己丑 Day Pillar · Ji · Ox

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

Thick Earth energy, gathered twice over.

Stem Ji (己) · Branch Ox (丑)

Ji (己) is yin Earth, which the Dichten Sui calls low and moist (己土卑濕), holding and storing (中正蓄藏), and Chou (丑) is the Earth of late winter (季冬). With Earth in both stem and branch, it reads as a thick overlap of earth energy.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this doubling of Earth as thick and calm, taking in and holding. 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

• Earth overlaps thickly, reading as not easily shaken
• As winter soil awaiting spring, it can be mapped to building without haste
• Gathered into one element, the grain reads thick and simple

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

• Ji (己) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 己酉 Day PillarField soil bringing forth autumn metal.
• 己卯 Day PillarMoist field raising spring wood without worry.
• 己巳 Day PillarEarly-summer rising fire warming field soil.
• 己未 Day PillarField soil and late-summer soil overlapping in one place.
• 己亥 Day PillarMoist field soil taking in and governing early-winter water.

일간·일주·오행 하나만으로 사람 전체를 단정할 수 없어요. 실제 풀이는 음양·오행과 네 기둥 여덟 글자의 관계, 계절을 함께 봐야 합니다.