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Iris Calder
14 Mar 1987 · 07:22 · London, United Kingdom · Pisces Sun, Virgo Moon, Aries rising
Nine stars on the Lo Shu square: a principal star from the year, a character star from the month, and the house each year puts you in.
Hour
食神 Eating God
Jia Chen
Wood yang · Dragon
戊七殺 乙傷官 癸劫財
墓 Tomb
Day
日主 day master
Ren Xu
Water yang · Dog
戊七殺 辛正印 丁正財
冠帶 Capping
the self
Month
劫財 Rob Wealth
Gui Mao
Water yin · Rabbit
乙傷官
死 Death
Year
正財 Direct Wealth
Ding Mao
Fire yin · Rabbit
乙傷官
死 Death
Read right to left: year, month, day, hour. The day stem is the day master — you — and everything else is read against it. Above each stem is its ten god, the relation it bears to the day master; below each branch, the stems it hides and theirs, then the day master's life stage (十二長生) on that branch — the day pillar's own is where the self sits.
Ten gods
| 比肩 Friend | the same as you: peers, self-reliance, rivalry | — |
| 劫財 Rob Wealth | competitors and comrades; spending, risk, generosity | month stem, hour branch (minor) |
| 食神 Eating God | ease, talent, appetite; what you produce without strain | hour stem |
| 傷官 Hurting Officer | brilliance that will not be ruled; performance, rebellion | year branch, month branch, hour branch (minor) |
| 偏財 Indirect Wealth | windfalls, business, the father; money that moves | — |
| 正財 Direct Wealth | earned income, thrift, the wife in a man's chart | year stem, day branch (minor) |
| 七殺 Seven Killings | pressure, force, discipline; the enemy that makes a general | day branch, hour branch |
| 正官 Direct Officer | authority, rank, the law; the husband in a woman's chart | — |
| 偏印 Indirect Resource | unorthodox learning, solitude, the stepmother | — |
| 正印 Direct Resource | support, education, the mother; what protects you | day branch (minor) |
Branch relations
| 合 combination | 卯戌 | year – day: the two bind: alliance, attachment, a matter held together |
| 害 harm | 卯辰 | year – hour: a quiet undermining between the two |
| 合 combination | 卯戌 | month – day: the two bind: alliance, attachment, a matter held together |
| 害 harm | 卯辰 | month – hour: a quiet undermining between the two |
| 沖 clash | 戌辰 | day – hour: the two pull apart: movement, separation, a matter forced open |
This year · 2026 丙午
丙 is your 偏財 Indirect Wealth — windfalls, business, the father; money that moves.
The year branch neither meets, clashes, harms nor combines with your birth year: no Tai Sui this year.
Five elements
| Wood | 36.5% | |
| Fire | 13.5% | |
| Earth | 20.8% | |
| Metal | 5.2% | |
| Water | 24% |
Stems count fully, a branch's principal hidden stem fully, the rest at a half and a third. Schools weigh this differently, so the breakdown is shown rather than only a verdict.
Day master
Ren — Water yang, and weak (support 2.8 against 6.8).
Resource Metal · output Wood · wealth Fire · officer Earth
Favourable: Water and Metal.
Born inside Jingzhe — Insects wake. The year turns at Lichun, not in January, which is why a birth in late January belongs to the year before.
Luck pillars
| From age | Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 甲辰 | Jia · Wood | Chen · Dragon |
| 17.3 | 乙巳 | Yi · Wood | Si · Snake |
| 27.3 | 丙午 | Bing · Fire | Wu · Horse |
| 37.3 | 丁未 | Ding · Fire | Wei · Goat |
| 47.3 | 戊申 | Wu · Earth | Shen · Monkey |
| 57.3 | 己酉 | Ji · Earth | You · Rooster |
| 67.3 | 庚戌 | Geng · Metal | Xu · Dog |
| 77.3 | 辛亥 | Xin · Metal | Hai · Pig |
| 87.3 | 壬子 | Ren · Water | Zi · Rat |
Ten years each, running forward from the month pillar, beginning at 7.3. Direction is set by the year stem's polarity against sex — here a yin year and a woman; the starting age by the distance to the neighbouring sectional term, three days to the year.