Guess what? I’ve been studying bazi for more than a year now! It’s been giving me all of these feelings that I had when I first started studying western astrology. It’s this sheer excitement and also this fascination with the art and the craft. Everything in life starts to feel a bit more magical.

I wanted to write this article playing with examining just Kim Seokjin’s day pillar in bazi not because I feel that I’m so good at it or like I have any expertise to show off yet but because I truly love the art, I am endlessly fascinated with idols, and I wanted to share that with anyone reading this in case you catch the bazi bug too.

Since the day pillar is just a small component of the eight character chart, this also feels like a low stakes way to explore the practice of reading. Keep in mind that an overall description of your chart has a lot more stuff involved than I’m doing here. You have to look at both your chart and your timing and know how to read the balances and imbalances. What I’m doing here is really just for fun.

I’m reading the day pillar of the four pillar chart because the day pillar is usually seen as the pillar that reflects your character. All of the other parts are viewed using the day pillar in bazi.


Before, I took a look at Min Yoongi’s day pillar. I started with him because I think his day pillar is just so sexy. I wanted to do Jin’s day pillar next because I think that Jin’s day pillar is also very sexy.

Jin is Jia Yin. Jia wood is the first Heavenly Stem and is represented by a giant phallic tree erupting from the ground. It’s the sign of new life—vigorous life. Yin is the tiger and the tiger is usually thought of as forceful. Jin’s day pillar is like a huge forceful phallus.



I just think that it’s so funny that one of Jin’s main controversies is him accidentally taking a selfie eating next to a big box of extra large condoms.

Let’s take a look at the poem from the Di Tiansui about Jia wood Heavenly Stem:

甲木参天，脱胎要火。
春不容金，秋不容土。
火炽乘龙，水宕骑虎。
地润天和，植立千古。

The first sentence or the first eight characters talk about how Jia wood reaches high up towards the heavens. It goes all the way up. It joins the heavens. Simply put, Jia wood goes high both morally and ambitiously. It aims for the highest goal possible. It also needs fire or light to emerge. That’s the second four character poem in this sentence.

The next four characters say that it doesn’t tolerate metal in the spring and doesn’t tolerate earth in the fall. Spring is when Jia wood is freshly born and you can think of it as its youthful phase. Metal in the wuxing is the phase that controls wood. Jia wood doesn’t like to be controlled when it’s just learning how to grow. It wants to simply do what it wants and it shouldn’t be pruned too much.

Fall is when wood is mature and earth is the phase that wood controls. This line is saying that Jia wood needs to let go of things when it is mature. Wood actually needs to be cut down or at least pruned when it is mature. The fall is the wrong time to nurture Jia wood. It would be over nurture.

This is why Jia wood is known to be a stem that goes to these great big cycles of construction and destruction. This might also be Jin. He’s going to shoot for the moon but he’s also not going to be afraid to lose everything because his energy just works when he makes it all again.

The third line of this poem is a bit complicated. When there’s a lot of fire, Jia wood rides the dragon. When there’s a lot of water, Jia wood rides the tiger. The Qing dynasty interpretations of this talk about how the dragon is the branch that comes right before the fire or summer season. Dragon stores some water because of this. This line is saying that when there’s a lot of hot energy, Jia wood can keep its cool but it’s also expressing a technical thing—that Jia wood does very well when it’s paired with the Chen dragon branch during the summer.

Same with the next four characters. Yin tiger is the branch that comes right after the water or winter season. The wood of the tiger can absorb or drain the excess water. When things are too cold, Jia wood is able to get rid of all of that chill so things don’t stay stagnant. Water sinks and the tiger moves ahead. Jia wood tells you when it’s time to move on so you don’t sink into your feelings. Doesn’t that sound just like Jin?

There’s also the technical aspect. Jia wood is particularly strong when it sits on top of Yin tiger during the winter months. What is Jin’s day pillar branch? It’s the tiger. When was Jin born? December.

Jin’s pillar is mentioned in the scriptures of the Di Tiansui—a special mention. He has a really famous day pillar.

Jia Yin day pillar is very special because of this and because it contains a Prosperity Star. The Prosperity Star shows up in select pillars. This star gives a person all that they want and ask for. Jin is someone who won’t want for anything throughout the course of his life. He is provided for.

The last line of the poem talks about the legacy of Jia wood. It can lubricate the ground and it can integrate the heavens. If it’s established, it will last for all of eternity. This is why Jia wood is so powerful. It’s the only thing that reaches high up towards the heavens but sinks its roots deep down into the earth.

We mentioned before that Jin isn’t afraid to lose everything. Remember when BTS won that award in 2018 and Jin got up on stage and told everyone that they had considered disbanding just that year? What a risky move! Yoongi asks Jin about this on Suchwita and you can tell that he’s still reeling from Jin saying that a bit. Not all idols would get up there when everyone’s eyes are on them and just tell you that things almost ended. Jin is candid. He’s honest with us because he’s not afraid of endings.

That’s Jia wood. It can always regrow. In fact, it wants things to come to completion so that it can grow again. It needs to be hacked away at a bit.

Yin tiger has kind of a similar thing going on. This is why Jin’s stem and branch work well together. He also has a rooted pillar so his branch receives his stem well.

Tigers are predators. Have you ever seen a cat hunt? They don’t scurry around chasing their prey every step of the way. They don't need to. Cats actually sleep for most of the time and they come out to hunt only when the light is just right at dusk and at dawn. They hide and they watch for most of that time too. When they pounce, they go for the kill. If they don’t make it then it’s like they give up for a bit. They have to walk in a circle and return, shaking off the humiliation. When a cat rehearses hunting, they’re rehearsing timing, efficiency, and that one lunge. That’s also why the tiger didn’t win the race by the way. It didn’t start on time. It was sleeping and then it went when it felt that it was time.

That’s Jin. He’s known for spending weeks on weeks indoors sleeping and playing video games. He says that he doesn’t even change or shower. He’s a complete introvert. I feel like when he’s in downtime mode, he doesn’t see anyone or talk to anyone. You know how he is obsessed with fishing? Fishing is mostly a game of waiting and honing intuition. You wait until the exact right moment and then you kill.

And Jin even made a song about fishing—Super Tuna. You know, this is actually a tiger move. It’s efficient. Everyone else in K-pop is aiming for the youth market. Jin’s song Super Tuna is for kids. It’s like Baby Shark (the most viewed video on Youtube). Jin doesn’t go for an oversaturated market but does something that not everyone does. His choreo is something that kids in elementary school can do. It has the ability to get super popular in a way that many pop songs for adults can’t.

Jia wood sprouts. The tiger lunges. When Jin makes a move, he goes all out. You know how BTS spoke at the United Nations for their Love Yourself campaign for youth? Right before that happened, Jin quietly donated more than 100 million won to UNICEF which is linked to the UN. I have no idea if those two things are connected but I’m thinking that the donation got the UN’s attention.

Usually, the tiger is seen as the dragon’s rival. Dragons tend to represent the king while tigers are the insignia of local lords who exert the king’s will from the ground. The king doesn’t need to be forceful like a tiger because his lords will be. In martial arts, dragon style fighting is with the legs and at a distance with a lot of composition. You dodge your opponent and draw back so you can use your legs since legs are always stronger than arms. Tiger style fighting is up close with the fists using brute force. It’s much more refined and targets the opponent’s sensitive points.

This is why tiger power is usually seen from close up and experienced as more forceful. Kim Seokjin is a tiger. He doesn’t sit around philosophizing or exerting his will through telling anyone what to do. He does it himself and he moves with ambition. He doesn’t waste energy and he doesn’t feel the need to watch his back either. He moves like a predator.

So, Kim Seokjin’s day pillar is like this predator with a giant phallus. He seems very chill in the way that cats seem chill, the way that apex predators seem chill. That’s some confidence right there. He’s nonchalant. That doesn’t mean that he’s laidback all the time. I’m sure that his teammates in BTS are glad that Seokjin is on their side.