戊 (Tsuchinoe): meaning and personality
A great, immovable mountain, or solid bedrock.
On this page
- Japanese reading
- Tsuchinoe
- Sino-Japanese
- bo
- Element
- Earth
- Yin / Yang
- Yang
- Image
- A mountain
- Season
- Doyō (the change of seasons)
- Direction
- Center
- Color
- Yellow
1.An old reading of 戊
The Book of Han reads 戊 as “豊楙”, abundant: plants grow thick and lush.
The Japanese name Tsuchinoe means “the elder brother of Earth”: e (兄) for the yang stems and to (弟) for the yin stems. See also what are the ten stems?.
2.Personality when your Day Master is 戊
In Four Pillars astrology, the stem of the day you were born (the Day Master) represents you yourself. A 戊 Day Master is likened to a mountain.
Strengths
Generous and big-hearted, you are fair to everyone. Calm and steady, you are the person others count on in a crisis.
Things to watch
You are slow to get moving and take time to adapt to change. Stubborn, you may refuse to budge once you have spoken.
3.Work and career
Real estate, finance, administration, construction and management: keeping large assets and organizations stable.
4.Love and marriage
Love moves slowly for you, but you treasure the bonds you make and become a dependable partner who protects the family.
5.戊 and the other stems
Compatibility between stems is read from the generating and controlling cycles of the five elements, plus the special “stem combinations” (kangō).
| Other stem | Element | Relationship |
|---|---|---|
| Kinoe (甲) | Wood | Controlling: this stem restrains you |
| Kinoto (乙) | Wood | Controlling: this stem restrains you |
| Hinoe (丙) | Fire | Generating: this stem feeds you |
| Hinoto (丁) | Fire | Generating: this stem feeds you |
| Tsuchinoto (己) | Earth | Same element: an easy, like-minded match |
| Kanoe (庚) | Metal | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Kanoto (辛) | Metal | Generating: you feed this stem |
| Mizunoe (壬) | Water | Controlling: you restrain this stem |
| Mizunoto (癸) | Water | Controlling: you restrain this stem; kangō (stem combination, transforms to Fire): a strong mutual attraction |
6.The six eto containing 戊
戊辰 Tsuchinoe-tatsu, 戊寅 Tsuchinoe-tora, 戊子 Tsuchinoe-ne, 戊戌 Tsuchinoe-inu, 戊申 Tsuchinoe-saru, 戊午 Tsuchinoe-uma
7.Lucky tips
Climb a mountain, use pottery and wear ochre or beige.
Your Day Master can be calculated from your date of birth. Use the free Four Pillars chart to see your Day Master and the balance of your five elements.
8.FAQ
How do you read 戊?
In Japanese it is read “tsuchinoe”; the Sino-Japanese reading is “bo”.
What element is 戊?
戊 is Yang Earth.