Ji Si·己巳·Gisa
Written by DK
The Ji Si day pillar, 己巳 in hanja and 기사 (Gisa) in Korean Saju, is a yin Earth day master on a Fire branch. Of the 24,112 己 charts this site has measured, 4,015 fall on a 己巳 day. Those read as strong in 77.4 per cent of cases, weak in 6.5 and balanced in 16.1. Taking every 己 day together the split is 64.4 per cent strong, 18.6 weak and 17.0 balanced. The Yin Earth Day Master (己): The Field in Your Chart takes the stem on its own.
The figures come from running this site’s engine over every day of the stem from 1950 to 2009, with a birth in Seoul every two hours from two in the morning to ten at night. Midnight is left out: once Seoul’s clock is corrected for its longitude, a midnight birth falls on the day before, which carries a different stem.
Structure藏干
What the branch 巳 holds, and what each of those stems is to a 己 day master. The day counts are the classical weights within a thirty-day month, main stem first.
| Hidden stem | Qi | Days of 30 | Ten God to 己 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 丙 Yang Fire | 正氣 primary | 16 of 30 | 正印 Direct Resource |
| 庚 Yang Metal | 中氣 middle | 7 of 30 | 傷官 Hurting Officer |
| 戊 Yang Earth | 餘氣 residual | 7 of 30 | 劫財 Rob Wealth |
In the twelve-stage cycle a 己 day master on 巳 sits at 帝旺 Peak.
Personality性
Ji, Yin Earth — soft, cultivated soil rather than mountain — sits on 巳 Si, a Fire branch, in a relation the bundle calls "generated by": this Earth is fed by its own branch rather than merely rooted in it. The branch's primary hidden stem, 丙 Bing (Yang Fire, holding 16 of the branch's 30 days), reaches the Day Master as 正印 Direct Resource, the chart's single dominant force. Direct Resource is the god of legitimate nourishment — protection, credentials, inherited advantage, being looked after by a structure larger than oneself — and its dominance means this personality's core is someone fed continuously from underneath: warmed rather than hardened. Unusually, this Day Master also occupies 帝旺 Peak in its own branch, the twelve-stage position of maximum vitality and self-command. Paired with a Yin stem, Peak does not read as forceful; it reads as quiet, settled capability — someone who need not assert authority because they already sit at their most capable point. Nourished and self-possessed together give a temperament that is warm, unhurried, generous with attention, and rarely defensive. Two lighter hidden stems complicate the surface. 戊 Wu (Yang Earth, residual, 7 days) reaches the Day Master as 劫財 Rob Wealth, a sibling-rival force giving a competitive undertow among peers. 庚 Geng (Yang Metal, middle qi, 7 days) reaches as 傷官 Hurting Officer, an output god that produces sharp opinions and occasional refusal to defer — a clever, faintly rebellious streak beneath the calm.
Career職
Direct Resource dominant plus Peak stage points toward work built on legitimate expertise exercised at full capacity — teaching, mentorship, credentialed professions, institutional custodianship, or any field where mastery is transmitted and authority rests on demonstrated competence rather than force. This is a chart suited to being the trusted, established figure inside a structure rather than the disruptor outside it. The 傷官 Hurting Officer trace from 庚 complicates a purely institutional fit: this pillar wants room to voice independent judgment and can chafe under supervision that demands silent compliance. The stronger track lets expertise speak with a personal signature — consulting, specialist practice, commentary, or senior standing inside an institution rather than junior compliance within one. The 劫財 Rob Wealth trace from 戊 makes cohort and peer-based work comfortable; this person functions well sharing credit and resources with equals rather than working in isolation.
Wealth財
No 正財 Direct Wealth or 偏財 Indirect Wealth appears among the hidden stems of 巳 — wealth gods are structurally absent from this pillar. Money is not the organizing drive here; it is not pursued through direct commercial risk or sales instinct. Resources instead arrive through the dominant 正印 Direct Resource channel — salary, credential, institutional backing, being provided for — and are shared or mildly contested through the 劫財 Rob Wealth trace, which can mean money moves easily between this person and peers or siblings, for better or worse. Financial security reads less as a personal pursuit than as a byproduct of installing oneself inside a resourced structure; where a partner or pairing supplies an actual wealth god, this pillar's earning capacity strengthens considerably.
Love & Compatibility緣
The dominance of 正印 Direct Resource gives a naturally nurturing presence in relationships — attentive, warm, inclined to look after a partner the way this chart itself is continuously looked after. The Peak stage adds quiet self-assurance rather than neediness; this is not a temperament that clings. The 劫財 Rob Wealth trace can surface as a subtle competitiveness even with someone loved — comparing standing or effort rather than simply sharing it. The 傷官 Hurting Officer trace is the sharper risk: a calm surface can give way to blunt, cutting commentary when this person feels controlled or unheard. What suits this pillar best is a partner who receives the nurturing without trying to command it — restriction or heavy-handed authority is what this temperament resists hardest.
Best & Worst Pairings合
The best matches all pair 巳 Si with 申 Shen, its 六合 Six Harmony partner, a bond that transforms into Water — the one element structurally missing from 己巳's own hidden stems, since Water is Wealth (正財/偏財) to a Ji Earth Day Master. Each pairing supplies through combination what the natal branch cannot supply alone. 丙申 Bing Shen carries 丙 as 正印 Direct Resource, doubling the nourishing theme already dominant in this chart. 壬申 Ren Shen carries 壬 as 正財 Direct Wealth outright — the single strongest wealth-bearing match available, resource and combination-wealth working together. 甲申 Jia Shen carries 甲 as 正官 Direct Officer, adding legitimate structure and discipline to a chart already rich in nourishment. All three sit at 沐浴 Bath from the partner's side, a stage of openness and exposure — bonds that reveal rather than shield, intimate and unguarded. The worst matches all carry 亥 Hai, which 沖 clashes against 巳 Si, directly threatening the Fire that anchors this Day Master's Direct Resource. 乙亥 Yi Hai brings 七殺 Seven Killings at the fragile 胎 Conception stage, the harshest combination, imposing unmediated control on an already destabilized base. 癸亥 Gui Hai brings 偏財 Indirect Wealth through the same clash — money that arrives only by uprooting stability. 己亥 Ji Hai brings a mirroring 比肩 Friend, turning peer rivalry into direct competition over a resource base the clash is actively unsettling.