BaZi: SMTH - 论偏官 Discussing Indirect Officer

偏官者，乃甲见庚、乙见辛之例，犹二男不同处，二女不同居，不成配偶，故谓之偏官。
Direct Offier is like Jia seeing Geng, Yi seeing You etc, that's like two guys cannot be together or two girls cannot be together as they cannot become a match, thus it is named Indirect Officer.

以其隔七位而相克战，故谓之七煞。
As they are separated 7 places (e.g Geng is the 7th count from Jia), thus it is named the 7th Devil.

譬小人多凶暴，无忌惮，若无礼法控制之，不惩不戒，必伤其主，故有制谓之偏官，无制谓之七煞。
As most villains are fierce and cruel, unrestrained, if there's no moral or law to restrain them, they would be fearless and unstoppable, and it will injure the master, thus, when it is restrained it is called Indirect Officer, unrestrained it is called 7th Devil.

如日主健旺，有印绶助化，即经云逢煞看财，如身强煞弱，有财星则吉，身弱煞强，有财引鬼盗气，非贫则夭；
If DM is strong and prosperous, with Seal to assist transformation (of 7K), the classics would say 'Seeing Devil, look at Wealth', if DM is strong and 7K is weak, Wealth is auspicious, if Self is Weak and Devil strong, with wealth having its Qi seized by 7K, one would be either poor or have a short life.

有食神透制，即经云一见制伏，却为贵本；
If Food God protrudes and restrains, the classics says 'once it is restrained, that is the foundation for nobility'

有阳刃配合，即经云煞无刃不显，逢煞看刃是也。
If there's YangRen to combine, the classics says 'Devil without YR is not prominent, seeing Devil will need to look at YR'

以上诸制合生化，须要无太过不及，是借小人势力卫护君子以成威权，乃大权大贵之命。
The above relationships like restraining, combining, engendering or transforming must not be excessive or inadequate, that is to borrow's villains strength to protect moral people and become the power and influence, that is the life of great wealth and nobility.

又性格聪明，忌日主衰弱，七煞重逢，三刑、六害、劫、亡相并，魁罡相冲，其凶不可具述。
Also it represent cleverness, it's inauspicious for DM to be waning and weak, or seeing 7K repetitively, or the three punishments, the 6 harms, rob (devil), death (god) together, or GuiKang clashing, all these is extremely inauspicious.

若七煞止一，而制伏有二三处，喜行煞旺地，倘运再遇制伏，则尽法无民，虽猛如虎狼，亦不能逞其技矣。
If there's only 1 Devil but it is restrained at 2 or 3 places, then it's good for Luck to go to places where Devil is prosperous, that would be like enforcing the law to the extreme and the civilians will be gone (sort of like extreme restriction would render 7K useless), even if 7K is fierce like tiger and wolf, there is no chance for it to perform.

是又不可专言制伏，要轻重得所。
So, when we analyze we cannot focus on 7K being restricted, we should also look at how heavily or lightly it is restricted.

故经云：原有制伏，煞出为福，原无制伏，煞出为祸，此之谓也。
Thus the classics says: When there's originally a restriction, the 'out' 7K is considered as blessing, where there's originally no restriction, the 'out' 7K is considered as disaster, (I think 'out' means protrusion)

假如甲见庚及申，乙见辛及酉，柱中煞旺有气，宜行东南方运制庚辛，无气方发，否则生寅卯月，或自坐长生、临官、帝旺，更多带比肩同类相扶，则能化鬼为官，化煞为权，行运引至印乡，必发富贵，倘岁运再遇煞地，祸不旋踵。
For example, Jia seeing Geng and Shen, Yi seeing Xin and You, within the pillars, Devil is prosperous and having Qi, it is beneficial to move to East and South for the Luck Pillars to restrain Geng and Xin, places without Qi would develop, otherwise, if born in the month of Yin or Mao. when self is sitting on ChangSheng, LinGuan or DiWang, and there are many compare shoulders or the same element that assists DM, it can also transform the ghost (Devil) into Officer, transform Devil to be authority, When Luck goes to places of Seal, the person will become wealthy and noble, but if Luck goes to places where Devil is seen again, then there would be heavy disaster.