When the Day Master Is Strong and the Pattern Forms, Wealth and Officer Are Favored
Strong Day Master patterns most need an outlet — Wealth and Officer
If in a pattern the Day Master is strong (Day Master has a strong root; Resource and Peers are strong), what is most needed is Wealth and Officer to give the Day Master's strength an outlet. Wealth star gives the Day Master's strength an economic value outlet; Officer star gives the Day Master's strength a career-direction outlet. A strong Day Master without Wealth and Officer is like having full strength with nowhere to apply it. This article explains the judgment methods and luck cycle strategies for Strong Day Master patterns favoring Wealth and Officer.
The core of Useful God selection for strong Day Master patterns: the Day Master has strength and needs Wealth and Officer to give that strength direction. Wealth governs money and resources; Officer governs career and status. Getting either one allows the pattern to manifest.
1. Judgment Criteria for Strong Day Master
In the pattern method, judging a Strong Day Master has three layers. First layer: Day Master obtains the Month Command — Day Master has Salary in the Month Command (Establish Salary Pattern), has Blade (Goat Blade Pattern), or receives Month Command support (Month Command is Resource star or Peer). A Day Master obtaining the Month Command is naturally strong. Second layer: Day Master has strong roots in earthly branches — Salary/Blade in Day Branch or Year Branch; Long Life in Month Branch or Hour Branch. The more roots and the closer to the Day Stem, the stronger the Day Master. Third layer: Resource and Peer support — heavenly stems reveal Peers to support the Day Master; heavenly stems reveal Resource star to produce the Day Master. But being strong also has the problem of 'excess' — when the Day Master is too strong without Wealth/Officer outlets, the pattern actually worsens (strong but uncontrolled). The ideal 'strong Day Master' has strength but not excessively — between middle-qi root and strong root; sufficient strength but still room for improvement.
2. The Logic of Using Wealth and Officer
In strong Day Master patterns, using Wealth and Officer is based on the 'channeling' logic of Day Master strength. Wealth star — the Day Master controls Wealth (what I control is Wealth); the Day Master has the strength to pursue and control wealth. Wealth star is like a 'container' for the Day Master's strength — the Day Master pours excess strength into Wealth star, converting it into actual wealth and resources. Officer star — Officer star controls the Day Master (what controls me is Officer); the Day Master has the strength to bear Officer star's 'management' and 'restraint.' Officer star gives the Day Master a career direction and status pursuit. Those with strong Day Master using Wealth suit business, investment, and resource management careers — converting strength into money. Those with strong Day Master using Officer suit institutional, management, and fields requiring order and authority — converting strength into status. Having both is a superior pattern — both wealth and status.
3. Luck Cycle Favorability
Strong Day Master patterns favor Wealth, Officer, and Output cycles. Wealth cycles — channel the Day Master's strength toward wealth; strong wealth-making ability during Wealth cycles. Officer cycles — channel the Day Master's strength toward career; position and status rise during Officer cycles. Output cycles — Output vents talent, converting the Day Master's strength into creativity (Output can also produce Wealth — indirectly strengthening Wealth star). Unfavorable: Resource and Peer cycles — Resource star produces the Day Master, making him even stronger without adding an outlet; Peers support the Day Master, excess strength may lead to competition and conflict. Also unfavorable: Mixed Officer and Killing — Direct Officer Pattern encountering Seven Killings cycles disrupts the purity of the Officer star. The core of luck cycles for strong Day Master patterns: every luck cycle must have an 'outlet' — a place for the Day Master's strength to go. During cycles without an outlet, the strong Day Master person feels strength with nowhere to use, frustrated and unfulfilled.
Three Analytical Dimensions
Career & Wealth
Love & Relationship
Personality
Health
Classical Support
Practical Application Points
- Step one for Strong Day Master: find Wealth and Officer : Once the Day Master is confirmed as strong, the first thing to do is find Wealth star and Officer star in the natal chart. If Wealth/Officer have roots and strength = pattern has outlet. If no Wealth/Officer or too weak = pattern has no outlet; need luck cycles to compensate.
- Wealth and Officer must not both be broken : Wealth star controlled by Peers = Wealth outlet blocked. Officer star controlled by Hurting Officer = Officer outlet blocked. If both are simultaneously broken, both outlets of the strong Day Master pattern are blocked.
Common Follow-up Questions
Q: What remedy when Strong Day Master has no Wealth or Officer?
A:
Without Wealth or Officer, find Output — Output venting talent is also an outlet (creativity outlet). Output can also produce Wealth (indirectly providing a Wealth outlet). If even Output is absent, can only wait for luck cycles to reach Wealth/Officer/Output cycles to exert strength.