Wood

Wood element compatibility: its best match is the stem union, 甲 Yang Wood + 己 Yin Earth. Wood is the element of growth, and in the old picture its two stems are a tall tree (甲, yang) and a climbing vine (乙, yin). Wood people are sketched as idealistic, upright and always reaching for something — a plan, a cause, a better version of the neighborhood. The yang tree stands firm and can be stubborn; the yin vine bends, adapts and quietly finds its way around obstacles. In the five-element cycles wood is fed by water and feeds fire, so friends and partners born in water or fire years tend to feel like support. Wood tames earth and is tamed by metal, which the tradition reads as friction. In our scores the best single match for each wood stem is its traditional union: yang wood with yin earth (甲己) and yin wood with yang metal (乙庚).

Feeds

Fire

Fed by

Water

Tames

Earth

Tamed by

Metal

Points are our own design on top of the traditional cycles: stem union 92, generating 86, same element 76, controlling 58, ±2 for yin and yang. Year stem only — not a saju reading.