Monday
Heavenly StemYin Water
This day’s heavenly stem is 癸 – Yin Water. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 癸酉 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchRooster
This day’s earthly branch is 酉 – Rooster. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 癸酉 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityReceive Day
收 – Receive Day. The traditional name means: gathering, receiving.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Rooster and the month is Rat; their relationship produces this officer.
This is a general traditional quality. Read the Suggested and Avoid lists for individual activities; the name does not promise success.
Traditional recommendations
Translations of the traditional entries. Enable Chinese originals to compare.
Suitable For
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Ritual bathing沐浴
- Haircut理发
- Receiving wealth纳财
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Planting栽种
- House cleaning扫舍
- Trapping pests捕捉
- Hunting畋猎
- Making nets结网
Avoid
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Burial安葬
- Moving into a home入宅
- Relocation移徙
- Positioning a bed安床
- Opening a business开市
- Funeral rites行丧
- Relocating a household shrine出火
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
- Installing doors or gates安门
