Xin You Day Pillar 辛酉

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 You (辛酉), the Day Master is Xin Metal (a finely cut jewel) sitting on the Rooster branch, whose element is Metal.

You sit on your own roots (Prosperity), with strong pride and an obsession with polish. Neat, refined and highly professional, so take care not to demand the same high standards of others.

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 You different from the other five Xin Metal Day Pillars is the branch it sits on, covered below.

With You beneath your Day Master, you are neat, delicate and clear in your standards. There is refined Metal energy in your spouse seat, so you tend to meet polished, courteous partners. A moment may come when your partner’s small flaw looms large, so if you take “good enough” as the standard instead of perfect, the relationship becomes easier.

The Friend energy, like you, sits in your spouse seat, so you feel comfortable in an equal, friend-like relationship. You understand each other because you are equals, but a tug-of-war over who leads can arise.

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.

Friend here means: Friend (Bi Jian) stands for an equal: a colleague, sibling or rival. Strongly independent, you have a clear will to do things yourself rather than lean on others, and with a definite point of view you are not easily shaken. You create synergy when you meet colleagues to work with, but you may be called stubborn, so respecting the other person’s opinion helps in collaboration.

Prosperity (Jian Lu): a stable energy of standing on your own strength. Good independence and drive, with a strong power to earn and stand by yourself.

Hidden inside the Rooster branch: Geng (Metal, 10 days), Xin (Metal, 20 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 Rooster pairs with the Dragon. People with a Dragon Day Branch often feel an easy pull toward you.
• Three Harmony: the Ox · Rooster · Snake form a Metal team, so those animals tend to bring out your best.
• Clash: the Rooster clashes with the Rabbit. It is not doom, only a spot where friction and change come easily.
• Perfect match on stem and branch: Bing Chen (丙辰) combines with Xin You on both the stem and the branch.
• Opposite pillar (most friction): Ding Mao (丁卯): 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.