Gui Hai Day Pillar 癸亥

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 Gui Hai (癸亥), the Day Master is Gui Water (a clear spring and a gentle drizzle) sitting on the Pig branch, whose element is Water.

You sit on your own roots (Peak), wise, free and deeply sensitive. Rich in independent thought and imagination, a person with a wide inner world.

Gui Water is like a clear spring or a fine drizzle that quietly seeps in and moistens everything. Your intuition is excellent and you sense even what can’t be seen. You may look quiet but think deeply inside, and stay calm in a crisis. You rarely show your inner thoughts, so opening up a bit more to close people helps.

What makes Gui Hai different from the other five Gui Water 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 competitive energy (Rob Wealth) sits in your spouse seat, so strong, competitive partners tend to come. Watch for money matters and pride clashes and it becomes a passionate partnership.

Gui Water loves gently and sensitively like a drizzle. Highly empathetic, you read and comfort your partner, but you think a lot and easily imagine worries alone. When you want to check something, ask instead of guessing.

Rob Wealth here means: Rob Wealth (Jie Cai) is like Friend but a bit more competitive and driven. With a clear competitive streak you have the power to advance without hesitation toward a goal, but in partnerships and money dealings unexpected spending and disputes come easily, so a careful attitude is needed. Used well at the moments that need it, bold decisiveness can lead to big results.

Peak (Di Wang): the height of the energy. Confidence and drive are at their maximum and the leader nature is strong, though too much can become dogmatism.

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: kidneys, bladder, reproductive organs, ears, bones and lower back.

Too much Water energy can cause swelling or chills, and thoughts chaining on may deepen low mood. Exercise that makes you sweat, sunlight and turning thoughts into action with a to-do list help.

Too little Water energy brings dryness and fatigue that doesn’t recover, and the lower back, knees and ears may weaken. Drink water often, sleep enough and build lower-body strength.

• 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: Wu Yin (戊寅) combines with Gui Hai on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Ji Si (己巳): 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.