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Chapter 35 of 50
基础知识
This chapter systematically organizes the classification and preferences/avoidances of the Wealth Pattern, forming the foundational content of pattern-based destiny analysis. The Wealth Pattern is divided into two major categories: the Direct Wealth Pattern and the Indirect Wealth Pattern.
Direct Wealth Pattern monthly configurations include: Bing-fire Day Master born in You month, Ding-fire Day Master born in Shen month, Wu-earth Day Master born in Zi month, Ji-earth Day Master born in Hai month, Geng-metal Day Master born in Mao month, and Xin-metal Day Master born in Yin month. In these combinations, the primary qi of the month branch is the wealth element that the Day Master restrains, with opposing yin-yang attributes, thus constituting the Direct Wealth Pattern.
Indirect Wealth Pattern monthly configurations include: Bing-fire Day Master born in Shen month, Ding-fire Day Master born in You month, Wu-earth Day Master born in Hai month, Ji-earth Day Master born in Zi month, Geng-metal Day Master born in Yin month, and Xin-metal Day Master born in Mao month. The month branch is restrained by the Day Master, but with identical yin-yang attributes, thus constituting the Indirect Wealth Pattern.
Mixed-Qi Wealth Pattern occurs in the four seasonal months of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei. If the Wealth star in the month branch emerges through to the Heavenly Stems, it is classified as a Mixed-Qi Wealth Pattern. For example: Yi-wood Day Master born in Xu month with Wu-earth emerging, Jia-wood Day Master born in Wei month with Ji-earth emerging—both belong to the Mixed-Qi Direct Wealth Pattern; Xin-metal Day Master born in Wei month with Yi-wood emerging, Gui-water Day Master born in Wei month with Ding-fire emerging—both belong to the Mixed-Qi Indirect Wealth Pattern. It is worth noting that for Jia and Yi Day Masters, since the month branches Wei and Xu contain only Ji-earth and Wu-earth Wealth stars respectively, no distinction is made between Direct and Indirect Wealth—only Mixed-Qi Direct Wealth Pattern and Mixed-Qi Indirect Wealth Pattern are discussed.
The core principle of the Wealth Pattern: Wealth as the foundation. Wealth, Officer, Seal, and Eating God are the Four Auspicious Gods. Auspicious gods flourish when followed, perish when defied. The Wealth star requires protection and development, must never be suppressed or attacked, most favors the presence of Nobleman stars and auspicious deities, and most fears emptiness and malevolent baleful spirits.
Five Preferences of the Wealth Pattern:
1. Wealth Star Flourishing. 🔥 The Wealth star is like a nation's treasury or a family's coffers—it most favors vigor and support, and must never be dead or lifeless. When the treasury is full, the people enjoy peace; when family assets are substantial, prosperity abounds. The strength or weakness of the Wealth star directly determines the degree of affluence of the pattern.
2. Strong Day Master. 💪 The Wealth Pattern favors a strong Day Master. A strong Day Master is like a capable government with well-functioning machinery, able to withstand foreign invasions and various calamities. On a personal level, the Wealth star represents one's wife and property; only when one is physically strong and healthy can one enjoy them. If one is frail and sickly, one can only look on but never truly possess. A strong Day Master enables one to carry the wealth.
3. Direct Officer. 🛡 With wealth in hand, the greatest fear is others seizing it. The Direct Officer is like government institutions that combat crime and protect personal and property safety. The Direct Officer guards the Wealth star, giving wealth a venue for use—any undertaking requires financial support, and Wealth generating Officer represents building a career. Wealth and Officer support each other, complementing one another perfectly.
4. Paired with Seal. 🌱 If the Wealth Pattern indicates a weak Day Master, the Direct Seal is most favored. The Seal star infuses vitality into the Day Master, empowering it to carry wealth. Additionally, the Seal star's presence protects the Wealth star from persecution by the Hurting Officer, forming a wholesome structure of Wealth Pattern paired with Seal.
5. Eating God Generating Wealth. 🌊 Water without a source will eventually run dry; a tree without roots withers without a trace. The Wealth star likes having a genesis of wealth—an inexhaustible supply constitutes a supreme pattern. However, it must be noted: the absence of the Eating God does not mean the Wealth star will eventually be exhausted—this describes the relationship between Wealth and its source, not the necessity of Wealth being generated by the Eating God.
Five Avoidances of the Wealth Pattern:
1. Weak Wealth. 📉 Whether for a nation, organization, or individual, too little wealth means stretched resources, difficulty holding one's head up, pettiness and powerlessness, and vulnerability to bullying. Whenever the Wealth star is involved, it is best for it to be vigorous.
2. Weak Day Master. ⚠️ The inverse of the preference for a strong self. When the Day Master is too weak, it is like an incompetent government—even with vast territory and abundant resources, it ultimately cannot resist foreign invasion. Like the late Qing Dynasty's collapse, conquered by the Eight-Nation Alliance with devastating ease, toppling in an instant. The wealthier one is, the more dangerous weakness becomes—a weak person becomes another's prey. Only strength can safeguard one's interests; here, strength is not merely physical robustness but a manifestation of capability.
3. Rob Wealth. ⚔️ The Wealth Pattern fears the Rob Wealth star most of all. The Rob Wealth star is like thugs, reactionaries, or hostile forces—one's property is most vulnerable to others' covetous designs and outright theft. When Wealth encounters unbridled Rob Wealth, it is like marrying a beautiful wife and having ruffians kidnap her, or running a business and encountering local bullies—danger lurks at every moment. At this point, the Direct Officer is most urgently needed to restrain the Rob Wealth star.
4. Seven Killings. 🔪 Wealth generating Direct Officer is perfectly natural. But if Seven Killings appear instead of Direct Officer, the pattern's trajectory has gone astray. It is like national wealth being carved up by imperialist powers, or citizens' assets being stolen by criminals. The stronger the Wealth star, the more powerfully it generates the Killings—this is called "abetting the Killings." With Seven Killings unrestrained, the pattern is broken, and the outcome is dire.
5. Shoulder. 🤝 The Shoulder star in the Wealth Pattern is the most troublesome to handle. The Shoulder represents sharing wealth—open and legitimate competition, unlike the unlawful seizures of Rob Wealth, and therefore beyond the reach of the Officer star's restraint. It is like Company A striving diligently while Competitor B pursues with equal vigor, capturing market share through legitimate means. A cannot ask the government to suppress B; it can only compete through its own efforts while watching B grow steadily. Therefore, encountering the Shoulder in a Wealth Pattern does not break the pattern—it merely constitutes a dislikable deity.
The preferences and avoidances of Direct Wealth and Indirect Wealth Patterns are largely identical and are discussed together in this chapter.
The core logic of the Wealth Pattern can be understood as the dialectical relationship between resource allocation and carrying capacity.
From a contemporary perspective, "Wealth star flourishing" corresponds to resource abundance—whether corporate cash flow, personal asset allocation, or national fiscal strength, abundant resources form the foundation of development. Meanwhile, "strong Day Master" corresponds to the subject's capacity for operation and carrying. An enterprise with vast capital but inept management and chaotic organizational structure may actually accelerate its own failure—this is precisely the modern embodiment of "abundant wealth with a weak self."
"Direct Officer protecting Wealth" in today's context can be understood as institutional and legal safeguards. Without sound legal systems and regulatory mechanisms, wealth accumulation is easily plundered illegally. "Wealth generating Officer" reveals the virtuous interaction between capital and public affairs—wealth deployed to support legitimate and compliant undertakings, creating a positive cycle.
"Paired with Seal" and "Eating God generating Wealth" correspond respectively to knowledge empowerment and sustained self-renewal capacity. The Seal star in contemporary terms can be extended to learning ability, professional credentials, and knowledge reserves—when one is weak, self-improvement through learning is precisely the modern expression of "paired with Seal." The Eating God as a wealth source can be understood as core competitiveness and sustained innovative capacity—only with an endless wellspring of creativity can wealth endure.
Regarding dislikable deities, "Rob Wealth" in the modern market economy corresponds to malicious competition, commercial fraud, property encroachment, and other illegitimate resource plundering; "Shoulder" corresponds to legitimate market competition—the law cannot eliminate competitors; one must prevail through one's own strengths. This distinction is profoundly modern: Rob Wealth requires institutional constraints (Direct Officer), while Shoulder can only be addressed by enhancing one's own capabilities.
In practical destiny analysis, judging the preferences and avoidances of the Wealth Pattern can be converted into the following actionable criteria:
| Judgment Dimension | Preferred | Avoided |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth star strength | Wealth star obtains seasonal command and favorable position, vigorous | Wealth star dead and lifeless |
| Day Master strength | Strong self capable of bearing wealth | Weak self unable to carry wealth |
| Officer star presence | Direct Officer protecting Wealth, Wealth-Officer mutual generation | Seven Killings abetting, no restraint breaks the pattern |
| Seal star configuration | Weak self paired with Seal | Strong self with Seal obscures Wealth |
| Eating/Hurting relationship | Eating God generating Wealth, continuous wealth source | Hurting Officer seeing Officer, murky pattern |
| Shoulder/Rob Wealth situation | Strong self welcoming Shoulder to assist | Shoulder dividing wealth, Rob Wealth seizing wealth |
Practical application recommendations: When assessing Wealth Pattern quality, first examine the power comparison between the Wealth star and the Day Master—strong Wealth with strong self is the optimal combination; strong Wealth with weak self requires checking whether a Seal is present or whether the运势 enhances the self. Next, examine the wealth-protection mechanism—Direct Officer present means wealth is safeguarded; Seven Killings present requires restraint. Finally, examine the wealth source—Eating God generating Wealth is ideal but not mandatory.
Behind the preferences and avoidances of the Wealth Pattern lies the profound traditional Chinese philosophical concept of "substance and function" and "balance."
Wealth is the "substance," representing all valuable resources and outputs; while strong Day Master, Direct Officer, Seal star, and Eating God all constitute "functions" revolving around this core of wealth. This resource-centered analytical framework reflects the ancients' naive understanding of the relationship between material foundation and superstructure—Wealth as the economic base, Officer as institutional safeguard, Seal as cultural empowerment, and Eating God as productive creation. Together, the four form a complete ecosystem.
On a deeper level, "Wealth Pattern favoring a strong Day Master" reveals the Chinese philosophical principle of "virtue in alignment with position"—the prerequisite for possessing resources (Wealth) is possessing the capacity to carry them (strong Day Master). This aligns with the concept of "the virtuous carry the weight of the world." Insufficient capacity with excessive resources becomes a curse rather than a blessing. This "capacity-resource matching" perspective carries significant guidance for modern management theory as well.
Regarding the special nature of the Shoulder—not considered pattern-breaking but merely dislikable—this embodies the ancients' profound understanding of legitimate competition. In traditional social contexts, while legitimate competition was unpleasant, it was not something requiring "eradication." Competition is the norm; how to prevail through one's own efforts in competitive arenas is the true question that pattern analysis seeks to answer. This perspective offers meaningful inspiration for modern individuals adjusting their mindset when facing competitive environments.
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Modern Research: Contemporary Bazi researchers increasingly re-examine the Wealth Pattern's connotations from the perspectives of behavioral economics and resource management theory, bridging the traditional "Wealth star" concept with modern views of wealth. The principle of "strong self bearing wealth" has been connected by some scholars to the "load-bearing capacity theory" in modern psychology—one's capacity to bear wealth depends not only on acquisition ability but also on psychological carrying capacity and value cognition. "Wealth Pattern paired with Seal" has been extended to a learning-oriented wealth philosophy suited to the "knowledge economy" era—enhancing one's mastery over wealth through continuous learning and self-improvement.