庚子 Day Pillar · Geng · Rat

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

Strong metal giving its energy to midwinter water.

Stem Geng (庚) · Branch Rat (子)

Geng (庚) is yang Metal, which the Dichten Sui calls firmest of all (剛強為最), and Zi (子) is the Water of high winter (仲冬). With metal giving rise to water (金生水), it reads as an Output (leaking) position where metal’s energy seeps into midwinter water.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as strong metal giving its energy to midwinter water, metal flowing into water. 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

• Strong yang metal (Geng) giving its energy to midwinter water (Zi)
• An Output (leaking) place (金生水) where the strong metal energy flows into midwinter water
• In the Dichten Sui, Geng metal grows clear on gaining water (得水而清), so the clearing grain in a Water branch should be read across the whole chart

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Metal and Water 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 loading energy onto the waterway, by what do you decide how much to send and how much to keep?

Relationships · When strong energy flows into water, by what do you set the line that keeps you from dulling in a relationship?

Related pages

• Geng (庚) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 庚申 Day PillarClear-cut in decisions — once set, it pushes through.
• 庚午 Day PillarStrong metal meeting high-summer fire.
• 庚寅 Day PillarStrong metal and rising spring wood set against each other.
• 庚辰 Day PillarStrong metal receiving generation from late-spring soil.
• 庚戌 Day PillarGathered late-autumn soil bracing strong metal.

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