Ren Yin Day Pillar 壬寅

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 Yin (壬寅), the Day Master is Ren Water (a great river flowing to the sea) sitting on the Tiger branch, whose element is Wood.

You sit on the wood of expression (Eating God), full of talent and ease. Active and optimistic, unafraid of new fields, with a connection to work that brings people to life.

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

With Yin beneath your Day Master, you are active, proud and quick to decide. There is dynamic energy in your spouse seat, so you have deep ties with independent people you can learn from. If you only watch for the tug-of-war of neither wanting to lose, it becomes a good partnership of growing together.

The energy of ease and expression (Eating God) sits in your spouse seat, so you tend to meet warm, easygoing partners. Everyday life of eating and enjoying things together becomes the vitality of the relationship.

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.

Eating God here means: Eating God (Shi Shen) stands for ease, expression and the power to use talent naturally. Many people with it have a smooth flow without big trouble in making a living, and it is the energy often seen in people who work happily using a hobby or specialty. A relaxed, optimistic nature puts people at ease, but you need the balance of keeping yourself in check so ease doesn’t turn into laziness.

Illness (Bing): an energy where vitality has weakened somewhat. Looking after body and mind matters, but you are delicate and caring for it.

Hidden inside the Tiger branch: Wu (Earth, 7 days), Bing (Fire, 7 days), Jia (Wood, 16 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 Tiger pairs with the Pig. People with a Pig 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 Tiger clashes with the Monkey. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Ding Hai (丁亥) combines with Ren Yin on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Wu Shen (戊申): 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.