合禄格、拱禄格、拱贵格、井栏义格、六阴朝阳格-卷十

Combined Lu (Prosperity) Pattern, Arch Lu Pattern, Arch Gui (Nobility) Pattern, Jing Lan Yi Pattern, Six Yin Facing the Sun Pattern - Volume 10

Overall Meaning Translation
This chapter provides a detailed analysis of five special destiny patterns: Combined Lu Pattern, Arch Lu Pattern, Arch Gui Pattern, Jing Lan Yi Pattern, and Six Yin Facing the Sun Pattern 🌿. These patterns all revolve around the specific combination of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the Day Pillar and Hour Pillar, emphasizing the concepts of virtual arching, hidden combinations, and obtaining official status through clashes and combinations. They are averse to "filling the void" (填实), clashes, and pattern breaches. If the pattern is successfully formed, wealth and nobility are attainable; if breached, the pattern's quality diminishes or becomes ordinary.

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Combined Lu Pattern

Overall Meaning Translation
This pattern specifically refers to individuals born on one of the Six Wu Days (Wu Zi, Wu Yin, Wu Chen, Wu Wu, Wu Shen, Wu Xu). If the Hour Pillar is Geng Shen, it can secretly combine with the Yi Wood official star in Mao (as Geng combines with Yi, and Shen secretly combines with Mao), allowing Wu Earth to obtain an official position. If the Four Pillars contain characters such as Jia or Yi (visible official or killing star), Bing (partial seal seizing food), or Si (clashing and combining with Shen), the Shen character will be damaged or the Geng character harmed, thereby reducing the pattern's quality. 🌰 Those born in autumn or winter, when Metal and Water are strong, achieve the most favorable formation of this pattern.

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Shi Chunfang

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	偏财	正财	Self (M)	食神
Stem	壬	癸	戊	庚
Branch	午	卯	午	申
Hidden Stems	丁印己劫	乙官	丁印己劫	庚食壬才戊比
Stage	帝旺	沐浴	帝旺	病

Luck cycles

甲辰乙巳丙午丁未戊申己酉庚戌辛亥

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Xu Dan'an

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	七杀	偏印	Self (M)	食神
Stem	甲	丙	戊	庚
Branch	辰	寅	戌	申
Hidden Stems	戊比乙官癸财	甲杀丙枭戊比	戊比辛伤丁印	庚食壬才戊比
Stage	冠带	长生	墓	病

Luck cycles

丁卯戊辰己巳庚午辛未壬申癸酉甲戌

Modern Interpretation 🌟

• The essence of this pattern is leveraging the power of the Hour Pillar to obtain the official star through hidden combination, representing a noble path of "gaining success through indirect means."
• From a modern perspective, it can be understood as the individual's core ability (Day Master) forming a clever synergy with timing and external resources (Hour Pillar), leading to status and achievements.
• In the case of "Xu Dan'an," although the Combined Lu Pattern is breached (due to Bing Fire controlling Geng and Yin-Xu combining into Fire), it transforms into a combination of killing star generating seal and a strong body bearing the killing star, illustrating a pattern transformation. This shows that destiny analysis requires flexibility and avoids rigid dogma.

Core Concepts 💡

• Obtaining Nobility through Hidden Combination: Gaining resources and status indirectly or through lateral means rather than directly.
• Aversion to Filling the Void: Emptiness holds potential, while fullness is useless. Opportunities and resources lie in "keeping a position vacant"; once filled, they lose their dynamism.

Practical Value ⚡

• In personal development, one can focus on opportunities that are not directly visible but can be accessed through specific methods (e.g., collaboration, leveraging resources).
• The strict conditions for pattern formation remind us that protecting core advantages (Geng Shen) from damage (Bing, Si, Jia, Yi) is crucial.

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Arch Lu Pattern / Arch Gui Pattern / Jing Lan Yi Pattern

Overall Meaning Translation
The Arch Lu and Arch Gui patterns share the same principle: the Day Pillar and Hour Pillar virtually arch out an Earthly Branch, which happens to be the Day Master's Lu (Prosperity) position or Tian Yi Gui Ren (Heavenly Virtue Nobleman) position. For example: Ding Si Day and Ding Wei Hour virtually arch out the "Wu" character (Ding's Lu is in Wu). It is most critical to avoid the appearance of the "Wu" character (filling the void) in the Eight Characters or during luck cycles, or clashes that damage the Day and Hour Branches (disrupting the arch formation).

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Prefect Liu

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	正财	正财	Self (M)	比肩
Stem	癸	癸	戊	戊
Branch	卯	亥	辰	午
Hidden Stems	乙官	壬才甲杀	戊比乙官癸财	丁印己劫
Stage	沐浴	绝	冠带	帝旺

Luck cycles

壬戌辛酉庚申己未戊午丁巳丙辰乙卯

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Commoner in White

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	正官	比肩	Self (M)	比肩
Stem	壬	丁	丁	丁
Branch	子	未	巳	未
Hidden Stems	癸杀	己食丁比乙枭	丙劫戊伤庚财	己食丁比乙枭
Stage	绝	冠带	帝旺	冠带

Luck cycles

戊申己酉庚戌辛亥壬子癸丑甲寅乙卯

The Jing Lan Yi Pattern specifically refers to a Geng Day Master with the Earthly Branches forming a Shen-Zi-Chen Three Combinations Water局. It utilizes the powerful Water momentum to clash against the Yin-Wu-Xu Fire局 (Geng's official/killing局), obtaining official status through clash. It is critical to avoid the appearance of Yin, Wu, or Xu characters (filling the void and breaching the pattern), as well as visible Fire official/killing stars like Bing, Ding, Si, Wu.

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Commander Guo / Attendant Wei (Example)

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	偏印	比肩	Self (M)	比肩
Stem	戊	庚	庚	庚
Branch	子	申	子	辰
Hidden Stems	癸伤	庚比壬食戊枭	癸伤	戊枭乙财癸伤
Stage	死	建	死	养

Luck cycles

辛酉壬戌癸亥甲子乙丑丙寅丁卯戊辰

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Physician Song (Counterexample)

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	比肩	比肩	Self (M)	食神
Stem	庚	庚	庚	壬
Branch	子	辰	申	午
Hidden Stems	癸伤	戊枭乙财癸伤	庚比壬食戊枭	丁官己印
Stage	死	养	建	沐浴

Luck cycles

辛巳壬午癸未甲申乙酉丙戌丁亥戊子

Modern Interpretation 🌟

• Virtual Energy Field: The concept of "arching" is similar to the field effect in physics, where a virtual energy center can exist between two points. This suggests that the value of things sometimes lies between "presence" and "absence," and combinations and structures can create new possibilities.
• Competitive Mindset of Jing Lan Yi Pattern: This pattern uses one's own strong advantage (Metal generates Water, strong Output capability) to actively impact the official sphere (Fire局), representing a model of gaining status through fierce competition. It reflects strong initiative and strategic awareness.

Core Concepts 💡

• Emptiness Superior to Fullness: Empty, waiting positions often hold more potential and value than filled, occupied ones.
• Using Clash as Utility: Not settling for the status quo, but actively creating conflict and change to gain benefits from turbulence.

Practical Value ⚡

• Personal Planning: Consider what "virtual positions" can be utilized (e.g., awaiting a specific role or opportunity), and strictly guard against "filling the void" (e.g., prematurely exposing goals, allowing irrelevant factors to disrupt the plan).
• Team Collaboration: Cooperation between two or more parties can virtually create a stronger "center," achieving a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts (1+1>2).

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Six Yin Facing the Sun Pattern

Overall Meaning Translation
This pattern centers on the Six Xin Days (Xin Chou, Xin Mao, Xin Si, Xin Wei, Xin You, Xin Hai) born during the Wu Zi Hour. Xin Metal is Yin Metal, and Zi Water is Yang Water, hence the name "Facing the Sun." It favors the support of Wu Earth (Earth generates Metal). Wu Earth can agitate Zi Water to secretly combine with the Bing Fire official star (Zi clashes with Wu, which contains Ding Fire as the partial official, and combines with Si, which contains Bing Fire as the proper official). It is most critical to avoid the appearance of visible Fire official/killing stars like Bing, Ding, Si, Wu in the Four Pillars, as their presence breaches the pattern. Favorable luck cycles are in the West (Metal region) and East (Wood region), while the South (Fire region) is unfavorable.

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Zhang Zhiyuan

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	正印	比肩	Self (M)	正印
Stem	戊	辛	辛	戊
Branch	辰	酉	酉	子
Hidden Stems	戊印乙才癸食	辛比	辛比	癸食
Stage	墓	建	建	长生

Luck cycles

壬戌癸亥甲子乙丑丙寅丁卯戊辰己巳

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Grand Tutor Wang

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Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	正印	比肩	Self (M)	正印
Stem	戊	辛	辛	戊
Branch	辰	酉	丑	子
Hidden Stems	戊印乙才癸食	辛比	己枭癸食辛比	癸食
Stage	墓	建	养	长生

Luck cycles

壬戌癸亥甲子乙丑丙寅丁卯戊辰己巳

Modern Interpretation 🌟

• This is a pattern of abandoning the obvious for the hidden. It forgoes the readily apparent official/killing stars (Bing, Ding, Wu) and utilizes complex relationships of generation, clash, and combination to obtain hidden, higher-level nobility.
• It represents deep strategic thinking: instead of directly competing for obvious resources, one achieves goals indirectly by building systems and mobilizing resources (Wu Earth generates Xin Metal, Zi Water activates Bing Fire).

Core Concepts 💡

• Abandon the Obvious, Seize the Hidden: Superficial, easily obtainable things often hold little value; deep, transformative gains represent true essence.
• Harmonizing Yin and Yang: The softness of Yin Metal (Xin) and the movement of Yang Water (Zi) must harmonize to face the light (Facing the Sun).

Practical Value ⚡

• In complex environments, avoid direct involvement in highly competitive "red oceans." Instead, consider achieving goals indirectly through rule design and resource integration.
• The extremely strict formation conditions of this pattern highlight that protecting the purity of the core mechanism (Wu Zi Hour) from damage (Bing, Ding, Si, Wu) is key to success or failure.

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📚 Related Knowledge

• Related Concepts: Tian Yi Gui Ren (Heavenly Virtue Nobleman), Ten Heavenly Stems' Lu Positions, Hidden Combinations, Three Combinations局, Clashing Official
• Further Reading: Yuan Hai Zi Ping · On Arching Lu and Arching Gui, San Ming Tong Hui · Jing Lan Xie Cha Pattern
• Philosophical Reflection 🤔: These special patterns in Chinese destiny analysis reflect the systemic thinking in traditional culture that emphasizes "structure, relationships, and empty positions," aligning with the Daoist philosophy of "generation between presence and absence" and "governing the substantial with the void."

⚠️ Important Note

All special patterns are averse to filling the void and clashes. Pattern judgment requires a comprehensive consideration of the Five Elements' generation and restriction within the Four Pillars. Conclusions should not be drawn hastily based solely on one or two rules. In modern application, the focus should be on understanding the core logic of "creating value through combination" rather than mechanically applying rules.

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