DAY

Finding the Day Master and Animal

In Chinese Astrology the Day column is the most important column in a person’s chart. The Heavenly Stem of the Day, called the Day master is the person itself. Every other element in the Four Column builds upon this Day Master, showing the different structures and favourable or unfavourable directions in the chart, that goes towards building a more complete horoscope analysis.

The Day Element and Animal can be found easily by working out the below few steps:

1. First look up the code number for the Year in Table A.
2. Then find the code number of the Month from Table B.
3. Now add together the code number of the Year and the Month, plus the day of the birth.
4. If the year is a leap year (the last two digits of the year can be divided by 4, or see the Leap Years Table below) and the birth date is from March onwards, add 1 more number (for the fact that there are only 29 days in February in leap years).
5. If the total of the found number is less than 60 find the Day element and Animal from Table C.
6. If the total is more than 60, subtract 60 then find the Day element and Animal from Table C.
7. If the total is more than 120, subtract 120 and find the Day element and animal from Table C.

Example 1: Day element and Animal for 29 August 1984.

1. Find from Table A the code number for 1984. (30)
2. From Table B find the code number for August. (32)
3. Code number A = 30; code number B = 32; birth day = 29

                                 30 + 32 + 29 = 91.

4. 1984 was a leap year so add 1 more.

                                  91 + 1 = 92

5. The total is more than 60, so subtract 60.

                                  92 – 60 = 32

6. Therefore 29 August 1984 is a Yin Wood Sheep day.

Example 2: Day element and animal for 31 December 1989

1. Find from Table A the code number for 1989. (57)
2. From Table B find the code number for December. (34)
3. Code number A = 30; code number B = 32; birth day = 31

                                57 + 34 + 31 = 122.

4. 1989 was not a leap year so no need to add 1 more.
5. The total is more than 120, so subtract 120.

                                122 – 120 = 2

6. Therefore 31 December 1989 is a Yin Wood Ox day.