Guides

Gai Tou is the Heavenly Stem suppressing the Earthly Branch below it. Jie Jiao is the Branch cutting off the Stem above it. This in-pillar conflict drains efficiency from the chart. Learn to identify and assess its impact.

Punishment (xing), Clash (chong), Break (po), and Harm (hai) are the four disharmonious Earthly Branch relationships. Each has a different mechanism, intensity, and real-world manifestation. This guide breaks them down with a comparison framework.

Fu Yin is stem-branch repetition (overdoing it). Fan Yin is simultaneous Heavenly Stem Control + Earthly Branch Clash (double-line assault). Learn the mechanisms, severity difference, and how to handle both.

Kongwang means a branch is temporarily drained of power. How to locate it, what it affects, when it stops being empty, and why a void on your taboo god is actually good news.

The same Chen branch can be a wealth storehouse or a wealth tomb — the difference is everything. Learn to judge by Five Element strength, not by branch name.

Luming method centers on the Year Pillar and Nayin. Ziping method centers on the Day Pillar and Ten Gods. Same chart, different answers. Know which system you're using.

The Month Branch (月令 yuè lìng, the chart's command center) controls 50% of baseline power. But what happens when it gets clashed, suppressed, or combined without transformation? This guide quantifies the power loss and the pattern downgrade.

Turbidity (zhuo) means conflicting forces cancel each other out. Clarity (qing) means forces align. Four paths to remove turbidity and recover a clean pattern structure.

Three-Combination is chemical transformation — three branches become a new element. Three-Assembly is physical gathering — three same-direction branches pool their power. Different mechanism, different force.

Self-Punishment (自刑 zì xíng) is internal friction — a branch damaging itself. Fu Yin (伏吟 fú yín) is repetition overload — same thing too many times. Both cause internal chaos, but they work through entirely different channels. This guide draws the line.

When Day Master and Wealth star are dead even — it's the most delicate balance in Bazi. Tilt one way, you get rich. Tilt the other, you go broke. Luck Cycle decides everything.

A Day Master with only one root (du gen) and no elemental source feeding it — this is one of the most fragile structures in Bazi. Learn how to identify it, assess the risk level, and find rescue paths.

The Day Master is extremely strong but has no Wealth Star or Officer Star to channel the excess force. This isn't a tragic fate — it's an efficiency problem. Learn the diagnosis and the exit strategy.

Zhi (制) means direct suppression — punch back. Hua (化) means indirect transformation — redirect and convert. Facing Seven Killings: Eating God zhi kills it, Resource hua turns it into support. This guide lays out the mechanism, the choice criteria, and when to switch.

Empty-reveal (虚透 xū tòu): a Ten God appearing on the Heavenly Stem with zero Earthly Branch root. It looks real but can't deliver. Each Ten God behaves differently when empty. This guide breaks them all down.

Why does too much Wealth star make you poor? Too much Officer make you disgraced? It's not paradox — it's Five Element excess. This guide lays out the backlash mechanism for every Ten God with real judgment criteria.

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.

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.

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.

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.