THE DAY MASTER BOOKS · 甲
Jia · Yang Wood — The Day Master Book
The tree and the beam: the classical reading of 甲, with the six Jia day pillars, the Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
The classical BaZi reading of the Day Master 甲 Jia, Yang Wood, in plain words: the tree and the beam, eight traits and the price of each, the Ten Gods seen from 甲, work and money, closeness and family, the other nine Day Masters, the four seasons of birth, the six Jia day pillars, Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
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甲 (jiǎ) opens the list of the ten heavenly stems. Its element is Wood, its polarity Yang, and its partner is 乙 (yǐ), Yin Wood. Where 乙 is the vine, the grass and the flower that bend with the wind, 甲 is the one that does not bend easily: the trunk, the great tree, the forest seen from a hill. The old texts put 甲 at the head of the whole list: a verse on the stems kept in the Yuanhai Ziping (淵海子平) opens with 甲木天干作首排, "Jia Wood is set first among the heavenly stems". The picture explains why. Before anything else grows sideways, something has to grow up.
The Dī Tiān Suǐ (滴天髓), the classic most often quoted on the ten stems, gives each of them a short poem. The poem for 甲 has eight lines. This series prints the stem poems from the text that Ren Tieqiao (任鐵樵) annotated line by line, the 滴天髓闡微:
A pine on a cliff and the same pine in a greenhouse are two different trees. In April a tree is full of sap, in January it has none, and in August it is thirsty. The season of birth does the same work in BaZi: it sets the climate in which the Day Master lives, and the classical reader consults it first of all.
In the classics this is the month command (月令, yuè lìng). The branch of the month pillar shows which element rules the season, and much of a Day Master's strength depends on how it stands to that element. A verse in the Yuanhai Ziping names the month the 提綱 (tí gāng), the head-rope that lifts a whole fishing net (月令號提綱), and the Ziping Zhenquan (子平真詮) compresses the method into eight characters, 八字用神，專求月令: look for the chart's Useful God in the month. Other things count too: roots in the branches, supporters weighed against drains, and what lies hidden below.
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 Tree and the Beam
- Strength and Its Price
- The Ten Gods Through the Eyes of 甲
- Work and Money
- Closeness and Family
- Jia and the Other Nine Day Masters
- The Body, in Images
- Born in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Your Six Jia Day Pillars
- Luck Pillars for 甲
- 2027 for 甲: the Fire Goat Year
- Practice and Questions to Ask Yourself
Who it is for
- Your Day Master is Jia, 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 JIA 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 Jia book
The year ahead for every Day Master, and the whole book of Jia, Yang Wood.
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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 Jia 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 Jia?
The Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born. If your Day pillar starts with 甲, for example 甲子 or 甲午, this is your book. The free calculator shows it in a few seconds.
Is this a reading of my own chart?
It describes every Jia 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.