What does the Im-In day pillar mean?

Im-In (壬寅) is Yang Water over the Tiger: a generous, intelligent and productive nature whose talent turns into livelihood.

How do I know if Im-In 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 壬寅, this is your pillar.

What is 壬寅 called in Chinese BaZi?

Ren Yin. It is the same pillar. Korean Saju reads the characters as Im-In and calls it Imin ilju (임인일주); BaZi sources write Ren Yin in pinyin.

Which life stage and void branches go with Im-In?

On its own seat the Day Master is at the Sickness stage (病). Weakness and vulnerability. Read literally in health matters and figuratively as loss of momentum. The void branches for this pillar are 辰 Jin (Dragon) and 巳 Sa (Snake). The strength of the whole chart depends mostly on the birth month, not on this stage alone.

壬寅 Im-In day pillar (Yang Water Tiger): meaning in Saju

The picture

Im-In is water giving life to trees. Yang Water produces the Tiger’s Wood, and the fire hidden in the Tiger is Im’s wealth, so what this pillar makes becomes what it earns. It is open-handed, optimistic and full of plans. It gives a lot, and it can run low. The Tiger is also where this pillar’s Academic Star falls, and Im-In people often teach, write or advise as part of what they do.

What the pillar is made of

Part	In Im-In
Day Master	壬 Im, Yang Water
Day branch	寅 In, the Tiger
Hidden stems	戊 Mu: Seven Killings丙 Byeong: Indirect Wealth甲 Gap: Eating God (main)
Life stage	Sickness 病
Void branches	辰 Jin (Dragon), 巳 Sa (Snake)
Stars it carries	Academic Star, Amnok, Tanghwa

The Day Master sits on the element it produces, in the same polarity. Talent and ease are close at hand, and home life is read as comfortable and productive.

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

Strengths

Generosity with ideas and help.
Creativity that keeps producing.
Enterprise: plans become livelihoods.

What to watch

Giving more than it can afford.
Projects started and left half done.
Tiring itself out for others.

In relationships

Warm and giving, Im-In is easy to be with. It needs a partner who gives back.

At work

Education, writing, business, food, planning and work abroad.

A day pillar is one of four. Two people born on a Im-In 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.

Im-In day pillar