辛丑 Day Pillar · Xin · Ox

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

Late-winter soil bracing up clear metal.

Stem Xin (辛) · Branch Ox (丑)

Xin (辛) is yin Metal, which the Dichten Sui calls mild and clear (辛金軟弱, 溫潤而清), and Chou (丑) is the Earth of late winter (季冬). At a place where earth gives rise to metal (土生金), late-winter soil braces up the clear metal — a Resource position.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as late-winter soil bracing up clear metal. 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

• Mild, clear yin metal (Xin) receiving generation from late-winter soil (Chou earth)
• A Resource place (土生金) where late-winter soil braces up the clear metal
• Even in the same 土生金, unlike late-summer soil (Xin-Wei), the metal receives from late-winter soil

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Metal 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 late-winter place, how do you keep a clear grain with the energy you receive?

Relationships · How do you show a braced-up energy in a relationship?

Related pages

• Xin (辛) Day Masterthe stem (the ‘self’) of this pillar
• 辛酉 Day PillarClear Metal energy, gathered twice over.
• 辛卯 Day PillarClear metal facing spring wood.
• 辛巳 Day PillarEarly-summer fire tempering mild metal.
• 辛未 Day PillarLate-summer soil settling its grain into clear metal.
• 辛亥 Day PillarClear metal giving its energy to early-winter water.

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