正财 · Direct Wealth

zhèngcái · the element your Day Master controls, of the opposite polarity

正财 Direct Wealth, zhèngcái, is one of the Ten Gods of BaZi: the name for a stem of the element your Day Master controls, with the opposite polarity. For a 辛 Yin Metal Day Master, that stem is 甲 Yang Wood.

The Ten Gods are not deities. They are the ten possible relationships between your Day Master and any other stem, named for what that relationship does.

Traditionally read as steady income, careful management, and what you build and keep through regular effort.

How it is worked out

Metal controls Wood, and 甲 is Yang against a Yin Day Master, so the relationship is Direct Wealth. Had the stem been 乙 Yin Wood, the same relation with matching polarity would be 偏财 Indirect Wealth instead.

Where you meet it

• Above each pillar in the Pro chart view, naming that stem’s relationship to you.
• On Luck Pillars and annual years, where each decade and year brings its own stem.
• Inside branches, through their hidden stems.

No Ten God is good or bad on its own. What matters is whether the element it brings is one your chart wants, which is a question about the whole chart and not about the label.