Astrology Glossary

Establish (day officer)

Also called: jian (day officer)

Establish (建 Jiàn), the 1st of the Twelve Day Officers of the Chinese almanac: a day of beginnings, good for starting ventures, setting out, applying for things. The officers follow one another day by day, and each month the cycle is set so that Establish falls on the day whose Earthly Branch matches the month's.

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