戊子 Day Pillar · Wu · Rat

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

A great mountain governing midwinter water.

Stem Wu (戊) · Branch Rat (子)

Wu (戊) is yang Earth, which the Dichten Sui calls firm and upright (戊土固重, 既中且正), and Zi (子) is the Water of high winter (仲冬). With earth governing water (土剋水), it reads as a Wealth position where the great mountain’s energy heads toward midwinter water.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as a firm great mountain governing midwinter water, earth heading toward 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

• Firm, upright yang earth (Wu) governing midwinter water (Zi)
• Earth governing water (Wealth) — the great mountain’s energy heads toward the water
• In the Dichten Sui, Wu earth raises all things when water is abundant (水旺物生), so the grain when water is strong should be read across the whole chart

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Earth 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 using the strength to govern water, by what do you divide where to dam and where to let it flow?

Relationships · By what do you watch that the governing strength doesn’t block the waterway in a relationship?

Related pages

• Wu (戊) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 戊辰 Day PillarLike broad, weighty earth — steady and not easily shaken.
• 戊戌 Day PillarDry late-autumn soil, thick over thick.
• 戊寅 Day PillarEarly-spring wood opening a way through a great mountain.
• 戊午 Day PillarHigh-summer fire loading its energy onto a great mountain.
• 戊申 Day PillarA great mountain giving its energy to early-autumn metal.

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