Ten Day Masters · 일간
The 10 saju souls
In saju, the heavenly stem of the day you were born is your Day Master. There are ten. Think of them as personality types, with 2,000 years of notes.
Gap Wood · The Tall Pine
Gap (甲) is the first of the ten heavenly stems, and honestly, it acts like it. In Korean saju your Day Master is the heavenly stem of the day you were born, the one character in your chart that stands for you.
Read Gap Wood乙Eul Wood · The Climbing Flower
Eul (乙) is yin Wood, the second of the ten heavenly stems. Where Gap is a tall tree, Eul is the vine, the climbing rose, the grass that comes back through concrete.
Read Eul Wood丙Byeong Fire · The Sun
Byeong (丙) is yang Fire, the third heavenly stem, and the ancient picture for it is simply the sun. Not a candle, not a bonfire: the thing in the sky that shines on everyone, whether they asked for it or not.
Read Byeong Fire丁Jeong Fire · The Candle
Jeong (丁) is yin Fire, the fourth heavenly stem. If Byeong is the sun, Jeong is the candle, the lantern, the stars on a clear night.
Read Jeong Fire戊Mu Earth · The Mountain
Mu (戊) is yang Earth, the fifth heavenly stem, and its image is the mountain. Big, calm, very hard to move, and the place everyone runs to when the weather turns.
Read Mu Earth己Gi Earth · The Garden Field
Gi (己) is yin Earth, the sixth heavenly stem. Mu is the mountain; Gi is the field at its foot: soft soil, garden beds, the ground where things actually grow.
Read Gi Earth庚Gyeong Metal · The Sword
Gyeong (庚) is yang Metal, the seventh heavenly stem. Its image is raw metal, the axe, the sword, iron that has not been polished yet.
Read Gyeong Metal辛Sin Metal · The Jewel
Sin (辛) is yin Metal, the eighth heavenly stem. Where Gyeong is raw iron, Sin is the finished piece: the jewel, the fine needle, the silver ring that catches light from across the room.
Read Sin Metal壬Im Water · The Ocean
Im (壬) is yang Water, the ninth heavenly stem, and its image is the ocean, or a great river that never stops moving. If your Day Master is Im, you are curious, restless and harder to pin down than you seem.
Read Im Water癸Gye Water · The Rain
Gye (癸) is yin Water, the tenth and last heavenly stem. If Im is the ocean, Gye is the rain, the morning mist, the dew on a window.
Read Gye Water