---
type: Index
title: "The Four Pillars (四柱)"
description: "Index of the four pillars — year, month, day and hour — of a Palm Sutra reading."
resource: https://localpapa.com/tools/yizhang.html
tags: [yizhang, palm-sutra, pillars]
timestamp: 2026-06-21T00:00:00Z
---

# The Four Pillars · 四柱

A Palm Sutra reading places the four pillars of birth onto the palm in order — year, then month, day and hour — each landing on one of the twelve palm stars. Together they sketch the foundation, family, self and later years of a life.

- [年柱 (Year Pillar)](./year.md) — foundation, ancestry & innate nature
- [月柱 (Month Pillar)](./month.md) — parents, youth & early career
- [日柱 (Day Pillar)](./day.md) — the self, marriage & mid-life
- [時柱 (Hour Pillar)](./hour.md) — children, old age & later fortune

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*[Palm stars](../stars/index.md) · [Palm Sutra knowledge base](../index.md)*