庚申, 辛酉 石榴木
Geng Shen, Xin You - Wood of pomegranate
石榴木者，性辛如姜，花红似火，数颗枝头，累累多子，房内莹莹，干支纯金而纳音属木，乃木之变者也。
Pomegranate wood, it's nature is hot (of taste) like ginger, its flower is red like fire, a few fruits on a stem, clustered with many seeds, inside the compartment is like cluster of gems, Stem and Branch are purely metal but NaYin belongs to wood, that how this wood is different.
可以移盆内而妆做山，故喜成器之土，以为根基，城头为上，屋上次之，然必阴阳交见，则丙辛丁庚互官，戊辛已寅互印，主吉；
It can be moved into a pot and adorned to be a hill (??), thus it likes useful earth as the root foundation, castle earth is good, house earth is second, and it must see that yin and yang are both seen, thus Bing for Xin and Ding for Geng are the Officer respectively, Wu for Xin and Si Yin are Seal, denotes auspiciousness.
路、壁、驿、砂四土有山助之，亦吉，若无何用？
Road, Wall, Post and Sand earths are auspicious when they are assisted by mountain, otherwise what use they can be?
见金砂中最吉，泊金干支水木而纳音金，榴木干支金而纳音木，皆脱去本性而互换归旺，以木旺寅卯，金旺申酉，各得其位，谓之功侔造化格，主大贵；
Seeing metal within sand is most auspicious, foil metal has water and wood as stem and branch but nayin is metal, pomegranate wood has stem and branch as metal but nayin as wood, that is (these pillars) take off their original characteristics and they support each other to be prosperous, as wood is prosperous in Yin and Mao, Metal is prosperous in Shen and You, each of them obtain their places (getting support in terms of Stem, Branch and Nayin), this is named the structure of 'equally meritorious deed' , denotes great nobility.
海中乙丑为山，更逢水助则吉，或壁上，城头，亦得剑锋，就位相克，最凶，若先有砂金，能制其毒，亦不为害。
(Metal) Inside Sea has Yi Chou as mountain, thus getting support from water is auspicious, or Wall, Castle and also getting Sword edge which is in place to counter, is most inauspicious, if there is Sand metal, it can control its venom and it will not be harmful.
水见天河，雨露相滋，井泉、溪涧，清水浇灌，大海太泛滥，非贫则夭，有艮土稍得。
(As for) water, seeing Heavenly River, rain and dew nourishes (wood), well and spring, stream and nourishing, these are fresh water for irrigation, great ocean is over flooding, denotes either poverty or die young, if there's Gen earth, then it's a little okay.
太阳、霹雳二火虽喜，不宜并见；
The sun and lightning fire are both auspicious, but they should not be seen together.
炉中寅卯旺位，本吉，再加别火则凶。
Inside furnace fire, Yin and Mao are prosperous places, so it's auspicious, but if there are other fire it is not auspicious.
若此木生于五月，日时止带一火，谓之石榴喷火，主贵。
If this wood is born in the fifth month, only one fire is seen on either day or hour pillar (as Nayin), it is called 'pomegranate puffing fire', denotes nobility.
Trey: What a strange name, can I invent a structure called Trey puffing fire?
桑柘、大林、杨柳三木皆喜见之，见大林戊辰脱体，见杨柳花红柳绿，皆主功名；
Mulberry and Maclura, Great Forest, Poplars and Willows, these 3 woods are auspicious to be seen, seeing great forest Wu Chen, (pomegranate) sheds its form, seeing Poplars and Willows is called 'Red flower Green Willow', these denote fame and glory.
见桑柘癸丑为山，见松柏则强，见平地则大，若无别物夹杂，则禄绕红围，亦主富贵，如得城土为基，水运为助，享福优游，最为长久。
Seeing Mulberry and Maclura Gui Chou as mountain, seeing Pines and Cypress (pomegranate) becomes strong, seeing Flat Land becomes great, if there's no other thing to contaminate, then it's 'fortune spiralling and bonus encircling' (flowery words which mean getting a lot of money), it also denotes Wealth and nobility, if there is Castle Earth as foundation and water to support, one can leisurely enjoy wealth and blessings, which are very long lasting.
路、壁、驿、砂四土有山助之，亦吉，若无何用？
Road, Wall, Post and Sand earths are auspicious when they are assisted by mountain, otherwise what use they can be?
见金砂中最吉，泊金干支水木而纳音金，榴木干支金而纳音木，皆脱去本性而互换归旺，以木旺寅卯，金旺申酉，各得其位，谓之功侔造化格，主大贵；
Seeing metal within sand is most auspicious, foil metal has water and wood as stem and branch but nayin is metal, pomegranate wood has stem and branch as metal but nayin as wood, that is (these pillars) take off their original characteristics and they support each other to be prosperous, as wood is prosperous in Yin and Mao, Metal is prosperous in Shen and You, each of them obtain their places (getting support in terms of Stem, Branch and Nayin), this is named the structure of 'equally meritorious deed' , denotes great nobility.
海中乙丑为山，更逢水助则吉，或壁上，城头，亦得剑锋，就位相克，最凶，若先有砂金，能制其毒，亦不为害。
(Metal) Inside Sea has Yi Chou as mountain, thus getting support from water is auspicious, or Wall, Castle and also getting Sword edge which is in place to counter, is most inauspicious, if there is Sand metal, it can control its venom and it will not be harmful.
水见天河，雨露相滋，井泉、溪涧，清水浇灌，大海太泛滥，非贫则夭，有艮土稍得。
(As for) water, seeing Heavenly River, rain and dew nourishes (wood), well and spring, stream and nourishing, these are fresh water for irrigation, great ocean is over flooding, denotes either poverty or die young, if there's Gen earth, then it's a little okay.
太阳、霹雳二火虽喜，不宜并见；
The sun and lightning fire are both auspicious, but they should not be seen together.
炉中寅卯旺位，本吉，再加别火则凶。
Inside furnace fire, Yin and Mao are prosperous places, so it's auspicious, but if there are other fire it is not auspicious.
若此木生于五月，日时止带一火，谓之石榴喷火，主贵。
If this wood is born in the fifth month, only one fire is seen on either day or hour pillar (as Nayin), it is called 'pomegranate puffing fire', denotes nobility.
Trey: What a strange name, can I invent a structure called Trey puffing fire?
桑柘、大林、杨柳三木皆喜见之，见大林戊辰脱体，见杨柳花红柳绿，皆主功名；
Mulberry and Maclura, Great Forest, Poplars and Willows, these 3 woods are auspicious to be seen, seeing great forest Wu Chen, (pomegranate) sheds its form, seeing Poplars and Willows is called 'Red flower Green Willow', these denote fame and glory.
见桑柘癸丑为山，见松柏则强，见平地则大，若无别物夹杂，则禄绕红围，亦主富贵，如得城土为基，水运为助，享福优游，最为长久。
Seeing Mulberry and Maclura Gui Chou as mountain, seeing Pines and Cypress (pomegranate) becomes strong, seeing Flat Land becomes great, if there's no other thing to contaminate, then it's 'fortune spiralling and bonus encircling' (flowery words which mean getting a lot of money), it also denotes Wealth and nobility, if there is Castle Earth as foundation and water to support, one can leisurely enjoy wealth and blessings, which are very long lasting.
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