Ji Hai Day Pillar 己亥

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 Ji Hai (己亥), the Day Master is Ji Earth (fertile farmland that grows crops) sitting on the Pig branch, whose element is Water.

You sit on the water of wealth (Direct Wealth), with good vitality and a sense for money. Broad in generosity, people gather around you, so don’t lose yourself while looking after everyone else.

Ji Earth is like rich farmland that grows crops, combining generosity with practicality. You value real results over show, and your strengths are careful, realistic judgment. A natural caretaker, you often take on important roles in organizations and at home. You are strict with yourself, so make time to rest and look after yourself.

What makes Ji Hai different from the other five Ji Earth 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 stable wealth (Direct Wealth) sits in your spouse seat, so diligent, thrifty partners tend to come. You are strong at building a realistic home together.

Ji Earth loves warmly and attentively, like a field that feeds. You find meaning in caring for and supporting your partner, but tend to put your own needs last and get tired. Remember that you deserve to receive as much as you give.

Direct Wealth here means: Direct Wealth (Zheng Cai) stands for steadily accumulating, stable wealth and diligence. You are the type to produce results through solid effort step by step, with strengths in saving and planned spending. You show your ability especially well in trust-based relationships and stable work environments, with a flow in which steadiness, more than a big win, bears fruit.

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: spleen, stomach, digestion, lips and skin.

Too much Earth energy makes the body heavy, digestion slow and worries many. Eating less and a light walk after meals to help circulation work well.

Too little Earth energy means a weak stomach and irregular meals. Warm meals at set times are the basis of your condition.

• 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: Jia Yin (甲寅) combines with Ji Hai on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Yi Si (乙巳): 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.