Wangshen (亡神)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Inauspicious

From the classics

亡者，失也，自内失之之谓亡。…亡在五行临官，俱属寅申巳亥。…古歌云：「劫煞为灾不可当…」…凡命遇三奇，…带元辰、咸池、冲破、天罗地网者，为无用。

——《三命通会》

What it means

Wangshen (亡神, the Loss spirit) sits at the Five Elements' position of Office, lost from within, governing distraction and hidden inner drain. It stands opposite Jiesha—one outer, one inner. Joined with malign forces it brings a drifting, wandering life; joined with auspicious stars it too can turn misfortune. The original text treats Wangshen together with Jiesha; its ill nature is more hidden than the Robbery spirit's.

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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