Chapter 48 of 135
星平会海
Overall Paraphrase
[Expressed in fluent modern Chinese, with appropriately rewritten sentence structures and emojis to enhance readability]
How can one know if parents will pass away early or suffer harm? 🌬 When the Traveling Horse Star moves near the Sun in the birth chart, it may indicate misfortune for the parents. How can one know if a person will die due to evil deeds? 🔥 The combination of the Three Penalties and the Blade Star creates the most turbulence. How can one discern the authenticity of romantic relationships? 🌊 When the natal chart is positioned in the Shen, Zi, or Chen earthly branches, careful analysis is required.
How can one know if a man or woman might have a different surname or be non-biological? ⛰ The Palace of Virtue and the Lonely God Star determine this. How can one deduce deficiencies in a woman’s fate? 🔥 For those with a Fire destiny, the combination of Hai, Mao, and Wei is analyzed. How can one know if a man will marry a woman who brings children into the marriage? 💰 When the Wife Star (Venus) appears in the Fifth House (Children’s Palace). How can one determine if a man marries his sister-in-law or a concubine? 👥 The influence of the Siblings Palace and the Migration Palace. How can one know if misfortune leads to fortune, resulting in marrying a wife who brings a concubine? 💍 The Wife Palace contains Venus and is located in the Shen or You branches. How can one know if marrying brings disaster? ⚖ Days or astrological signs of mismatched timing.
How can one deduce the number of offspring? 🌱 Jupiter and Saturn in the Fifth House provide clues. How can one know how many children one will have? 💰 Venus and the Moon’s North Node follow the Fifth House. How can one see success in building a career away from home? 🚀 The Ninth House (Migration Palace) encounters the Fortune and Noble Stars. How can one know if the mother was once a concubine? 🌙 The Moon is arranged in the Servants Palace (Sixth House). How can one determine if a woman marries a husband who moves into her family? ☀️ The Sun and Moon in the Life Palace provide clues. How can one know if someone will be injured by a tiger? 🔥 Mars and Rahu meet in the Loss and Calamity stars. How can one deduce death by lightning strike? ⚡ The limits reach the Ji and Gui degrees, with Fire and the North Node in the You palace and Mercury in the Mao palace setting the pattern. How can one know if someone leaves home to become a monk or nun but later returns? 🔄 The Ninth House involves burial matters but is unclear. How can one know if someone will have abundant clothing and food? 💰 Those with a Metal destiny rest in the Si, You, or Chou branches. How can one know if someone drowns? 🌊 Rahu and the North Node align with Mercury in the Hai or Zi branches. How can one know if someone is poor first and later becomes wealthy? 📈 The Wealth Star flourishes in the Tomb and Storage locations.
Another verse says:
How can one know if parents pass away early or suffer harm? 🔥 Rahu and Mars overshadow the white light (Sun), Wood overcoming the Sun increases harm, and encountering the Loss and Calamity stars is also inauspicious. How can one know if the mother dies early and suffers? ⛰ Saturn and Ketu overshadow the moonlight, the Blade and Lonely God stars are especially harmful, and encountering Loss and Calamity is also unfavorable. How can one know if the wife dies early and overcomes the husband? 👰 The Canopy and Flat-Head stars secretly support, the Sun in the Seventh House (Marriage Palace) day and night, and a destiny without Wood may lead to becoming a nun. How can one know if one dies early and overcomes the wife? 😔 The Widow and Lonely God stars are most unfavorable, Mars and Rahu encounter the Six Calamities or Calamity stars, leading to loneliness in the red bridal chamber. How can one know if children suffer penalties or harm? ⚔ The Blade, Calamity, and Loss stars are most inauspicious, the Yin and Yang principles day and night in the Fifth House (Children’s Palace), causing endless grief over children’s matters.
Another verse says:
How can one know if a man moves into his wife’s family? 🤵 The Body Lord Star is in the Wife Palace. How can one know if a wife brings children into the marriage? 👶 The Wife Star resides in the Fifth House. How can one know if someone follows their mother into remarriage? 🔄 Determined by the Yin, Shen, Si, and Hai branches. How can one know if someone leaves their ancestors to remarry? 🚶 The Body Lord Star enters the Migration Palace. How can one know if someone builds a family in another county? 📍 The Ninth House encounters a Noble Position. How can one know if leaving home will certainly bring danger or loss? ⚠️ The Ninth House is mostly inauspicious. How can one know if a woman marries a husband who moves into her family? 💑 The Husband Star enters the Life Palace. How can one know if someone leaves their ancestors to follow their mother into remarriage? 🌍 The Ninth House is in a reverse position. How can one know if the wife is from a distant state? 💰 Venus enters the Migration Palace. How can one know if the wife was someone else’s concubine? 👥 The Sixth and Seventh Houses connect. How can one know if a woman’s destiny first overcomes the husband? ☀️ The Sun is supported by the Ghost Star. How can one know if there are many daughters but few sons? 👧 Venus and Mercury reside in the Fifth House. How can one know if a woman is as beautiful as a flower? ✨ Venus, Mercury, and the Moon influence this. How can one know if someone has no children or wife? 😢 The Lonely God and Widow stars are the cause. How can one know if siblings are biological or not, and how many? ⭐ Three stars overcome the Life Palace. How can one know if men and women experience many successes and failures? 🌠 Rahu, Ketu, and the North Node are present. How can one know if someone is prone to nighttime activities or conflicts? ⚔ The Blade Star loves to contend. How can one know if someone will die a violent death? 💀 The Three Penalties and Blade Star provide clues. How can one know if someone dies elsewhere and is carried back? 🌌 The North Node and Ketu overcome and deceive. How can one know if someone has lifelong wealth? 💗 The Tomb and Storage locations in three directions provide clues. How can one know if someone is poor first and later becomes wealthy? 📈 The time comes to enter the Tomb and Storage luck. How can one know if siblings leave in pairs? 👥 Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus appear. How can one know if siblings face many dangers? 🌙 The Moon is impacted by malefic stars. How can one know if siblings are diverse? 🔀 The Moon interacts with the Separated Angle. How can one know if childhood is full of disasters? 😨 Evil stars arrange destiny. How can one know if someone often leaves their ancestors behind? 🏚 Empty Death encountered in destiny. How can one know if someone lives in another’s home? 💧 Mercury leads out of position. How can one know if someone marries very young? 💒 The Seventh House is blessed with auspicious stars. How can one know if someone usually has no land? 🌾 The Land Palace encounters an empty position. How can one know if children leave home? 🚶 The Horse is followed by malefic stars. How can one know if the birthplace changes? 🐎 The Traveling Horse is in the Life Palace.
Do not lightly泄露 these secrets; only those who understand may speak of them. Memorize them well, and you will not make wild guesses in the world of divination. 🤫
These verses summarize the core methods of ancient divination: through combinations of stars (e.g., Mars 🔥, Venus 💰), earthly branches (e.g., Shen, Zi, Chen), palaces (e.g., the Fifth House for children, the Ninth House for migration), and mystical stars (e.g., the Blade ⚔, Traveling Horse 🐎), life events such as parental health, marital status, wealth fluctuations, and children’s fates are predicted. The essence is analogical reasoning based on the Five Elements (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth) and astronomical phenomena, emphasizing patterns and correlations rather than absolute causality.
In modern society, these verses can be seen as a probabilistic model or pattern recognition tool. For example:
Overall, these predictions should be demystified—they are not prophecies but probabilistic hints. View them with a scientific mindset: astrological signs and earthly branches are symbolic systems for self-reflection, not determinants of fate.
Avoid blind belief: These verses are based on ancient agricultural society (e.g., Traveling Horse representing travel difficulties). Modern applications require adjustment—for example, "building a family away from home" today may correspond to remote work or immigration opportunities.
These verses deeply reflect the ancient concepts of destiny and causal thinking:
The essence is that ancient people tried to understand a complex world with limited knowledge. Modern people can learn from their pattern thinking but update it with an empirical spirit.
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