Yi-Mao Day Pillar: Yi Wood over Mao Wood, Spouse Palace Friend
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 Yi-Mao pillar is therefore about the relationship between "Yi Wood the person" and "Mao the partner".
- Day Master
- Yi Wood
- Spouse palace
- Mao（Wood）
- Palace star
- Friend
- Na Yin
- Great Stream Water
- Void
- Zi, Chou
- Zodiac
- Rabbit
What is the structure of Yi-Mao?
Yi-Mao is the stem Yi over the branch Mao. Yi is Yin Wood and is your Day Master, standing for you; Mao is Wood 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. Mao holds 乙, which to the Day Master Yi Wood are:
The 本氣 carries the most weight, so the spouse palace of Yi-Mao mainly shows the face of Friend; the middle and residual stems are undertones that surface when a luck cycle or annual pillar stirs them.
Spouse palace in Mao: partner tendencies and how to get on
The partner：The partner is soft in looks and manner, guided by feel and attentive to small details of living. Mao is Yin Wood: the sensitivity is a gift, and the price is that an offhand remark of yours can sit with them for a long time.
Where to put the effort：Tone matters more than content; the same point phrased differently lands completely differently. They rarely fight their own corner, so ask what they actually want, or they will accommodate until they disappear.
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: Great Stream Water
Great Stream Water: fierce waves beating the bank, breakers rising to the sky.
A rushing great stream, waves striking the bank and surging skyward, flowing with force. Full of drive and brisk by nature, bold to charge ahead; amid the rapids, it should keep a measure of calm.
Each Na Yin is shared by two pillars: Yi-Mao shares Great Stream Water with Jia-Yin. 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: Zi, Chou
Yi-Mao belongs to the Jia-Yin decade, which never reaches the branches Zi, Chou; 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.
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Yi-Mao day pillar FAQ
What is the personality of the Yi-Mao day pillar?
The Day Master Yi Wood is the subject: With Yi Wood as your Day Master, you are like flowering plants and climbing vines: gentle and soft on the surface, yet extraordinarily resilient underneath. The day branch Mao is the spouse palace and stands as Friend 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 Yi-Mao day pillar suggest?
The partner is soft in looks and manner, guided by feel and attentive to small details of living. Mao is Yin Wood: the sensitivity is a gift, and the price is that an offhand remark of yours can sit with them for a long time.
Is the Yi-Mao day pillar good or bad?
No day pillar is inherently good or bad. The spouse palace star of Yi-Mao is Friend, 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 Yi-Mao?
Yi-Mao belongs to the Jia-Yin decade, so its void branches are Zi, Chou. Which pillar the void lands on, and whether it is stirred by a clash or combination, is what matters; the bare fact decides nothing.