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甲辰

Gap-Jin day pillar

Yang Wood over the Dragon갑진일주 · BaZi: Jia Chen

A great tree rooted in rich wet soil. A strong, ambitious and capable nature that grows large and takes charge.

The picture

Gap-Jin is a tree in the best ground it could have. The Dragon’s moist Earth gives Yang Wood both a root and water, and it is also the wealth this pillar controls. Gap-Jin is substantial, driven and suited to large undertakings. It is a White Tiger pillar, with the force that implies. It expects to lead.

What the pillar is made of

PartIn Gap-Jin
Day Master甲 Gap, Yang Wood
Day branch辰 Jin, the Dragon
Hidden stems乙 Eul: Rob Wealth癸 Gye: Direct Resource戊 Mu: Indirect Wealth (main)
Life stageDecline 衰
Void branches寅 In (Tiger), 卯 Myo (Rabbit)
Stars it carriesCanopy Star, White Tiger, Golden Carriage, Hyeonchim

The Day Master sits on the element it controls, in the same polarity. Enterprise and a feel for opportunity are at the core, and the home tends to be busy and open. In a male chart tradition reads a Wealth star in the spouse palace as a strong tie to the partner.

These are the facts every Gap-Jin chart shares, whatever the other three pillars hold. They are taken from the same engine that calculates your chart.

Strengths

  • Ambition backed by real resources.
  • Substance: it delivers what it promises.
  • Drive that carries large projects through.

What to watch

  • A domineering manner with those who are slower.
  • A temper when crossed.
  • Overextension into too many ventures.

In relationships

A strong-willed provider, Gap-Jin takes responsibility for its partner and has to remember to listen.

At work

Business, management, construction, politics and education.

A day pillar is one of four. Two people born on a Gap-Jin day in different months and hours have different charts: the season decides how strong the Day Master is, and the other pillars add their own ten gods and interactions. Read this page as the starting point, then look at the whole chart.

Questions people ask

What does the Gap-Jin day pillar mean?
Gap-Jin (甲辰) is Yang Wood over the Dragon: a strong, ambitious and capable nature that grows large and takes charge.
How do I know if Gap-Jin is my day pillar?
The day pillar comes from a sixty-day cycle and from true solar time at your birthplace, so it cannot be worked out from your birth year or zodiac animal. Calculate your chart: if the Day column shows 甲辰, this is your pillar.
What is 甲辰 called in Chinese BaZi?
Jia Chen. It is the same pillar. Korean Saju reads the characters as Gap-Jin and calls it Gapjin ilju (갑진일주); BaZi sources write Jia Chen in pinyin.
Which life stage and void branches go with Gap-Jin?
On its own seat the Day Master is at the Decline stage (衰). Energy begins to fade. Experience without force; a settled, cautious phase. The void branches for this pillar are 寅 In (Tiger) and 卯 Myo (Rabbit). The strength of the whole chart depends mostly on the birth month, not on this stage alone.
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