乙丑 Day Pillar · Yi · Ox

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

A grass-like tree boring into late-winter soil.

Stem Yi (乙) · Branch Ox (丑)

Yi (乙) is yin Wood, which the Dichten Sui calls supple (乙木雖柔), and Chou (丑) is the Earth of late winter (季冬). At a place where grass-like yin wood handles earth (木剋土), the yin wood bores into late-winter soil and pushes on — a Wealth position.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as supple yin wood boring into late-winter soil and pushing on. This is only the imagery of a two-character pairing; actual tendencies must be read with the other six characters and the season.

What the combination shows

• Supple yin wood (Yi) boring into late-winter soil (Chou earth)
• A Wealth place (木剋土) where the yin wood energy bores into late-winter soil and pushes on
• Even in the same 木剋土, unlike late-summer soil (Yi-Wei), this one bores into late-winter soil

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Wood and Earth show; the other six characters of the chart may hold other elements. Don’t judge character from the Day Pillar’s two characters alone.

Questions to ask yourself (work · relationships)

Work · When boring into earth, how do you choose where to advance and where to stop?

Relationships · By what do you check that the boring-in strength doesn’t wear you out in a relationship?

Related pages

• Yi (乙) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 乙卯 Day PillarLike spring grass — bending softly yet growing all the way through.
• 乙巳 Day PillarGrass and vine spreading into early-summer fire.
• 乙亥 Day PillarEarly-winter water raising wood.
• 乙未 Day PillarA grass-like tree standing on late-summer soil.
• 乙酉 Day PillarFull-autumn metal handling a grass-like tree.

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