Geng Wu Day Pillar 庚午

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 Geng Wu (庚午), the Day Master is Geng Metal (a well-forged blade of steel) sitting on the Horse branch, whose element is Fire.

You sit on the fire that governs you (Direct Officer), a Day Pillar made strong by tempering. You value principle and responsibility and want honor, and are recognized in organizations, but managing stress matters.

Geng Metal is strong and decisive like a well-forged blade. You have a clear sense of right and wrong, value principle, and are definite about what you accept and reject, so people find you trustworthy. You shine in a crisis with a fighter’s spirit and drive toward your goals. Your expression can feel stiff, so a softer tone helps relationships.

What makes Geng Wu different from the other five Geng Metal Day Pillars is the branch it sits on, covered below.

With Wu beneath your Day Master, you are frank in expressing feelings and hot in love. There is the energy of the sun in your spouse seat, so you tend to meet bright, showy partners. The key is to manage the everyday temperature so that a flame that starts hot doesn’t cool quickly.

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.

Geng Metal loves loyally and clearly. You are definite and wholehearted, but your directness can hurt. Keep in mind that a kind word protects love better than a correct one.

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.

Bathing (Mu Yu): a time of washing and dressing up. Charm and sensitivity rise, but the energy is also exposed to mood swings and temptation.

Hidden inside the Horse branch: Bing (Fire, 10 days), Ji (Earth, 9 days), Ding (Fire, 11 days). These quieter energies show up in private, under stress or later in life.

Areas to look after: lungs, large intestine, bronchi, skin and nose.

Too much Metal energy dries the airways and skin, and feelings can turn dry and edgy. Fluids, humidity, soft food and warm conversation restore balance.

Too little Metal energy leaves bronchi and skin weak and prone to colds in changing seasons. Look after breathing exercises, clean air and regular bowel habits.

• Six Harmony: the Horse pairs with the Goat. People with a Goat 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 Horse clashes with the Rat. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Yi Wei (乙未) combines with Geng Wu on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Bing Zi (丙子): 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.