Imin (壬寅) day pillar
A river flowing into spring woods: a gift for growing and sharing
What the Imin day pillar is like
Imin is great water (壬) flowing into a spring forest (寅). Water feeds wood, so Eating God (식신) sits below, and the stage is Sickness (병). As a river brings a forest to life, it is read as finding meaning in growing something with its talent and sharing it.
Ideas come easily, along with the ability to put them into words. Hidden in 寅 are 丙 as Indirect Wealth (편재) and 戊 as Seven Killings (편관), adding a sense for turning talent into work and money, and a sense of duty. It tends to enjoy travel and movement.
Used to giving, it can be clumsy at claiming its own share. Practising putting a fair price on what it makes is worthwhile.
The Imin ilju (day pillar), character by character
Number 39 of the sixty-pillar cycle. The table shows what Halmeoni's calendar engine computes for this pillar.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Top character (day master) | 壬 — the sea or a great river (yang water) |
| Bottom character (day branch) | 寅 — Tiger · wood · early spring (about February) |
| Yin-yang | yang (both characters) |
| Elements | water above, wood below |
| How the two relate | The top character feeds the bottom one: energy spent outwards. |
| Hidden stems (ten gods) | 戊 Seven Killings (편관), 丙 Indirect Wealth (편재), 甲 Eating God (식신) |
| Ten god of the day branch | Eating God (식신) — what you make and enjoy: talent, good food, ease |
| Twelve stages | Sickness (병) — weakening: thoughtful, careful |
| Void branches (공망) | 辰, 巳 — an empty spot: what is hard to hold on to |
Hidden stems are the forces tucked inside the bottom character; the last one listed is the strongest. Ten gods describe each character as seen from the top character, the day master, so the same bottom character gets a different name under a different day master. The void branches are the two that have no partner in this pillar's ten-day week; they only matter when they appear elsewhere in a chart.
A day pillar is only two of the eight characters in a chart. People who share it can read very differently once the year, month and hour are added, so take this as entertainment, not as a verdict on who you are.