Kongwang (空亡)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Neutral

From the classics

《神白经》云：「空亡空亡几多般，十干不到作空看。」《洞玄经》云：「遁穷而亡生。」故以甲旬尽处曰空亡，盖有是位而无禄，曰空；有支而无干，曰亡。…然空而有实，亡而有存，所以未可便为凶论。…凡带此煞，生旺则气度宽大，动招虚名，长大肥满，多意外无心之福，死绝则一生成败飘泊。

——《三命通会》

What it means

Kongwang (空亡, the Void) is where the ten stems are exhausted—branch without stem, salary without position. Thriving, it actually brings broad-mindedness and unsought blessing; lifeless, success and failure and a drifting life. Joined with the Guanfu it brings flattery, with the Robbery spirit cunning daring, and with Nobleman, Canopy or the Marvels great cleverness—so it cannot be judged ill across the board.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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