甲午 Day Pillar · Jia · Horse

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

A great tree carried into high-summer fire.

Stem Jia (甲) · Branch Horse (午)

Jia (甲) is yang Wood, which the Dichten Sui calls soaring to the sky (甲木參天), and Wu (午) is the Fire of high summer (仲夏). With wood giving rise to fire (木生火), it reads as grown energy reaching outward.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as grown energy reaching outward. 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

• Wood carries into fire, energy heading outward
• As high-summer fire, it can be mapped to reaching out
• A combination where growth and brightness interlock

A note of caution

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

In everyday scenes (work · relationships)

Work · This can be mapped to a work scene, but it doesn’t indicate job aptitude.

Relationships · This can be mapped to a relationship scene too, but it isn’t grounds for judging one’s way of relating or its constancy.

Related pages

• Jia (甲) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 甲子 Day PillarLike a tree drawing water — quietly taking root, then rising straight when the time comes.
• 甲寅 Day PillarSpring wood doubled — wood standing straight over wood.
• 甲辰 Day PillarA great tree standing on late-spring soil.
• 甲申 Day PillarEarly-autumn metal working a great tree.
• 甲戌 Day PillarA great tree reaching out into late-autumn soil.

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