Guides
Bazi Guides
Ten Gods, Five Elements, Sixty Jiazi, and Star Gods reference guides.
621 guides
Tarot Guides
Structured tarot spread guides for love, career, and daily clarity.
103 guides
I Ching Guides
64 hexagrams, core principles, and divination methods.
64 guides
Feng Shui Guides
Site selection, orientation, and form versus compass methods.
90 guides
- True vs. False Officer-Killing Mix (Guan Sha Hun Za) in Bazi
Having both Direct Officer and Seven Killings doesn't automatically mean they're mixed. True mixing requires both to be strong, uncontrolled, and evenly matched. Learn the five types of false mixing.
- What Is 'Offending the Prosperous' (Fan Wang) in Bazi?
Offending the Prosperous isn't about an Annoying God attacking you — it's about YOU attacking a force that's way too strong. Learn the mechanism, consequences, and how to avoid this self-inflicted disaster.
- When Both Annual Stem and Branch Are Taboo Gods: Real Danger or Just Annoyance?
Annual stem and branch both taboo gods — that's a red flag, but not every such year brings disaster. Four-tier severity grading and rescue-condition judgment.
- When Does Indirect Resource (Pian Yin) Turn Into Owl God (Xiao Shen)?
Indirect Resource and Owl God are the same Ten God with two faces. Three conditions must ALL be met for the switch to flip. Missing even one, and it stays benign.
- Yin-Si-Shen Three Punishments (San Xing) — When Si-Shen Combine into Water, Do the Punishments Still Apply?
Yin-Si-Shen three-punishment coexisting with Si-Shen combining into Water: does the combination dissolve the punishment, or does the punishment break the combination? This guide settles the priority and gives the step-by-step judgment flow.
- Yin-Yang Difference in Five Element Generating and Suppressing — Same Element Pair, Different Force
Yang Wood generating Yang Fire vs. Yin Wood generating Yin Fire — same direction, completely different feel. Same-polarity generating is fast and fierce; opposite-polarity is slow and steady. This guide maps the force differences across all generating and suppressing pairs.
- 25 Types of Noble-Life Patterns in Bazi — An Overview of Noble-Quality Pattern Characteristics
The noble quality (guiqi) of a pattern comes from purity and the coordination of the yongshen. This article systematically organizes 25 pattern configurations with noble-quality characteristics.
- Analysis of the Cong-Ge (Metal Monopoly) Pattern — Formation and Luck Cycles for the Metal Monopolistic Pattern
Cong-Ge is the Metal Monopolistic Pattern, where Metal qi dominates the entire chart and the Day Master follows it. This article explains the formation conditions, pattern characteristics, and luck-cycle affinities and taboos.
- Are Bazi Patterns Really Important? — Re-examining the Position of Patterns in Chart Reading
Patterns are important but not everything. This article objectively assesses the actual weight of patterns in Bazi chart reading, distinguishing the relationship between patterns and other chart reading dimensions (strength-weakness, climate adjustment, Blind School), avoiding overstating the role of patterns.
- Bazi Characteristics of Hurting Officer Combining Killings — Interaction Analysis Between Hurting Officer Pattern and Seven Killings
Hurting Officer Combining Killings is a special Ten God interaction in the pattern framework. This article explains the formation conditions, real-world manifestations, and changes during luck cycles.