Heavenly Stem 2 of 10
Yi乙
Yin wood. Tradition pictures grass, flowers and climbing vines.
- Element
- Wood
- Polarity
- Yin
- Direction
- East
- Season
- Spring
乙木雖柔，刲羊解牛。懷丁抱丙，跨鳳乘猴。虛濕之地，騎馬亦憂。藤蘿繫甲，可春可秋。
Di Tian Sui
What it is
Yi is soft but hard to stop. The verse says that though gentle it can cut through the goat and the ox, and that a vine clinging to Jia lasts through spring and autumn.
In a chart
If this is the stem of your day pillar, it is your Day Master, and the rest of the chart is read against it.
Relations
乙 Yi combines with 庚 Geng, turning to Metal. It clashes with 辛 Xin.
Sources Di Tian Sui Chan Wei; Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu, vol. 1.