Tended Field
Tended Field is the name your results give Ji Earth, the yin side of Earth. We look here at how ground that takes in seed and grows it turns into a reading of temperament, where Ji Earth sits by element and yin-yang, and how it relates to other stems.
Picture a field that has been turned over at dusk, ready to take something in; that is close to Ji Earth. Unlike a mountain that rises to shelter, low and soft soil takes in seed and water and grows them from the inside. The matching temperament takes people and tasks under its care, grows them, and keeps things running from a spot that draws little attention. Much of this work goes unseen, and that suits the picture. There is patience for adding to small things little by little, and a habit of noticing what others need first. The other side of the picture is that taking in so much can make it easy to miss the moment to speak up for your own share. Even the same field yields differently depending on how much sun and rain it gets. With plenty of Fire and Earth, the soil is rich and a generous side that takes in and grows almost anything comes forward. In a chart with more Metal or Water, the reading turns toward sending out what the ground holds and sharing the harvest. Either way, the base of Ji Earth is the strength to receive.
The element of Ji Earth is Earth and its polarity is yin. Wu Earth is the yang Earth stem, and because the element matches while polarity flips, Rival is the name they give each other in the Ten Gods. If yang Earth is the bank that keeps the outside out, yin Earth is the field that grows what is inside. Yin carries the sense of gathering in and ripening within, so Ji Earth is drawn as a character closer to the growing than to the harvest.
| Stem | Element | To Ji Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Jia WoodCombo | WoodYang | Direct Officer |
| Yi Wood | WoodYin | Indirect Officer |
| Bing Fire | FireYang | Direct Resource |
| Ding Fire | FireYin | Indirect Resource |
| Wu Earth | EarthYang | Rival |
| Geng Metal | Yang | Hurting Officer |
| Xin Metal | Yin | Eating God |
| Ren Water | WaterYang | Direct Wealth |
| Gui Water | WaterYin | Indirect Wealth |
Judging who suits whom, the work of compatibility, is not what this section does. In the table, Resource is the pair of Fire stems that warm and enrich Ji Earth, and Output is the pair of Metal stems mined from the ground. Water, which Ji Earth takes in and holds, is Wealth, and Wood, which sinks its roots in and grips the soil, is Officer. A tall tree rooted in the field, Jia Wood combines with Ji Earth and is listed as Direct Officer. What makes this pair stand out is that it points toward Earth, the same element as Ji Earth itself.
The same Day Master splits into ten type names, depending on how the five elements lean.
Myth
A Ji Earth Day Master looks after everyone else and ends up losing out.
In fact
This turns nurturing ground into a ledger of gains and losses. AevoStar also reads the generosity of Ji Earth as a strength that widens your own place, and does not judge loss from the Day Master alone.
Control is when one element holds another down, the way Wood grips Earth, and every one of the ten stems has such ties. A clash is a narrower name used only for two stems set in opposite directions that push each other away. Earth sits in the center and has no opposite, so in AevoStar's relation table Ji Earth has no clash partner. That is why the partner list on the Ji Earth page shows only the combination partner.
Many readings say so because of the image of ground that holds and grows whatever it receives. AevoStar also describes Ji Earth as willing to take on other people's loads, but how far that goes depends on how many Companion and Output stems the chart holds. When the chart has people to share with, it reads as running things together instead. If you feel you are carrying it all, practicing handing tasks over can help.
Some readings say the matching element adds to your Earth. Whether a combination really changes an element, though, usually depends on conditions such as the month character, and AevoStar does not recount the elements because of a combination. The element table in your result is the plain count of your eight characters. Combinations are shown only as names for a relation.
BaZi readings draw on traditional theory and are for reference only. Different schools may read the same chart differently.