The ten Day Masters
Your Day Master is the stem of the day pillar in your BaZi chart, and it stands for you. Each of the ten carries an element and a polarity, and same element doesn't mean same character: Jiǎ is a standing tree, Yǐ is a vine.
Jiǎ Wood
a tall standing tree · Yang
Jiǎ is the first of the ten stems and the image of a tree growing straight up. Jiǎ Wood Day Mast…
Yǐ Wood
a climbing vine · Yin
Yǐ is the yielding wood — vines and grasses that never meet force with force but grow around the…
Bǐng Fire
the sun · Yang
Bǐng is the fire of the sun — it reaches far and wide and burns for no one in particular. Bǐng F…
Dīng Fire
candlelight · Yin
Dīng is the flame of a candle — not spread across a sky but lighting what's directly in front of…
Wù Earth
a mountain · Yang
Wù is the mountain — heavy, unmoving, something the wind breaks against. Wù Earth Day Masters re…
Jǐ Earth
cultivated field soil · Yin
Jǐ is field earth — not hard like the mountain, but things grow in it. Jǐ Earth Day Masters are …
Gēng Metal
unrefined metal — an axe, an ore · Yang
Gēng is metal before it's polished: the blade, the axe. Gēng Metal Day Masters are direct and de…
Xīn Metal
worked metal — jade, a finished jewel · Yin
Xīn is metal after refinement: jewellery, polished jade. Xīn Metal Day Masters are discerning an…
Rén Water
a river, the open sea · Yang
Rén is water in motion — never staying in one place. Rén Water Day Masters think in wide frames …
Guǐ Water
rain, dew, a spring underground · Yin
Guǐ is water at its finest — rain, dew, the spring beneath the ground. Quiet, and it gets in eve…
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