Xin Hai Day Pillar 辛亥

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 Xin Hai (辛亥), the Day Master is Xin Metal (a finely cut jewel) sitting on the Pig branch, whose element is Water.

You sit on the water of expression (Hurting Officer), a clever, emotionally rich free spirit. Excellent talent and expressiveness, and you dislike being bound by a mold.

Xin Metal is delicate and values polish, like a well-cut jewel. You have a strong aesthetic sense and a sharp eye that misses no detail. Proud and disciplined, you often give an impression of refinement. You can be sensitive and vulnerable to stress, so it helps to find your own ways to calm your mind.

What makes Xin Hai different from the other five Xin Metal 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 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.

Xin Metal loves in a refined, delicate way. You remember your partner’s tastes and details and show sensory consideration, but pride means it takes time to approach first or apologize. Put the relationship before pride.

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.

Bathing (Mu Yu): a time of washing and dressing up. Charm and sensitivity rise, but the energy is also exposed to mood swings and temptation.

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: lungs, large intestine, bronchi, skin and nose.

Too much Metal energy dries the airways and skin, and feelings can turn dry and edgy. Fluids, humidity, soft food and warm conversation restore balance.

Too little Metal energy leaves bronchi and skin weak and prone to colds in changing seasons. Look after breathing exercises, clean air and regular bowel habits.

• 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: Bing Yin (丙寅) combines with Xin Hai on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Ding Si (丁巳): 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.