BaZi: NaYin 大林木 Wood of Big Forest - Year Pillar Wu Chen and Ji Si

NaYin Wood



戊辰, 已巳 大林木
Wu Chen, Ji Si as Wood of big forest

大林木者，枝干撼风，柯条撑月，耸壑昂霄之德，凌云蔽日之功。
Wood of big forest, their branches and stems are shaken by the wind, their trunks supporting the moon, they have the virtue of being outstanding, the success of rising tall to the clouds and cover the sun. (all these are just to say they are tall and huge)

此木生居东南，春夏之交，长养成林，金假艮土为源，癸丑为山，三命无破陷，最为福厚权贵，戊辰为上，己巳次之。
This wood resides in south west, between spring and summer, after being nourished for long, it became forest, metal borrows Gen earth as resource, Gui Chou as mountain, when the Three Lives are without destruction, it denotes great blessing, nobility and authority, Wu Chen is better than Ji Si. 

土遇路旁，为负载，戊辰见辛未为贵，己巳见庚午为禄，主富；壁、屋二土，再得剑金，则大林之木取为栋梁，成格最吉，无此乃山间茂林之木也。
Seeing roadside earth is burden, Wu Chen seeing Xin Wei as precious, Ji Si seeing Geng Wu is fortunate, denotes wealthiness; earth of wall and house, and also gets sword metal, meaning will make wood of big forest into ridge pole (roof beam), it's the most auspicious the structure can be, without these, the wood is only wood in the mountain within the hills. 

此木无论死活，皆欲见土，如己人见甲，虽云化土，然不如辰戌丑未，土局纯金为妙。
This wood, does not matter if it is dead or alive, desires seeing earth, like Ji person seeing Jia, although the classics say it will transform to earth but it is not as good as Chen Xu Chou Wei, earth frame with pure metal is a wonder.

若此木已死在山之下；见甲戌乙亥烧之，主凶夭；灯火就位相生，乙巳不如甲辰更吉；霹雳、太阳二火皆能长育运中，遇之亦吉，然二火嫌并见，持胜须有土为根基方可。
If this wood is already dead beneath the mountain, seeing Jia Xu and Yi Hai (fire on top of mountain) will burn it, denotes inauspicious and short lifespan; if fire of lamp (Jia Chen / Yi Si ) replaces (the other fire) will mutually engender (wood and fire), Jia Chen is more auspicious than Yi Si; Fire of thunder and lightning (Wu Zi / Yi Chou ), and fire of the sun (Wu Wu, Yi wei) both could nourish (the wood) when they are seen in the luck pillars, seeing these is also auspicious, if both fires are seen together, wood needs earth as a base for its root to be able to maintain itself.

水见天河，戊辰见丁未带贵，虽无土与山，亦主有衣食，即灵槎入天河格也，生秋冬死绝方是；
As for water, seeing water of heavenly river (Bing Wu / Ding Wei), Wu Chen seeing Ding Wei is precious, even without earth and mountain, it still denotes having clothing and food, the structure is named 'spiritual raft entering heavenly river'. Even if it is born in Autumn or Winter with dead and extinct Qi, it is still in the structure.

溪、海二水重见，主贫夭，有山稍得。
Water if rivers (Jia Yin, Yi Mao) and ocean (Ren Xu, Gui Hai) if are seen repeatedly, represent poverty or short lifespan, if there's mountain, it is a little useful.

妙选有苍龙驾海格，是戊辰见癸亥为贵，涧下丁丑最吉，丙子不如。
In MiaoXuan (a book) there's a structure named 'green dragon arrives upon the sea' which is Wu Chen seeing Gui Hai as precious, water of nourishing under, Ding Chou is most auspicious, Bing Zi is not as auspicious.

诸金俱不宜见，海中有乙丑为山，剑锋得屋壁为本，余金无用，逢之主夭贱。
All metals are not good to be seen, metal in the sea Yi Chou can be the mountain, metal of sword with earth or wall or house can be used as base, other metals are useless, seeing denotes short lifespan and lowliness.

木喜桑柘，唯癸丑最妙；平地还须得路旁土，谓之平林在野；
As for Wood, Mulberry and maclura is auspicious, but Gui Chou is most wonderful; wood of flat land must come together with earth of roadside,  this is named 'flat forest in the wild);

松柏，东方生旺之地，柱有癸丑而得松柏为密荫，最佳。
pines and cypress, on the eastern side where it is the land where wood is prosperous, when the pillar has Gui Chou and pines and cypress, it denotes dense shelter (like thick canopy, dense shelter), it is the best.