Sunday, May 17, 2015

BaZi: Reading relationships

This is one of many promises which I haven't been able to fulfil, Sorry!

Reading relationships classical BaZi style is relatively easy once you know the fundamentals of the style.

According to ZPZQ reading for parents, spouses, children from one's chart is somehow accurate but reading for siblings from one's chart is often inaccurate. The closer the relationship, the more accurate the reading can be. Parents, children and spouses are considered close while siblings and ancestors are not.

原文:其由宫分配之者,则年月日时,自上而下,祖父妻子,亦自上而下。以地相配,适得其宜,不易之位也。

Year EB represents ancestors
Month EB represents parents
Day EB represents spouse
Hour EB represents children

It's a principle that does not change

由用神配之者,则正印也母,身所自出,取其生我也。
As for matching the Useful God with the relationships, Direct Seal is mother, self comes from Direct Seal, as it engenders Self.

若偏财受我克制,何反为父?
If Indirect Wealth is countered by Self, how can it represent father?

偏财者,母之正夫也,正印为母,则偏财为父矣。
Because Indirect Wealth is mother's true husband (Direct Seal's HS combination), thus it is regarded as father.

正财为妻,受我克制,夫为妻纲,妻则从夫。
Direct Wealth as wife, as it is countered by self, husband is the outline for the wife, wife follows husband.

若官煞则克制乎我,何以反为子女也?
If the authorities counter Self, how can it be regarded as the children?

官煞者,财所生也,财为妻妾,则官煞为子女矣。
The authorities are engendered by Wealth, Wealth represents wife or concubine, that's why. 

至于比肩为兄弟,又理之显然者。
As for parallels representing brothers, the logic is apparent.

其间有无得力,或吉或凶,则以四柱所存或年月或日时财官伤刃,系是何物,然后以六亲配之用神。
To know if one has the support from any of the relationship, it is auspicious or inauspicious, it has to be analyzed from looking at what is contained in the chart and match them to the six relationships.

局中作何喜忌,参而配之,可以了然矣。
Then look at the overall structure, match with the Useful God and one can naturally know.

Easy right? Not really,

Well let's take for example, reading for wife. How do we know if one could get a good wife?

以妻论之,坐下财官,妻当贤贵;然亦有坐财官而妻不利,逢伤刃而妻反吉者,何也?
When the DM sits on Wealth or Officer, then one gets a good wife, but there are cases when the DM sits on Wealth or Officer but the wife is not beneficial, on the other hand, there are cases when DM sits on Hurting Officer or YangRen but the wife is auspicious, why?

此盖月令用神,配成喜忌。
That is because it has to be matched with the YongShen from the Month Command to determine auspiciousness.

如妻宫坐财,吉也,而印格逢之,反为不美。
For example, the wife palace contains Wealth, it is auspicious, but when the structure is Seal, it becomes not auspicious.

妻坐官,吉也,而伤官逢之,岂能顺意?
The wife palace has Officer, is originally auspicious, but when the structure is Hurting Officer, how can (the marriage) be smooth?

妻坐伤官,凶也,而财格逢之,可以生财,煞格逢之,可以制煞,反主妻能内助。
The wife palace sits Hurting Officer, is inauspicious, but when the structure is Wealth, it can engender Wealth, when the structure is Devil, it can restrain Devil, so the wife can support (within the family)

妻坐阳刃,凶也,而或财官煞伤等格,四柱已成格局,而日主无气,全凭日刃帮身,则妻必能相关。
The wife palace sits YangRen, is inauspicious, but if the structures (i.e Wealth, Officer, Devil, HO etc) are already completed but the DM is without Qi, then the DM relies on the YangRen of the Day pillar to assist Self, thus the wife must be really supportive.

既看妻宫,又看妻星。
Looking at the wife palace, also look at the wife star (Wealth)

妻星者,干头之财也。
Wealth star, is the Wealth from the HS.

妻透而成局,若官格透财、印多逢财、食伤透财为用之类,即坐下无用,亦主内助。
When the Wealth protrudes and complete the structure, 
e.g 
Direct Officer structure with protruding wealth
Abundant Seal with protruding Wealth, 
Outputs with protruding Wealth etc
even when the Day EB is of no use, it also denotes getting internal support (from the wife)

妻透而破格,若印轻财露、食神伤官、透煞逢财之类,即坐下有用,亦防刑克。
When the Wife (Wealth) penetrates and cause the structure to break, 
e.g
Seal is light and Wealth is exposed,
Food or Hurting Officer,
Protruding Devil and seeing Wealth,
Even though the spouse palace is useful, one still has to beware of (punishment or countering)

又有妻透成格,或妻宫有用而坐下刑冲,未免得美妻而难偕老。
Also, if the wife protrudes to complete the structure, or if the DM sits on useful palace, but then it is clased or punished, it is difficult for one to get a beautiful wife and it is difficult to grow old together.

又若妻星两透,偏正杂出,何一夫而多妻?
Also if there's more than one Wife star protruding, Direct and Indirect mixed, can it be one husband with many wives?

亦防刑克之道也。
also beware of the Tao of punishment and countering.

至于子息,其看宫分与星所透喜忌,理与论妻略同。
To read for offsprings, the concept is the same as reading for wife.

但看子息,长生沐浴之歌,亦当熟读,
But to read for offspring, one must be familiar with 'the song of ChangSheng MuYu'

Which is:

长生四子中旬半,
ChangSheng is four sons but after the half of the season, only 2 remains,

沐浴一双保吉祥,
Muyu is one pair and it's guaranteed to be propitious.

冠带临官三子位,
Guan Dai and LinGuan, the place of 3 sons,

旺中五子自成行,
Middle of Wang (DiWang), five children is self-obtained

衰中二子病中一,
Within Shuai 2 sons, within Bing there's one

死中至老没儿郞,
Within Si, until one is old there would be no son

除非养取他之子,
unless one nourishes (adopt) the son of others.

入墓之时命夭亡,
Entering tomb, its life is short or it dies.

受气为绝一个子,
Receiving Qi is Jue it has 1 son.

胎中头产养姑娘,
Within Tai, the first born will be a lady (girl)

养中三子只留一,
Within Yang there's 3 sons but only 1 is left.

男子宫中子细详
For men, analyze meticulously the palace of children. 

然长生论法,用阳而不用阴。
As for the method of analyzing ChangSheng, it uses Yang but does not use Yin.

如甲乙日只用庚金长生,巳酉丑顺数之局,而不用辛金逆数之子申辰。
As an example, for the DM Jia and Yi, look at the ChangSheng of only Geng metal, which is the forward cycle of Si You Chou and not the reversed cycle of Xin metal which is Zi Shen Chen.

虽书有官为女煞为男之说,然终不可以甲用庚男而用阳局,乙用辛男而阴局。
Although there are books that say Officer as daughters and Devil as sons, one cannot read as though Jia uses Geng as sons so it has to use the Yang structure, Yi uses Xin as son so it has to use the Yin structure.

盖木为日主,不问甲乙,总以庚为男辛为女,其理为然,拘于官煞,其能验乎?
That is because when wood is the DM, regardless of Jia or Yi, Geng is regarded as son and Xin as daugther, the logic is natural, do not stick to Officer and Devil, how can it be accurate?

所以八字到手,要看子息,先看时支。
So, when one gets a set of Bazi, to read for the offsprings, first look at the Hour EB

如甲乙生日,其时果系庚金何宫?
If the DM is Jia or Yi, what is in the hour EB? at what palace is the Geng Metal?

或生旺, 或死绝,其多寡已有定数,然后以时干子星配之。
Is it ChangSheng / DiWang? is it Si or Jue, whether there are many or none it is already destined, then look at the Day Stem  and analyze the children star.

如财格而时干透食,官格而时干透财之类,皆谓时干有用,即使时逢死绝,亦主子贵,但不甚繁耳。
As an example, if the structure is Wealth and the hour stem protrudes Food, or if the structure is Officer and the hour stem protrudes Wealth, then the hour stem is useful, although it meets Si or Jue, it still denotes noble children but number should be few.

若又逢生旺,则麟儿绕膝,岂可量乎?
If that meets ChangSheng or DiWang, the one will have many great and capable children (described as the sons of Lin (mythical auspicious creature) surrounding one's knee), how can it be measureable?

若时干不好,子透破局,即逢生旺,难为子息。
If the Day stem is not good, son protrudes to break the structure, even though one meets ChangSheng or DiWang, it will be difficult for the children. 

若又死绝,无所望矣。
If it meets Si or Jue, then one is hopeless.

I think ZPZQ has explained well on this subject.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

A forum to discuss Classical BaZi

Dear treasured readers,

Arne has put a forum to discuss about classical BaZi here:

http://bazi.fengshui-labor.ch/

Please let Arne know if you'd like to join the new forum for discussion or just for peeping.

The forum / wiki contains many articles written or translated by various authors, including the classics and modern baZi.

Many case studies will be posted and discussed.

Regards!

Thursday, March 19, 2015

BaZi: DTS 清浊 Clear and Murky

一清到底有精神,
One that is completely clear with essence and spirit,

管取生平富贵真。
Taken easily as a life of truly noble and wealthy,

澄浊求清清得去,
Murky runs still imploring for clarity, clarity will be attained,

时来寒谷也回春。
When the time comes, the chilling valley will return to spring.

满盘浊气令人苦,
A plate full of murky Qi makes people suffer,

一局清枯也苦人,
A structure of withering clarity also makes people suffer

半浊半清犹是可,
Half murky and half clear are similarly acceptable,

多成多败度晨昏。
Many successes and failures through days and nights. 




BaZi: DTS 官杀 Authorities 伤官 Hurting Officer


官杀混杂来问我,有可有不可。
If you ask me about mixed authorities, some can be (mixed), some cannot be.


伤官见官果难辨,可见不可见。
It's difficult so analyze Hurting Officer seeing Officer, some can see, some cannot see.


BaZi: DTS - 真假 True and Fake

令上寻其聚得真,
Look for the one on the command for it gathers to be true

假神休要乱真神,
The fake god do not disturb to true god,

真神得用生平贵,
The true god attains usefulness, one's life is noble

用假终为碌碌人。
Use the unreal, one is merely a commoner.

真假参差难辨论,
The mixing of the true and the fake is difficult to analyze,

不明不暗受困顿。
That is not apparent, that is not obscured, is poverty stricken,

提纲不与真神照,
The Outline that is not illuminating with the true god,

暗处寻真也有真。
In obscured places, look for the real, it is also attainable. 





Sunday, March 15, 2015

The original ZiPing

明通赋
The Odes of Ming Tong
东海徐子平撰。易水万育吾解。
Authored by Xu ZiPing of DongHai, explained by Wan YuWu of YiShui

and Trey of Kampung Sayang 

太极判为天地,一气分为阴阳,流出五行,化生万物,为人禀命;贫富贵贱由之。术士知机,吉凶祸福定矣。
TaiJi is judged as Heaven and Earth, one Qi is separated as Yin and Yang, It flows out the 5 elements, transform and engendered ten thousand being, and they decide the Lives of people, the origin of the poor, wealthy, noble and lowly is such. When the practitioners have known the mechanism, they can determine the auspiciousness, inauspiciousness, disaster or blessing.

(此原造化之始)。


Xu ZiPing: 凡看命,以日干为主,统三元而配合八字干支。
When analyzing Life (BaZi), use the Day Stem as the Master, gathers the 3 Origins and match them with the eight characters Stems and Branches.

(天有四时,造化万物,屋有四柱,各立规模;命有四柱,注定荣枯。论者专以日辰天干为命元之主,上为地元禄支,内所藏者,为人元寿。人字,即四柱天干、地支共八字也。《继善篇》云:四柱排定,三才次分,专以日干天元,配合八字干支是也。)
Wan YuWu: Heaven has for Times (Seasons), created ten thousand beings. A House has four pillars, each with their own dimensions; Life has 4 pillars, that decide glory or condemnation. When analyzing, use the Day Stem as the Master of Day Origin, the ones above are the Earth Origin of Fortune branches, the ones hidden are Human Origin of Longevity. The eight characters are the 4 characters in the Heavenly Stems and the 4 characters from the Earthly branches, altogether there are 8 characters. <<Ju Shan Pian>> says: Four pillars are determined, the three talents are then identified, focus on the HS of the Day Stem, matches with the 8 characters. 

Trey: The three origins 三元 is the same as the three talents 三才. They refer to the Heavenly Origin, 天元, the Earth Origin, 地元 and the man Origin 人元. They are just terms referring to the HS, EB and HHS. 


沦(论)运者以月支为首,分四时而提起五行消长。
To discuss Luck, take the Month EB as the leader, separates into four seasons and analyzes the rise and fall of the 5 elements.

(大运以月支起,故月为提纲。看月支节气浅深,四时得何节。士。春木、夏火、秋金、冬水、车上。初气、中气,消长不同。所行之运,或顺或逆,或旺或衰,与八字或助,或泄,或克或生者,木乎此。先言日干,次言月支,举其所要者以示人也。)
The LP begins from the month EB, thus the Month is known as the KeyPoint (or Outline). Look at the deepness or shallowness of the term for the month EB, which term is within the season. Earth, Spring is for wood, Summer is for fire, Autumn is for Metal, Winter is for water, ??. The rise and fall of Qi for the beginning of Qi and the middle of Qi is different. For the LP, it could go for or it could go against, it could be prosperous or waning, it could support the BaZi or exhaust it, it could counter or engender,??. Firstly, analyze the Day Stem, secondly analyze the Month Branch, ....




向官旺以成功,人(入)格局而致贵。官印财食为吉,平定遂良;煞伤果(枭)败为凶,转用为福。
Success is when it is towards the Officer, Noble is when it has a structure. Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are auspicious. When it is calm it is good; Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing are inauspicious, but if they are transformed to be Useful, it is a blessing.

(五行临官、帝旺,在四柱为本宫成功之地。入格局则百,破格局则贱。如它(官)印、财食,本是吉种,须无伤克、冲刑、破败,则为平定遂良,乃入格也。煞伤、具(枭)败,末为凶煞,若有制伏,去留合化,是谓转用为福,亦入格也。观下取用诸格局,其喜忌自可见矣。四吉、四凶,格局之最重者,故首言之胜云,"日主景宜健旺,用神不可损伤"是也。)
The stages of Arriving Officer (LinGuan) and Imperial Prosperity (DiWang) at the four pillars are places of success. When (a chart) has a structure, it is a hundred (good), when the structure is broken, it is lowly. such as Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are of auspicious type, there must not be injury or counter, clashes, punishment, breakage and failing, when it is calm, it is good and is considered as having a structure. Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing, are inauspicious spirits, if there are restraint, discard and saving, combination and transformation, they are considered as transformed to be Useful, which is a blessing, that is also called having a structure. When one has taken and use a certain structure, its favorable and unfavorable (entities) can be naturally seen. The 4 auspicious, the 4 inauspicious are the most important (concept) of the chart, thus some classics say: The state of Day Master is better at Healthy and Prosperous, The Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured. That is it.

Trey:

This except talks exactly about the concept of 顺逆, which was previously discussed in the topic of Follow Use and Against Use. Notice that the name of the gods are somehow different from ZPZQ.

Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are benevolent, so they need to be engendered or protected. They should not be injured, clashed, countered, etc in order for a chart to successfully establish a structure.


Devil (7K), Hurt (HO), Owl and Failing (Rob Wealth / YangRen) are malevolent, so they need to be
- Restrained (eg 7K seeing Food)
- Discarded and Saved(Refer to the previous few chapter)
- Transformed (eg the month command is combined and transformed into another element)

for the chart to successfully establish a structure.

Also notice the last sentence,

DM is preferred to be Healthy and Prosperous, Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured.

Healthy is a term that is used to describe a weak DM getting support from the Seal. Prosperous means the DM is having enough Qi as in having ChangSheng, Lu or DiWang.

When DM is not having Qi, such as in the stages of Death and Extinction, meeting a Seal is called

死处逢生 - At dead place encounters 'engendering' or 绝处逢生 - At Extinct place encounters engendering.

There's a chapter in SMTH Discussing Seal that explains this. Although the DM is without Qi and not prosperous, but it is considered Healthy.

Some DMs have Qi. but at the same time encountering too many Seals. That is also not Healthy.

In summary, the classics does not say that a strong DM is better than a weak DM. This is a common misconception. The correct term for a good DM is 建旺, Healthy / Prosperous.

In ZPZQ, Master Shen XiaoZhean stresses 2 main concepts when analyzing a chart.

1. Look for 'Affection' - 有情 - which refers to a chart having the correct dynamics between the gods. I.e the benevolent gods be protected and supported, and the malevolent gods be restrained or transformed.

2. Look for Strength - 有力- which refers to the entities in the chart having Qi to play their parts.

These 2 concepts are named differently from classics to classics, but the fundamentals remain the same as explained by the founder of the system Mr Xu ZiPing and Master Wan of Ming dynasty.



Friday, February 13, 2015

BaZi: SMTH 魁罡 GuiKang

“阳建之月,前三辰为天罡,后三辰为河魁,阴建之月反是。”


此格有四日:庚辰、壬辰、戊戌、庚戌。辰为天罡,戌为河魁,乃阴阳绝灭之地,故名。
There are four days for this structure:

Geng Chen
Ren Chen
Wu Xu
Geng Xu.

Chen is TianKang (possibly referring to a name of Chinese deity), Xu is HeGui (possibly another name of deity), those are the places where Yin and Yang go extinct, thus they are named so.


独除甲干,以居干之首,在辰为青龙,在戌为禄堂,有吉而无凶故也。
For the rest of the pillars, for example Jia, sits on Chen as QingLong (green dragon), and Xu as LuTang (Fortune Hall), there's only auspiciousness and no inauspiciousness, that is why.


格须叠化重逢日位,加临者众,以伏为贵。
For this structure, there must be repeating places of Day Master, with the arriving parties many, lying hidden? as noble.


经云:魁罡聚众,发福非常,主为人性格聪明,文章振发,临事果断,秉权好杀。
The classics says: Many GuiKangs gathered, one is extraordinarily successful, denotes an intelligent person, his literary works are successful and influential, he handles matters (related to government ) prudently, he has authority and commands killing.


赋云:魁罡性严有操持,而为人聪敏是也。运行身旺,发福百端,一见财官,祸患立至,或带刑煞尤甚,倘日位独处,刑冲克制重临,必是小人,刑责不巳,穷必彻骨,运临财官旺处,主防奇祸。
The odes says: GuiKang temperament is moral, he is intelligent. When luck goes to prosperous Self, he will be highly successful, once it sees Wealth and Officer, it become a severe catastrophe, especially if it sees punishment and 7K, if the Day Pillar is punished, clashed, countered or controlled repeatedly, one is a petty people, he will be punished (by the law), or he would be poor to his bones, when LP goes to Wealth and Officer, one needs to take precautions against such disasters.


若月令见财官印绶,日主一位,即以财官印食取用,虽微有破败,财官印食得位,亦无大害,须斟酌提纲,当用者取之,不可拘以小节。
If the Month Command sees Wealth, Officer or Seal, with one DayMaster, then take the Wealth, Officer, Seal or Food as the Useful God, even though it is a little broken, if Wealth, Officer, Seal or Food has the place (being used correctly), the there is no great harm, on has to consider first the Outline (month command), take what is usable, do not stick to trifle things.

This phrase explains that if the Month EB has something usable, e.g Wealth, Officer, Seal or Food, the the structure will be according to the Month EB. GuiKang is a trifle thing that should not be prioritized over the Month EB.


又曰:庚戌、庚辰二日,无官星,若魁罡重叠有情,主富高于名,但见财则不成局,岁运再见财旺之乡,祸不可测。Also it says: The days of Geng Xu and Geng Chen, without Officer star, if GuiKang is seen repeatedly, it is affectionate, it denotes Wealth higher than reputation, but once it see Wealth, it will not become a complete structure, when LP goes to places where Wealth is prosperous, disaster is immeasurable.


庚辰日生九月,虽辰戌相冲,运行南方,柱中有火,亦可言贵。
Geng Chen born in the ninth Month, even though Chen and Xu clash each other, when Luck goes to south, with fire within the pillars, it can also be regarded as noble.


庚戌日生三月,纵有官星印绶亦不用,盖庚用戌中火为官库,戊土为印,辰中癸水伤官,又泄庚气,不成格矣。
Geng Chen day born in the 3rd month, even though there is Officer star or Seal, they are not used, as Geng uses the Fire inside Xu as the storage of Officer, Wu as Seal, within Chen is Gui water Hurting Officer, it exhausts the Qi of Geng, the structure is not successful. 

 
戊戌日无财不贵,不宜见官,若魁罡重叠有情,富贵两全。
Wu Xu day without Wealth is not noble, it's no beneficial to see Officer, if GuiKang is seen repeatedly and it is affectionate, then one will have both wealth and nobility.


壬辰日怕见财官,大喜印绶、却(怯)财与煞,岁运同。
Ren Chen Day fears seeing Wealth and Officer, it greatly favors Seal, dreads Wealth and 7K, seeing AP or LP is analyzed similarly.


又曰:辰是水库属天罡,戌是火库属地魁,辰戌相见,为天冲地击。
Also it is said: Chen is the water storage, it belongs to TianKang, Xu is the fire storage, it belongs to DiKui, When Chen and Earth see each other, it is regarded as Heaven clashes and Earth attacks.


《子平总论》云:身值天罡地魁,衰则彻骨贫寒,强则绝伦贵显。
ZiPingZhongLun says: When Self is TianKang DiKui, when weak, one is deeply in poverty, when strong, it is extremely noble.


诗曰:壬辰庚戌与庚辰,戊戌魁罡四座神,不见财官刑煞并,身行旺地贵夫伦。
The poem says: Ren Chen, Geng Xu and Geng Chen, Wu Xu as 4 GuiKang spirits, it should not see Wealth, Officer, punishment and 7K together, when Self goes to prosperous places, it is analyzed as noble.


又:魁罡四日最为先,叠叠相逢掌大权,庚戌庚辰怕官显,戊戌壬辰畏财连。
Also: GuiKang is considered foremost for the 4 days (against all other pillars), when it is seen repeatedly, one wields high authority, Geng xu, and Geng Chen is afraid of prominent Officer, Wu Xu and Ren Chen fears chaining Wealth.


又:魁罡四柱日多同,贵气朝来在此中,日主独逢冲克重,财官显露祸无穷。
Also: GuiKang for 4 pillars are largely the same. The noble Qi comes from within, if DM sees heavy counters and clashes, or prominent and exposed Wealth and Officer, disaster is immeasurable.


按此格,俱用辰戌,独天干少异,戊庚辰二日,既曰日德,又曰魁罡,论其格局,迥然不同,不必拘论。
For this structure, all use Chen and Xu, as the HS is less different, the day of Xu Chen and Geng Chen, is called Day Virtue, but it is also GuiKang, and to analyze these structures are very different, thus one does not have to be inflexible when analyzing.


如张时佥事:
Like (the chart of) Zhang (some titles)


庚午、丁亥、戊戌、丙辰;
Bing Wu Ding Geng
Chen Xu Hai Wu


刘大受少卿:
(the chart of) Liu (some titles)


丁亥、癸丑、庚戌、戊寅,
Wu Geng Gui Ding
Yin Xu Chou Hai


二命魁罡日,只取财官印是也。
These 2 are GuiKang day, but is only analyzed as Wealth / Officer / Seal.

Like all the classics, SMTH prioritizes the Month Command over an external structure.

庚午、丁亥、戊戌、丙辰;
Bing Wu Ding Geng
Chen Xu Hai Wu

Wu born in Hai is Wealth / Officer structure. Ding and Bing are Seals, so this is regarded as Wealth / Officer / Seal

丁亥、癸丑、庚戌、戊寅,

Wu Geng Gui Ding
Yin Xu Chou Hai

Geng born in Chou with Hurting Officer and Seal protruding. So this is a ShangGuan PeiYin chart.

Trey: The classics are not unanimous when it comes to GuiKang structure. ZPZQ and SFTK say GuiKang structure do not exists. That is understandable from classical point of view as the Month EB is prioritized over all external structures. 

There are some rules for a GuiKang chart to be established:

1. DayMaster has to be one of the 4 days.
2. Month EB has no use.
3. Wealth and Officer / 7K are not present
4. The chart does not transform nor follow.

Since there are about 500,000 BaZi charts and 15% of them are made of GuiKang DM, it's difficult to say if some of the 75,000 charts will satisfy all the criteria above. Probably GuiKang chart exists, but it must be really rare.