Geng Shen · 庚申
Geng Shen pairs a Yang Metal Day Master with 申 (the Monkey), a Metal branch. If this is your day pillar, the pairing below describes tendencies worth observing — not a verdict.
The Day Master on top
Yang Metal · 庚 — The classical image for 庚 is raw metal — the axe, the ore: force that resolves things by cutting. A Yang Metal Day Master tends to prefer the decisive version of any question: keep or drop, yes or no, now or never.
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. 申 (the Monkey) carries these hidden stems, each read as a relationship between that stem and your Day Master:
庚
Peer
Same polarity, same element as the Day Master — peers, self-reliance, and parallel drive.
壬
Output (Gentle)
Gentle output — talent expressed with ease, appetite, and craft rather than confrontation.
戊
Indirect Resource
Indirect resource — unconventional learning, odd mentors, and support that arrives sideways.
Na Yin
The Na Yin of Geng Shen is 石榴木 — "Pomegranate Wood". 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
Taking office — Taking the seat — competent, active, and ready to handle duty.
Void branches (Xun Kong)
Charts anchored on 庚申 treat 子丑 as "void" — branches whose signals are read as weakened or delayed rather than absent.
Is Geng Shen 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.