庚寅 (gyeong in) day pillar

The day stem 庚 is Metal, symbolised by raw iron, a blade.

Values loyalty and, once convinced something is right, pushes forward boldly.

Can lack flexibility, causing friction, or come across as overly rigid.

A yang stem, so the energy pushes outward. You go big and straight, and tend to put off the fine finishing work.

The day branch 寅 is Wood, the Tiger branch.

A seat that moves first and thinks after. Strong at starting things and comfortable out front.

Inside 寅 sit the hidden stems 戊(residual 7), 丙(middle 7), 甲(main 16), of which 甲 is the main one. Beyond the visible Wood, these stems work from within, which is why the same branch reads differently from person to person.

Seen from the day stem 庚, the branch's main stem 甲 is Indirect Wealth. The day branch is the seat closest to a partner and the ground you stand on daily, so the Ten God sitting there shapes the texture of everyday life.

The wide-reaching wealth force sits underneath. You spot opportunities fast and know a lot of people, but money moves out as briskly as it comes in. Build the habit of managing before you build the scale.

The stem controls the branch, so you govern your own ground. You keep the initiative, but you also drive yourself hard.

The day stem 庚 meets the branch 寅 at the Severance stage.

The stage where things have been cut off and are about to reconnect. Your circumstances change a lot and your mind moves house often - which also means you are unafraid to begin again.

The 庚寅 pillar belongs to the 甲申 decade, and the branches left empty in it are 午 and 未.

A void branch is less a bad omen than a marker meaning your heart does not fully settle here. Years ruled by those branches tend not to fill up as planned - but attachment thins out too, which can feel like relief, and it often turns into a strength in fields that work with emptiness: religion, scholarship, art.

The sound element of 庚寅 is Wood of Pine and Cypress (松柏木) - an old name given to the pair itself, separate from the elements of the stem and branch.

A Wood sound-element, so the grain is one of growing. It shows its worth in work that takes time to raise - developing people, growing an organisation.

The branch that pairs with 寅 in six-harmony is 亥, and the branches forming its triad are 午, 戌. Against that, 申 clashes with it and shakes the seat.

Years and people whose branch harmonises with yours tend to run smoothly and feel easy. The clashing side shakes the seat instead - moves, partings, turning points - which is not simply bad: it is also the force that pushes out what had gone stagnant.

By the element of the day stem (Metal): fields where precision and principle matter, like finance, law, machinery/manufacturing, or medicine

The branch's element (Wood) is layered on top: fields that draw on growth and planning, like education, planning/strategy, design, timber & landscaping, or publishing Choose work where the two grains overlap - that is where you last.