On: Children

On: Children

Overall Interpretation

In Bazi metaphysics, the Seven Killings (Qi Sha) represent sons. For instance, if the Day Stem is Jia Wood (甲木), Geng Shen (庚申) symbolizes a son, while Xin You (辛酉) symbolizes a daughter. If the chart contains elements like Bing Fire (丙火), Wu Fire (午火), or Yin Wood (寅木) (e.g., combinations like Bing Wu or Yin Wu forming Fire 🔥), or if the Seven Killings coincide with the Yang Blade (Yang Ren) or other inauspicious stars, it may indicate weak affinity with children—ranging from minor issues like illness or poor behavior to severe outcomes like early demise. If Earth elements like Wu or Ji (戊己土 🌰) are dominant (e.g., during Earth-prosperous seasons), children are likely capable and filial. The presence of Bing or Si (Fire 🔥) suggests daughters may act inappropriately. If the Seven Killings align with the Bath (Mu Yu) or Peach Blossom Sha, and secretly combine with the Eating God (Shi Shen), daughters may face emotional entanglements.

When the Seven Killings occupy auspicious positions like Longevity (Chang Sheng), Virtue of the Month (Yue De), or Virtue of Heaven (Tian De), or are accompanied by Noblemen, Lu Ma, Eating God, or Wealth sectors, and the overall chart is balanced, it often signifies "a strong father and noble sons."

Patterns of Birth Order:

• Yang Days (Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng, Ren) + Yang Hours: More likely to have sons.
• Yang Days + Yin Hours: First a son, then a daughter.
• Yin Days (Yi, Ding, Ji, Xin, Gui) + Yin Hours: More likely to have daughters.
• Yin Days + Yang Hours: First a daughter, then a son.

Key Factors for Child Affinity:

1. Hurting Officer meets Direct Officer: Children are unruly and difficult to discipline.
2. Hour Pillar with Hurting Officer or Empty (Kong Wang): Difficulty in having children.
3. For women, the Hurting Officer represents sons, and the Eating God represents daughters. If encountering Seal Stars or Owl Gods (e.g., Partial Seal seizing the Eating God 🌊), offspring are scarce.
4. For men, if the Officers and Killings are well-placed and the chart is balanced, they will have heirs. The number of children is determined by the "Twelve Longevity" stages:
   • Longevity position: 7 sons | Bath: 2 sons (healthy) | Crown/Career: 3 sons
   • Prosperity: 5 sons | Decline: 2 sons | Illness: 1 son | Death: No sons
   • Tomb: Children hard to preserve | Extinction: 1 son | Fetus: Firstborn is a daughter | Nurture: 3 conceived, 2 survive

Assessing Children's Quality:

• Officers and Killings supported by auspicious stars (e.g., Heavenly Yi Nobleman ✨): Children are loyal, filial, and wise.
• Officers and Killings in weak or inauspicious positions (e.g., Gou Jiao, Yuan Chen): Children are poor, sickly, or unfilial.
• Combined with Lonely or Widowed Stars: Weak affinity with children, leading to solitude in old age.

Impact of Major Cycles on Children:

• If the original chart lacks Officers and Killings, and the Hour Pillar is not prosperous: Children may be born during Officer/Killing-prosperous cycles but not otherwise.
• If Officers and Killings are present: Children may be lost during Hurting God/declining cycles, stabilizing afterward.
• Direct interpretation of Officer/Killing numbers: "One Killing, one son; two Killings, two sons; no Killings, no sons."
• When body and Killings are balanced, stronger Killings mean more sons, adjusted by the prosperity of Wealth Stars.

Embedded chart

Four Pillars example

Male chart

Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	比肩	比肩	Self (M)	比肩
Stem	甲	甲	甲	甲
Branch	子	子	子	子
Hidden Stems	癸印	癸印	癸印	癸印
Stage	沐浴	沐浴	沐浴	沐浴

Luck cycles

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🧠 Deep Understanding

Core Concepts 💡

Assessing child affinity requires a holistic view:

1. Ten Gods Positioning: Seven Killings (sons) and Hurting/Eating Gods (daughters) as child indicators.
2. Dynamic Balance: "Inheriting harmony" is key—too strong leads to suppression, too weak leads to scarcity.
3. Time-Space Overlay: The Hour Pillar’s state sets the foundation, while major cycles drive changes.

Modern Interpretation 🌟

• Fertility Model: The ancients used the "Twelve Longevity" stages for probabilistic predictions, akin to modern quantitative assessments of fertility potential (e.g., "Prosperity: 5 sons" corresponds to high probability during peak fertility).
• Child Quality Theory: "Officers/Killings with auspicious stars predict filial children" reflects family environment—when parents are virtuous and well-resourced (Officers/Killings well-placed), children thrive.
• Scientific Alignment: Hour Pillar with Hurting Officer or Empty mirrors modern challenges like advanced-age fertility (Hour Pillar as the Children Palace, post-45 cycles with Hurting God 🌪️).

Practical Value ⚡

• Family Planning: If the chart shows weak child indicators, target Officer/Killing-prosperous years (e.g., Geng Shen or Xin You years for men).
• Parenting: Charts with "Hurting Officer meets Direct Officer" should prioritize early education methods, avoiding authoritarian approaches (Officers/Killings suppressing the body).
• Risk Awareness: Seven Killings with Yang Blade combinations warn of child safety risks (e.g., avoiding high-risk activities).

Philosophical Reflection 🤔

"Inheriting harmony" is an art of resource coordination:

• Overly strong child indicators (e.g., uncontrolled Killings) reflect excessive focus on children, neglecting self-growth.
• Weak indicators require cycle "compensation," mirroring life-stage prioritization.
  The ancients' "Twelve Longevity" mirrors natural cycles 🌱→🌳→🍂, embodying the wisdom of growth and decay.

📚 Related Knowledge

• Linked Concepts:
  • "Twelve Longevity" Energy Table:

    Stage	Child Count	Modern Mapping
    Longevity	7	Peak fertility, high conception rates
    Bath	2	Healthy but moderate offspring
    Crown	3	Steady growth phase

  • Hour Pillar Empty: Unstable Children Palace energy, analogous to modern IVF scenarios.
• Further Reading: San Ming Tong Hui details conditions for "Eating God controlling Killings yields noble sons."
• Modern Research: Scholar Liang Xiangru verified through case studies that Hour Pillar with Virtue of Heaven reduces children’s legal disputes significantly.