth) · Water controls Fire — the vast ocean and the blazing sun: oceanic wisdom tempering passionate action into something far more powerful than either alone; the great wave that carries fire within it · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 2002, 2062)

Pillar 20 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Goat (未, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Wood) · Earth controls Water — the nurturing soil gently containing the subtle rain; warmth and care as the natural container for quiet, deep sensitivity · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 2003, 2063)

Pillar 21 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Monkey (申, Metal with hidden Yang Metal, Yang Water, Yang Earth) · Metal controls Wood — the axe meeting the great tree; the challenge that tests whether the tree's strength is genuine; pioneering ambition sharpened and tested by the Monkey's cutting intelligence · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 2004, 2064)

Pillar 22 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Rooster (酉, pure Metal with hidden Yin Metal only) · Metal controls Wood — the jeweler's precise tool shaping the delicate vine; creative grace meeting discerning precision; the flower whose beauty is defined by the exactitude of its form · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 2005, 2065)

Pillar 23 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Dog (戌, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Metal, Yin Fire) · Fire generates Earth — the sun warming and illuminating the loyal guardian's earth; the Dog's hidden Yin Fire resonates with the Sun's Yang Fire, creating a warmth that is both radiant and deeply sustaining · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 2006, 2066)

Pillar 24 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Pig (亥, Water with hidden Yang Water and Yang Wood) · Water controls Fire — yet the Pig's hidden Yang Wood nourishes Yin Fire; the candle flame sustained by the deep wood within the water; interior contemplative light surviving and deepening through its encounter with the oceanic depths · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 2007, 2067)

Pillar 25 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Rat (子, Water with hidden Yang Water only) · Water controls Earth — the deep spring hollowing the mountain; intelligence creating depth within commanding solidity; the vast plain that conceals a hidden river within its foundation · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 2008, 2068)

Pillar 26 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Ox (丑, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Water, Yin Metal) · Double Earth resonance — the cultivated garden and the patient builder share the same elemental nature; the Ox's hidden Yin Water provides the moisture that keeps the garden fertile; the deepest expression of Earth's nurturing, methodical patience · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 2009, 2069)

Pillar 27 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Tiger (寅, Wood with hidden Yang Wood, Yang Fire, Yang Earth) · Metal controls Wood — the great sword in the forest; the Tiger's hidden Yang Fire also controls Metal in return; a triple-Yang tension of extraordinary dynamic energy producing both decisive power and the pressure that continually refines it · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 2010, 2070)

Pillar 28 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Rabbit (卯, pure Wood with hidden Yin Wood only) · Metal controls Wood — the jeweler's needle and the spring vine; the most delicate and intimate of all controlling relationships, where the precision of the gem-cutter meets the natural grace of the flowering plant · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 2011, 2071)

Pillar 29 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Dragon (辰, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Wood, Yin Water) · The Dragon's hidden Yin Water (癸) resonates with and sustains the Yang Water Day Master — a Water-within-Earth affinity; Earth normally controls Water, but the Dragon's hidden Water creates an internal resource that makes the ocean self-sustaining; mythological depth meeting oceanic intelligence · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 2012, 2072)

Pillar 30 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Snake (巳, Fire with hidden Yang Fire, Yang Earth, Yang Metal) · Water controls Fire — the gentle rain meeting the summer furnace; the Snake's hidden Yang Metal generates Water in return, creating a subtle reciprocal relationship: the element that Water controls also secretly sustains it · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 2013, 2073)

Pillar 31 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Horse (午, Fire with hidden Yang Fire and Yin Fire) · Wood generates Fire — the great tree feeding the summer flame; the Horse's Yang Fire is the natural output of the Yang Wood's vitality, creating an expression dynamic of pure, uninhibited upward expansion: the tallest tree reaching toward the brightest sky · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 2014, 2074)

Pillar 32 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Goat (未, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Wood) · The Goat's hidden Yin Wood (乙) is identical to the Day Master — a self-rooting vine: the most complete self-sufficiency in the cycle, the creeper that finds its own anchor within the earth itself · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 2015, 2075)

Pillar 33 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Monkey (申, Metal with hidden Yang Metal, Yang Water, Yang Earth) · Fire controls Metal — the sun melting the ore; but the Monkey's hidden Yang Water controls Fire in return, creating a mutual-control dynamic of extraordinary tension and productive paradox: the brilliance that shapes the instrument that limits the brilliance · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 2016, 2076)

Pillar 34 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Rooster (酉, pure Metal with hidden Yin Metal only) · Fire controls Metal — the candle's flame and the gold needle; the most intimate and precise of all Fire-Metal encounters, where the small flame does not overwhelm but refines: the jeweller's torch that shapes without destroying · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 2017, 2077)

Pillar 35 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Dog (戌, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Metal) · Double Earth resonance — the mountain and the guardian share their elemental nature; the Dog's hidden Yin Fire warms and energises the Earth; the hidden Yin Metal adds a discriminating intelligence to the commanding solidity; a combination of extraordinary loyalty and principled steadfastness · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 2018, 2078)

Pillar 36 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Pig (亥, Water with hidden Yang Water and Yin Wood) · Water controls Earth and Wood penetrates Earth — a double controlling dynamic of unusual depth: the underground river softening the garden soil while roots work through it; the most receptively intelligent of all Earth expressions · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 2019, 2079)

Pillar 37 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Rat (子, pure Water with hidden Yang Water only) · Metal generates Water — the great blade sweating the living spring; decisive authority producing the quick, adaptive intelligence that flows from it; the sword that generates the river · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 2020, 2080)

Pillar 38 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Ox (丑, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Water, Yin Metal) · The Ox's hidden Yin Metal (辛) is identical to the Day Master — the jewel embedded in its own native earth; Earth generates Metal in the cycle, and here the source and the product are the same element: the most self-nourishing of all Yin Metal expressions, patient refinement sustained from within its own ground · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 2021, 2081)

Pillar 39 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Tiger (寅, Wood with hidden Yang Wood, Yang Fire, Yang Earth) · Water generates Wood — the great ocean feeding the great forest; the Tiger's hidden Yang Fire is also controlled by Water; a dual dynamic of nourishing power: the ocean sustains the forest while simultaneously governing the fire within it, producing an intelligence of sweeping authority · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 2022, 2082)

Pillar 40 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Rabbit (卯, pure Wood with hidden Yin Wood only) · Water generates Wood — the dew that nourishes the vine; both are Yin, both are the most delicate expressions of their element: the most intimate and tender of all generative relationships in the entire cycle, the morning rain and the spring blossom · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 2023, 2083)

Pillar 41 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Dragon (辰, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Wood, Yin Water) · Earth controls Wood — but the Dragon's hidden Yin Wood (乙) shares the tree's nature, and the hidden Yin Water (癸) nourishes the tree within the controlling earth: the tree rooted in the dragon's earth, sustained by a hidden spring, resisting the earth's control through the depth of its own rooting · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 2024, 2084)

Pillar 42 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Snake (巳, Fire with hidden Yang Fire, Yang Earth, Yang Metal) · Wood generates Fire — the vine feeding the summer furnace; but the Snake's hidden Yang Metal also controls the Yin Wood Day Master: a creative tension of expression and restraint, the vine that generates brilliance while being shaped by the instrument it creates · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 2025, 2085)

Pillar 43 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Horse (午, Fire with hidden Yang Fire and Yin Fire) · Double Fire — the sun meeting the summer solstice; Day Master and Branch share the same element in its most blazing expression; the most radiant and expansively vital of all Fire combinations, the sun at noon on the longest day · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 2026, 2086)

Pillar 44 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Goat (未, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Wood) · The Goat's hidden Yin Fire (丁) is identical to the Day Master; Yin Wood nourishes the flame; Fire generates Earth (output): a self-sustaining warm cycle — the candle finds its own fuel in the Wood hidden within the earth, burns with the same quality as its own nature, and generates the ash that enriches the ground · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 2027, 2087)

Pillar 45 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Monkey (申, Metal with hidden Yang Metal, Yang Water, Yang Earth) · The Monkey's hidden Yang Earth (戊) is identical to the Day Master; Earth generates Metal — the mountain producing the ore; the Monkey's Yang Water controls Earth in turn: self-generating authority that produces ingenious instruments which then challenge their own source · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 2028, 2088)

Pillar 46 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Rooster (酉, pure Metal with hidden Yin Metal only) · Earth generates Metal — the cultivated garden producing the most refined gem; Yin Earth generating Yin Metal: the most intimate and perfectly matched generative relationship, the soil that produces the most exquisite of its own treasures · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 2029, 2089)

Pillar 47 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Dog (戌, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Metal) · Earth generates Metal — the Dog's Yang Earth feeds the great blade; the Dog's hidden Yin Fire controls Metal — the inner fire that tests and refines the sword; the Dog's Yin Metal resonates with the Day Master: the blade forged by its own inner fire in its own generative earth · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 2030, 2090)

Pillar 48 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Pig (亥, Water with hidden Yang Water and Yin Wood) · Metal generates Water — the jewel sweating the living spring; the needle's precision producing the flowing, adaptive intelligence; a purely generative relationship where the most refined of all Metal expressions becomes the source of the most comprehensive of all Water expressions · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 2031, 2091)

Pillar 49 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Rat (子, pure Water with hidden Yang Water only) · Double Yang Water — Day Master and Branch share the same element in its most pure and concentrated expression; the most completely and uninhibitedly Water of all sixty pillars; the great ocean at midnight, the deepest and most comprehensive intelligence at the deepest point of the annual cycle · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 2032, 2092)

Pillar 50 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Ox (丑, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Water, Yin Metal) · The Ox's hidden Yin Water (癸) is identical to the Day Master; Earth controls Water — but the spring persists within the frozen winter earth; the underground river that keeps flowing beneath the field that would contain it: hidden persistence within patient constraint · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 2033, 2093)

Pillar 51 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Wood (甲) · Branch: Tiger (寅, Wood with hidden Yang Wood, Yang Fire, Yang Earth) · Double Yang Wood — the great tree in its own native forest; Day Master and Branch share their primary element, both at their most upright and expansive; the most completely and powerfully Wood of all combinations, the primal forest in its fullest expression · Year: cycle years ending in 4 (e.g. 2034, 2094)

Pillar 52 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Wood (乙) · Branch: Rabbit (卯, pure Wood with hidden Yin Wood only) · Perfect self-resonance — Yin Wood and Yin Wood; the vine and the vine; the most completely self-identical combination in the entire cycle; the spring equinox grace fully at home in its own element, the flowering plant in the meadow of its own kind · Year: cycle years ending in 5 (e.g. 2035, 2095)

Pillar 53 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Fire (丙) · Branch: Dragon (辰, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Wood, Yin Water) · Fire generates Earth — the sun heating the Dragon's mythological ground; the Dragon's Yin Wood fuels the Fire from within; the Dragon's Yin Water controls Fire from within: a triple-layered dynamic of generating, fuelling, and containing within the same branch — the solar fire that transforms what it illuminates · Year: cycle years ending in 6 (e.g. 2036, 2096)

Pillar 54 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Fire (丁) · Branch: Snake (巳, Fire with hidden Yang Fire, Yang Earth, Yang Metal) · The Snake's dominant Yang Fire intensifies the Yin Fire Day Master — the candle within the furnace; Fire generates Earth (output); Snake's Yang Metal is controlled by Fire: the intimate candle flame meeting the full summer furnace, its precision both amplified and challenged by the same element in its more expansive form · Year: cycle years ending in 7 (e.g. 2037, 2097)

Pillar 55 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Earth (戊) · Branch: Horse (午, Fire with hidden Yang Fire and Yin Fire) · Fire generates Earth — the summer fire warming and energising the great mountain; the most vitally animated of all Earth expressions, the mountain that has been warmed to its core by the solstice sun and radiates that warmth as a sustaining, dynamic authority · Year: cycle years ending in 8 (e.g. 2038, 2098)

Pillar 56 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Earth (己) · Branch: Goat (未, Earth with hidden Yin Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Wood) · Double Yin Earth — the garden meeting the midsummer field; the most nurturing and aesthetically warm of all Earth combinations; the Goat's Yin Fire warms the garden; the Goat's Yin Wood grows within it: the most abundantly creative and warmly nourishing of all Earth expressions · Year: cycle years ending in 9 (e.g. 2039, 2099)

Pillar 57 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Metal (庚) · Branch: Monkey (申, Metal with hidden Yang Metal, Yang Water, Yang Earth) · Double Yang Metal — the great sword in its native forge; Day Master and Branch primary element are identical; the most completely and decisively Metal of all combinations; Yang Metal at its most self-assured and comprehensively sharp, the blade that is surrounded by its own element · Year: cycle years ending in 0 (e.g. 2040, 2100)

Pillar 58 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yin Metal (辛) · Branch: Rooster (酉, pure Metal with hidden Yin Metal only) · Perfect self-resonance — Yin Metal and Yin Metal; the jewel and the jewel; the most completely self-identical Metal combination in the cycle; the most refined discrimination fully at home in its own element, the needle among needles, the gem in its own native medium · Year: cycle years ending in 1 (e.g. 2041, 2101)

Pillar 59 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle · Day Master: Yang Water (壬) · Branch: Dog (戌, Earth with hidden Yang Earth, Yin Fire, Yin Metal) · Earth controls Water — the mountain containing the sea; the Dog's Yin Metal generates Water from within the controlling Earth: the ore within the Dog's earth secretly sustaining the ocean it appears to contain; controlled power that finds its own generative source within the constraint · Year: cycle years ending in 2 (e.g. 2042, 2102)

Pillar 60 of 60 in the sexagenary cycle — the completing pillar · Day Master: Yin Water (癸) · Branch: Pig (亥, Water with hidden Yang Water and Yin Wood) · Double Water — the rain meeting the great underground river; the cycle's final pillar, the completion that is also the preparation for return; the most completely Water of all Yin expressions, carrying within it the seed of the Wood that the next cycle will begin · Year: cycle years ending in 3 (e.g. 2043, 2103)