Yang Wood Monkey · 泉中水 (Spring at the Source)
Yang Wood is the tall tree — visible, upright, reaching. It grows toward light and doesn't bend easily.
Wood meets the Monkey's Metal nature as an adversary. The tree and the axe. Creative tension between growth and precision.
Every Earthly Branch contains hidden elements beneath the surface. The Monkey's branch (申) carries: 庚 Metal · 壬 Water · 戊 Earth. These hidden stems influence how the year's energy expresses — they're the undercurrent beneath the visible pillar.
Spring at the Source — water emerging from deep underground. Clean, original, self-renewing. The beginning of every river starts here.
The Nayin is the "sound-element" of this position in the 60-year cycle. It's a second layer of elemental identity — not what the stem says you are, but what the combination of stem and branch sounds like when they resonate together. Read more about Spring at the Source →
Your year pillar is what you share with every person born in 1944. It describes your generation, not you. To see what makes your chart yours, you need three more pillars — and the most important one, your Day Pillar, requires your exact birthday.
Start with your month. A Monkey born in January carries different energy than one born in July.
Your Day Pillar — the one that defines who you actually are — needs your exact birthday.