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Chapter 83 of 102
Shen Feng Tong Kao — Comprehensive Study of Destiny
Overall Paraphrase
The Book of Changes states: "The Way of Qian forms the male; the Way of Kun forms the female." Yin and Yang, rigidity and softness, each have their inherent nature. Thus, for a female's destiny, softness and compliance are the foundation, while rigidity signifies punishment and conflict; purity denotes extraordinary nobility, and turbidity indicates lowliness. Qian represents Yang, and Kun represents Yin. The interaction of Yin and Yang forms the principles of human affairs. Yang is rigid, and Yin is soft. Those who embody the Way of Qian become male, and those who embody the Way of Kun become female. Hence, males are strong, and females are gentle. Yin and Yang each have their essence. For a female's destiny, value lies in Yin softness and tranquility, while Yang rigidity is most undesirable. Purity is noble, and turbidity is base.
Three Wonders in Position, Husband Ennobled Miles Away 🌟
The Three Wonders refer to Wealth, Official, and Seal, not Yi, Bing, and Ding. For a female's destiny, the Official Star represents the husband. For example, a person born on a Jia day sees Xin as the Official Star, which is the husband. Xin metal has its长生 (growth) in Zi, and is旺 (flourishing) in Shen and You. With Ji earth as Wealth, it gains the lands of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei. With Gui water as Seal, it obtains the directions of Hai, Zi, and Chou. If all three are in flourishing positions, it indicates a noble husband, hence the phrase "ennobled miles away."
Two Virtues Return to the Wall, Noble Son Steps Under the Autumn Moon 🌙
The Two Virtues refer to the Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue nobles. The Heavenly Virtue noble is like Ding in the first month, Kun in the second month, etc. The Monthly Virtue noble is like Bing in the months of Yin, Wu, and Xu, etc. If a female's destiny carries these two virtues, it indicates her son will achieve fame in imperial examinations.
One Official, One Noble, Dark Clouds Embrace the Golden Crown on Both Temples 👑
A female's destiny should only take one Proper Official as the husband. If there is no Official, then take one Seven Killings. The noble should only be one and not repeated, as repetition indicates two husbands. The Official Star must be flourishing, with禄马 (Lu Ma) secretly matching, to achieve such nobility. Nobles should not appear frequently, as multiple nobles imply excessive nobility and repetition.
Four Killings, Four Empties, Full Moon Weeps with Jade Tears 😢
A female's destiny fears many Killings, especially with the Four Pillars being空亡 (empty). This indicates harming the husband and injuring sons, remarriage, and loneliness, hence "weeping with jade tears." Jade tears refer to frozen tear tracks, symbolizing extreme sorrow and desolation.
Embedded 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 |
Official Enters Official Luck, Mirror Breaks, Hairpin Parts 💔
A female's destiny has only one Proper Official as the husband. If it enters Official luck again, it encounters another husband star, creating a situation of two husbands competing for one wife, inevitably leading to separation. For example, Jia takes Xin as the Official, representing one husband. Encountering Xin luck or You land again indicates harming the husband and remarrying. "Mirror breaks, hairpin parts" symbolizes marital separation, like the story of Princess Lechang's broken mirror reunited.
Wealth Enters Wealth Land, Husband Glorious, Son Noble 💰
Wealth is the source of sustenance. For a male's destiny, Wealth represents the wife; for a female's destiny, Wealth serves the husband. If a female's Wealth Star is in its proper place and enters Wealth luck, the Wealth energy becomes stronger, indicating the husband's family is wealthy and descendants are noble.
Brocade Clothes Hide Treasures, Official Star Has Energy 🎎
The Official Star is the husband star. If it is flourishing and unopposed, it indicates a glorious and noble husband, hence "brocade clothes hide treasures."
Piled Yellow, Accumulated White, Wealth Treasury Unharmed 🏦
Yellow and white refer to gold and silver. Abundant Wealth requires storage. Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei are the four treasuries. If the treasury is harmed, Wealth scatters, and long-term wealth is hard to maintain.
Generally, Many Officials Bring No Glory, Many Wealth Brings No Riches ⚖️
For a female's destiny, many Officials mean many husbands, like multiple men sharing one woman, which brings disgrace instead of honor. One Official should be taken as the main, with considerations of retention and matching, leading only to comfort, not glory. Much Wealth serves others, making it hard for oneself to be rich. A female's nobility or baseness follows the husband, not herself.
Use Proper Seal but Meet Owl, Orchid Steps Cold at Night 🥶
The Proper Seal is the birth mother. For example, Jia takes Gui as the Proper Seal, but meeting Ren is the Partial Seal (Owl God). The Owl is an unkind bird that eats its mother upon growing up. If a female's destiny uses the Proper Seal but meets the Owl, it indicates invasive disasters, leading to desolation and loneliness.
Use Owl God but Meet Seal, Jade Tree Flourishes in Spring 🌸
The Owl is inherently unkind, but meeting the kind Proper Seal turns evil into blessing. If a female's destiny uses the Owl but meets the Seal, it gains auspicious assistance, like a jade tree facing the wind.
Gold Clear, Water Cold, Sun Locks the Phoenix Terrace ❄️
Gold born in winter, water cold and gold draining, indicates flesh and blood are无情 (heartless). A female encountering this is lonely and cold, as if locked in a phoenix terrace.
Earth Parched, Fire Blazing, Night Cold in the Bed Curtains 🔥
Earth born in summer, fire flourishing and earth parched, indicates sons withered, mother flourishing. A female encountering this leads to loneliness and lack of support.
All Yin or All Yang, Guarding a Lone Lamp 🕯️
Four Pillars entirely Yin or entirely Yang, with no Yin-Yang pairing, means men have no wives, women have no husbands, guarding a lone lamp.
Repeated Officials, Repeated Seals, Green Temples Sleep Alone 🛏️
A female's destiny prefers one Official and one Seal for one husband. Repeated appearances mean repeated husbands, indicating harming the husband or youthful loneliness. Even glory and nobility cannot avoid separation.
Vast Fields and Gardens, Food God in Position Without Official 🌾
The Food God is the son star. In position, it can nourish the mother. For example, Jia takes Bing as Food, the son gains禄 (Lu) to nourish the mother. If Xin Official appears, Xin and Bing combine, the son loves his wife and forgets his mother, so it's better not to meet the Official.
Abundant Grains and Silks, Seal Meets Time and Also Meets Killing 🍚
The Seal requires Killing to显示荣 (show glory). For example, Jia takes Gui as Seal, Geng as Killing. The Seal relies on the Killing to grow. For males, it means power and nobility; for females, wealth and abundance.
Injury Officer Without Official Star, Still Chaste 💍
For females, the Official is the husband, and the Injury Officer is feared for harming the husband. If the Four Pillars have no Official Star, the Injury Officer has nothing to harm, making it chaste. The Injury Officer is the children.喜伤尽有财 (liking injury exhausted with wealth)反而为福 (instead brings blessing).
No Food, Many Seals, Instead Brings Punishment and Injury 🚫
The Food God is the son. No Food means no son. Many Seals harm the son, hence punishment and injury.
Poor Owl Sees Food, Sitting Birth, Flowers Wither 🌺
For example, Jia takes Ren as Owl, Bing as Food. The Owl snatches Food. For females, Food is the son, hence "sitting birth, flowers wither."
Evil Killing Mixes with Official, Approaching Spring, Leaves Fall 🍂
Evil Killing is the Seven Killings. For females, the Proper Official is the husband, and the Killing is the partial husband. Having a Proper Official fears meeting the Killing, like two husbands—one good, one evil—mixing,反而伤其身 (instead harming oneself).
Distant Combinations Hook Emotions, Betray Husband to Find Master. Charge Official, Break Food, Abandon Son to Follow Others 🎭
A female's destiny with三合 (three combinations),六合 (six combinations), carrying驿马 (traveling horse),桃花 (peach blossom), etc., indicates secret affairs. Official charged, Food broken, husband and son harmed,必然从他人 (inevitably following others).
Wealth Declines, Seal Ends, Young Leaves Mother's Home 👧
Wealth declining means unable to serve the husband; Seal ending means lowly birth, leaving the maternal home young.
Body Flourishing, Luck Strong, Early Punishes Husband ⚡
A female's destiny should have a weak, quiet body. If the body is flourishing and enters flourishing luck, it必然刑夫 (inevitably punishes the husband).
Five Killings Adorn Flowers, Day and Night Welcoming Guests, Seeing Off Visitors 🎪
Five Killings like咸池 (salt pond),红艳 (red charm), etc., with peach blossom killings, indicate outward respectability but inward flirtatiousness, fond of wine and sensuality.
Embedded chart
| Pillars | Year | Month | Day | Hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Gods | 正财 | 食神 | Self (F) | 正官 |
| Stem | 庚 | 己 | 丁 | 壬 |
| Branch | 申 | 丑 | 亥 | 寅 |
| Hidden Stems | 庚财壬官戊伤 | 己食癸杀辛才 | 壬官甲印 | 甲印丙劫戊伤 |
| Stage | 沐浴 | 墓 | 胎 | 死 |
Three Punishments Bring Ghost, Always Harm Son and Husband ☠️
Three Punishments like Yin, Si, Shen, etc., with ghost (killing), indicate punishing husband and harming son.
Concubine Yang's Beauty,禄傍桃花 (Lu beside Peach Blossom) 🌸
Peach Blossom Killing indicates清秀美貌 (elegant beauty). In year and month, it is garden flowers; combined with Official Star, it signifies nobility as a good woman. In hour, it is wall-outside peach blossoms, base. Concubine Yang比喻桃花会禄合官 (metaphor for peach blossom meeting Lu and matching Official).
Talented Miss Xie, Body Holds the Literary Hall 📚
Carrying the literary hall indicates talent and learning. The flourishing point of the Five Elements is the literary hall. For example, a wood-born person obtains Geng Yin.
Flowery Canopy Approaching Official, Emotionally Connected to Monks and Taoists 🙏
The Flowery Canopy indicates loneliness. With Official and Seal, it is the翰林尊 (Hanlin honor); meeting emptiness suits monks and Taoists. A female犯华盖 (violating Flowery Canopy) is emotionally connected to monks and Taoists.
Lonely Chen Sits on Seal, Body Becomes a Nun 🧘
Lonely Chen and widowed宿 (Su), females fear meeting, indicate becoming a master nun or lonely widow. Body flourishing is especially feared.
Frequent Miscarriages, Food Flourishing, Body Declining 🤰
Body declining meets flourishing Food, indicates son flourishing, mother declining, leading to miscarriage.
Phoenix Frequently Parts, Official Light, Comparison Heavy 🕊️
Many比肩 (comparisons), husband lacks strength,争夺分离 (competing and separating).
Sisters Strong, Become a Filling-Room Wife 👭
比劫 (comparison and robbery) heavy and flourishing, indicates not being the proper wife but a filling-room or side-room wife.
Wealth and Official Dead and Ended, Will Adopt an Inherited Son 👶
Wealth and Official dead and ended, no son, adopting another's son.
Official Approaching Wealth Land Must Glory Husband; Body Entering Defeat Land Must Harm Son 📉
Official entering Wealth land, glories husband; body entering defeat and ended land, harms son, lonely and bitter.
Killing Owl Breaks禄连根 (Lu continuous root), Fall Ice Skin into Water and Fire 💧
Killing Owl breaks禄, indicates body harmed, with water and fire calamities.
Comparison Robbery Meets Punishment丧局 (funeral situation), Cover Jade Bones in Dust and Sand ⚔️
Comparison robbery meets punishment, indicates disputes and death.
交错逢驿马 (Interlocking meets traveling horse), Mother's Family Desolate 🐎
Females fear traveling horses. Wealth and Official交错 (interlocking), harm maternal family wealth.
差错对孤神 (Error against lonely god), Husband's Family Declined 🏚️
Yin-Yang error days, females meeting, husband's family declined.
Five Horses, Six Wealths, Poor Defeat Comparison Land 💸
Wealth meets many comparisons and robberies, divided and robbed, poor and defeated.
Eight Officials, Seven Killings, Separation Punishment Harm Land ⚖️
Official and Killing meet punishment and harm, indicate husband death or separation.
Punishment Empty Official Killing, Almost Marrying But Stopping Heavy Makeup 💄
Official Killing empty punishment, husband star weak, hard to succeed when almost marrying.
Charge and Break Seal Wealth, Even If Home Hard to Form Thick Blessing 🏡
Seal Wealth charged and broken, even if forming a home, no peaceful enjoyment.
Better Hide Wealth Not Revealed, Clear Killing Unharmed 🤐
Wealth hidden abundant, Official clear and noble.
Killing Heavy, Seal Acts Wealth; Much Wealth Meets Seal 🔄
Seal and Wealth clash. Much Wealth likes Seal broken; greedy Wealth harms Seal,宜劫财解 (suitable to rob Wealth to solve).
Four Defeats Not Family's Fortune; Four Charges How Good Woman Without Suspicion ⚠️
These are all feared in a female's destiny.
Water Gathers Flourishing Land, Flower Street Woman 🌊
Water nature descends to flourishing land, females resemble, following husband not by self. If metal meets, like flower street woman.
Gold Forms Elegance, Peach Cave Immortal 🌸
Gold quality beautiful. Female destiny metal born in Western秀气 (elegance), formed quality flawless, like immortal.
Four Births Gallop Four Horses, Leave Hometown 🧳
Yin, Shen, Si, Hai are four birth traveling horses. Females indicate far travel, leaving hometown.
Three Combinations Bring Three Punishments, Harm Husband, Ruin Career 💔
Females fear many combinations. With three punishments, flesh and bone harm each other, harm husband, ruin career.
Hidden Killing Meets Punishment,槁砧不善 (Gao Zhen not good) 👺
Killing is husband. Hidden punishment indicates husband not good.
Clear Official Rides Horse, Husband Increases Glory 🏇
Official exposed, meeting禄马, husband glorious and noble.
Gold Full嬴 (Ying), One Wealth Gains Place 💰
Wealth Star gains place, indicates wealth and nobility, helps husband, benefits sons.
Red Face Loses Match, Two Nobles No Home 🎭
Nobles many, combinations many, become master nun, prostitute maid. Heavy nobles harm husband, young lose match.
First Comparison, Later Wealth, From Poor to Rich 📈
First比肩, later enters Wealth luck, from poor to rich. If original situation has Wealth and comparison both, not this discussion.
Charge Official, Combine Food, Rely on Son, Punish Husband 👨👦
Official charged, husband weak; Food combined, son gains help, rely on son to end old age.
Dead Ended Womb, Flowers Withered, Silent 🥀
Womb dead ended,一生寂寞孤苦 (lifetime lonely and bitter).
Long Life Root, Melons and Vines Continuous 🌱
Gains long life position, descendants far and continuous.
Combine Noble, Combine Talent, Pearls Fill Gold Room 💎
Combine Official, combine Wealth, indicate wealth and nobility.
Break Wealth, Break Food, Quilt Cold Orchid Room 🥶
Wealth and Food broken, livelihood lacking, desolate and cold.
Empress Lü名驰天下 (famous throughout the world), Only Because Yin and Yang Both Rigid 👑
Female destiny pure Yin noble blessed, with Yang rigidity seizing husband's power,多能多为 (capable and doing much), with Yin evil punishments, like Empress Lü.
Green Pearl Body Falls Before Tower, Because Owl Charges Killing Position 🏙️
Owl charges killing position, indicates unkind calamity, like Green Pearl falling from tower metaphor.
Autumn Water Connects Source, Pick Eyes Establish Integrity 👁️
Ren Gui born autumn month, water clear, metal strong, metaphor eyes integrity.
Winter Gold Sits Situation, Break Arm Spreads Fragrance ⛄
Gold born winter month, Si, You, Chou situation, gold white, water clear, nature rigid, chaste integrity, like breaking arm spreads fragrance.
Sisters Same Palace, Not Yet Married But Already Have Regret 💔
比劫 same palace, compete envy, not yet married, first regret.
Destiny Wealth Has Energy, Match Husband to Old Age Without Worry 💑
Own destiny wealth and property flourishing, glory body, help husband, to old age without worry.
Thus, Glory, Withered, Noble, Base, Their Creation Source, Must Seek Brightness, Broad Learning, Receive True Transmission. If Principle Wrong, Time Error, Even Past Sages Not Self-Knowing. 📖
Hence, glory, withered, noble, base originate from destiny principles. Need seek bright teacher, broad learning, true transmission. If principle wrong, time error, past sages also hard to self-know.
A female's destiny in Bazi values softness, compliance, and purity, while rigidity and turbidity are undesirable. The Official Star represents the husband, ideally singular and undisturbed; Wealth and Seal play supporting roles, favoring growth without disruption. The fundamental principle is the balance of Yin and Yang and the harmony of the Five Elements.
Note: Ancient methods for evaluating female destinies must be understood within their historical context. Contemporary applications should extract the wisdom of their principles while discarding gender biases, focusing on the essence of Five Elements interactions and energy flow. 🌿