Guides

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Follow-Officer Pattern is a special pattern where the Day Master submits to the Direct Officer's dominance. This article explains the formation conditions, differences from Follow-Killing, luck-cycle affinities, and break-point risks.

The Seven Killings Pattern has the strongest energy of all patterns — the highest ceiling but also the highest risk. This article systematically explains the complete framework of Killing-pattern formation, control/transformation, and luck-cycle strategy.

The Three Rarities Complete (Wealth-Officer-Resource) is one of the most classic wealth-and-honor patterns. This article explains the circulation mechanism and level assessment in detail.

Blind School chart reading has a significantly different approach from the traditional Ziping pattern method. This article compares the core differences and respective strengths of the two systems.

The hardest part of pattern diagnosis is not determining the pattern or choosing yongshen, but handling threshold states and pattern transitions. This article systematically explains judgment methods for pattern threshold states and strategies for dealing with pattern transitions.

The Direct Wealth pattern is the most stable type among Wealth patterns. This article explains the characteristics, Useful God direction, and key luck cycle considerations of the Direct Wealth pattern.

The Follow-Resource Pattern is a special pattern where the Day Master submits to the Resource star's dominance, distinctly different from Follow-Wealth, Follow-Killing, and other Follow Patterns. This article explains the formation conditions, pattern characteristics, and luck-cycle affinities.

Seal pattern paired with Eating God or Hurting Officer is a special configuration within Seal patterns, where the Seal's solidity and the Output's agility form complementary qualities. This article explains the pattern characteristics, Useful God direction, and luck cycle preferences for the Seal Using Output pattern.

Beyond the standard eight patterns, the Ziping pattern system includes a rich array of outer patterns. This article systematically introduces the types of common outer patterns and the Useful God selection methods for each category.

Every pattern has its own formation conditions and break-point signals. This article systematically organizes the formation and break rules for the Eight Standard Patterns and common external patterns, serving as a practical quick-reference manual for pattern stability.

The Cong-Er Ge has explicit formation conditions. This article analyzes each hard criterion for the Cong-Er Ge point by point.

Cong-Wang, Cong-Qiang, Cong-Qi, and Cong-Shi are four easily confused concepts within the following pattern system. This article systematically explains their definitions, differences, and diagnostic methods.

Direct Wealth is stable, Indirect Wealth is volatile. Their luck cycle preferences have important differences. This article compares and analyzes the luck cycle rules of the two Wealth patterns.

Using the Wealth star as the Use in a Direct Officer pattern is one of the optimal configurations. Wealth generates Officer, Officer flourishes and the pattern strengthens. This article explains the Use selection method and key luck cycle points for Officer pattern using Wealth.