A water Day Master born in 亥, the pig month
The month pillar is the strongest single influence on whether a Day Master is supported. 亥 is the first month of winter; it opens at 立冬 Start of Winter, around 7 November, and runs to about 7 December.
- Day Master phase
- 水 Water
- Month branch
- 亥 Hài
- Opens at
- 立冬 Start of Winter
- Roughly
- 7 November – 7 December
- Branch phase
- 水 Water
What the month does to the Day Master
Born in 亥, the first month of winter, with a water Day Master. 得令 — the Self holds the mandate. 亥 opens your season and there is nothing in the branch against you.
亥 holds 壬 water and 甲 wood. Your own phase leads it, and the wood behind it is your outlet — what water produces and spends itself into. A water Self born here starts with the season and with somewhere for the season to go, which is a better combination than the first month of most quarters provides.
《窮通寶鑑》 is direct about winter for every Day Master: warmth is what the season lacks, and no amount of the supporting element replaces it. For a water Self holding the mandate that instruction is sharper rather than softer — strong water in a cold month is water with nothing to melt it.
The reading therefore runs against instinct. Support is surplus here. Fire carries the weight, wood as an outlet carries weight, and additional metal or water makes the structure heavier without making it better.
得令 sets the method for everything after this. It is a structural fact rather than a favourable one on its own.
Cast the chart this page describes
The four pillars, the Day Master, the five-phase count, the day’s almanac read against the chart and the true solar time working — about 2,700 words — are free and need no account. The chart is computed in the browser; nothing about the birth is sent anywhere.