What does the Gye-Hae day pillar mean?

Gye-Hae (癸亥) is Yin Water over the Pig: the last pillar of the sixty: wise, intuitive, flexible and all-embracing.

How do I know if Gye-Hae 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 癸亥, this is your pillar.

What is 癸亥 called in Chinese BaZi?

Gui Hai. It is the same pillar. Korean Saju reads the characters as Gye-Hae and calls it Gyehae ilju (계해일주); BaZi sources write Gui Hai in pinyin.

Which life stage and void branches go with Gye-Hae?

On its own seat the Day Master is at the Peak stage (帝旺). The emperor’s height: maximum strength. Powerful, sometimes overbearing; the phase before decline. The void branches for this pillar are 子 Ja (Rat) and 丑 Chuk (Ox). The strength of the whole chart depends mostly on the birth month, not on this stage alone.

癸亥 Gye-Hae day pillar (Yin Water Pig): meaning in Saju

The picture

Gye-Hae is water on water, the end of the cycle. Everything flows into it. This pillar is perceptive, adaptable and deep, with a wide sympathy and a private centre. Hidden in the Pig is the wood that begins the next cycle, so Gye-Hae also carries a seed. It can drift. It is a twin pillar, stem and branch the same element, and the larger water in the Pig is both its ally and its rival: Gye-Hae is strongest among people like itself and has to work to stay distinct from them.

What the pillar is made of

Part	In Gye-Hae
Day Master	癸 Gye, Yin Water
Day branch	亥 Hae, the Pig
Hidden stems	甲 Gap: Hurting Officer壬 Im: Rob Wealth (main)
Life stage	Peak 帝旺
Void branches	子 Ja (Rat), 丑 Chuk (Ox)
Stars it carries	Ganyeojidong

The Day Master sits on its own element in the other polarity, the strongest root there is. It gives great self-confidence and a competitive edge. Tradition advises care with shared money and with pride inside a marriage.

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

Strengths

Wisdom that comes from taking everything in.
Intuition about what is coming.
Adaptability to any shape or setting.

What to watch

Drifting without a shore.
Secrecy about its real feelings.
Being carried away by emotion.

In relationships

Deep and absorbing, Gye-Hae gives itself completely and needs a partner who is a shore.

At work

Research, philosophy, the arts, trade, healing and work abroad.

A day pillar is one of four. Two people born on a Gye-Hae 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.

Gye-Hae day pillar