Ding Hai Day Pillar 丁亥

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 Ding Hai (丁亥), the Day Master is Ding Fire (a candle lighting the dark) sitting on the Pig branch, whose element is Water.

You sit on the water that governs you (Direct Officer), intellectual and strongly responsible. You quietly serve as a guide and earn trust, but be careful not to wear out by burying your feelings.

Ding Fire is like a candle or lantern that quietly lights its surroundings. You hold your place steadily rather than showing off. Sensitive and good at sensing other people’s hearts, you make a good adviser and companion. You tend to keep feelings to yourself, so it is wise to have an outlet where you can express them.

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

With Hai beneath your Day Master, you are broad-minded, free and deeply sensitive. There is generous Water energy in your spouse seat, so you suit understanding, intellectual people. When you fall in love you seep deeply into the other person, so keeping balance so you don’t lose your own territory matters.

The energy of proper responsibility (Direct Officer) sits in your spouse seat, so you tend to meet courteous, trustworthy partners. It is a foundation for a stable marriage.

Ding Fire loves softly and devotedly like candlelight. When you give your heart, you give it deeply and for a long time, noticing even small changes. You keep feelings, jealousy and hurt inside, which can leave you alone with them; put them into words.

Direct Officer here means: Direct Officer (Zheng Guan) stands for honor, responsibility and the power to keep order. You value principle and perform your role faithfully, so you often earn trust and recognition from others. Your luck in organizations and social position tends to be stable, and a steady, upright attitude leads over time to big results.

Conception (Tai): the energy of a new life conceived. A time of preparing and holding something, with potential that is growing.

Hidden inside the Pig branch: Wu (Earth, 7 days), Jia (Wood, 5 days), Ren (Water, 18 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 Pig pairs with the Tiger. People with a Tiger Day Branch often feel an easy pull toward you.
• Three Harmony: the Rabbit · Goat · Pig form a Wood team, so those animals tend to bring out your best.
• Clash: the Pig clashes with the Snake. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Ren Yin (壬寅) combines with Ding Hai on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Gui Si (癸巳): 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.