Broad Mountain
Broad Mountain is the result-screen name for Wu Earth, the yang side of Earth. The sections below cover its temperament reading, its element and yin-yang, its ties to the other stems, and the reason it has no stem clash partner of its own.
A broad mountain stays where it is however often the weather changes. Older texts did not tie Earth to one part of the year; they placed it in each stretch where one season hands over to the next, and Wu Earth is the Earth that is piled high and holds up everything around it. From this comes a temperament that is hard to sweep along and that builds the kind of ground other people and plans can rest against. The picture is of holding a role for a long time and earning trust through a steady manner more than through words. In work that needs frequent changes of direction, the pace can look slow by comparison. Around a mountain, the weather shapes the slope too. In a chart with plenty of Fire and Earth, the added weight reads as carrying a decision through to the end. With more Wood or Water, it reads as taking in outside change the way forests and streams cross a mountain, and letting the shape shift over time. Moving less does not mean standing still; it is closer to having a low center of gravity.
Earth has a yang stem and a yin stem, and Wu Earth is the yang one, piled high. Ji Earth, low-lying yin Earth, holds the same element from the other side of the yin-yang line; the Ten Gods name for that bond is Rival. If Wu Earth is a mountain rising up, Ji Earth is a field spread low. Both are Earth, but AevoStar draws Wu Earth as the side that guards and shelters and Ji Earth as the side that takes things in and grows them.
| Stem | Element | To Wu Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Jia Wood | WoodYang | Indirect Officer |
| Yi Wood | WoodYin | Direct Officer |
| Bing Fire | FireYang | Indirect Resource |
| Ding Fire | FireYin | Direct Resource |
| Ji Earth | EarthYin | Rival |
| Geng Metal | Yang | Eating God |
| Xin Metal | Yin | Hurting Officer |
| Ren Water | WaterYang | Indirect Wealth |
| Gui WaterCombo | WaterYin | Direct Wealth |
Apart from any question of compatibility, this section shows how to read the ten stems with Wu Earth at the center. In the table, the two Fire stems that warm and harden Wu Earth are Resource, and the two Metal stems that the mountain holds and then gives up are Output. Water, which Wu Earth dams and directs, is Wealth, and Wood, which pushes up through the mountain, is Officer. A clear pool gathered at the foot of the slope, Gui Water is the combination partner and Direct Wealth; mountain and pool together point toward Fire. Wu Earth is one of the two Day Masters with no stem clash partner, so this page has no clash entry, and its tie with the Wood that presses on Earth is read as control rather than clash.
The same Day Master splits into ten type names, depending on how the five elements lean.
Myth
A Wu Earth Day Master dislikes change and cannot take on new things.
In fact
This is a guess drawn from the name Mountain. AevoStar reads Wu Earth as a character with more strength for carrying a started task a long way than for starting fast. It means more time spent looking before choosing something new, not an inability to choose.
Myth
Being a mountain, Wu Earth is a born leader.
In fact
The image of a tall peak has drifted into a picture of a chief. AevoStar more often reads Wu Earth as the support standing behind others than the one pulling from the front. Whether someone takes the lead is read from the spread of Officer and Companion stems.
To make the stems easy to read, each of the ten Day Masters was given one image from nature, and for Wu Earth we chose the mountain, the tallest form yang Earth takes. Earth piled wide and high, blocking the wind and dividing streams, fits how this Day Master is read. The name is there to help understanding, not to fix a personality.
In older texts, Earth was placed at each point where one season gives way to the next. So Earth reads as the place that supports both sides and passes things across rather than leaning to one. AevoStar's reading of Wu Earth as ground that people lean on connects to this idea. This is a traditional correspondence, and it is separate from how your chart is calculated.
In the Ten Gods, Wealth is the element you hold down and manage. Earth contains Water like a bank and sets its course, so the two Water stems become Wealth for Wu Earth. Gui Water, which differs in yin-yang, is Direct Wealth, while the yang Water stem is Indirect Wealth. Wealth here means results you hold and manage, not only money.
BaZi readings draw on traditional theory and are for reference only. Different schools may read the same chart differently.