辛巳 Day Pillar · Xin · Snake

점박사 편집팀 · 수정일 2026-08-19

Early-summer fire tempering mild metal.

Stem Xin (辛) · Branch Snake (巳)

Xin (辛) is yin Metal, which the Dichten Sui calls mild and clear (溫潤而清), and Si (巳) is the Fire of early summer (孟夏). With early-summer fire working the clear metal (火剋金), it reads as soft metal placed within the heat.

How to read this pairing

Jeombaksa reads this as mild yin metal meeting the rising fire of early summer and being tempered. 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

• Clear, soft yin metal meets the rising fire of early summer
• Fire working metal (Officer) — heat from outside stands out
• Even in the same 火剋金, unlike high summer (Geng-Wu) this is fire only now rising, so the tempering is gentler

A note of caution

Within these two characters only Metal and Fire 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 · To keep a clear grain within heat (pressure) coming from outside, what do you hold onto?

Relationships · To cool a heated heart before you speak, what words do you choose 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.
• 辛未 Day PillarLate-summer soil settling its grain into clear metal.
• 辛亥 Day PillarClear metal giving its energy to early-winter water.
• 辛丑 Day PillarLate-winter soil bracing up clear metal.

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