Sickness (病) stage meaning
The time of falling ill. A stage where the heart, more than the body, is sensitive, with a deep gift for understanding people.
What is the Sickness stage?
Sickness (病) is the stage where energy weakens and falls ill. The character looks frightening, but rather than illness of the body, it means a sensitive, delicate heart and the empathy to know other people's pain. You think a lot and worry first, but you are just as outstanding at caring for and understanding people.
When your Day Pillar sits at Sickness
If your Day Pillar sits at Sickness, you are full of feeling and warm-hearted. You have a gift for work that uses the heart, like counseling, caregiving, and the arts. The catch is that you worry a lot, put off decisions, and your body tends to tire easily.
In the Year, Month, and Hour Pillars
Sickness in the Year Pillar means you were frail as a child or the family had worries, and Sickness in the Month Pillar fits work like medicine, welfare, and counseling. Sickness in the Hour Pillar is read as needing to look after your health late in life.
Things to watch
Worry wears out the body first. Time to stop thinking and a regular routine are your best medicine.
Which branch is Sickness for each Day Master
Find your Day Master in the first column. Yin Day Masters run the cycle backwards.
| Gap 甲 | Sa 巳 |
|---|---|
| Eul 乙 | Ja 子 |
| Byeong 丙 | Sin 申 |
| Jeong 丁 | Myo 卯 |
| Mu 戊 | Sin 申 |
| Gi 己 | Myo 卯 |
|---|---|
| Gyeong 庚 | Hae 亥 |
| Sin 辛 | O 午 |
| Im 壬 | In 寅 |
| Gye 癸 | Yu 酉 |
Day Pillars at the Sickness stage
In these Day Pillars the birth-day stem sits on a branch at this stage.
How to read the twelve stages
The Twelve Life Stages compare the strength of your Day Master on each branch to the twelve stages of a human life. Enter your birthday and the chart table shows the stage of each pillar. Read them together with the Ten Gods to see what kind of energy sits in each seat and how strong it is.
Find my twelve stages by birthdayThe stage is calculated from your Day Master and the branch, with yin Day Masters counted backwards in the traditional way. The readings were written with help from AI. Read them just for fun.