BaZi: 用神 Useful God, 气候 - Climate

BaZi: 用神 Useful God, 气候 - Climate

气候 QiHou - Climate in BaZi encompasses temperature and humidity. Master Xu LeWu proposed the use of 调候用神, that is the Climate adjustment Useful God under the topic of Useful God in his commentary on ZPZQ. His idea, imo is against the concept of Climate 气候 in ZPZQ, there's no such thing as 调候用神. What ZPZQ discusses is the influence of the Climate on the Useful God 用神配气候得失. Remember, Useful God is always derived from the month's branch, not taken anywhere else from the BaZi.

ZPZQ says:

论命惟以月令用神为主，然亦须配气候而互参之。譬如英雄豪杰，生得其时，自然事半功倍；遭时不顺，虽有奇才，成功不易。
To discuss Life, only the Month's Decree Useful God is regarded as the main (point), and then it has to be referred to the climate . Like heroes, bold people or talented people born at the right time, naturally his little efforts would result in a great return. If the timing is not right, even the person is extraordinarily talented, success is hard to come by.

This paragraph alone contradicts Master Xu LeWu's Climate adjustment Useful God concept. ZPZQ often emphasizes that Useful God has to come from the month's decree but Master Xu LeWu used to take the Useful God from everywhere. Anyway, let's forget about Master Xu LeWu and concentrate on ZPZQ.

是以印绶遇官，此谓官印双全，无人不贵。而冬木逢水，虽透官星，亦难必贵，盖金寒而水益冻，冻水不能生木，其理然也。
Is like Seal (Useful God) meeting Officer, it's called Seal and Officer both complete, not one with this chart that is not noble. But wood that is born in Winter, even with penetrating Officer star is difficult to be noble, that is because metal is chilly and water is easily frozen, frozen water cannot engender wood, that is the law of nature.


身印两旺，透食则贵，凡印格皆然。而用之冬木，尤为秀气，以冬木逢火，不惟可以泄身，而即可以调候也。
Self and Seal are both prosperous, protruding Food is noble, all Seal structures are like this. But if it is used on wood that is born in winter, it is exceptionally elegant, that is when winter wood meets fire, not only can it exhaust Self, it also can adjust the climate.

伤官见官，为祸百端，而金水见之，反为秀气。非官之不畏夫伤，而调候为急，权而用之也。
Hurting Officer meeting Officer will bring about hundreds of disasters, but if Metal (DM) Water (HO) sees (Officer), that becomes elegant. That is not because Officer is not afraid of being hurt, but adjusting the climate is urgent, that is rightly used.

伤官带煞，随时可用，而用之冬金，其秀百倍。
Hurting Officer carrying Devil, can be used anytime, but if it is used on Winter Metal, it's a hundred times more elegant.

伤官佩印，随时可用，而用之夏木，其秀百倍，火济水，水济火也。
Hurting Officer adorned with Seal, can be used anytime, but if it is used on Summer Wood, it's a hundred times more elegant, fire can be of help for water and vice versa.

伤官用财，本为贵格，而用之冬水，即使小富，亦多不贵，冻水不能生木也。
Huring Officer using Wealth, is basically a noble structure, but if it used for Winter water, it's only a small fortune, mostly not noble, as frozen water cannot engender wood.

伤官用财，即为秀气，而用之夏木，贵而不甚秀，燥土不甚灵秀也。
Hurting Officer using Wealth, is elegant, if used on Summer wood, it is noble but not elegant, parched earth is not efficacious nor handsome.

春木逢火，则为木火通明，而夏木不作此论；
Spring wood meeting fire, is termed as 木火通明 Wood and Fire brightly lit, but Summer Wood is not discussed as such;

秋金遇水，则为金水相涵，而冬金不作此论。
Autumn metal meeting water, is termed as 金水相涵 Metal and Water containing each other, but Winter metal is not discussed as such.

气有衰旺，取用不同也。
Qi can be weak or prosperous, to take the useful object would rely on the circumstance.

春木逢火，木火通明，不利见官；
Spring wood meeting fire, wood and fire brightly lit, it's not good to see Officer

而秋金遇水，金水相涵，见官无碍。
But Autumn metal meeting Water, Metal and Water containing each other, seeing Officer is okay.

假如庚生申月，而支中或子或辰，会成水局，天干透丁，以为官星，只要壬癸不透露干头，便为贵格，与食神伤官喜见官之说同论，亦调候之道也。
E.g Geng born in the month of Shen, and branches see Zi or Chen, meeting to form a water frame, Ding protrudes in HS, as Officer star, as long as Ren and Gui does not protrude, it is regarded as noble structure, that is how Food God and Hurting Officer likes seeing Officer (for Metal Water HO structure), that is also the Tao of climate adjustment.

食神虽逢正印，亦谓夺食，而夏木火盛，轻用之亦秀而贵，与木火伤官喜见水同论，亦调候之谓也。
Food God even when it meets Direct Resource, it is regarded as Taking away Food, but if wood is in Summer with prosperous fire, lightly use would be elegant and noble, that is the same logic as Metal Water Hurting Officer likes to meet officer, that is also the idea of climate adjustment.

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