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Ji · Yin Earth — The Day Master Book
The field and the garden: the classical reading of 己, with the six Ji day pillars, the Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
The classical BaZi reading of the Day Master 己 Ji, Yin Earth, in plain words: the field and the garden, eight traits and the price of each, the Ten Gods seen from 己, work and money, closeness and family, 己 beside the other nine Day Masters, the four seasons of birth, the six Ji day pillars, Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
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己 (jǐ) is the sixth of the ten heavenly stems. It belongs to Earth, and it carries the Yin polarity. Its pair is 戊 (wù), Yang Earth. If 戊 is the mountain, the city wall, the great plateau, then 己 is the ground a person actually walks on and plants in: the field, the garden bed, the orchard, the vegetable plot behind a house, the clay a potter lifts out of a riverbank.
The old texts compress this into a few words. The Dī Tiān Suǐ (滴天髓), a Ziping text that readers of BaZi still quote, opens its passage on 己 with the line 己土卑濕, 中正蓄藏. In plain words: Ji Earth is low and moist, central and upright, and it stores. Each of those four ideas is worth a minute.
Imagine two fields with the same soil. One lies in a valley in May, warm and watered. The other lies on a plain in January, under frost. Same earth, completely different fields. In BaZi the season does the same work. The month in which you were born sets the climate in which your Day Master lives, and the classical reader looks at it before anything else.
The technical name is the month command (月令, yuè lìng). The earthly branch of the month pillar tells which element is "in command" of the season, and the strength of a Day Master depends heavily on its relation to that element. The Yuanhai Ziping (淵海子平) calls the month the 提綱 (tí gāng), the main rope by which the whole net is lifted, and the Ziping Zhenquan begins its search for the Useful God there: 八字用神，專求月令, "the Useful God of the eight characters is sought in the month command".
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 Field and the Garden
- Strength and Its Price
- The Ten Gods Through the Eyes of 己
- Work and Money
- Closeness and Family
- Ji and the Other Nine Day Masters
- The Body, in Images
- Born in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Your Six Ji Day Pillars
- Luck Pillars for 己
- 2027 for 己: the Fire Goat Year
- Practice and Questions to Ask Yourself
Who it is for
- Your Day Master is Ji, 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 JI 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 Ji book
The year ahead for every Day Master, and the whole book of Ji, Yin Earth.
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BUNDLE
All ten Day Master books
Read your own Day Master, then your partner's, your children's and your colleagues'.
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BOOK AND READING
Your Day Master book and your personal reading
The book describes every Ji 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 Ji?
The Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born. If your Day pillar starts with 己, for example 己丑 or 己未, this is your book. The free calculator shows it in a few seconds.
Is this a reading of my own chart?
It describes every Ji 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.
What do I get?
A PDF and an EPUB, sent to your email right after payment, and the same book to read online in your browser. They open on phones, tablets, e-readers and computers.
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Can I get a refund?
Yes, whenever something is wrong on our side: a file that does not open or arrives damaged, the wrong book, or a double charge is refunded in full. Because the book is delivered at once, the 14-day right of withdrawal for digital content ends when you confirm instant delivery at checkout; where the law of your country gives a wider right (for example 7 days in Brazil), that law applies. Just write to support@bazi.cards with your order number. The full terms are on the refund policy page.
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.