Guides

Wangshuai says you need Resource. Tiaohou says you need Fire. Two useful gods at war — here's the priority logic for resolving the conflict.

The strength/weakness method wasn't always central to Bazi. It evolved from a pattern-supporting tool in the Song dynasty to an independent system by the Qing. Here's the full evolutionary arc.

Can you support an Overly Weak Day Master or not? Why can't you take the normal support path? Here's the yongshen strategy for the Overly Weak state — follow the current or drain the pressure.

When the annual branch has both a clash and a combination with your chart, combination takes priority. The year that should've hit you gets distracted — and the clash fizzles.

Combining wealth is slow but effortless. Controlling wealth is fast but exhausting. These two wealth-access mechanisms produce completely different income styles. Learn which one your chart uses.

Wood Kill chops. Fire Kill burns urgent. Earth Kill crushes slow. Metal Kill pierces sharp. Water Kill seeps cold. Each element's Seven Killings hits differently and needs different control.

When Hurting Officer combines Seven Killings via Heavenly Stem Five-Combination, it's a soft entanglement that neutralizes the threat without triggering backlash. Mechanisms and conditions.

Lu isn't money — it's your original foundation. The Day Master's Lin-Guan position, your home base. Different pillars, different meanings. What happens when lu gets clashed or combined.

Four time layers press on the natal chart simultaneously — which one calls the shots? Priority order, same-direction reinforcement, and opposite-direction conflict rules.

Output Bleeding-Off Brilliance (食伤泄秀 xiè xiù) is the most elegant way for an over-strong Day Master to release surplus energy — through creativity and skill, not fighting. This guide breaks down the three conditions that make it real.

When Seven Killings directly overcomes the Day Master with no buffer — that's qi sha gong shen. Three severity grades, body and personality impact, and three rescue routes.

When Hurting Officer is so dominant that Officer star disappears entirely — the Hurting Officer's destructive energy converts to pure creative freedom. Conditions and Luck Cycle risks.

The classic 'one noble in the Hour Pillar' pattern — does 'noble' mean the stem or the branch? Why only ONE? And why does the Hour Pillar matter so much for late-life dignity?

The Twelve Earthly Branches quick-reference: direction, season, month, two-hour period (时辰 shí chen), zodiac animal, hidden stems (藏干 cáng gān), and Five Element assignment. One table, everything covered.

Water and Fire together can be perfect balance (既济 jì jì) or mutual destruction (交战 jiāo zhàn). The difference is one variable: balance ratio plus Wood passage. This guide lays out the conditions and the Luck Cycle tipping points.

Affectionate means your useful god actually helps you. Emotionless means it's there but can't reach you. Luck Cycles can flip one to the other. Here's how.

The classic saying from Qian Li Ming Gao doesn't mean 'having an Officer Star makes you noble.' It means the Officer Star must be properly managed. Learn the four 'attention' conditions: control, transform, generate, protect.

A systematic overview of core Bazi terminology — stems, branches, ten gods, pattern names, clash/combination relationships, and practical diagnostic terms.

When the four tomb-storehouse branches get clashed — wealth flood or disaster? It depends entirely on whether the contents are alive or dead. Judgment framework for muku clash.

Combine (he) events entangle you. Clash (chong) events hit you. These two Branch relationships produce totally different life experiences. Learn the real-world imagery of all six Combines and six Clashes.