Ba Zi Ten Gods for Gui Water Day Master (癸): The Complete Table

The Ten Gods (十神 shíshén) are the working vocabulary of a Ba Zi (八字 bāzì) reading. They describe how every other stem in a chart relates to you, the Day Master (日主 rìzhǔ). If your Day Master is Guǐ 癸 (Yin Water), that relationship set is fixed, and learning it is the fastest way to stop staring at raw characters and start reading a chart as a story. This page gives you the full bazi ten gods for Gui Water day master as a table, then walks through what each group actually means in a life.

Guǐ is the softer of the two Waters — dew, mist, rain, the quiet moisture that seeps rather than surges. It nourishes without force. That temperament shows up in how Guǐ meets the ten stems: its power stars come from Earth that would dam it, its wealth from Fire it must gently control, its resource from Metal that condenses it into being.

The complete Ba Zi Ten Gods for Gui Water Day Master

Read the table by element. Water is your own element, so Rén and Guǐ are companions. Water produces Wood, so Jiǎ and Yǐ are your output. Water controls Fire, so Bǐng and Dīng are your wealth. Earth controls Water, so Wù and Jǐ are your power stars. Metal produces Water, so Gēng and Xīn are your resource. Five groups, ten gods, and the polarity of each stem decides whether it lands as the “direct” or “indirect” version.

Companions: Rén and Guǐ

Another Guǐ in the chart is a Friend (比肩 bǐjiān) — someone who is essentially you, quietly reinforcing your resolve. Rén 壬 (Yang Water), the great river, is Rob Wealth (劫财 jiécái). It is still Water, still support, but it is the bolder sibling who spends your money and competes for the same ground. For a Guǐ Day Master that already feels thin, companions are welcome company. For a Guǐ that is flooded, they are more mouths at the table, and the wealth Fire gets snuffed out faster.

Output: Jiǎ and Yǐ

Water grows Wood, so the two Wood stems are how Guǐ expresses itself. Yǐ 乙 (Yin Wood) is the Eating God (食神 shíshén) — gentle, sustained output, the vine that Guǐ’s moisture feeds easily. It reads as craft, patience, a talent worked slowly. Jiǎ 甲 (Yang Wood) is the Hurting Officer (伤官 shāngguān), the tall tree that drinks hard and shows off. It is brighter, more performative, and more willing to challenge authority. Both drain Guǐ, so in a weak chart they cost energy; in a strong one they are the channel that keeps the Water moving instead of stagnating.

Wealth: Bǐng and Dīng

Guǐ controls Fire, and Fire is wealth. This is a delicate control — dew does not put out a wildfire. Bǐng 丙 (Yang Fire), the sun, is Direct Wealth (正财 zhèngcái): steady, earned, the salaried income and the classical wife star for a man. Dīng 丁 (Yin Fire), the candle or lamp, is Indirect Wealth (偏财 piāncái): the windfall, the side venture, money that comes in flexible bursts. Because Guǐ’s grip on Fire is light, wealth for this Day Master often depends on having enough backing — companions and resource — to actually hold what it earns.

Power: Wù and Jǐ

Earth dams Water, so the Earth stems govern Guǐ. Wù 戊 (Yang Earth), the mountain, is the Direct Officer (正官 zhèngguān): legitimate authority, structure, the boss or the rulebook you can respect. Interestingly, Wù and Guǐ also form a classical stem combination, so this pairing can feel unusually binding. Jǐ 己 (Yin Earth), the field, is Seven Killings (七杀 qīshā): pressure that is less polite — deadlines, rivals, demands that test you. Managed well, Seven Killings gives Guǐ backbone and drive. Unmanaged, it muddies the Water and wears the Day Master down.

Resource: Gēng and Xīn

Metal produces Water, so the Metal stems feed Guǐ. Gēng 庚 (Yang Metal) is Direct Resource (正印 zhèngyìn) — the axe-blade Metal that condenses moisture cleanly, standing for education, mentors, and steady support. Xīn 辛 (Yin Metal) is Indirect Resource (偏印 piānyìn), the fine jewel Metal: unconventional learning, intuition, the mentor who teaches sideways. For a weak Guǐ, resource is the most nourishing help of all, because it produces you directly rather than merely standing beside you.

Position sharpens the read

The pillar that holds a god decides which decade and which relationship it speaks to. The day branch is the spouse palace, and Guǐ’s day pillars illustrate it well: a Guǐ Sì day conceals Bǐng — the Direct Wealth and classical wife star — as the main qi of Sì 巳, seated in the marriage palace with the Wù Direct Officer hidden alongside it; a Guǐ Chǒu or Guǐ Wèi day instead carries Jǐ, the Seven Killings, as the main qi of the marriage seat — pressure living close to the self, the intense-partner lens in the old convention for a woman’s chart. On the hour pillar, the palace of output and later life, an Yǐ Eating God is the vine that flowers late: the patient craft of the closing decades.

Putting it to work in a chart

Knowing the labels is step one. The reading happens when you weigh them against strength and season. A Guǐ born in winter, surrounded by Metal and Water, is strong and would welcome the Fire wealth and Earth officers that give it something to do. A Guǐ born in summer, dried out by Fire, needs its resource Metal and companion Water first — chasing wealth then only burns it out. The same Ten Gods, read against a different balance, point in opposite directions. That judgement of strong versus weak is where the real work sits; see our note on strong versus weak Day Masters for how to make the call.

To see this in the round, compare the full grid across all ten stems in the Ba Zi Ten Gods table and the ten Day Masters guide, set this key against its yang sibling at Ren Water ten gods, and read the character sketch on the Gui Water Day Master profile; the sun-wealth Guǐ works so delicately is examined on the Direct Wealth deep page. When you are ready to see which of these gods actually sit in your own pillars, plot the bazi ten gods for Gui Water day master in your chart — map it free with the calculator and read your Water against its real backdrop.