Ding Chou · 丁丑
Ding Chou pairs a Yin Fire Day Master with 丑 (the Ox), a Earth branch. If this is your day pillar, the pairing below describes tendencies worth observing — not a verdict.
The Day Master on top
Yin Fire · 丁 — The classical image for 丁 is a lamp or candle flame: heat gathered to a point, lighting a chosen circle. A Yin Fire Day Master tends to warm specifically — one person, one problem, one room at a time — and to notice what broad light washes out.
Read the full profile →The branch beneath — your spouse palace
In a day pillar, the branch is read as the spouse palace: the texture of close partnership. 丑 (the Ox) carries these hidden stems, each read as a relationship between that stem and your Day Master:
己
Output (Gentle)
Gentle output — talent expressed with ease, appetite, and craft rather than confrontation.
癸
Pressure
Pressure without the soft title — urgency, rivals, and hard edges that demand response.
辛
Indirect Wealth
Indirect wealth — opportunity money, deals, and resources that move through networks.
Na Yin
The Na Yin of Ding Chou is 涧下水 — "Ravine Water". Na Yin is a poetic sixty-fold naming of the pillars, used as a secondary texture rather than a primary verdict.
Stage of the cycle
Storage — Stored away — power is locked in reserve, not on display.
Void branches (Xun Kong)
Charts anchored on 丁丑 treat 申酉 as "void" — branches whose signals are read as weakened or delayed rather than absent.
Is Ding Chou actually your day pillar?
The day pillar comes from your exact birth date — and near midnight, from true solar time. Calculate it instead of guessing.
As with everything on Truenoon, this page describes observable tendencies, not a verdict on who you are.