甲申 · 六十甲子第 21 位
Jia Shen (甲申) is number 21 in the cycle of sixty stem-and-branch pairs that numbers years, months, days and hours: the stem Jia (甲), yang Wood, on top of the Monkey branch, Shen (申).
What these words mean
- BaZi (八字): Chinese "four pillars" astrology. The moment you were born is written as four pillars, for the year, the month, the day and the hour.
- Pillar: a pair of symbols: a stem written on top and a branch below it. Your year pillar is the pair for your year of birth, and your day pillar the pair for your day of birth. Four pillars make eight symbols, which is what BaZi means: "eight characters".
- Stem (天干, Heavenly Stem): the top symbol of a pillar. There are ten. Each is one of the five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) in its yang or its yin form.
- Branch (地支, Earthly Branch): the bottom symbol of a pillar. There are twelve, each with an animal sign. The branch of your year pillar is your zodiac animal.
- Yang and yin: the two forms of each element. Yang is the bigger, bolder form (Wood as a towering tree), and yin the finer, gentler one (Wood as flowers and vines).
- Day Master (日主): the stem of your day pillar. It stands for you, and the rest of the chart is read in relation to it.
- Hidden stems (藏干): every branch holds one to three stems inside it. The strongest is called its principal qi (本气). The others are its middle qi and residual qi.
- Ten Gods (十神): the names for how any stem relates to your Day Master, such as Direct Officer or Rob Wealth. Each one stands for a part of life: work, money, people or support.
- Growth stages (十二长生): twelve stages, from Birth through Zenith to Tomb and on to Gestation, that describe how strong a stem is on a given branch, like the stages of a life.
- The Void (空亡): the two branches that a group of ten pillars leaves out. Whatever falls on them counts for less, good or bad.
- Nayin (纳音): an old element name, such as Gold in the Sea, that each pair of neighboring pillars in the cycle of sixty shares.
甲申
天干 甲 · 阳木五行 木地支 申生肖 猴
Jia Shen: yang Wood on top of the Monkey branch
纳音、旬与空亡 Nayin, group of ten and the Void
| 纳音 Nayin | 泉中水 Spring Water |
|---|---|
| 所在旬 Group of ten | 甲申旬，旬中第 1 位 The group headed by Jia Shen, number 1 of 10 |
| 空亡 Void | 午未（甲申旬十干配不到的两支） the Horse branch, Wu, and the Goat branch, Wei |
The sixty pillars run in six groups of ten, each headed by a Jia (甲) pillar. Jia Shen is the first pillar of the group headed by Jia Shen (甲申). Ten stems pair with only ten of the twelve branches, so each group leaves two branches out. Here they are the Horse branch, Wu (午), and the Goat branch, Wei (未). These two are the group's Void (空亡): whatever falls on them counts for less, good or bad. The nayin (纳音) of Jia Shen, the old element name it shares with its neighbor in the cycle, is Spring Water (泉中水).
甲申作日柱 As a day pillar
生在甲申日，日主是甲木，坐在申上。甲在申的十二长生是“绝”；申中藏庚（本气），对甲是七杀；壬（中气），对甲是偏印；戊（余气），对甲是偏财。日支又称夫妻宫，所以这几个字也落在婚姻那一宫。
If you were born on a Jia Shen day, your Day Master is Jia (甲), yang Wood, and it sits on the Monkey branch, Shen (申). In the twelve growth stages, Jia Wood on the Monkey branch is at Severance (绝): its weakest point, and also where things turn. The Monkey branch holds three hidden stems. Geng Metal (庚), its principal qi, is your Seven Killings, which stands for pressure, nerve, rivals and hard-won authority. Ren Water (壬), its middle qi, is your Indirect Resource, which stands for unconventional learning, intuition and skills learned outside the usual paths. Wu Earth (戊), its residual qi, is your Indirect Wealth, which stands for money from opportunities and deals rather than a salary, for your network, and for your father. The day branch is called the spouse palace, so these stems bear on your marriage.
与甲申天克地冲的是戊寅、庚寅：天干相克，地支相冲。
Two pillars clash with Jia Shen on both levels at once (天克地冲): Wu Yin (戊寅) and Geng Yin (庚寅). In each, one stem controls the other, and the Tiger branch clashes with the Monkey branch.
对应年份 Years with this pillar
以下年份的年柱为 甲申（以立春为界）：
In these years the year pillar is Jia Shen, each year counted from the Start of Spring (立春):
六十甲子每 60 年循环一次，同样用于纪日与纪时。The cycle of sixty repeats every 60 years. It numbers days and hours too, not only years.
生在甲申日的人，日主是甲：甲木日主的性格与盲点 →
Born on a Jia Shen day? Your Day Master is Jia Wood: read about its character and blind spots →
循环中的位置 Position in the cycle
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