What it means
The White Tiger is the guardian of the west and the animal of autumn, of metal and of the kill. A White Tiger pillar was read in old texts as a warning of sudden, violent events: literally, being attacked by a tiger. The warning attached to the family member the pillar stands for.
Modern readers keep the intensity and drop the fatalism. A White Tiger pillar is concentrated will: people who push through, recover fast and do not frighten easily. It is common in the charts of surgeons, athletes, soldiers and founders.
How to find it
The White Tiger is not found from another character. It is a property of seven of the sixty pillars. If any pillar of your chart is one of these, it carries the star.
| Pillar | Reading |
|---|---|
| 甲辰 | Gap-Jin |
| 乙未 | Eul-Mi |
| 丙戌 | Byeong-Sul |
| 丁丑 | Jeong-Chuk |
| 戊辰 | Mu-Jin |
| 壬戌 | Im-Sul |
| 癸丑 | Gye-Chuk |
All seven sit on an Earth branch (辰, 戌, 丑, 未). 壬戌 is also a Kui Gang pillar.
Reading it by pillar
- Year pillar: intensity in the family line or early surroundings.
- Month pillar: in the parents’ generation, or in career and social life.
- Day pillar: in yourself and in the marriage. This is the placement readers take most seriously.
- Hour pillar: in children, or in the later part of life.
What to watch
The useful part of the old warning is about speed and force: accidents, surgery, sudden decisions, an explosive temper. Readers advise an outlet that uses the body or carries real stakes, and care in the years when the pillar is clashed.