The Snake branch is number 6 of the twelve: yin Fire, the animal Snake, the 4th month (beginning at Start of Summer), the hour 09:00–11:00, direction Southeast, season Summer. Below are the structural facts — hidden stems, six-harmony, clash, harm, punishment, trine and meeting — plus which of the twelve stages each of the ten stems occupies on this branch. All of it is computed and checkable; none of it is a personality verdict.
This page is generated from the engine v0.15.1, not hand-written; structural facts reconcile against the methodology page.
| Branch | 巳 Si (Snake) · position 6 of 12 |
|---|---|
| Polarity | yin (even position — consistent with the stem pairs in the sixty-cycle) |
| Element | Fire 火 |
| Animal | Snake 蛇 |
| Month | 4th month · begins at Start of Summer (立夏) |
| Hour | 09:00–11:00 |
| Direction | Southeast (东南) |
| Season | Summer |
| Hidden stems | 丙 Bing Yang Fire (main, Fire); 庚 Geng Yang Metal (middle, Metal); 戊 Wu Yang Earth (residual, Earth) |
Branch relations are fixed tables — combination, clash, harm, punishment, trine and meeting each have a defined membership. This site computes them from those tables and does not add the popular "once combined, everything improves" clause.
| Six harmony | 申 Shen (Monkey) — combines into Water |
|---|---|
| Six clash | 亥 Hai (Pig) |
| Six harm | 寅 Yin (Tiger) |
| Punishment | Punishment of Arrogance: 寅 Yin (Tiger), 申 Shen (Monkey) |
| Three harmony | Metal trine: 巳 Si (Snake) 酉 You (Rooster) 丑 Chou (Ox) |
| Meeting | South Fire meeting: 巳 Si (Snake) 午 Wu (Horse) 未 Wei (Goat) |
The twelve stages describe how strong a stem is on a given branch. Yang stems run forward, yin stems run backward, so each of the ten stems lands on exactly one stage per branch. The ten rows below are computed; the stage names link to their full definitions.
| Stem | Stage on this branch | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 Jia Yang Wood (yang Wood) | Illness | 7 of 12 |
| 乙 Yi Yin Wood (yin Wood) | Bathing | 2 of 12 |
| 丙 Bing Yang Fire (yang Fire) | Official Post | 4 of 12 |
| 丁 Ding Yin Fire (yin Fire) | Prosperity | 5 of 12 |
| 戊 Wu Yang Earth (yang Earth) | Official Post | 4 of 12 |
| 己 Ji Yin Earth (yin Earth) | Prosperity | 5 of 12 |
| 庚 Geng Yang Metal (yang Metal) | Birth | 1 of 12 |
| 辛 Xin Yin Metal (yin Metal) | Death | 8 of 12 |
| 壬 Ren Yang Water (yang Water) | Extinction | 10 of 12 |
| 癸 Gui Yin Water (yin Water) | Conception | 11 of 12 |
Each branch appears in five of the sixty pillars (a yang branch only pairs with yang stems, a yin branch only with yin stems). Every pillar has its own page:
Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.