Seikan (正官): Meaning and Personality

The meaning, personality, love life and work of Seikan (order), one of the Ten Gods of Four Pillars of Destiny, and how to read a chart with many of them. Keywords: responsibility and honour.

Seikan is the star of a stem that controls the Day Master, with the opposite yin-yang. It stands for the responsibility to keep order, good manners and a care for honour.

Japanese正官 (せいかん)
Relation to the Day MasterThe element that controls the Day Master, opposite yin-yang
KeywordsResponsibility and honour
In SanmeigakuKengyū

Personality

Proper and tidy, you value rules and promises. You care about trust and reputation and try to live without shame. You gain trust in organisations and are naturally given responsibility.

Love and partnership

Sincere, you deepen relationships step by step. Flings are not for you; you tend to move toward marriage with someone you trust.

Work and what suits you

Public service, management, law and large organisations, where discipline and trust matter.

When the chart has many Seikan

With many Seikan, you may worry too much about how others see you. Time for yourself lightens your heart.

Which Ten Gods are in your chart?

Enter your date of birth to see the Ten Gods and twelve stages of your chart: Four Pillars chart.

The other Ten Gods

For all ten, see the Ten Gods; for the stages of each pillar, the twelve stages. These are general tendencies; a real reading weighs the balance of the whole chart.

FAQ

What kind of star is Seikan?

Seikan is the star of a stem that controls the Day Master, with the opposite yin-yang. It stands for the responsibility to keep order, good manners and a care for honour.

Where does Seikan appear in the chart?

Seen from the Day Master (the stem of your birth day), a stem of the element that controls the Day Master, opposite yin-yang becomes Seikan when it appears in the year, month or hour pillar or among the hidden stems. The star from the month pillar’s hidden stem counts most for your character.

What if the chart has many Seikan?

With many Seikan, you may worry too much about how others see you. Time for yourself lightens your heart.

What does Seikan correspond to in Sanmeigaku?

The main star Kengyū (牽牛星). Both come from the element and yin-yang relationship with the day stem.

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