Day pillar type
Black Rabbit (Gui Mao): Personality and Matches
Hongsimdang Editorial Team · Last updated
Black Rabbit (Gui Mao) is the day pillar where rain and mist that seep in quietly (癸) rests on spring flowers and grass (卯). In short, it sends inner strength outward and gives it a form others can receive.
What decides the Black Rabbit: day stem and day branch
Your day pillar is the stem and branch of the day you were born: the upper character is the day stem and the lower one is the day branch. For Black Rabbit (Gui Mao), the day stem is 癸 (Yin Water) and the day branch is 卯 (Rabbit). The “Black” in the name is the color of the day stem’s element, and “Rabbit” is the zodiac animal of the day branch. Both are Hongsimdang’s own labels.
The day stem 癸 is likened to rain and mist that seep in quietly. You say little and keep watching, and by the time you speak you have usually reached the heart of the matter. The day branch 卯 is spring flowers and grass. The Rabbit is popularly pictured as gentle, sociable and attuned to beauty, but that is the folk image of the zodiac. The actual reading comes from the element relationship and life stage that follow.
Read as elements, your stem and branch form an output pair, in which the stem pours into the branch. Your stem’s strength flows out toward the branch, so what you carry inside naturally wants to be expressed and given a form. The branch 卯 also holds the hidden stems 甲, 乙, which lay another side beneath the one that shows.
Seen from your day stem 癸, the day branch 卯 sits at the Birth (Chang Sheng) stage of the twelve life stages. It is as clear as newborn energy, and candor and quick learning read as charm.
How the Black Rabbit shows up at work
Your strength goes out as expression, skill and teaching, so your standing tends to follow the volume and quality of what you produce. Producing nonstop also wears you out faster, so schedule recovery time from the start.
Warmth and a sharp sense of atmosphere make you strong in coordinating, design and hospitality, where you smooth things over before a clash. Until you feel sure, you can hide for too long, or keep putting off the first step.
You avoid friction and keep putting up with things, then pull away suddenly once the resentment builds.
Sleep on a request before you agree, and decide ahead of time on one way of declining that sounds like you.
How the Black Rabbit shows up in relationships and love
You tend to be the one who gives, through words, gifts and attention. Before you start feeling that nothing comes back, say specifically what you want. The relationship will be steadier for it.
You are good at softening a mood, but you tend to swallow complaints and speak up a beat too late.
A calm person who listens to even your small honest feelings is a good fit, and so is a relationship where you can practice saying no without guilt.
How the Black Rabbit handles money
What you make or express easily turns into income, so talent converts straight into earnings. Money also leaves quickly, so set aside a share the moment it comes in.
You save quietly, bit by bit, and gather information before you act, so big mistakes are rare. The cost is that you sometimes let a good opening pass.
Spending on social life, grooming and anything that pleases your senses tends to grow, and the budget line gets loose wherever you are fond of something.
Day branches that harmonize with the Black Rabbit and ones that clash
The day branch of Black Rabbit (Gui Mao) is 卯 (Rabbit). Which day branch the other person has decides the relation between your two branches, as shown below. A day branch that is not listed has no direct harmony or clash with yours.
| Their day branch | Relation between branches | How it reads |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbit (卯) | Same day branch | like with like |
| Goat (未) | Triple Harmony partner | moves in the same direction, and the group is complete once a third branch joins |
| Dog (戌) | Six Harmony | pulls together and fills in |
| Pig (亥) | Triple Harmony partner | moves in the same direction, and the group is complete once a third branch joins |
| Rat (子) | Punishment | rubs, so friction is likely |
| Dragon (辰) | Harm | small misunderstandings pile up |
| Horse (午) | Break | cracks are likely |
| Monkey (申) | Resentment / Ghost Gate | attracts yet irritates |
| Rooster (酉) | Clash | head-on opposition |
Harmony, Clash, Punishment, Harm, Break and Resentment are relations fixed mechanically by the pair of branches. They say nothing about anyone’s character being better or worse.
2027 (Ding Wei year) and the Black Rabbit
2027 is a Ding Wei year. The year’s stem and branch change over at the start of spring, around February 4, 2027. The Ding of 2027 is the money and openings your day stem steers. The amounts and range that move tend to widen, and your eye for managing what comes in and goes out is tested. The year branch Wei has no direct Six Harmony or Clash with your day branch, so the color of this year shows mainly in its relation to your day stem.
What the day pillar alone cannot tell you
The day pillar is one of the four pillars of a chart. The year, month and hour pillars, the ten-year luck cycles, and Zi Wei Dou Shu and Western astrology readings are not included on this page. Two people with the same Black Rabbit can show it differently depending on their other pillars, and your day pillar alone does not settle personality or fate.
To see all four pillars, use the free BaZi calculator. To read a specific question through to timing, a personal reading is the next step.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I find out whether I am a Black Rabbit?
The day of Black Rabbit (Gui Mao) comes around once every 60 days, and people born on a 癸卯 day belong to this type. Enter your birth date on the day pillar type index to check.
Why am I a Black Rabbit if my birth-year animal is not the Rabbit?
The birth-year animal comes from the year branch, while the Rabbit in Black Rabbit comes from the day branch 卯. They are two separate calculations. Even if your birth year belongs to another animal, a day branch of 卯 makes your day pillar a Rabbit.
Which types match the Black Rabbit?
Looking only at day branches, the Six Harmony partner of 卯 is the Dog (戌), and the clash comes from the Rooster (酉). That is one narrow view. How well two people fit depends on all four pillars and on how they treat each other.
See other types
Same color
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- Black Rooster (Gui You)
- Black Horse (Ren Wu)
- Black Goat (Gui Wei)
- Black Dragon (Ren Chen)
- Black Snake (Gui Si)
- Black Tiger (Ren Yin)
- Black Rat (Ren Zi)
- Black Ox (Gui Chou)
- Black Dog (Ren Xu)
- Black Pig (Gui Hai)
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