Wood in Bazi
Wood represents growth, extension, planning, and directional movement within the relational structure of a Bazi chart.
Overview
Wood is not automatically creativity or kindness. Its role depends on whether it supports, drains, controls, or pressures the Day Master in that chart.
At a glance
- Heavenly Stems
- Jia 甲 and Yi 乙
- Seasonal association
- Spring
- Generating cycle
- Water generates Wood; Wood generates Fire
- Controlling cycle
- Metal controls Wood; Wood controls Earth
Meaning in a Bazi chart
Wood describes emergence, development, direction, and the capacity to extend. Jia and Yi express different modes, but both must be read through season and chart role.
How Wood relates to other elements
Water can nourish Wood, Wood can feed Fire, Metal can shape or cut Wood, and Wood can penetrate or regulate Earth. The useful reading depends on proportion and timing.
How to read Wood correctly
Locate visible stems, branch roots, and hidden Wood; then check spring strength, support from Water, pressure from Metal, and the relationship to the Day Master.
- Do not judge Wood by count alone.
- Do not treat a missing element as an automatic deficiency.
- Do not turn element associations into medical conclusions.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《尚書・洪範》 (Great Plan)An early classical source for the Five Phases and their ordered qualities.
- 《五行大義》 (Essential Meanings of the Five Phases)A systematic historical synthesis of Five Phases correspondences and relationships.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.