The 60 day pillars

庚辰 (gyeong jin) day pillar

raw iron, a blade sitting on the Dragon branch - The Decisive Principled One.

gyeong Metal · jin Earth

At a glance

Day stem
庚 (+Metal)
Day branch
辰 (Earth · Dragon)
Hidden stems
乙(residual) 癸(middle) 戊(main)
Ten God of the branch
Indirect Resource (戊)
Twelve stages
Nurture
Void branches
申·酉
Sound element
Metal of White Wax (白蠟金)
Number in the cycle
17 / 60
Stars
괴강살

Day stem - your temperament

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.

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Day branch - the ground you sit on

The day branch 辰 is Earth, the Dragon branch.

A seat that thinks and holds big. Imagination and ambition grow together, expanding the field.

Inside 辰 sit the hidden stems 乙(residual 9), 癸(middle 3), 戊(main 18), of which 戊 is the main one. Beyond the visible Earth, these stems work from within, which is why the same branch reads differently from person to person.

The Ten God in your day branch - reading the spouse seat

Seen from the day stem 庚, the branch's main stem 戊 is Indirect Resource. 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 force that looks from an unusual angle sits underneath. Hear one thing and your mind branches ten ways, which produces original readings. It also means thought outruns action, and you tend to weigh conditions even on help you receive.

How stem and branch meet

The branch generates the stem, so your foundation supports you. You hold steady instead of swinging wildly.

Twelve stages - your energy in this seat

The day stem 庚 meets the branch 辰 at the Nurture stage.

The stage of being nurtured and prepared. You fit in among people without friction, help comes easily, and you ripen at your own unhurried pace.

Void branches - the two empty seats

The 庚辰 pillar belongs to the 甲戌 decade, and the branches left empty in it are 申 and 酉.

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.

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Sound element (Napeum)

The sound element of 庚辰 is Metal of White Wax (白蠟金) - an old name given to the pair itself, separate from the elements of the stem and branch.

A Metal sound-element, so the grain is one of being forged. Skill shows where standards are set and things are cut away; being hard, it needs slack left in so it does not snap.

Stars attached to this pillar

The 庚辰 pillar carries 괴강살.

Goegang is the star of the chief. The energy swings to extremes - it either builds big or breaks hard - and charisma and decisiveness stand out. Since it keeps no middle ground, it helps to build your own brakes.

Branches that fit, branches that clash

The branch that pairs with 辰 in six-harmony is 酉, and the branches forming its triad are 子, 申. Against that, 戌 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.

Work that suits you

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 (Earth) is layered on top: fields built on steadiness and trust, like real estate, construction, agriculture & livestock, or services Choose work where the two grains overlap - that is where you last.

Day stems that match well

Compatibility is decided by the relationship between day stems, so the six day pillars sharing a stem score the same.

Frequently asked

What is the 庚辰 (gyeong jin) day pillar like?

raw iron, a blade sitting on the Dragon branch - The Decisive Principled One. It sets the temperament of the stem 庚 on the ground of 辰, so you live at the Nurture stage standing on Indirect Resource.

Can the day pillar alone tell you everything about someone?

No. The day pillar is two of the eight characters; the other six - year, month and hour pillars - together with the luck cycles make two people of the same day pillar read very differently. The month branch, which sets the season of birth, weighs especially heavily, so treat a day-pillar reading as a starting point.

What are the void branches of the 庚辰 (gyeong jin) day pillar?

sin and yu. If either sits in another pillar of the chart, that pillar is read as void. Voids only mean something in the context of the whole chart, so the day pillar alone does not make them good or bad.

Which day pillars go well with the 庚辰 (gyeong jin) day pillar?

By the relationship between day stems, gye, gi sit well with you. By branch, 酉 forms a six-harmony and feels easy, while 戌 clashes. Real compatibility, of course, comes from comparing both charts in full.

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A single day pillar cannot describe a whole person. It should be read alongside the other three pillars and the luck pillars, and this is entertainment content for reference.