Gui

貴者尊榮之號。命中有官星，得其財氣以相資，三奇得其宗，四柱不植鬼病，乃女命堯舜也。經云：無煞女人之命，一貴可作良人。又云：女命無煞逢二德，可兩國之封。天德者，非獨天月二德，即財為一德，官為一德，加之印食，愈為貴也。如乙亥、丙戌、辛卯、癸巳，辛用乙為財，旺於亥；丙為夫星，坐庫歸祿巳土。癸水為夫之官，辛金生癸為子，坐已土與夫祿同位，又是貴神，又為財官雙美，乃得夫子俱貴，兩遇褒封。故為夫人之命。

The term "guì" refers to honor and prestige. If a woman's destiny includes an official star and is supported by wealth, with the three marvels in their proper positions, and no harmful ghosts or evils in the four pillars, then she is like Yao and Shun in the female destiny. The classic says: if a woman's destiny does not contain seven evils, and she has one noble deity, she can become a virtuous wife of a good family. It also says: if a woman's destiny has no evils and meets both Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue, she can receive honors from two countries. Here, the term "de" does not only refer to Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue. Wealth counts as one virtue, official star counts as another, and adding seal and food stars makes it even more precious. For example, in the case of Yihai, Bingxu, Xinmao, and Guisi: the辛 gold takes 乙 wood as wealth, and 乙 wood is strong in Hai; it takes 丙 fire as the husband's star, with 丙 fire sitting in Xu and returning its fortune to Si. The癸 water is the official of the husband's 丙 fire, and the辛 gold generates the癸 water, which is the son. The癸 water sits on Si earth, sharing the same position as the husband's fortune, and is also under a noble deity, thus forming a harmonious wealth and official situation. Therefore, this is a destiny where both husband and son are honored and receive double recognition, making it the destiny of a诰命夫人.

濁者混也。乃五行失位，水土互傷，其身太旺，正夫不顯，偏夫叢雜，柱多分別，無財官印食，為下賤村濁，或娼妓婢妾，淫巧之人。如己亥、乙亥、癸丑、己未，癸水生十月大泛，癸以戊為夫不顯，時引己未是偏夫，嫌丑未皆有土混雜，柱中無財，乙木為食神干旺，已土受克，鬼敗臨身，五行失位，主先清後濁，不能享福。

The term "浊" refers to confusion or mixture. It indicates that the Five Phases are all out of place, with water and earth harming each other. The day master is too strong, the proper husband is not visible, while the secondary husband comes in a confused manner. There are too many gates in the four pillars, and there is no wealth, official position, seal, or food to rely on. This results in a person of low status, a rustic, or even a prostitute, a servant, or someone who flatters others with words. For example, in the birth chart ofJihai,Yihai,Guichou,Jiwei:癸 water is born in the tenth month, and the water is very strong.癸 water takes 戊 earth as its proper husband, but 戊 earth is not visible. The time pillar brings Jiwei, which is the secondary husband. The problem is that both 丑 and 未 contain earth, making the situation mixed and unclear. There is also no wealth in the chart. The 乙 wood food god is strong in the heavenly stem and harms 己 earth. Ghosts, evils, and bad energies all affect the person, and all Five Phases are out of place. Therefore, the person is first clear and then mixed, and cannot enjoy happiness.

濫者婪也。謂柱中明有夫多，暗者財旺，干支又多帶煞，必因酒色，私暗得財。此等之命，或為奴婢，或剋夫再嫁。如庚寅、丙戌、庚申、丁亥，庚申八專自旺，丙火為夫，寅戌會局，時干又丁，愛重火情，庚申金暗克寅亥木為財，亥中壬水為食生財，其人雖美貌有福，不免濫而得財。

The term "lan" refers to greed. It means that in the four pillars, the husband star is numerous in the visible positions, while the hidden wealth is strong, and there are manyInauspicious Sha in the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Such a person will certainly seek wealth through improper means such as alcohol and women. This type of destiny is either to be a servant or to remarry after harming the husband. For example, in the birth chart with Gengyin, Bingxu, Gengshen, and Dinghai: Gengshen is the "Bazhuan" day, with the day master being strong. Bing fire is the husband, and the寅 and 戌 form a fire trinity, with the time stem also revealing Ding fire, indicating a strong fire element. The Gengshen metal secretly controls the寅 wood and the甲 wood in Hai, acting as wealth, while the壬 water in Hai is the food god, which can generate wealth. Although such a person may be handsome and fortunate, they are inevitably involved in reckless behavior to acquire wealth.

娼者妓也。乃身旺夫絕，官衰食盛，或柱中不見官煞，或有而傷官傷盡，或官煞混亂而食神盛旺，此必娼妓之命，否則，為師尼婢妾，剋夫淫奔。如丁亥、庚戌、戊辰、庚申，戊以甲為夫，九月失時無氣，又被庚克絕。時引入申以庚為食，建祿在申。戊辰魁罡，生申太旺。亥中壬財亦旺，謂之身旺逢生，貪食貪財，夫絕而為秀麗娼也。

The term "chang" refers to a prostitute. It indicates a situation where the day stem is strong, the husband star is weak or absent, the official star is weak while the food god is strong; or there is no official star at all in the four pillars, or although there is one, it is destroyed by the food god, or the official stars are confused while the food god is strong—this is definitely the fate of a prostitute; otherwise, it may be that of a nun, a nun, or a concubine, who is likely to harm her husband and run away. For example, in the combination of Ding Hai, Geng Xu, Wu Chen, and Geng Shen: Wu earth takes Jia wood as husband. In September, Jia wood is weak and lacks strength, and is further weakened by Geng metal. The time column brings in the Shen palace, where Geng metal is the food god, and Geng metal's strong position is in Shen. Wu Chen is a strong and powerful stem, which over-supports Shen metal. The Hai column contains Ren water, which is the wealth, and it is also strong. This is called a strong body with support, constantly seeking food and wealth, and the husband star is cut off, so it becomes the fate of a beautiful prostitute.

淫者沃也。乃本身得地，夫星明暗交集。謂日干自旺，柱中皆官煞是也。在干者為明，在支者為暗。四柱太過，如一丁見三壬及辰子多之例，謂之交集，於人無所不納也。如戊辰、壬辰、壬戌、癸亥，壬辰、癸亥本自得地，明有戊土為正夫，暗有辰戌為偏夫。又庚戌、戊子、乙酉、甲申，乙以庚為明夫，而身坐酉支，時又引申為暗夫，運行西方金旺之地。二命俱夫星明暗交集，淫不可言。

The term "yin" refers to excessive immersion or indulgence. It means that the day stem is strong in its native position, and the husband star is present both in the sky and in the earth, gathering together. The day stem is itself strong, yet the four pillars are full of officials and evils. When the official or evil star appears in the heavenly stem, it is called "ming" (clear), and when it is hidden in the earthly branch, it is called "an" (hidden). If the four pillars are excessive, such as one ding fire facing three ren waters, or too many chen and zi, it is called "jiaoji" (convergence), which in human terms means being unable to resist anything. For example, in the birth chart of wuchen, renchen, renxu, and guihai, renchen and guihai are already strong in their native positions. In the sky, there is wu earth as the official husband, and in the earth, there is the remaining earth in chen and xu as the secondary husband. Another example is the birth chart of gengxu, wuzi, yiyou, and jiashen: yi wood takes geng metal as the clear husband, but the day stem sits on you branch, and the time pillar brings shen metal as the hidden husband, and the big year also moves to the western metal旺 place. Both of these birth charts have the husband star converging in both clear and hidden positions, leading to extreme licentiousness.

夫女人有旺夫傷子者何？此法皆時上推之，時為歸宿之地，夫子二星引歸於時，夫星生旺，子星衰敗是也。如一命：丙戌、丙申、丁巳、辛亥，丁坐巳自旺，以壬水為夫，時上乃是夫星臨官之地，月支申金乃夫星長生之地。以辛金為財，七月金旺，二丙相比，皆坐夫之財印，故主夫聰秀富貴。丁以戊為子息之垣，引至時上見亥，亥中甲木能克戊土，乃子星被克而難得也，故主旺夫傷子。餘仿此推。

A woman may be beneficial to her husband but harmful to her children, and this is determined by examining the time pillar. The time pillar represents the ultimate destination of a person's life; both the husband star and the child star must be analyzed in relation to the time pillar. If the husband star is strong and prosperous while the child star is weak and declining, this results in a situation where the woman benefits her husband but harms her children. For example, consider a birth chart with the following pillars: Bingxu, Bingshen, Dingsi, and Xinhai. The Dihuo (fire) sits on Si, making the self strong. The husband star is Ren (water), and the time pillar Hai is the officialdom position for Ren water. The month pillar Shen is the long life position for Ren water. The wealth star is Xin (metal), and in July, metal is in its prime. The two Jia fire pillars in the year and month both sit on the wealth and education pillars of the husband's star, indicating that the husband is intelligent, talented, and prosperous. The Dihuo (fire) uses Wu (earth) as the child's position, but this is brought to the time pillar where Hai contains Jia wood, which can overcome Wu earth. This means the child star is being overcome, making it difficult to have children, hence the situation of benefiting the husband but harming the children. Other cases should be analyzed in the same way.

有旺子傷夫者何？此法專以月時推之，謂克我者為官為夫，有氣得時，則夫發福；若支干失位不得月氣，柱中又逢沖剋，時上又無旺氣，而己生之子引至時上，逢長生、臨官、帝旺之地，又無刑剋，是旺子傷夫也。如一命：己卯、甲戌、乙卯、戊寅，乙用庚為夫，九月庚金無氣；乙用丙為子，丙火長生於寅，與戌會局，皆屬火。月令既無金氣，時引絕地，又被火克，是傷其夫星，旺其子息，故曰旺子傷夫。餘仿此推。

There are cases where the son is strong but the husband is harmed. This is determined by examining the month pillar and the hour pillar. The one that controls me is called 'official', which represents the husband. If the husband's star has strength and is in season, the husband will be prosperous. However, if the husband's star is out of position in the heavenly stem and earthly branch, and also lacks the support of the month's energy, and is further afflicted by clashes and controls in the column, and the hour pillar has no strength, while the son's star, which I generate, is placed in the hour pillar at a position of growth, officialdom, or prosperity, and is not afflicted by any conflicts or controls — this is called 'prosperous sons harming the husband'. For example, take a case with the pillars: Ji Mao, Jia Xu, Yi Mao, Wu Yin. The wood (Yi) takes the metal (Geng) as its husband. In September, Geng metal has no strength. The wood (Yi) takes the fire (Bing) as its son. The fire (Bing) is in its growth position in Yin, and Yin combines with Xu to form a fire trinity, resulting in a strong fire element. The month pillar has no metal energy to rely on, the hour pillar brings Geng metal to its dead position, and it is further controlled by fire, thus harming the husband's star and strengthening the sons. This is called 'prosperous sons harming the husband'. Other cases are analyzed in the same way.

傷夫克子者，乃夫星干支失位，生月失時，柱中又逢沖剋，時支亦不生扶，兼且印綬重逢盜夫之氣，克子之甚，夫子不能旺，反絕於時是也。如一命：丙子、庚子、乙亥、丙子，乙木以庚金為夫星，十一月金寒水冷，又金死子地，支亥子水盜金氣盡，柱無土生助，傷官木多，故傷其夫。乙木以丙火為子，引至子時，乃水旺火滅之地，雖年時干二火被群水相剋，夫子皆亡，故曰傷夫克子。餘仿此推。

The concept of "injuring the husband and harming the son" refers to the husband's star being out of its proper position in the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and also being out of season in the month. In the birth chart, it also encounters clashes and controls, and the hour's branch does not come to support it. Additionally, the presence of multiple印绶 (nurturing stars) drains the husband's energy, leading to a severe harm to the son. Both the husband and son stars fail to thrive, and the situation is cut off at the hour. For example, consider a birth chart with the following: Bingzi, Gengzi, Yihai, Bingzi. The wood star (乙) takes the metal star (庚) as the husband. In the eleventh lunar month, metal is cold and water is cold, and the metal star (庚) is dead in the water position (子). The water in the earthly branches (亥 and 子) drains the metal's energy completely, and there is no earth in the chart to support the metal star. Meanwhile, the stars that drain the metal (the official stars) are numerous, thus injuring the husband. The wood star (乙) takes the fire star (丙) as the son. At the hour of 子, which is the time of water's strength and fire's decline, although there are two fire stars in the heavenly stems of the year and hour, they are surrounded and controlled by water. Both the husband and son stars are weakened, hence the term "injuring the husband and harming the son." Other cases can be analyzed in the same way.

安靜守分，乃夫星有氣，日干自旺，相停無克，不值刑沖，財食得所者是也。如一命：癸巳、庚申、乙卯、丁亥，乙坐卯專祿自旺，又得時支亥字合局，是本身旺也。以庚金為夫，七月庚祿得申，又得年支巳火為金長生之地，是夫星旺也。亥中壬水，夫之食神天廚，故主夫食天祿。此乃自己夫星兩不相傷，各乘旺氣，無混亂相侵，夫婦偕和，安靜守分格也。

The concept of quietness and contentment refers to the husband's star having strength, the day stem being strong itself, and both sides being balanced without mutual control, without encountering punishment or clash. Wealth and food gods are in their proper places. For example, a birth chart with癸巳, 庚申, 乙卯, 丁亥: the 乙 wood is seated on 卯, which is its special luck and indicates strength. It also receives support from the hour branch 亥 water, which combines with 卯 to form a trine, showing that the self is strong. The husband's star is 庚 metal, which is strong in the seventh month as its luck is on 申. It also receives support from the year branch 巳 fire, which is the place of birth for metal. Thus, the husband's star is strong. The壬 water in 亥 is the food god and heavenly kitchen of 庚 metal, indicating that the husband enjoys court salary. This is a pattern where the self and the husband's star do not harm each other, both being strong, without confusion or conflict, and the couple is harmonious.

夫橫夭少年者，造化之窮絕，格局之變異也。有懸樑溺水、血產少亡、被人殺死，若此者何？乃身弱而遇煞重，煞多克身，又帶刑沖破敗之類；或命中元有官星受傷，行運復遇官鄉；或無官見傷，運復臨官之類；或帶刃無制，運行合刃之地，及亡神劫煞等類，此皆橫夭類也。不獨女命有之，男命亦同。如一命：丁卯、癸丑、庚辰、丙子，庚用丁為官，被癸水子辰傷官迭遇，克之太重，水多金沈，一交丁巳運，傷官見官，又會丙煞克身，故溺水之害。

The so-called early death or sudden death in youth occurs when one's destiny reaches an extreme and the pattern changes. This includes cases of hanging oneself, drowning, dying from severe bleeding during childbirth, or being murdered. Why does this happen? It is because the person's body is weak but encounters a heavy seven煞, which overpowers the body. There are also multiple煞s that attack the body, along with punishments, clashes, and destruction. Alternatively, the original destiny may have an official star, but it is injured, and then the person enters a period where the official star is strong. Or, the person's destiny may lack an official star but has a harmful official, and then the person enters a period where the official star is strong. Or, the person's destiny includes a Yangren but lacks control, and then the person enters a period where the Yangren is combined, along with encountering Wangshen and Jiesha. All these situations lead to sudden death or early death. This is not only for women but also for men. For example, a birth chart of Dingmao, Guichou, Gengchen, and Bingzi: Geng metal takes Ding fire as its official star, but it is repeatedly attacked by the harmful official, which is generated by the癸 water and the子 and辰, leading to excessive water and sinking metal. When entering the Ding Si period, the harmful official meets the official, and the丙 fire seven煞 comes to attack the body, resulting in drowning.

夫福壽兩備者，造化之中和，格局之純粹也。有享用一生，永錫難老，若此者何？乃身坐旺鄉，通於月氣，支干相輔，更帶財官印綬，各得其位，不行脫財、壞印、傷官之局，尤喜食神、天廚。若身旺而運行財食之鄉，此皆福壽兩備之命也。如一命：丙午、庚子、辛酉、癸巳，辛坐酉支、專祿自旺，時癸歸祿於子為食神，壽星、子星得地。辛用丙火為官，丙祿歸於巳，為夫星得地。又十一月生，人乃金白水清之象，兼支干上下相輔，俱無傷損，身不從化，故主為人美貌端正，夫子相停，福壽兩備也。餘仿此推。

The concept of both good fortune and longevity is when the natural forces are balanced and the structure of the chart is pure. There are cases where a person enjoys abundant blessings throughout their life, continuously receives heavenly gifts, and does not show signs of aging. Why is this so? It is because the day stem is seated in a strong and prosperous place, and it harmonizes with the energy of the month. The heavenly stem and earthly branch support each other, and the wealth, official position, and educational influences are all properly placed, without the loss of wealth, destruction of education, or damage to the official position. It is especially favorable to have the food god and heavenly kitchen. If the body is strong and the big years go towards the wealth and food god's places, these are the charts of both good fortune and longevity. For example, a chart with Bingwu, Gengzi, Xinyou, and Guisi. The辛 gold is seated on酉, which is a specialized and prosperous position. The癸 water in the time stem returns to禄 on the子 in the month branch, which is the food god. The longevity star and the son star are both well-placed. The辛 uses丙 fire as its official, and the丙 fire returns to禄 on巳, which is the husband star well-placed. It is born in the eleventh month, which is the time of clear water and white gold. With mutual support between the heavenly stem and earthly branch, there is no damage, and the day stem does not follow the change. Therefore, this person has a handsome and refined appearance, with harmony between husband and children, and both good fortune and longevity. Other cases are also judged in the same way.

夫正偏自處者何也？乃夫婦相合，復遇比肩分爭，如一位夫星有兩位妻星相合，謂之爭合。若本身自旺，彼身值衰，四柱不沖，則我正而彼偏矣。蓋我生旺有氣，則夫從我為正；我身衰而別位旺，則夫從別位，我反為偏，謂之彼旺爭去我夫，我只得為偏。或自旺太過，柱無夫星者亦為偏；或官煞混雜，或傷官太重，亦為偏，更淫濫。

What is meant by "正偏自处"? It refers to a situation where a husband and wife are already compatible, but another person comes along to compete for his affection. If there is one husband's star but two wife's stars that both come to harmonize with him, this is called "争合" (competing for harmony). If the husband is strong and the wife is weak, and there is no conflict in the four pillars, then I am the main wife and she is the secondary one. This is because my energy is strong and vital, so the husband belongs to me as the main wife; if I am weak while another position is strong, the husband will belong to that other position, and I become the secondary wife instead. This is called the other party being strong enough to take away my husband, leaving me to be in a secondary position. Alternatively, if I am overly strong and there is no husband's star in the four pillars, it is also considered secondary. Or if there are mixed official and harmful stars, or if the injurious star is too strong, it is also considered secondary, and even more so, it leads to promiscuity.

如一命：壬子、丙午、辛酉、辛卯，辛用丙為夫星，我坐酉支，專祿自旺，雖時引辛卯之金，彼卻無力，故我為正而彼為偏，此為二女爭夫，正偏自處。又：癸未、壬戌、癸巳、壬子，癸用土為夫，癸巳水弱；壬子水旺，弱不能勝旺，被壬水爭去戊土為正夫，乃彼勝我衰，我只得為偏。但壬水重而太泛，又帶桃花，不能自處。餘仿此推。

For example, a birth chart is: Renzi, Bingwu, Xinyou, Xinmao. The辛 gold takes丙 fire as its husband star. I am seated on the酉 branch, which is my special fortune and self-strengthening. Although there is anotherXinmao gold coming from the hour position to compete with me, it is weak, so I am the main and she is the secondary. This is like two women competing for one husband, with the main and secondary each in their proper place. Another example is: Guiwei, Renxu, Guisi, Renzi. The癸 water takes earth as its husband. The day masterGuisi water is weak, while the hour positionRenzi water is strong. The weak cannot overcome the strong, so the戊 earth is taken by the壬 water as its main husband. This is a case where the other party is strong and I am weak, so I have to be the secondary wife. However, the壬 water is repeated and excessive, leading to flooding, and it also brings along Taohua, making even the position of the secondary wife unstable. The rest can be analyzed in the same way.

夫招嫁不定者何也？乃目令中有夫星，透干與己相合，己身從伏，其夫星卻無氣，時引夫星或煞星卻乘旺地求克己身，又從伏便夫，故謂之招嫁不定。若夫星不旺，或受剋制，必嫁夫遲，或嫁夫不明，或夫不濟事，或有外情。

What is meant by "招嫁不定" is that within the month's stem (the text says "目令," which should be "month's stem"), there is a husband star that appears in the heavenly stems and harmonizes with oneself, leading oneself to be obedient and dependent on it. However, this husband star is weak and lacks strength. Meanwhile, the time column brings another husband star or a harmful star that is strong and controls oneself, causing oneself to again be obedient and dependent on this later husband. Hence, it is called "招嫁不定." If the husband star is not strong or is controlled, it will certainly result in a late marriage, an unclear marriage, an ineffective husband, or even an affair with someone else.

如一命：癸酉、甲子、己未、乙亥，己用甲為夫，生於十一月，失時不旺，時逢亥字，乃甲木長生，是夫旺也，卻不合，又被乙木制己未，未為乙木庫地。甲生子月，夫坐敗地，不顯，時上乙亥，亥中又有生長之甲，欲甲又招乙也，此招嫁不定，餘仿此推。

For example, a birth chart is: Guiyou, Jiazi, Jiwei, Yihai. TheJi Earth takesJia Wood as its husband. TheJia Wood is born in the eleventh month, which is out of season and not strong. The hour branch is亥, which is the long life position ofJia Wood, so the husband star seems to become stronger. However, it does not form a harmonious relationship with the day's main element. Instead, the hour's dry branchYi Wood restrains the Jiwei, and the Wei is actually the burial place ofYi Wood. TheJia Wood is born in the子 month, which is a weak position for the husband star. The hour column isYihai, and the亥 contains anotherJia Wood that is in its long life stage. Wanting thatJia Wood, yet attracting thisYi Wood. This is called uncertain marriage. The rest can be analyzed in the same way.

論曰：凡觀陰命，先推夫子興衰，欲究榮枯，次辨日時輕重。官為夫，財為父，財旺夫榮；食為子，印為母，印盛子衰，日干不宜太旺，月氣務稟中和。日主旺相，奪夫權而孤苦；月令休囚，安本分而持家。官星得地，夫主榮華；傷官無克，子當貴顯。有官而不可見煞，有煞而不可逢官，設使官煞混雜，為人安得禎祥？

The text says: When examining a woman's fortune, first consider the prosperity and decline of the husband star and the son star. To examine the ups and downs of her life, next distinguish the importance of the day pillar and the hour pillar. The official star represents the husband, and the wealth star represents the father. A strong wealth star indicates a prosperous husband. The food god star represents the children, and the scholar star represents the mother. If the scholar star is too strong, the son star will weaken. The day stem should not be too strong; the energy of the month's stem must be balanced. If the day stem is overly prosperous, it will take away the husband's authority, leading to loneliness. If the month's stem is in a weak state, it can maintain proper conduct and manage the household. If the official star is strong, the husband will be prosperous. If the injurious star is not restrained, the children will be prominent. If there is a proper official star, there should not be a seven harmful star; if there is a seven harmful star, there should not be a proper official star. If both official and harmful stars are mixed, how can a person have good fortune?

官星無克，值二德，可兩國之封；七煞有制，遇三奇，為一品之貴。嘉食神而制煞生財，惡傷官而剋夫盜氣，貪財壞印，豈是良人？用煞逢官，非為節婦；孤貧下賤，蓋因子死休囚；富貴崢嶸，只為夫興子旺。官太旺，公壽難延；財重迭，婆年早喪。

The official star is not attacked, and if it meets both the Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue, it can receive honors from two countries; if the seven evils are controlled and meet the Three Marvels, it is a noble and high-ranking destiny. The food god is appreciated because it can control the evils and generate wealth; the injurious star is disliked because it harms the husband and steals one's own energy. If one is greedy for the wealth star and destroys the seal star, how can it be a virtuous wife? Taking the seven evils as husband but meeting the official star, it is not considered a chaste wife. Being lonely, poor and lowly is because the son star is in a dead, weak or confined position; being wealthy, noble and prominent is because the husband star is strong and the son star is also strong. If the official star is too strong, the grandfather's lifespan will be short; if the wealth star is repeated, the grandmother's lifespan will end early.

身居旺地，雖富足，夫子刑傷；日值衰鄉，縱貧寒，夫子完聚；自旺而巧於婦業，日衰而拙於女工。貴神一位，不富即榮；合神數重，非尼即妓。貴人乘驛馬，決主風塵之美妓；官星帶桃花，定為深院之良人。食神獨者，安和而有子有壽；合貴重者，嬌媚而多賤多情。桃花不宜倒插，沐浴最忌裸形，犯之者多為侍婢，值之者定作師尼。四仲全，乃酒色荒淫之女；四孟備，乃聰明生發之人。未丑刑而不忌，戌辰沖處非良。

When the day ruler is in a strong position, although the family is wealthy, the husband and children will suffer injuries; when the day ruler is in a weak position, even though poor, the husband and children will be harmonious and complete. When the ruler is strong, it is skillful in managing household affairs; when the ruler is weak, it is clumsy in sewing. If there is only one noble god, it is not rich but honored; if there are multiple harmonious gods, it is either a nun or a prostitute. If the Tianyi Nobleman is accompanied by the post-horse, it definitely indicates a beautiful courtesan who has fallen into the streets. If the official star carries Taohua, it is certainly a virtuous woman from a wealthy family. If the food god is alone, it is peaceful and has children and longevity; if the harmonious god and noble god overlap, it is charming but has many affairs and is fickle. Taohua should not be 'inverted' before the year and month, and bathing should most avoid the 'naked form' evil star; those who commit these often become servants or become nuns. If the four central branches of Zi, Wu, Mao, and You are all present, it indicates a woman who indulges in wine and sex; if the four initial branches of Yin, Shen, Si, and Hai are all present, it indicates a clever and capable person. Although Wei and Chou may form a conflict, it is not necessarily to be avoided; only when Xu and Chen are in opposition is it considered bad.

大抵夫星要值健旺，己身須稟中和。食神不可刑傷，子星要臨生地。印綬生身一位，則可財神發福，多見無傷。財強身弱，不能發福；身強財弱，安得為良？傷官迭遇，剋夫星而再嫁之人；印綬重逢，不死別即生離之婦。刑沖羊刃，惡狠無知；破害金神，血光產難。四柱無夫，不偏房定為續室；八字空亡，非寡鵠決是孤鸞。大概貴賤觀其夫位，榮枯究其財官，此為天依乎地，地附乎天，故貴者隨夫而貴，貧者隨夫而貧。前八法以洩其玄機，後八格乃明其奧旨，倘有缺誤，俟知者擇焉。

In general, stars should be strong and prosperous, and the self should possess a moderate and harmonious energy. The food god (食神) should not be harmed or injured, and the son star (子星) should be in a position of growth (长生). The official star (印绶) that supports the self only needs to appear once; wealth stars (财星) can bring good fortune, and even if they appear multiple times, it is not a problem. If wealth is strong but the self is weak, good fortune cannot be realized; if the self is strong but wealth is weak, it is not considered good. If the injurious star (伤官) appears repeatedly, it indicates a woman who may remarry after the death of her husband. If the official star (印绶) appears multiple times, it suggests a woman who either dies or separates from her husband. If there are punishments and clashes (刑冲) along with the sharp weapon (羊刃), it indicates a fierce and unreasonable person. If there are damages and harm along with the metal god (金神), it indicates bloodshed and difficult childbirth. If there is no husband star (夫星) in the four pillars, she will not be a concubine but a remarried wife. If the birth chart falls into the empty and lost position (空亡), she is either a widow or a woman who has lost her husband, which is called the lonely swallow (孤鸾). In general, the status of a woman depends on her husband's position, and her prosperity or decline depends on her wealth and official stars. This is similar to how heaven relies on the earth and the earth relies on heaven, so the wealthy follows her husband to be wealthy, and the poor follows her husband to be poor. The previous eight methods reveal the hidden principles, and the later eight structures explain the profound meanings. If there are any omissions or errors, they should be left for those with insight to judge and choose.

總歌：正氣官星第一格，財官兩旺亦同說；官星帶合兼坐祿，女命逢之真有福；官星桃花是良人，帶合兼煞便不同；印綬天德惟最妙，日貴財官亦相肖。獨煞有制羊刃同，傷官生財亦不凶；歸祿逢財準此斷，食神生旺尤堪羨。煞化印綬格局純，二德扶身貴無倫；三奇合局真造化，拱祿拱貴也不怕。

The general song says: A righteous official star is the first class pattern, and a prosperous official and wealth also follow this principle. If the official star is accompanied by a harmonious combination and sits on the day of merit, a woman's fate encountering this is truly fortunate. An official star accompanied by Taohua indicates a virtuous wife; if it is accompanied by both a harmonious combination and a malevolent star, then it is a different case. When the official star is accompanied by a harmonious combination and sits on the day of merit, it is especially beautiful. The day of merit pattern combined with wealth and official star is similar to this. If there is only one seven evil star but it is controlled, it is the same principle as when the Yangren is controlled; if the injurious star can generate wealth, it is not considered凶. The day of return pattern combined with wealth star follows this principle; if the food star is strong, it is especially admirable. If the seven evil star transforms into the official star and the pattern is pure, and the Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue support the body, the status is unparalleled. If the Three Marvels form a complete pattern, it is a true fortune, even if there is an arching of the day of merit or arching of the status, it is not to be feared.

煞官混雜兼無制，此等女人不堪娶；傷官太重又見官，貪財破印俱不堪，比肩重犯多爭妒，財官遇劫決不富；財多身弱亦如然，羊刃沖刑尸不全。金神帶刃凶惡斷，桃花帶合淫亂看；無官見合多官合，倒插桃花亂閨閣。身旺無依夫子傷，此等女人大不祥；倒食重犯須減福，更犯寡宿主獨宿。孤鸞紅豔陰陽差，此等神煞俱不佳；若是貴命合官印，小小神煞不為病。

If seven evils mix with the official star and are not restrained, such a woman should not be married. If the injurious official is too strong and the official star appears, or if one is greedy for wealth and breaks the seal of the official, it is not suitable. If the same official appears repeatedly, there will be much jealousy and quarreling. If wealth and official meet the thief, one will certainly not be rich. If there is too much wealth but the body is weak, it is also the same. If the Yangren is again attacked, even the body may not be safe. If one carries the metal spirit and the Yangren, it is avicious fate. If Taohua is accompanied by a harmonious star, it is considered as licentiousness. If the official star is not present in the fate but there are many harmonious stars, or if there are many official stars and they are always harmonized, plus inverted Taohua, the family will be disorderly. If the body is strong but has no support, both husband and son will be harmed, and such a woman is very inauspicious. If the biased seal appears repeatedly, it reduces blessings, and if it also commits Guasu, it indicates living alone. If there are Guluan, Hongyan, or yin-yang errors, these stars are not good; but if one is originally a noble fate and the official and seal are harmonized, these minor stars are not a problem.

又曰：擇婦須沈靜，細說與君聽；夫星要強健，日干當柔順；二德坐正財，富貴自然來；四柱帶休囚，增名又增壽，貴人一位正，兩三位寵聘；金水若相逢，必招美麗容；四貴一位煞，權家富貴說；財官若藏庫，沖開無不富；寅申巳亥全，孤淫腹便便；子午並卯酉，定是隨人走；辰戌兼丑未，婦道必大忌；有辰怕見戌，辰戌若相見，多是淫破人；有煞不怕合，無煞卻怕合；合神若是多，非妓亦嘔歌；羊刃帶傷官，駁雜事多端；滿盤卻是印，損子必須定；天干一字連，孤破禍綿綿；地支連一字，兩度成婚字；此是婦命訣，千金莫輕視。

Another saying is that when choosing a wife, one should select a quiet and composed one. The husband's star should be strong, and the day stem should be gentle. If Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue are seated on the correct wealth position, wealth and honor will naturally come. If the four pillars contain some weak and confined energies, it can actually increase fame and prolong life. A nobleman appearing only once indicates a virtuous wife, while having two or three indicates a favored concubine. If gold and water meet, it is certain to bring about a beautiful appearance. If among the four noble spirits there is one seven煞, it is considered a family of power and authority. If wealth and officialdom are hidden within the storage positions, when they are triggered, wealth is certain. If the four驿马 of寅, 申, 巳, and 亥 are all present, it indicates a lonely and promiscuous woman with a fat abdomen. If 子, 午, 卯, and 酉 are all present, it means she will run away with someone. If 辰, 戌, 丑, and 未 are all present, it is a great taboo for a woman. The presence of 辰 is feared alongside 戌; if 辰 and 戌 meet, it often indicates a woman who is promiscuous and causes family ruin. If seven煞 is present in the destiny, one does not fear meeting its harmonization; if seven煞 is absent, one fears meeting its harmonization. If the harmonizing spirits are too many, she is either a prostitute or a singing performer. If the yangren is combined with the injurious star, it leads to complicated affairs and frequent troubles. If the entire chart is filled with the official star, it is certain to cause harm to children. If the same heavenly stem appears consecutively, it indicates loneliness, ruin, and continuous misfortunes. If the same earthly branch appears consecutively, it indicates the need for two marriages. This is the oral诀 for judging a woman's destiny; even if it is worth thousands of gold, it should not be lightly regarded.

夫觀小兒之命，如種花木之法。善培養者，則根苗茂盛，花果興隆；不善培養者反是。何以言之？凡人種花木，必以土栽培其根，根實則苗盛；必以水澆灌其體，體壯則花茂；賴陽火溫照其花，花實則果成；假金刃修伐其枝，枝清則本固。設若土虛根淺，水少苗枯，日暴花焦，風摧果落，是皆失中和培養之氣，其花木安有不枯之理乎？人之八字，以年為根，月為苗，日為花，時為果，其理皆然。

Looking at a child's destiny is like the method of planting flowers and trees. Those who are good at cultivating them will have strong roots and shoots, and flourishing flowers and fruits; those who are not will have the opposite result. How is this so? When people plant flowers and trees, they must use soil to cultivate the roots; only when the roots are firm will the shoots be strong. They must use water to water the branches and twigs; only when the branches and twigs are strong will the flowers be abundant. They rely on the warmth of the sun to nourish the flowers, so that the flowers can bear fruit. They use metal tools to prune the branches, so that the branches are clean and the main trunk becomes strong. If the soil is weak and the roots are shallow, or if there is not enough water and the shoots wither, or if the sun is too strong and the flowers dry up, or if the wind damages them and the fruits fall, these are all cases of losing the harmonious and nurturing energy. How could the flowers and trees not wither? The eight characters of a person's destiny follow the same principle: the year pillar represents the roots, the month pillar represents the shoots, the day pillar represents the flowers, and the hour pillar represents the fruits. The roots are strong in the year pillar, the shoots are supported in the month pillar, the flowers are not harmed in the day pillar, and the fruits have a place to return to in the hour pillar. Only then can the plant live and bear fruit.

故推小兒之命，要日干有氣，月令生扶，年上栽根，印綬無傷，財官有制，七煞得化，傷官遇合，氣稟中和，不值刑沖破害，此則易養長壽之命。如煞重身輕，財多身弱，傷官迭遇，食神重逢，日干或旺甚無依，或太柔少印，氣失中和，柱中有刑沖破害，此則難養促壽之命。二者類如栽培之法。

Therefore, when determining the destiny of a child, the day stem should have strength, the month's stem should come to support it, the year pillar should be strong enough to take root, the nourishing element should not be harmed, wealth and official positions should be restrained, and the seven harmful stars should be resolved. If the harmful stars are too strong and the body is weak, if there is too much wealth but the body is weak, if the injurious stars are repeated and the food stars appear multiple times, if the day stem is either too strong and has no support or too weak and lacks the nourishing element, and if the energy is not balanced and the pillar has punishments, clashes, breaks, or harms, then this is a difficult-to-rear and short-lived destiny. These two situations are exactly like the principles of cultivating flowers and trees.

又曰：小兒之命，當論時辰為正，先看關煞，次看格局。日主強財官旺，有關無煞，日主弱財官少，常病易養；日干弱財官多，有煞有關，難養。夫關者何也？即偏官為關，偏財為煞。專以日干為主，取生成之數斷之。關者，譬如今之關隘，乃險阻之地。人至關，非明文不敢私渡，違者必致其禍。小兒命犯此關，則為不利。柱中日干強健，制伏純粹，印綬無傷，如有明文之類，通達順遂，易養長壽。反之則否。

It is also said that the destiny of a child should be judged mainly by the hour. First, look at the "guan sha" (obstruction and calamity), then examine the overall structure. If the day stem is strong and the wealth and official stars are prosperous, and there is only "guan" but no "sha", or if the day stem is weak and there is little wealth and official stars, although the child may often fall ill, it is easy to raise. However, if the day stem is weak and there is much wealth and official stars, and both "guan" and "sha" are present, it will be difficult to raise the child. What is meant by "guan"? A biased official star is called "guan", and a biased wealth star is called "sha". It is determined by the day stem, using the generating and forming numbers to judge. "Guan" is like a pass today, a dangerous and difficult place. When a person reaches a pass, without an official document from the government, he dares not go through it on his own, and those who violate it will certainly suffer misfortune. If a child's destiny includes this "guan", it is not favorable. If the day stem in the pillar is strong and well controlled, and the nourishing star is not harmed, it is like having an official document in hand, allowing smooth passage, making it easy to raise the child and ensuring a long life. Conversely, the situation is not favorable.

子平之關只以煞論。假如初生小兒甲日者，庚為關，柱有戊土黨煞，此為關重無財。日主健旺得印生解化者，關輕無害。甲日見庚九歲關，丁見癸為六歲關，戊見甲為三歲關，丙見壬為一歲關，壬見戊為五歲關，癸見己為半歲關。古有占男女生時之日陰陽貴賤法。如金命，天陰生，主官貴相；昏暗貧賤；不問大小風起，不長壽；有雨雪，主心善孝順。

In the method of Zi Ping, the term "guan" is considered only as seven evils. For example, if a child is born on a Jia day, then Geng metal is the guan. If the column contains Wu earth assisting the evil, this is called a heavy guan without wealth. If the day's ruler is strong and receives support from the seal to generate and support, the guan is light and causes no harm. When Jia day meets Geng, it is the nine-year guan; when Ding day meets Gui, it is the six-year guan; when Wu day meets Jia, it is the three-year guan; when Bing day meets Ren, it is the one-year guan; when Ren day meets Wu, it is the five-year guan; and when Gui day meets Ji, it is the half-year guan. In ancient times, there was another method of determining the gender and status of a person based on the weather on the day of birth. For example, if a person has a metal destiny and is born on a cloudy day, it indicates an official or noble appearance; if the sky is dark, it suggests poverty and low status; regardless of the wind's strength, if there is wind, it indicates a short lifespan; if there is rain or snow, it suggests a kind and filial heart.

木命，天陰生，大富；晴朗，有官，長壽；天昏，衣食平微，短命；有雪雨，身貴孝順。水命，天陰生，心惡，倘來衣食；明朗，大貴；昏暗，短命，貧賤；有風起，久後貴人提攜。火命，天陰生，大富；晴朗，雖富壽夭；昏暗，有官分；不問大小風起，有衣食；大雪，短命；微雪雨，年至五十左右，有病。土命，天陰，不過十五歲死；微雨，不過三十歲，大富；昏暗，富貴，有官分，壽卻夭；大風忤逆，短命；雨雪，有外財；晴朗，富貴久遠。

For people with a wood destiny, if they are born during a cloudy day, they will be very wealthy; if the sky is clear, they will hold an official position and live a long life; if the sky is dark, they will have an average life and a short lifespan; if there is snow or rain, they will be of high status and filial. For people with a water destiny, if they are born during a cloudy day, they will have a wicked heart, and their clothing and food will come by chance; if the sky is clear, they will be very prosperous; if the sky is dark, they will have a short lifespan and be poor; if there is a wind, they will be helped by a nobleman later in life. For people with a fire destiny, if they are born during a cloudy day, they will be very wealthy; if the sky is clear, they will be rich but have a short lifespan; if the sky is dark, they will have the chance to hold an official position; regardless of the wind's strength, as long as there is wind, they will not lack clothing and food; if there is heavy snow, they will have a short lifespan; if there is light snow or light rain, they will get sick around the age of fifty. For people with a earth destiny, if they are born during a cloudy day, they will not live past fifteen; if there is light rain, they will not live past thirty but will be very wealthy; if the sky is dark, they will be prosperous and have the chance to hold an official position, but their lifespan will be short; if there is a strong wind, they will be rebellious and unfilial, and have a short lifespan; if there is rain or snow, they will gain unexpected wealth; if the sky is clear, they will be prosperous and live a long life.

凡小兒生時是辰戌丑未，又四柱中多墓，主過房；帶午未多者，名執拗煞，主為性執拗。戌多者亦然；帶子亥多，主疝氣偏墜，是子時者無不應，壬子、丙子尤緊；生時與胎同在辰上者亦然；帶火多，主少年濃血之災；帶丁午多，有未字者，主頭大，害瘡癤，或疤痕，或禿瘡，大人腦疽。四孟月上帶金火相剋，多瘡癤驚疾；金水火相剋制，主剝皮瘡災；金水多主晚語，見木主早語。

If a child is born during the hours of辰, 戌, 丑, or 未, and the four pillars contain manyStorage, it indicates that the child will be adopted by another family. Those with many午 and 未 in their fate are called 「执拗煞」, indicating a stubborn nature. Those with many戌 are similar. Those with many子 and 亥 are prone to hernia and testicular swelling; those born at the hour of子 are especially likely to experience these issues. The hours ofRenzi and Bingzi are particularly significant. If the birth hour and the month of conception both fall on辰, the same applies. Those with excessive fire are likely to suffer from boils and blood disorders in their youth. Those with many丁 and午, along with the presence of未, are likely to have a large head, sores on vital areas, scars, or bald patches, and may develop brain abscesses in adulthood. Those born in the first months of寅, 申, 巳, or 亥 and who have excessive metal and fire in mutual control are prone to sores and convulsions. Those with metal, water, and fire in mutual control are likely to suffer from severe skin diseases resembling peeling. Those with excessive metal tend to speak late, while those with excessive wood tend to speak early.

五行全者，主少便清俊伶俐，是夙有靈骨。五行自生月至時上以次求生旺少刑沖者吉，主長壽，成器人也。反是則夭，縱使福神多有救，少年當十生九死，及至成人，亦非上壽。益稟五行生旺則氣實，氣實則壽長；五行死絕則氣薄，氣薄則短夭。

If the Five Phases are all present, the person is born with a clear and handsome appearance and is intelligent, indicating a spiritual bone from past lives. The Five Phases should be arranged in order starting from the month of birth, proceeding to the hour, and each should be in a state of growth and strength with few punishments and clashes, which is considered auspicious, indicating a long life and the potential to achieve success. Conversely, if this is not the case, the person may die young; even if there are many benevolent deities to save them, they would face many dangers in their youth, and even when they grow up, they would not live to an old age. This is because, if one receives the vital energy of the Five Phases in a state of growth and strength, their energy is full and thus their life is long; but if they receive the energy in a state of decline and extinction, their energy is weak, leading to a short life.

凡月日時支干支錯亂而重見太歲，曰重元星，主過房寄生螟蛉之子。初生或食神重迭，或偏印太旺，皆主無乳。犯五重羊刃，名曰滿盤刃。多養不成，更時帶刑害者，決死。女兒差慢，終不免產厄而死。生時見官符，父有公訟，母有驚恐；咸池重合，不得親父母養育，或非嫡母所生；重迭見空亡，主驚顛失墜，克父母。生時犯空亡及自死絕者，七歲前贏疾，七歲後徒肥。凡俗推小兒正否，命見孤辰、寡宿，多隔房異宅，勢不行氣不轉，幼離父母。如庚辰金見己巳火，金氣轉於十二支，則有火截，所以氣不轉。餘依此推。

Whenever the heavenly stems and earthly branches of the month, day, and hour are mixed up and repeated with the year stem, it is called "Chong Yuan Xing," which indicates adoption by another family, like a foster child. A newborn child whose destiny includes repeated food god (shí shén) or excessive biased master (piān yìn) may suffer from lack of milk. If a child is afflicted by five overlapping Yang Ren (Yang Ren), it is called "Man Pan Ren," and the child is likely to die. If there is also punishment and harm (xíng hài) in the hour, the child will certainly die. For girls, the effects are somewhat delayed, but they will eventually die from complications during childbirth. If the hour stem is afflicted by Guan Fu (official symbol), the father will face legal troubles and the mother will be frightened. If Xian Chi (Xianchi) is repeated, the child will not be raised by the biological parents or may not be the legitimate child of the mother. If there is repeated overlap with Kong Wang (empty亡), the child will suffer from shock, madness, or falling from heights, and will also harm the parents. If the hour stem is afflicted by Kong Wang or the child is in a dead or absolute position, the child will be weak and sickly before the age of seven, and after seven years old, will be pale and fat without real strength. In common practice, people determine whether a child is normal by checking if there are Guchen (solitary star) or Guasu (lonely host) in the destiny. These indicate the child will live separately, have poor vitality, and leave the parents early in childhood. For example, if the Nayin sound element of Geng Chen (Gengchen) metal meets the Nayin sound element of Ji Si (Jisi) fire, the metal energy should circulate through the twelve earthly branches, but is blocked by fire, so the energy does not flow. Other cases are judged in the same way.

或問：偶然同產一母，所生何以別貴賤榮枯？答曰，凡一時有八刻十二分，故有淺深、前後、吉凶不同。其有同時同母所生，須分淺深及日時之陰陽。如陽日時，兄勝；陰日時，弟勝。淺則占先時之氣，深則占後時之氣。古歌云：雙生之法有奇門，欲驗榮枯視日辰；陰日弟強兄必弱，陽時兄貴弟必貧。

Someone asked: If two siblings are born from the same mother in the same pregnancy, how can we distinguish their fortune and misfortune? The answer is: A single hour consists of eight parts and twelve minutes, so there are differences in depth and variation of auspiciousness and inauspiciousness. Whenever two children are born at the same time and from the same mother, we must determine whether they were born in the shallow part or the deep part of the hour, as well as the yin and yang of the day and the hour. If it is a yang day and a yang hour, the older brother will be superior; if it is a yin day and a yin hour, the younger brother will be superior. Those born in the shallow part of the hour are influenced by the remaining energy of the previous hour, while those born in the deep part are influenced by the coming energy of the next hour. An ancient verse says: To examine twin siblings there is a special method, to determine their fortune and misfortune we look at the day branch; in a yin day, the younger brother is strong and the older brother weak, while in a yang hour, the older brother is prosperous and the younger brother poor.

又一說：一時分方向，如木命向東方者受生氣，向西方者受克生，貴賤壽夭以是別之。餘聞三河王氏兄弟雙生，弟先中，兄後中，功名壽夭，大率相似，而兄竟不如弟。穎州李氏兄弟雙生，因差一時，故弟登甲科，兄只秀才。考其八字，果如前說。

There is another view that within the same hour, direction also matters. For example, a person with a wood destiny, if born facing the east, receives life qi, but if born facing the west, they receiverestrain qi. Their status, wealth, longevity, and fate are determined according to this principle. I have heard that the Wang brothers from Sanhe were twins. The younger brother passed the imperial examination first, and the elder brother later. Their official rank and lifespan were somewhat similar, but the elder brother ultimately fell short of the younger. The Li brothers from Yingzhou were also twins, but because they differed by one hour, the younger brother became a top-ranking imperial examiner, while the elder brother was only a candidate. When examining their birth charts, it indeed confirmed the previous statement.

或問：陰陽何所配合為夫婦而成六親？答云：如甲以乙為妹，配以庚金為妻；丙以丁為妹，配以壬水為妻；戊以己配甲；庚以辛配丙；壬以癸配戊，一陰一陽配成夫婦，有夫婦然後有父子，有父子然後有兄弟。六親者，父母兄弟妻子也。六甲娶己為妻，甲己合而生庚辛為子。男取克干為子，女取干生為息，則己者庚辛之母，庚為父，乙為母，故謂陰干生我為母，我克陽干者為父，克我者為官為子，我克者為財為妻，比和者為兄弟姊妹，生我妻陰干為文母，妻克陽干為丈人，克我女者為女婿，食神為孫，其餘六親俱於十干變化取用。

Someone asked: How do yin and yang form a husband and wife to produce the Six Relations? The answer is: For example, Jia takes Yi as his sister and pairs Geng metal as his wife; Bing takes Ding as his sister and pairs Ren water as his wife; Wu pairs Ji as his sister and gives her to Jia, Geng pairs Xin as his sister and gives her to Bing, and Ren pairs Gui as his sister and gives her to Wu. One yin and one yang form a husband and wife, and with husband and wife there are father and son, and with father and son there are brothers. The Six Relations refer to father, mother, elder brother, younger brother, wife, and son. Six Jia days take Ji earth as their wife, and Jia and Ji combine to produce Geng and Xin as children. For a male's fortune, the one that overcomes the day stem is considered his son; for a female's fortune, the one that the day stem produces is considered her offspring. Thus, Ji earth is the mother of Geng and Xin, Geng is the father, and Yi is the mother. Therefore, yin stems that produce me are my mothers, yang stems that I overcome are my fathers, yang stems that overcome me are officials and sons, yang stems that I overcome are wealth and wives, and yin stems that are similar to me and harmonious with me are my brothers and sisters. The yin stem that produces my wife is my mother-in-law, and the yang stem that my wife overcomes is my father-in-law, and the yang stem that overcomes my daughter is my son-in-law, and the food god is my grandson. All other relations are derived from the interactions of the ten heavenly stems in terms of generation and overcoming.

且如六甲生人，以癸水為母，癸為正印，如遇己土正財；戊土為父（戊合癸也），戊是偏財，如遇比劫，則父有傷。六乙生人亦以癸為母，癸是偏印；以戊為父，戊是正財。甲乙俱以庚辛為子，庚金為男，在甲則為七煞，在乙則為正官也；辛金為女，在乙則為七煞，在甲則為正官也。

For example, if six people are born on a Jia day, they take the癸 water as their mother, and癸 to Jia is called '正印' (positive nourishing). If they meet the己 earth, that is '正财' (positive wealth). The戊 earth is taken as the father (because戊 and癸 are paired), and戊 to Jia is '偏财' (biased wealth). If there are siblings or劫财 (wealth thieves) that take away the wealth, the father will be harmed. For six people born on a Yi day, they also take the癸 water as their mother, and癸 to Yi is called '偏印' (biased nourishing). The戊 earth is taken as the father, and戊 to Yi is '正财' (positive wealth). Both Jia and Yi take the庚 and辛 metals as their children: 庚 metal is the son, which is '七煞' (seven evils) for Jia day and '正官' (positive official) for Yi day; 辛 metal is the daughter, which is '七煞' (seven evils) for Yi day and '正官' (positive official) for Jia day. This shows that the same 庚 and 辛, when falling on a yang day stem and a yin day stem, the names of the ten heavenly stems will exactly switch, but the six relations remain the same. The six relations are determined only by the direction of generation and control, while the ten heavenly stems are distinguished by the yin and yang compatibility.

己土為妻，戊土為妾，謂乙木克己土也。雖云陰見陰不成配合，然陰木克不得陽土，且婦人以陰為正也，故云甲乙俱以己為妻，戊為妾。如女人則甲遇庚七煞，乙遇庚正官，皆夫星也。謂庚是陽男為正夫，屬陽不可以辛陰為夫也，但陽見陽多無情，陰見陽則夫婦和鳴。

Ji earth represents the wife, Wu earth represents the concubine, because Yi wood can overcome Ji earth. Although Yin overcomes Yin is not considered a harmonious match, Yin wood cannot overcome Yang earth, and since women are naturally associated with Yin, both Ji and Wu earth are considered wife and concubine respectively. For a woman, if on a Ji day she meets Geng, it is considered seven evils; if on a Yi day she meets Geng, it is considered the official star. Both are considered husband stars. This is because Geng is Yang and represents a man, so it is considered the proper husband. Since it must be Yang, it cannot use Xin, which is Yin, as the husband. However, Yang over Yang is usually cold and detached, while Yin over Yang creates a harmonious husband and wife relationship. This passage explains that for a man, selecting a wife is based on the 'what I overcome' principle, and among the two earths that are overcome, one is considered the proper wife and the other the concubine. For a woman, selecting a husband is based on the 'what overcomes me' principle, and among the two metals that overcome her, the Yang one is chosen. The principle is the same, but due to the difference in Yin and Yang positions between men and women, specific heavenly stems are considered proper husband or concubine.

或云：取正財為妻，偏財為妾；女甲則辛為正夫，取陰陽之正合也。甲乙生人俱以甲為兄姊，乙為弟妹，以丁為婆，生我父者為祖母，丁生戊也。壬水為公，壬與丁合也。又以丁火為丈母，生我妻者為我外母，丁生己配與甲作正妻也。壬為丈人，壬與丁合也。

Some people say that the 'positive wealth' represents a wife, and the 'biased wealth' represents a concubine. For a woman born on a Jia day, the metal Xin is considered the official husband, as it is the yin element that properly matches the yang Jia. For those born on Jia or Yi days, Jia is considered the elder brother or sister, and Yi is the younger brother or sister. The fire Ding is considered the maternal grandmother, because it is the element that generates the earth Wu (which represents the father). The water Ren is considered the paternal grandfather, because Ren combines with Ding. The fire Ding is also considered the mother-in-law, because it is the element that generates the earth Ji (which is the official wife for Jia). The water Ren is considered the father-in-law, also because it combines with Ding.

妻之兄弟為妻舅。己土為妻，戊土為妻兄妻舅。癸水則是舅之妻為妗也。其餘八干俱以類推。女人取用與男不同，我生者為子，克我者為夫，生我夫者為姑，克我姑者為公，其餘父母兄弟皆與男同斷，但須辨其陰陽耳，如甲乙干則以丙為男，丁為女，庚為夫，辛為夫之兄弟，己為姑，甲為公也。

The brother of one's wife is the maternal uncle. Since the day stem represents the wife, the戊土 (Wu) is the maternal uncle and brother-in-law; the癸水 (Gui) combines with戊土 (Wu), which is the wife of the maternal uncle, known as the aunt of the maternal uncle. The other eight heavenly stems are interpreted in the same way. The method of determining a woman's fate differs from that of a man: what I give birth to is my child, what overcomes me is my husband, what gives birth to my husband is my mother-in-law, and what overcomes my mother-in-law is my father-in-law. As for parents and brothers, they are interpreted the same as in a man's fate, but one must distinguish between yin and yang. For example, for a woman with a day stem of 甲 (Jia) or 乙 (Yi), 丙 (Bing) is her son, 丁 (Ding) is her daughter, 庚 (Geng) is her husband, 辛 (Xin) is her husband's brother, 己 (Ji) is her mother-in-law, and 甲 (Jia) is her father-in-law.

經云：以年為祖業，月為父母兄弟門戶，日為妻妾己身，時為子息。須看四柱之中父母兄弟妻子星具何地？論旺相休囚而言其吉凶。如父母星坐長生旺庫祿馬貴人之地，則主父母富貴福壽榮耀；如坐空刑剋煞死亡衰敗交併之地，則主父母貧薄破傷刑夭，或死於外及不善終；若帶刑帶破害，雖居於生旺庫之地，主父母有壽而貧賤。

The text says: Take the year pillar as the ancestral estate, the month pillar as the parents and siblings' household, the day pillar as the wife and oneself, and the hour pillar as the children. One must examine the four pillars to see where the parents' star, brothers' star, and wife's star are located, and judge fortune and misfortune based on their prosperity, strength, weakness, and confinement. For example, if the parents' star is in the position of growth, prosperity, storage, official salary, post-horse, or nobleman, it indicates that the parents will be wealthy, prosperous, and have a long and glorious life. If the parents' star is in the position of kongwang, crime, conflict, evil stars, death, and decline, it suggests that the parents will be poor, have broken fortunes, suffer from punishment, die early, or die away from home and not have a good end. If the star is accompanied by crime or harm, even if it is in a position of growth or prosperity, it still indicates that the parents may live long but remain poor and lowly. Previously, the ten heavenly stems were used to determine who the parents, brothers, and wife are; here, the determined star is placed into the twelve branches to assess the fortune and misfortune of the relative: the identity of the star determines the relationship, while the position of the star determines the fortune and lifespan of that relative.

兄弟星若生得時得令，坐長生庫旺祿馬貴人之地，則主兄富貴榮華成群；如坐刑剋煞刃死絕衰敗之地，兄弟不得力；如坐長生旺庫而遇刑沖破害者，雖有兄弟而仇敵及不得力。如妻妾星坐生旺庫祿馬貴人之地，或有物以生之，主妻妾富貴榮華，美貌多才；如坐空刑剋煞羊刃死絕沖敗之地，則主妻妾貧薄丑貌刑夭淫亂、殘疾或產亡不得力；如坐生旺祿馬之地，被刑沖剋煞，妻雖有壽亦主破相貧薄。

If the brother star is born in a favorable time and season, and is located in a position of growth, storage, prosperity, officialdom, post-horse, or nobleman, it indicates that the brothers will be wealthy and prosperous, and numerous. If it is located in a position of punishment, clash, evil spirits, sharp knife, death, or decline, the brothers will not be helpful. If it is located in a position of growth or prosperity but is subjected to punishment, clash, or damage, then although there are brothers, they will be like enemies, and still not helpful. If the wife star is located in a position of generation, prosperity, storage, officialdom, post-horse, or nobleman, or if there is another element that generates and supports it, it indicates that the wife will be wealthy, prosperous, beautiful, and talented. If it is located in a position of kongwang, punishment, clash, evil spirits, sharp knife, death, or decline, it indicates that the wife will be poor, ugly, and may suffer from punishment, early death, immorality, disability, or die from difficult childbirth and be unhelpful. If it is located in a position of generation or prosperity but is subjected to punishment, clash, or damage, the wife may live long but will suffer from disfigurement and poverty. The key point of these distinctions lies in one place: if the position is good and there is no punishment or clash, both person and fortune are complete. If the position is good but is subjected to punishment or clash, the person is present but fortune is lacking. If the position is bad, both person and fortune are damaged.

如子息星坐生旺祿馬貴人官印之地，有物以相生，主子息榮華聰明，多得送老；如坐祿馬貴人居於死絕之地，雖有聰明俊秀，不送老也。如居生旺之地被刑沖破害，有子主愚頑或殘疾送老；如居死絕又刑沖破害劫財之地，不得子之力，縱有子主殘疾破相或不才。女命如子居生旺之地，主多子；如坐祿馬貴人，主子富貴福壽；如坐空刑剋煞並沖羊刃死絕之地，主子不得力。

If the children's star is located in a favorable, prosperous, or beneficial position, along with wealth, post-horse, nobleman, official, or seal position, and is further supported by other beneficial elements, it indicates that the children will be prosperous, intelligent, and capable of taking care of the parents in their old age. If the children's star is in a favorable position but is subjected to punishment or conflict, then the children may only be able to take care of the parents through an ignorant or disabled son. If the children's star is in a dead or exhausted position and is further afflicted by punishment, conflict, harm, or theft, then there will be no help from the children. Even if there are children, they may be disabled, have a poor appearance, or be unskilled. For a woman's chart, if the children's star is in a favorable position, it indicates many children. If it is in a wealth, post-horse, or nobleman position, it indicates that the children will be prosperous, wealthy, and long-lived. If the children's star is in an empty and wandering position, subjected to conflict, harm, evil stars, conflict, yang ren, or a dead and exhausted position, it indicates that the children will not be helpful.

或問：甲乙日主以戊癸為父母，四柱干支並無癸水，只戊壬人二字顯於干頭，或藏於地支，則論何者為父母？答曰：本經所謂明干有時明干取，明干無時暗中求是也。如柱無癸字只有戊字是甲乙之父，將父求其母，如無母只將壬為母，亦須論戊為父。其戊壬不得繫婚配，非兒女嫁娶，必是服內成親，或母多父歲，或失婚而再配也。或又問甲日主月支年支是乙木，時支是甲木，乙先甲後，何為兄？何為弟？答曰：不論先後，只以強為兄，弱為弟。夫人之生也，上父母，下妻子，中兄弟，其聯屬離合，命之為也。言命不及六親，自是偏見。

Someone asked: For a day stem of Jia or Yi, the parents are considered to be Wu earth and Gui water. However, if the four pillars do not contain Gui water, but only Wu and Ren water appear in the heavenly stems or are hidden in the earthly branches, then what should be considered as the parents? The answer is: The passage says, "When the heavenly stems are clear, take them from the heavenly stems; when they are not clear, seek them in the hidden branches," which refers exactly to this situation. For example, if there is no Gui water, but only Wu earth, then Wu is considered the father of Jia or Yi. Then, to find the mother, if there is no mother star, we take Ren as the mother, while still considering Wu as the father. Since Wu and Ren are not a proper couple, they are not a legitimate marriage, so it must be a marriage during mourning, or the mother is older than the father, or the father remarried after being widowed. Another question: For a day stem of Jia, the month and year branches are both Yi wood, and the hour branch is Jia wood. Yi comes before Jia, so which one is the elder brother and which is the younger brother? The answer is: Regardless of the order, the stronger one is the elder brother, and the weaker one is the younger brother. In life, people have parents above, spouses below, and brothers in between. These relationships and their changes are all determined by fate. To discuss destiny without involving the six relations is naturally a prejudice.

賦云：年逢刃煞，幼年早喪爹孃；時遇刃傷，未年卻損兒女。沖者無兄弟，刑者損六親。歲月官財印全，三代祖先富貴；日時煞刃逢梟，半路妻兒虧損。男命傷官多損子，女命傷官多剋夫；傷官見財而有子，七煞有制乃多兒。財重刑傷父母，鬼旺後代迂榮；劫財重重父早喪，破印太重母先亡。

The text says: If the year pillar encounters Yangren and seven evils, the person will lose their parents at an early age; if the hour pillar meets Yangren and injurious officials, they will suffer loss of children in old age. If there is a clash in the pillars, there will be no brothers; if there is a conflict, there will be damage to the Six Relations. If the year and month pillars have officials, wealth, and seals all present, the three generations of ancestors will be prosperous; if the day and hour pillars meet seven evils, Yangren, and theOwl Spirit, there will be loss of wife and children along the way. For a man with many injurious officials, he will damage his children; for a woman with many injurious officials, she will harm her husband. However, if the injurious official meets wealth, there will still be children; if seven evils are restrained, there will be more sons. Wealth stars are very important, but if they injure parents, ghost and evils being strong will instead bring glory to the descendants. If劫财 is heavy, the father will die early; if破印 is too strong, the mother will pass away first.

歲月財官旺相，公父顯榮；日時祿馬相生，妻兒賢俊。印伏藏而財秉令，庶出奸生；正財旺而身失時，母年早喪。偏官偏印偏財迭逢，必然偏庶；正官正印正財獨遇的，是正宗男。月中劫背絕財官，父終外土；歲月背逐更沖害，公葬他鄉。日逢刃，時逢梟，妻妾產亡；歲值煞，月值傷，兄弟難有。

If the wealth and official stars are prosperous and strong in the year and month, the grandfather and father will achieve honor and success. If the official star and the post-horse are mutually supportive in the day and hour, the wife and children will be virtuous and outstanding. If the seal star is hidden and the wealth star is dominant, it indicates a庶出 or illegitimate child. If the official wealth is strong but the day's ruler is weak, the mother will pass away early. If the biased official, biased seal, and biased wealth stars overlap successively, it indicates a child from a concubine. If the official, seal, and wealth stars appear separately, it indicates a legitimate son. If the month pillar is robbed, the official and wealth are cut off, the father will die away from home. If the year and month pillars are robbed, chased by the post-horse, and there is a conflict or harm, the grandfather will be buried away from home. If the day pillar meets the yangren, and the hour pillar meets the hawk, the wife or concubine will die from difficult childbirth. If the seven evils star is present in the year pillar and the injurious star is present in the month pillar, there will be no brothers.

月令傷官多奪長，時行神煞兄弟無。男命劫迭外家希，女命煞重親骨絕。印旺妨兒女，財重妒公姑。歲月迭煞有刑害，公姑遭傷；日時背逐無救助，妻子離克。正財偏財復見合，雖多妻妾主濫淫；偏官正官更沖害，任有丈夫而偷奸。

When the month pillar has many official stars, it often leads to the loss of the elder brother's position; if the hour pillar reaches a place of divine evils, there is no support from brothers. For a man with many劫财, the maternal family is sparse; for a woman with many seven evils, she will be cut off from close relatives. If the official star is too strong, it harms children; if the wealth star is too heavy, it causes conflict with parents-in-law. If the year and month pillars have many seven evils and are afflicted by punishments and harm, the parents-in-law will suffer injury; if the day and hour pillars are in reverse fortune and chased by a horse without support, wife and children will be separated and suffer harm. If both official and wealth stars are combined, although there are many wives and concubines, it indicates licentiousness; if the seven evils and official stars are added with conflicts and harm, even with a husband, there will be infidelity.

旺夫傷子，乃食神而受傷；旺子傷夫，察官星而喪絕。女命印旺官輕，夫權在手；男命財多身弱，妻語愜心。日下傷官持刃，夫必惡亡；月中帶印刑沖，母家零落。刃健煞剛，祖墓微薄；官強財旺，後代昌榮。日逢背祿逐馬，多破祖離鄉之客；時遇財旺生官，有興家助國之男。

A woman whose day branch is strong and her son is harmed is because her food god is injured; a woman whose son is strong and her husband is harmed should check whether the official star has been lost or cut off. A woman with strong seal and weak official star has control over her husband; a man with abundant wealth but weak body listens to his wife in all matters. If the day branch has injured official and holds yangren, her husband will certainly die a violent death; if the month column has seal but is subjected to punishment and clash, the maternal family will decline. If yangren is strong and seven evils are hard, the ancestral tomb is thin; if official star is strong and wealth star is prosperous, the descendants will flourish. If the day column meets the situation of back luck and chasing horse, the person is likely to break the ancestral fortune and leave the hometown; if the hour column meets prosperous wealth generating official, it is a good man who can build up the family and serve the country.

煞刃月逢，有父無母。偏官迭見，多生女子少生男；偏財復逢，少愛正妻多愛妾。財源得地，因妻致富成家，其妻抑且有為；官位臨垣，顯己增崇祖業，而男亦須興旺。月官印，年傷官，父優祖劣；日財位，時劫財，父興子敗。比劫重婚必遲，官星生兒必早。

Seven evils and Yangren meeting on the month pillar indicate the presence of a father but not a mother. When a biased official appears repeatedly, there will be many daughters and few sons; when a biased wealth appears repeatedly, there will be little love for the official wife and much for concubines. If the source of wealth is well positioned, one will become rich through the wife, and the wife herself will also be capable. If the official position is in the native's own palace, the person will achieve success and magnify the family's legacy, and the sons will also be prosperous. If the month pillar is an official and the year pillar is a harmful official, the father will surpass the grandfather; if the day pillar is a wealth position and the hour pillar is a wealth thief, the father will be prosperous while the son will decline. If there are many rivals and wealth thieves in the destiny, marriage will certainly be delayed; if the official star can produce sons, having children will certainly be early.

男逢傷官陽刃，逢官煞，不可斷其無嗣；女命傷官梟印，行財官，亦堪決其有子女。人食重遇，官輕夫衰子旺。男命煞旺逢比劫，兄有弟無；太過不及，兄弟俱無。庫位中和同氣，主有煞生旺官敗絕，女子盛而男子衰。財官旺、身主休，夫家興而祖家失。女比劫太多，夫有絕妻之義；男子財勝劫重，妻懷私慾之心。年月印綬相生，受現成之基業；日時傷官傷盡，發不義之橫財。年上官星，父祖為官；月上官星，兄弟必貴。男逢比劫定傷妻，女入印梟難嗣子。羊刃逢傷官七煞，骨肉親友傷情；三合六合相和，友善五湖四海。

If a man's chart includes a wounded official and the Yang blade, and if he also encounters officials and evils that restrain them, it cannot be concluded that he has no descendants; if a woman's chart includes a wounded official and the枭印, and if her fortune flows through the wealth and official positions, it can still be concluded that she has children. If the food god repeatedly appears, the official star becomes weak, indicating the husband's decline and the children's prosperity. If a man's seven evils are strong and he also encounters the same or similar stars, he will have an elder brother but no younger brother; if it is excessive or insufficient, he may not even have brothers. If the storage position is in harmony and shares the same energy, it indicates that the chart contains evils; if the evils are in a strong and flourishing position while the official star is in a declining and exhausted position, daughters will be prosperous while sons will be weak. If the wealth and official stars are strong but the day master is weak, the husband's family will be prosperous while the ancestral family will decline. If a woman has too much same or similar stars, her husband will have the intention of breaking off the marital relationship; if a man has excessive wealth and heavy same or similar stars, his wife will have selfish thoughts. If the official star is generated in the year and month, he can inherit an existing fortune; if the wounded official is completely present in the day and hour, he will gain unexpected wealth. If the official star is present in the year, his father and grandfather have once held official positions; if the official star is present in the month, his brothers will certainly be prosperous. If a man encounters same or similar stars, he will certainly harm his wife; if a woman falls into the official star and theOwl Spirit, she will have difficulty in having children. If the Yang blade is repeated with the wounded official and seven evils, there will be a rift among family and close friends; if there is triple harmony or six harmony to balance, he can make friends all over the world.

又曰：凡推六親，男命以年為父，胎為母，月為兄弟，官員以月為僚友，日為己身妻妾，時為子孫，官員以時為帝座禍福。凡是子午卯酉日生，主娶子午卯酉命妻，若妻申子辰生、丑生、甲己生者，皆不永。如克過頭，妻再醮，不在此限。凡命四柱內有我克者為妻，無我克者，名曰局中無妻，卻看所生日在何地？如在財旺之鄉，當有得力之妻。更帶貴人祿馬，年主妻帶官嫁夫。

It is also said that when determining the Six Relations, for a man's fate, the year pillar represents the father, the胎元 represents the mother, the month pillar represents brothers; if one is in official position, the month pillar represents colleagues and friends; the day pillar represents oneself and wife and concubine; the hour pillar represents children; if one is in official position, the hour pillar represents the fortune or misfortune before the sovereign. If one is born on a day of Zi, Wu, Mao, or You, he will marry a wife whose destiny is also of Zi, Wu, Mao, or You. If the wife is born in the year of Shen, Zi, Chen, Chou, Ji, or Wu, they will not live together until old age. If the wife is greatly overcome by the husband, or if the wife remarries, then this does not apply. In the four pillars, whoever is overcome by me is considered the wife; if there is no one overcome by me, it is called 'no wife in the chart.' Then one should look at where the day of birth falls: if it falls in a place where wealth is strong, then there will still be a capable wife. If it is accompanied by a nobleman and a year of official position, the wife will bring official status to the husband.

若在本命時財死墓絕敗處，定主克陷，或一生鰥居。若日祿在時上遇見，如六丙日得癸巳時，六壬日得辛亥時之類，名曰譽煞，不惟主富，亦主因妻有官。若日帶年之官，或年之印，主妻奪夫權，或祿出妻蔭，或妻權貴之家，駙馬郡馬之類。日坐命財，更在財生旺之鄉，主得妻財，又主妻賢明。日坐貴人，主妻有望族，或賢淑美麗。若命帶日刑，日帶年沖破年、羊刃、劫煞、六厄、元辰、空亡，或三四娶，或無妻。

If the wealth star falls in the dead, tomb, extinction, or decline positions of the birth time pillar, it certainly indicates harm to the wife or being trapped in a marital relationship, or living a life of celibacy. If the day stem's luck is exactly at the time pillar, for example, six days of Bing with Guisi time or six days of Ren with Xinhai time, this is called 'Yusha'. It not only indicates wealth but also suggests gaining official positions through the wife. If the day pillar carries the official star from the year pillar or the seal star from the year pillar, it indicates the wife taking over the husband's authority, or the husband's salary coming from the wife's family's influence, or the wife coming from a noble family, such as a驸马 or a郡马. If the day pillar has the wealth star and it is in a flourishing and growing position of wealth, it indicates gaining wealth through the wife and also suggests a wise and capable wife. If the day pillar has a nobleman, it indicates the wife coming from a prominent family or being virtuous and beautiful. If the birth chart has day pillar conflicts, or the day pillar is broken by the year pillar, or has Yangren, Jiesha, Liu'e, Yuanchen, or Kongwang, then it may mean marrying three or four times or having no wife at all.