Bing Yin Day Pillar 丙寅

The Day Pillar is the two characters of the day you were born: a Heavenly Stem on top (your Day Master, the “you” of a Saju chart) and an Earthly Branch below (your inner self and spouse palace). In Bing Yin (丙寅), the Day Master is Bing Fire (the sun lighting the whole world) sitting on the Tiger branch, whose element is Wood.

A sun rising from the wood that gives you life (Indirect Resource). Great at starting and bright-minded, with good intuition that shines in original fields, and you enjoy new challenges.

Bing Fire is bright and active like the sun lighting the whole world. You are expressive, enjoy being in front of people, and bring energy to those around you. Your frank, open nature means you hold no grudges, but your mood swings show, so a little prudence helps. Add staying power to your passion and you can truly shine.

What makes Bing Yin different from the other five Bing Fire Day Pillars is the branch it sits on, covered below.

With Yin beneath your Day Master, you are active, proud and quick to decide. There is dynamic energy in your spouse seat, so you have deep ties with independent people you can learn from. If you only watch for the tug-of-war of neither wanting to lose, it becomes a good partnership of growing together.

The energy of unusual insight (Indirect Resource) sits in your spouse seat, so you are drawn to distinctive, spiritually deep partners. You need to respect each other’s worlds while widening the points of conversation.

Bing Fire loves brightly and warmly like sunlight. You are honest and generous with affection, and quickly make your partner happy. Feelings can run ahead, so you may rush in or cool off fast; consistency is the lesson.

Indirect Resource here means: Indirect Resource (Pian Yin) stands for original thinking and unusual intuition. You have the insight to catch what others miss and often stand out in specialized and unusual fields. But you may think a lot, become indecisive, or fall into a world of your own, so adding the ability to turn thoughts into action leads to good results.

Growth (Chang Sheng): the energy of a newborn baby, with growth possibilities wide open. You are good at learning and starting, and help comes easily from others.

Hidden inside the Tiger branch: Wu (Earth, 7 days), Bing (Fire, 7 days), Jia (Wood, 16 days). These quieter energies show up in private, under stress or later in life.

Areas to look after: heart, small intestine, blood vessels, blood pressure and tongue.

Too much Fire energy sends heat upward, with insomnia, palpitations, higher blood pressure and a hasty temper standing out. Cut caffeine, late-night eating and spicy food, and try breathing meditation before sleep.

Too little Fire energy leaves the body cold and circulation slow, and enthusiasm cools easily. Raise your body’s temperature with warm food, aerobic exercise and walks in the sun.

• Six Harmony: the Tiger pairs with the Pig. People with a Pig Day Branch often feel an easy pull toward you.
• Three Harmony: the Tiger · Horse · Dog form a Fire team, so those animals tend to bring out your best.
• Clash: the Tiger clashes with the Monkey. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Xin Hai (辛亥) combines with Bing Yin on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Ren Shen (壬申): its stem is Seven Killings to you and its branch clashes with yours.

Day Pillars are one part of compatibility. For a full comparison of two charts, try the compatibility reading.

Your Day Pillar depends on your birth date, not your birth year. Enter your date of birth in the Day Pillar finder or get a complete chart with the free Saju calculator, which also gives your Day Master strength, Useful God and Luck Cycles.