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MAY 4

巳 Snake Month · Yin Fire

Born on May 4th

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 May 4 in different years carry different Day Pillars, different energies, and different structural tendencies.

May falls under the Snake branch (巳/사) in saju, governed by Yin Fire energy. This month energy shapes your social instincts and career tendencies. But your Day Pillar shapes you.

Spotlight: May 4th by Birth Year

1990
己巳
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
乙未
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
壬戌
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: May 4, 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 壬辰 Water Earth Yang
1961 丁酉 Fire Metal Yin
1962 壬寅 Water Wood Yang
1963 丁未 Fire Earth Yin
1964 癸丑 Water Earth Yin
1965 戊午 Earth Fire Yang
1966 癸亥 Water Water Yin
1967 戊辰 Earth Earth Yang
1968 甲戌 Wood Earth Yang
1969 己卯 Earth Wood Yin
1970 甲申 Wood Metal Yang
1971 己丑 Earth Earth Yin
1972 乙未 Wood Earth Yin
1973 庚子 Metal Water Yang
1974 乙巳 Wood Fire Yin
1975 庚戌 Metal Earth Yang
1976 丙辰 Fire Earth Yang
1977 辛酉 Metal Metal Yin
1978 丙寅 Fire Wood Yang
1979 辛未 Metal Earth Yin
1980 丁丑 Fire Earth Yin
1981 壬午 Water Fire Yang
1982 丁亥 Fire Water Yin
1983 壬辰 Water Earth Yang
1984 戊戌 Earth Earth Yang
1985 癸卯 Water Wood Yin
1986 戊申 Earth Metal Yang
1987 癸丑 Water Earth Yin
1988 己未 Earth Earth Yin
1989 甲子 Wood Water Yang
1990 己巳 Earth Fire Yin
1991 甲戌 Wood Earth Yang
1992 庚辰 Metal Earth Yang
1993 乙酉 Wood Metal Yin
1994 庚寅 Metal Wood Yang
1995 乙未 Wood Earth Yin
1996 辛丑 Metal Earth Yin
1997 丙午 Fire Fire Yang
1998 辛亥 Metal Water Yin
1999 丙辰 Fire Earth Yang
2000 壬戌 Water Earth Yang
2001 丁卯 Fire Wood Yin
2002 壬申 Water Metal Yang
2003 丁丑 Fire Earth Yin
2004 癸未 Water Earth Yin
2005 戊子 Earth Water Yang
2006 癸巳 Water Fire Yin
2007 戊戌 Earth Earth Yang
2008 甲辰 Wood Earth Yang
2009 己酉 Earth Metal Yin
2010 甲寅 Wood Wood Yang
Your Full Chart

Your Day Pillar is one piece.
The full picture needs all four.

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