Wood Rat

甲子

Gap-ja · Yang Wood · Rat

Starts the plan at midnight, finishes it by noon.

In Korean saju (사주, the "four pillars" of your birth), your day pillar is the part that describes you most directly. Wood Rat is the day pillar 甲子 (Gap-ja), one of 60. It pairs Yang Wood, a tall tree growing straight up, with the Rat: midwinter. Quick and clever.

What a Wood Rat is like

First to beginYou start the thing everyone else is still talking about starting.

Night shift brainYour best ideas show up after everyone else has gone to bed.

Straight shooterYou give honest advice fast, because sugarcoating feels like wasted time.

You probably…

volunteer to drive so you can pick the route
keep a notes app full of half-built business ideas
say "on it" before anyone finishes explaining the task

In love and friendship

You fall for people who can keep up with your plans and still tell you no.

The element: Wood

Wood energy is like a growing tree: always reaching, learning and starting new things. As a yang wood day, it shows up as a tall tree growing straight up.

The animal: Rat

Quick-witted. You spot chances before anyone else, and you always have a plan B. In saju the Rat also carries Water energy: midwinter. Quick and clever.

Wood Rat years: 1924 and 1984

The Wood Rat (甲子) also names a year in the 60-year cycle. Recent Wood Rat years: 1924 and 1984, and the next one is 2044. A saju year starts at Ipchun (around February 4), not on January 1 or Lunar New Year.

Born in a Wood Rat year? That is your year pillar, the part of your chart about family and roots. The type on this page is a day pillar, and yours may be different. Look up any birth year.

Am I a Wood Rat? Find out in 30 seconds

Free. Your day pillar comes from your birth date, time and place, not just your birth year.

Questions

What years are Wood Rat years?1984, and next in 2044. In saju each year starts at Ipchun, around February 4, so people born in January or early February belong to the year before.

Am I a Wood Rat if I was born in a Wood Rat year?Not necessarily. Your birth year gives your year pillar, which describes your roots. The type that describes you is your day pillar, which comes from your birth date. Someone born in a Wood Rat year can have any of the 60 day pillars.

What is the Wood Rat personality?Starts the plan at midnight, finishes it by noon. First to begin, Night shift brain, Straight shooter.