Huagai (华盖)

Symbolic stars · Tendency: Neutral

From the classics

华幡正戌同季逆，正申进孟即奸门。

——《大六壬指南·神煞》及《六壬神煞赋》

What it means

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 discussed for monks, Taoists and artists; even in a noble pattern it is not free of solitude. With the Direct Seal and Post-horse it becomes the 'seal of office,' a mark of high commission; seen at the birth hour or conception palace it often indicates adoption or birth to a concubine. Two-sided in fortune, it must be read with the whole chart.

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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