Ren Xu Day Pillar 壬戌

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 Ren Xu (壬戌), the Day Master is Ren Water (a great river flowing to the sea) sitting on the Dog branch, whose element is Earth.

You sit on the earth that governs you (Seven Killings), strong in conviction and loyalty with charisma. Free yet heavily responsible, so there is much inner conflict, and with it depth.

Ren Water holds everything and flows on like a big river or sea, with great breadth and scale. Your thinking is wide, you are open to new ideas, and you move flexibly toward big goals. You have room for many kinds of people. Your energy scatters easily, so a habit of setting priorities helps.

What makes Ren Xu different from the other five Ren Water Day Pillars is the branch it sits on, covered below.

With Xu beneath your Day Master, you are deeply loyal and a one-hearted romantic who doesn’t take back a heart given. There is firm earth energy in your spouse seat, so you connect with dependable, responsible people. When stubbornness collides, it can go to a cold war without yielding, so the one who first offers a hand to make up wins.

The energy of strong charisma (Seven Killings) sits in your spouse seat, so you are drawn to driven, tough partners. There may be tension and conflict, but it can be a relationship that helps each other grow.

Ren Water loves broadly and freely like the sea. You are understanding and accept your partner as they are, but your depths are hard to fully know. You dislike restriction, so respecting each other’s freedom matters.

Seven Killings here means: Seven Killings (Pian Guan) stands for strong drive and a spirit of challenge, and sometimes for pressure and trials too. You have a competitor’s nature that shows true worth in a crisis and often stand out in seats with heavy responsibility. You can often be in situations of stress and burden, so it helps to prepare your own way of releasing tension in body and mind.

Capping (Guan Dai): the energy of coming of age and stepping into society. Full of spirit and confidence, with a strong wish to be recognized.

Hidden inside the Dog branch: Xin (Metal, 9 days), Ding (Fire, 3 days), Wu (Earth, 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 Dog pairs with the Rabbit. People with a Rabbit 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 Dog clashes with the Dragon. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Ding Mao (丁卯) combines with Ren Xu on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Wu Chen (戊辰): 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.