What Is Well Water (井泉水) in BaZi?
Identify the 甲申–乙酉 Well Water pair, its metal source and wooden outlet, named earth and fire conditions, and its limits for health and resource claims.
Overview
Well Water is the water-class Nayin assigned to 甲申 and 乙酉. San Ming Tong Hui pictures a cold, clear spring shared through a well, says water arises from metal and emerges through wood, and distinguishes named metals, woods, fires, earths, and waters; the image does not certify drinking-water quality, health, generosity, income, or ordinary water strength.
At a glance
- Jiazi pair
- 甲申 · 乙酉
- Nayin phase
- Water
- Classical image
- A cold, clear spring collected in a shared well
- Source mechanism
- Metal as source; wood as bucket or outlet
- Reading level
- Historical pair image; ordinary chart structure first
- OpenFate scope
- Deterministic auxiliary lookup; no score
Well Water belongs to 甲申 and 乙酉
The fixed Nayin table assigns Well Water only to complete 甲申 and 乙酉 pillars. A Jia or Yi stem, a Shen or You branch, a well, a spring, drinking water, or characters assembled across pillars do not establish it.
甲 and 乙 remain wood stems; 申 and 酉 remain metal branches with their original hidden stems. The water Nayin adds a pair-level image but does not replace the wood and metal structure or add ordinary water to the chart.
- Match the complete Jiazi in one pillar.
- Retain the original wood stems, metal branches, and hidden stems.
Metal supplies the spring and wood provides access
San Ming Tong Hui describes a cold, clear spring that can nourish without exhaustion and a well shared by households. Its internal logic says water is born from metal and emerges through wood: named metals act as a source, while wood may function as a bucket, outlet, or shaped implement.
Sand Gold, Hairpin Gold, White Wax Gold, Sword Gold, Plains Wood, Great Forest Wood, Roadside Earth, Sand Earth, Rooftop Earth, Thunder Fire, and Heavenly Fire receive different conditions. Well-Spring, Stream-Below, Great Stream, Heavenly River, and Great Sea waters cannot be collapsed into “more water is better.”
- Identify the exact metal source and wooden access condition.
- Distinguish supportive earth and fire from covering, flooding, or conflict.
A reliable source image is not a chart resource score
OpenFate deterministically maps 甲申 and 乙酉 to Well Water. Compatibility treats the label as auxiliary and non-scoring, so direct pillar interactions, structure, and favorable-element evidence remain primary.
Actual water strength and usefulness depend on season, roots, hidden and exposed stems, metal support, earth control, combinations, clashes, dryness, moisture, and timing. A spring image cannot prove that water is clean, available, balanced, or favorable.
- Keep the Nayin lookup outside the main score.
- Judge ordinary water from whole-chart evidence.
A clear spring is not a health or supply guarantee
Well Water does not prove safe drinking water, purity, hydration, kidney health, endless energy, generosity, public-service ability, stable income, community status, plumbing quality, groundwater supply, drought, flood, or longevity. Clear-water language is not a laboratory or infrastructure result.
Water safety, health, utilities, income, and environmental decisions require testing, inspections, current records, and qualified professionals. Never drink from an untested source or promise health and resources because of this Nayin.
- Exclude water-quality, medical, income, and infrastructure claims.
- Use testing and professional evidence for real water decisions.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)卷一「甲申乙酉井泉水」：寒泉清冽、金為水源木為汲口及具名金木火土水條件A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology井泉不得轉譯為飲水安全、純淨、健康、精力、慷慨、收入、公共角色、管線、地下水或旱澇保證OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.