What does my day pillar mean in Korean saju?
Updated · Saju Trip by Jeomji
Short answerYour day pillar is the pair of characters for the day you were born: a heavenly stem (your Day Master) sitting on an earthly branch (one of the 12 animals). There are 60, and Saju Trip has a plain-English page for each — Gapja, Eulchuk, Byeongin and the rest.
The two halves of a day pillar
- The heavenly stem is your Day Master — the character that stands for “you”. It gives your Destiny Type (ten in all).
- The earthly branch is the seat closest to you: your private self, and traditionally your partner's seat. It carries one of the 12 animals.
- Ten stems × twelve branches pair up into 60 combinations that repeat every 60 days.
How to find yours
You only need your birth date — no birth time. Enter your birthday on Saju Trip; it is calculated on your device and shows your Destiny Type, your day pillar and a Korea itinerary.
Day pillar names are usually written in romanized Korean, like Gapja (갑자), Sinyu (신유) or Imja (임자). Each Saju Trip day-pillar page covers personality, work and talents, easy travel company and the kind of Seoul days that suit it.
What a day pillar can't tell you
A day pillar reads two characters out of eight. A full chart says much more, and nothing on Saju Trip predicts the future — it is for fun and self-discovery.
On Saju Trip
Questions
- Is the day pillar the same as the Day Master?
- No. The Day Master is the top half of the day pillar (the heavenly stem). The day pillar adds the earthly branch underneath.
- Do I need my birth time to know my day pillar?
- No. The day pillar comes from your birth date only.