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丁 Ding Fire Day Master: the Candle Flame
Ding Fire is candlelight and lamplight: small, steady and precious in the dark. A Ding Day Master is warm, perceptive and deeply devoted to the people and work they care about. In saju, the heavenly stem of your birth day — the Day Master — represents you. If your day pillar starts with 丁 (Ding, Jeong in Korean), this page is about you.
At a glance
| Stem | 丁 Ding (Yin Fire) |
|---|---|
| Image | the Candle Flame |
| Combines with | 壬 Ren (Yang Water) — a pair that draws together and binds |
| Clashes with | 癸 Gui (Yin Water) — opposite ways of doing things |
| Fed by | Wood (resource) · feeds Earth (output) |
Strengths
- Perceptive and emotionally intelligent
- Focused, devoted and thorough
- Lights the way for others quietly
Blind spots
- Sensitive and prone to mood swings
- Overthinks and worries in silence
- Burns quietly until exhausted
Work and career
Specialist and craft roles suit you: research, writing, healing professions, teaching one-to-one, design, and any work that rewards focus.
Love and relationships
Devoted and caring, you prefer depth over breadth. A partner who protects your flame from the wind is a treasure. In a saju chart, the spouse star for a Ding Fire Day Master is Metal (Wealth) for men and Water (Officer) for women. The 壬 Ren (Yang Water) Day Master, your combining partner, tends to feel a natural pull toward you.
How your birth season changes you
The same Day Master behaves differently depending on the season (month branch) of birth.
| Spring February – April | The season feeds you, so support and resources come easily. Beware of comfort turning into complacency. |
|---|---|
| Summer May – July | Born in its own season, the Day Master is strong and self-reliant. The task is to express and share that strength rather than hold on to it. |
| Autumn August – October | The season is something you work on: busy with results, money and practical goals. |
| Winter November – January | The season presses on you, so you grow through discipline and pressure. Find allies and protect your rest. |
Saju months follow the solar terms, and the last month of each season (Chen, Wei, Xu, Chou) carries Earth energy too.
The Ten Gods for a Ding Fire Day Master
Every other stem in your chart relates to you as one of the Ten Gods (Ten Deities). Here is what each stem means for 丁.
| Stem | Ten God | Represents |
|---|---|---|
| 甲 Jia | Direct Resource (正印) | learning, support, mother |
| 乙 Yi | Indirect Resource (偏印) | unconventional learning, intuition |
| 丙 Bing | Rob Wealth (劫財) | rivals, competition, bold moves |
| 丁 Ding | Friend (比肩) | peers, siblings, independence |
| 戊 Wu | Hurting Officer (傷官) | expression, rebellion, creativity |
| 己 Ji | Eating God (食神) | talent, enjoyment, output |
| 庚 Geng | Direct Wealth (正財) | steady income, spouse (for men) |
| 辛 Xin | Indirect Wealth (偏財) | big or irregular money, business |
| 壬 Ren | Direct Officer (正官) | status, rules, spouse (for women) |
| 癸 Gui | Seven Killings (七殺) | pressure, courage, authority |
The six Ding day pillars
A Ding Fire Day Master sits on one of six earthly branches. Each combination is one of the 60 day pillars.
- 丁卯 Ding Mao — Ding Fire on the Rabbit (Wood)
- 丁丑 Ding Chou — Ding Fire on the Ox (Earth)
- 丁亥 Ding Hai — Ding Fire on the Pig (Water)
- 丁酉 Ding You — Ding Fire on the Rooster (Metal)
- 丁未 Ding Wei — Ding Fire on the Goat (Earth)
- 丁巳 Ding Si — Ding Fire on the Snake (Fire)
Advice for Ding Fire
A candle needs shelter from the wind. Guard your energy and say what you feel before it builds up.
Other Day Masters
甲 Jia Wood乙 Yi Wood丙 Bing Fire戊 Wu Earth己 Ji Earth庚 Geng Metal辛 Xin Metal壬 Ren Water癸 Gui Water