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Priya Nair
21 Jun 1994 · 05:48 · Mumbai, India · Gemini Sun, Scorpio Moon, Gemini 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
正官 Direct Officer
Yi Mao
Wood yin · Rabbit
乙正官
沐浴 Bath
Day
日主 day master
Wu Yin
Earth yang · Tiger
甲七殺 丙偏印 戊比肩
長生 Birth
the self
Month
食神 Eating God
Geng Wu
Metal yang · Horse
丁正印 己劫財
帝旺 Prime
Year
七殺 Seven Killings
Jia Xu
Wood yang · Dog
戊比肩 辛傷官 丁正印
墓 Tomb
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 | year branch, day branch (minor) |
| 劫財 Rob Wealth | competitors and comrades; spending, risk, generosity | month branch (minor) |
| 食神 Eating God | ease, talent, appetite; what you produce without strain | month stem |
| 傷官 Hurting Officer | brilliance that will not be ruled; performance, rebellion | year 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 | — |
| 七殺 Seven Killings | pressure, force, discipline; the enemy that makes a general | year stem, day branch |
| 正官 Direct Officer | authority, rank, the law; the husband in a woman's chart | hour stem, hour branch |
| 偏印 Indirect Resource | unorthodox learning, solitude, the stepmother | day branch (minor) |
| 正印 Direct Resource | support, education, the mother; what protects you | year branch (minor), month branch |
Branch relations
| 合 combination | 戌卯 | year – hour: the two bind: alliance, attachment, a matter held together |
| 三合 three harmony (Fire) | 寅午戌 | year – month – day: the branches that make one element together |
This year · 2026 丙午
丙 is your 偏印 Indirect Resource — unorthodox learning, solitude, the stepmother.
The year branch neither meets, clashes, harms nor combines with your birth year: no Tai Sui this year.
三合 with the year, month, day branches.
伏吟: the month branch repeats the year's.
Five elements
| Wood | 39.6% | |
| Fire | 17.8% | |
| Earth | 27.7% | |
| Metal | 14.9% | |
| Water | 0% |
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
Wu — Earth yang, and weak (support 4.6 against 5.5).
Resource Fire · output Metal · wealth Water · officer Wood
Favourable: Earth and Fire.
Born inside Mangzhong — Grain in ear. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 己巳 | Ji · Earth | Si · Snake |
| 15 | 戊辰 | Wu · Earth | Chen · Dragon |
| 25 | 丁卯 | Ding · Fire | Mao · Rabbit |
| 35 | 丙寅 | Bing · Fire | Yin · Tiger |
| 45 | 乙丑 | Yi · Wood | Chou · Ox |
| 55 | 甲子 | Jia · Wood | Zi · Rat |
| 65 | 癸亥 | Gui · Water | Hai · Pig |
| 75 | 壬戌 | Ren · Water | Xu · Dog |
| 85 | 辛酉 | Xin · Metal | You · Rooster |
Ten years each, running backward from the month pillar, beginning at 5. Direction is set by the year stem's polarity against sex — here a yang year and a woman; the starting age by the distance to the neighbouring sectional term, three days to the year.