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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

BaZi: YHZP Accidents and Injuries

This is taken from the same chapter as the Illness chapter in YHZP

金主刀刃刑伤,
Metal represents knife, blade or punishments injury


水乃溺舟而死,
Water is death caused by drowning


木乃悬樑自縊、虎啖蛇嗔,
Wood is hanging oneself from the ridge pole, eaten by tigers or angered snakes


火则夜眠颠倒、蛇伤烧焚,
Fire is inverted night sleep, snake injury or being burned


土乃山崩石压、泥陷墻崩。
Earth is land fall or crushed by rocks, mud trap or fallen walls


BaZi: YHZP - 疾病 Disease or Illness

YHZP states that the human body is made of the Internal and the External:


The internal called ZhangFu 脏腑: which is made of
  • 心、肝、脾、肺、肾为五脏,
  • Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lungs and Kidneys as the 5 Zang
  • 胃、胆、三焦、膀胱、大肠、小肠为六腑
  • Stomach, Gallbladder, Triple warmer, Prostrate, Large Intestines, Small Intestines as the 6 Fu

The external called ZiTi『肢体』which are the limbs and trunks.


八字干支,五行生剋之义,取伤重者而断之;五行干支太旺、不及俱病。
The Stem and Branches of BaZi, with the principles of Engendering and Countering, take that is heavily wounded to be analyzed; when the five elements are overly prosperous or inadequate, they are all regarded as sickness.

For the Internal Organs, the representations of the HS are as below:

诗曰:『甲肝,乙胆,丙小肠,丁心,戊胃,己脾乡,庚是大肠,辛属肺,壬是膀胱,癸肾脏。』


Jia - Liver
Yi - Gallbladder
Bing - Small intestines
Ding - Heart
Wu - Stomach
Ji - Spleen
Geng - Large Intestines
Xin - Lungs
Ren - Prostrate
Gui - Kidneys


For the External limbs, the representations are:
甲头,乙项,丙肩求,丁心,戊胁,己属腹,庚係人脐,辛为股,壬脛,癸足自来求


Jia - Head
Yi - Forehead
Bing - Shoulders
Ding - Heart (Chest)
Wu - Laterals (from armpits to ribs)
Ji - Abdomen
Geng - Bellybutton (possibly upper abs and lower abs)
Xin - Buttocks / Thighs
Ren - Calves
Gui - Feet


As for the EBs, the representations are:

子疝气,丑肚腹,寅臂肢,卯目手,辰背胸,巳面齿,午心腹,未脾胸,申咳疾,酉肝肺,戌背肺,亥头肝


Zi - Hernia?
Chou - Abdomen
Yin - Arms
Mao - Eyes and Hands
Chen - Back and Chest
Si - Face and Teeth
Wu - Heart and Abdomen
Si - Spleen and abdomen
Shen - Cough related illness
You - Liver and Lungs
Xu - Back and Lungs
Hai - Head and Liver


Now this part is something that I don't understand.

肾通于眼,胆藏魂,肝藏魄,肾藏精,心藏神,脾藏气
Kidneys are connected through the eyes,


Gallbladder stores the soul 魂,
Liver stores vigor 魄,
Kidneys stores essence 精,
Heart stores spirit 神
Spleen stores Qi 气.


Other part of the text is too complicated for me to translate, it requires some knowledge in TCM which I do not have.


May TCM practitioners find this helpful.

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The 10 days that transform

I came across a little piece of information in YHZP a few days ago when I was researching about Transformation Structure.


This is quoted from 杂论口诀 in YHZP

化者有十日:甲申、乙酉、庚寅、辛卯、壬午、癸未、丙子、丁丑、戊午、己丑,
Transformation, there are 10 days:

Jia Shen
Yi You
Geng Yin
Xin Mao
Ren Wu
Gui Wei
Bing Zi
Ding Chou
Wu Wu
Ji Chou

八字虽不入格,富贵亦是盈餘;
Even the BaZi is not under any structure (common), Fortune still is over-flowing


另有福德秀气,各有天地神祇。
There are other Qi of blessings, virtues and elegance, each with its own heaven, earth, deities and spirits

This means transformation structure has its own set of rules that is different from the common structures


论化之格,化之真者,名公巨卿;化之假者,孤儿异姓。
For transformation structure, real transformation, one become duke or high ministers; fake transformation, one is an orphan or carry a different surname (like adopted child)

Don't forget DTS says: 孤儿异姓能出类, orphans or adopted children can be outstanding.

Which means a fake transformation structure can also be successful like true transformation structure.


逢龙即变化,飞龙在天,利见大人。
Seeing dragon will change (transform), flying dragon in the sky, easy to see virtuous men.

This sentence is YiJing, some people interpret this as a good time to act. Though I am not entirely sure what it means. I think that when a transformation or fake transformation structure sees the EB Chen, transformation structure becomes auspicious. It is a good time to act for improvement. 


Friday, July 12, 2013

BaZi: YHZP - 论正财 Discuss Direct Wealth

From YHZP, the language is very difficult and often confusing. I could not understand a few sentences.

何謂之正財?猶如正官之意是。陰見陽財,陽見陰財。
What is Direct Wealth? it's like Direct Officer, where Yin meets Yang or Yang meets Yin.


大抵正財,吾妻之財也,人之女貴財以事我,必精神康強,然後可以享用之。如吾身弱,且自萎懦而不振,雖妻財豐厚,但能自視,終不可一毫享用。
Largely, Direct Wealth is wealth like my wife, for a man to have women and assets to enjoy, he must be vital, healthy and strong; If Self is weak, spiritless and imbecile, he will not be able to enjoy his wives and wealth.


故財要得時,不要財多。若財多自家日主有力,可以勝任,常化作官。
Thus, wealth must obtain the time (supported by season), and does not want to be many. If there's many wealth and Self is strong, Self will be competent enough to take on the wealth, in that case, usually wealth transforms to Officer.


天元一氣羸弱,貧薄難治,是樂於身旺,不要行剋制之鄉,剋制者,官鬼也。
One Qi in heaven that is frail and weak, poor and thin and is difficult to treat, it's good for self to be prosperous, and does not want to go to places where (self) is restrained, Officer and 7K restrain.


又怕所生之月令,正吾衰病之地。
Also it is afraid that the month where Self is born is Waning and Sick (12 Qi stages)


又四柱無父母以生之,反則又見財,謂之財多不喜。
Or if the four pillars there's no parents to engender, and then it sees wealth, it is said that many Wealth stars is not auspicious.


力不住財,禍患百出,雖少年經休囚之位,故不如意,事多羈絆。
If the strength (of the DM) cannot hold on to the Wealth, there would be hundred misfortunes, when in youth, if DM is going through places where (DM) is at rest or imprisoned, things will not happen as one wishes, and will encounter many hindrances.


或中年,或末年複臨父母之鄉,或三合可以助我者,則勃然而興,不可禦也。
and when in middle age or late age, Luck goes to places of parents, or seeing three combinations that can assist self, will be rising suddenly, that cannot be resisted.


倘少年乘旺,老在脫局,不惟窮途悽惶,兼且是非紛起。



蓋財者,起爭之端也。



若或四柱相生,別帶貴格不值空亡,又行旺運,三合財生,皆是貴命。
Or if the four pillars mutually engenders, and it falls into certain noble structures that is not influenced by KongWang, and goes through prosperous Luck Pillars, or three combinations that engenders wealth, all these denotes noble life.


其餘福之深淺,皆隨入格輕重而言之。
Whether the fortune is big or small, will be determined by the grade of the structure.


財多生官,要須身健。財多盜氣,本身自柔,年運又或傷財,必生奇禍。或帶刑沖七殺,凶不可言也。
Prosperous Wealth engender Officer, DM must be strong. Abundant wealth robs Qi, if DM is weak, Annual Pillar or Luck Pillar sees Hurt / Wealth, will lead to disasters. Or, if it sees Punishment, clashes or 7K, it's extremely inauspicious.


又云:正財者,喜身旺印綬,忌官星、忌倒食。
Direct Wealth (structure), likes prosperous DM, Seal and ribbon, dislikes Officer stars, dislikes throw away food (Indirect Seal)

忌身弱、比肩劫財。.
Dislikes Weak Self, Compare Shoulders and Rob Wealth..

Trey: This is the part where Classical Bazi is different from Modern BaZi, Compare Shoulders and Rob Wealths are of the same element as DM. In a very generalize modern BaZi theory, a weak DM favors the same element to 'support' itself, but in actual, that is never the case. These parallel stars are more competitors than friends, which is why they are named in negative connotations. Rob Wealth. What does it do? It robs DM's wealth, especially when DM is weak. However, that does not mean these stars are always inauspicious, we will see that in future translations, when the subject about 7K.


不可見官星,恐盜財之氣也;
Must not see Officer star, because Officer star will steal Wealth's Qi;


喜印綬能生身,主弱故也。
Like Seal and ribbon to engender self, as it is primarily weak.


Trey: Must not see Officer star means the Officer star that comes in the Luck Pillars are not favorable. In the natal chart, when the Officer star is present, the chart is not a Wealth structure, it is an Officer + Wealth structure (see previous post).


Also, when it is a wealth structure, usually the DM is weak, for example Geng born in the month of Yin or Mao, metal in spring is trapped. That is why Seals are favorable for Wealth structures, as long as Seal and Wealth does not hinder each other, otherwise, even though Seal is favorable, its auspiciousness will be reduced.


且如甲日用己爲正財,如身弱,其禍立至。
Like Jia Day uses Ji as Direct wealth, if Seal is weak, there will be disasters.


凡人命帶財下生須出富家,不螟蛉必庶出,或沖父母。身旺無劫財,無官星爲妙。
When one's life carries Wealth, he must be born in wealthy homes, will not have his own children adopt will adopt, or counter parents. If self is prosperous, it is better for Rob Wealth and Officer star to be absent.



若命中有官星得地,運行喜財多生官;如有財星得地,運行忌見官星,恐剋其身,怕身弱也。
If the Officer star has the earth, the Luck Pillars favor many Wealth to engender Officer; if the Wealth star has the earth, Luck Pillars does not favor Officer star, as it would counter DM, it is fearful for DM to be weak.


大抵財不論偏正,皆喜印綬,必能發福。
Generally, Direct Wealth or Indirect Wealth are the same, they favor Seal and Ribbon, will become rich.


如辛丑、丁酉、丁巳、丁未,此命丁日身坐財之地,又見巳酉丑金局,故主財旺。
Like 

Ding     Ding     Ding           Xin
Wei      Si         You          Chou

This chart has DM sitting on the earth of Wealths, and also it sees Si-You-Chou metal frame, that is prosperous Wealth.


蓋丁得木庫居未,生丁火,故身旺,能任其財。
Then Ding has the wood storage at Wei, which engenders Ding fire, thus DM is regarded as strong, capable enough to take on the Wealth.


運行東南方,宜乎巨富。
When Luck Pillar goes east (places of wood), easy to become very rich.


丁用壬官,用庚金爲財生壬官,身入旺鄉,必能發福。
Ding uses Ren Officer, uses Geng metal as wealth to engender Ren officer, when DM goes to places where it becomes prosperous, surely will become rich.

Trey: 得地 gets the earth, generally means to be supported by the earthly branches, but in this context, it means to be the major element that is supported by the earthly branches. Especially the month's EB, which denotes the season.


凡用財不見官星爲妙。
When Wealth is used (as the Useful God), it is good not to see Officer star.

又如
Another example

庚申、乙酉、丙申、丙申。

Bing   Bing    Yi     Geng
Shen  Shen   You   Shen

此命丙日見三申爲財,豈不美哉。
This chart has Bing DM seeing 3 Shens as Wealth, how is it not good?


丙用癸官,用辛爲財,見三申一酉爲財,故旺。
Bing uses Gui as Officer, uses Xin as Wealth, seeing 3 Shens and 1 You as Wealth and Wealth is prosperous.


蓋嫌日弱,火病申死酉,乃爲無氣,運行酉方金鄉,身弱太甚,財旺生鬼,敗剋其身,故不能勝其財,所以貧也。
But DM is weak, fire is Sick at Shen and Dies at You, and that is without Qi (12 Qi stages), when the Luck Pillars goes to the west (metal), Self will be very weak, prosperous wealth engenders ghost (7K), which will counter Self and cause failure, thus it cannot win the Wealth, and thus the subject is poor)


Trey: Some people will say that this is a follow wealth structure, but no, it cannot be follow wealth. DuBu says:

弃命就财,须要会财;奔命从煞,须要会煞。
To abandon Life and Follow Wealth, must 'meet' Wealth; To abandon Life and Follow Devil, must 'meet' Devil.

'Meet' in this context refers to an elemental frame, SanHui - the three meetings like Shen-You-Xu or SanHe like Si-You-Chou. But DuBu does not specify if a Half frame is sufficient to establish a follow structure. In my opinion, it is but then the 'Follow God' would be weak and the 'Follow' will be unreal (fake).

Interestingly, SMTH has a different view about 2 Bings chart here, which says that 2 Bing denotes a strong DM, nevertheless, the 2 Bings chart turns auspicious only when Luck Pillars goes to Wu Wu, where Wu EB provides the support for the fire in the stems.

又如
Another example

乙卯、癸未、辛酉、戊子。

Wu    Xin     Gui     Yi
Zi     You    Wei    Mao

此命辛日坐酉,年乙坐卯,身與財俱旺,又得癸未食神,戊子印綬助之,宜乎巨富貴也。
This chart has Xin DM sits on You, and year pillar has Yi sits on Mao, both Self and Wealth are prosperous, and also DM has Gui as Food God, Wu Zi as ribbon and seal to support, so it's easy for the chart owner to be very rich and noble.


又如
Another example

戊子、丁巳、甲辰、丙寅。

Bing   Jia    Ding   Wu
Yin    Chen  Si       Zi

此命甲日生於四月下旬,並透出丙丁火生其月中之戊土,時又歸祿於寅,故財旺矣,然甲木身亦旺。
This chart has Jia DM born in the last Xun (a period of ten days) of the fourth month, Bing and Ding fire are protruding together which engenders the Wu earth in the Month EB, and hour returns to prosperity in Yin (has the stage of LinGuan in Yin), thus Wealth is prosperous and Jia wood is also prosperous.


早年行戊午、己未運,運通。
Early Years, Luck Pillar is Wu Wu and Ji Wei, Luck became clear (clear as in 'the path is clear')


行辛酉運,乃見官星則凶。
Under Xin You Luck Pillar, seeing Officer star is inauspicious.


壬戌運有壬剋丙,傷官食神之中,失官去財,死喪合家。
Ren Xu Luck Pillar has Ren to counter Bing, within the Hurting Officer and Food God, the subject's position in the government is lost and so was his wealth, death of his family.


值五十九歲入癸亥身旺運,稍可安逸。
Until fifty nine years old enter Gui Hai LP, which DM becomes prosperous, subject became somewhat comfortable.


六十五歲逢壬辰年死矣。
Sixty five years old Ren Chen year, subject died.


初運傷官見財,格取戊土爲財,所以戊午、己未二運大旺,生土故財厚矣。
Early Luck with Hurting Officer seeing Wealth, the chart takes Wu earth as Wealth, that was why in the LPs of Wu Wu and Yi Wei, the subject was in very good luck, earth is engendered and wealth was thick


及至庚申、辛酉,西方見官,故凡事費力。
Until Geng Shen and Xin You, in the west saw Officers, and all matters had to be with great effort.


雖癸亥爲甲木之印綬,然亦忌水沖火,亥中又有壬水,壬辰透出壬水,運中命中原有之辰,死無疑矣。
Even though Gui and Hai as Seal and ribbon for Jia wood, but it was unfavorable as Water clash with Fire, In Hai there's Ren water, and Ren Chen has Ren water protruding, in LP and natal chart there were Chens, and he died.


凡傷官見財格忌見官星,只喜見財,若財格要見。大忌壬水剋火,則火不能生甲木之土財也。
For Hurting Officer seeing Wealth structure, Officer star is unfavorable, only Wealth star is favorable. It is greatly unfavorable for Ren water to counter fire, which caused fire to be unable to engender earth, which is wealth for Jia wood.

Trey: If we use ZPZQ's method to analyze, Wealth will be regarded as Useful God, while Hurting Officer is the Minister God, Ren water counters the minister God, and that caused the structure to collapse.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

BaZi: YHZP - 正官论 Direct Officer Discussion

正官论
Direct Officer Discussion

夫正官者,甲見辛之類。乃陰見陽爲官,陽見陰爲官。陰陽配合成其道也。 
Direct Officer, Jia (DM) seeing Xin and the likes, that is Yin seeing Yang as Officer, Yang seeing Yin as Officer. Yin and Yang matches and fulfill the Tao.

大抵要行官旺鄉,月令是也。
Generally, it has to go to places where Officer is prosperous, which is the Month's Decree

月令者,提綱也。看命先看提綱,方看其餘。
Month Decree is the key-point. Reading a Life (chart) must begin with looking at the key-point, only then the rest can be read.

既曰正官,運複行得官旺之鄉,凡事有成,卻又行不得傷官之地。行財旺之鄉,皆是作福之處。 
That is called Direct Officer, Luck (pillar) that (once again) has gone to places where Officer is prosperous, all matters will be successful, but (Luck Pillar) must not go to places with Hurting Officer. Going to places where Wealth is prosperous is also places of blessings.
正官乃貴氣之物,大忌刑衝破害,及年月時中皆有官星隱露,恐福渺矣。
Direct Officer is something with Noble Qi, greatly inauspicious is Punishment, Clash, Breakage and Harm, also is inauspicious is when Year, Month and Hour all has exposed or hidden Officer star, (it is) fears that blessing is very little.

又須看年時上別有何者入格,作福會處,方可斷其吉凶。
Also must be seen on Year and Hour what else is in the structure, (things) that creates blessings, or places of meeting, only then can auspiciousness or inauspiciousness can be determined.

苟一途而執取之,則不能通變,必有差之毫釐,謬以千里之患。經曰:通變以爲神者是也。 
Analyzing from only one direction does not have TongBian (adaptability / versatility, it's an classical Chinese concept), it can bring about a slightest difference that leads to a huge error. The classics says: TongBian is god-like.

正官或多,反不爲福,何以言之?
If there's many Direct Officer, that is not a blessing, why is it said so?

蓋人之命宜得中和之氣,太過與不及同。
Because the life of a man should have a harmonize Qi, too much or too little are the same.

中和之氣爲福厚,偏黨之剋爲災殃。
The Qi of harmony denotes strong blessings, the counter that is inclined to many denotes disasters.

既用提綱作正官,年時支干位或有一偏官,便難矣,不可不仔細以輕重推測也。 
When the key-point is Used as the Officer, On Year or Hour pillar seeing one Indirect Officer will causes difficulties, that should not be analyzed lightly.

又曰:於月令得之是也,喜身旺印綬。
It is also said: (Direct Officer) that is obtained from the Month's Decree, likes Prosperous Self and Seal and Ribbon.

如果用辛官,喜土生官,最怕刑衝破害,羊刃七殺爲貧命。
If Xin Officer is used, likes Earth to engenders Officer, what is feared the most is punishment, clash, breakage and harm, YangRen and 7K as poor life.

如時干逢殺,乃官殺混雜,蓋四柱有刑沖害,皆不爲貴命看。
If the Stem of the Hour Pillar sees a 7K, that is Officer mixed with 7K, when the four pillars has Punishment, clashes or harm, all are not regarded as noble life.

官來剋我,我去剋官,不爲害。
Officer come to counter Me, or I go to counter Officer, are not harmful.

一位若兩官不妨。若月令中有正官,時干支有偏官,便難以正官言之。 
At one place if there's 2 Officers, it's still ok. If the Month's Decree has Direct Officer, Hour Pillar has Indirect Officer, then it is difficult to be called Direct Officer.
且如甲用辛爲官,生於八月中氣之後,金旺在酉,故謂之正官。
Like Jia uses Xin as Officer, born after the middle Qi of the eight month, Metal is prosperous at You, thus it is called Direct Officer.

如天干不透出辛字,卻地支有巳酉丑,雖不生於八月中氣之後,亦可言官。
If Heavenly Stems has no Xin protruding, but within the branches there's Si-You-Chou, even if it is not born after the middle Qi of the eight month, it can still be called Officer.

大要身旺,時辰歸於甲木旺處。如歲時透出正官,地支又有官局,卻不拘八月中氣之後。 
Generally, it wants a Strong Self, Hour should returned to where Jia wood is prosperous. If on the Year or Hour Direct Officer is protruding, and the branches meet into an Officer frame, it does not have to be restrained to be born after the middle Qi of the eighth month.

大率官星,須得印綬身旺則發。
Generally Officer star must have Seal and Ribbon with Strong DM to be successful.

若無傷官破印,身不弱者,便爲貴命。
If there's no Hurting Officer and broken Seal, and Self is no weak, it can be regarded as noble Life.

如命中有官星而行傷官之運,則不吉,必待印綬、官星旺運可發,必得官。 
If there's an Officer star in Life and it goes to Hurting Officer LP, it is inauspicious, must have Seal and Ribbon, when Officer star is strong, success is possible, a officer position can be obtained.

Trey: ZPZQ, SMTH and YHZP all sing the same song. Officer is a noble Qi, it is so noble that it does not want to be countered or combined. It wants to be supported and protected, like some lords and lord-lings.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

DayMaster 日主

DayMaster 日主

YHZP says:

予尝观唐书所载,有李虚中者,取人所生年月日时干支生剋,论命之贵贱寿夭之说,已详之矣!
I have already seen the record in Tang's (dynasty) book, as in Li XuZhong, uses a person birth year, month, day and hour, analyzes the engendering and countering relationships of the stems and branches, to determine the subject's nobility, lowliness, longevity or short-life, and I have gone through in detail.

至于宋时,方有子平之说;取日干为主,以年为根,以月为苗,以日为花,以时为果;
And as for the Song's (dynasty) period, there's the way of saying by ZiPing, Taken Day Stem as the Master, Year as the root, Month as sprout, Day as flower and Hour as fruit.

以生旺死绝休囚制化,决人生休咎。其理必然矣,复有何疑哉!
With Birth, Prosperity, Death, Extinction, At Rest, Trapped, Control and transformation to decide a person's auspiciousness or inauspiciousness. The principle is natural, no doubt about that!

一曰官,分之阴阳,曰官、曰杀,甲乙见庚辛也;
One is named 'Officer' is separated according to Yin and Yang, named Officer or named Killing, like Jia and Yi seeing Geng and Xin;

二曰财,分之阴阳,曰正财、偏财,甲乙见戊己也;
Two is named Wealth, separated according to Yin and Yang, named Direct (Conventional) Wealth or Indirect (unconventional) wealth, like Jia and Yi meeting Wu and Ji.

三曰生气之阴阳,曰印綬、曰倒食,甲乙见壬癸是也;
Three is named Engendering Qi of Yin and Yang,named 'Seal (an authority stamp) and the ribbon attached to it, named 'Pouring away food', like Jia and Yi meeting Ren and Gui.

四曰窃气之阴阳,曰食神、曰伤官,甲乙见丙丁是也;
Four is named Stealing Qi of Yin and Yang, is named the 'Food God' named 'Hurting Officer', Jia and Yi meeting Bing and Ding it is.

五曰同类之阴阳,曰劫财、曰阳刃,甲乙见甲乙是也。
Five is named the Same Kind of Yin and Yang, is named Rob Wealth, named Yang's blade, Jia and Yi meeting Jia and Yi it is.

大抵贵贱寿夭死生,皆不出于五者;
Generally, Noble or Lowly, long live or short live, death and birth are not out of these 5.

倘有妄立格局,从列其名,而无实用,其飞天禄马、倒冲井栏叉,即伤官,析而为之。
In case of absurd structures, there's a list of names, they are not really usable, like 飞天禄马, 倒冲, 井栏叉 (these 3 are special structures), are Hurting Officer, only of separate type.

举此一端,餘可知矣!
Seeing from this aspect, the rest can be known!

以日为主,年为本,月为提纲,时为辅佐。
Take the day as the Master, Year as the Base, Month as the Essential or Boundary, Hour as Assistant.

以日为主,大要看日加临于甚度,或身旺?或身弱?又看地支有何格局?
With day as the Master, is important to see if it adds up and arrives to what degree, or is Self prosperous, of is Self weak? and also see the branches have what structure.

金木水火土之数;后看月令中金木水火土,何者旺?又看岁运有何旺?却次日下消详。
Calculation of the five elements, after that look at the element inside the month's decree, which is prosperous? and also look at year and luck, which is prosperous? This should be analyzed in detail after analyzing the day.

此非是拘之一隅之说也。
This is not a biased or one sided view.

且如甲子日生,四柱中有个申字,合用子辰为水局;次看餘辰有何损益?
E.g, born in JiaZi day, in four pillars there's Shen, to combine with Zi and Chen to form a water frame, nect is to look at the remain of Chen, what has suffered damage and what has benefited?

四柱中有何字,损其甲子日主之秀气?
In the four pillars, which characters would  damage DayMaster JiaZi's Qi?

有坏其月神,则要别制之,不要益之。
If it's damaging the Month's God, it's necessary to be restrained, and not to be supported. 

论命者切不可泥之,月令消详;故表而出之。
Those discuss life must not be casual (careless), month's decree must be analyzed in detail; as one dresses when he goes out (meaning it's the logical thing to do).





















Saturday, January 26, 2013

天干地支 HS / EB - Part 23 HS - YHZP Ren and Gui


壬
Ren Water

壬水汪洋併百川,漫流天下总无边;
Ren water, huge ocean, a combination of hundred rivers, flowing under heaven without boundary.

干支多聚成漂荡,火土重逢涸本源。
Stems and branches, accumulating will become drifting, fire and earth, repeated encounter dry its source.

养性结胎须未午,长生归禄属乾坤;
Yang and Tai must be in Wei and Wu, ChangSheng and GuiLu belongs to Qian & Kun

身强原自无财禄,西北行程厄少年。
Self is strong and in natal without Wealth and Lu, going west and north would cause one to undergo difficulties since young age.



癸
Gui Water

癸水应非雨露麼,根通亥子即江河;
Gui water should not be the likes of rain and dew, if the root is connected through Hai and Zi, it becomes rivers.

柱无坤坎还身弱,局有财官不尚多。
In the pillar without Kun and Kan and self is weak, however many wealth and authorities in the structure will not be too many.

申子辰全成上格,寅午戌备要中和;
Shen Zi Chen complete becomes an upper structure, Yin Wu Xu complete must be in moderation.

假饶火土生深夏,西北行程岂太过。
Even if fire and earth born in deep summer, how can the journey to west and north be too much?

天干地支 HS / EB - Part 22 HS - YHZP Geng and Xin

《庚》
Geng Metal 

庚金顽钝性偏刚,火制功成怕水乡;
Geng Metal is blunt and behaves rather tough. When it's successfully controlled by fire, water land is feared.

夏产东南过煆炼,秋生西北亦光芒。
Born in summer, east and south is over forged, born in autumn, west and north it's still shinning.

水深反是他相剋,木旺能令我自伤;
Deep water in turn has to be countered, prosperous wood would cause myself to be injured

戊己干支重遇土,不逢冲破即埋藏。
Wu and Ji heavy, not meeting clash will cause Geng to be buried.

Implied meaning -
Meeting Ding, water is not good
Born in summer, does not like to meet wood/fire in LP
Born in autumn, likes metal/water in LP
Strong water has to be countered by earth
Strong wood would hurt metal
Strong earth must be clashed so metal will not be buried

《辛》
Xin Metal 辛金珠玉性通灵,最爱阳和沙水清;
Xin metal as pearls and jades, it connects spirits, loves Yand and sandy water to be clear.

成就不劳炎火煆,资扶偏爱湿泥生。
If it's successful, does not need fiery fire to forge, as support, it likes wet clay to engender

水多火旺宜西北,水冷金寒要丙丁;
Abundant water, prosperous fire, it's beneficial at west and north, water is chilly and metal is cold wants Bing and Ding

坐禄通根身旺地,何愁厚土没其形。
Sitting on Lu, connects through its root self is prosperous, does not worry about thick earth  burying itself. 

Implied meaning
Xin metal likes Yang polarity element
Fire is not really necessary for a good structure, 
Like Chen/Chou wet earth to engender
When Fire is strong, water is strong, metal / water becomes auspicious
Metal born in winter needs fire
Does not fear strong earth if self is strong

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

天干地支 HS / EB - Part 21 HS - YHZP Wu and Ji

戊 Wu Earth

戊土城墙堤岸同,振江河海要根重,
Wu Earth is like the castle wall or river banks, to hold rivers and seas its roots have to be heavy.

柱中带合形还壮,日下乘虚势必崩。
Meeting combination in the pillar(s)? its shape is still strong, under the day sitting on 'fake' (unsupported) it will collapse.

力薄不胜金漏泄,功成安用木疏通。
If its strength is thin, it will not win metals exhaustion, to be successful, it's good to use wood to tilt and let through.

平生最爱东南健,身旺东南健失中。
It likes east and south the most, when its prosperous go east and south but when it's lost. middle.

Implied meaning:

In order to contain Water, Wu earth has to be strongly rooted.
Meeting Gui to combine, Wu earth is still strong (as combination fire engenders earth)
Wu Zi pillar is inauspicious
Does not like metal when it's weak, 
To be successful, it needs wood
When it's strong it likes Wood and fire, 
When it's weak it likes Earth. 

Ji Earth

已土田园属四维.坤深为万物之基,
Ji earth as fields and gardens it belongs to the four corners (NE, SE, NW and SW), Kun is deep as it's the base of thousand beings

水金旺处身还弱.火土功成局最奇,
It's still weak at the place where water and metal are prosperous, it's most marvelous when fire and earth complete the work.

失令岂能埋剑戟.得时方能用磁基,
Losing the command, how can it bury swords and lances? gaining the season only it can be used loadstone. 

谩夸印旺遇多合.不遇刑冲总不宜
Prosperous resources with meeting many combinations are fake overestimation, not meeting punishment and clashes it will always not be beneficial

Implied meaning
Ji earth is weak at Chou and Shen, as metal and water exhaust earth. At these places fire and earth are beneficial.
Without support of the season, earth cannot withstand metal, when it's in season it can use metal.
Strong Fire and meeting combination is not really auspicious
Sitting on Si or Wei combination is not beneficial, clashes and punishments are beneficial


天干地支 HS / EB - Part 20 HS - YHZP Bing and Ding

《丙》Bing Fire


丙火明明一太阳,原从正大立纲常;

Bing fire is bright, as bright as the sun, its origin just and great, it sets WangChang (Wang Chang refers to the 3 Relationships; king and ministers, father and son, husband and wife, and the five virtues)

洪光不独窥千里,巨焰犹能遍八荒。

Its grand light peeps not only thousands of miles, its great flames also reaches to 8 directions.

出世肯为浮木子,传生不作湿泥娘;

Coming to this world, it's willing to be the child of floating wood, reincarnate and it does not want to be the mother of wet earth.

江湖死水安能剋,惟怕成林木作殃。

Dead water from rivers and lakes could counter / pacify it, it's only afraid of wood that's becoming forests as woe.

Implied meaning:

It's okay to be born by wet wood (wood with a lot of water)
It does not like to engender wet earth (Ji)
Ren 7K is okay for Bing (some think Ren is better than Gui but nowhere in this text indicates that)
It does not like abundant Jia wood. 


《丁》Ding Fire


丁火其形一烛灯,太阳相见夺光明;

Ding Fire has the form of candle and lamp, when meeting together with the Sun, the sun takes away its light.

得时能铸千金铁,失令难鎔一寸金。

When it is found (in season) it can cast thousands of gold and iron, when it's lost command (not supported by season) it's difficult to melt an inch of gold.

虽少乾柴犹可引,纵多湿木不能生;

Even though dry wood is little, it can ignite fire, even though wet wood is abundant, it cannot birth fire.

其间衰旺当分晓,旺比一炉衰一檠。

Strong or weak has to be divided to be analyzed, when it's prosperous it's a furnace, when weak it's a candlestick.

Implied meaning.

Strength is very important for Ding
Does not like Bing fire
When strong, metal is useful, when weak metal is not useful
Dry wood is useful when weak, just a small amount is enough
Wet wood cannot generate Ding fire



Friday, January 11, 2013

天干地支 HS / EB - Part 19 HS - YHZP Jia and Yi

《甲》Jia 

甲木天干作首排,原无枝叶与根荄;
Jia wood is the first of the Heavenly stems, originally without twigs, leaves and roots

欲存天地千年久,直向沙泥万丈埋。
It desires to exists in heaven and earth thousands years old, planted straight into the sand and clay hundred thousands of feet.

断就栋樑金得用,化成灰炭火为灾;
Cut to become ridge pole metal gets to be used, to turn into ashes and charcoals fire as the disaster;

蠢然块物无机事,一任春秋自往来。
A stupid, natural block of thing really has no use, naturally, letting spring and autumn come
 and go.

Implied meaning:
Both earth are useful for Jia,
In order to be successful, Metal should be used
When fire is too strong, health might have problem
Although seemingly useless, Jia could allow for longevity


《乙》Yi wood

乙木根荄种得深,只宜阳地不宜阴;
Yi wood has its root planted deep, only benefits from Yang land and not Yin.

漂浮最怕多逢水,刻断何当苦用金。
Drifting and floating it is afraid of too much meeting with water

南去火炎灾不浅,西行土重祸尤侵;
Going south fire and flame disaster is not shallow (strong disaster), going west heavy earth calamity is invading. 

栋樑不是连根木,辨别工夫好用心。
Ridge pole is not wood with chained roots, the knowledge to differentiate takes efforts to be studied. 

Implied meaning
Yi likes mostly Yang elements
Too many resources could be lonely or directionless
Too many authorities might injure Yi (health / body)
Too many wealths is not beneficial
To many outputs is not beneficial