Gui-Chou Day Pillar: Gui Water over Chou Earth, Spouse Palace Seven Killings
The day pillar is the closest of the four to you: the stem is you (the Day Master) and the branch is your spouse palace. The Gui-Chou pillar is therefore about the relationship between "Gui Water the person" and "Chou the partner".
- Day Master
- Gui Water
- Spouse palace
- Chou（Earth）
- Palace star
- Seven Killings
- Na Yin
- Mulberry Wood
- Void
- Yin, Mao
- Zodiac
- Ox
What is the structure of Gui-Chou?
Gui-Chou is the stem Gui over the branch Chou. Gui is Yin Water and is your Day Master, standing for you; Chou is Earth and sits in the day branch, which is the spouse palace. The relation between the two therefore says two things at once: the grain of the person, and their default position inside an intimate relationship.
Hidden stems and Ten Gods: where the real weight sits
Each branch holds stems that are not written on the face of the chart, yet they decide how much each Ten God actually weighs. Chou holds 己, 癸, 辛, which to the Day Master Gui Water are:
The 本氣 carries the most weight, so the spouse palace of Gui-Chou mainly shows the face of Seven Killings; the middle and residual stems are undertones that surface when a luck cycle or annual pillar stirs them.
Spouse palace in Chou: partner tendencies and how to get on
The partner：The partner is practical and hard-wearing, the sort who says little and finishes things. Chou is an Earth vault: feeling stays inside, grievances get swallowed, and it all surfaces at once much later.
Where to put the effort：Do not wait for them to raise it. Ask, and clear small things regularly, or they ferment in the vault. They are poor at sweet talk — read actions, not words — and state what you want plainly, because hints will not land.
Worth saying plainly: the spouse palace describes a tendency, not who a person is bound to meet. It reads more like a map of the routes you take easily inside a relationship — knowing it saves a few wrong turns.
Na Yin: Mulberry Wood
Mulberry Wood: the loom's foundation for coloured silks, the very root of fine brocade.
The mulberry that silk-rearing and weaving depend on — plain to look at, yet the root of all fine brocade. Practical and hardworking, glad to help others succeed; its worth often shows in the support it gives.
Each Na Yin is shared by two pillars: Gui-Chou shares Mulberry Wood with Ren-Zi. It is a supporting layer of imagery — useful for overall flavour, but it does not override the main line set by the Day Master and the spouse palace.
Void branches: Yin, Mao
Gui-Chou belongs to the Jia-Chen decade, which never reaches the branches Yin, Mao; these are its void branches. Whatever a voided pillar stands for tends to be "present but not solid" — not absent, but hard to hold, or late in arriving. In practice it matters which pillar is voided and whether it is clashed or combined; the fact alone settles nothing.
Which day pillar is yours?
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Gui-Chou day pillar FAQ
What is the personality of the Gui-Chou day pillar?
The Day Master Gui Water is the subject: With Gui Water as your Day Master, you are like the dew of early morning: silent and soundless, yet able to seep into all things and nourish the earth. The day branch Chou is the spouse palace and stands as Seven Killings to the Day Master, adding a second layer. Personality is read from the whole chart; the day pillar is only its most central part.
What kind of partner does the Gui-Chou day pillar suggest?
The partner is practical and hard-wearing, the sort who says little and finishes things. Chou is an Earth vault: feeling stays inside, grievances get swallowed, and it all surfaces at once much later.
Is the Gui-Chou day pillar good or bad?
No day pillar is inherently good or bad. The spouse palace star of Gui-Chou is Seven Killings, which names a pattern of relating, not a score. What actually decides how smoothly things run is the balance of the whole chart and the luck cycle, not one pillar.
What are the void branches of Gui-Chou?
Gui-Chou belongs to the Jia-Chen decade, so its void branches are Yin, Mao. Which pillar the void lands on, and whether it is stirred by a clash or combination, is what matters; the bare fact decides nothing.