The 60 Day Pillars.
Every Bazi chart sits on one of sixty Jiazi day pillars. Find yours — it is the most personal piece of your reading.
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Of the eight characters in your chart, the two that matter most live in the Day Pillar.
The Day Pillar is your Day Master (the stem on top) and its supporting branch beneath. Together they form one of sixty possible Jiazi combinations — Jia Zi, Yi Chou, Bing Yin, all the way through Gui Hai.
Sixty pillars. Sixty character profiles. Each one has its own dominant traits, classic weaknesses, and signature life themes.
The cycle moves through six xuns (旬) — decades of ten pillars each, every one starting with a Jia (甲) stem. Each xun also has its own void (空亡): two earthly branches that never appear in that decade.
Find your day pillar below and start there.
How the sixty pillars are grouped.
An overview, then six xuns of ten pillars each. Find which decade your jiazi belongs to — and which two branches are voided around it.
60 Jiazi Overview
Why the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches combine into exactly sixty pillars — and what the structure means for reading any chart.
Jia Zi Xun
The first decade. Starts with Jia Zi (Yang Wood Rat) and runs to Gui You. Void branches (Xun Kong): Xu (Dog) and Hai (Pig).
Jia Xu Xun
The second decade. Starts with Jia Xu and runs to Gui Wei. Void branches: Shen (Monkey) and You (Rooster).
Jia Shen Xun
The third decade. Starts with Jia Shen and runs to Gui Si. Void branches: Wu (Horse) and Wei (Goat).
Jia Wu Xun
The fourth decade. Starts with Jia Wu and runs to Gui Mao. Void branches: Chen (Dragon) and Si (Snake).
Jia Chen Xun
The fifth decade. Starts with Jia Chen and runs to Gui Chou. Void branches: Yin (Tiger) and Mao (Rabbit).
Jia Yin Xun
The sixth and final decade. Starts with Jia Yin and runs to Gui Hai. Void branches: Zi (Rat) and Chou (Ox).
Of all eight characters, the Day Pillar is you. Find your jiazi, find your map.
All 61 articles.
60 Jiazi Overview
Why the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches combine into exactly sixty pillars — and what the structure means for reading any chart.
Jia Zi Xun
The first decade. Starts with Jia Zi (Yang Wood Rat) and runs to Gui You. Void branches (Xun Kong): Xu (Dog) and Hai (Pig).
Jia Xu Xun
The second decade. Starts with Jia Xu and runs to Gui Wei. Void branches: Shen (Monkey) and You (Rooster).
Jia Shen Xun
The third decade. Starts with Jia Shen and runs to Gui Si. Void branches: Wu (Horse) and Wei (Goat).
Jia Wu Xun
The fourth decade. Starts with Jia Wu and runs to Gui Mao. Void branches: Chen (Dragon) and Si (Snake).
Jia Chen Xun
The fifth decade. Starts with Jia Chen and runs to Gui Chou. Void branches: Yin (Tiger) and Mao (Rabbit).
Jia Yin Xun
The sixth and final decade. Starts with Jia Yin and runs to Gui Hai. Void branches: Zi (Rat) and Chou (Ox).
Which jiazi are you?
These three questions tell you whether you can locate yourself in the sixty-pillar system.
Not sure yet? Start with the overview article above — then locate your stem-branch pair in one of the six xuns.
Your jiazi located.
Each Jiazi pillar also carries a hidden sound element — the Na Yin layer. Once you know your day pillar, you can hear it too.
