Analysis of the Six Bing Days at the Ren Chen Hour
Overall Translation
For individuals born on one of the Six Bing Days (i.e., with Day Pillars being Bing Zi, Bing Yin, Bing Chen, Bing Wu, Bing Shen, or Bing Xu) during the Ren Chen hour, the Killing Star sits in the Tomb, making Fire🔥 difficult to approach. If the Day Master is strong, one can instead attain official position and prestige; if the Day Master is weak, one is destined for poverty or early demise🌱.
The Bing Day at Ren Chen hour represents a state of Fire and Water not in harmony🌊🔥. Bing Fire encounters the Ren Water Partial Officer (Seven Killings). As the Ren Water in the Chen Earth forms a combination, it leads to the Fire's demise, losing its radiance. Born in spring or summer, if the Day Master is strong enough to transform the Killing into authority, and further aided by a Day Master-strengthening luck cycle, one can achieve nobility. Born in autumn or winter, with a weak Day Master and strong Killing, lacking support, one will face poverty or disability.
- Bing Zi Day, Ren Chen Hour: If born in Chen, Xu, Chou, or Wei months, where the Partial Officer is controlled, it is auspicious. Born in Hai or Mao years/months brings wealth and nobility. Born in Yin or Wu years/months and encountering a Zi luck cycle, or born in Zi years/months and encountering a Yin or Wu luck cycle, both lead to nobility. Otherwise, one might become a monk or Taoist priest.
- Bing Yin Day, Ren Chen Hour: Both the Day Master and the Killing are strong. Born in Yin, Mao, Chen, Chou, or Wei years/months brings great nobility. Born in Si, Wu, or Xu years/months also brings nobility.
- Bing Chen Day, Ren Chen Hour: The Day Master is solitary but possesses wealth, possibly meeting a violent death. Born in spring and encountering a North (Water) luck cycle, or born in summer and encountering an East (Wood) luck cycle, both lead to nobility. Born in autumn and encountering a South (Fire) luck cycle leads to official rank up to the third grade.
- Bing Wu Day, Ren Chen Hour: Nobility, with a strong Day Master and shallow Killing. If born in Chen, Xu, Chou, or Wei months, if the Partial Officer is controlled, it is noble; if not controlled, it is ordinary.
- Bing Shen Day, Ren Chen Hour: Prosperity contains disaster. Born in spring is smooth; born in summer has blessings; born in autumn is wealthy; born in winter has a short lifespan. If the Shen-Zi-Chen combination forms a Wood (actually Water) formation, and the Stem reveals the Seal Star or Comparison Star for support, it brings great nobility. Having the Eating God controlling the Killing also brings nobility. However, if the Killing is revealed without control, and Wealth strengthens the Killing, one will die young by unnatural causes.
- Bing Xu Day, Ren Chen Hour: Dangerous. Born in Mao or Wei years/months and encountering a Fire-Earth luck cycle leads to official rank of the third grade, with a virtuous wife and filial children. Born in Chen, Xu, or Chou months is stable. Born in Yin, Wu, Zi, or Si years/months leads to a position as a Censor (supervisory official).
Concluding Poem:
For Bing Day at Ren Chen hour, fear meeting the Shen Metal,
Encountering strong Water again surely brings disaster.
If the pillars contain Yin, Wu, and Xu,
Transforming misfortune to auspiciousness brings peerless nobility🔥⛰.
Term Explanation:
Bing Day at Ren Chen hour enters the tomb,
A weak body faces the obstructing ghost.
Like wild geese, hard to rely on and support each other,
Why blame wife and children for mistaken fate?
For the noble, literary talent brings fortune's aid,
For the commoner, kindness instead turns to distance.
If the luck cycle brings official salary, pursue your plans,
Without destruction, if not noble, then wealthy🌱💰.
🧠 In-Depth Understanding
Core Concept 💡
Emphasizes the central role of Day Master strength/weakness in the fate chart: The conflict between Fire and Water (🔥🌊) requires dynamic balance. A strong Day Master can transform the Killing Star into opportunity, while a weak one is easily suppressed. Season (spring, summer, autumn, winter) and the interplay of the Five Elements (e.g., support from the Seal or Comparison Stars, the Eating God controlling the Killing) are key variables determining wealth, nobility, poverty, or early demise.
Modern Interpretation 🌟
In contemporary society, this maps to the interaction between individual capability and environmental challenges:
- Strong Day Master symbolizes stress resilience, resource reserves (e.g., education, health), enabling one to turn competition into motivation in career or entrepreneurship.
- Weak Day Master reflects resource scarcity, necessitating avoidance of high-risk decisions. Seasons analogize economic cycles (spring/summer🌞 as growth periods, autumn/winter❄️ as recession periods).
- For example, "the Killing revealed without control leads to early death" can be interpreted as unmanaged stress leading to health or career collapse, while "controlling and transforming leads to nobility" emphasizes proactive coping (e.g., seeking support or skill enhancement).
Practical Value ⚡
- Decision Reference: Assess personal strengths/weaknesses (strong/weak Day Master), be proactive in favorable conditions (spring/summer), conservative in adversity (autumn/winter). Incorporate the "controlling the Killing" concept, using planning (e.g., savings, learning) to buffer risks.
- Action Framework: Assuming a weak Day Master (fewer resources) → Action: Prioritize stable employment → Review: Regularly examine stress sources; avoid superstitious conclusions, focus on evidence-based adjustment.
Philosophical Reflection 🤔
Reveals the dynamic nature of fate: The state of Fire and Water not in harmony🌊🔥 embodies the unity of opposites. Nobility or lowliness is not predestined but depends on internal transformation (e.g., turning Killing into authority). This echoes the "growth mindset" in modern psychology, encouraging the search for agency within limitations, rather than fatalism.
📚 Related Knowledge
- Related Concepts: Partial Officer (Seven Killings), Day Master strength/weakness, Five Elements interaction, Ten Gods relationships, Seasonal conditioning (e.g., spring Wood🌱 generates Fire); core terminology includes control and transformation, combination formations (effects of Five Elements combinations).
- Further Reading: Di Tian Sui chapter on "Officer and Killings" discussing control/transformation; Yuan Hai Zi Ping section on Bing Fire; Qiong Tong Bao Jian analysis of conditioning useful gods.
- Modern Studies: Xu Lewu's Zi Ping Zhen Quan Ping Zhu with empirical case studies; Li Juming's application of Five Elements to workplace psychology; academic papers like The Rational Application of Traditional Fate Theory in Modern Decision-Making exploring de-superstition models.
