Wu Yin Day Pillar 戊寅

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 Wu Yin (戊寅), the Day Master is Wu Earth (a large, steady mountain) sitting on the Tiger branch, whose element is Wood.

You sit on the wood that governs you (Seven Killings), with strong charisma and responsibility. A leader who grows through challenge and shows true worth in high-pressure positions.

Wu Earth carries the weight of a big, sturdy mountain. You are steady and not easily shaken, and people feel they can lean on you. Diligent and responsible, you see things through to the end and have a good eye for the big picture. You may be slow to adapt to change, so practice flexibility when it is needed.

What makes Wu Yin different from the other five Wu Earth 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 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.

Wu Earth loves heavily and reliably like a mountain. Once you decide, you don’t waver and take responsibility like family. You can be clumsy at expression and seem reserved, so remembering anniversaries and saying kind words out loud helps.

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.

Growth (Chang Sheng): the energy of a newborn baby, with growth possibilities wide open. You are good at learning and starting, and help comes easily from others.

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: 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 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: Gui Hai (癸亥) combines with Wu Yin on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Jia Shen (甲申): 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.