癸丑 Day Pillar · Gui · Ox

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

Delicate water pressed and pooling in late-winter soil.

Stem Gui (癸) · Branch Ox (丑)

Gui (癸) is yin Water, which the Dichten Sui calls most delicate (癸水至弱), and Chou (丑) is the Earth of late winter (季冬). At a place where late-winter soil governs water (土剋水), the earth’s energy holds the delicate water down — an Officer position.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as late-winter soil holding delicate water down. 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

• Late-winter soil (Chou earth) holding down most delicate yin water (Gui)
• An Officer place (土剋水) where, the water being delicate, it tends to pool under pressure rather than flow
• The Dichten Sui’s annotation explains that when Jia-Yi-Yin-Mao are in the chart and water’s qi is put to work, it does not fear abundant fire and earth — a condition the two characters alone can’t confirm

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Water 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 · In a pressed place, by what do you decide where to lower and where to hold?

Relationships · How far do you keep a delicate strength in a relationship?

Related pages

• Gui (癸) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 癸亥 Day PillarLike deep water — quietly seeping in and reading what lies beneath.
• 癸卯 Day PillarFine rain moistening spring wood.
• 癸巳 Day PillarFine rain facing early-summer fire.
• 癸未 Day PillarDelicate water governed by late-summer soil.
• 癸酉 Day PillarFull-autumn metal carrying into delicate water.

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