Da Liu Ren Terms
The generals and symbolic stars of a Da Liu Ren chart, following the ordering of the Da Liu Ren Zhi Nan and the Liu Ren Shensha Fu.
Symbolic stars
- 三丘
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Chou, proceeding through the four storehouses. Governs graves and burial matters; for illness divination it portends death and mourning. Of the same …
- 三刑
- The Three Punishments mark patterns such as Yin-Si-Shen and Chou-Xu-Wei. Governs legal trouble, corporal punishment, bodily injury, and entangled disputes. Within the chart togethe…
- 三合
- Three Harmony qi governs union, gathering, and completion. For marriage, trade, meetings, and alliances it is mostly auspicious; yet when together with Robbery Sha or Disaster Sha,…
- 丧车
- A seasonal sha; from spring at You, proceeding through the four peaks. Clashing the day stem portends illness and death; with Mourning Gate, Mourning Guest, and White Tiger, govern…
- 丧车煞
- Same as Mourning Cart—a seasonal sha at the fetal-spirit position. Clashing the day portends illness and death; with mourning stars and White Tiger, governs funerals, mourning dres…
- The Mourning-and-Condolence spirit
- The Mourning-and-Condolence spirit (丧吊煞), also called the Horizontal Barrier spirit, takes the two branches ahead of the natal branch as Sangmen (丧门). It governs mourning dress, gr…
- 五亡神
- That is, Decade Xin and the Five Perishing Sha. Each decade six Xin branches govern death and bones. The Guide says Decade Xin is the Five Perishing Sha; going out one meets robber…
- 五合
- Five Harmony is the qi of the five stem unions, governing concord, matchmaking, and successful trade. When the chart lines show Five Harmony with flourishing strength, often means …
- 五墓
- A seasonal sha—the clash of Three Mounds; from spring at Wei through the four storehouses. Governs graves and wailing funerals; for illness divination, death. With Three Mounds and…
- 产煞
- A type of Woman Disaster, governing difficult childbirth and bloodshed. With Blood Branch, Blood Taboo, and Yang Blade, greatly taboo for pregnancy and women's illness divination.
- 会神
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Wei, proceeding by verse. For travelers, meeting is gained; for fugitives, capture is possible; in modern charts with Six Harmony and Three H…
- 信神
- That is, Heaven's Trust—a monthly sha. From the first month at You through the twelve branches, governs letters and news. With Vermilion Bird, Heaven's Rooster, and Post Horse, mes…
- 六仪
- That is, Decade Ceremony and decade head. Each decade six Jia branches carry ritual dignity and leadership. For joyous matters with Virtue, Odd Star, and Vital Qi, governs honor, l…
- 六冲
- Six Clash governs destruction, opposition, dispersion, and change. For marriage, clash is taboo; for matters, breaking, scattering, and change. Yet in movement divination or travel…
- 六害
- Six Harm governs mutual harm, hidden loss, obstruction, and quarrels. For general matters, often hidden obstruction, failed cooperation, or injured relations.
- 六破
- Six Break governs ruin, failure, and dispersion. Same class as Month Break and Year Break—matters hard to complete; taboo for marriage, trade, and construction.
- 关神
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Chou through the four storehouses. Governs blocked travel, closed passes, and stalled affairs. With Wandering Calamity and Going-for-Death, greatly t…
- 兼务
- Governs dual office, dual duties, and two roles at once. For official rank, often concurrent posts or acting authority; for matters, handling several affairs at once—fortune follow…
- Jiesha
- Jiesha (劫煞, the Robbery spirit) sits at the Five Elements' point of extinction, plundered from without, governing seizure and loss. The old verse calls its disaster unbearable—guar…
- Huagai
- Huagai (华盖, the Canopy) takes the storehouse branch of a Three-Harmony bureau—e.g., Chen for Shen-Zi-Chen. It marks a lofty, solitary nature, often inclined to loneliness and discu…
- 吊客
- The Mourning-and-Condolence spirit takes the two branches behind the natal branch as Diaoke (吊客), opposite to Sangmen. It governs condolence visits and illness, alarm and unrest; w…
- Xianchi
- Xianchi (咸池) is the Bathing position of the Five Elements, taking the sense of the sun sinking into obscurity, so it governs lewdness and hidden vice. Thriving, it brings indulgenc…
- 响动
- That is, Decade Geng—the six Geng branches each decade. Governs noise, alarm, and taboo for office and illness. For lawsuits, disease, and household, often alarm, legal trouble, an…
- 四废
- A seasonal sha; from spring at You through the four peaks. Governs nothing succeeding and stagnant affairs. Seeking plans, opening business, travel, and marriage are all unfavorabl…
- 圣心
- A monthly sha, proceeding by yin-yang months. Represents grace—commoners benefit from movement, officials from transfer or removal. With office, promotion, pardon, and joy plus aus…
- 地医
- Opposite Heaven's Doctor; from the first month at Xu forward. Same as Heaven's Doctor—governs physicians, medicine, and cure. With Heaven's Doctor and Vital Qi in the chart lines, …
- 地解神
- That is, Resolving Spirit and Heaven's Resolve—one branch every two months, a sha-transforming spirit that can turn misfortune to good. For lawsuits, disputes, and calamity, seeing…
- 地转
- Governs shifting earth qi, relocation, change, and job transfer. Often movement, migration, or changing place; fortune depends on strength, clash, and generals.
- 大煞
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Wu, reverse through the four peaks. Governs swift disaster, harm to the head of household, and petty misfortune. With Robbery Sha and Disaste…
- 大耗
- Year Break is also Great Drain—the branch clashed by the Grand Duke. Governs loss of wealth, first-half-year affairs, and lawsuits. With Wealth Spirit, governs broken wealth and dr…
- 天信
- A monthly sha; from the first month at You forward. Governs letters, news, and messages. With Vermilion Bird, Heaven's Rooster, and Post Horse, messages arrive; empty or fallen, th…
- Tianyi
- Tianyi (天医, Heavenly Physician) is taken by month establishment against the branches: 1st month Mao, 2nd Hai, 3rd Chou, 4th Yin, 5th Mao, 6th Chen, 7th Si, 8th Wu, 9th Wei, 10th Sh…
- 天吏
- A monthly sha; from the first month at You, reverse through the four leaders. Governs promotion and public lawsuits; as the day star of office, most desired for seeking rank. With …
- 天喜
- A seasonal sha—clash of Heaven's Eye, nourishing spirits in the four seasons. Governs joy, grace, rank change, and wealth joy. For wedding, pregnancy, promotion, and wealth with au…
- 天城
- Governs walls, passes, camps, and dwellings. In military divination, cities; for migration and household, often towns, buildings, and residence.
- 天巫
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Chen forward. Suitable for blessing rites, sacrifice, and prayer. For blessing, disaster relief, and religious matters, often relief and prot…
- 天廷
- Governs court, hall, public gate, and superiors. With Heaven's Court and Heaven's Clerk, for office, public gate, edicts, and audiences, often auspicious.
- 天德
- A monthly sha taken from heavenly stems by four trigrams monthly. The Virtue spirit can turn misfortune to good. Kao Yuan says Heaven's Virtue is Three Harmony qi—meeting it monthl…
- 天怪
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Chou reverse. For heavenly change, omens, and anomalies. With Fire Ghost and Thunder Sha, governs fire, alarm, and strange change.
- 天盗
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Yin reverse through the four leaders. Governs thieves and theft. With Wandering Capital, Lu Capital, and Thief Talisman, for lost property an…
- 天目
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Chen through the four storehouses. For the home, ghostly trouble; used for catching thieves and finding people. Its clash is Heaven's Ear—the spirit …
- 天耳
- A seasonal sha—clash of Heaven's Eye. Same as Heaven's Eye: governs ears, sight, surveillance, catching thieves, and finding people. For privacy, listening, and news.
- 天解神
- That is, Resolving Spirit—one branch every two months, from Shen forward through six yang months in the first two months. A sha-transforming spirit. For lawsuits, calamity, and blo…
- 天诏
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Hai forward. Governs edicts, imperial orders, and court news. With Heavenly Horse and Post Horse, governs going to the capital, promotion, an…
- 天财
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Chen forward through six yang months. Governs wealth joy and seeking wealth. When chart lines show Heaven's Wealth with flourishing strength,…
- 天赦
- A seasonal sha—spring Wu-Yin, summer Jia-Wu, autumn Wu-Shen, winter Jia-Zi. Guide cases also take flourishing branches of the four seasons as pardon. Governs amnesty, joy in lawsui…
- 天车
- A seasonal sha—same position as Widow Star. Travel is unsuitable; governs damaged hooves, wheels, and cart or horse calamity. With Mourning Cart and White Tiger, governs crashes an…
- 天转
- Governs shifting heaven signs, changing patterns, and replacement. Often turning affairs, movement, or changing course; fortune follows the chart lines.
- 天马
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Wu forward through six yang months. Governs movement, edicts, and travel. With Post Horse and Imperial Edict, governs long travel, promotion,…
- 天鬼
- A monthly sha—same position as Heaven's Clerk. Governs soldiers dead, childbirth death, calamity, and plague. With Sickness Talisman, Death Qi, and mourning stars, greatly inauspic…
- 天鸡
- A monthly sha; from the first month at You reverse. Governs messages and news. With Vermilion Bird and Heaven's Trust, letters surely arrive; empty or fallen, messages lag.
- 天鼠
- Governs rats, hidden drain, theft, and yin damage. With Heaven's Thief and Thief Talisman, for lost property and theft prevention; for illness, yin cold and hidden disease.
- 奸神
- Instant thief and robber spirit at the flourishing palace of the season. Governs secret affairs, thieves, and hidden harm. Used for character, romance, lost property, and theft pre…
- 奸门
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Shen forward through the four leaders. Governs adultery, secret union, and improper relations. For feelings, character, and romantic trouble.
- Guchen
- Guchen (孤辰, the Solitary spirit) is the spirit of yin-yang melancholy, taking the sense of the mother's extinction—e.g., for a Hai-Zi-Chou person, Yin is Guchen. One who carries it…
- Guanfu
- Guanfu (官符) is the spirit of litigation and trouble, governing official disputes, gossip and entanglement in lawsuits. One who meets it readily draws legal trouble and hidden strif…
- Guasu
- Guasu (寡宿, the Widowhood spirit) takes the sense of the spouse's grave—e.g., for a Hai-Zi-Chou person, Xu is Guasu. A woman who carries it dwells alone in widowhood, and a man too …
- 将军
- Governs generals, military office, command, and authority. With General Star and Post Horse, in military, official, and travel divination, often power, movement, and might.
- 小耗
- Five branches before the Grand Duke, clashed by Sickness Talisman. Governs small loss of wealth and minor household calamity. In practice, pushing from year sha is more accurate th…
- 岁刑
- The branch punished by the Grand Duke. Governs legal trouble, punishment, injury, and dispute. With Legal Talisman and Heaven's Punishment, especially taboo for lawsuits and disast…
- 岁合
- The Six Harmony position of the Grand Duke, governing union, matchmaking, and completion. For marriage, trade, and cooperation with auspicious generals and Vital Qi, often celebrat…
- 岁墓
- The fifth branch after the year—the storehouse tomb. Governs graves, illness lawsuits, and household calamity. For funerals, household fortune, and long illness, often returning to…
- 岁德
- Year Virtue is the virtuous qi generated or united by the Grand Duke, governing yearly joy and blessing. With Vital Qi and Heaven's Virtue, turns misfortune to good.
- 岁德合
- The united position of Year Virtue, governing union, blessing, and completion. For yearly fortune and great affairs, often celebration and smooth progress.
- 岁煞
- General name for inauspicious year sha, governing stars within the year. Methods differ by sha; often yearly calamity, legal trouble, and drain—each sha must be judged separately.
- 岁破
- The branch clashed by the Grand Duke, also Great Drain. Governs first-half-year affairs, drain, and lawsuits. With Wealth Spirit, broken wealth; for matters, often ruin and failure…
- 悬索
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Mao reverse through the four peaks. For thieves, they come from above in the house; for illness, self-hanging ghosts. With Long Rope and Rope…
- 戏神
- A seasonal sha—same class as Wandering Spirit: spring Si, summer Zi, autumn You, winter Chen. A moving spirit—at home wanting out, abroad wanting return. Governs restlessness, trav…
- 成冲
- Completion Spirit with Six Clash, or clash within completion. Matters can succeed yet with twists—success with change; the chart lines must be read in detail.
- 支仪
- Branch ceremony spirit and ritual image. Governs ritual, honor, leadership, and order. With Decade Ceremony and Six Rites, often celebration and honored position.
- 支德
- Virtue on the branch, turning misfortune to good and blessing. Same class as Month Virtue, Heaven's Virtue, and Day Virtue; with auspicious generals, often disaster relief and joy.
- 日刑
- The branch punished by the day branch. Governs punishment injury, legal trouble, penalties, and bodily harm. With Legal Talisman and Heaven's Punishment, especially taboo for lawsu…
- 日医
- The medical star taken from the day stem. Governs medicine and treatment. For illness with Heaven's Doctor, Earth Doctor, and Vital Qi, often a doctor can save and illness can heal…
- 日德
- Stem sha: Jia-Ji Yin, Yi-Geng Shen, Bing-Xin Si, Ding-Ren Hai, Wu-Gui Si. Virtue turns ghosts to good—all divinations welcome it; governs blessing and turning misfortune to good.
- 日禄
- Day Salary governs strong qi, wealth salary, and smooth affairs. With Post Horse as salary-horse same town, movement brings wealth and migration brings salary.
- 日解
- Resolving spirit from the day stem, governing dissolution, relief, and disaster resolution. For lawsuits, calamity, and blockage, with Day Resolve or Heaven Resolve, often can be r…
- 日马
- Post Horse—the clash head of Three Harmony. The foremost moving spirit in Ren studies, governing movement, travel, rank change, and wealth movement. Void, fallen, or bound feet—mov…
- 旬丁
- Each decade six Ding branches—Ding Horse governs shaking and travel; also a demon spirit, governing omens and alarm. On Ren-Gui days often wealth or marriage movement; on Geng-Xin …
- 旬奇
- Jia-Zi and Jia-Xu decades odd at Chou; Jia-Shen and Jia-Wu at Zi; Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin at Hai. Odd governs rare meeting—meeting misfortune turns good.
- 晴朗
- Day branch clashes branches—from Zi day at Wu forward. Governs clear sky and bright affairs. For weather, mood, and clarifying matters, often favorable.
- 月刑
- The branch punished by the month establishment. Governs punishment injury, legal trouble, and penalties. With Day Punishment and Year Punishment, especially taboo for lawsuits and …
- 月厌
- Four places after month establishment—from Xu reverse in the first month. Hinders marriage; with Black Tortoise, theft; with Serpent, strange dreams; with Tiger clashing day stem, …
- 月合
- Month union spirit—from Hai reverse in the first month. Governs joy, harmony, and wishes fulfilled. Do not confuse with the month general.
- 月德
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Si reverse through the four leaders. Governs turning misfortune to good. With virtue spirits, often disaster relief, joy, and turning trouble…
- 月破
- Clashed by month establishment—that is, Hidden Calamity. Governs ruin and dispersion; marriage taboo, easy childbirth, affairs not completed within the month.
- 枯骨
- Governs withered bones, decline, and no vital qi. For illness, critical; for matters, abandonment and no result; with Death Spirit and Death Qi, greatly inauspicious.
- Taohua
- Taohua (桃花, Peach Blossom) is the Bathing position of the Five Elements; the San Ming Tong Hui also calls it the Defeat spirit or Peach Blossom spirit: Hai-Mao-Wei at Zi, Si-You-Ch…
- 死气
- Clash of Vital Qi—four places before month establishment. Governs death mourning, illness lawsuits; pregnancy and childbirth greatly taboo. Added to day stem or year fate, surely d…
- 死神
- One branch after Death Qi—same as Death Qi. Governs death mourning, illness misfortune, and ending of affairs. With Flying Soul, Heaven's Ghost, and Sickness Talisman, especially i…
- 活天赦
- Living qi of Heavenly Pardon, governing amnesty, forgiveness, recovery, and resolution. For lawsuits, illness, and calamity with auspicious generals, often meeting life and pardon.
- 浴盆
- A seasonal sha—same as Heaven's Eye. Taboo for children's illness; for illness, taboo seeing water—earth Bath Basin with Hai-Zi below and Queen Mother or Black Tortoise above, gove…
- 游神
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Chou reverse through four Chen positions. A moving spirit—at home wanting out, abroad wanting return. Governs restlessness, coming and going, unsettl…
- 游都
- Stem sha: Jia-Ji Chou, Yi-Geng Zi, Bing-Xin Yin, Ding-Ren Si, Wu-Gui Shen. Governs thieves and enemies. Essential in military and lost-property divination.
- 火烛
- Governs fire, candles, fire disaster, and heat calamity. With Fire Ghost and Serpent-Bird, for household and travel, often fire trouble and burning alarm.
- 火鬼
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Wu through the four peaks. Riding Serpent-Bird, governs fire calamity and burning alarm. For household, travel, and heavenly change, often fire and s…
- Zaisha
- Zaisha (灾煞, the Calamity spirit) is the fiercest of all, set ahead of Jiesha and clashing the General Star directly, governing sudden bloodshed and violent death. Each element has …
- 生气
- Two branches after month establishment—among the most auspicious in Ren studies. Relieves the inauspicious and adds the auspicious; completes new affairs. For marriage, wealth, and…
- Bingfu
- Bingfu (病符) takes the branch one after the Year God; those who violate it often fall ill, and the same holds in the annual luck. It governs illness and calamity, especially feared …
- 皇书
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Yin through the four leaders—that is, Imperial Edict. Governs examination fame, merit, and joy in words. For office, exams, and edicts, often auspici…
- 皇恩
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Wei forward through six yin months. Governs imperial grace, reward, and promotion. With Heavenly Pardon, officials avoid punishment and rise …
- 皇恩大赦
- Imperial Grace with Heavenly Pardon together, governing amnesty, forgiveness, restoration of office, and revival. For lawsuits, calamity, and career, greatly auspicious.
- 直符
- Governs direct talisman, mandate, authority, and token. For public gate, orders, authorization, and contracts, often with proof, trust, and execution.
- 破碎
- That is Red Sha and Metal Spirit. Governs broken objects, wealth loss, bloodshed, and blade injury. With Defeat Spirit called the ruin spirit—most inauspicious.
- Kongwang
- 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; life…
- Yangren
- Yangren (羊刃, the Blade) is the spirit one position ahead of the Lu, for when prosperity overflows the blade is born—symbolizing excessive strength and an exposed edge. It marks a f…
- 血忌
- A monthly sha, proceeding by yin-yang months. With Blood Branch, both govern bloodshed—taboo for childbirth and illness. With Metal Spirit and White Tiger, governs blade injury and…
- 血支
- One branch after month establishment—from Chou forward in the first month. Governs bloodshed, childbirth peril, and blade injury. With Blood Taboo, greatly taboo for pregnancy and …
- 贤贵
- Governs the worthy, nobles, pure honor, and support. With Heaven's Noble, Heaven's Virtue, and Day Virtue, for people and career, often help from nobles.
- 转煞
- Governs turning, changing patterns, replacement, and migration. Affairs have a turn and shift; fortune depends on strength, clash, and auspicious or inauspicious generals.
- 进神
- Stem sha—forward on yang days at Wu-Wu, on yin days at Mao-You. Governs advance, progress, and completion. Forward spirit must not retreat—retreat is regrettable.
- 迷惑
- A seasonal sha; from spring at Chou reverse through four storehouses. Governs obsession, loss, confusion, and being misled. For people, muddled mind; for matters, lost direction.
- 退神
- Stem sha—forward on yang days at Chou-Wei, on yin days at Chen-Xu. Governs retreat, defense, and shrinking affairs. Retreat spirit must not advance—advance meets obstruction.
- 钥神
- Governs keys, locks, secrets, and guarding. For prison, secrecy, passes, keys, and authority, often closure, guarding, and restriction.
- 长生学堂
- Stem sha literary star at the Five Elements longevity positions. Governs literary honor, study, and examination fame—Jia-Yi at Hai, Bing-Ding at Yin, Geng-Xin at Si, Ren-Gui at She…
- 长绳
- A monthly sha—same position as Heaven's Clerk. With ghosts, hanging death; ropes govern imprisonment. With Hanging Rope and Legal Talisman, especially taboo for lawsuits and disast…
- 闭口
- Decade Gui—the six Gui branches each decade. Governs people not speaking, illness without eating, mechanisms unfathomable. Ghost line with closed mouth—endure in all affairs and tr…
- 雌虎煞
- A monthly sha—same position as Heaven's Doctor. Governs tiger and wolf harm, fierce beasts, and injury. For travel, illness, and household, often injury and alarm.
- 雨师
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Zi forward through the four peaks. In initial use or transfer, governs rain. For weather, farming, and travel dates, often rain.
- 雷公
- A monthly sha—same position as Heaven's Thief. Governs thunder, alarm, and sudden calamity. With Thunder Sha and Fire Ghost, for heavenly change and alarm, often thunder-fire calam…
- 雷煞
- A monthly sha—same class as Tomb Gate. Governs thunder, alarm, and sudden disaster. With Thunder Lord and Fire Ghost, for travel and household, often thunder-fire alarm.
- 雷电
- Thunder Lord and Thunder Sha together, or thunder and fire combined. Governs thunder, alarm, and sudden disaster. For heavenly change, travel dates, and household, often alarm.
- 风伯
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Shen reverse. Governs wind. For weather, travel dates, and household, often wind; with Wind Sha, manifestation is stronger.
- 风煞
- A monthly sha; from the first month at Yin reverse. Governs wind, change, and instability. For travel, household, and heavenly change, often wind disaster and turmoil.
- 飞廉
- A monthly sha, proceeding by verse. Flying Talisman and Flying Lian both govern speed—travelers must move; if chart lines are inauspicious, there is disaster. For travel and calami…
- 飞祸
- Governs calamity flying in, sudden disaster, and groundless misfortune. With Disaster Sha and Flying廉, if chart lines are inauspicious, manifestation is faster.
- 飞魂
- A monthly sha—same position as Heaven's Edict. Governs unsettled spirit, many ominous dreams at night, and ghostly intrusion. With Mourning Soul and Sickness Talisman, greatly tabo…
- 鲁都
- Lu Capital is the clash of Wandering Capital—the thieves' nest. With Wandering Capital and Heaven's Thief, for lost property, theft prevention, and military divination, governs rob…
- 外解
- Governs external resolution, relief when going out, and external affairs dispersing. With Resolving Spirit and Heaven's Doctor, for lawsuits, travel, and legal trouble, often relie…
- 雨煞
- Governs rain, damp, and overcast sky. With Rain Master, for weather and travel dates, often rain; for illness sometimes damp disease.
- 战雄
- Spring Yin, summer Si, autumn Shen, winter Hai as Battle Hero—armies should face this direction. Governs might, movement, and authority; petty people also quarrel.
- 游煞
- Governs wandering, roaming, instability, and blocked long travel. With Wandering Spirit and Wandering Soul, for travel and mind, often drifting and unrest.
- 成神
- Governs completion, achievement, and union. With Vital Qi and Heavenly Joy, for marriage, trade, and plans, often can succeed; with clash, success with change.
- 喝散
- Governs shouting to disperse and scattering inauspicious sha. With Resolving Spirit and Imperial Grace, for lawsuits and calamity, sometimes officials disperse, affairs disperse, o…
- The Post-horse
- The Post-horse (驿马) is the branch that clashes a Three-Harmony bureau; it marks movement and the joy of promotion and gain—the star of activity and celebration among the Three Fate…
- 天师
- Governs heaven's master, ritual master, medicine, and prayer. With Heaven's Wizard and Heaven's Doctor, for blessing, disaster relief, and exorcism, often relief and protection.
- 月鬼
- Governs ghostly trouble within the month, yin evil, and false alarm. With Heaven's Ghost and Death Spirit, for illness and household, often ghost evil, night alarm, and obscurity.
- 盗神
- Governs thieves and secret harm. With Heaven's Thief, Black Tortoise, and Wandering Capital, for lost property and theft prevention, manifestations come faster.
- 邪神
- Governs evil spirits, improper and yin evil affairs. With Month Ghost and Heaven's Ghost, for illness and household, often ghost evil and impropriety.
- 灭门
- Governs extinguishing the household, great misfortune, and calamity to the whole family. With Robbery Sha, White Tiger, and Death Spirit—extremely inauspicious; greatly taboo in al…
- 天书
- Governs documents, edicts, classics, and examination fame. With Imperial Writ and Heaven's Edict, for exams, office, and news, often joy and document blessing.
- 管神
- Governs management, oversight, and authority. For office and overseeing affairs, fortune follows chart lines; with auspicious generals, office; with inauspicious, harassment.
- 往亡
- Going-for-Death makes travel unfavorable—going without return. From Yin forward skipping two, armies marching and marriage all suffer; all affairs unfavorable. Taboo for travel, ma…
- 杀神
- Governs killing, punishment injury, and calamity. With White Tiger and Robbery Sha, for lawsuits and disaster, often slaughter, legal trouble, and bloodshed.
- 谩语
- Governs falsehood, lies, reckless speech, and untrue words. With Sky Void and Black Tortoise, for trust and affairs, often deception and false alarm.
- 天厕
- Governs filth, latrine, damp yin, and lowly matters. For illness, lower burner and damp disease; with adultery and thief spirits, often secret and unclean affairs.
- 天火
- Governs fire disaster, heat, and burning alarm. With Fire Ghost, Fire Omen, and Serpent-Bird, for household and travel, often fire trouble.
- 昏迷
- Governs coma, unclear mind, and obscure affairs. With Bewilderment and Flying Soul, for illness, stupor; for matters, lost direction.
- 飞横
- Governs calamity flying across, sudden disaster. With Disaster Sha and Flying Calamity, if chart lines are inauspicious, manifestation is faster.
- 战难
- Governs battle hardship, weapons, quarrel, and injury. With Battle Hero, Battle Yin, and White Tiger, in military and lawsuit divination, often fierce fighting and injury.
- 日煞
- Sha at the day stem, governing one day's misfortune. With Death Spirit and Robbery Sha, affairs often unfavorable that day with swift calamity.
- 门神
- Governs gate, household, and pass. With Gate Spirit, for household and travel, often gate affairs and unfavorable going in and out.
- 天刑
- Governs punishment, penal injury, legal trouble, and bodily harm. With Legal Talisman, Day Punishment, and Year Punishment, especially taboo for lawsuits and disaster.
- 大时
- Instant great sha, governing sudden calamity and hour misfortune. With Robbery Sha and Flying Lian, disliked in all divinations—often swift calamity.
- 时煞
- Sha of the hour, governing momentary misfortune. With Great Hour and Day Sha, affairs often have present disaster—do not act rashly.
- 伏殃
- That is Month Break—clashed by month establishment. Governs ruin, calamity, and war fire. With White Tiger and Death Qi, for lawsuits, disaster, and travel, often swift trouble, le…
- 上丧
- Governs mourning dress above—elders mourned. With Mourning Guest, Mourning Gate, and White Tiger, for household and travel, often mourning, dress, and weeping.
- 豹尾
- Leopard Tail is inauspicious—Shen-Zi-Chen years at Xu, governing calamity and military disaster. Its clash is Yellow Banner—taboo for travel and construction.
- 受死
- Governs receiving death, facing peril, and greatly inauspicious timing. With Death Spirit, Death Qi, and White Tiger, for illness, travel, and lawsuits, often fatal danger—do not a…
- 天机
- Governs change, secrecy, turning point, and strategy. When moving, affairs change; with auspicious generals the turn is good, with inauspicious generals change becomes calamity.
- Wangshen
- 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, o…
- 绞神
- Governs hanging, ropes, and imprisonment. With Hanging Rope and Long Rope, for illness and lawsuits, often hanging death, binding, and legal trouble.
- 哭神
- Governs weeping, grief, and mourning. With Mourning Gate, Mourning Guest, and Death Qi, for illness and household, often weeping, mourning dress, and unrest.
- 丧魄
- A seasonal sha; from the first month at Wei reverse through four storehouses. Governs lost soul, low spirits, and repeated worry. Initial use or on day branch and year fate as Mour…
- 下丧
- Governs mourning below—young mourned or foot mourning. With Five Tomb and Withered Bone, for illness and household, often funerals and household unrest.
- 月煞
- General name for month establishment inauspicious sha, or the month's inauspicious qi. Specific fortune must judge combined sha—often unfavorable that month.
- 驿心
- Like Post Horse and Heavenly Horse—governs mind to move and travel dates moving. With Post Horse and Heavenly Horse, for travelers and migration, often about to move.
- 天恩
- Governs heaven's grace, reward, and turning misfortune to good. With Imperial Grace and Heavenly Pardon, for office and calamity, often receiving grace, pardon, and turning trouble…
- 天煞
- Heaven Sha of Three Harmony fetal ground, governing flying calamity and sudden disaster. With Robbery Sha and Disaster Sha as the Three Sha, calamity is more urgent.
- 地狱
- Governs hell, prison, heavy calamity, and the underworld. With Heaven's Prison and Prison Spirit, for illness and lawsuits, often heavy imprisonment, deep illness, and disaster.
- 贼神
- Governs thieves and theft. With Heaven's Thief, Thief Spirit, and Wandering Capital, for lost property and theft prevention, manifestations come faster.
- 绳索
- Governs ropes, binding, and hanging death. With Hanging Rope, Long Rope, and Strangling Spirit, especially taboo for lawsuits and disaster.
- 煞神
- General name for inauspicious sha, governing calamity, legal trouble, and drain. Must judge the specific combined sha—cannot treat all alike as inauspicious.
- 奸淫
- Governs adultery, secret union, and romantic scandal. With Salty Pool, Adultery Gate, and Adultery Spirit, for feelings and character, manifestation is stronger.
- 天吞
- Governs swallowing up, drain, being seized, and affairs covered. With Heaven's Robber and Great Drain, for wealth and affairs, often loss and invasion.
- 墓门
- Governs graves, tomb gate opening, and funerals. Tomb spirit riding Serpent-Tiger added to Mao-You as tomb gate open pattern, governs inner and outer mourning, relocation burial, a…
- 女灾
- Governs women's calamity, yin person's illness, childbirth peril, and quarrels. With Blood Branch and Yang Blade, greatly taboo for pregnancy, women's illness, and marriage.
- 战雌
- Battle Yin is the clash of Battle Hero—armies avoid facing it. Governs defense, being struck, and yin damage; with White Tiger and Flying Calamity, often defeat and injury.
- 天神
- Governs heavenly spirit, divine aid, and celebration. With Heaven's Virtue and Imperial Grace, for blessing and disaster relief, often protection and aid.
- 大祸
- Governs great calamity, heavy disaster, and swift trouble. With Robbery Sha, Disaster Sha, and Flying Calamity, if chart lines are inauspicious, manifestation is faster.
- 岁神
- General name for spirits of the year, or the Grand Duke's spirit. Fortune must judge specific combined sha—cannot generalize.
- 金神
- That is Broken and Red Sha—four leaders Golden Rooster, four peaks Snake, four seasons Chou day. Governs wealth loss, illness misfortune, bloodshed, and broken objects; with tomb a…
- 小煞
- Small Sha governs minor household calamity, slight trouble, and swift inauspiciousness. With Robbery Sha and Hour Sha, disliked in all divinations—guard against small disaster.
- 火怪
- Governs fire omens, alarm, and abnormal fire trouble. With Fire Ghost and Thunder Sha, for household and heavenly change, often fire disaster and alarm.
- 月符
- Governs talismans, legal talisman, and month command restraint. With Legal Talisman and Vermilion Hook, for lawsuits and legal trouble, often litigation and mandate.
- 天狱
- Governs prison, penal imprisonment, and legal trouble. Heaven's Prison with Vermilion Hook governs binding; with Legal Talisman and White Tiger, especially taboo for lawsuits and d…
- 忧神
- Governs worry, anxiety, and obstructive concern. With Death Qi and Sickness Talisman, affairs often end in worried outcomes; for illness, alarm and fright.
- 天牢
- Governs prison, detention, locks, and affairs caged. With Heaven's Prison, Prison Spirit, and Gou Chen, for lawsuits and travel, often imprisonment and blockage.
- 吏神
- Governs clerks, runners, official messengers, and prison underlings. With Legal Talisman and Heaven's Clerk, for lawsuits and public gate, often clerk harassment, litigation, and d…
- 市曹
- Governs market, streets, quarrels, and quarrelsome talk. With Legal Talisman and Vermilion Bird, for trade and lawsuits, often quarrels and legal trouble.
- 天日
- Governs day spirit, heaven signs, and brightness. With Heaven's Eye and Heaven's Ear, for weather and observation, fortune follows strength and clash.
- 游祸
- Governs wandering calamity and disaster while traveling. Discussed with Month Virtue and Lost Spirit—movement brings calamity; taboo for travel and plans.
- 阴煞
- Yin Sha governs yin persons' quarrels, women's trouble, and illness misfortune. From the first month at Si reverse through twelve branches—opposite Yang Sha; for lawsuits, women, a…
- 时盗
- Instant thief, governing theft and hidden loss. With Heaven's Thief, Thief Spirit, and Black Tortoise, for lost property and theft prevention, manifestations come faster.
- 亡神孤辰
- Lost Spirit with Lonely Star, governing loss and loneliness together. For marriage, relations, and lost property, often solitude, cold kin, and hard recovery of items.
- 狱神
- Governs prison and detention. With Heaven's Prison and Gou Chen, for lawsuits and travel, often imprisonment and blockage.
- 天猴
- Governs monkey trouble, alarm, restlessness, and change. With Heaven's Robber and Wandering Spirit, for travel and household, often alarm, loss, and change.
- 神豪
- Governs the fierce, quarrels, and violence. With Market and White Tiger, for lawsuits and travel, often fighting and injury.
- 火灾
- Governs fire disaster, burning ruin, and heat calamity. With Fire Ghost and Serpent-Bird, for household and travel, often fire trouble and loss.
- 黄幡
- Yellow Banner is the clash of Leopard Tail, governing calamity—taboo for travel and construction. With Leopard Tail, taboo for armies, construction, and marriage.
- 游魂
- A seasonal sha; from the first month at Hai forward through twelve branches. Governs unsettled spirit, ominous dreams at night, and ghostly intrusion. Initial use or added to day b…
- 病煞
- Governs illness qi and disease calamity. With Sickness Talisman, Heaven's Ghost, and Death Qi, greatly inauspicious for illness; for affairs, often disaster from disease.
- 阳煞
- Yang Sha governs yang persons' quarrels and men's trouble. From Hai forward through leaders—opposite Yin Sha; for lawsuits and quarrels, often dispute and trouble.
- 血腥
- Governs bloodshed, slaughter, and inauspicious mourning. With White Tiger and Blood Branch, for illness and travel, often blood disaster and penal injury.
- 火神
- Governs fire calamity, heat, and burning alarm. With Fire Ghost and Fire Omen, for household and travel, often fire disaster and injury.
- 勾神
- Gou Chen spirit, governing entanglement, connection, blockage, and farmland lawsuits. With Gou Chen and Legal Talisman, for lawsuits and farmland, often entangled litigation and de…
- 刑亡
- Punishment with Lost together, governing penal liability, death, and legal entanglement. With Heaven's Punishment, Going-for-Death, and Legal Talisman, greatly taboo for lawsuits a…
- 孤神
- Same as Lonely Star, governing solitude and cold kin. With Widow Star, for marriage and relations, often unfavorable.
- 天杀
- That is Heaven Sha—Three Harmony dead ground and the like, governing slaughter, swift disaster, and calamity. Same class as Robbery Sha and Disaster Sha; with inauspicious generals…
- 天六
- Governs six spirits, six harm-like inauspicious images, or six yin sha in Six Ren. Often hidden damage, obstruction, and trouble—chart lines must be read in detail.
- 阴死
- Governs yin-type death, death in hiding, and women's mourning. With Death Spirit and Month Ghost, greatly inauspicious for illness and household.
- 月皮
- Governs skin, sores, and external illness. With Blood Branch and Sickness Talisman, for illness often skin membrane disease and external symptoms.
- 天时
- Governs weather, timing, and season. For travel dates, farming, and weather, must match chart pattern with auspicious and inauspicious generals.
- 丧魁
- Mourning Leader is head of mourning affairs—mourning calamity arrives first. With Mourning Gate, Mourning Guest, and Mourning Soul, for illness and household, often funerals and mo…
- 大神
- Governs great spirit and honored sha. Fortune follows combined generals—with auspicious, aid; with inauspicious, great calamity.
- 煞神枯骨
- Inauspicious sha with Withered Bone, governing decline, death mourning, and no vital qi. For illness, critical; for affairs, abandonment with stacked calamity.
- 阴灾
- Governs yin person's calamity, hidden disaster, and women's trouble. With Woman Disaster and Yin Sha, for women and household, often yin damage.
- 浴神
- Same as Bath Basin, governing water calamity, bathing, and childbirth peril. Taboo for children's illness; with Queen Mother and Black Tortoise, often water trouble and damp diseas…
- 灾神
- Governs calamity and misfortune. Same class as Disaster Sha; with inauspicious generals in chart lines, governs sudden disaster and unforeseen trouble.