The Four Pillars

日主︎The Day Master

The self · Heavenly Stem of the Day pillar

The Day Master — the Heavenly Stem of the Day pillar, the single character that stands for you at the center of the chart.

Everything else in the Four Pillars is read in relation to this one stem: the self the whole chart circles around, named in the old imagery of a tree, a flame, a mountain or a tide. It describes your natural grain, not your fate — the material you shape a life from.