- Chen–Chou Break: Two Damp Earths Fall Out, and How to Fix It
Chen–Chou pits two damp Earths against each other, and the hidden stems in the storehouses get hurt. A break cracks from the inside — not a clash's open fight or a harm's hidden sting. Covers who is hurt, the four pillars, and the fix: Fire to warm the chart, combinations to dissolve the break.
- Mao–Wu Break: Wood Feeds Fire Until It Burns Out, and How to Fix It
Mao–Wu turns Wood feeding Fire into burnout: Mao Wood gets drained, Wu Fire blazes. A break leaks qi slowly — not a clash's open fight or a harm's hidden sting. Covers who is hurt, the four pillars, and the fix: Water to control Fire and protect Wood, combinations to dissolve the break.
- Si–Shen Break: Fire Forges Metal, Water Splashes Back, and How to Resolve It
Si-Shen break: combination with break and punishment. Bing Fire in Si forges Geng Metal in Shen; Ren Water in Shen splashes the fire back — both sides lose. On the spouse palace, friction. Resolve with Earth to bridge, Water to moisten.
- Wei–Xu Break: Dry Earth Scorches Dry Earth, and How to Resolve It
Wei-Xu break: dry Earth meets dry Earth, Fire stoking Fire, dryness on dryness. Break means damage and cracks. On the spouse palace, friction and cracks. Resolve with wet Earth and Water.
- Yin–Hai Break: Combination First, Crack After, and How to Resolve It
Yin-Hai break: combination first, break after. Ren Water in Hai overcomes Bing Fire in Yin; Yin Wood gains Water, Bing Fire is hurt. Break means damage and cracks. On the spouse palace, hot first, cold later. Resolve with open Fire and kept promises.
- Zi–You Break: Metal Feeds Water Into a Leak, and How to Fix It
Zi–You turns Metal feeding Water into a slow leak: You Metal gets drained, Zi Water overflows. A break cracks structure slowly — not a clash's open fight or a harm's hidden sting. Covers who is hurt, the four pillars, and the fix: Earth to control Water, combinations to dissolve the break.
- Chou–Wu Harm: Wet Earth Silently Smothers Wu Fire, and How to Resolve It
Chou-Wu harm: Chou's wet Earth overcomes the Ding Fire hidden in Wu and smothers it out — calm outside, enthusiasm quietly doused. Wood feeds Fire to help Wu; the Wu-Xu and Yin-Wu combinations pull Wu away.
- Mao Chen Harm: Reading and Resolving the Hidden Harm
Mao-Chen Harm: wood pierces earth in secret. Mao's Yi Wood controls Chen's Wu Earth, stealing the soil. Harm is hidden loss, unlike clash's open fight. In the spouse palace it signals quiet rivalry. Resolve with Fire, Metal, or combination.
- Shen Hai Harm: Reading and Resolving the Hidden Harm
Shen-Hai Harm: metal generates water yet wounds while giving. Shen's Geng Metal controls Hai's Jia Wood, harming the wood within. Harm is hidden loss, not clash's open fight. In the spouse palace it signals affection that breeds resentment. Resolve with Water and combination.
- Yin–Si Harm: Punishment Plus Harm, a Hidden Backstab, and How to Resolve It
Yin-Si harm carries punishment and harm: Yin's Jia Wood feeds Si's Bing Fire, but Si's Geng Metal secretly overcomes Jia Wood — kindness repaid with a backstab. Water bridges; Yin-Hai and Si-Shen combinations pull the pair apart.
- You Xu Harm: Reading and Resolving the Hidden Harm
You-Xu Harm: earth generates metal yet wounds while giving. Xu's Ding Fire controls You's Xin Metal—dry earth crisps the metal. Harm is hidden loss, not clash's open fight. In the spouse palace it signals a dry, cool marriage. Resolve with Water and combination.
- Zi–Wei Harm: Dry Earth Silently Drains Zi Water, and How to Resolve It
Zi-Wei harm: Wei's dry Earth overcomes the Gui Water hidden in Zi and drains it dry in secret — calm outside, bleeding underneath. Wood bridges to ease Earth and save Water; Chou combines Zi and Wu combines Wei to pull the pair apart.
- Chen–Wu–You–Hai Self-Punishment: How to Resolve and Apply It
Chen-Wu-You-Hai Self-Punishment happens when a branch meets itself in the chart, turning its own energy inward. Covers its nature, who gets hurt, the four pillars, and how to resolve it.
- Chou–Xu–Wei Three Punishments: Resolving and Applying the Strength-Reliant Punishment
The Chou-Xu-Wei Three Punishments (Strength-Reliant Punishment) is the clash of three Earth branches fighting over power. Covers its nature, who gets hurt, the four pillars, and how to resolve it.
- Yin–Si–Shen Triple Punishment: Resolving and Applying the Punishment of Ingratitude
The Yin-Si-Shen Triple Punishment (Punishment of Ingratitude) is a three-branch cycle where Wood, Fire, and Metal wound each other. Covers its nature, who gets hurt, the four pillars, and how to resolve it.
- Zi–Mao Punishment: Resolving and Applying the Punishment of Impoliteness
The Zi-Mao Punishment (Punishment of Impoliteness) is the clash between the Rat and Rabbit branches, where Water feeds Wood but with hidden resentment. Covers its nature, who gets hurt, the four pillars, and how to resolve it.
- Chen-Xu Clash (辰戌冲): Earth vs Earth — Meaning and Remedies
Chen and Xu clash, Earth battles Earth. Chen is damp Earth, the Water storehouse; Xu is dry Earth, the Fire storehouse. One damp, one dry — same element, sharp friction. Two storehouses face off and the hidden stems spill out; the wealth, authority, and tomb storehouses all open at once. A clash in the month or day pillar means marriage quarrels; in the year or hour pillar, home and household shifts. Opening a storehouse can be lucky or unlucky — check whether it holds your useful god or harmful god. Wood can loosen Earth, Metal can drain Earth, and Chen-You and Mao-Xu combinations both restrain and resolve the clash.
- Chou–Wei Clash: Earth vs. Earth, the Two Storehouses Collide, and How to Resolve It
On the surface the Chou–Wei clash is Earth against Earth, but underneath it is wet Earth hitting dry Earth and a Metal storehouse hitting a Wood storehouse — the hidden stems inside, Chou's Gui Water and Xin Metal against Wei's Ding Fire and Yi Wood, fight each other, and both storehouse doors get knocked open. If what sits in the storehouse is favorable, wealth and honor arrive; if it is unfavorable, money is lost and trouble follows. This guide breaks the clash from three angles — the nature of the five elements, its place in the four pillars, and its link to the useful god — then gives the remedies: Metal to bridge, and combinations to dissolve the clash, so you can read this collision of storehouses.
- Mao-You Clash (卯酉冲): Metal vs Wood — Meaning and Remedies
Mao and You clash, Metal battles Wood. Mao is Yi Wood at its peak, You is Xin Metal at its prosperity. Both sit at full strength, evenly matched, so the clash runs hottest. Metal conquers Wood, so Mao Wood takes the blow and You Metal gains — unless Wood is strong and Metal weak, in which case Metal gets chipped. A clash in the year or hour pillar means home and household shifts; in the month or day pillar, marriage upheaval. First check whether it clashes with your useful god or harmful god, then judge good from bad. Water bridges the gap, and combinations break the clash — Mao-Xu and Chen-You both restrain it.