BaZi: SMTH - 论正官 - Direct Officer

Direct Officer

三命通会 San Ming Tong Hui says:

正官者，乃甲见辛、乙见庚之例。阴阳配合，相制有用，成其道也。故正官为六格之首，止许一位，多则不宜。正官先看月令，然后方看其余。
Direct Officer, is like Jia meeting Xin, Yi meeting Geng. The matching of Yin and Yang, Mutually countering makes it useful because that completes the Tao. Thus Direct Officer is regarded as the Leader of the 6 structures, only one is allowed, many is more beneficial. Direct Officer must firstly be analyzed from the Month's Decree, after that the rest can be analyzed.


以五行之气，惟月令当时为最，况四柱各管年限，年管十五，失之太早，时管五十后，失之太迟。故只此月令为正，余格例此。
With the Qi of five elements, only the Month Decree that represent the current season is most important, furthermore the four pillars each takes control of periods, Year controls (before) fifteen (years of age), if it's lost then it's too early, hour controls after fifty (years of age), if it's lost then it's too late. Thus only the Month's decree is regarded as the true, the other structures (follow the) same (concept).




According to this paragraph, the strongest Qi of the five elements comes from the Month as it also denotes the season, besides, each of the Pillars denotes a certain age period in a person's life. For example the Year Pillar represents before 15 years of age, the Hour Pillar represents after 50 years old.


甲日生酉月，乙生申巳，丙生子，丁生亥，戊生卯，己生寅，庚生午，辛生寅巳，壬生午未丑，癸生辰巳戌月，皆为正气。
Jia day born in the month of You, Yi born in the month of Shen or Si, Bing born in Zi, Ding born in Hai, Wu born in Mao, Ji born in Yin, Geng born in Wu, Xin born in Yin or So, Ren born in Wu, Wei or Chou, Gui born in Chen, Si or Xu, all these are True (Direct) Qi.


These are matching of DM with Month EB where a DO structure can be established.


官星更天干透出，如甲见辛酉，乙见庚申之例，谓之支藏干透，余位不宜再见，又须日主健旺，得财印两扶，柱中不见伤煞，行运引至官乡，大富大贵命也。
When the Officer star is protruded in HS, such as Jia meeting Xin You, it's named Hidden in Branch and Protruding in Stem, it's not good for other places to meet (DO) again, also the DM needs to be strong and prosperous, and having Wealth and Seal supporting (Officer), in the pillars Hurt and Devil are not seen, when the Luck goes to Officer, it's a life of great wealth and nobility.


The best grade of DO structure should have the following characteristics:

1. DO is hidden in the month EB and protrudes in HS
2. Only a single DO protrudes.
3. DM is strong
4. Has Wealth or Seal to support or both to support DO
5. Does not see Hurting Officer or 7K


When all these criteria are met, and the LP goes into the elements for DO, then the person would enjoy great success.


大忌刑冲破害、伤官七煞、贪合忘官、劫财分福，为破格。
Highly inauspicious is Punishment, clash, break and harm, Hurting Officer and 7 Killing, greedy of combination and forgotten officer, Rob Wealth to divides fortune, these are broken structures.

A DO structure dislikes

1. Punishment, Clash, Break and Harm
2. Hurting Officer, which is regarded as Hurting Officer seeing Officer, hundreds of extreme disasters "伤官见官,为祸百端"
3. Greedy to combine, thus forgetting (its function as) Officer, Such as Jia DM with Xin as DO, meeting Bing in the HS will combine Xin, so Xin is lost. However, if Xin is strongly rooted or has a frame in the EB supporting it, it will not totally lose its function.
4. Rob wealth, as RW always compete for Wealth and Officer. 争官夺财, this is likely to happen when the position of the Rob Wealth is close to the DO and Wealth.


如甲生酉月，见卯为冲、酉为刑、午为破、戌为害、丙为合、乙为劫、丁为伤克、庚为混杂、须是官星纯一，五行和粹，方以正官论。
Like Jia born in the month of You, seeing Mao is clash, Wu as break, Xu as harm, Bing as combination, Yi as Rob, Ding as Hurt and counter, Geng as mingle, what is needed is a pure Officer star, five elements in harmony and unmixed, only that is regarded as True (Direct) Officer.


This paragraph gives some examples of some inauspicious factors that could affect the DO structure. DO does not want to be mixed with 7K, the situation is called 官杀混杂, Officer and Killing mix and mingle, resulting in a broken structure. DO structure wants to stay clear and pure, DO should not be punished, clashed, broken, harm, robbed, combined, hurt or mixed.


若见前忌柱中，虽有物去之，亦不纯粹，若官星结局，又有财资扶，非行身旺地不发。
If these inauspicious factors are seen in the pillars, even though there are other factors that could remove them, it is still not pure, if DO star forms a frame, and there's also Wealth to support, if the LP does not go to the place where DM prospers, the person would not have success.

DO star forms a frame means there's a elemental frame formed in the EB, for example Jia uses You as Officer, and Si-You-Chou combine to form an Officer frame. When a chart has a strong Officer supported by its frame and wealth, DM needs support from the LP to be successful. This conforms to ZPZQ concepts of 有情 (affection) and 有力 (strength). A chart with DO supported by its frame and wealth is considered affectionate 有情, however it lacks the strength aspect as a DO frame usually denotes a weak DM. So in order to fulfill the concept of 有力, LP needs to support DM.

OK, that's all for today's post, I'll continue translating the same chapter in the coming post.


Have a nice day.