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Chapter 10 of 30
奇门遁甲秘笈大全
This volume focuses on compiling the divination methods of Qi Men Dun Jia applied to everyday affairs, covering scenarios such as locating lost servants, predicting travelers' return dates, borrowing and debt collection, seeking audience with nobles, determining the gender of an unborn child, selling goods for profit, forming business partnerships, purchasing property, marriage and taking concubines, weather prediction for rain and snow, and establishing or repairing kilns. The core logic universally employs the relationships of mutual generation, mutual restraint, harmonious equivalence, vigor and decline, void depletion, tomb/storage, and auspicious Qi Men configurations among the Heaven Plate, Earth Plate, Nine Stars, Eight Gates, Eight Spirits, Heavenly Stems, and Earthly Branches to judge the success or failure, speed or delay, smoothness or obstruction, and good or ill fortune of human affairs.
These divination methods are essentially the ancients' abstraction of complex social relations and natural changes into a spatiotemporal model for deduction, helping users make reference decisions when information is insufficient. When reading in modern times, one should extract the rational components such as relationship analysis, timing judgment, and risk assessment, rather than regarding them as fatalistic conclusions.
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Divination for locating lost male and female servants. For a male servant, use the palace where the Heaven Plate Tianpeng Star resides as the focal point; for a female servant, use the palace where the Heaven Plate Tianrui Star resides. Seeking according to this will surely result in finding them. On Yang days, additionally examine the palace where the Earth Plate Tianpeng or Tianrui resides to judge: if encountering a Geng Grid (Ge), it indicates the person can be found; if no grid is encountered, they cannot be found. If the focal point shares a palace with Liuhe, it indicates the person was abducted. If Tianpeng or Tianrui enters tomb/storage, it indicates someone has hidden the person, making them difficult to find. If they fall into void depletion, it indicates the person definitely cannot be found.
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Determining the direction of a lost person. When a young boy is lost, under Yang Dun, look at the direction of the Heaven Plate Liuhe; under Yin Dun, look at the palace of the Earth Plate Liuhe. When a female servant is lost, under Yang Dun, look at the direction of the Heaven Plate Taiyin; under Yin Dun, look at the palace of the Earth Plate Taiyin. By observing which palace these two spirits fall into, one can know the general direction where the person is.
Under Yang Dun, falling into the Kan, Gen, Zhen, or Xun palaces indicates inner and near; falling into the Li, Kun, Dui, or Qian palaces indicates outer and far. Under Yin Dun, the situation is completely reversed. If Liuhe or Taiyin falls into the tomb/storage of the Day Stem, it indicates the person is difficult to find whether near or far; if it falls into void depletion, it indicates the person has gone elsewhere, and one should search according to the palace of the stem that combines with the Day Stem, where the person will surely be found.
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Divination for the condition of a person traveling far from home. Use the traveler's Year-Ming Day Stem as the focal point. If the Year-Ming Day Stem falls into the Kan, Gen, Zhen, or Xun palaces, under Yang Dun it indicates inner and near; falling into Li, Kun, Dui, or Qian indicates outer and far, requiring comprehensive judgment. If the Year-Ming stem falls into the Four Corner Palaces (Qian, Gen, Xun, Kun), it indicates very far, with those falling into Kun or Gen being extremely far. Under Yin Dun, Li, Kun, Dui, or Qian are considered inner and near, while Kan, Gen, Zhen, or Xun are outer and far. If the Year-Ming stem falls into the Four Cardinal Palaces (Kan, Li, Zhen, Dui), it indicates not very far.
If the Year-Ming Day Stem falls into a place of decline and uselessness, it indicates the person is not doing well abroad—either trapped in hardship or falling ill. If it falls into a palace of tomb/storage or void depletion, further riding on the energy of death and extinction, it indicates the person has already passed away. If the Year-Ming Day Stem rides on vigorous and flourishing energy, further obtaining an auspicious Qi Men configuration, it indicates the person is making money and faring well abroad.
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Divination for when a traveler will return. Use the traveler's Year-Ming combined with the Geng Grid to judge. On Yang days, look at the stem beneath Geng; on Yin days, look at the *stem riding above Geng. If the grid forms on the year level, the person returns within the year; on the month level, within the month; on the day level, within the day; on the hour level, within the hour; if no grid forms, the person will not return.
What constitutes "no grid formation"? Yi and Geng combining does not count as a grid; Geng Metal entering tomb or encountering void depletion also does not count as a grid. [Translator's note: "Grid" refers to the Geng Grid, i.e., the stem that Geng faces or rides upon, indicating a time of fulfillment.]
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Divination for borrowing money from someone. Use the Heaven Plate star in the direction one is heading as the person seeking the loan, and the star corresponding to where that Heaven Plate star lands on the Earth Plate as the lending household. If the Earth Plate star generates the Heaven Plate star, it indicates the loan will surely be granted. If the two are harmonious and equivalent, the loan may be granted but the lender will hesitate. If the Earth Plate star restrains the Heaven Plate star, it indicates the loan will not be granted, and instead one will suffer humiliation. If the stem riding on the Heaven Plate enters the tomb/storage of the Earth Plate, it indicates the lender is truly stingy and unwilling to lend. If it encounters void depletion, it indicates the lender genuinely has no money, and one need not bother going.
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Divination for seeking financial support or charity. Use the Day Stem's landing palace as the person seeking support, and the direction one heads toward as the target of assistance. If the other party's palace obtains an auspicious Qi Men configuration and generates the Day Stem, it indicates the trip will surely be beneficial; even without an auspicious configuration, if it generates the Day Stem, it is still favorable. If the two are harmonious and equivalent, it indicates mediocrity. If the other party's palace restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates going will surely bring loss. If the other party's palace encounters void depletion, tomb, or extinction, it indicates the person cannot be seen, and the effort is futile—do not go.
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Divination for seeking an audience with a noble. A current official is represented by the Heaven Plate Kai Men's landing palace; an unappointed or retired official is represented by the Heaven Plate Jia Zi Wu. Use the Day Stem as the person seeking the audience.
If Kai Men or Jia Zi Wu rides on vigorous and flourishing energy, further obtaining an auspicious Qi Men configuration that generates the Day Stem's palace, going for the audience will surely result in a meeting, and the meeting will be beneficial, with requests fulfilled as desired. If it is harmonious and equivalent with the Day Stem, it indicates the meeting can be arranged but will be somewhat delayed. If the two share the same palace, it indicates the noble happens to have guests, and one should wait a while. If there is Fan Yin (reversal), it indicates the noble has gone out and cannot be seen. If it enters storage, it indicates no meeting is possible. If it is controlled/restrained, it indicates the noble is troubled by worries and will not receive visitors; even if seen, it will be of no benefit. If Kai Men or Jia Zi Wu's landing palace conflicts with and restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates the noble dislikes you, and going will only bring humiliation. If seeking an audience with a military officer, examine Du Men, using the same method.
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Divination for whether a newborn will be easy to raise and live long. Look at which palace the Heavenly Stem of the birth hour falls into on the Heaven Plate, and observe which star and spirit are present. Tianpeng Star is the Heavenly Thief, and Xuan Wu represents theft of life; if these two spirits are violated, further riding on declining and powerless energy, it indicates the child will be difficult to raise. If there are auspicious Qi Men configurations and auspicious spirits, further riding on vigorous and flourishing energy, it indicates long life and wealth.
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Divination for when a pregnant woman will give birth. Use the Kun Palace as the delivery room, Tianrui Star as the mother, and the star obtained on the Heaven Plate as the fetus.
If Tianrui Star restrains the Heaven Plate star, it indicates rapid delivery. If the Heaven Plate star generates the Earth Plate Tianrui, it indicates the fetus lingers in the mother's womb, and delivery will be slow. If the Heaven Plate star restrains the Earth Plate star, it indicates danger to the mother. If the Earth Plate star restrains the Heaven Plate star, it indicates the fetus will die. Only when obtaining vigorous and flourishing energy and an auspicious Qi Men configuration is it auspicious. If the Heaven Plate star falls into the Earth Plate's tomb/storage, it indicates the fetus dies in the womb. If the Heaven and Earth Plates both ride on inauspicious gates and configurations, it indicates both mother and child are in danger, because they ride on the energy of death and extinction.
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Divination for sending someone to collect a debt. Use the palace where Tian Yi falls as the debtor, and the palace where Gou Chen falls as the debt collector.
If Gou Chen's palace restrains Tian Yi's palace, it indicates the collector is sincerely determined to collect. If Tian Yi's palace restrains Gou Chen's palace, it indicates the collector fears the debtor and dares not collect. If Gou Chen and Tian Yi are mutually generating or harmonious and equivalent, it indicates they are colluding with each other and will not collect. If Gou Chen is generated by Tian Yi, it indicates the debtor has entrusted or bribed the collector, and the collector is unwilling to collect.
If Tian Yi's palace obtains vigorous and flourishing energy and generates the Zhi Fu Palace (Zhi Fu being the lender), it indicates the debtor will surely repay. If it falls into void depletion and generates Zhi Fu, it indicates the debtor has the intention but lacks the means. If Tian Yi's landing palace restrains the Zhi Fu palace, it indicates the debtor is at ease not repaying, and the debt definitely cannot be collected. [Translator's note: The original text "Tianpeng, Tian Yi falling palace" likely has "Tianpeng" as a redundant interpolation; here Tian Yi is taken as the standard based on context.]
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Divination for whether lent money can be recovered. Use Liu Jia Zhi Fu as the lender, and the star positioned beneath Zhi Fu as Tian Yi, i.e., the borrower.
If the Earth Plate star rides on vigorous and flourishing energy and generates the Heaven Plate star, it indicates the borrower will surely repay. If it rides on an inauspicious configuration and restrains the Heaven Plate star, it indicates the borrower definitely will not repay. If it falls into void depletion, it indicates the debtor has died or is mired in debt and cannot repay. If it rides on a palace of tomb and extinction, it indicates the debtor will defraud and refuse to repay. This sentence refers to the Heavenly Stem instrument carried by the Earth Plate star.
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Divination for purchasing goods. Use the Day Stem's landing palace as the buyer, and the Hour Stem's landing palace as the goods.
If the Hour Stem's landing palace rides on vigorous and flourishing energy, further obtaining an auspicious Qi Men configuration, it indicates good merchandise. If it rides on declining and imprisoned energy without obtaining an auspicious Qi Men configuration, it indicates defective goods. If the Hour Stem's landing palace generates the Day Stem's landing palace, it indicates the goods are worth buying regardless of quality. If the Hour Stem's landing palace restrains the Day Stem's landing palace, or rides on tomb, extinction, or void depletion, it indicates no profit in the goods—do not buy. The rest may be inferred analogously. [Translator's note: The original text "interest coming to restrain" is likely an error for "Hour Stem coming to restrain"; here it is corrected based on context.]
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Divination for whether the fetus is male or female. Use the Kun Palace and Tianrui Star as the mother, and the Heaven Plate star positioned over the Kun Palace as the fetus. A Yang star indicates a male fetus; a Yin star indicates a female fetus. Only when Tianqin Star is positioned there does it indicate twins, with a Yang stem for male and a Yin stem for female.
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Divination for selling off goods to seek profit. Use the Zhi Fu Jia Zi Wu as our side, the merchant, and Tian Yi as the person taking the goods (buyer or transferee), with Liuhe as the broker.
If Tian Yi's landing palace rides on an auspicious Qi Men configuration and generates the Zhi Fu palace, it indicates the goods can be sold. If the two are harmonious and equivalent, it indicates selling off will proceed without hindrance. Otherwise, the goods definitely cannot be sold, and there will surely be loss. Further examine whether Liuhe's landing palace generates Tian Yi's palace, which indicates the broker favors the buyer, and is auspicious. If Liuhe's landing palace shares a palace with Zhi Fu Jia Zi Wu, it indicates the broker is of one mind with the merchant. But if Liuhe enters tomb or falls into void depletion, it indicates there will surely be treachery and deception—under no circumstances should the goods be sold.
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Another method for divining the sale of goods for profit. Use the Day Stem's landing palace as the merchant, the Hour Stem's landing palace as the goods, the Jia Zi Wu's landing palace as capital, and the Sheng Men's landing palace as interest/profit.
If the Day Stem's palace generates the Hour Stem's palace, it indicates the merchant is reluctant to sell. If the Hour Stem's palace generates the Day Stem's palace, it indicates the goods are "attached" to the person and difficult to sell off. If the Hour Stem's palace generates the Jia Zi Wu and Sheng Men palaces, it indicates there will be profit; otherwise, there will be no profit. If the Hour Stem's palace rides on inauspicious spirits and configurations and conflicts with and restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates loss and depletion. If the Day Stem's palace restrains the Hour Stem's palace, it indicates that although one wishes to sell quickly, sales will be slow. If the Hour Stem's palace restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates sales will surely be swift.
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Divination for opening a shop or store. Use Kai Men as the focal point. If Kai Men rides on vigorous and flourishing energy, carrying an auspicious Qi Men configuration that generates the Day Stem's landing palace, it indicates great fortune. If the two are harmonious and equivalent without mutual restraint, it indicates secondary fortune. If Kai Men enters tomb, experiences Fan Yin (reversal), or falls into void depletion, it indicates disadvantage. If Kai Men's landing palace rides on inauspicious spirits and configurations and conflicts with and restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates even greater disadvantage.
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Divination for partnering in business. Use the Day Stem's landing palace as oneself, and the Hour Stem's landing palace as the partner.
If the Hour Stem rides on an auspicious Qi Men configuration and generates the Day Stem, it indicates the partnership benefits me. If the Day Stem rides on an auspicious configuration and generates the Hour Stem, it indicates benefit to the partner. If the two palaces are harmonious and equivalent, it indicates mutual fairness without suspicion between the parties. If the Hour Stem's palace rides on inauspicious spirits and configurations and restrains the Day Stem's palace, it indicates disadvantage. Combined with examining whether Sheng Men generates oneself, the judgment is accurate without fail.
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Divination for trade and business operations. Use Jia Zi Wu as capital, and Sheng Men as interest (profit).
If the palace where Sheng Men lands obtains an auspicious Qi Men configuration and generates the palace where Jia Zi Wu lands, it indicates one will surely gain double profit. If the two palaces are harmonious and equivalent, it indicates moderate profit. If Sheng Men restrains the palace where Jia Zi Wu lands, further riding on inauspicious spirits and configurations, it indicates a certain loss of capital. If the Jia Zi Wu palace generates the Sheng Men palace, it indicates that adding more capital will still yield profit. If Sheng Men encounters tomb and extinction, further compounded by inauspicious spirits and configurations, it indicates the capital will certainly be exhausted—this is particularly ominous.
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Divination for gains and losses in seeking wealth. Use Jia Zi Wu as the God of Wealth, and Sheng Men as the direction/palace of wealth. Examine which palaces the two occupy on the Heaven Plate, and judge gains and losses through mutual generation, restraint, and equivalence.
If the Heaven Plate Jia Zi Wu and Sheng Men fall into the Kan, Gen, Zhen, or Xun palaces, under Yang Dun it indicates inner, near, and swift. Further obtaining an auspicious Qi Men configuration indicates abundant wealth will be gained. If one obtains the gate but not the Qi, or the Qi but not the gate, it indicates modest gains. If neither the gate nor the Qi is obtained, but the palaces do not fall into void depletion, tomb, or extinction, and are not restrained by the Earth Plate, it indicates minimal gains. If Jia Zi Wu and Sheng Men are one inner and one outer, it indicates gains will be slow in coming. If both palaces are outer, it indicates one must seek wealth a thousand li away. If the two palaces fall into void depletion, Fan Yin (reversal), tomb, or extinction, further combined with inauspicious spirits and configurations, it indicates one definitely will not gain wealth and will instead encounter disputes and trouble.
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Divination for whether a trade transaction will succeed. Use the Day Stem's landing palace as oneself (the buyer), the Hour Stem's landing palace as the other party (the seller), and Liuhe as the broker.
If the Day Stem generates the Hour Stem, it indicates the buyer is willing to accept. If the Hour Stem generates the Day Stem, it indicates the seller is willing to sell. If the Day Stem restrains the Hour Stem, it indicates the buyer does not want it. If the Hour Stem restrains the Day Stem, it indicates the seller will not sell. If Liuhe generates the Day Stem, it indicates the broker favors the buyer; if it generates the Hour Stem, it indicates the broker favors the seller. If the Day Stem and Hour Stem are harmonious and equivalent, it indicates a fair transaction between both parties that can be concluded. If either stem falls into void depletion, it indicates the transaction will not succeed.
Divination for Purchasing a House. Use the Directive Star (Zhi Fu) as the buyer, the Life Gate (Sheng Men) as the residence, and the Death Gate (Si Men) as the land.
If the Life Gate and Death Gate, carrying the Three Wonders and Auspicious Patterns (San Qi Ji Ge), generate the Palace of the Directive Star, this indicates the family business will flourish after purchase. If the two Gates do not have auspicious patterns but still generate the Directive Star's Palace, it is moderately auspicious. If the two Gates and the Directive Star's Palace are mutually harmonious (Bi He), it indicates peace and safety. If the two Gates carry the qi of decline and rest (Xiu Fei Zhi Qi), and encounter malevolent spirits or inauspicious patterns that overcome the Directive Star's Palace, this indicates the family fortune will be ruined after purchase. If the Directive Star generates these two Gates, it indicates decline and disadvantage caused by the property.
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To divine the length of a person's life, use the Heavenly Rush Star (Tian Chong Xing) and the Heavenly Pillar Star (Tian Zhu Xing) in conjunction with the number of Palaces separating them from the Death Gate (Si Men).
For males, arrange the Strange Instruments (Qi Yi) in a forward sequence starting from the Heavenly Rush Star. For females, arrange them in a reverse sequence starting from the Heavenly Pillar Star. Count the number of Palaces from the starting Star to the Death Gate. Each Palace represents ten years of life. The cumulative count of Palaces to the Death Gate gives the total lifespan in decades. For the remaining remainder, use the individual Palaces as units, where one Palace equals one year, to see the extra years added to the age. If the remainder falls in the Four Cardinal Palaces (Kan, Li, Zhen, Dui – 坎、离、震、兑), each Palace counts as one unit/branch. If it falls in the Four Corner Palaces (Qian, Gen, Xun, Kun – 乾、艮、巽、坤), each Palace counts as two units, because the Corner Palaces contain eight branches.
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To divine a person's yearly fortune, use their present direction and analyze it in conjunction with the Heavenly and Earthly Accurate Time (Tian Di Zheng Shi) and their natal annual lifespan sitting direction (Nian Ming Zuo Fang).
If the direction the person arrives from yields an Auspicious Door/Pattern (Qi Men Ji Ge), their yearly fortune will be auspicious. If the palace where their individual Nayin/Nian Ming falls aligns with Qimen auspicious patterns, it is also fortunate. If both the annual life-giving direction and the sitting Palace match auspicious patterns, and it additionally carries prosperous and vigorous qi, it indicates a remarkable encounter and sudden success. If it enters the Ground Plate Mausoleum (Di Pan Mu Ku), it indicates confusion and lack of clarity. If it falls into Void (落空亡), it indicates nothing can be accomplished. Entering the Death Gate predicts death; entering the Injury Gate (Shang Men) predicts illness; entering the Alarm Gate (Jing Men) predicts disputes and litigation; entering the Scenery Gate (Jing Men) predicts bloodshed/calamity or fire; entering the Blocked Gate (Du Men) predicts worry and doubt; entering the Opening Gate (Kai Men) predicts encounters with noble people; entering the Resting Gate (Xiu Men) predicts favorable outcomes for meetings; entering the Life Gate (Sheng Men) predicts wealth and joy.
The general rule is: obtaining the Qimen auspicious patterns indicates good fortune. Riding a bearing Gate that overcomes the person's Annual Life Palace indicates danger. Not overcoming it indicates minor suffering.
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Consider the Yi Qi (乙奇) as the wife, the Ding Qi (丁奇) as the concubine, and Metal Geng (大白/庚金) as the husband/Master.
If the Palace where Yi or Ding falls generates the Palace where Metal Geng resides, the female(concubine) is sure to agree to the marriage. If the Palace of Yi/Ding overcomes the Palace of Geng, then she will refuse to marry. If the Palaces of Yi and Ding are mutually harmonious (Bi He), the wife and the concubine will live in harmony. If the Yi overcomes Ding's palace, the principal wife cannot tolerate the concubine. If Ding overcomes Yi's palace, the concubinebullies the wife? No, the text implies the subordinate/partner seeks to overpower the other. If Yi/Ding fall into **Void, Ambi