Ding Mao Day Pillar 丁卯

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 Mao (丁卯), the Day Master is Ding Fire (a candle lighting the dark) sitting on the Rabbit branch, whose element is Wood.

You sit on the wood that gives you life (Indirect Resource), rich in sensitivity with sharp intuition. Artistic talent and delicacy stand out, and time alone recharges you.

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

With Mao beneath your Day Master, you are delicate and sensory and value atmosphere in relationships. There is soft energy in your spouse seat, so you are drawn to kind, tasteful people. You notice even small changes in your partner and feel hurt as easily, so if you wonder about something, don’t hold it in but ask.

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.

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.

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.

Illness (Bing): an energy where vitality has weakened somewhat. Looking after body and mind matters, but you are delicate and caring for it.

Hidden inside the Rabbit branch: Jia (Wood, 10 days), Yi (Wood, 20 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 Rabbit pairs with the Dog. People with a Dog 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 Rabbit clashes with the Rooster. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Ren Xu (壬戌) combines with Ding Mao on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Gui You (癸酉): 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.