癸 (Mizunoto): meaning and personality
Rain, dew and mist that gently moisten the earth.
On this page
- Japanese reading
- Mizunoto
- Sino-Japanese
- ki
- Element
- Water
- Yin / Yang
- Yin
- Image
- Rain and dew
- Season
- Winter
- Direction
- North
- Color
- Black (navy)
1.An old reading of 癸
The Book of Han reads 癸 as “揆”, measuring: everything is in place and the next sprouting can already be foreseen.
The Japanese name Mizunoto means “the younger brother of Water”: e (兄) for the yang stems and to (弟) for the yin stems. See also what are the ten stems?.
2.Personality when your Day Master is 癸
In Four Pillars astrology, the stem of the day you were born (the Day Master) represents you yourself. A 癸 Day Master is likened to rain and dew.
Strengths
Diligent, serious and thoughtful, you understand how others feel. You quietly build up effort until it bears fruit.
Things to watch
You worry easily, can turn pessimistic and sometimes retreat into your shell.
3.Work and career
Research, medicine and nursing, social care, accounting, writing and the arts: work that rewards careful observation and persistence.
4.Love and marriage
Reserved but deeply loving, you give a great deal. You show your true gentleness with someone who makes you feel safe.
5.癸 and the other stems
Compatibility between stems is read from the generating and controlling cycles of the five elements, plus the special “stem combinations” (kangō).
| Other stem | Element | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| Kinoe (甲) | Wood | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Kinoto (乙) | Wood | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Hinoe (丙) | Fire | Controlling: you restrain this stem |
| Hinoto (丁) | Fire | Controlling: you restrain this stem |
| Tsuchinoe (戊) | Earth | Controlling: this stem restrains you; kangō (stem combination, transforms to Fire): a strong mutual attraction |
| Tsuchinoto (己) | Earth | Controlling: this stem restrains you |
| Kanoe (庚) | Metal | Generating: this stem feeds you |
| Kanoto (辛) | Metal | Generating: this stem feeds you |
| Mizunoe (壬) | Water | Same element: an easy, like-minded match |
6.The six eto containing 癸
癸酉 Mizunoto-tori, 癸未 Mizunoto-hitsuji, 癸巳 Mizunoto-mi, 癸卯 Mizunoto-u, 癸丑 Mizunoto-ushi, 癸亥 Mizunoto-i
7.Lucky tips
Enjoy a walk in the rain, drink good water and carry something black or indigo.
Your Day Master can be calculated from your date of birth. Use the free Four Pillars chart to see your Day Master and the balance of your five elements.
8.FAQ
How do you read 癸?
In Japanese it is read “mizunoto”; the Sino-Japanese reading is “ki”.
What element is 癸?
癸 is Yin Water.