Direct Resource (正印)

Direct Resource (正印) is the stem whose element is the element that generates the Day Master, opposite polarity. The name only describes a relation; it changes with the Day Master. Its core themes are support, learning, credentials, care received.

Every Ten God belongs to one of five families: companions, output, wealth, officer and resource. Direct Resource (正印) is in the resource family together with Indirect Resource (偏印); the two differ only by polarity.

• 甲甲 Jia Yang Wood癸 Gui
• 乙乙 Yi Yin Wood壬 Ren
• 丙丙 Bing Yang Fire乙 Yi
• 丁丁 Ding Yin Fire甲 Jia
• 戊戊 Wu Yang Earth丁 Ding
• 己己 Ji Yin Earth丙 Bing
• 庚庚 Geng Yang Metal己 Ji
• 辛辛 Xin Yin Metal戊 Wu
• 壬壬 Ren Yang Water辛 Xin
• 癸癸 Gui Yin Water庚 Geng

Hidden stems count too: if a branch in your chart stores that stem, the theme is present in a quieter, background form.

• Constructive: patience, kindness, learning capacity, protection.
• In excess or poorly balanced: passivity, dependence, over-thinking without acting.

Which expression applies depends on balance: a Ten God that supplies what the Day Master lacks is usually read constructively; one that piles onto an already heavy side is read as excess.

BaZi is a traditional cultural system. This page explains how the symbols are defined and read; it does not make scientific claims or predictions about your health, money or relationships.

The Ten Gods follow the same generating and controlling cycles as the five elements, which lets you trace how one theme feeds or restrains another.

Same-polarity relations (偏) are traditionally read as more forceful or irregular, opposite-polarity relations (正) as more balanced or conventional. This is a tendency, not a rule about outcomes.

1. Calculate your chart in the BaZi calculator.
2. Each pillar card shows the Ten God of its stem above the character; Direct Resource (正印) is labelled directly.
3. Open "Hidden stems" under each branch to see hidden Ten Gods.
4. The Ten Gods table totals visible and hidden appearances separately.

A Ten God does not have to be in the natal chart to matter. When a luck pillar or annual pillar brings Direct Resource (正印), its themes — support, learning, credentials, care received — come forward for that period. The calculator labels the Ten God of every luck pillar and of the annual pillar you select.

• If the natal chart lacks Direct Resource (正印), a period that brings it is often read as introducing that theme.
• If the natal chart already has plenty, the same period can tip it into excess.
• Combinations or clashes between the incoming stem and natal stems modify how strongly it acts.

• Where in your life do the themes of support, learning, credentials, care received show up most clearly?
• When does it feel constructive (patience, kindness, learning capacity, protection) and when does it tip into passivity, dependence, over-thinking without acting?
• How does Indirect Resource (偏印) — the same family with opposite polarity — compare in your experience?

BaZi is a traditional cultural system. This page explains how the symbols are defined and read; it does not make scientific claims or predictions about your health, money or relationships.

More Resource is not always better: for a strong Day Master, extra support can make the chart heavier.

Ten God names come from classical Chinese and sound dramatic in translation. Read them as labels of relations, then look at balance and the luck pillars before drawing any conclusion.