Yang Wood Monkey year · Yin Earth Snake month
Your year pushes through your month. Wood controls Earth — roots breaking ground. Generational drive penetrating personal foundation. The tension is productive.
Outer force, inner reflection. The world sees the push. You feel the pull. Generational energy meets personal depth.
Your year branch (申 · Monkey) carries: 庚 Metal · 壬 Water · 戊 Earth. Your month branch (巳 · Snake) carries: 丙 Fire · 庚 Metal · 戊 Earth. These hidden elements create a deeper layer of interaction beneath the two visible stems — currents that shape how the year-month relationship actually plays out in your life.
Spring at the Source — water emerging from deep underground. Clean, original, self-renewing. The beginning of every river starts here. Read more about Spring at the Source →
Your Day Pillar is the one that defines who you actually are. The year is your generation. The month is your environment. The day is you. And you need your exact birthday to see it.
The Hour Pillar reveals how you express it — your inner world, your legacy, the part of you only the people closest to you ever see. Both require your exact birth date and time.
Your Day Pillar — the one that defines who you actually are — needs your exact birthday.