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AUG 12

申 Monkey Month · Yang Metal

Born on August 12th

Your Day Pillar — the most personal element of your saju chart — changes every year. Find yours below.

In saju, your Day Pillar (일주/日柱) represents your core self — who you are at the deepest level. Unlike Western astrology's sun sign, which stays the same for everyone born in the same month, the Day Pillar changes every single day and cycles through 60 unique combinations. Two people born on August 12 in different years carry different Day Pillars, different energies, and different structural tendencies.

August falls under the Monkey branch (申/신) in saju, governed by Yang Metal energy. This month energy shapes your social instincts and career tendencies. But your Day Pillar shapes you.

Spotlight: August 12th by Birth Year

1990
己酉
Yin Earth

Yin Earth as your Day Pillar gives you the energy of fertile farmland. You nurture what you plant, and your patience with growth is extraordinary. Your challenge is knowing when the soil needs rest.

1995
乙亥
Yin Wood

Yin Wood as your Day Pillar makes you the vine, the grass, the root that finds a way. You adapt where others resist, and your resilience comes from flexibility rather than force. Underestimating you is other people's most expensive mistake.

2000
壬寅
Yang Water

Yang Water as your Day Pillar gives you the energy of the ocean. You are deep, powerful, and capable of moving in directions that others cannot predict. Your intelligence is vast, and your emotional capacity is deeper than most people will ever know.

Day Pillar Table: August 12, 1960–2010

Find your birth year to see your exact Day Pillar. The pillar's Heavenly Stem determines your Day Master element.

Year Day Pillar Stem Element Branch Element Yin/Yang
1960 壬申 Water Metal Yang
1961 丁丑 Fire Earth Yin
1962 壬午 Water Fire Yang
1963 丁亥 Fire Water Yin
1964 癸巳 Water Fire Yin
1965 戊戌 Earth Earth Yang
1966 癸卯 Water Wood Yin
1967 戊申 Earth Metal Yang
1968 甲寅 Wood Wood Yang
1969 己未 Earth Earth Yin
1970 甲子 Wood Water Yang
1971 己巳 Earth Fire Yin
1972 乙亥 Wood Water Yin
1973 庚辰 Metal Earth Yang
1974 乙酉 Wood Metal Yin
1975 庚寅 Metal Wood Yang
1976 丙申 Fire Metal Yang
1977 辛丑 Metal Earth Yin
1978 丙午 Fire Fire Yang
1979 辛亥 Metal Water Yin
1980 丁巳 Fire Fire Yin
1981 壬戌 Water Earth Yang
1982 丁卯 Fire Wood Yin
1983 壬申 Water Metal Yang
1984 戊寅 Earth Wood Yang
1985 癸未 Water Earth Yin
1986 戊子 Earth Water Yang
1987 癸巳 Water Fire Yin
1988 己亥 Earth Water Yin
1989 甲辰 Wood Earth Yang
1990 己酉 Earth Metal Yin
1991 甲寅 Wood Wood Yang
1992 庚申 Metal Metal Yang
1993 乙丑 Wood Earth Yin
1994 庚午 Metal Fire Yang
1995 乙亥 Wood Water Yin
1996 辛巳 Metal Fire Yin
1997 丙戌 Fire Earth Yang
1998 辛卯 Metal Wood Yin
1999 丙申 Fire Metal Yang
2000 壬寅 Water Wood Yang
2001 丁未 Fire Earth Yin
2002 壬子 Water Water Yang
2003 丁巳 Fire Fire Yin
2004 癸亥 Water Water Yin
2005 戊辰 Earth Earth Yang
2006 癸酉 Water Metal Yin
2007 戊寅 Earth Wood Yang
2008 甲申 Wood Metal Yang
2009 己丑 Earth Earth Yin
2010 甲午 Wood Fire Yang
Your Full Chart

Your Day Pillar is one piece.
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