Saturday
Heavenly StemYin Earth
This day’s heavenly stem is 己 – Yin Earth. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 己酉 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 己酉 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityClose Day
闭 – Close Day. The traditional name means: closing.
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 Dog; 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 release解除
- Cutting and making garments裁衣
- Haircut理发
- Positioning a bed安床
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
- Building animal shelters造畜稠
- Filling a reservoir放水
- Building an embankment筑堤
- Repairing walls补垣
- Filling holes and cavities塞穴
- Trimming fingernails and toenails整手足甲
- House cleaning扫舍
Avoid
- Marriage嫁娶
- Ritual consecration开光
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Digging a well掘井
- Installing doors or gates安门
- Planting栽种
