On Configuration

On Configuration

On Configuration

Overall Paraphrased Meaning
The destiny energy carried by each person at birth forms a specific structural framework. The configuration in the Eight Characters (Ba Zi) is as important as a person’s name—from high-ranking officials to commoners, everyone possesses one. However, configurations can vary in states of success, failure, excess, or deficiency, leading to differences in wealth, status, and fortune among people. There are numerous names for configurations, which can generally be categorized into Eight Primary Configurations and Secondary Configurations.

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🧩 The Eight Primary Configurations System

The Eight Primary Configurations include: Direct Wealth Configuration, Indirect Wealth Configuration, Direct Officer Configuration, Seven Killings Configuration, Direct Seal Configuration, Indirect Seal Configuration, Food God Configuration, and Hurt Officer Configuration.

🔍 Methods for Determining Configuration

1. Priority to the Month Branch’s Primary Qi Revealed in the Heavenly Stem

   • If the primary Qi of the month branch’s element appears in the Heavenly Stem (e.g., Wood element revealed in Yin month, Wood element revealed in Mao month), it is directly taken as the configuration.

2. Revealed Hidden Qi Determines the Configuration

   • If the primary Qi of the month branch is not revealed, but the hidden Qi is revealed (e.g., Fire or Earth element revealed in Yin month), the revealed hidden Qi is taken as the configuration.
   • If two hidden elements are revealed simultaneously, choose the one with stronger energy and without clashes, conflicts, or transformations.

3. Weighing Priorities if Nothing is Revealed

   • If neither the primary Qi nor the hidden Qi of the month branch is revealed, compare the strength of the hidden elements and select the most powerful one without clashes or conflicts.

4. Exclusion of Compare and Rob Wealth, as well as禄 (Lu) and刃 (Ren)

   • Compare and Rob Wealth do not form independent configurations.禄 (Lu) and刃 (Ren) are also not part of the Eight Primary Configurations (they fall under Secondary Configurations).

🌳 Examples of Configuration Determination for Each Month (Excerpts)

Wood Day Master:

• Chen Month: Revealed Earth → Indirect Wealth Configuration; Revealed Water → Direct Seal Configuration
• Si Month: Revealed Fire → Food God Configuration; Revealed Metal → Seven Killings Configuration; Revealed Earth → Indirect Wealth Configuration
• Wu Month: Revealed Fire → Hurt Officer Configuration; Revealed Earth → Direct Wealth Configuration

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Wood Day Master in Chen Month Example

Male chart

Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	比肩	偏财	Self (M)	七杀
Stem	甲	戊	甲	庚
Branch	辰	辰	寅	午
Hidden Stems	戊才乙劫癸印	戊才乙劫癸印	甲比丙食戊才	丁伤己财
Stage	衰	衰	建	死

Luck cycles

己巳庚午辛未壬申癸酉甲戌乙亥丙子

Wood Day Master:

• Yin Month: Revealed Earth → Direct Wealth Configuration; Revealed Fire → Hurt Officer Configuration
• Si Month: Revealed Fire → Hurt Officer Configuration; Revealed Metal → Direct Officer Configuration; Revealed Earth → Direct Wealth Configuration

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Wood Day Master in Si Month Example

Female chart

Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	比肩	七杀	Self (F)	伤官
Stem	乙	辛	乙	丙
Branch	巳	巳	卯	子
Hidden Stems	丙伤戊财庚官	丙伤戊财庚官	乙比	癸枭
Stage	沐浴	沐浴	建	病

Luck cycles

壬午癸未甲申乙酉丙戌丁亥戊子己丑

(Other Day Masters such as Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water follow the same logic, adhering to the principles of "revealed stems determine usage, hidden Qi determines balance.")

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✅ Conditions for Successful Configuration Formation

🎯 Direct Officer Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong, with Wealth Star generating the Officer
• Day Master is weak, Officer Star is strong, with Seal Star supporting
• Pure and untainted by Seven Killings

💰 Direct and Indirect Wealth Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong, Wealth Star is strong, with Officer Star protecting the Wealth
• Day Master is weak, Wealth Star is strong, with Compare/Rob or Seal Star supporting
• Day Master is strong, Wealth Star is weak, with Food God or Hurt Officer generating Wealth

📜 Direct and Indirect Seal Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong, Seal is light, encountering Officer or Killings generating the Seal
• Day Master is strong, Seal is heavy, with Food God or Hurt Officer to release energy
• Day Master is strong, multiple Seals with Wealth revealed for balance (Wealth root should not be overly strong)

🍚 Food God Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong, Food God is strong, with Wealth Star facilitating flow
• Day Master is strong, Seven Killings are excessive, Food God controls Killings (without Wealth Star)
• Day Master is strong, Food God drains energy excessively, with Seal Star providing protection

⚔️ Seven Killings Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong and vigorous
• Day Master is strong, Killings are stronger, with Food God controlling Killings
• Day Master is weak, Killings are vigorous, with Seal Star transforming Killings to support the Day Master
• Balanced energy between Killings and Day Master, without Officer Star contamination

🎭 Hurt Officer Configuration Formation

• Day Master is strong, Hurt Officer generates Wealth
• Day Master is weak, Hurt Officer drains energy, with Seal Star providing support
• Day Master is weak, Hurt Officer is vigorous, with Killings and Seal both revealed
• Day Master is strong, Killings are heavy, Hurt Officer controls Killings

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❌ Factors Leading to Configuration Breakdown

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⚖️ Excess and Deficiency in Configurations

🔥 Excess (Overly Strong Energy)

• Excess Direct Officer: Multiple Officer Stars with weak Day Master, Wealth regenerating Officer
• Excess Wealth Star: Heavy Wealth with weak Day Master, Food God or Hurt Officer regenerating Wealth
• Excess Seal Star: Heavy Seal with light Wealth, or strong Seal/Compare with weak Food/Wealth/Officer
• Excess Food God/Hurt Officer: Excessive energy drainage without Seal support, or excessive control of Killings without Wealth to resolve
• Excess Seven Killings: Heavy Killings without control, Wealth regenerating Killings

🥀 Deficiency (Insufficient Energy)

• Deficient Direct Officer: Strong Day Master with weak Officer and no Wealth to regenerate, or Seal draining, Food/Hurt Officer controlling
• Deficient Wealth Star: Heavy Compare/Rob seizing Wealth, or no Food God/Hurt Officer to generate Wealth
• Deficient Seal Star: Heavy Wealth without Officer to regenerate, excessive Compare/Rob
• Deficient Food God/Hurt Officer: Heavy Seal with light Day Master, or excessive Wealth/Officer
• Deficient Seven Killings: Excessive Food God controlling Killings, or strong Day Master and strong Seal

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🧠 Logic for Selecting the Useful God

The Useful God is the key character that balances the configuration and the Day Master, determining the level of destiny:

📌 Useful God Selection for Direct Officer Configuration

• Weak Day Master with heavy Wealth → Choose Compare/Rob to support (secondary: Seal)
• Weak Day Master with excessive Food God/Hurt Officer → Choose Seal to control Hurt Officer and support Day Master
• Weak Day Master with heavy Officer/Killings → Choose Seal to transform Killings
• Strong Day Master with excessive Compare/Rob → Choose Officer to control Compare/Rob
• Strong Day Master with excessive Seal → Choose Wealth to damage Seal
• Strong Day Master with excessive Food God/Hurt Officer → Choose Wealth to facilitate flow

📌 Useful God Selection for Wealth Configuration

• Weak Day Master with excessive Food God/Hurt Officer → Choose Seal
• Weak Day Master with heavy Wealth → Choose Compare/Rob to share Wealth
• Weak Day Master with heavy Officer/Killings → Choose Seal to transform Killings and support Day Master
• Strong Day Master with heavy Compare/Rob → Choose Food God/Hurt Officer or Officer/Killings
• Strong Day Master with heavy Seal → Choose Wealth to break Seal

(Other configurations follow similar logic, adhering to the principles of "restrain the strong, support the weak, facilitate flow, and adjust for seasonal factors.")

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💡 Key Factors for Useful God Success

An ideal Useful God should possess:

• 🌱 Timeliness and Advantageous Position (e.g., using Wood in spring)
• 🤝 Support and Assistance (e.g., using Wood with additional Wood or Water)
• 🌳 Rooted and Revealed (e.g., using Wood with Yin or Mao branches)
• 🛡️ Free from Clashes or Combinations (e.g., using Wood without Metal to clash or Earth to combine)
• 🔄 Branch Receiving Stem Support (e.g., using Fire with Wood generating Fire)
• 🧘‍♂️ Free from Penalties, Clashes, or Harms (e.g., using Fire without Water to clash)
• ♻️ Rescue When Clashed (e.g., Wood clashed by Metal but rescued by additional Wood or Fire)

📊 Useful God Levels

• Sound Useful God: Free from clashes, combinations, or harms, pure and powerful
• Auxiliary God Support: Useful God is insufficient or restricted, requiring supportive or rescuing gods
• Configuration and Useful God Unified: The configuration and Useful God are the same character, indicating highly concentrated energy

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🧩 Structured Components (Case Demonstrations)

Example One: Male Destiny 甲子 丙寅 戊辰 庚申
(Yin month reveals Fire, taken as Food God Configuration. Day Master Earth is strong, Food God generates Wealth, configuration is successful.)

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Male Destiny Example

Male chart

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

Luck cycles

丁卯戊辰己巳庚午辛未壬申癸酉甲戌

Example Two: Female Destiny 己卯 辛未 乙亥 壬午
(Wei month reveals Earth, taken as Indirect Wealth Configuration. However, Day Master Wood is weak, Wealth Star is heavy, requiring Seal or Compare support.)

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Female Destiny Example

Female chart

Pillars	Year	Month	Day	Hour
Ten Gods	偏财	七杀	Self (F)	正印
Stem	己	辛	乙	壬
Branch	卯	未	亥	午
Hidden Stems	乙比	己才丁食乙比	壬印甲劫	丁食己才
Stage	建	养	死	长生

Luck cycles

壬申癸酉甲戌乙亥丙子丁丑戊寅己卯

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🌟 Modern Interpretation

The theory of configurations in Ba Zi is the core classification system of traditional metaphysics, equivalent to labeling the energy structure of a destiny chart. In modern applications:

• 🧠 Self-Awareness: Configurations help understand personal innate tendencies and energy patterns.
• 📈 Career Reference: