THE DAY MASTER BOOKS · 庚
Geng · Yang Metal — The Day Master Book
The ore and the blade: the classical reading of 庚, with the six Geng day pillars, the Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
The classical BaZi reading of the Day Master 庚 Geng, Yang Metal, in plain words: the ore and the blade, eight traits and the price of each, the Ten Gods seen from 庚, work and money, closeness and family, the other nine Day Masters, the four seasons of birth, the six Geng day pillars, Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
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Counting through the ten heavenly stems, 庚 (gēng) comes seventh. Its element is Metal, and its polarity is Yang. Its partner, the Yin Metal, is 辛 (xīn). If 辛 is the jewel and the fine needle, then 庚 is everything heavy and unfinished that metal can be: the axe head, the iron bar, the anvil, the raw steel, the sword before anyone has polished it. A hand holding a 庚 object feels its weight before it sees its shape.
The old texts can put this stem in a single couplet. The Dī Tiān Suǐ (滴天髓), a Ziping classic that BaZi readers still quote, gives eight short lines to 庚, and this book follows the edition with the commentary of Rèn Tiěqiáo (滴天髓闡微). We will take the lines one at a time below. Most of the stem is in the first two: 庚金帶煞, 剛健為最. Geng Metal carries a killing edge, and in hardness and strength it stands first among the stems.
Picture two bars cut from one piece of iron. One lies in a smithy in July beside the lit forge, in air too thick to breathe easily. The other lies on a quay in January under frost and rings when tapped. The iron is identical and the bars are not. The month of birth acts on a Day Master in the same way, which is why the classical reader looks at it first of all.
The technical term is month command (月令, yuè lìng): the month pillar's branch tells which element commands the season, and how that element stands to the Day Master decides much of its strength. Roots in the branches, helpers set against drains, and the hidden stems all count as well, yet no single factor weighs more than the season. In the old manuals the month is the 提綱 (tí gāng), the head-rope of a fishing net: pull it, and every knot of the chart comes up after it (月為提綱). The Zǐ Píng Zhēn Quán (子平真詮) starts the hunt for the Useful God at that same rope (八字用神，專求月令).
Look at the branch of your month pillar, the second column from the left on the calculator, and circle its season.
Sample pages. The book is laid out for 6 × 9 in pages; the EPUB and the online reader adapt to your screen.
Contents
- The Ore and the Blade
- Strength and Its Price
- The Ten Gods Through the Eyes of 庚
- Work and Money
- Closeness and Family
- Geng and the Other Nine Day Masters
- The Body, in Images
- Born in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Your Six Geng Day Pillars
- Luck Pillars for 庚
- 2027 for 庚: the Fire Goat Year
- Practice and Questions to Ask Yourself
Who it is for
- Your Day Master is Geng, or the Day Master of someone close to you is.
- You have calculated your chart and want to understand its centre before anything else.
- You want plain words and real examples rather than tables of jargon.
NOT SURE GENG IS YOURS?
The Day Master is the stem on top of your Day pillar, the third column from the left on the free calculator.
BUNDLE
The 2027 book and the Geng book
The year ahead for every Day Master, and the whole book of Geng, Yang Metal.
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All ten Day Master books
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BOOK AND READING
Your Day Master book and your personal reading
The book describes every Geng chart. A personal reading looks at all four pillars of your own chart and your Luck Pillars.
Questions
How do I know that my Day Master is Geng?
The Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born. If your Day pillar starts with 庚, for example 庚子 or 庚午, this is your book. The free calculator shows it in a few seconds.
Is this a reading of my own chart?
It describes every Geng chart, with six invented readers whose charts are worked through. A personal reading looks at all four pillars of your own chart and your Luck Pillars: see Readings.
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This book explains the symbolism of a BaZi chart in the classical Zi Ping tradition. It does not predict events and is not medical, financial or legal advice.