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Direct Resource (ZhengYin 正印) in BaZi

Direct Resource is number 10 of the ten gods, in the Resource group — generating the day master. This is the god-level overview (no pillar attached): the two-step derivation, which stem carries it for each of the ten day masters, and which branch main qi land on it. All rows are computed and can be back-substituted. For what it means on a specific pillar, use the three pillar pages below.

Computed facts (engine-verified)

This page is generated from the engine v0.14.0, not hand-written; structural facts reconcile against the methodology page.

GodDirect Resource · 正印 (ZhengYin)
GroupResource (印星)
Relation to the day mastergenerating the day master — step one of the derivation: is the target element generated by, controlled by, controlling, or identical to the day master]
Polarity rulewithin this pair the two gods split by polarity, so this one is always opposite-polarity (step two)
Pair siblingIndirect Resource — same group, polarity is the only difference
Pillar pagesDirect Resource in the year pillar · month · hour

The two-step derivation (published)

Assigning Direct Resource takes exactly two steps, and both can be verified on the page:

Step one · the groupThe relation between the day master element and the target element sets the group: Direct Resource belongs to the Resource group — generating the day master
Step two · which of the pairWithin the pair, Direct Resource takes the stem whose polarity differs from the day master
Pair structureDirect Resource and Indirect Resource share one group and one generating/controlling relation; polarity is their only difference — which is why the ten gods come in five pairs
What the pillar changesThe god does not change with position; the Direct Resource pages for the year, month and hour pillars differ in the palace they describe, not in the derivation

Which stem gives it for each of the ten day masters

For a fixed day master the ten stems take the ten gods exactly once each, so which stem forms Direct Resource is definite. All ten rows are computed — back-substitute any row and you get Direct Resource.

Day masterIts elementStem that forms itIts elementPolarityBack-substitution
甲 Jia · 阳木Wood癸 GuiWateroppositeDirect Resource
乙 Yi · 阴木Wood壬 RenWateroppositeDirect Resource
丙 Bing · 阳火Fire乙 YiWoodoppositeDirect Resource
丁 Ding · 阴火Fire甲 JiaWoodoppositeDirect Resource
戊 Wu · 阳土Earth丁 DingFireoppositeDirect Resource
己 Ji · 阴土Earth丙 BingFireoppositeDirect Resource
庚 Geng · 阳金Metal己 JiEarthoppositeDirect Resource
辛 Xin · 阴金Metal戊 WuEarthoppositeDirect Resource
壬 Ren · 阳水Water辛 XinMetaloppositeDirect Resource
癸 Gui · 阴水Water庚 GengMetaloppositeDirect Resource

Which branch main qi land on it

Each of the twelve branches has one main-qi stem (the first hidden stem). Among the ten stems, Wu and Ji appear twice (Chen-Xu, Chou-Wei) and the other eight once — so for any day master each god takes at least one branch and the twelve branches split exactly. The table lists the branches whose main qi form Direct Resource for each day master.

Day masterIts elementBranches whose main qi form itBranches
甲 Jia · 阳木Wood子 Zi1 of 12
乙 Yi · 阴木Wood亥 Hai1 of 12
丙 Bing · 阳火Fire卯 Mao1 of 12
丁 Ding · 阴火Fire寅 Yin1 of 12
戊 Wu · 阳土Earth午 Wu1 of 12
己 Ji · 阴土Earth巳 Si1 of 12
庚 Geng · 阳金Metal丑 Chou, 未 Wei2 of 12
辛 Xin · 阴金Metal辰 Chen, 戌 Xu2 of 12
壬 Ren · 阳水Water酉 You1 of 12
癸 Gui · 阴水Water申 Shen1 of 12
A note on what this page deliberately does not do: the popular versions of this material assign a fixed personality to each term — one character per branch, one destiny per stage. This site rejects that framing. What is published here is a structural position: which element sits where, on what kind of ground, with which tenants inside. The same term reads differently under a different month command, and no meaningful judgement exists without the other characters of the chart. Where the tradition offers a reading it is labelled as the tradition's; this site's own contribution is that every number and term on this page is computed, versioned and checkable against the methodology page.

Frequently asked

What is Direct Resource in bazi?
Direct Resource (正印) is one of the ten gods, in the Resource group — generating the day master. The derivation has two steps: the generating or controlling relation between the day master element and the target element sets the group, then polarity picks between the two gods in that group. It takes the stem whose polarity differs from the day master.
Which stem is Direct Resource for a 甲 day master?
癸 (Gui). The 甲 day master is 阳 Wood; 癸 stands in the relation of generating the day master with opposite polarity, which is exactly the definition of Direct Resource. The other nine day masters are in the table, each row back-substitutable.
What is the difference between Direct Resource and Indirect Resource?
Same group, same generating or controlling relation; the only difference is polarity: Direct Resource takes the opposite polarity, Indirect Resource the matching one. For any day master the two are carried by two different stems, and their main-qi branches never overlap.
Is a strong Direct Resource good or bad?
A god is not a good-or-bad label, and this page gives derivation facts only. The same god often acts in opposite directions when the day master is weak versus strong; judging needs the month command, rooting, transparency and the whole chart. Any claim that more of a god is simply good or bad oversimplifies past what the system claims.

Reference index

Every enumerable component of ba zi has its own page here. Each page is computed by the same engine and can be checked item by item — none of it is a personality table.