THE DAY MASTER BOOKS · 乙
Yi · Yin Wood — The Day Master Book
The vine and the trellis: the classical reading of 乙, with the six Yi day pillars, the Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
The classical BaZi reading of the Day Master 乙 Yi, Yin Wood, in plain words: the vine and the trellis, eight traits and the price of each, the Ten Gods seen from 乙, work and money, closeness and family, 乙 beside the other nine Day Masters, the four seasons of birth, the six Yi day pillars, Luck Pillars and the year 2027.
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乙 (yǐ) comes second in the sequence of ten heavenly stems: Wood, Yin in polarity, paired with 甲 (jiǎ), the Yang Wood before it. The old way to tell the pair apart is by size and posture. 甲 is the tree: one trunk, one direction, a crown that wants the sky. 乙 is everything else that lives by growing. Grass between paving stones, a rose on a wall, wisteria, bean runners, a bindweed that has found the drainpipe, orchids on a branch, the green shoot that comes up through a crack in a car park.
A tree argues with the wind by standing still. 乙 argues with it by bending, and by being somewhere else the next morning. That is the first fact to hold about this Day Master. Its strength is real, though it never looks like strength. Nobody photographs a vine and says "what power". Then the vine has covered the shed.
A vine is not the same plant in April and in October. Its leaves, its thirst, its dangers and its good luck all depend on the weather it is growing in. BaZi says the same of a Day Master, and the weather of a chart is the season of birth, written in the month pillar, which the calculator shows second from the left, between the year and the day.
The old term is month command (月令). The branch of the month names the element that rules the chart, as a general rules an army. In one of the oldest Ziping manuals, the Yuān Hǎi Zǐ Píng (淵海子平), the month is the 提綱 (tí gāng). The word names the cord along the top of a fishing net: lift it, and everything below comes up with it. A later manual, the Zǐ Píng Zhēn Quán (子平真詮), starts its chapter on the Useful God with 八字用神，專求月令, which sends the reader to the month command and to nowhere else.
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 Vine and the Trellis
- Strength and Its Price
- The Ten Gods Through the Eyes of 乙
- Work and Money
- Closeness and Family
- Yi and the Other Nine Day Masters
- The Body, in Images
- Born in Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Your Six Yi Day Pillars
- Luck Pillars for 乙
- 2027 for 乙: the Fire Goat Year
- Practice and Questions to Ask Yourself
Who it is for
- Your Day Master is Yi, 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 YI 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 Yi book
The year ahead for every Day Master, and the whole book of Yi, Yin Wood.
$17.90 $22.80
BUNDLE
All ten Day Master books
Read your own Day Master, then your partner's, your children's and your colleagues'.
$49 $99
BOOK AND READING
Your Day Master book and your personal reading
The book describes every Yi 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 Yi?
The Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born. If your Day pillar starts with 乙, for example 乙丑 or 乙未, this is your book. The free calculator shows it in a few seconds.
Is this a reading of my own chart?
It describes every Yi 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.
Can I give it as a gift?
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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.