Jia Wu Day Pillar 甲午

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 Jia Wu (甲午), the Day Master is Jia Wood (a tall tree growing straight up) sitting on the Horse branch, whose element is Fire.

You stand on the fire of expression (Hurting Officer), so talent and a gift for words come easily and you are a natural on stage. Creative and showy but hasty and blunt, so adjusting the temperature of your words keeps your popularity lasting.

Jia Wood is like a great tree reaching straight toward the sky. You are not afraid to step up and lead, and once you set a goal you push toward it to the end. People often see you as a pillar to lean on, and you draw your energy from starting things and breaking new ground. You can come across as stubborn, so listening a little more to others’ advice leads to bigger growth.

What makes Jia Wu different from the other five Jia Wood 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 wit and critique (Hurting Officer) sits in your spouse seat, so you are drawn to articulate, distinctive partners. The key is to refine your expression so a sharp tongue doesn’t hurt.

Jia Wood is a dependable, big-tree kind of partner. When you like someone you step forward and protect them, and you take promises and responsibility seriously. Easy to lean on, but if you insist on your own way the other person can feel pressed; listening first keeps the love steady.

Hurting Officer here means: Hurting Officer (Shang Guan) stands for sparkling creativity and a sharp critical spirit. Talented at trying new ways without being bound by existing molds, you often stand out in the arts, planning and fields that need ideas. But with a temperament that pushes back against rules and authority, friction arises easily in organizational life, so refining your way of expressing yourself lets your talent be recognized more.

Death (Si): the energy of folding up activity and sorting things out. Quiet outside, but deep in inner life and reflection.

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: liver, gallbladder, eyes, muscles and nerves.

Too much Wood energy makes irritation and anger rise easily, and you may often get headaches, a stiff neck and shoulders, and tired eyes. Rather than reaching for alcohol to dampen anger, work it off with walking and stretching.

Too little Wood energy can leave muscles and ligaments stiff, eyes tired and motivation low. Top up the energy of growth with green vegetables, regular stretching and morning sunlight.

• 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: Ji Wei (己未) combines with Jia Wu on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Geng Zi (庚子): 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.