Yang Wood (甲) — The Tall Tree
甲 Yang Wood grows upward on principle: visible, vertical, hard to bend. This Day Master wants progress you can measure against last year's mark on the doorframe.
Strengths
Integrity, leadership by example, stamina for long growth; gives shade — people organize themselves under a 甲.
Frictions
Stiffness in strong wind: difficulty bending, pivoting, or admitting a path was wrong; can mistake compromise for corruption.
Where it thrives
Where growth is structural — building teams, institutions, expertise with rings in it. Needs room overhead; wilts in low-ceiling roles.
A question to sit with
Which of your principles is a trunk — and which is just a branch you could let bend?