THE DAY MASTER BOOKS · 癸
Gui · Yin Water — The Day Master Book
The dew and the rain: the classical reading of 癸, with the six Gui day pillars, the Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
The classical BaZi reading of the Day Master 癸 Gui, Yin Water, in plain words: the dew and the rain, eight qualities and the price of each, the Ten Gods seen from 癸, work and money, closeness and family, the other nine Day Masters, the four seasons of birth, the six Gui day pillars, Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
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癸 (guǐ) is the tenth and last of the heavenly stems, a Water stem of Yin polarity. Its pair is 壬 (rén), Yang Water. If 壬 is the great river and the sea, then 癸 is the water that comes in small amounts and from above: the dew on a leaf at six in the morning, the mist over a pond, the drizzle that nobody carries an umbrella for, the damp that gathers on a cold window. It is the last stem of the ten, and the old order of things reads that as a meaning. After 癸 the cycle starts again with 甲, the seed. Water is what stands between the end of one round and the beginning of the next.
The classic that readers of BaZi still quote on the ten stems is the Dī Tiān Suǐ (滴天髓), "Dripping Heavenly Marrow". The verse it gives 癸 runs to eight lines, quoted here as the edition with Ren Tieqiao's commentary (滴天髓闡微) prints them, with a translation made for this book.
Imagine a handful of rain in four places: on a roof in April, on a pavement in August, on a mountain in October and on a lake in January. The same water does four different things. In April it runs off, in August it is gone in minutes, in October it joins a stream and in January it turns to ice. A classical reader asks first about the season, since the season is the climate the Day Master lives in.
This is called the month command (月令, yuè lìng). The lower character of the month pillar tells which element governs the season, and how strong a Day Master is hinges largely on how it stands to that element. The old manuals call the month the 提綱 of the chart, the main cord by which the whole net is lifted (月為提綱, in the 淵海子平), and the first line of the Zi Ping Zhen Quan's chapter on the Useful God reads 八字用神，專求月令: to find what a chart needs, look first to the month command. Roots in the branches, helpers weighed against drains, and the hidden stems all matter as well, though none outweighs the season.
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 Dew and the Rain
- Strength and Its Price
- The Ten Gods Through the Eyes of 癸
- Work and Money
- Closeness and Family
- Gui and the Other Nine Day Masters
- The Body, in Images
- Born in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Your Six Gui Day Pillars
- Luck Pillars for 癸
- 2027 for 癸: the Fire Goat Year
- Practice and Questions to Ask Yourself
Who it is for
- Your Day Master is Gui, 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 GUI IS YOURS?
The Day Master is the stem on top of your Day pillar, the third column from the left on the free calculator.
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BOOK AND READING
Your Day Master book and your personal reading
The book describes every Gui 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 Gui?
The Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born. If your Day pillar starts with 癸, for example 癸丑 or 癸未, this is your book. The free calculator shows it in a few seconds.
Is this a reading of my own chart?
It describes every Gui 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.