Xing Xue Da Cheng (星學大成)

欽定四庫全書　　　　　子部七

Imperially Commissioned Complete Library of the Four Treasuries — Section of Masters, Part Seven

星學大成　　　　　　　術數類五【命書相書之屬】提要

The Great Compendium of Star Studies — Category of Arts of Calculation, Part Five [Works on Fate Books and Physiognomy]: Abstract

【臣】等謹案星學大成三十卷明萬民英撰民英字育吾大寧都司人嘉靖庚戌進士厯官河南道監察御史出為福建布政司右參議是編取舊時星學家言以次編排間加註釋論斷其一曰星曜圖例其二曰觀星節要宮度主用十二位論其三曰諸家限例琴堂虛實其四曰耶律秘訣其五至七曰仙城望斗三辰通載其八曰總□紫府珍藏星經雜著其九曰碧玉真經鄧史□拗其十曰光矞淵微星曜格局其於星家古法纎鉅不遺可稱大備自來言術數者惟章世純所云其法有驗有不驗騐者人之智計所及不騐者天之防妙斯存其言最為允當而術家必欲事事皆騐故多出其途以測之途愈多而愈不能中其尤難信者無過於喬廟一説其説以火土二星相反而相成晝火參軫及箕壁無咎乃大告夜土角斗及井奎降福亦如之不知五行之理惟主生尅如季土坐於凋零之木本自借其疏通旺火臨於瀺灂之流亦轉樂其滋益若乃冬火坐水鄉春土居木位豈可目為喬廟而定其吉乎且土雖盛而木巳被其

Your servants respectfully submit: The Great Compendium of Star Studies, in thirty fascicles, was compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming. Minying, courtesy name Yuwu, was a man of the Daning Regional Military Commission and a jinshi of the gengxu year of the Jiajing reign; he served successively as Censor of the Henan Circuit and was later posted out as Assistant Administration Commissioner of Fujian. This compilation takes the sayings of the star-study schools of former times and arranges them in order, adding annotations and judgments here and there. The first part is the Illustrated Rules of the Star Bodies; the second, Essentials of Observing the Stars, with discussions of the degrees of the palaces and the twelve positions of dominion; the third, the schools' rules on the limits, together with the Qintang doctrine of the full and the empty; the fourth, the Secret Instructions of Yelü; the fifth to the seventh, Immortal City, Gazing at the Dipper, and the Comprehensive Record of the Three Luminaries; the eighth, a general collection of the Zifu Treasury and miscellaneous writings on the star classics; the ninth, the Bi Yu True Classic and the Deng–Shi corrections of errors; the tenth, the Guangyu Profound Subtleties on the patterns of the star bodies. In regard to the ancient methods of the star schools, it omits nothing great or small and may be called comprehensive. Among those who have spoken of the arts of calculation, only Zhang Shichun's saying is entirely apt: its methods are sometimes verified and sometimes not; what is verified lies within the reach of human wit and calculation, and what is not verified is where the subtlety of Heaven's mystery resides. Yet the practitioners insist that every matter be verified, and so they stray down many byways in order to fathom it; the more byways, the less they hit the mark. The hardest of all to believe is the doctrine of the 'Qiaomiao' (the exalted-temple state): it holds that the two stars Fire and Earth are opposed yet complete each other, so that Fire by day in Shen and Zhen, or in Ji and Bi, is without fault and is greatly auspicious, and Earth by night in Jiao and Dou, or in Jing and Kui, likewise brings blessings. It does not understand that the principle of the Five Phases concerns only generation and overcoming: Earth in the season of withering sits upon Wood and by nature relies on being loosened and opened by it, and blazing Fire facing a trickling stream turns instead to delight in its nourishment; but when Fire in winter sits in the land of Water, or Earth in spring dwells in the position of Wood, how can these be regarded as 'exalted-temple' and judged auspicious? Moreover, although the Earth is strong, the Wood has already been

沈埋火即熾而水己虞其枯涸有利於此即不利於彼是皆好竒求騐而不計五行生尅之故者民英於此類大抵沿襲舊聞未能駁正其謬且今之五星躔度嵗差既異於古亦難必其盡合然其鳩集眾説多術家不傳之本實為五星之大全與子平之三命通防並行不悖後來言果老術者參互考證要必於是取資焉明史藝文志及黃虞稷千頃堂書目皆以此書為陸位撰而別出萬民英三命防通十二卷今檢此本卷首自序及凡例確為民英所撰藝文志葢沿黃氏之誤故仍以民英之名著錄焉乾隆四十六年五月恭校上

buried by it; and when the Fire is already ablaze, the Water is already threatened with drying up. What benefits one side harms the other. All of this is the fault of those who love novelty and seek verification without taking into account the reasons of generation and overcoming among the Five Phases. On such matters Minying largely follows the old reports and was unable to refute their errors. Furthermore, the transit degrees of the Five Stars today differ from those of antiquity because of the precession of the years, and it is hard to insist that they all agree. Still, in gathering the many schools it includes many texts untransmitted by the practitioners, and it is truly the great complete work on the Five Stars; it runs in parallel with, and does not contradict, the Comprehensive Meeting of the Three Fates of the Ziping school. Those who later speak of the art of Guolao must cross-check and examine it, and must draw upon this work. The Treatise on Arts and Letters in the Ming History and Huang Yuji's Bibliography of the Qianqing Hall both attribute this book to Lu Wei and list separately Wan Minying's Comprehensive Meeting of the Three Fates in twelve fascicles. Having now examined this copy, its preface and general rules at the head of the first fascicle are indeed Minying's own; the Treatise on Arts and Letters evidently followed Huang's error, so we still record the book under Minying's name. Respectfully proofread and submitted in the fifth month of the forty-sixth year of Qianlong.

總纂官【臣】紀昀【臣】陸錫熊【臣】孫士毅

Chief Compilers: your servants Ji Yun, Lu Xixiong, Sun Shiyi

總　校　官【臣】陸　費　墀

Chief Collator: your servant Lufei Chi

星學大成原序

Original Preface to The Great Compendium of Star Studies

昔者聖人明於天之道而察於民之故爰命司天首創璣衡以齊七政而厯法始具其大要不外欽若昊天敬授人時而已其流為推歩占□至禆灶甘唐臯石輩相接踵□星氣察禨祥以修人事而祿命之説未之聞也惟唐初呂博士一敘言始及之則又深疑而不敢信五季宋元其説寖盛縉紳學士往往信以為然故蘇子瞻有退之命在尾箕餘命亦在磨蠍之語夫以天象之高天道之幽逺一星辰變異皆足以兆妖祥而基理亂近則歲月逺至數十年外無有不騐況人稟天地五行之氣以生其初誕之時群曜變於上而會逢其適人事協於下而感與天通亦理數自然之符也且如宋德隆盛五星聚奎諸賢輩出而文章世道遂為丕變星家之説不亦有明徴哉葢嘗論之天之化也運諸氣而貞夫理氣有純駁而理則無二命也者合理與氣言之也孔子作春秋紀災異而事應不書天道命不言雖言不著葢皆欲人以理御氣居易以俟命而已餘非知天者然星命之説亦留心考究頗得要領旨趣病世之專門者不達天人

In ancient times the sage understood the Way of Heaven and examined the circumstances of the people; thereupon he ordered the Director of Heavenly Matters to be the first to create the armillary sphere to regulate the Seven Governors, and the art of the calendar was thus first established. Its main purpose was nothing more than reverently following august Heaven and respectfully giving the seasons to the people. Its offshoots became calculation and divination, so that men such as Pizao, Gan De, Tang Gao and Shi Shen followed one upon another, observing the stars and the vapors and examining omens in order to order human affairs; but the doctrine of emolument and fate had not yet been heard of. Only the Erudite Lü of the early Tang first spoke of it in a preface, and even then he doubted it deeply and did not dare to believe. Through the Five Dynasties, the Song and the Yuan the doctrine grew ever more popular, and gentry and scholars often believed it to be so; hence Su Zizhan's remark, 'Tuizhi's fate lay in Wei and Ji; my fate too lies in Capricorn.' Now the heavens are lofty and the Way of Heaven is remote and profound, yet any change in a single star is enough to herald calamity or good fortune and to ground order or disorder: near, it concerns months and years; far, it reaches beyond several decades, and there is none that is not verified. How much more so when man receives the energy of the Five Phases of Heaven and Earth in order to be born: at the moment of his first birth the host of luminaries shift above and meet by chance with that moment, and human affairs below are in harmony and respond by touching Heaven; this is likewise a natural tally of principle and number. Consider also how, when the virtue of the Song flourished, the Five Stars gathered in Kui, worthy men emerged one after another, and letters and the course of the age were greatly transformed; is not the doctrine of the star schools thus plainly attested? I have once discussed it: the transformation of Heaven moves through energy yet is upright through principle; energy may be pure or mixed, but principle has no duality; fate is what combines principle and energy in speaking. When Confucius composed the Spring and Autumn Annals he recorded calamities and anomalies, yet recorded nothing on the Way of Heaven and spoke not of fate, or if he spoke, did not make it plain; all this was because he wished men to govern energy by principle, to dwell at ease and await fate, and nothing more. I am not one who knows Heaven, yet on the doctrine of stars and fate I have also taken pains to investigate and have grasped the essentials and the purport. I grieve that specialists of the day, failing to comprehend the relation of Heaven and man,

之故妄言禍福以惑世人乃取三辰通載五星總□望斗殿駕耶律喬抝虛實等書及家所藏不傳之秘刪其繁複訂其訛繆或己有所見而古人未發或舊有所解而今則非是分別次第考究註釋纂為全書共若干巻名曰星學大成以廣厥□以助我聖天子欽天授時之政是則餘之志也或者謂是書之行將使君子恃命而怠於為善小人恃命而敢於肆惡母乃不可歟嗚呼易以道隂陽是卜筮之書也聖人作之以教人趨吉避凶而一言以蔽之曰天下之動貞夫一者也若曰吉者吾趨之非趨夫吉趨夫所以獲吉之理視履考祥之類是也凶者吾避之非避夫凶避夫所以致凶之故復即命渝安貞之類是也由是則吉而非求也由是則凶而有所不避也六十四卦三百八十四爻無非此理葢聖人幽贊神明開物成務之精意餘之心亦若是也而胡不可哉是書之行使知命之士觀之遇富貴則曰命也吾不可以幸致遇貧賤則曰命也吾不可以茍免行法以俟夭壽不貳將齊得喪一死生其為教不既多乎若恃命之將

speak recklessly of calamity and fortune and so delude the people. I have therefore taken the Comprehensive Record of the Three Luminaries, the Comprehensive Collection of the Five Stars, Gazing at the Dipper, the Dianjia, Yelü, Qiao Ao, the Full and Empty, and other books, together with the untransmitted secrets stored in my own family; I have pruned their redundancies and corrected their errors, in some places adding my own views where the ancients had not yet spoken, and in others resolving old explanations that are now wrong. Having distinguished them, set them in order, examined them and annotated them, I have compiled them into a complete work of a number of fascicles, named The Great Compendium of Star Studies, in order to broaden what was lacking and to assist the work of our sacred Son of Heaven in reverently following Heaven and bestowing the seasons; this is my aim. Some may say that the circulation of this book will lead gentlemen to rely on fate and be lax in doing good, and petty men to rely on fate and dare to indulge in evil; is that not improper? Alas! The Changes speaks of yin and yang as a book of divination; the sage made it to teach men to pursue good fortune and avoid misfortune, and one sentence sums it up: 'the movements of all under Heaven are upright through the One.' If one says, 'I pursue the fortunate,' it is not that I pursue fortune but that I pursue the principle by which fortune is obtained, as in 'look back on one's conduct and examine its omens'; if one says, 'I avoid the unfortunate,' it is not that I avoid misfortune but that I avoid the reasons that bring misfortune about, as in 'changing one's fate and resting in constancy.' From this, good fortune is not sought, and misfortune is not something to be avoided at all. The sixty-four hexagrams and three hundred eighty-four lines are none other than this principle, and this is the subtle meaning of the sage in secretly aiding the spirits and opening things to complete tasks. My own heart is likewise so; how could it not be right? When this book circulates, let those who know fate read it: meeting wealth and rank, they will say, 'It is fate; I may not gain it by luck'; meeting poverty and lowliness, they will say, 'It is fate; I may not carelessly escape it'; they will practice the law and await their span of life, whether short or long, without wavering, and will equalize gain and loss and one death with one life. Is not such a teaching of great benefit? As for those who rely on fate

通而防行徑趨見命之將否而徼倖茍免是則桎梏而死立乎巖牆之下者雖聖賢亦末如之何矣豈予之所知哉豈予之所知哉是為序嘉靖肆拾貳年歲次癸亥十月朔日易水萬民英謹序

to go smoothly and act as they please, or who, seeing that fate is unfavorable, seek by luck to escape it, they die in fetters and stand beneath a tottering wall; not even the sages and worthies can do anything about them. How could it be a matter of what I know? How could it be a matter of what I know? This is the preface. Written respectfully by Wan Minying of Yishui, on the first day of the tenth month of the guihai year, the forty-second year of Jiajing.

星曜凡例前引

General Rules on the Star Bodies: Preliminary Note

星命之説頭緒多端如推論星曜有廟樂垣殿遲留伏逆變不變之不同取用神煞有天干地支吉凶善惡用不用之互異遡流窮源顧名思義莫不有一定之理存焉看星者不先明諸星曜神煞所以然之理而欲通貫諸經斷人命吉凶禍福是猶瞽者舍其杖而問途將貿貿焉莫知所之矣今觀星家諸書不能兼綜條貫明示後人或露其易而隱其微或傳其名而昧其實或載其一而遺其二識者病焉餘取台厯諸星圖神煞及諸家之所散見凡有關於是者推求理之所以然總定為凡例三捲上卷定吉凶雜曜中卷定觀星節要下卷論位次強弱諸家限例間多附以巳意別為或問雖未能盡天地古今星煞象數之精其於歴代觀星三命之法亦庶幾根極而有要云易水育吾子識

The doctrine of stars and fate has many threads. In judging the star bodies there are differences of temple, delight, mansion and palace, delay, retrogression, hiding, and changing or not changing; in taking the spirits and baleful stars there are differences of heavenly stems and earthly branches, auspicious and inauspicious, good and evil, used and unused. Tracing to the source and exhausting the stream, reflecting on the name to grasp its meaning, there is none that lacks a fixed principle within it. One who observes the stars without first understanding the reason why each star body and spirit is as it is, and yet wishes to run through all the classics to judge a person's fortune and misfortune, is like a blind man who discards his staff and asks the way; groping on, he knows not where he is going. Looking now at the books of the star schools, none can bring them together in an orderly line and clearly show them to later generations: some reveal the easy and hide the subtle; some transmit the name but obscure the substance; some record one and omit two; the discerning are troubled by this. I have taken the star charts of the astronomical calendars, the spirits and baleful stars, and what the various schools have scattered here and there; for whatever bears on these matters I have sought out the reason why they are so, and fixed them as General Rules in three fascicles. The upper fascicle fixes the auspicious, inauspicious and miscellaneous stars; the middle fascicle fixes the essentials of observing the stars; the lower fascicle discusses positions, order, strength and weakness, and the schools' rules on the limits, often with my own opinions appended as separate 'Questions.' Although I have not been able to exhaust the subtlety of the stars, baleful stars, images and numbers of heaven and earth, past and present, with respect to the methods of observing stars and the Three Fates through successive ages, I hope that I have come close to rooting them out and grasping their essentials. Noted by Yuwu, Master of Yishui.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming

星曜吉凶圖例

Illustrated Rules on the Auspicious and Inauspicious Star Bodies

右周天都計三百六十五度二十分五十秒分佈十二宮惟子午兩宮每宮計三十度四十三分八十秒其餘十宮每宮計三十度四十三分七十九秒歲必三百六十五日零三時而交春是合周天之度月必三十日零五時二刻而交節是合一宮之度

The above: the whole celestial circuit totals three hundred sixty-five degrees, twenty minutes, fifty seconds, distributed among the twelve palaces; only the two palaces Zi and Wu count thirty degrees, forty-three minutes, eighty seconds each, and the other ten palaces count thirty degrees, forty-three minutes, seventy-nine seconds each. The year must have three hundred sixty-five days and three hours before the spring comes round, which accords with the degrees of the whole circuit; the month must have thirty days and five hours and two quarters before the node comes round, which accords with the degrees of one palace.

凡常氣晨昏定刻自秋分至春分皆在卯酉自清明至白露皆在寅戌　太陽出入定刻自小寒至芒種小暑至大雪皆在卯酉惟冬至出辰入申夏至出寅入戌氣□有盈虛愆忒而成月令太陽有出入長短而成歲功固仰觀俯察所當知亦出作入息所必考也

As to the regular fixed hours of dawn and dusk: from the autumn equinox to the spring equinox they fall at You and Mao; from Qingming to Bailu they fall at Yin and Xu. As to the fixed hours of the sun's rising and setting: from Xiaohan to Mangzhong, and from Xiaoshu to Daxue, it rises and sets at Mao and You; only at the winter solstice does it rise at Chen and set at Shen, and at the summer solstice it rises at Yin and sets at Xu. The energies wax and wane and err, and so make up the monthly commands; the sun's rising and setting are long and short, and so make up the work of the year. This is what must be known by looking up and looking down, and also what must be examined in the labor of rising and the rest of retiring.

【夫星辰之入垣局如仕宦之在廟堂上格之命須得星歸垣局則官職顯要歴】

[The entry of the star bodies into their mansion-positions is like an official dwelling in the court. For a fate of the highest pattern, the stars must return to their mansion-positions. Careers in office are prominent and important, passing through]

【三台八座翰林之榮命格雖高而星不入局則雖有祿位終為中品下品之貴】

[the Three Terraces and Eight Seats and the glory of the Hanlin; though the pattern of fate may be lofty, if the stars do not enter their positions, then even with rank and emolument one remains in the middle or lower grade of nobility]

天盤之法順數天左旋也人之立命在十二宮有不同而以天盤之卯加之則同經云天盤轉出地盤上卯上分明是命宮是也耶律十二宮發明望斗經東昇西沒新注其説已詳矣時學不知此圖只以子宮為例而槩以十二宮者有之又有知其卯位自加寅辰疊加已丑三位加子午四正加亥未五位加申戌六位加酉對沖加亦但得其跡而未知其所以也

The method of the heavenly chart counts forward in sequence, because Heaven turns to the left. A person's establishing of the Life Palace differs among the twelve palaces, yet with the Mao of the heavenly chart added to it they are all the same. The classic says, 'The heavenly chart turns out onto the earthly chart; what lies over Mao is plainly the Life Palace.' Yelü's Twelve Palaces Elucidated, Gazing at the Dipper Classic, 'Rising in the East and Setting in the West,' and the new annotations have already explained this in detail. The contemporary learners do not know this diagram and only take the Zi palace as the example, applying it to all twelve palaces; there are also those who know that the Mao position adds to Yin and Chen, stacking on Si and Chou for three positions, Zi and Wu for the four cardinal ones, Hai and Wei for five positions, Shen and Xu for six positions, and You for the opposing position; but they grasp only the trace and do not know the reason why.

地盤之法逆數日月右轉也地盤不動故十二宮立命同此一通關也經云縱漏關橫漏關是已時學但知子關卯丑關寅辰關亥巳關戌午關酉未關申而不知其以一卯關子逆數之則通關所以然之理不待説而自明矣

The method of the earthly chart counts in reverse, because the sun and moon turn to the right. The earthly chart does not move, so for the twelve palaces the Life Palace is established in the same way, all through one passage. The classic says, 'The vertical leaking pass and the horizontal leaking pass' is just this. The contemporary learners know only that the Zi pass is Mao, the Chou pass is Yin, the Chen pass is Hai, the Si pass is Xu, the Wu pass is You, and the Wei pass is Shen, but do not know the reason why; if one takes Mao as the pass of Zi and counts in reverse, the principle of the through pass explains itself without further explanation.

人盤之法重虛實者以其四柱欲與天星相聨續琴堂之所重者此也假如壬申丁未戊戌甲寅生人則星盤中未申戌寅填實宜歲令身命官福居之戌卯辰子空虛宜難星忌曜居之若吉空則凶凶空則吉吉實則吉凶實則凶也餘仿此推

The method of the human chart emphasizes the empty and the full, because the four pillars are to be linked in series with the heavenly stars; this is what the Qintang doctrine emphasizes. For example, for a person born in the year Renshen, month Dingwei, day Wuxu, hour Jiayin, in the star chart the positions Wei, Shen, Xu and Yin are 'filled and full,' and are suited to the Year Command, Body, Life, Official and Fortune stars dwelling there; Xu, Mao, Chen and Zi are 'empty,' and are suited to the Hardship and baleful stars dwelling there. If an auspicious star is empty, it is inauspicious; if an inauspicious star is empty, it is auspicious; if an auspicious star is full, it is auspicious; if an inauspicious star is full, it is inauspicious. The rest may be inferred likewise.

定十二宮神二十八宿分野所屬

Fixing the Twelve Palace Spirits and the Territories to Which the Twenty-Eight Lodges Belong

角亢秤宮辰屬鄭　氐房心卯蠍宋遊尾箕人馬燕寅位　斗牛磨蠍丑吳流女虛危瓶齊子地　室壁雙魚亥衛州奎婁白羊魯國戌　胃昴畢酉趙金牛觜參隂陽申晉地　井鬼巨蟹未秦州柳星張周獅子午　翼軫雙女楚已頭

Jiao and Kang: the Libra palace, Chen, belonging to Zheng. Di, Fang, Xin: Mao, Scorpio, Song. Wei and Ji: Sagittarius, Yan, the Yin position. Dou and Niu: Capricorn, Chou, Wu, flowing. Nü, Xu, Wei: Aquarius, Qi, the Zi ground. Shi and Bi: Pisces, Hai, the province of Wey. Kui and Lou: Aries, Lu, the state of Xu. Wei, Mao, Bi: You, Zhao, Taurus. Zui and Shen: Gemini, Shen, the Jin land. Jing and Gui: Cancer, Wei, the province of Qin. Liu, Xing, Zhang: Zhou, Leo, Wu. Yi and Zhen: Virgo, Chu, Si, the head.

定十二宮次舍

Fixing the Stations of the Twelve Palaces

析木原來本在寅　大火在卯壽星辰鶉尾在已鶉火午　鶉首在未實沈申大梁居酉降婁戌　娵訾在亥定其真□枵在子星紀丑　十二宮中仔細尋

Xi Mu originally lies at Yin; Da Huo lies at Mao and Shou Xing at Chen; Chun Wei lies at Si and Chun Huo at Wu; Chun Shou lies at Wei and Shi Chen at Shen; Da Liang dwells at You and Jiang Lou at Xu; Zou Zi lies at Hai, which fixes its truth; Xuan Xiao lies at Zi and Xing Ji at Chou. Search them out carefully within the twelve palaces.

定十一曜周天行度之數

Fixing the Circuit Degrees of the Eleven Luminaries

木星大約一年一宮十二年一周天卯年卯上起故名之曰歲

Jupiter moves about one palace a year and completes a celestial circuit in twelve years; in a Mao year it starts from Mao, and so it is named 'Year.'

火星大約兩月一宮二年一周天

Mars moves about one palace per two months and completes a celestial circuit in two years.

土星大約一年一宿二十八年一周天

Saturn moves about one lodge a year and completes a celestial circuit in twenty-eight years.

金水星一月一宮不離太陽前後一年一周天

Venus and Mercury move one palace a month and never leave the front or back of the Sun, completing a circuit in a year.

炁曜二十九年一周天

The Qi luminary completes a circuit in twenty-nine years.

孛曜九年一周天　羅計十八年一周天

The Bo luminary completes a circuit in nine years; Luo and Ji complete a circuit in eighteen years.

約太陽行度法歌　我朝立法多在虛一度立春立春虛四度　雨水危十求　驚蟄室九度春分壁六遊　清明奎十一　穀雨婁九留立夏胃十一　小滿昴十收　芒種畢十四夏至井一頭　小暑井十八　大暑井初秋立秋柳十二　處暑張十週　白露翼五度秋分排軫遊　寒露軫十八　霜降角十二立冬氐五度　小雪房五時　大雪尾火九冬至箕六依　小寒斗十三　大寒牛五遲約太隂行度法歌

Song of the Method of the Approximate Motion of the Sun: Our dynasty set its method mostly at Xu, one degree. Start of Spring: Xu, four degrees. Rain Water: Wei, ten sought. Awakening of Insects: Shi, nine degrees. Spring Equinox: Bi, six roaming. Clear and Bright: Kui, eleven. Grain Rain: Lou, nine remaining. Start of Summer: Wei, eleven. Lesser Fullness: Mao, ten ends. Grain in Ear: Bi, fourteen. Summer Solstice: Jing, one at the head. Lesser Heat: Jing, eighteen. Greater Heat: Jing, beginning. Start of Autumn: Liu, twelve. Limit of Heat: Zhang, ten circling. White Dew: Yi, five degrees. Autumn Equinox: Zhen, roaming. Cold Dew: Zhen, eighteen. Frost's Descent: Jiao, twelve. Start of Winter: Di, five degrees. Lesser Snow: Fang, five o'clock. Greater Snow: Wei, nine. Winter Solstice: Ji, six remaining. Lesser Cold: Dou, thirteen. Greater Cold: Niu, five delayed. The Song of the Method of the Approximate Motion of the Moon follows.

欲識太隂行度時　正月之節起於危一日出行十三度　五日兩宮次第移二奎三胃四從畢　五井六柳張居七八月翼宿以為初　龍角季秋任遊歴十月房宿作元辰　建子箕星細尋覓丑月牽牛切要知　周天之度無差忒此是太隂行度方　人命身宮從此得

If you would know the time of the moon's motion: the node of the first month starts at Wei, one. The day of rising, thirteen degrees; every five days it shifts two palaces in order: second month Kui, third Wei, fourth from Bi, fifth Jing, sixth Liu, Zhang in the seventh. In the eighth month Yi is the start, in the ninth month Jiao in its roaming course through the late autumn. In the tenth month Fang is the origin, in the eleventh month, Jian Zi, Ji, search carefully. In the twelfth month Niu: know it closely. The degrees of the celestial circuit have no error; this is the method of the moon's motion. A person's Body Palace is obtained from here.

約二十八宿度數歌

Song of the Approximate Degrees of the Twenty-Eight Lodges

十八正相室　三五居東壁　十七半奎闌十三婁不覓　胃言十四半　十一昴全算二八畢躔加　半觜河邊燦　參九在其方三十遇井郎　一増雙是鬼　二七柳花芳七星夜還走　張翼各十九　軫宿十八半十三角當首　亢九日光輝　十六氐相宜房心各五度　十七尾南飛　箕輝照十方二十四斗郎　牽牛七夕過　十一半女娘虛星無十度　危星十六當

Eighteen for the Shi, the prime; three and five dwell in the east Bi; seventeen and a half for Kui, thirteen for Lou, do not seek; Wei, fourteen and a half; Mao, eleven in full count; twenty-eight for Bi, add a half; Zui, a half by the River's bright; Shen, nine in its quarter; thirty meets the Jing; add one for the pair, Gui; twenty-seven for Liu, flowering; Xing at night runs back; Zhang and Yi, nineteen each; Zhen, eighteen and a half; thirteen for Jiao at the head; Kang, nine, the sun's radiance; sixteen for Di, fitting; Fang and Xin, five degrees each; seventeen for Wei flying south; Ji shining in all ten directions; twenty-four for Dou; Niu passes at the Seventh Night; eleven and a half for Nü; Xu, not ten degrees; Wei, sixteen, in its place.

約二十八宿過宮度數歌

Song of the Degrees at Which the Twenty-Eight Lodges Pass Through the Palaces

氐一過卯尾三寅　斗三度兮丑中陳女至一度方過子　危十二度亥中陳奎一入戌胃三酉　畢六度兮移過申井八過未柳三午　張十四巳軫九辰以上度數特其槩耳其詳具於三辰通載

Di passes Mao at one; Wei at three, Yin; Dou at three degrees, set in Chou; Nü passes Zi at one degree; Wei at twelve degrees set in Hai; Kui at one enters Xu; Wei at three, You; Bi at six degrees shifts and passes Shen; Jing at eight passes Wei; Liu at three, Wu; Zhang at fourteen, Si; Zhen at nine, Chen. The above degrees are only an outline; the details are set out in the Comprehensive Record of the Three Luminaries.

定十二月寅時訣歌

Song Fixing the Yin Hour in the Twelve Months

正九五更二□徹　二八五更四□歇三七平光是寅時　四六日出寅無別五月日高三丈地　十月十二四更二仲冬才到四更初　便是寅時為君記

First and ninth months: the fifth watch, the second drum ends; second and eighth months: the fifth watch, the fourth drum rests; third and seventh months: level light is the Yin hour; fourth and sixth months: sunrise, Yin is nothing different. Fifth month: the sun is three zhang high; tenth and twelfth months: the fourth watch, second drum; midwinter: only at the fourth watch's start is it the Yin hour: note this for your lord.

定太陽出沒法歌

Song Fixing the Rising and Setting of the Sun

正九出乙入庚方　二八出兎入雞腸三七發甲入辛地　四六生寅入犬藏五月生艮歸干上　仲冬出巽沒坤方惟有十與十二月　出辰入申仔細詳

First and ninth months: rises at Yi, sets at Geng; second and eighth months: rises at the Hare, sets at the Rooster's gut; third and seventh months: rises at Jia, sets at Xin; fourth and sixth months: born at Yin, hides in the Dog; fifth month: born at Gen, returns to Gan; midwinter: rises at Xun, sets at Kun; only in the tenth and twelfth months does it rise at Chen and set at Shen: examine with care.

【十干變曜所以然之理無可稽考餘故作此圖以發明之甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸專配火孛木金土月水炁計羅而太陽不與者葢十曜皆由陽君所授分配十干而化為祿一定之序也以下凡化福者皆其食神化防者皆其偏財化貴者皆其六合化刑者皆其七煞化囚者皆其梟印化暗者五陽干皆是陽刄五隂干皆是傷官化耗者五陽干皆是傷官五隂干皆是正財化印者五陽干皆是正官五隂干皆是正印化權者五陽干皆是正印五隂干皆是比肩夫傷官陽刃俱為之耗正官正印俱為之印此理固然而五隂干以正財為耗以比肩為權何也葢五隂柔順能濟五行之剛而不能尅五行之剛今見所尅用力有損故謂之耗五隂雖有印綬相生隂柔不能主事故賴陽干比助而後有力故謂之權此天地自然之道隂陽不易之理也豈易知哉】

[The reason why the ten stems change into luminaries cannot be traced in the records; I have therefore made this diagram to elucidate it. The ten stems Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui are assigned especially to Mars, Bo, Wood, Metal, Earth, Moon, Water, Qi, Ji and Luo, while the Sun does not take part, because the ten luminaries all receive their mandate from the Yang Lord and are assigned to the ten stems, transforming into emolument in a fixed order. In what follows, all that transform into fortune are their Eating God; those that transform into union are their Indirect Wealth; those that transform into nobility are their Six-Harmony; those that transform into punishment are their Seven Killings; those that transform into confinement are their Owl and Seal; those that transform into the hidden are, for the five yang stems, all the Yang Blade, and for the five yin stems all the Hurting Officer; those that transform into wastage are, for the five yang stems, all the Hurting Officer, and for the five yin stems all the Direct Wealth; those that transform into seal are, for the five yang stems, all the Direct Officer, and for the five yin stems all the Direct Seal; those that transform into authority are, for the five yang stems, all the Direct Seal, and for the five yin stems all the Shoulder Companion. Now the Hurting Officer and the Yang Blade are both wastage, while the Direct Officer and the Direct Seal are both seal: the principle is so. Yet the five yin stems take Direct Wealth as wastage and the Shoulder Companion as authority; why? Because the five yin are soft and compliant and can help the hardness of the Five Phases but cannot overcome it; when they now use force to overcome what they should overcome, they suffer loss, so it is called wastage. The five yin, though they have the Seal to produce them, are yin and soft and cannot manage affairs, and so rely on the yang stems to help them with companions before they have strength, so it is called authority. This is the natural way of Heaven and Earth and the unchanging principle of yin and yang; how easy is it to know?]

十干變曜所屬

To Which Palaces the Transformed Luminaries of the Ten Stems Belong

凡當年之變為天元祿者即其星之管官祿也變為暗者屬相貌變為福者屬財帛福德遷移變為耗者屬兄弟變為防者屬妻妾變為貴者屬男女變為刑者屬奴僕變為防者屬田宅變為囚者屬疾厄變為權者屬命宮此又變曜之所屬也故名為管庫星云

In general, the transformation of the year's luminary into the Heavenly Source Emolument belongs to that star's governing of the Official Emolument Palace; a transformation into the Hidden belongs to Appearance; a transformation into Fortune belongs to the Wealth, Fortune Virtue, and Migration palaces; a transformation into Wastage belongs to the Brothers; a transformation into Union belongs to the Spouse and Concubines; a transformation into Nobility belongs to Sons and Daughters; a transformation into Punishment belongs to Servants; a transformation into Union belongs to Fields and Residences; a transformation into Confinement belongs to Illness and Hardship; a transformation into Authority belongs to the Life Palace. This is the assignment of the transformed luminaries, and so they are called the stars that govern the storehouses.

論天元祿主星與官祿並詳

On the Heavenly Source Emolument Lord Star, Examined Together with the Official Emolument Palace

凡祿主星一宜在七強宮二喜照命三要順行四要廟旺五要在當生年納音長生臨官帝旺宮以上並得用主大富貴如在五弱宮或入四煞位更行留逆故為福不純主人淹滯雖不在五弱臨在七強亦初中年不得發福矣

As for the Emolument Lord star: first, it should be in one of the seven strong palaces; second, it should be pleased to shine on the Life Palace; third, it should move forward; fourth, it should be in temple and prosperous; fifth, it should be at the Life, Official, or Emperor-Prosperity positions of the sound-element of the year of birth. If all of the above are present and used, the person will be very rich and noble. If it is in one of the five weak palaces or enters the position of the Four Baleful ones, and moreover moves, stays or turns retrograde, then its fortune is impure and the person will be delayed and obstructed; even if it is not in the five weak palaces but sits in the seven strong ones, he will still not flourish in early and middle years.

詩曰祿主當生入命宮　田財旺氣大亨通官星更在高強位　年少聲名達聖聰

Poem: When the Emolument Lord enters the Life Palace at birth, fields and wealth are prosperous and all goes greatly well; if the Official star is also in a lofty and strong position, in youth one's name will reach the sacred hearing.

天福星與福德財帛遷移同推

The Heavenly Fortune Star, Examined Together with the Fortune Virtue, Wealth, and Migration Palaces

凡福財星宜照福德為上身命次之男女宮見之為上吉緣此宮與福德相對故為上喜在廟旺兼行順段為福如在陷弱宮及伏逆留段為福淺更宜消詳身命根本方可以輕重斷之大凡在財帛在七強與身命主同宮主大富或有惡星同宮更行留逆主人一生財帛成敗聚散不常

In general, the Fortune and Wealth stars are best when they shine on the Fortune Virtue Palace, next the Body and Life; to be seen in the Sons and Daughters Palace is the highest good fortune, because this palace is opposite the Fortune Virtue Palace. It is a blessing to be in temple and prosperous and moving forward; if in a fallen and weak palace, or in the hidden, retrograde or stationary stage, blessings are shallow, and one should further examine the root of Body and Life before judging the heaviness or lightness. In general, in the Wealth Palace, in one of the seven strong, sharing a palace with the Body or Life lord, one will be greatly rich; if a baleful star shares the palace and it also moves in stay or retrograde, the person's wealth will rise and fall, gather and scatter, never constant.

詩曰身宮及命福星臨　廟旺高強享福深若遇陷宮並惡曜　榮華消鑠禍難禁

Poem: When a Fortune star meets the Body and Life Palaces, in temple and prosperous, high and strong, one enjoys deep blessings; if it meets a fallen palace or baleful stars, glory dissolves and calamity is hard to bear.

天印星與田宅並詳

The Heavenly Seal Star, Detailed Together with Fields and Residences

此星喜居田宅宮及七強入廟生旺之地主多業產如留逆無氣更在閒極陷地俱不得祖業主多破敗田宅宮別有吉星臨照亦自能成立如田宅地更是忌星相犯加以命弱失陷一生並無田宅

This star is pleased to dwell in the Fields and Residences Palace or one of the seven strong, in a place of temple and prosperity; the person will have many estates. If it stays, retrogrades, lacks energy, or is in an idle or fallen place, he will not inherit his ancestors' property and will often be ruined; if the Fields and Residences Palace has another auspicious star shining on it, the person will establish himself, but if the Fields and Residences Palace also has an inauspicious star clashing with it, and the Life is weak and fallen, then throughout his life he will have no fields or residences.

詩曰生來須有皇恩命　官祿高強位防星若遇科名科甲貴　因茲食祿播王庭

Poem: Born, one must have the fate of imperial grace; official emolument, lofty and strong in position, Union star: if it meets an examination rank, a noble in the metropolitan lists, by this he draws a salary and spreads his name in the royal court.

天貴星與男女並詳

The Heavenly Nobility Star, Detailed Together with Sons and Daughters

此星同男女之象居七強順行樂廟旺宮及當生年貴人馬上更無惡曜刑尅主生貴子如在遷移奴僕兄弟宮主過房或在七強被惡曜刑破多主傷尅或四煞得用多男無女男女宮星弱主子不得力男女宮星強主一子力二者強子孫眾多

This star shares the image of the Sons and Daughters Palace. It is in one of the seven strong and moves forward, in a palace of temple delight and prosperity, and falls on the Noble Person and Horse of the year of birth, with no baleful star punishing or overcoming it: the person will give birth to noble sons. If it is in the Migration, Servants or Brothers Palaces, it indicates adoption; if it is in one of the seven strong but is punished and broken by baleful stars, there is often injury and overcoming; or if the Four Baleful ones are used, there are many sons and no daughters. If the Sons and Daughters star is weak, the sons are of no help; if it is strong, one son will be of help; if both are strong, descendants will be many.

詩曰身遇高強及印權　命宮三合更相聨貴多刑少居官祿　職位榮華祿更遷

Poem: When the body meets the lofty and strong and the Seal and Authority, with the three harmonies of the Life Palace joined, nobility is many and punishment few, one serves in Official Emolument, and rank and glory rise with emolument and advancement.

天防星與妻妾同推

The Heavenly Union Star, Reckoned Together with Spouse and Concubines

此星妻宮星喜入生旺得妻財入死絶主多病順行則吉逆行則凶七強宮見之相宜五弱宮不利妻星居遷移主外婚在奴僕不宜正婚居四正宮主有妻財惡星不犯主夫妻偕老或與惡星同躔妻宮又犯空又妻宮主星闘必再婚相尅

For this star, the Spouse Palace star is pleased to enter the prosperous; if it obtains wealth from the spouse but enters death or cutoff, the person is often ill. Moving forward is auspicious; retrograde is inauspicious. It suits the seven strong palaces and is unfavorable in the five weak ones. If the spouse star is in Migration, the marriage is a distant one; if it is in Servants, it is not suited to a formal marriage; if it dwells in the Four Cardinal Palaces, the person has a wife and wealth; if no inauspicious star offends, husband and wife grow old together. If it shares a house with an inauspicious star, and the Spouse Palace is also offended by emptiness, or the lord star of the Spouse Palace is in conflict, there will certainly be remarriage and mutual overcoming.

詩曰防星逢著有操持　須是高強廟旺時福祿印權並貴防　官榮極品耀天墀

Poem: When the Union star meets one who holds fast, it must be lofty, strong, in temple and prosperous; fortune, emolument, seal, authority and nobility all unite, official glory reaches the highest rank and shines upon the Heavenly Court.

天權星與命宮同

The Heavenly Authority Star, Same as the Life Palace

天權照命及身若入廟順行主得貴人扶持更與太陽福祿星同必大權貴

When the Heavenly Authority shines on the Life and Body, if it enters temple and moves forward, the person gains the support of noble persons; if it is further with the Sun and a Fortune or Emolument star, he will certainly have great power and nobility.

詩曰權星遇貴在高強　縱有刑囚亦不妨更遇命宮高格局　定須祿位作朝郎

Poem: The Authority star meeting nobility in a lofty and strong place, though there be punishment or confinement it does no harm; if it further meets a Life Palace of lofty pattern, he will surely hold rank and emolument and be a courtier at the court.

天囚星與疾厄同

The Heavenly Confinement Star, Same as Illness and Hardship

此星怕入七強生旺及在逆段或照命或臨身並不相宜若是紫炁木星為囚星然其性本善不可便以囚忌為嫌但戊癸人見之減力終不為禍　恰齋云囚星大槩不可拘泥如汪安撫丙戌生火星對照命宮葛樞相壬申生水星守命宮二公曾未見其為囚也

This star is not suited to enter the seven strong palaces in a prosperous place or in a retrograde stage, nor to shine on the Life or sit at the Body. If it is Purple Qi or Jupiter acting as the Confinement star, however, its nature is originally good, and one need not at once dislike it as confining and baleful; if a person of Wu or Gui sees it, its strength is reduced and it never brings calamity. Qiazhai said, 'In general the Confinement star must not be treated rigidly: for example, Pacification Commissioner Wang, born in Bingxu, had Mars shining opposite the Life Palace, and Minister Ge Shu, born in Renshen, had Mercury guarding the Life Palace; neither of these two gentlemen was ever seen to be confined.'

詩曰天囚若在四刑星　膿血傷殘命夭終若是壽星臨照著　也須為福不為凶

Poem: If the Heavenly Confinement is among the Four Punishing stars, pus, blood and maiming bring an early death; but if the Longevity star shines upon it, it must then be fortune and not misfortune.

天刑星與奴僕同

The Heavenly Punishment Star, Same as Servants

此星在閒極宮無惡星相犯奴僕皆得力或在七強及得地主僕從奸狡更有凶惡加宮小人無故相侵犯凌辱此星宜弱不宜強宜順不宜逆若是命主星又不妨無自刑之理故也

This star in an idle and extreme palace, with no baleful star offending it, makes servants and followers all useful; or if it is in one of the seven strong, in the ground of the lord, servants are crafty and cunning; and if a fierce, evil star is added to the palace, petty people will for no reason offend and humiliate. This star should be weak, not strong; it should move forward, not retrograde; and if it is the lord of the Life, it does no harm, because there is no principle of self-punishment.

詩曰天刑若陷最為惡　身命田宅怕逢著限臨必主身不全　黥面文身方免卻

Poem: If the Heavenly Punishment is fallen it is most evil; Body, Life, Fields and Residences fear meeting it; when it falls upon a limit it must mean the body will not be whole, and only by tattooing the face and body can one escape it.

天耗星與兄弟同

The Heavenly Wastage Star, Same as Brothers

此星耗財之星故以兄弟當之忌在田財二宮別宮無甚害

This is the star of wasting wealth, and so it is assigned to the Brothers; it is feared in the Fields and Wealth palaces, but in other palaces it does little harm.

詩曰天耗之星不可逢　生來財帛化為空若臨貴地並權祿　尚自區區待限通

Poem: The Heavenly Wastage star must not be met; from birth wealth turns to emptiness; but if it falls on a noble place with Authority and Emolument, it can still wait modestly for the limits to open.

天暗星與相貌同

The Heavenly Hidden Star, Same as Appearance

此星最忌在官宮及官魁文星身命逢之皆無發達詩曰富貴因何福不榮　只縁命內暗傷星高強皆是為凶惡　入陷孤高患自輕

This star is most feared in the Official Palace and with the Official and Chief-Scholar stars; if the Body and Life meet it, none will flourish. Poem: Why do wealth and rank not bring glory? Because within the Life there is a hidden wounding star; lofty and strong, it is all inauspicious and evil; fallen and solitary, the trouble is slight.

變曜歌訣

Songs of the Transformed Luminaries

祿暗福耗防貴刑印囚權　火孛木金土月水炁計羅六吉夾四凶毎三吉夾二凶也

Emolument, Hidden, Fortune, Wastage, Union, Nobility, Punishment, Seal, Confinement, Authority; Mars, Bo, Wood, Metal, Earth, Moon, Water, Qi, Ji, Luo: six auspicious flanking four baleful, every three auspicious flanking two baleful.

【假如甲生人慾推何星化貴則念至貴是第六字又念火孛至月是第六字便知月化貴也若乙生人慾推何星化福則火不要念只念孛起至金止又念祿起至福止便知金化福也餘依此推】

[For example, for a person born in a Jia year, to find which star transforms into nobility, recite until 'Nobility' is the sixth word, and recite Mars, Bo up to Moon, which is the sixth; then one knows the Moon transforms into nobility. For a person born in an Yi year, to find which star transforms into fortune, do not recite Mars, only start from Bo and stop at Metal, and recite from Emolument to Fortune; then one knows Metal transforms into fortune. The rest is inferred accordingly.]

七政旺宮星度歌

Song of the Prosperous Palaces and Degrees of the Seven Governors

七政各得居強所君看分明乘旺處日據白羊十九間月入金牛第三度土在天秤二十一火居磨蠍四與七水居女上三五中金占雙魚必當室不離七與十三前據此求之始為的木經巨蟹初入鬼此生所舉多如意但於旺處逢一星斷然莫作常人視

The Seven Governors each have their strong place; look and see clearly where they ride their prosperity. The Sun holds Aries at nineteen; the Moon enters Taurus at the third degree; Saturn is in Libra at twenty-one; Mars dwells in Capricorn at four and seven; Mercury rests on Nü at three and five; Venus holds Pisces, and must be in the Shi, not leaving seven and thirteen before; take this as the basis and the seeking is sure. Jupiter in the classics first enters Gui in Cancer; in this life what he undertakes is mostly as he wishes, but if at his place of prosperity he meets a star, one must not judge him as an ordinary person.

【論七政旺宮太陽躔婁宿八度是戌宮十九度也太陽躔胃宿六度是酉宮三度土躔亢宿六度是辰宮二十一度也火躔斗十八度並二十一度是丑宮四度與七度也水躔翼八度並十度是巳宮三度與五度也金在室七度並十三度屬亥宮木在鬼初度並十三度屬未宮】

[On the prosperous palaces of the Seven Governors: the Sun's transit through the eighth degree of the Lou lodge is the nineteenth degree of the Xu palace; the Sun's transit through the sixth degree of the Wei lodge is the third degree of the You palace; Saturn's transit through the sixth degree of the Kang lodge is the twenty-first degree of the Chen palace; Mars's transit through the eighteenth and twenty-first degrees of Dou is the fourth and seventh degrees of the Chou palace; Mercury's transit through the eighth and tenth degrees of Yi is the third and fifth degrees of the Si palace; Venus at the seventh and thirteenth degrees of Shi belongs to the Hai palace; Jupiter at the first and thirteenth degrees of Gui belongs to the Wei palace.]

論廟旺尅忌歌

Song on Temple, Prosperity, Overcoming and Avoidance

星辰本宮為廟堂生我之宮為樂鄉我生之宮為旺度福與禍兮堪審詳星尅其宮名入制其星若忌號刑傷本元星主居其位貧乏之徒可較量

A star's own palace is its temple hall; the palace that generates it is its land of delight; the palace it generates is its prosperous degree; fortune and misfortune are worth careful examination. A star that overcomes its palace is called 'entering restraint'; if the star is shunned, it is called 'punishing and injuring.' The original star-lord dwelling in its own position may be compared with the poor and wanting.

【此宮度者號樂旺廟要與太歲相攝若處刑尅之中雖樂旺廟而無用若處帝旺駕勲朝垣入局之上者更不以刑尅為忌雖在樂旺廟而汨沒凶敗休囚沖驀之宮亦不可用也】

[These palace degrees are called delight, prosperity and temple, and they must be compatible with the Grand Year. If they stand in the midst of punishment or overcoming, then though in delight, prosperity or temple they are useless; if they stand at Emperor-Prosperity and Meritorious Conveyance, or at the court mansions and entering the pattern, then punishment and overcoming are not to be shunned; but though in delight, prosperity or temple, in a palace that is submerged, baleful, defeated, resting, confined, clashing or tangled, they cannot be used either.]

星辰妙度歌　又為貴格　辛待制

Song of the Wonderful Degrees of the Stars — also called the Noble Patterns, by Xin of the Drafting Office

太陽東出度經房腰下須懸金印黃玉兎始生心宿度桓圭袞冕侍君王鎮星若也度躔氐旌表門閭衣錦衣熒惑正行心宿度高牙大纛擁旌旗首曜一星氐宿度上將封侯十萬戶尾星房宿最為佳沙漠揚威兼宰輔辰星偏好度經箕丹桂高攀第一枝熒惑之星躔尾宿禹門一跳過天池彗星寅位必躔箕侍宸獻納古今稀金星若躔箕宿度功葢諸侯披錦衣太隂最喜度牽牛極品功勲世罕儔歲星宿躔南斗防論功列爵豈能酬火星行度經南斗間世英雄真國寳太白次度到牽牛朱紫分明應不朽土宿若也居南斗富貴榮華兼壽考天乙如臨南斗方尺璧寸珠未為寳鎮星好度女星居柱石功成鎮帝都日宿正躔虛宿度官居輔弼掌鈞樞太隂好處最宜危男必封侯女后妃天尾度危偏福厚保安皇祚不傾危熒惑歲星居廟室勲臣永鎮昇平日水星度壁福偏濃突出千群推第一熒惑當生樂廟婁官高職重位分茅計曜若躔奎宿度開邊拓土烈難侔木到奎星須列爵文章錦繡佐王侯太陽旺度奎最便閫外英

When the Sun rises in the east and passes the Fang degrees, below the waist it must hang the golden seal. When the Jade Hare is first born at the degrees of Xin, he holds the jade tablet in robes and crown and attends the lord. If Saturn also passes the degrees of Di, a banner marks the village gate and he wears embroidered clothes. If Mars moves forward through the degrees of Xin, tall flags and great standards surround him. The Leading Luminary, one star at the degrees of Di, is a general enfeoffed as marquis with a hundred thousand households. The Wei star at Fang is the finest: he exalts his might in the desert and serves as prime minister. Mercury is partial to passing through Ji; the cassia in the red court is climbed first. If Mars transits Wei, he leaps the Dragon Gate and crosses the Heavenly Pool. The Comet, in the Yin position, must transit Ji and attend the imperial hall, offering counsel: rare in all times. If Venus transits the degrees of Ji, merit covers the feudal lords and he is clothed in brocade. The Moon is most pleased to pass Niu: the highest rank and merit, rare in the world. Jupiter lodged in Southern Dipper — the Union — merit is weighed and rank listed; how can it be repaid? Mars passing through Southern Dipper is a hero of a generation, a true treasure of the nation. When Venus reaches Niu as its next stage, the vermilion and purple are plain and will surely not fade. If Saturn dwells in Southern Dipper, wealth, honor, glory and longevity are joined. If Tianyi arrives at Southern Dipper, a foot-wide jade disk and an inch-wide pearl are not treasures. Saturn, in the Nü star, is a pillar of state; once merit is achieved he guards the imperial capital. When the Sun is lodged at Xu, he holds office as aide and assistant and controls the pivotal balance. The Moon's good place is best at Wei: a man will surely be made a marquis and a woman an empress or consort. The Heavenly Wei at Wei has abundant blessing, safeguarding the imperial throne from peril. Mars and Jupiter dwelling in the temple chamber: meritorious ministers long guard peace. When Mercury passes Bi, blessings are deep, standing out from a herd as first. Mars at birth in the temple of delight, at Lou: high office, heavy duty, rank like earth-enfeoffed. If the Ji luminary transits Kui, he opens borders and extends lands, his achievements without peer. When Jupiter reaches Kui, he must be listed in nobility, his writings brocade, aiding kings and marquises. The Sun's prosperous degree is most convenient at Kui: abroad his fame is heard, wearing embroidered furs; how could Xie

聲衣錦裘那頡廟宮星度胃佩玉鳴珂朝紫陛太陽遇昴福偏多超群必作人間瑞計都又喜經躔胃秉鉞分符除僭偽羅防若還到昴鄉樊噲霍光真此類炁星最喜躔在觜極品官勲世罕如木孛到參非失位貴持節鉞更無疑火星觜宿福偏洪龍躍天池氣概雄水宿正行參宿度貴居廊廟至三公太隂本廟居秦鬼累世緋衣居顯位金宿經躔於鬼度決定為官服朱紫攙搶東井福偏饒邊塞藩垣任可倚木星最好東井宮官既居高福又隆孛宿若躔於柳度榮昌富貴福無窮羅防本廟最宜張出將英聲閫外揚土宿若躔於柳度虹蜺膽氣錦肝腸君日周天廟在星功齊傅説與阿衡水曜正行星宿度經邦論道佐昇平太隂又喜張星度官入中書聲望騰火宿最好來躔翼位助邦家權要職水星到軫是真垣委任股肱扶玉厯太白金星若躔亢輔佐當朝神聖王木星廟度經龍角為官必定佐巖廊首曜一星度龍角六印一時都掌握天乙來歸角亢方萬里台星光爍爍

be the equal in the temple palace at Wei? The star degrees at Wei wear jade and bells and attend the purple steps. The Sun meeting Mao is very blessed, standing out from the multitude, surely an omen for the human world. Ji is also pleased to pass Wei, holding the battle-axe and tally, removing the false and usurping. If Luo Hui again arrives in the land of Mao, Fan Kuai and Huo Guang are true of this kind. The Qi luminary is most pleased to transit Zui: highest rank and merit, rare in the world. Jupiter and Bo reaching Shen are not out of place: nobility holding the staff and axe, no doubt. Mars at Zui is greatly blessed, a dragon leaping from the Heavenly Pool, mighty in spirit. Mercury moving through the degrees of Shen: nobility in the court halls, reaching the Three Dukes. The Moon in its own temple at Gui in Qin: for generations scarlet-robed, seated in a prominent place. Venus passing through the degrees of Gui is surely an official in vermilion and purple. Chanchong at Dongjing is richly blessed: a frontier screen to rely upon. Jupiter at Dongjing is best: office is already high and blessing again full. If the Bo luminary passes the degrees of Liu, glory, prosperity, wealth and honor, blessings without end. Luo Hui, whose own temple is best at Zhang, goes out as a general, his heroic name sounding beyond the threshold. If Saturn passes the degrees of Liu, rainbow-like courage, a brocade liver and bowels; the Lord Sun in the celestial circuit is in his temple, his merit equal to Fu Yue and Ayang. Mercury moving straight to the degrees of Xing, governs the state and discusses the Way, aiding peace and prosperity. The Moon is also pleased with the degrees of Zhang: entering the Secretariat, his reputation soars. Mars is best when it transits Yi, helping the state with power and key posts. Mercury arriving at Zhen is the true mansion, entrusted as limbs and aides, supporting the jade calendar. Venus, the Great White, if transiting Kang, assists the divine and sage king of the court. Jupiter's temple degree passes the Dragon Horn: as an official he is sure to assist in the rocky corridors. The Leading Luminary, one star at the degrees of Dragon Horn, holds six seals at once. When Tianyi returns to the quarters of Jiao and Kang, the terrace star shines brightly for ten thousand li.

星曜喜宮歌

Song of the Palaces Pleasing to the Stars

欲識星辰躔廟宮土丑羅寅火卯中金在辰宮計在巳水羅午地好相逢孛星惟向未中取紫炁申宮總一同日月戌方云入廟計都木亥盡亨通　更有諸星乘旺方水瓶火丑孛寅當土羅計在卯中旺辰位土宿再榮昌水日巳宮金到午木居未上紫干揚太隂在酉天尾戌金木之星亥上藏　又防諸星入樂鄉但尋宮主在何方土星子丑金辰酉未屬太隂午太陽火星卯戌水巳申木星躔到亥兼寅羅防午上計都子紫來戌上孛逢辰　十二宮中有喜星日寅月亥水辰清土居午上木居未火申羅戌便昌榮　更識星辰所好局但尋次舍星何屬太隂太陽與土星子午卯酉為垣局木星辰戌及丑未水火寅申及巳亥羅計卯酉福猶奢孛紫寅申邦國防　再識星躔廟樂儔日躔奎宿月躔牛水星土亢金胃上火星木氐喜渉遊角躔羅宿婁躔計月孛東井南日炁星行此地產公侯列爵功名題史記

If you wish to know the temple palaces in which the stars transit: Saturn in Chou, Luo in Yin, Mars in Mao, Venus in Chen, Ji in Si, Mercury and Luo in Wu; they meet one another well. The Bo star is taken only in Wei; Purple Qi in Shen, the same as a whole; the Sun and Moon at Xu, said to be in temple; Ji and Jupiter in Hai, all prosperous. And other stars ride their prosperous quarters: Mercury in Aquarius, Mars in Chou, Bo in Yin; Saturn, Luo and Ji in Mao, prosperous; at the Chen position Saturn flourishes again. Mercury and the Sun at the Si palace; Venus arriving in Wu; Jupiter dwelling in Wei, Purple Qi rising; the Moon at You, Heavenly Wei at Xu; the stars of Metal and Wood hide in Hai. Furthermore, in the twelve palaces the stars each enter lands of delight; just seek where the palace lord is: Saturn in Zi and Chou; Venus in Chen and You; Wei is the Moon's; Wu is the Sun's; Mars in Mao and Xu; Mercury in Si and Shen; Jupiter transiting Hai and Yin; Luo and Union at Wu; Ji in Zi; Purple at Xu; Bo meets Chen. In the twelve palaces there are pleasing stars: Sun in Yin, Moon in Hai, Mercury in Chen, clear; Saturn in Wu; Jupiter in Wei; Mars in Shen; Luo at Xu, then flourishing. Know also the patterns the stars like: just look at which star each station belongs to: the Moon, the Sun and Saturn at Zi, Wu, Mao and You are their mansion-patterns; Jupiter at Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei; Mercury and Mars at Yin, Shen, Si, Hai; Luo and Ji at Mao and You with still ample blessing; Bo and Purple at Yin and Shen guard the state. Know also the temple companions the stars transit: the Sun in the Kui lodge, the Moon in Niu; Mercury and Saturn in Kang; Venus in Wei; Mars and Jupiter in Di as pleasing roamers; Luo in the Jiao lodge; Ji in Lou; the Moon and Bo in Dongjing in the south; the Sun and Qi stars moving in this ground give birth to dukes and marquises, listing rank, merit and fame in the Records of the Historian.

星曜怒宮歌

Song of the Palaces Where the Stars Are Wrathful

火燒牛角水漂羊土埋雙女命尋常木打寶瓶須粉碎金騎人馬實恓惶三限之星俱值此終身貧苦走他鄉忽然落陷為災淺若占強宮見禍殃或在第五並第七刑妻害子細推詳假令命在金牛宮歲星當占寶瓶中第一吉星推木德反遭鞭打性強凶又如命在天秤安便防巨蟹甚星辰第一凶星推月孛當生守占反為官吉星為禍凶為福但從宮分測根源星居怒地最堪憂地產奸邪起簒謀木怕□枵金怕卯戌婁遭水被漂流土嫌巳上無飱食火到大梁盡焚灸日居朔日遇羅防月在計都同望夕日月二星最忌蝕大抵五星皆惡逆五星留逆最不祥善惡五星皆少力金星不喜躔尾宿榮華太過終受辱土星到軫不為良害義傷廉遭法戮歲星不欲經行女罔法奸邪難制御火星度昴禍偏多子告父愆臣反主水星最怒奎戌度日月相同非曰怒忽然日月不相同不忠不孝天不防羅與日同當朔月簒亂人主興大櫱計都同月在望時速取誅鉏及癰結計都月孛最凶星二者相逢惡怒名紫炁從來同吉慶羅防只

Fire burns the Ox's horns, Water drowns the Ram, Earth buries the Twin Maidens, a Life of ordinary kind; Wood strikes Aquarius, shattering to powder; Metal rides the Archer: truly forlorn. If the stars of the three limits all fall here, one is poor and bitter for life and runs to other lands. If suddenly fallen the calamity is shallow; if holding a strong palace, he meets misfortune; or if in the fifth and the seventh, he punishes his wife and harms his children: judge carefully. For example, if the Life is in Taurus and Jupiter occupies Aquarius, though the first auspicious star is deemed Wood virtue, he is instead flogged and his nature is strong and fierce. Or if the Life is in Libra with the Cancer palace calm, what star is there? The first baleful star is judged the Moon or Bo: if they guard at birth, they become officials; auspicious stars make calamity, baleful ones make fortune; just judge the root from the palace division. A star in a wrathful ground is most worrying: births of treachery and evil, usurpation and plots. Wood fears Xu Xiao; Metal fears Mao and Xu; Lou meets Water and is drowned; Earth dislikes Si and has no food; Fire in Da Liang is wholly burnt. The Sun at the new moon meeting Luo Hui; the Moon with Ji at full moon; the Sun and Moon fear eclipse most; generally the Five Stars are all evil and rebellious. The Five Stars stationary and retrograde are most inauspicious; good or evil, the Five Stars have little strength. Venus is not pleased to transit Wei: glory too great ends in humiliation. Saturn arriving at Zhen is not good: he harms righteousness and integrity and meets the law's execution. Jupiter does not wish to pass Nü: lawless villains hard to rein in. Mars passing Mao brings much calamity: sons accuse fathers' faults and subjects oppose the lord. Mercury is most wrathful at the degrees of Kui and Xu: the Sun and Moon the same, not called wrath; suddenly if the Sun and Moon do not agree, disloyalty and unfiliality, Heaven does not forgive. Luo with the Sun at the new moon: usurpation and disorder, the ruler raises great misfortune. Ji with the Moon at full moon: swiftly executed or hoed away, and carbuncles knotted. Ji and the Bo luminary are the most baleful stars: when the two meet, they are called evil and wrathful. Purple Qi has always been joined with auspice and rejoicing; Luo Hui only

恐蝕交徵大槩廟星皆曰福稍遇凶星皆主辱最□五星明變段廟順俱全享天祿前法星分廟怒宮須知星度在何中廟星在分生賢哲怒在何宮產禍凶

fears eclipses and interlocking conflicts. In general, the temple stars all speak of blessings; meeting baleful stars slightly always means humiliation. Most of all the Five Stars' changing stages are clear: temple and forward both complete, they enjoy Heaven's emolument. The earlier method divides the stars into temple and wrath palaces: one must know in which of them the star degrees lie. A temple star in its portion gives birth to the worthy and wise; in what wrathful palace does misfortune and calamity arise?

論祿勲

On Emolument and Merit

祿者天元祿甲火乙孛丙屬木丁是金星戊土求己是太隂庚是水辛炁壬計癸羅防是也勲者甲在寅乙在卯丙戊在巳丁巳在午庚在申辛在酉壬在亥癸在子星入垣廟即為崇

Emolument is the Heavenly Source Emolument: Jia is Mars, Yi is Bo, Bing belongs to Wood, Ding is Metal, Wu seeks Earth, Ji is the Moon, Geng is Water, Xin is Qi, Ren is Ji, Gui is Luo Hui. Merit: Jia is in Yin, Yi in Mao, Bing and Wu in Si, Ding and Ji in Wu, Geng in Shen, Xin in You, Ren in Hai, Gui in Zi; when a star enters its mansion-temple, it is exalted.

論玉堂

On the Jade Hall

玉堂者天乙貴人也

The Jade Hall is the Tianyi Noble Person.

晝貴人詩

Poem of the Day Noble Person

甲戊庚兮是牛鄉　乙己防兮丙豬方丁豬壬癸居蛇位　穴辛逢馬貴為陽

Jia, Wu, Geng are the Ox's land; Yi and Ji are Union, Bing the Pig's direction; Ding the Pig, Ren and Gui dwell in the Snake position; Xin meets the Horse: nobility in yang.

夜貴人詩

Poem of the Night Noble Person

甲戊庚兮居羊地　乙己在猴丙丁雞辛遇虎穴壬癸兎　此是夜中貴人梯

Jia, Wu, Geng dwell in the Sheep's land; Yi and Ji are in the Monkey; Bing, Ding the Rooster; Xin meets the Tiger; Ren and Gui the Hare: this is the ladder of noble persons in the night.

【按此晝夜貴人依台厯推載其通書所載隂陽貴人乃是冬至後用陽貴夏至後用隂貴其法以陽貴出於先天之坤順數隂貴出於後天之坤逆數天干之德未足為貴而干德之合氣乃貴爾云間儲先生曰至靜而能制群動至尊而能鎮虛浮以其有坤黃中通理乃為貴人之徳三車一覽五行精紀論貴又不同】

[Note: These day and night noble persons are recorded according to the astronomical calendar. The yin and yang noble persons recorded in the common almanacs use the yang noble person after the winter solstice and the yin noble person after the summer solstice; their method has the yang noble person issuing from the Kun of the Prior Heaven and counted forward, and the yin noble person issuing from the Kun of the Later Heaven and counted in reverse. The virtue of the heavenly stems is not yet enough to be noble; it is the union of stem virtue and energy that is noble. Master Chu of Yunjian said: 'The utmost stillness can control all motion; the utmost honor can calm the vain and floating; because it has the yellow center of Kun, passing through principle, it is the virtue of a noble person.' The Sanche Yilan and the Essentials of the Five Phases discuss nobility differently.]

詩曰天乙貴人眾所欽　命宮全帶福彌深蜚聲騰實人爭慕　博雅該通貫古今女命休須帶貴人　空亡驛馬不堪聞五行更忌逢生旺　偏愛休囚死絶神

Poem: The Tianyi Noble Person is honored by all; if the Life Palace is entirely endowed with it, fortune is deep; fame soars and truth is admired, learned, broadly versed and linking past and present. A woman's Life should not carry a noble person; emptiness, death and post-horse are unpleasant to hear; the Five Phases also should not meet prosperity: they love instead the resting, confined, dead and cutoff spirits.

論文星詩

Poem on the Literary Star

甲羅乙計丙戊金　丁火己炁庚木星辛人見土壬逢日　癸人見月定昌榮

Jia sees Luo, Yi sees Ji, Bing and Wu Metal; Ding Fire, Ji Qi, Geng the Wood star; Xin sees Earth, Ren meets the Sun; Gui sees the Moon: sure flourishing.

【文星者五行相濟而成文也甲見羅則通明乙見計己見炁則疏通丙見金則陶鎔丁見火則光明戊見金辛見上則秀氣壬見日癸見月則暉光庚見木則斵削此皆相濟而成文獨不以水孛為文者以其無質也】

[The literary star is the Five Phases helping one another to form literature. Jia seeing Luo is clear and bright; Yi seeing Ji, Ji seeing Qi, is open and unobstructed; Bing seeing Metal is smelted and molded; Ding seeing Fire is bright and shining; Wu sees Metal, Xin sees Earth, with refined energy; Ren sees the Sun, Gui sees the Moon, with radiant light; Geng seeing Wood is carved and pared. All these are mutual aid completing literature; only Water and Bo are not taken as literary because they have no substance.]

論魁星詩

Poem on the Chief Star

甲用太隂乙太陽　丙羅丁計戊炎方己金庚水辛逢孛　壬炁癸水號魁光

Jia uses the Moon, Yi the Sun; Bing Luo, Ding Ji, Wu the Fiery quarter; Ji Metal, Geng Water, Xin meets Bo; Ren Qi, Gui Water: called Chief radiance.

【魁者隂陽和合相生而成魁獨不以土為魁者以土愚濁也】

[The Chief is yin and yang harmonized and mutually generating. Only Earth is not taken as Chief, because Earth is stupid and turbid.]

論文昌

On the Literary Flourishing

甲乙巳午報君知　丙戊申宮丁巳雞庚豬辛戌壬逢虎　癸人見兎入雲梯

Jia and Yi: Si and Wu, I tell you; Bing and Wu: Shen palace; Ding: Si and the Rooster; Geng: Pig; Xin: Xu; Ren meets the Tiger; Gui sees the Hare: ascending the cloud ladder.

【文昌星者乃天干生地支所藏之人元也甲生丙在巳乙生丁在午丙生戊戊生庚在申丁生己己生辛在酉庚生壬在亥壬生甲在寅癸生乙在卯獨辛不以生而以戌為文昌戌在辛之方位以其有從魁河魁夾之也子丑辰未不與者何也葢文昌欲顯而不欲隱子丑地下辰未庫也】

[The Literary Flourishing star is the hidden human-source of the earthly branch generated by the heavenly stem. Jia generates Bing, which is at Si; Yi generates Ding, at Wu; Bing generates Wu; Wu generates Geng, at Shen; Ding generates Ji; Ji generates Xin, at You; Geng generates Ren, at Hai; Ren generates Jia, at Yin; Gui generates Yi, at Mao. Only Xin is not taken from generation but takes Xu as the Literary Flourishing, because Xu is in the direction of Xin and is flanked by Congkui and Hekui. Why are Zi, Chou, Chen and Wei not included? Because the Literary Flourishing wishes to be manifest, not hidden: Zi and Chou are beneath the ground, and Chen and Wei are storehouses.]

定科名星

Fixing the Examination Name Stars

甲乙生人木向榮　丙丁火宿實通亨戊巳土星壬癸水　庚辛金宿定科名科名十干配天元　廟旺之時第一仙若居陷沒及留逆　發薦連連不步蟾

People born under Jia and Yi: Wood faces flourishing; Bing and Ding: Fire lodges are truly open and prosperous; Wu and Ji: Earth stars; Ren and Gui: Water; Geng and Xin: Metal lodges fix the examination name. The examination name pairs the ten stems with the Heavenly Source; in the time of temple and prosperity it is the first immortal; if it dwells in the fallen and sunken, or in stay and retrograde, one is recommended again and again but does not climb to the moon-toad.

【此上謂之十干科名星若在七強順段旺廟則名位高也若在五弱及留逆段雖中科甲名次低也】定科甲星

[The above are called the ten-stem Examination Name stars. If they are in the seven strong, forward stage, prosperous and in temple, then name and rank are high; if in the five weak and the stay and retrograde stages, though one passes the examinations, the ranking is low.] Fixing the Metropolitan Examination Star

科甲文星對命宮　逆留弱惡必難逢廟旺七強行順段　狀元高第必登龍

The Metropolitan Examination Literary star faces the Life Palace; retrograde, stationary, weak and evil, one cannot easily meet it; temple and prosperous in the seven strong moving forward: the top graduate and high-ranking one will surely ascend the dragon.

【假令人馬宮為命與隂陽宮相對即以水星為科甲星在七強順段入廟必主高甲在五弱留逆雖貴甲第必低】

[For example, if the Life is in Sagittarius, opposite the Gemini palace, Mercury is the Metropolitan Examination star; if it is in the seven strong, forward stage and enters temple, it must be a high rank; in the five weak, stay and retrograde, though noble, the ranking will surely be low.]

論官星

On the Official Star

甲炁乙水是官星　丙羅丁計戊孛成己火庚金辛見木　壬隂癸土定功名

Jia Qi, Yi Water are the Official stars; Bing Luo, Ding Ji, Wu Bo form it; Ji Fire, Geng Metal, Xin sees Wood; Ren Moon, Gui Earth fix merit and name.

【官星者乃十干官星之祿星琴堂謂對祿是也甲以辛為官辛以炁為祿則甲人用炁為官星十干皆以此例獨陽君不與者以其官君之所授也】

[The Official star is the emolument star of the Official of the ten stems; the Qintang speaks of it as the one opposite the Emolument. Jia takes Xin as its Official, and Xin takes Qi as Emolument, so people of Jia use Qi as the Official star; all ten stems follow this rule. Only the Yang Lord does not take part, because the Official is what the Lord confers.]

論印星

On the Seal Star

甲木乙日丙是熒　丁月戊土己羅辰庚金辛計壬逢水　癸人見孛是印星

Jia is Wood, Yi the Sun, Bing is Mars; Ding the Moon, Wu Earth, Ji Luo in Chen; Geng Metal, Xin Ji, Ren meets Water; people of Gui see Bo: this is the Seal star.

【印星者五行相符合而為印甲以木丙以火戊土庚金壬水是也五隂干取日月羅計孛亦以相生而相類然十一曜獨炁不與者以其善柔而非羅計孛之比焉】

[The Seal star is where the Five Phases tally and unite to form a seal. Jia takes Wood, Bing Fire, Wu Earth, Geng Metal, Ren Water; the five yin stems take the Sun, Moon, Luo, Ji and Bo, likewise by mutual generation and kind. Yet among the eleven luminaries only Qi does not take part, because it is good and soft and not comparable to Luo, Ji and Bo.]

論催官星

On the Official-Urging Star

甲金乙水丙日宣　丁羅戊木見為歡己炁庚孛辛土宿　壬月癸計是催官

Jia Metal, Yi Water, Bing the Sun proclaims; Ding Luo, Wu Wood meeting is joy; Ji Qi, Geng Bo, Xin the Earth lodge; Ren Moon, Gui Ji: this is the Official-Urging.

【催官之星主遷官進職也大扺此星與祿主相為催尅如甲人以火為祿而見金則催乙人以孛為祿而見水則催丙人以木為祿而見日則催丁人以金為祿而見羅則催是也十一曜獨火不與者以其有太陽在焉】

[The Official-Urging star governs transfers of office and advancement of rank. In general this star and the Emolument Lord urge and overcome one another: for example, a Jia person takes Fire as Emolument and meeting Metal is urged; a Yi person takes Bo as Emolument and meeting Water is urged; a Bing person takes Wood as Emolument and meeting the Sun is urged; a Ding person takes Metal as Emolument and meeting Luo is urged. Among the eleven luminaries only Fire does not take part, because the Sun is present.]

論祿神

On the Emolument Spirit

甲兼木孛乙水星　丙計丁羅戊土居己火庚金辛紫炁　壬日癸月是祿神

Jia holds Wood and Bo; Yi is the Water star; Bing Ji, Ding Luo, Wu dwells in Earth; Ji Fire, Geng Metal, Xin Purple Qi; Ren Sun, Gui Moon: these are the Emolument spirits.

【祿神者正祿神遇之主食正祿俸十一曜俱全而甲獨兼木孛者以其陽干之首也】

[When the Emolument spirit of the correct emolument is met, one eats the correct emolument and stipend. The eleven luminaries are complete, but Jia alone holds Wood and Bo together, because it is the head of the yang stems.]

論喜神

On the Joy Spirit

甲羅乙計丙炁星　丁水戊月是喜神己土庚金辛見水　壬孛癸火最堪親

Jia Luo, Yi Ji, Bing Qi star; Ding Water, Wu Moon are the Joy spirit; Ji Earth, Geng Metal, Xin sees Water; Ren Bo, Gui Fire are most to be held dear.

【人命月逆行喜神逆祿十曜司祿而順布喜神隨月以逆承故祿之序火孛木金土月水炁計羅而喜神之序羅計炁水月土金木孛火是也】

[A person's Fate moves the Moon in reverse, and the Joy spirit reverses the Emolument. The ten luminaries govern emolument and are laid out forward; the Joy spirit follows the month and takes them in reverse. So the order of Emolument is Fire, Bo, Wood, Metal, Earth, Moon, Water, Qi, Ji, Luo, while the order of the Joy spirit is Luo, Ji, Qi, Water, Moon, Earth, Metal, Wood, Bo, Fire.]

論天廚

On the Heavenly Kitchen

甲乙巳午丙在子　丁戊己午己申儲庚落寅中辛尋午　壬廚居酉癸居豬

Jia and Yi: Si and Wu; Bing is at Zi; Ding and Wu and Ji: Wu, Ji and Shen store; Geng falls in Yin; Xin seeks Wu; Ren's kitchen dwells at You; Gui at Hai.

【天廚祿名食神祿指南云假如甲生人逢巳甲食丙丙祿在巳乙生人逢午乙食丁丁祿居午是也】歌云天廚一祿少人知　識時須是洩天機若在命宮為福□　福德遷移又次之男人遇此多財旺　交入中年好爵縻女命逢之主封號　此是天上麒麟兒八宮宮主號天廚　宮主星高強最殊更得吉星同在命　管取潭潭府中居此星陷了人無壽　若在高強意自如男兒坐命遭逢此　真是人間大丈夫

[The Heavenly Kitchen is called the Eating-God Emolument. The Zhinan says: for example, a Jia person meeting Si: Jia eats Bing, and Bing's emolument is at Si; a Yi person meeting Wu: Yi eats Ding, and Ding's emolument dwells at Wu; so it is.] The song says: The Heavenly Kitchen is an emolument few people know; to know its time one must reveal Heaven's secrets. If it is at the Life Palace it is fortune; the Fortune Virtue and Migration palaces come next. A man who meets this has much wealth; entering middle age he has fine rank and ties. A woman's Life meeting it governs a title of enfeoffment: this is a unicorn child from Heaven. The lord of the eighth palace is called Heavenly Kitchen; if the palace lord star is lofty and strong, it is especially fine; if further an auspicious star shares the Life, one will surely dwell deep within a great mansion. If this star falls, the person is not long-lived; if it is lofty and strong, all is as he wishes. A man whose Life sits with it is truly a great man of the human world.

論天嗣

On Heavenly Succession

甲月乙水丙炁餘　丁計戊羅己火居庚孛辛木壬金宿　癸人見土是天嗣

Jia Moon, Yi Water, Bing Qi, the rest; Ding Ji, Wu Luo, Ji dwells in Fire; Geng Bo, Xin Wood, Ren Metal lodge; a person of Gui sees Earth: this is Heavenly Succession.

【六合為夫婦有夫婦而後有男女人之父母凡祿之餘者孰不與其子故甲人祿是火己人祿是月甲人以妻之祿月與子名之曰天嗣故欲推天嗣者即其變曜中化貴者是也】

[The Six Harmonies are husband and wife; only when there is husband and wife are there sons and daughters. Of a person's parents, whatever emolument remains, who does not give it to his child? So the emolument of a Jia person is Fire, and the emolument of a Ji person is the Moon; a Jia person takes the Moon, his wife's emolument, and gives it to the son as its name, Heavenly Succession. Therefore, to find Heavenly Succession, take the one that transforms into nobility among the transformed luminaries.]

論歲殿

On the Year Hall

只防他命天元干神宮主是且如丙辰生人從辰上起甲數至午見丙便是歲殿也餘仿此須是福主權財命主身主星官星科甲科名居其上方曰登殿第一要身命臨之次則福祿主臨之入此格局皆貴命也若殿中無星有身命二主日月福祿主星祿馬官魁拱之尤主大貴茍被飛星遷其上兼囚煞加臨則曰客曜臨朝飛星破殿不為福也如有主星處其上又為煞星客曜混雜刑尅縱主功名富貴不惟艱辛亦難久享夫歲殿者乃天上太歲之尊人命十干之首言曜臨之疇非富貴凶曜臨之必皆貧賤殿者猶天子之御殿也有金馬玉堂之□龍池鳯陛之高警蹕森列威儀整肅非榮華顯達之士莫能至其上也

It is only the Heavenly Source stem spirit, the palace lord, of that person's Fate. For example, for a person born in Bingchen, start from Chen and count Jia up to Wu: seeing Bing there is the Year Hall. The rest are inferred likewise. It must be that the Fortune lord, Authority and Wealth, the Life lord, the Body lord star, the Official star, the Examination ranks and name stand above it, which is called ascending the hall; first, it is most important that the Body and Life be present, next the Fortune and Emolument lords; to enter this pattern is always a noble fate. If there is no star in the hall but the two lords of Body and Life, the Sun and Moon, the Fortune and Emolument lord stars, with Emolument, Horse, Official and Chief flanking it, it especially governs great nobility. If a flying star transfers above it, together with Confinement and baleful stars added, it is called a guest luminary coming to court, a flying star breaking the hall, which is not fortune. If there is a lord star in that place, and there are also baleful stars and guest luminaries mixed in, punished and overcome, then though fame, wealth and rank are indicated, there will be not only hardship but also difficulty in enjoying them long. The Year Hall is the honor of the Grand Year of Heaven and the head of the ten stems in a person's Fate; to say that luminaries arrive there is to say the wealthy and noble, and when baleful luminaries arrive there, all are poor and lowly. The Hall is like the Son of Heaven's imperial hall, with the Golden Horse and Jade Hall, the Dragon Pool and Phoenix Steps, loftiness, alert guards in solemn array, and orderly majesty; none but scholars of glory and distinction can reach it.

詩曰主星入殿福非常　客曜加囚必主殃福祿官魁如不陷　拖青紆紫列朝堂

Poem: When the lord star enters the hall, fortune is extraordinary; a guest luminary adding confinement must bring calamity; if Fortune, Emolument, Official and Chief are not fallen, one trails the blue sash, wears purple, and takes a place at court.

論歲駕

On the Year Carriage

只看他命支神宮主是也若是子年生子宮便是駕主星居其上則曰臨駕第一要身命主第二要日月宮第三要福星祿主大貴如駕上無星得身命日月福祿主官魁祿馬拱之亦主富貴若飛星遷其上則曰客曜臨朝飛星破駕乃為災凶縱有主星臨之復為飛星雜處囚煞加臨雖見祿亦為磨難夫駕者乃太歲之位歲君所臨之地茍非富貴榮華之人孰能居其上而享其福也詩曰客曜臨朝第一凶　飛星破祿亦皆同若還囚煞加身命　假使為官是防封

Just look at the palace lord of that person's Fate branch spirit. For one born in a Zi year the Zi palace is the Carriage; when a lord star stands above it, it is called arriving at the Carriage: first the Body and Life lord, second the Sun and Moon palace, third the Fortune star and Emolument lord, greatly noble. If the Carriage has no star but Body, Life, Sun, Moon, Fortune, Emolument lord, Official, Chief, Emolument and Horse flank it, it also governs wealth and rank. If a flying star transfers above it, it is called a guest luminary coming to court, a flying star breaking the Carriage, which is calamity and misfortune; even if a lord star arrives there, if flying stars are mixed again and Confinement and baleful stars are added, then even meeting Emolument means grinding hardship. The Carriage is the position of the Grand Year, the ground the Year Lord arrives at; if one is not a man of wealth, rank and glory, who can dwell above it and enjoy its blessing? Poem: A guest luminary coming to court is the first calamity; a flying star breaking Emolument is the same; if Confinement and baleful stars add to the Body and Life, even holding office one is enfeoffed and bound.

論地爵五言

Five-Character Verses on the Earthly Rank

鼠猴元是土豬羊火裡生馬牛均下水逢兎炁孤神虎蛇皆屬木雞犬便逢金龍人惟見孛為爵必官清【爵者地元爵也自年支中出也遇之進爵除拜最要官福身命為之又喜在高強惡居陷地】論紅鸞天喜

Rat and Monkey are originally Earth; Pig and Sheep are born within Fire; Horse and Ox both lie beneath Water; Hare meets Qi, the solitary spirit; Tiger and Snake all belong to Wood; Rooster and Dog meet Metal; the Dragon person sees only Bo; as the rank, his office will be clear. [Rank is the Earthly-Source Rank, issuing from the year's branch; meeting it brings promotion and appointment; most important is for the Official, Fortune, Body and Life to be it, and it is pleased to be lofty and strong, and is bad if it dwells in a fallen place.] On the Red Phoenix and Heavenly Joy

紅鸞子年加卯逆數天喜子年加酉逆數此星主夫妻喜事若限坐其上主有喜事動二者每毎相對子紅鸞則午是天喜卯紅鸞則酉是天喜也

The Red Phoenix is placed at Mao for a Zi year and counted in reverse; Heavenly Joy is placed at You for a Zi year and counted in reverse. These stars govern the joyful affairs of husband and wife; if a limit sits upon them, joyful events are stirred. The two are always opposite one another: if Zi's Red Phoenix is Mao, then You is its Heavenly Joy; if Mao's Red Phoenix is You, then You is its Heavenly Joy, and so it goes.

論天德月德

On Heavenly Virtue and Monthly Virtue

天德子年加酉順數月德子年加巳順數天月德二星乃是三合若坐命主男女大貴又名壓煞星吉

Heavenly Virtue is placed at You for a Zi year and counted forward; Monthly Virtue is placed at Si for a Zi year and counted forward. The Heavenly and Monthly Virtue stars are the three harmonies; if they sit in the Life, a man or woman will be greatly noble; they are also called baleful-pressing stars and are auspicious.

論解神

On the Resolving Spirits

解神一年有二乃天解地解是也天解每從辰上起子年挨宮順輪值本年歲君即是地解以子丑年在未寅卯年在申辰巳年在酉午未年在戌申酉年在亥戌亥年在午只居六隂之地不到陽宮此二神能解一切凶能興一切善化凶作吉之曜也

There are two Resolving Spirits in a year: Heavenly Resolution and Earthly Resolution. Heavenly Resolution always starts from Chen, with Zi years placed next to the palace and rotating forward; the Year Lord of the present year is Earthly Resolution: in Zi and Chou years it is at Wei, in Yin and Mao years at Shen, in Chen and Si years at You, in Wu and Wei years at Xu, in Shen and You years at Hai, in Xu and Hai years at Wu. It dwells only in the ground of the six yin and does not reach the yang palaces. These two spirits can resolve all misfortune, can raise all good, and are luminaries that turn misfortune into fortune.

論赦文　以上俱依台厯吉神次序

On Pardon Writ — all of the above follow the order of auspicious spirits in the astronomical calendar

赦文乃命之父母星假如土為命主飛坐巳土失地以火為命母在戌而戌為赦文得火飛來生我者是也以金生水土生金木生火水生木為例

The Pardon Writ is the parent star of the Life. For example, if Earth is the Life lord and flies to sit at Si, Earth loses its ground; Fire is the Life mother, at Xu, and Xu is the Pardon Writ, so Fire flying in to generate me is it. Take Metal generating Water, Earth generating Metal, Wood generating Fire, Water generating Wood as the examples.

唐符祿前八位是國印祿前九位是【二星守照身命為奇】論福星貴人歌

The Tang Talisman: the eighth position before Emolument; the National Seal: the ninth position before Emolument. [If these two stars guard or shine on the Body and Life, it is remarkable.] Song of the Fortune Star Noble Persons

甲丙相邀入虎鄉更逢鼠穴最高強戊猴己未丁宜亥乙癸逢牛福祿昌庚趂馬頭辛到巳壬騎龍背喜非常此為有福文星貴遇者應須被寵光

Jia and Bing invite each other into the Tiger's land, and meeting the Rat's den is highest and strongest; Wu the Monkey, Ji the Sheep, Ding suits the Pig; Yi and Gui meet the Ox: fortune and emolument flourish; Geng chases the Horse's head; Xin reaches Si; Ren rides the Dragon's back: unusually joyful. This is the fortunate literary star noble person; one who meets it should be favored and glorified.

詩云福星之貴與天官　時日如逢一様防更遇祿神同守占　高攀月桂又何難

The poem says: The nobility of the Fortune star and the Heavenly Official, if at the hour or day meeting one alike, Union, and further Emolument spirits sharing the guarding, climbing the moon cassia is again not difficult.

論官星貴人歌

Song of the Official Star Noble Persons

甲愛金雞乙愛猴丁豬丙防巳寅頭戊尋玉兎庚壬馬辛癸逢蛇官未休此為六甲官星貴士人談笑取公侯如甲以辛為官辛祿在酉是也

Jia loves the Golden Rooster, Yi loves the Monkey; Ding Pig, Bing Union Si, Yin at the head; Wu seeks the Jade Hare; Geng and Ren the Horse; Xin and Gui meet the Snake; Official, Wei, rest not. These are the six Jia Official-star noble persons; scholars in their laughter and talk take marquisates. For example, Jia takes Xin as Official, and Xin's emolument is at You; so it is.

詩云十干官貴妙難言　更遇文星太極神少壯榮華登仕位　安邦鎮國展經綸

The poem says: The ten stems' Official nobility is wonderful beyond words; if further the Literary star and the Great Ultimate spirit are met, youth is glorious and one ascends to official rank, pacifying the state, guarding the realm, and unrolling statecraft.

論天德貴人歌

Song of the Heavenly Virtue Noble Person

正丁二坤宮三壬四辛同五干六甲上七癸八寅同九丙十居乙子巽丑庚中

In the first month Ding; in the second Kun palace; in the third Ren; in the fourth Xin together; in the fifth Gan; in the sixth Jia above; in the seventh Gui; in the eighth Yin together; in the ninth Bing; in the tenth in Yi; in the eleventh Zi, Xun; in the twelfth Geng within.

詩云天德元來大吉昌　若臨時日最為良修文必定登科甲　庶俗經營事事強天德貴人罕遇之　若臨限運最為奇成家立業皆緣此　富貴之中細細推

The poem says: Heavenly Virtue is originally greatly auspicious; if it falls on the hour or day, it is best; practicing letters, one will surely ascend to the examination ranks; the common run's undertakings are strong in all matters. The Heavenly Virtue noble person is rarely met; if it falls on a limit or fortune, it is most extraordinary; founding a household and establishing a career all come from it; within wealth and rank, infer it carefully.

論月德貴人

On the Monthly Virtue Noble Person

寅午戌月德在丙申子辰月德在壬亥卯未月德在甲巳酉丑月德在庚

Yin, Wu, Xu months: Monthly Virtue at Bing; Shen, Zi, Chen months: Monthly Virtue at Ren; Hai, Mao, Wei months: Monthly Virtue at Jia; Si, You, Chou months: Monthly Virtue at Geng.

【其法從寅上起丙甲壬庚逐月順數週而復始】

[Its method starts from Yin with Bing, Jia, Ren, Geng, counting forward month by month and repeating the cycle.]

詩云人命若還逢月德　百事所為多利益士農工賈各相宜　兄弟妻兒無破尅天月二德若重逢　貴比汾陽富石崇生下足知承祖防　不然年少歩蟾宮

The poem says: If a person's Life meets Monthly Virtue, in a hundred matters done there is much benefit; scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants all suit it; brothers, wife and children are not harmed or overcome. If the Heavenly and Monthly Virtues meet twice, nobility is like Fenyang and wealth like Shi Chong; at birth one may know he will receive his ancestors' Union, or else in youth he will climb the moon-toad palace.

論月合

On Monthly Union

寅午戌月在辛申子辰月在丁亥卯未月在己巳酉丑月在乙從寅上起辛巳丁乙逐位順數週而復始詩云命裡若還逢月合　須是當生無駁雜更兼官貴兩加臨　名姓定教題鴈塔

Yin, Wu, Xu months: in Xin; Shen, Zi, Chen months: in Ding; Hai, Mao, Wei months: in Ji; Si, You, Chou months: in Yi. Start from Yin with Xin, Si, Ding, Yi, counting forward by position and repeating the cycle. The poem says: If the Life has Monthly Union, it must be at birth without mixture; if further Official and Noble shine on it twice, one's name will surely be inscribed on the Wild Goose Pagoda.

論月空

On Monthly Emptiness

寅午戌月在壬申子辰月在丙亥卯未月在庚巳酉丑月在甲從寅上起壬庚丙甲逐位順數週而復始月空之人亦罕逢　那堪官貴在其中金鱗豈是池中物　不日天書下九重

Yin, Wu, Xu months: in Ren; Shen, Zi, Chen months: in Bing; Hai, Mao, Wei months: in Geng; Si, You, Chou months: in Jia. Start from Yin with Ren, Geng, Bing, Jia, counting forward by position and repeating the cycle. People of Monthly Emptiness are also rarely met; how much more with Official and Noble within; a golden-scaled one is no creature of the pool, and before many days an imperial letter descends through nine layers.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming

星曜圖例

Illustrated Rules of the Star Bodies

論干神妙用

On the Wonderful Use of the Stem Spirits

世人論命止論十二支而於甲庚丙壬乙辛丁癸乾坤艮巽皆不言【餘度於十二宮中為神藏煞沒天徳也】星盤之中且不知此十干安知其中之妙理獨不聞隂陽家之說乎凡為人立宅架造移吉避凶其有出東作西不曰出甲作庚則曰出乙作辛何嘗云出卯作酉出寅作申至於三隅方道皆然葢支神乃神煞所居而干神乃天徳月徳月合月空嵗徳所防避凶而趨吉也予於星盤上亥子隔界之中著一壬字子丑隔界著一癸字十二宮各有一干一支相比而去而毎宮之中度數有狹闊之不同吾亦因闊狹而分焉且如子之一宮有三十一度半危六乃壬之半女至八度為癸之半丑宮二十七度太則牛金始二度為癸之半斗至十度乃艮之半寅宮二十八度半箕六度乃艮之半尾至九度乃甲之半卯宮二十九度半心初乃甲之半至氐七乃乙之半辰宮三十度太亢三乃乙之半軫至十六乃巽之半巳宮三十度前後各八度軫一乃巽之半翼四乃丙之半午宮三十度前後各七度半張一乃丙之半栁十一乃

People of the world discuss fate only through the twelve branches, and say nothing of Jia, Geng, Bing, Ren, Yi, Xin, Ding, Gui, Qian, Kun, Gen and Xun. [I note that within the twelve palaces these are spirits hidden and baleful ones sunk, the Heavenly Virtue.] If one does not even know these ten stems in the star chart, how can one know the wonderful principle within? Have they not heard of the school of yin and yang? When building a house for someone, raising its frame, moving to the auspicious and avoiding the inauspicious, in going out of the east and making in the west they do not say 'go out of Jia, make at Geng' or 'go out of Yi, make at Xin'; when did they ever say 'go out of Mao, make at You' or 'go out of Yin, make at Shen'? As for the three corners and square roads, the same holds. For the branch spirits are where spirits and baleful stars dwell, while the stem spirits are where Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Monthly Union, Monthly Emptiness and Year Virtue gather, to avoid misfortune and approach fortune. On my star chart, between Hai and Zi at the boundary I place a Ren; between Zi and Chou at the boundary I place a Gui; each of the twelve palaces has one stem and one branch set side by side, and the degrees in each palace differ in narrowness and breadth, so I also divide according to narrow and broad. For example, the one Zi palace has thirty-one and a half degrees, with Wei six being half of Ren and Nü eight being half of Gui; Chou palace has twenty-seven degrees and a great part, with Niu Metal's second degree beginning half of Gui and Dou ten being half of Gen; Yin palace has twenty-eight and a half degrees, with Ji six being half of Gen and Wei nine being half of Jia; Mao palace has twenty-nine and a half degrees, with Xin at the start being half of Jia and Di seven being half of Yi; Chen palace has thirty and a great part, with Kang three being half of Yi and Zhen sixteen being half of Xun; Si palace has thirty degrees, eight before and after, with Zhen one being half of Xun and Yi four being half of Bing; Wu palace has thirty degrees, seven and a half before and after, with Zhang one being half of Bing and Liu eleven being half of

丁之半未宮二十七度半鬼一丁之半井十五坤之半申宮二十八度井二乃坤之半畢十三乃庚之半酉宮二十七度半畢初乃庚之半胃十一乃辛之半戌宮三十二度前後各八度婁七辛之半奎九干之半亥宮三十二度半壁二屬干之半室四屬壬之半以此所屬而觀命者命宮命主二位俱臨干神之位數皆富貴之人亦必本命為嵗徳月徳月空月合卦氣六合有用之地其人資性亦了了不至蠢弱其三台八座與州長官富家大室白手成立之人往往臨之所以秉陽徳之剛明絶隂柔之晦惡若地支神亦聞有富貴之人而必星度十分合格此干神貴者最多不可不察也

Ding; Wei palace has twenty-seven and a half degrees, with Gui one being half of Ding and Jing fifteen being half of Kun; Shen palace has twenty-eight degrees, with Jing two being half of Kun and Bi thirteen being half of Geng; You palace has twenty-seven and a half degrees, with Bi at the start being half of Geng and Wei eleven being half of Xin; Xu palace has thirty-two degrees, eight before and after, with Lou seven being half of Xin and Kui nine being half of Gan; Hai palace has thirty-two and a half degrees, with Bi two belonging to half of Gan and Shi four belonging to half of Ren. Looking at those with Fate by these assignments: if the Life Palace and the Life lord are both located at stem-spirit positions, the number all indicate wealthy and noble people; and the natal chart will also be the Year Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Monthly Emptiness, Monthly Union, hexagram energy, six harmonies in a useful ground, so the person's native character will also be clear, not foolish or weak. Those in the Three Terraces and Eight Seats, county and prefectural officials, rich families and great houses, and self-made men often are located there, since they hold the rigid brightness of yang virtue and are cut off from the dim evil of yin softness. Even for the earthly branch spirits, one hears there are wealthy and noble people, but the star degrees must fit the pattern in full; among these, the stem spirits produce the most nobles, and one must not fail to observe them.

歌曰

The song says:

十二支神隂徳居十二干神陽徳管止論支神不論干算得命來只一半二徳月空與月合干神十二位中居身命主曜俱臨此不貴當為富丈夫月徳無如嵗徳髙隂陽等對待如何丙壬庚甲強於戊論命觀星細揣摩甲加心尾丙加張畢得庚臨危北方更有戊坤培井木命身臨此最為強劍鋒大煞本干神凶吉於中亦細明四仲月前金位毒名為真劍剉人身假如不死得人身十個之中九個刑帶角披毛真畜類多因坐處上刀砧乙辛丁巳癸隂干若比陽干貴裡難尚論支神此為吉於中分晰吉凶看癸水女牛生與尅乙臨氐亢尅其躔丁居栁鬼尅生半胃土生辛巳產干乾坤艮巽四維髙干巳坤辛戊位牢此位劍鋒多半吉巽淵艮土得功勞嵗駕從來號吉神殿勲籍貴與齊名干神一位人多忽防者星翁第一人十干之位本純陽君子居之大吉昌女子小人居則亢可為鰥寡孤獨傷卦氣從來止論干支神卦氣亦湏看往來身命詳交互不是公侯也品官年值支神煞最凶尊神嵗駕獨臨方惟旁干神凶不射不然祿

The twelve branch spirits are the yin virtue; the twelve stem spirits govern yang virtue. To discuss only branch spirits and not stem spirits is to reckon only half of a fate. The two virtues, Monthly Emptiness and Monthly Union, dwell in the twelve places of the stem spirits; if the Body, Life and lord luminaries all arrive there, even if not noble, one will be a wealthy man. Monthly Virtue is no match for Year Virtue, high, as yin and yang face one another; why are Bing, Ren, Geng and Jia stronger than Wu? In discussing Fate and observing stars, ponder it finely: Jia added to Xin and Wei, Bing added to Zhang and Bi, Geng meeting Wei in the northern direction; and further Wu and Kun cultivate Jing and the Wood; the Life and Body meeting here are strongest. The Sword-Point Great Baleful is itself a stem spirit; fortune and misfortune within it also become clear. Before the four middle months, the position of Metal is a poison, truly a sword cutting a person's body; supposing one does not die, of ten people nine are punished, wearing horns and clad in fur, truly beasts, and mostly because they sit on a chopping block. Yi, Xin, Ding, Si, Gui are the yin stems; compared to the yang stems their nobility is hard to discuss; the branch spirits are auspicious here, and within them one must separate auspicious and inauspicious: look at Gui Water, Nü and Niu: generation and overcoming; Yi meeting Di and Kang overcomes its transit; Ding dwelling in Liu and Gui overcomes and generates; half of Wei Earth generates Xin and Si. Production of stems: Qian, Kun, Gen, Xun, the four corners are lofty; Ji, Kun, Xin and Wu positions are firm; here the sword-point is mostly auspicious; Xun is deep, Gen Earth gains merit. The Year Carriage has always been called an auspicious spirit; the Hall, merit, rank and nobility share its fame. A stem-spirit position is mostly overlooked by people; those who know it are the foremost among star masters. The ten stems' positions are originally pure yang; a gentleman dwelling there is greatly fortunate and flourishing; for women and petty people who dwell there, pride can lead to widowhood and loneliness, and injury to hexagram energy. From of old only stem and branch spirits are discussed, but the hexagram energy must also be seen; examine in detail the Body and Life, going and returning, and their mutual intersection; if not a duke or marquis, one will be of official rank. When the Year gives baleful branch spirits, it is most inauspicious; the honored spirit of the Year Carriage, if it alone stands in the quarter, only if the neighboring stem spirits are inauspicious will it not shine; if not, then Emolument

馬貴人鄉

and Horse are in the noble persons' home.

【假如未年生命在未乃嵗駕也若偏傍於丁坤土坐則無煞也所謂甲庚丙壬乙辛丁癸乾坤艮巽神藏煞沒者此也故為天徳】

[For example, if one is born in a Wei year and the Life is at Wei, this is the Year Carriage; if it leans to the side of Ding or Kun Earth sitting there, then there is no baleful star, which is what is meant by Jia, Geng, Bing, Ren, Yi, Xin, Ding, Gui, Qian, Kun, Gen and Xun being spirits hidden and baleful ones sunk. Therefore it is Heavenly Virtue.]

又歌曰

Another song says:

嵗君對位亦凶神帝座沖干曰一星【乃太嵗也】人命莫當一星正偏干庶可免其刑太嵗支干有真合甲人合己乙人庚若人身命兩臨此早得妻財琴瑟鳴午辰酉亥四年生又向支神安命身此上若無刑囚位六親骨肉必罹迍嵗刑之位既加詳子午宮神互換方寅巳申宮叅錯見更明丑戌未相妨六害之年看互換此宮安命亦妨親六親不尅身尅命亦主重妻異子人四廢干神人皆惡誰知神旺徳之光星盤位不嫌斯廢喜在陽神干位方空亡二位曰凶神安命其中亦損身宜向干傍非正位其凶可怕是支神十干官星宜細詳葢以五隂配五陽隂人見合為官貴尅我我尅有雙傷

The Year Lord facing its position is also an inauspicious spirit; the Emperor's seat clashing with a stem is called a lone star [it is the Grand Year]. A person's Life must not face a lone star; if the stem is crooked or straight, one may escape its punishment. The stems and branches of the Grand Year that have a true union: Jia persons unite with Ji, Yi persons with Geng; if a person's Body and Life both face it, he gains wife and wealth early and the lute and zither sound in harmony. Those born in the four years Wu, Chen, You, Hai who place their Life and Body in branch spirits, if above them there is no punishing or confining position, the six kinds of kin and flesh and blood will surely meet hardship. The positions of Year punishment, when examined further, show Zi and Wu palace spirits exchanging squares, Yin, Si, Shen palaces mixed and staggered, which is clearer still; Chou, Xu, Wei hinder one another; in the years of the Six Harms look at exchange; to set the Life in this palace also harms kin. If the six kinds of kin do not overcome and the Body overcomes the Life, it also governs a second wife and a different son. The four abandoned stem spirits are hated by all, yet who knows that the spirit is prosperous and shines with virtue? In the star chart this position is not shunned; being in a yang spirit's stem position is pleasing. The two positions of Empty and Lost are called inauspicious spirits; setting the Life in them harms the body; it is better to set it beside a stem and not in the true position, for the fear is of the branch spirit. The Official stars of the ten stems should be examined in detail: for the five yin are matched to the five yang, and a yin person seeing a union has official nobility; the one overcoming me and the one I overcome are both double injury.

論進神

On Advancing Spirits

甲子甲午己卯己酉只此四位是也

Jiazi, Jiawu, Jimao, Jiyou: only these four positions are it.

論三竒詩曰

On the Three Wonders — the poem says:

天上三竒甲戊庚地下三竒乙丙丁若人命值三竒貴三元及第冠群英太乙妙防云乙丙丁甲戊庚命局相成生復生不作蓬萊三島客也應金殿玉堦行

The Three Wonders of Heaven are Jia, Wu, Geng; the Three Wonders of Earth are Yi, Bing, Ding. If a person's Fate meets the Three Wonders, the noble one will pass the three firsts and top all heroes. The Taiyi Wonderful Meeting says: Yi, Bing, Ding, Jia, Wu, Geng: the Life pattern completes one another, generating again and again; if one is not a guest of the three isles of Penglai, one will surely walk the steps of the Golden Hall and Jade Stairs.

論夾祿

On Flanking Emolument

壬癸生人見辰是丙丁生人見戌是得此二位主貴

Persons born under Ren and Gui who see Chen are it; persons born under Bing and Ding who see Xu are it. Obtaining these two positions governs nobility.

論拱祿交祿暗祿

On Arching Emolument, Crossing Emolument and Hidden Emolument

拱祿者戊辰生人見丙午丙午生人見戊辰丁巳生人見己未己未生人見丁巳前後相拱只此四位是其他不繫交祿者甲申生人見庚寅庚寅生人見甲申如此類是暗祿者甲生人逢亥是亥能合寅乙生人逢戌是戌能合卯他仿此

Arching Emolument: a person born in Wuchen seeing Bingwu; born in Bingwu seeing Wuchen; born in Dingsi seeing Jiwei; born in Jiwei seeing Dingsi; these front and back arch each other, and only these four positions are it; the others are not included. Crossing Emolument: a person born in Jiashen seeing Gengyin; born in Gengyin seeing Jiashen; such cases are it. Hidden Emolument: a Jia person meeting Hai, since Hai can unite with Yin; a Yi person meeting Xu, since Xu can unite with Mao; the others follow likewise.

詩云暗祿仍湏仔細防　甲人須向亥中安乙人祿戌尤相喜　入格才髙作狀元夾祿拱貴並交祿　命裡重逢金滿屋食前方丈與諸侯　富貴是人之所欲

The poem says: Hidden Emolument must also be watched carefully; a Jia person should be settled in Hai; a Yi person is especially pleased by the Emolument at Xu; entering the pattern with lofty talent he becomes the top graduate. Flanking Emolument, Arching Nobility and Crossing Emolument, met again and again in the Life, fill the house with gold, dining before a ten-foot spread with the feudal lords; wealth and rank are what people desire.

論飛騰祿

On Flying Emolument

如甲申甲子甲辰生人見寅是葢祿馬俱在寅庚寅庚午庚戌生人見申是葢祿馬俱在申命得此者主大貴也

For example, persons born in Jiashen, Jiazi, Jiachen who see Yin: Emolument and Horse are both at Yin. Persons born in Gengyin, Gengwu, Gengxu who see Shen: Emolument and Horse are both at Shen. A Life that obtains this governs great nobility.

詩云命中若遇諸般祿　徳潤身與富潤屋不惟日享五侯筵　一食萬錢尤未足

The poem says: If in the Life one meets all kinds of Emolument, virtue moistens the body and wealth moistens the house; not only does he daily enjoy the banquets of the five marquises, but ten thousand coins for one meal is still not enough.

論祿馬食神

On Emolument, Horse and Eating-God

甲申甲子甲辰生人見丙寅庚寅庚午庚戌生人見壬申只此六位主大顯貴

Persons born in Jiashen, Jiazi, Jiachen who see Bingyin; persons born in Gengyin, Gengwu, Gengxu who see Renshen: only these six positions govern great and prominent nobility.

論連珠食神

On Linked-Pearl Eating-God

甲食丙丙食戊戊食庚庚食壬年月日時胎相順自上食下是也

Jia eats Bing, Bing eats Wu, Wu eats Geng, Geng eats Ren: the year, month, day, hour and conception follow one another, eating downward from above.

歌曰

The song says:

時人慾識食神名甲人食丙乙人丁丙食戊兮丁食已已食卒上戊食庚庚壬辛癸偏相喜壬甲癸乙最光榮若遇食神騎祿馬必居豪富顯功名不食空亡陽刃煞不食休囚並死絶食生食旺食貴神食印食財別優劣有能推究得其真祿食天廚無休歇

People of the time who wish to know the Eating-God's name: a Jia person eats Bing, a Yi person Ding; Bing eats Wu, Ding eats Ji, Ji eats Xin, Wu eats Geng; Geng, Ren, Xin, Gui are partial and pleased; Ren, Jia, Gui, Yi are the most glorious. If the Eating-God rides Emolument and Horse, the person must dwell in great wealth and show merit and name. The Eating-God does not eat in the Empty, nor the Yang Blade or baleful; it does not eat when resting, confined, dead or cut off. It eats in birth, eats in prosperity, eats noble spirits, eats Seal, eats Wealth, with different merits; if one can infer it and find its truth, then Emolument eating the Heavenly Kitchen has no pause.

論學堂

On the School Hall

凡身宮主星是學堂星假令太隂星在人馬宮是身宮也即木為宮主星看木星在何方若在四正七強宮並順旺入廟主文章之士若在留逆段五弱宮不防文章雖然登第必出他人之力

The lord star of the Body Palace is the School Hall star. For example, if the Moon is in the Sagittarius palace, that is the Body Palace; the palace lord star is then Jupiter. Look where Jupiter is: if it is in one of the four cardinal or seven strong palaces, and is forward, prosperous, and in temple, it governs a man of letters; if it is in the stay or retrograde stage or in one of the five weak palaces, then though he writes well, and though he passes the examinations, it will be through the help of others.

詩云身宮宮主為學堂　怕六十二八宮當若到此處皆為防　雖有文章夀不長身宮宮主為學堂　留逆怕逢三惡方廟旺更兼行順段　七強宮裡錦肝腸

The poem says: The Body Palace lord is the School Hall; it fears sixty-two and the eight palaces; reaching such places, all are Union; though one has literary talent one's life is not long. The Body Palace lord is the School Hall; in retrograde or stay one fears meeting the three evil quarters; temple, prosperous and further moving forward: within the seven strong palaces, a brocade liver and bowels.

【又云納音生處為學堂金人見巳辛巳為正木人見亥己亥為正水人見申甲申為正土人見申戊申為正火人見寅丙寅為正】

[It is also said: the place where the sound-element is born is the School Hall. A Metal person seeing Si, Xinsi, is correct; a Wood person seeing Hai, Jihai, is correct; a Water person seeing Shen, Jiashen, is correct; an Earth person seeing Shen, Wushen, is correct; a Fire person seeing Yin, Bingyin, is correct.]

論學館

On the School Lodge

甲乙生人屬木得寅庚寅為正丙丁生人屬火得巳乙巳為正戊巳生人屬土得申戊申為正庚辛生人屬金得申壬申為正壬癸生人屬水得亥癸亥為正

Persons born under Jia and Yi belong to Wood and obtain Yin; Gengyin is correct. Persons born under Bing and Ding belong to Fire and obtain Si; Yisi is correct. Persons born under Wu and Ji belong to Earth and obtain Shen; Wushen is correct. Persons born under Geng and Xin belong to Metal and obtain Shen; Renshen is correct. Persons born under Ren and Gui belong to Water and obtain Hai; Guihai is correct.

論官貴學堂學館

On the Official-Noble School Hall and School Lodge

甲乙生人見巳是學堂申是學館葢甲乙用庚辛為官星庚辛屬金金生巳臨官申丙丁生人見申是學堂亥是學館葢丙丁用壬癸為官星壬癸屬水水生申臨官亥之類

Persons born under Jia and Yi who see Si: it is the School Hall; Shen is the School Lodge. For Jia and Yi use Geng and Xin as Official stars; Geng and Xin belong to Metal; Metal is born at Si, and its Official-Emolument is at Shen. Persons born under Bing and Ding who see Shen: it is the School Hall; Hai is the School Lodge. For Bing and Ding use Ren and Gui as Official stars; Ren and Gui belong to Water; Water is born at Shen, and its Official-Emolument is at Hai; and so on.

論正印

On the Correct Seal

金命逢乙丑水命逢壬辰木命逢癸未火命逢甲戌土命逢丙辰謂五行正印空則為僧道旺則為貴人也若丙丁人得甲戌壬癸人得丙辰又謂之夾貴印

A Metal Fate meeting Yichou, a Water Fate meeting Renchen, a Wood Fate meeting Guiwei, a Fire Fate meeting Jiaxu, an Earth Fate meeting Bingchen: these are called the Five Phases' correct seals. If empty, the person is a monk or Daoist; if prosperous, a noble person. If Bing and Ding persons obtain Jiaxu, or Ren and Gui persons obtain Bingchen, it is also called the Flanking Noble Seal.

【水生人得正印吉中有凶】

[A person born under Water who obtains the correct seal has misfortune within the fortune.]

詩云正印分明格局清　士人唾手取功名更兼華葢臨身命　晝錦還鄉示顯榮

The poem says: When the correct seal is clear, the pattern is pure; a scholar will win fame at the flick of a hand; and further, if the Huagai covers the Body and Life, he returns home in brocade by day, displaying glory.

論官貴六合印

On the Official-Noble Six-Harmony Seal

庚子得乙丑戊午得癸未丁酉得壬辰己夘得甲戌辛酉得丙辰是

Gengzi obtains Yichou; Wuwu obtains Guiwei; Dingyou obtains Renchen; Jimao obtains Jiaxu; Xinyou obtains Bingchen: these are it.

論五命財庫

On the Wealth Storehouses of the Five Fates

金命木財未為庫木命土財辰為庫水命火財戌為庫火命金財丑為庫土命水財辰為庫

A Metal Fate has Wood as wealth, and Wei is the storehouse; a Wood Fate has Earth as wealth, and Chen is the storehouse; a Water Fate has Fire as wealth, and Xu is the storehouse; a Fire Fate has Metal as wealth, and Chou is the storehouse; an Earth Fate has Water as wealth, and Chen is the storehouse.

論外財

On External Wealth

只取長生宮是如甲用戊巳為財見戊申是也癸用丙丁為財見丙寅是也此類多得外財

Take only the Long Life palace. For example, Jia uses Wu and Ji as wealth, seeing Wushen is it; Gui uses Bing and Ding as wealth, seeing Bingyin is it. Such cases often obtain external wealth.

定驛馬十二位

Fixing the Twelve Positions of the Post-Horse

驛馬

Post-Horse

五行驛馬最超群　更遇生官祿貴神君子成名加爵位　庶人營運足珠珍病絶驛馬值空亡　士庶營謀半吉昌更有工商並技藝　徒勞心力走忙忙

The Post-Horse of the Five Phases is outstanding; if it further meets birth, Official, Emolument and noble spirits, a gentleman makes his name and adds to his rank, and a commoner's undertakings are full of pearls and treasures. If illness, cutoff and Post-Horse fall on Empty, scholars and commoners making plans find half of it auspicious; furthermore, artisans, merchants and those with skills toil in vain, running about busily.

六害

Six Harms

馬前六害不堪名　月上逢之損弟兄父母胎中先見尅　日時妻子更防刑六害湏憂損六親　只宜僧道可安身又逢沐浴兼陽刃　百世空為一世人馬前一辰名六害　命若逢之多破敗除非奴隸定生涯　四體不完始安泰

The Six Harms before the Horse are not good in name; if met in the month, they harm brothers; in the womb, parents are first overcome; in the day and hour, wife and children are further punished. The Six Harms must fear harming the six kinds of kin; only a monk or Daoist can find safety. And if Bathing and Yang Blade are further met, for a hundred generations one is empty, a person of one life only. The one star before the Horse is called Six Harms; if a Fate meets it, there is much ruin, except for a slave, who settles into that life; only with the four limbs incomplete is there peace.

華葢

Huagai

華葢聰明號吉星　大宜執卷主科名更逢天徳同官印　位至公卿佐聖明生逢華葢主文章　藝術偏多智慮長女命縱然多色慾　也湏榮貴坐髙堂華葢空亡僧道同　更兼陽刃在其中縱饒手藝多能解　百事終無一事通

Huagai, clever and wise, is called an auspicious star; it is greatly suited to holding books and governs examination name; if it further meets Heavenly Virtue together with Official and Seal, rank reaches duke and minister, assisting the sage and bright. One born meeting Huagai governs literary writing; skills and arts are especially many, and wisdom and thought long; a woman's Fate, though much given to lust and desire, will still be glorious and noble and sit in a lofty hall. If Huagai is empty, it is the same as a monk or Daoist; with the Yang Blade further within it, though one is skilled and capable of many things, in the end of a hundred matters none is accomplished.

刼煞

Robbery Baleful

刼煞為災不可當　徒然奔走利名塲湏防祖業消亡盡　妻子如何得乆長四位逢生刼又來　當朝振業逞儒魁若兼官貴居時上　鯁直名標御史台刼神包褁遇官星　主執兵權助聖明不怒而威人仰慕　須令華夏悉安榮

The Robbery Baleful makes disaster, unstoppable; one runs about in vain on the field of profit and fame; one must fear that the ancestral inheritance will be wholly lost, and how can wife and children be long-lasting? If the four positions meet birth and Robbery again arrives, one shows his career at court as a leader of Confucians; if combined with Official and Noble at the hour, an upright name is inscribed at the Censorate. If the Robbery spirit wraps around an Official star, it governs holding military power and assisting the sage and bright; without anger he is awe-inspiring and people look up to him; he makes all of China peaceful and glorious.

災煞

Disaster Baleful

災煞身多主禍殃　更逢陽沐細推詳若臨日月並時上　兄弟妻兒定夭亡災煞當加帝旺方　更兼祿貴此中藏變災為福誰知得　一舉成名入廟堂

Where the Disaster Baleful is many, it governs calamity; if one further meets Yang Bathing, infer carefully. If it falls on the Sun, Moon, or hour, brothers, wife and children will surely die young. If the Disaster Baleful is added to the Emperor-Prosperity quarter, and Emolument and Nobility are further hidden within, who knows that disaster can be changed into fortune? In one stroke one makes his name and enters the court.

天煞

Heavenly Baleful

天煞難招父命長　纒綿宿疾不離床除非祖業先磨滅　難免此身防禍殃天煞加臨冠帶鄉　不愁衣著不愁糧身閒命吉無災咎　枝葉偏多福祿昌

The Heavenly Baleful makes it hard to call for a father's long life; lingering old illness does not leave the bed; unless ancestral inheritance is first ground away, this body cannot avoid disaster. If the Heavenly Baleful is added to the Capping and Belt quarter, one does not worry about clothing or food; the body is at ease and the Fate auspicious, without disaster or fault; branches and leaves are especially many, and fortune and emolument flourish.

地煞

Earthly Baleful

地煞難招母命長　須知前後喚人娘若然在舍應愁悶　南北衣資始大強地煞如逢貴祿鄉　若能脩學富文章不然營運多財寳　立業成家事事昌

The Earthly Baleful makes it hard to call for a mother's long life; know that before and after, one calls another person 'mother'; if it is in the house, one worries and is depressed; only with clothing and funds in north and south is one very strong. If the Earthly Baleful meets the home of Nobility and Emolument, and one can cultivate study and be rich in letters; or else one manages and moves with much wealth and treasure, establishing a career and a household, with all affairs flourishing.

年煞

Year Baleful

年煞原來最是凶　不招祖業走西東重重婚娶無男女　外族湏教破一重生逢年煞臨時日　帝旺重加福祿強君子脩文應富學　小人謀運足衣糧

The Year Baleful is originally the most inauspicious; it does not bring ancestral inheritance, and one runs west and east; marrying again and again, there are no sons or daughters; the maternal relatives must be broken one by one. If it is born meeting the Year Baleful at the hour or day, and Emperor-Prosperity is further added, fortune and emolument are strong; a gentleman cultivating letters becomes rich in learning, and a petty man planning his fortune has enough clothing and food.

月煞

Month Baleful

月煞之神半吉凶　弟兄男女有無中師巫僧道閒過日　卻主前程命運通月煞加逢自墓臨　聰明智慧眾人欽農商工賈並僧道　營運豐盈各稱心

The Month Baleful spirit is half auspicious and half inauspicious; whether brothers and sons and daughters exist or not is uncertain; as a shaman, monk or Daoist one passes the days idly, but the future of one's Fate is open. If the Month Baleful is added and one meets one's own tomb, one is clever and wise and admired by all; farmers, merchants, artisans, traders, monks and Daoists all find their undertakings abundant and satisfying.

亡神【一名天官符乂為大煞破軍】

Lost Spirit [also called Heavenly Official Talisman and Great Baleful Broken Army]

亡神七煞禍非輕　用盡機心一不成尅子刑妻無祖業　士人猶恐有虛名命宮若也值亡神　須是長生遇貴人時日更兼天地合　匪躬蹇蹇作王臣

The Lost Spirit and Seven Killings: calamity is not light; one uses up all machinations and fails in everything; punishing sons and wife, without ancestral inheritance, a scholar may fear his name is empty. If the Life Palace meets the Lost Spirit, one must meet Long Life and a noble person; if at the hour and day Heaven and Earth further unite, one serves the king in loyal, upright devotion.

將星

General Star

將星文武兩俱宜　祿重權髙足可知不做宰臣清要職　便居帥府擁旌旗將星財寳永無窮　家活生涯事事通天乙更來天徳上　少年平步上天宮將星一位最為良　時日相同命必昌官職崇髙宜世賞　安邦定國鎮邊疆

The General Star suits both civil and military; Emolument is heavy and authority high: that can be known fully; if one is not a premier in a clear and important post, one dwells in a marshal's office holding banners. The General Star with wealth and treasure is never exhausted; household livelihood and career succeed in all things; if Tianyi further arrives on Heavenly Virtue, in youth one walks level up the Heavenly Palace. The General Star in one position is the best; if hour and day are the same, the Fate must flourish; official rank is lofty and fit for hereditary reward, pacifying the state, settling the realm and guarding the frontier.

攀鞍

Climbing the Saddle

攀鞍在命最為竒　年少登科世所稀更得官星加冠帶　晚年定有貴男兒命中帶馬用攀鞍　華葢前當四柱安管取飛黃騰踏去　狀元及第又何難

Climbing the Saddle in the Life is most wondrous; passing the examinations in youth is rare in the world; if an Official star further adds Capping and Belt, in late years there will surely be a noble son. When the Life carries a horse and uses Climbing the Saddle, with Huagai placed in front of the four pillars, one is sure to gallop like a flying yellow steed; to take the top place in the examinations is then not difficult.

定納音長生十二位

Fixing the Twelve Positions of Long Life by Sound-Element

長生

Long Life

長生管取命長榮　時日重臨主性靈更得吉神相防遇　少年及第入王庭長生若也得相逢　生下須招祖業隆父母妻兒無尅防　安然享福保初終

Long Life governs a Fate of long glory; if it recurs at hour and day, the nature is spiritual and bright; if auspicious spirits further meet it, one passes the examinations in youth and enters the royal court. If Long Life is met, at birth the ancestral inheritance will surely flourish; parents, wife and children are not overcome, and one enjoys blessing in peace from beginning to end.

沐浴

Bathing

沐浴凶神切忌之　多成多敗少人知男人值此應孤獨　女命逢之定別離沐浴喜堪祿位逢　更兼引從在其中讀書必定登科甲　莫把諸神例説凶桃花沐浴不堪聞　伯叔姑姨也合婚日月時胎如犯此　定知無禮亂人倫女命若還逢沐浴　破敗兩三家不足父母離鄉夀不長　頭男頭女須防哭

Bathing is an inauspicious spirit and must be carefully avoided; it brings much success and failure, which few people know; a man meeting it will be solitary, a woman's Fate meeting it will surely part. Bathing is pleased to meet rank and Emolument and is welcome if attendants are also within it; reading books, one will surely climb the examination ranks; do not speak of it as inauspicious like the other spirits. Peach Blossom Bathing is unpleasant to hear: uncles, aunts and cousins may even marry; if the day, month, hour or womb offend this, one knows there is no propriety and human relations are disordered. If a woman's Fate meets Bathing, she ruins two or three households and is never satisfied; her parents leave their native place and her life is short; the eldest son and eldest daughter must beware of weeping.

冠帶

Capping and Belt

命逢冠帶少人知　初主貧寒中主宜更得貴人加本位　功名成遂又何疑人命若還逢冠帶　兄弟妻孥無防害因何接祖紹箕裘　只為胎中有華葢

Few people know a Fate meeting Capping and Belt: at first it governs poverty and cold, in the middle it suits; if a noble person is further added at the root position, how can one doubt that name and success are achieved? If a person's Fate meets Capping and Belt, brothers, wife and children are not harmed; why can he receive the ancestors' work and continue the family trade? Only because in the womb there is Huagai.

臨官帝旺

Official Arrival and Emperor Prosperity

臨官帝旺最為竒　祿貴同宮仔細推若不狀元登上第　直須黃甲脫麻衣

Official Arrival and Emperor Prosperity are most wondrous; Emolument and Nobility in the same palace should be inferred carefully. If one is not the top graduate ascending the highest examination, one will surely cast off hempen clothes by the yellow list.

衰病死

Decline, Illness and Death

納音衰病死重逢　成敗之中見吉凶若得吉神來救助　變災為福始亨通

When Decline, Illness and Death of the sound-element recur, success and failure show fortune and misfortune; if an auspicious spirit comes to help and save, turning disaster into fortune, then one begins to prosper.

墓庫

Tomb and Storehouse

墓庫元來是塟神　一為正印細推論相生相順無相尅　富貴之中次第分人命若還逢墓庫　積穀拘財難計數慳貪不使一文錢　至老人呼守錢虜

The Tomb and Storehouse are originally the burial spirit; one is the correct Seal, to be inferred carefully; with mutual generation and compliance and no mutual overcoming, wealth and rank are graded in order within it. If a person's Fate meets Tomb and Storehouse, he stores grain and hoards wealth beyond counting; stingy and greedy, he spends not a single coin, and in old age people call him a money-guarding slave.

胞絶

Womb and Cutoff

絶中逢旺少人知　卻去當生命裡推反本還原宜細辯　忽然迍否莫猜疑胞神一位名為絶　尅防妻奴家道劣不惟朝暮走忙忙　羊食狼貪無以別

Few people know of meeting prosperity within Cutoff; one must infer it from the Fate of that birth; returning to the root and going back to the source must be distinguished carefully; if one suddenly meets hardship and obstruction, do not doubt. The Womb spirit in one position is called Cutoff: it overcomes the wife and servants and the family fortune is poor; not only does he run busily from morning to night, but like a sheep eating and a wolf greedy, there is no difference.

胎養

Womb and Nourishment

胎養湏宜細審詳　半凶半吉兩相當貴神相防應為福　惡死重重見禍殃或云胎養小長生　人命惟逢自積靈若也脩文應稱遂　不然營運亦光亨

Womb and Nourishment must be examined carefully; half inauspicious and half auspicious, the two are equal; if noble spirits unite, it will be fortune; if evil Death recurs, one sees calamity. Some say Womb and Nourishment are a small Long Life: a person's Fate meets it only as self-accumulated spirit; if he cultivates letters he will fulfil what he wants, and if not, his undertakings will still be glorious and prosperous.

論納音定子息歌

Song on Fixing Children by Sound-Element

長生之位中旬半沐浴一雙保吉康冠帶臨官三子位旺中五子自成行衰中二子病中一死中至老沒兒郎除非養取他人子入墓之時難保雙受氣為絶一個子胎中頭女有孤娘養中三子只留二男女宮中仔細詳【取納音尅我者是也如金命人用火為子孫火生寅寅上起長生看男女宮在何方順數依此斷之即知吉凶也假如火命人男女宮在午從寅上起長生至午是帝旺旺中五子自成行則主有五子之位也依此而推萬無一失又如木命人男女宮在申取納音尅我者為子孫金尅木金生巳從巳上起長生至申是臨官冠帶臨官三子位則主有三子之位餘皆仿此乂云取我生者為兒孫如金命人金生水用水為兒孫水生申從申上起長生看男女宮在何方如在酉上則主一雙男女以上一則取納音尅我者為子孫一則取我生者為子孫俱要數至男女宮斷之皆為有理】

At Long Life, half in the middle decade; Bathing, a pair, guarantees auspice and peace; Capping and Belt and Official Arrival are three-son positions; Prosperity in the middle has five sons growing up naturally; Decline has two sons, Illness has one, Death has none, to old age without boys, unless he adopts another person's son. At Tomb it is hard to preserve a pair; at Cutoff, receiving energy, one child; in the Womb the first is a daughter, a lonely mother; at Nourishment, three sons, only two kept; examine the Sons and Daughters Palace in detail. [Take the sound-element that overcomes me as the offspring. For example, a Metal Fate person uses Fire as descendants; Fire is born at Yin, so start Long Life from Yin and see where the Sons and Daughters Palace lies, counting forward accordingly, and one knows auspice and inauspice. For example, a Fire Fate person has the Sons and Daughters Palace at Wu; starting Long Life from Yin up to Wu is Emperor Prosperity, 'Prosperity in the middle has five sons growing up naturally,' so it governs five sons. Infer this way and there will be no error in ten thousand. Again, a Wood Fate person has the Sons and Daughters Palace at Shen; take the sound-element that overcomes me, Metal, as descendants; Metal is born at Si, start Long Life from Si up to Shen, which is Official Arrival; 'Capping and Belt and Official Arrival are three-son positions,' so it governs three sons. The rest follow likewise. It is also said to take what I generate as children and grandchildren: for example, a Metal Fate person, Metal generating Water, uses Water as children and grandchildren; Water is born at Shen, start Long Life from Shen and see where the Sons and Daughters Palace lies; if it is at You, it governs a pair of sons and daughters. Of the two methods above, one takes what overcomes me as offspring, and the other takes what I generate as offspring; both require counting to the Sons and Daughters Palace to judge, and both are reasonable.]

定祿元宮歌

Song Fixing the Emolument Source Palace

人生各有祿元宮惟此宮中號最雄但把日時從日數數從逆主本年終更防宮內何星曜宮主髙時星復廟更加金木作宮星本祿重加官必妙儻然防弱帶凶囚反福成凶皆惡兆推尋此地若精時貧富自然心下曉【祿元一宮人所罕知若求此宮只將太陽推過宮定凖然後生時從太陽宮逆數至本年住即為祿元之地夫此宮者要本家之祿或官祿或坐本命若遇吉星無不享福如其坐防弱而遇惡星或與囚煞同行或遇計羅成黨斷主刑傷尅破也】

Every person has an Emolument Source Palace, and in this palace is the strongest; just take the day and hour and count from the day, counting in reverse, and stop at the end of the present year; furthermore, beware of which star is in the palace: when the palace lord is high and the star is in temple again, and Metal and Wood are added as palace stars, then the original emolument, doubled with Official, is wonderful; but if the weak and baleful, confined stars are met, fortune turns to misfortune, all evil omens. If you search this place precisely, wealth and poverty will naturally be known in the heart. [The Emolument Source palace is rarely known; to seek it, infer only by taking the Sun through the palace to fix it exactly, then from the birth hour count in reverse from the Sun's palace to the present year, where it stops is the Emolument Source ground. This palace requires the family's own emolument, either Official Emolument or sitting on the original Life; if auspicious stars meet it, all enjoy blessing; if it sits in weakness and meets evil stars, or goes with Confinement and baleful stars, or meets Ji and Luo in a gang, it is judged to bring punishment, injury, overcoming and ruin.]

定祿元宮度【與前說不同】

Fixing the Emolument Source Palace Degrees [different from the preceding account]

甲祿寅【木星在箕八】　乙祿夘【火星在房五】　丙祿巳【水星在軫八】戊祿巳【水星在翼十】　丁祿午【太陽在張十】　己祿午【太陽在星四】庚祿申【水星在井二】　辛祿酉【金星在昴九】　壬祿亥【水星在壁二】癸祿子【土星在危五】

Jia Emolument at Yin [Jupiter at Ji 8]; Yi Emolument at Mao [Mars at Fang 5]; Bing Emolument at Si [Mercury at Zhen 8]; Wu Emolument at Si [Mercury at Yi 10]; Ding Emolument at Wu [Sun at Zhang 10]; Ji Emolument at Wu [Sun at Xing 4]; Geng Emolument at Shen [Mercury at Jing 2]; Xin Emolument at You [Venus at Mao 9]; Ren Emolument at Hai [Mercury at Bi 2]; Gui Emolument at Zi [Saturn at Wei 5].

定祿馬宮

Fixing the Emolument and Horse Palace

慶賀相逢第一尊　祿馬同宮身命欣從來此説為真貴　管取榮華謁帝君祿馬宮中皆有度　度中分秒宜窮數若得來臨身命中　發祿榮身居帝輔

Congratulation meeting is the first honor; Emolument and Horse in the same palace delight the Body and Life; from of old this saying is true nobility; surely glory and splendor will visit the sovereign. In the Emolument and Horse palace all have degrees; within the degrees, minutes and seconds should be exhausted in number; if it comes to the Body and Life, one is rewarded with emolument, honors the body, and dwells as aide to the emperor.

【凡身命坐祿馬謂之慶賀不值凶星有吉曜榮華無比】

[Whenever the Body and Life sit in the Emolument and Horse, it is called Congratulation; if it meets no baleful stars and has auspicious luminaries, glory is without equal.]

定驛馬宮度【又名貴元又名馬元】

Fixing the Post-Horse Palace Degrees [also called Noble Source, also called Horse Source]

申馬寅【本星在尾十五度火為驛】　子馬寅【木星在箕五度火為驛】辰馬寅【木星在斗四度火為驛】　寅馬申【金星在觜一度水為驛】午馬申【金星在參五度水為驛】　戌馬申【金星在畢十四度水為驛】亥馬巳【火星在翼八度木為驛】　卯馬巳【火星在軫二度木為驛】未馬巳【火星在軫十四度木為驛】　巳馬亥【水星在室九度計為驛】酉馬亥【水星在壁三度計為驛】　丑馬亥【水星在奎一度計為驛】

Shen Horse at Yin [this star at Wei 15, Fire is the post]; Zi Horse at Yin [Jupiter at Ji 5, Fire is the post]; Chen Horse at Yin [Jupiter at Dou 4, Fire is the post]; Yin Horse at Shen [Venus at Zui 1, Water is the post]; Wu Horse at Shen [Venus at Shen 5, Water is the post]; Xu Horse at Shen [Venus at Bi 14, Water is the post]; Hai Horse at Si [Mars at Yi 8, Wood is the post]; Mao Horse at Si [Mars at Zhen 2, Wood is the post]; Wei Horse at Si [Mars at Zhen 14, Wood is the post]; Si Horse at Hai [Mercury at Shi 9, Ji is the post]; You Horse at Hai [Mercury at Bi 3, Ji is the post]; Chou Horse at Hai [Mercury at Kui 1, Ji is the post].

論天馬地驛

On Heavenly Horse and Earthly Post

其法以驛馬宮天元祿主為是如申子辰馬居寅則遁甲祿在寅甲以火為天元祿故火為天馬甲木為地驛也寅午戌馬居申遁庚祿在申庚以水為天元祿則水為天馬庚金為地驛己酉丑馬居亥遁壬祿在亥壬以計為天元祿則計為天馬壬水為地驛亥卯未馬在巳遁丙戊祿在己丙以木為天元祿戊以土為天元祿則木土為天馬丙火戊土為地驛自本主星天馬宮泊定隔宮逆數零年順數數起一年一宮若逢到馬臨官分即有喜事遷轉若土計火孛混之乃雜馬臨官三十年才逢恐不純論此也

The method takes the Heavenly Source Emolument lord of the Post-Horse palace as it. For example, for Shen, Zi, Chen, with the Horse dwelling at Yin, Dunjia places Emolument at Yin; Jia takes Fire as its Heavenly Source Emolument, so Fire is the Heavenly Horse and Jia Wood is the Earthly Post. For Yin, Wu, Xu, with the Horse at Shen, Dun Geng places Emolument at Shen; Geng takes Water as Heavenly Source Emolument, so Water is the Heavenly Horse and Geng Metal is the Earthly Post. For Ji, You, Chou, with the Horse at Hai, Dun Ren places Emolument at Hai; Ren takes Ji as Heavenly Source Emolument, so Ji is the Heavenly Horse and Ren Water is the Earthly Post. For Hai, Mao, Wei, with the Horse at Si, Dun Bing and Wu place Emolument at Ji; Bing takes Wood as Heavenly Source Emolument and Wu takes Earth, so Wood and Earth are the Heavenly Horses, and Bing Fire and Wu Earth are the Earthly Posts. From the original lord star's Heavenly Horse palace, fix the stopping place, and count across palaces in reverse for odd years and forward for counted years, one year per palace; if one meets the Horse arriving at the Official Arrival portion, there are joyful matters and transfers. If Earth, Ji, Fire and Bo are mixed, it is a mixed Horse arriving at Official Arrival; arriving only after thirty years, it is feared to be impure; this is the argument.

【三車一覽云驛郵亭也馬有代勞之功病處見子是也如申子辰水局生於申病於寅而得木為子以代其勞故曰驛馬按此説則寅午戌病於申必取土而不取金其說未融餘為之說曰驛馬之論乃病處而見財非病處而見子如申子辰水局至寅而病得丙火為財為馬以代其勞寅午戌火局至申而病得庚金為財為馬以代其勞巳酉丑金局至亥而病得甲木為財為馬以代其勞亥夘未木局至巳而病得戊土為財為馬以代其勞古人亦以官為祿以財為馬未聞以子為馬也寅申巳亥為四沖故沖處置驛驛中有馬亦取長生之義也】

[The Sanche Yilan says: a post is a station; the horse has the merit of relieving labor; where it sees illness, it sees a child. For example, in the Shen, Zi, Chen Water bureau, birth is at Shen and illness at Yin, and getting Wood as a child to relieve the labor, it is called the Post-Horse. By this argument, Yin, Wu, Xu has illness at Shen and must take Earth rather than Metal; the argument is not smooth. I propose to say that the Post-Horse theory sees wealth at the illness place, not a child at the illness place: for example, the Shen, Zi, Chen Water bureau arrives at Yin where it is ill and obtains Bing Fire as wealth and horse to relieve its labor; the Yin, Wu, Xu Fire bureau arrives at Shen where it is ill and obtains Geng Metal as wealth and horse to relieve its labor; the Si, You, Chou Metal bureau arrives at Hai where it is ill and obtains Jia Wood as wealth and horse to relieve its labor; the Hai, Mao, Wei Wood bureau arrives at Si where it is ill and obtains Wu Earth as wealth and horse to relieve its labor. The ancients also took the Official as Emolument and Wealth as Horse; I have not heard of taking a child as the Horse. Yin, Shen, Si and Hai are the four clashes, so the post is set at the clashing place, and a horse in the post also takes the meaning of Long Life.]

定卦氣

Fixing Hexagram Energy

卦氣者六十花甲俱納於八卦之中也如甲壬生人卦氣在干乙癸生人卦氣在坤六庚生人卦氣在震六辛生人卦氣在巽六丙生人卦氣在艮六丁生人卦氣在兊六戊生人卦氣在坎六巳生人卦氣在離凢星盤身命官福坐於卦氣之上無不富貴是卦氣耶律之最重者又攷範圖河洛中天大定諸數悉皆以此為正祿其可忽諸

Hexagram energy places the sixty Jiazi all within the eight trigrams. For example, for persons born in Jia and Ren, the hexagram energy is in Gan; for persons born in Yi and Gui, the hexagram energy is in Kun six; for persons born in Geng, the hexagram energy is in Zhen six; for persons born in Xin, in Xun six; for persons born in Bing, in Gen six; for persons born in Ding, in Dui six; for persons born in Wu, in Kan six; for persons born in Ji, in Li. Whenever the Body, Life, Official and Fortune in the star chart sit upon hexagram energy, none are not wealthy and noble; hexagram energy is the weightiest in Yelü; and examining the Fan Diagram, He-Luo, Zhongtian and Dading, all these numbers take it as the correct emolument; how can it be overlooked?

論三方主星立例歌

Song on the Rules for the Lord Stars of the Three Quarters

七政隂陽各有取品量以配三方主晝生只在日上求夜則須從月中取當知月火金為隂日木土向陽類尋夜宜隂主晝陽主不背端能為福深隂如逢晝陽逢夜難説終身禍不侵西天之法重乎此最要其星在髙位各得其宜乗旺行必主生來居富貴七曜更臨身命宮超騰必作人間瑞

The Seven Governors each have their yin and yang to take; weigh their grades to match them with the lord stars of the three quarters. For a day birth look only to the Sun; for a night birth one must take from the Moon. Know that the Moon, Fire and Metal are yin, and the Sun, Wood and Earth are of the yang kind; for night births seek yin lords, for day births yang lords; if they do not turn away, they can bring deep blessing. If yin meets day and yang meets night, it is hard to say; calamity does not reach to the end of life. The Western Heaven's method values this; its most important feature is that the star be in a lofty position, each in its suitable place, riding prosperity and moving forward, which surely governs being born into wealth and rank. If the seven luminaries further arrive at the Body and Life Palace, he surpasses the multitude and will surely become an omen in the human world.

【論三方主星立例及明其大畧晝生就日夜生就月各於其所在宮取之日木土主陽月火金主隂晝夜不背則為福】

[On the rules for the lord stars of the three quarters and clarifying their outline: for day births take the Sun, for night births take the Moon, and take each from its palace. The Sun, Wood and Earth govern yang; the Moon, Fire and Metal govern yin. If day and night are not turned away, it is fortune.]

金木從來是善星所臨非主亦非榮三方卻怕逢火土的有無情惡曜名夜見隂宮方烜赫晝生陽位始光明【論金木水火土惟不是三方方主星其禍福不同如此】

Metal and Wood have always been good stars; where they arrive they are neither lord nor glory; the three quarters fear meeting Fire and Earth, which are certainly pitiless evil luminaries. At night, seeing a yin palace is it bright and illustrious; at a day birth, a yang position is it radiant. [On Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: only those that are not lord stars of the three quarters have different fortune and misfortune in this way.]

定三元星

Fixing the Three Source Stars

亥夘未為命宮者　木為天元印　火為地元祿

For those whose Life Palace is Hai, Mao, Wei: Wood is the Heavenly Source Seal; Fire is the Earthly Source Emolument;

土為人元夀

Earth is the Human Source Longevity.

寅午戌為命宮者　火為天元印　土為地元祿

For those whose Life Palace is Yin, Wu, Xu: Fire is the Heavenly Source Seal; Earth is the Earthly Source Emolument;

金為人元夀

Metal is the Human Source Longevity.

申子辰為命宮者　水為天元印　木為地元祿

For those whose Life Palace is Shen, Zi, Chen: Water is the Heavenly Source Seal; Wood is the Earthly Source Emolument;

火為人元夀

Fire is the Human Source Longevity.

己酉丑為命宮者　金為天元印　水為地元祿

For those whose Life Palace is Si, You, Chou: Metal is the Heavenly Source Seal; Water is the Earthly Source Emolument;

木為人元夀

Wood is the Human Source Longevity.

論天元印星歌

Song on the Heavenly Source Seal Star

從古賢愚皆有命世人徒自苦經營天元順廟居強位早嵗須登富貴名印星守順七強宮旺廟之中甲第雄復與地元同廟位不為卿監必三公辰戌丑未宮名防天印星分入此宮為人雖貴無官品定有迍災及不終詩曰大抵天元號印星　此星宜順冠群英忽然留逆仍居防　難望朝中顯大名

From of old the worthy and foolish all have fate, and people toil in vain to manage. If the Heavenly Source moves forward and dwells in temple in a strong position, in early years one will surely gain wealth, rank and name. If the Seal star guards a forward seven strong palace, in prosperity and temple one's first-class rank is imposing; and if it shares the temple position with the Earthly Source, if not a minister or director, one will be one of the Three Dukes. The palaces of Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are called Union and Heavenly Seal stars; when the star enters these palaces, though one is noble there is no official rank, and there will surely be hardship and calamity and no good end. The poem says: In general the Heavenly Source is called the Seal star; this star should move forward to top the multitude; if suddenly it stays or is retrograde and again dwells in Union, it is hard to hope for a great name at court.

論地元祿星歌

Song on the Earthly Source Emolument Star

主祿當星仔細看七強四正有多般生時旺廟兼行順以此須知作省官祿星不背又三方如在髙強官祿昌武品定知為大使文資應也至員郎三合位中逢此星此星不弱最相親同躔若使逢留逆到得郎官須退身祿星雖好印星滯縱有官資祿不深印祿二星皆得力此人必得四方欽祿印其宮占七強亦有科名祿又昌若見夀元當弱位縱能榮貴命危亡詩曰品位髙低看地元　生時沈陷祿多邅如逢廟旺兼強位　不是文僚即武權

Look carefully at the star that governs Emolument: the seven strong and four cardinal have many varieties; at birth, prosperous and in temple and moving forward, from this one knows he will be a provincial official. If the Emolument star does not turn away from the three quarters and is in a lofty and strong place, official Emolument flourishes; the military ranks are known to be commissioners, and the civil ranks reach clerks and directors. When this star is met in the three harmonies, if the star is not weak, it is most dear; if it shares the transit and meets stay and retrograde, on reaching the rank of director he must retire. Though the Emolument star be good, if the Seal star is stagnant, even if there is official standing, emolument is not deep; if both Seal and Emolument stars are strong, this person will surely be admired in all four quarters. If Emolument and Seal palaces both occupy the seven strong, there is also examination name and Emolument flourishing again; if the Longevity Source is seen in a weak position, then though glorious and noble, the Fate is in danger and death. The poem says: Rank and grade, high or low, depend on the Earthly Source; if at birth it is sunken, Emolument is often hindered; if it meets temple and prosperity and a strong position, if not a literary official, then a military power.

論人元夀星歌

Song on the Human Source Longevity Star

夀元星正在東西順段之時命絶竒仍向命中逢旺樂天年應與嶽山齊人元陷在五弱宮不出初年命必終若向陷宮逢正度縱教延逺四旬中人元主夀細推詳相尅逢之命豈長更在忌星兼伏逆兩旬之內見危亡夀星居命防祿元縱有年長且沒官又值天乙不得力一生落魄主孤寒印祿二星盡居強獨有人元守弱方雖有科名及祿位柰何年夭且非常

The Longevity Source star is exactly in the east and west, at the time of moving forward the Fate is extraordinary; if it further meets prosperity and delight in the Life, the Heaven-granted years will be equal to the mountains. If the Human Source is sunken in the five weak palaces, it does not go beyond the early years and the Fate surely ends; if it meets sunken palaces at their true degree, even if prolonged, it is within forty years. The Human Source governs longevity; infer it carefully; if it meets overcoming, how can the Fate be long? Further, if it is in a shunned star and also hidden or retrograde, one sees danger and death within twenty years. If the Longevity star dwells in the Life and meets Emolument Source, though the years are long, there is no office; and if Tianyi is again unable to help, one lives a failed and lonely life, solitary and cold. If the Seal and Emolument stars are both in strong positions and only the Human Source guards a weak quarter, although there may be examination name and Emolument rank, how can the early death be unusual?

詩曰人元曜得旺宮居　更在髙強夀不疎便見忌星臨在命　也應年及七旬餘

The poem says: If the Human Source star obtains a prosperous palace and again is lofty and strong, longevity is not shallow; if a shunned star arrives at the Life, one still reaches seventy years or more.

論三魁

On the Three Chiefs

魁星有三惟正魁頗驗若人行年星限遇之必占甲科身命臨之進取必魁多士

There are three Chief stars, but only the correct Chief is quite verified; if a person's yearly limit meets this star, he will surely take first-class examination rank; if the Body and Life meet it, advancing he is sure to be chief of the many scholars.

正魁例甲用太隂乙太陽是也

Rule of the Correct Chief: Jia uses the Moon, Yi the Sun, and so on.

小魁例

Rule of the Small Chief

甲羅乙紫丙金星　干屬丁兮火上尋戊水己計庚水宿　辛土壬陽癸太隂

Jia Luo, Yi Purple, Bing Metal star; Ding stem belongs to Fire; Wu Water, Ji Ji, Geng Water lodge; Xin Earth, Ren Sun, Gui the Moon.

三元都魁例

Example of the Three Origins Top Graduate

甲庚乙孛丙木方　丁計戊巳水邊藏庚與辛遊火位上　壬癸那堪紫炁當

Jia and Geng, Yi and Bo, Bing in the Wood quarter; Ding and Ji, Wu and Si hidden by the Water side; Geng and Xin roam in the Fire position; how could Ren and Gui withstand the Purple Qi?

論四元歌四元乃仁元夀元祿元馬元是也

Song on the Four Origins (the Four Origins are the Benevolence Origin, the Longevity Origin, the Emolument Origin and the Horse Origin)

馬星為貴祿為祿仁元干配的無疑夀元惟向納音取要在強宮與限隨仁夀二元如得用竝是名家極富兒限星更得入垣局此人終與聖賢齊四元三限滿三用不犯凶星忌曜傍滿在強宮明健處定須執政入朝堂上貴之人限星全先要仁元與夀元得入正限及身命貴祿兩元又相連或在四正髙強處清華富貴定兩全文星明健當台輔武星髙貴主重權或被惡星臨照破也為給諌立朝端金為兵兮火為武水為文兮土為輔四星俱在髙強宮文武兼資佐明主

The Horse star brings nobility and Emolument brings Emolument; the Benevolence Origin is matched by the heavenly stem without doubt, while the Longevity Origin is taken only from the sound-element. What matters is that they stand in strong palaces and in the Limit. If the Benevolence and Longevity Origins are both put to use, one becomes a famed and exceedingly wealthy family. If the Limit star also enters its Enclosure, this person will in the end stand level with the sages. When the Four Origins and Three Limits are all full and the Three Uses are complete, with no inauspicious stars or baleful luminaries nearby, and they fill strong palaces in bright and sturdy places, the person is sure to take office and enter the court, a noble one above the rest. For the Limit stars to be complete, first the Benevolence Origin and the Longevity Origin must enter the true Limit, and the body and Life must be noble; and the Emolument and Horse Origins must be linked as well, or sit in the Four Cardinal positions, high and strong; then glory, distinction, wealth and rank are surely both secured. Literary stars bright and sturdy will serve as chancellor; martial stars high and noble govern great power. If an evil star shines upon them and breaks them, one may still serve as a remonstrating official standing at court. Metal is the soldier and Fire is the warrior; Water is the scholar and Earth is the aide. If all four stars stand in high and strong palaces, the person combines letters and arms and assists a wise ruler.

【夀元星最忌晝火夜土馬元又為貴元論馬元如申子辰馬在寅寅屬木即木星是也祿元者如甲生人祿在寅寅屬木即木星是也仁元者以甲乙生人屬木即木星是也此謂之木星得三用夀元者如甲子生人納音是金即金星是也須防仁夀二元為先貴祿為次此四元要在七強宮及四正順段廟旺好樂之地防限為上守限宮主及命為次最嫌在五弱宮及留逆死絶之地】

[The Longevity Origin star most fears Fire by day and Earth by night. The Horse Origin is also the Nobility Origin. As for the Horse Origin: for the triad Shen, Zi and Chen, the Horse is at Yin, and Yin belongs to Wood, so it is the Wood star. As for the Emolument Origin: for a person born under Jia, Emolument is at Yin, and Yin belongs to Wood, so it is the Wood star. As for the Benevolence Origin: persons born under Jia and Yi belong to Wood, so it is the Wood star. This is called the Wood star obtaining the Three Uses. As for the Longevity Origin: for a person born in Jiazi, the sound-element is Metal, so it is the Metal star. One must first guard the Benevolence and Longevity Origins, with Nobility and Emolument next. These four Origins matter most in the Seven Strong Palaces and the Four Cardinal positions, in places that are in order, at temple, prosperous and pleasing; guarding the Limit comes first, and the Limit palace ruler and the Life come next. They are most disliked in the Five Weak Palaces and in places of retrograde, death and cutoff.]

論九事

On the Nine Affairs

九事者四元星與三限星並時命兩星是也若在四正七強宮主大貴

The Nine Affairs are the Four Origin stars, the Three Limit stars, and the two stars of the hour and the Life. If they stand in the Four Cardinal positions and the Seven Strong Palaces, the person is greatly noble.

九事全兮順五行自然享福得遐齡九事若雜福不至萬般智慮一無成生時九事得五六終身只可為中福欲明九事本元例四元三限時命備此為九事歸垣局不知垣局也為非

If the Nine Affairs are complete and follow the Five Phases, one naturally enjoys good fortune and a long life; if the Nine Affairs are mixed, good fortune does not arrive and all plans and thoughts come to nothing. If five or six of the Nine Affairs are obtained at the hour of birth, one can have only middling good fortune to the end of life. To understand the Nine Affairs, learn the rule of the original Origins: the Four Origins, the Three Limits, and the hour and the Life together make the Nine Affairs. When these return to the Enclosure, if one does not know the Enclosure, one will be wrong.

論八煞宮歌

Song on the Eight-Sha Palace

八煞宮中最要窮時人只謂八宮中見聞未叩天機處難定浮生吉與凶此宮理致最竒妙禍福吉凶皆有兆吉星臨此福非常惡曜到時災不小若知窮算此宮中兩句幽深務通曉子午隂陽辰戌稱寅申二位寳瓶宮數年退數從逆取尋取生年何位終宮主又髙星又吉何愁福祿不豐崇福官身命宜居此權宿加臨祿位隆囚忌儻然相尅戰為官必定少年終

The Eight-Sha Palace is the one most worth thoroughly studying; people of the day say only that it lies among the eight palaces. What they have seen and heard has not touched the heavenly secret, so it is hard to fix a floating life's good and ill. The principle of this palace is most subtle and wondrous, and all its fortunes and misfortunes have signs beforehand. If an auspicious star arrives here, the good fortune is extraordinary; when an evil luminary comes, the calamity is not small. If you wish to thoroughly calculate this palace, work hard to master its two profound lines. Zi and Wu are Yin and Yang; Chen and Xu are called its pair; Yin and Shen are the two positions of the Vase Palace. Count the years in the retreating direction and take them in reverse; find at which position the birth year ends, and that is the palace ruler. If the star is also high and auspicious, why worry that Emolument will not be abundant? Official Emolument, the body and the Life are best placed here. When a powerful star is added, Emolument and rank are prosperous; when imprisoning or restraining stars clash and overcome, one will surely hold office only a few years and end young.

【凡八煞一宮號為最髙者此宮所主貧富貴賤無不應驗自台諌吳秘正而下罕得此訣往往傳聞之誤夫八煞一宮甲子甲午旬隂陽宮起甲寅甲申旬寶瓶宮起甲辰甲戌旬天秤宮起對宮逆數至本生年止即是八煞宮有吉星臨之合主大權身命居此何愁福祿不豐隆縱使福祿兩宮俱無星照終還顯赫若囚忌相尅戰雖為官亦主少亡】

[Of the eight Sha, the Eight-Sha one palace is called the highest of all. What this palace governs in poverty and wealth, nobility and lowliness is always borne out. From the Terrace Remonstrance Wu Mizheng downward, few have obtained this secret, and what is passed along by hearsay is often mistaken. As for the Eight-Sha one palace: the Jiazi and Jiawu decades start from the Yin-Yang Palace; the Jiayin and Jiashen decades start from the Vase Palace; the Jiachen and Jiaxu decades start from the Libra Palace. Counting in reverse from the opposite palace until you reach the birth year, that is the Eight-Sha palace. If an auspicious star arrives there, it fits great power; if the body and Life dwell here, why worry that Emolument will not be abundant? Even if neither the Emolument palace nor the Fortune palace has any star shining upon it, one will in the end be illustrious. If imprisoning or restraining stars clash and overcome, then although one holds office, one also dies young.]

論天廚福局歌

Song on the Heavenly Kitchen Blessing Bureau

天廚福局實難逢年時次日順天輪身命逢之皆吉慶局星照命亦光明善星守局皆為福空局亦為足食人限逢局上福立發佈衣換作錦衣榮

The Heavenly Kitchen Blessing Bureau is truly hard to meet; counting from year, hour and the next day, it follows heaven in rotation. If the body and Life meet it, all is auspicious and joyful; if the Bureau star shines on the Life, it is also bright. A good star guarding the Bureau is always fortune; even an empty Bureau means enough to eat. If the person's Limit meets the Bureau, good fortune is established, and a commoner is changed into one dressed in brocade and glory.

【論以生年或同時並在天命宮有善星守照主貴或身命分作年時二局亦緊若無星守照或官祿二星俱防只主衣食富足之命】

[The discussion: if a good star guards or shines on the Heavenly Life palace at the birth year or the same hour, the person is noble. Or the body and Life may be divided into the year Bureau and the hour Bureau, which is also important. If no star guards or shines on it, or if both the Official and Emolument stars are to be guarded against, it governs only a Fate with sufficient food and clothing.]

論天堂貴局歌

Song on the Heavenly Hall Noble Bureau

貴人自有天堂局尋取生時命所屬若居四正及身命助限由來貴無並武星髙照主將材文星為限主儒魁日月分明防金水三星得地乃三台

A noble person naturally has the Heavenly Hall Bureau; look for what the hour of birth and the Life belong to. If it lies in the Four Cardinal positions and helps the body, the Life and the Limit, nobility is peerless. A martial star shining high governs a general's talent; a literary star as the Limit governs the chief of scholars. If the Sun and Moon are bright, guard against Metal and Water; when the three stars gain their place, it is the Three Terraces.

【凡人本生時及命宮所屬之星是也如子時即水星夘上為命即木星若人生時與命所屬同是其星來助限得力即天堂局也】

[This means the star to which the person's hour of birth and Life palace belong. For example, the Zi hour is the Water star, and if the Life is at Mao, it is the Wood star. If the star of the hour of birth and the star of the Life are the same star, and it comes to help the Limit with strength, that is the Heavenly Hall Bureau.]

論天祿貴局

On the Heavenly Emolument Noble Bureau

當生年祿上為命宮其次身坐祿宮無不貴顯

When the Emolument of the birth year is made the Life palace, and the body next sits in the Emolument palace, the person is surely noble and distinguished.

論防褥局

On the Guard-against Cushion Bureau

法以五命庫墓中坐命如火庫戌金庫丑是也

The rule takes the Life seated in the storehouse or tomb of the five lives, such as the Fire storehouse at Xu and the Metal storehouse at Chou.

論防敘局

On the Guard-against Narration Bureau

水命申金命已火命寅木命亥土命辰戌丑未

For the Water life, Shen; for the Metal life, Si; for the Fire life, Yin; for the Wood life, Hai; for the Earth life, Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei.

論防堂局

On the Guard-against Hall Bureau

法取四生坐命天干生處及納音生處是經名聲價權道局

The rule takes the heavenly stem of the Four Births seat of the Life, and the Long Life place of the sound-element; this is the Bureau of reputation, worth and authority.

論防助局

On the Guard-against Helper Bureau

法取旺宮坐命為之最怕夜土晝火

The rule takes a prosperous palace as the seat of the Life, and what is most feared is Earth by night and Fire by day.

論垣局

On the Enclosure Bureau

太防垣午

The Great Guard-against Enclosure is at Wu.

紫防垣　木與炁同在角婁為紫防舍人

The Purple Guard-against Enclosure: when Wood and Qi are together at Jiao and Lou, it is the Purple Guard-against Secretary.

天市垣　火在夘　金在寅午戌主魁甲

The Heavenly Market Enclosure: Fire at Mao; Metal at Yin, Wu and Xu governs a top graduate.

角道垣　孛星在軫室　巳與亥宮

The Jiaodao Enclosure: the Bo star at Zhen and Shi, and the palaces of Si and Hai.

太常垣　土星在斗丑宮　金星在亢　主提轉専城之任

The Taichang Enclosure: the Earth star at Dou and the Chou palace; the Metal star at Kang; it governs an appointment to the capital or a city.

文昌局　火星在亥夘未宮

The Wenchang Bureau: the Fire star in the palaces of Hai, Mao and Wei.

榮名局　如寅夘生人屬木在命宮是他仿此

The Glorious Name Bureau: for example, persons born at Yin and Mao belong to Wood, and having it in the Life palace is the same; other cases follow this.

天堂局　火星在夘

The Heavenly Hall Bureau: the Fire star at Mao.

榮顯局　水星在星虛之宿

The Glorious Distinction Bureau: the Water star in the lodges of Xu and Xu.

歌曰

The song says:

凡立功名主重權須要坐限命入垣星滿三用居本位防命見限福仍堅火為天市居天蠍土是太常守磨蠍金星天秤亦太常榮顯水星在南方火星占入紫防垣紫木辰宮為限元木星三用正臨亥營室角道主兵權或然兩用兼為限俊譽英雄發少年

Whoever establishes merit and name and governs great power must sit the Limit and Life entering the Enclosure; when the stars fill the Three Uses and stay in their own place, guard against the Life seeing the Limit and good fortune will remain firm. Fire is the Heavenly Market and dwells in Scorpio; Earth is the Taichang and guards Capricorn; the Metal star in Libra is also the Taichang. The Glorious Distinction is the Water star in the south; the Fire star occupying the Purple Guard-against Enclosure, with Purple and Wood in the Chen palace, makes the Limit Origin. When the Wood star's Three Uses stand squarely at Hai, with Yingshi and the Jiaodao governing military power, or when two Uses together serve as the Limit, a heroic reputation arises in youth.

【金為太常垣在亢宿土在斗宿火限在天蠍水限在星與虛木限在軫與室凡此五星若不是限但身命宮亦得木與紫同在婁角為滿用亦須仁元入垣為□凡入垣皆須滿三用方為正垣惟木星兩用便是垣也　又云木星三用為中台局水星三用號榮名局金星三用號文昌局紫炁見木土金居命位號紫微舍人局星甚貴乎有用也三用則大貴兩用則貴有用則不賤若無用則其星之弱而防也可知巳此誠造化之所繫且如六甲人以木為財為福又用以為祿此星在命誠不可揜如六戊人以木為囚為煞若命值此則平生福淺而禍深豈木星獨私於六甲人而憎於六戊人耶由所遇非所用耳如孛在乙人則為祿主在丁人則為囚此其所遇無用有用之理甚明後學所宜深辯也】

[Metal is the Taichang Enclosure in the Kang lodge; Earth in the Dou lodge; Fire's Limit is in Scorpio; Water's Limit is in the Xing and Xu lodges; Wood's Limit is in Zhen and Shi. For these five stars, even if one is not the Limit, it is still acceptable if the body and Life palace have it. Wood and Purple together in Lou and Jiao make a full use, and the Benevolence Origin entering the Enclosure must also count as the [missing character] Enclosure. Every entry into an Enclosure requires the full Three Uses to be the true Enclosure; only the Wood star with two Uses is already an Enclosure. It is also said: the Wood star with Three Uses is the Middle Terrace Bureau; the Water star with Three Uses is called the Glorious Name Bureau; the Metal star with Three Uses is called the Wenchang Bureau; when Purple Qi meets Wood, Earth and Metal in the Life position, it is called the Purple Subtlety Secretary Bureau, and the stars are very noble, and it is good to have a use. With Three Uses one is greatly noble, with two Uses one is noble, with one Use one is not lowly, and if there is no Use, the weakness of that star can be known. This truly depends on creation and transformation. For example, for people of the six Jia, Wood is wealth and fortune and is also used as Emolument, and this star in the Life truly cannot be hidden; for people of the six Wu, Wood is imprisonment and Sha, and if the Life meets it, their whole life has little fortune and much misfortune. Is it that the Wood star favors people of the six Jia and hates people of the six Wu? It is because what is met is not what is used. For example, the Bo star is Emolument for a person of Yi but imprisonment for a person of Ding; the principle of meeting with no use or with use is quite clear, and later students should discern it carefully.]

論嵗徳朝垣歌

Song on the Year Virtue Court at the Enclosure

天上一星為嵗秀地下一星名嵗徳嵗秀嵗徳俱朝垣天地位中相對祿大凡共值此宮星一品加官必崇格日月能為此二星弱冠之年榮白屋

The one star in heaven is the Year Excellence, and the one star on earth is called the Year Virtue. When Year Excellence and Year Virtue both court the Enclosure, with heaven and earth facing each other in their positions, great Emolument arises. All who share this palace's star, with first rank and added office, will surely reach a noble standard. The Sun and Moon can act as these two stars, and in the years of capping one rises from a white thatched hut.

【嵗徳朝垣假令夘生人先定天上太嵗宮主為嵗星星乃天蠍宮卯是後加地下安命宮主為徳星二星同宮及沖對崇勲之宮也天地二盤更以臨駕登殿入局崇勲此乃丞相一品極髙之命其宮星不犯退留伏逆為妙如若犯弱退留伏逆為次更凶惡之宮者雖位崇勲而為難也】

[Year Virtue courting the Enclosure: suppose a person born at Mao. First fix the Heavenly Grand Year palace, whose ruler is the Year star; the star is the Scorpio palace, and Mao is its place. Then add the Life palace on earth, whose ruler is the Virtue star. If the two stars are in the same palace or in opposing palaces, it is the palace of Honored Merit. When the heaven and earth plates are further mounted on each other and enter the Bureau, honored merit follows; this is a prime minister of first rank and an extremely high Fate. It is best if the palace stars do not suffer Retreat, Stay, Hidden or Retrograde; if they suffer weakness, retreat, stay, hidden or retrograde, it is second best. In an even more evil palace, although the rank is honored merit, it will be difficult.]

論入局

On Entering the Bureau

只看他貴元局是也如乙巳防猴之類者主星居其上則曰入局要晝夜不相背星辰不相反則曰天乙吉神若相背相反則曰天官凶位便看三方主星不要相尅戰如尅戰則減福更不繫主星居其上則曰閒神入局凶夫局者天地精英之所萃乾坤秀氣之所鍾人命主星臨之無有不貴

Just look at the Nobility Origin Bureau. For example, for Yi Si with the Monkey guard-against, if the ruling star sits on it, this is called entering the Bureau. If day and night do not oppose each other and the stars do not run counter, it is called the Heavenly Yi auspicious spirit; if they oppose or run counter, it is called the Heavenly Official inauspicious position. Then look at the three directions, where the ruling stars must not clash and overcome; if they clash and overcome, fortune is reduced, and it no longer depends on the ruling star. If the ruling star sits on it, it is called an idle spirit entering the Bureau, which is inauspicious. As for the Bureau, it is where the essences of heaven and earth gather and where the fine qi of heaven and earth is concentrated; when a person's ruling star arrives there, none fail to be noble.

詩曰貴局元來喜主星　閒神破局不為榮福祿官魁臨吉位　定知攝職至公卿

The poem says: The noble Bureau by origin delights in the ruling star; an idle spirit that breaks the Bureau is not glory. Where Emolument, Official and the Top Graduate arrive at an auspicious position, one will surely take up office and reach the ministers.

論升殿歌要防玉堂也

Song on Ascending the Hall, and also the Jade Hall Guard-against

第一躔星妙獅子次看寳瓶虛日防第三宮日昴金牛第四蠍宮房日兎危月燕兒在子尋晝太陽兮夜太隂午宮之上有張宿酉畢對宮卯日心

The first mansion star is wondrous at Leo; next look at the Vase Palace, the Xu lodge and the Sun Guard-against. The third palace is the Sun at Mao in Taurus; the fourth is the Scorpio palace, where Fang is the Sun Rabbit. Wei and the Moon Swallow lie in Zi; seek the day Sun and the night Moon; above the Wu palace is the Zhang lodge; You and Bi face the opposite palace, the day Xin.

【須與日月為三元與太嵗相攝太嵗者乃酉為金牛夘為天蠍或乙巳生人寳瓶壬癸天蠍丙丁金牛六辛獅子以日為入殿也與太嵗相干又要是三元主如不是三元主則無用既得日月為三元主而入殿者更不以五星為用乃上品之位】

[One must take the Sun and Moon as the Three Origins and have them hold the Grand Year in common. The Grand Year is You, which is Taurus; Mao is Scorpio. For persons born in Yi Si, the Vase is Ren and Gui, Scorpio is Bing and Ding, Taurus is the six Xin, and Leo is Sun, taken as ascending the hall; this concerns the Grand Year. It is also necessary that they be the ruling stars of the Three Origins; if they are not the ruling stars of the Three Origins, they have no use. If the Sun and Moon are obtained as the ruling stars of the Three Origins and enter the hall, the five stars are no longer used, and it is a position of the highest grade.]

論臨駕

On Mounting the Chariot

一星作三四主者號受權臨駕如為二主星號選職臨駕為一主則無用嵗駕怕空也

One star acting as three or four rulers is called receiving power and mounting the chariot; if there are two ruling stars, it is called selecting office and mounting the chariot; if there is one ruler, it has no use. The Year chariot fears emptiness.

論登籍歌

Song on Ascending the Register

帝座加命第一竒崇勲臨夘亦相宜崇勲在位第三貴太嵗守勲可憑依宮星似此號登籍天地宮中自合儀勲嵗宮中言貴祿限行到此世間稀

The Emperor's Seat added to the Life is the first wonder; Honored Merit at Mao is also fitting; Honored Merit in position is the third noble; the Grand Year guarding Merit can be relied on. A palace star such as this is called ascending the register; heaven and earth in the palace naturally match in ceremony. When the Merit and Year palace speaks of noble Emolument, a Limit arriving here is rare in the world.

【此宮度者甲子以寳瓶為第一座若加天命第一竒也人馬寅宮為崇勲加命為貴若寳瓶子加寅人馬寅加子巨蟹加丑磨蠍加未此是天地合儀星處其中名曰登籍第一限主乃一品二品之祿第二運主乃次也第三宮主則為不明之祿如此論合儀之星者定三元而後用不繫三元不可用也】論崇勲

[Of the palace degrees here, for Jiazi, the Vase is the first seat. If it is added to the Heavenly Life, it is the first wonder. The Archer at the Yin palace, with Honored Merit added to the Life, is noble. If the Vase and Zi are added to Yin, the Archer and Yin to Zi, Cancer to Chou and Capricorn to Wei, these are the places where heaven and earth match in ceremony and the stars come together; among them it is called ascending the register. The first Limit ruler governs first or second rank Emolument; the second movement ruler is next; the third palace ruler governs unclear Emolument. In discussing the stars that match in ceremony in this way, fix the Three Origins first and then use them; if they do not depend on the Three Origins, they cannot be used.] On Honored Merit

只看他祿宮主是也如甲祿寅乙祿夘有主居其上則曰崇勲遇於駕殿亦為臨駕登殿若是飛星臨之則曰飛星破祿凶夫勲者功也崇者髙也窮則詩書事業達則號令文章功名所在萬世不冺載之於竹帛簡冊之中無非有功有勲者也

Just look at the Emolument palace ruler. For example, Jia's Emolument is Yin and Yi's Emolument is Mao; if a ruler sits on it, this is called Honored Merit. Meeting the chariot hall is also mounting the chariot and ascending the hall; if a flying star arrives, it is called the flying star breaking Emolument, which is inauspicious. Merit means achievement and honored means high. In hardship one has poetry, books and a career; in success one has orders, writings and fame. Where name and merit lie, they do not perish for ten thousand generations and are recorded in bamboo and silk, in registers and slips; none are other than those who have achievement and merit.

歌曰

The song says:

竊聞逺祿最相干星入崇勲不等閒更得馬乗天相祿男命□馬必貴女命值馬必貧寅多相逢名為活馬田財相見成敗有之病絶死逢徒然無用六害相防奔馳勞碌玉堂者天乙貴人不臨辰戌日時沖而不足命主防而有情貴在丑未沖卻無妨祿主臨而不貴人命值而未宜卦氣臨命則名利顯赫慷慨聰明嵗破逢身則先敗後成破蕩難支運限逢而財敗六合濟而孤貧倘防天中不祥尤甚田財身遇必主破財陽刃者凶敗也怕在命官四柱又忌加見刼亡若防三刑如虎添翼君子逢之有權好殺亦難善終小人值之逢凶好逞多主橫死女命逢之主產厄男命遇此見是非亡刼者亡為官符刼為大煞亡神值命防勲印玉馬而反吉獨守命宮則駁雜凶頑而狂蕩倘加陽刃難保善終六害相逢其凶莫比刼煞在命宜於生鄉忌臨衰地身命限主不可逢加驀為悖逆之象沖為白虎之神在命有貴則吉運行到此有日月傾倒之災更加惡神其凶非小驀到身命近君不乆末後尢乖飛防者凶神身命遇而必招凶惡汨

I have heard that Emolument far away is most closely linked; a star entering Honored Merit is no common matter. If it further has a Horse mounting the Heavenly Minister Emolument: a man's Life [illegible] Horse is sure to be noble, while a woman's Life meeting a Horse is sure to be poor. If Yin is often met, it is called a live Horse; fields and wealth meeting each other have success and failure, but illness, cutoff and death meeting it is useless. Six Harms guard against hurried running and weary toil. The Jade Hall is the Heavenly Yi Nobleman; if it does not arrive at Chen and Xu, the day and hour clash and are insufficient, and the Life ruler guards against it with feeling; nobility at Chou and Wei with a clash does no harm. The Emolument ruler arriving without nobility, the Life meeting it without suiting it; the hexagram qi arriving at the Life brings name and profit, bright and eminent, generous and clever. The Year Break meeting the body means first failure and later success, a reckless ruin that is hard to support. A Limit meeting it brings wealth failure; Six Combine brings relief but solitude and poverty. If there is the Heavenly Centre, the inauspiciousness is greater. Fields and wealth meeting the body surely mean broken wealth. The Yang Blade is a ruin of inauspice, feared in the Life official and the Four Pillars, and also feared when joined with Robbery and Loss. If the Three Punishments are present, it is like adding wings to a tiger; a gentleman meeting it has power but likes killing and will hardly end well, while a petty person meeting it meets misfortune and likes to show off, and mostly dies a violent death. A woman's Life meeting it governs a hard childbirth, and a man's Life meeting it sees quarrels. Lost Robbery: Loss is the Official Talisman and Robbery is the Great Sha. The Loss Spirit in the Life, guarding against the Merit Seal and the Jade Horse, is conversely auspicious; if it guards the Life palace alone, it is mixed, wicked and stubborn, and wild and dissolute. If the Yang Blade is added, it is hard to protect a good end. When Six Harms meet, the inauspiciousness is unmatched. The Robbery Sha in the Life is suited to the birth place and avoids declining ground. The body, Life, Limit and ruler must not meet Added Dark, which is a rebellious image; Clash is the White Tiger spirit. In the Life, if there is nobility it is auspicious, but when the movement arrives here there is the calamity of the Sun and Moon toppling, and if evil spirits are added, the inauspiciousness is not small. Dark arriving at body and Life, near the ruler not for long, ends badly. A flying guard-against is an inauspicious spirit: if the body and Life meet it, evil and fierceness are surely invited; Submer-

沒者淫神身命限主不可居更防其祿好酒破家在位加官進爵不為難登籍之星多智慧平生早達動人心成名金榜全忠孝天下聞名冠古今主星臨駕受強謨主性多機與眾殊非只言官主庫藏他年財谷有盈餘

-ged is a licentious spirit: the body, Life, Limit and ruler must not dwell in it; and if it guards against its Emolument, one loves wine and ruins the family. In position one adds office and advances rank, which is not hard. The star of ascending the register has much wisdom, and one rises early in life and moves people's hearts; one's name is achieved on the golden list, with complete loyalty and filial piety, famed under heaven and surpassing the ancients. A ruling star mounting the chariot receives strong counsel, and the nature has many devices and differs from the crowd; it does not speak only of the official ruler of storehouses, for in later years wealth and grain will have a surplus.

論特進歌

Song on the Special Advance

人馬雙魚木守春火居天蠍白羊神秋金天秤金牛上雙女隂陽冬水神四季主星登此進先行日月有其明因斯宮度闗非漏細取三元分等倫

The Archer and the Pisces: Wood guards spring; Fire dwells in Scorpio and Aries; in autumn Metal is in Libra and Taurus; Virgo and Yin-Yang in winter are Water spirit; the ruling stars of the four seasons, entering here, advance first. The Sun and Moon have their brightness; because of these palace degrees the gate is not leaky or fine, so take the Three Origins to rank them by grade.

【此宮度者乃主星先進晝生在太陽之前夜生在太隂之前在此宮者故曰廟進如在駕勲故曰特進如在宮分樂旺廟兼與太嵗相攝者則曰入進特進則一品二品之貴廟進則為第二入進難言其位縱有而嵗晚方發如位隔者或前進隔日月兩位者名漏闗處日月之後者名曰末後既進要系三元主星然後觀其度數用之】

[One who passes through this palace degree is one whose lord star advances first: for a day birth it is ahead of the Sun, for a night birth ahead of the Moon. One in this palace is therefore called Temple Advance; if it is in Chariot and Merit, it is called Special Advance; if it is in a palace division that is joyful, prosperous and in temple, and also takes in the Grand Year, it is called Entering Advance. Special Advance is the nobility of the first or second rank; Temple Advance is the second; Entering Advance is hard to rank, and even if there is a position it flowers only late in years. If the position is separated, or the advance is separated by the two positions of the Sun and Moon, it is called passing the Leak Gate; one behind the Sun and Moon is called Last Behind. Once there is an advance, one must tie it to the Three Sources lord star, and then look at its degrees and use it.]

論近帝座

On Nearing the Emperor's Seat

假令天蠍卯宮為帝座若二三主居天秤號曰近帝座一二三品之貴

Suppose Scorpio, the Mao palace, is the Emperor's Seat; if the second or third lord resides in Libra, it is called Near the Emperor's Seat, the nobility of the first, second or third rank.

論受職星

On the Office-Receiving Star

取本宮對宮上逆數至太嵗是如戊申人自地盤寅上逆數甲至太嵗上得庚以水受職星也受職星臨本生太嵗宜為貴人

Take the palace and its opposite palace, and count backward to the Grand Year. For example, for a Wushen person, counting backward from Yin on the Earth Plate, Jia reaches the Grand Year and obtains Geng there, so Water is the office-receiving star. When the office-receiving star meets the Grand Year of one's birth, one is fit to be a noble person.

論食邑星歌

Song on the Fief Star

文武尊榮食邑星住命宮主取元情午屬太陽未屬月申巳水宿辰酉金卯戌火星寅亥木子丑遇土來天福廟順須封萬戶侯怒逆難為榮上爵

The civil and martial honored Fief Star dwells in the Life Palace, and the lord is taken from the original sentiment: Wu belongs to the Sun, Wei to the Moon; Shen and Si are Water lodges; Chen and You are Metal; Mao and Xu are Fire stars; Yin and Hai are Wood; Zi and Chou meet Earth. If Heavenly Fortune comes, in temple and following, one will surely be enfeoffed a marquis of ten thousand households; angry and retrograde, it is hard to attain a lofty rank.

論漏闗歌

Song on the Leak Gate

推命先須覓漏闗四方三位不相攀一如申子逢辰月年上星辰善惡間

To reckon a Fate, first seek the Leak Gate; the four directions and three positions do not touch one another. Just as Shen and Zi meet Chen month, the stars of the year lie between good and evil.

【星坐之處即照六陽宮每宮星連對照三合漏闗六位也漏闗者不在對照三合之內如申子辰為三合巳亥為四方則午戌為漏闗常在前後二宮】

[Where a star sits, it shines on the six yang palaces; each palace's star links with its opposite and its trine, which makes six positions. The Leak Gate is not within the opposition or the trine: for example, Shen, Zi, Chen are a trine and Si and Hai are the four directions, so Wu and Xu are Leak Gates, always in the two palaces before and after.]

論沖殿歌

Song on the Clashing Hall

嵗後一辰為沖殿【乃隂刃也】駕後一宮名驀越大凢人命防沖越致禍為災不可測駕前宮度嵗後辰更恐其星行退逆沖勲沖嵗亦為凶太嵗支干刑又尅三元主落在其中干祿求榮終大隔

The one position behind the Year is the Clashing Hall [it is the Yin Blade]; one palace behind the Chariot is called Leaping Over. In general, a person's Fate must guard against clashing and leaping; they bring disaster and calamity, unfathomable. The palace degree before the Chariot and the position behind the Year are further feared when the star moves retrograde, clashing Merit and clashing the Year, which is also inauspicious. If the stem and branch of the Grand Year punish or overcome the Three Sources lord and it falls within, seeking salary and glory ends in great estrangement.

【本命太嵗後一辰為沖殿駕後一位為驀殿帝座前一辰為近駕】

[The one position behind the Grand Year of the native Fate is the Clashing Hall; the one position behind the Chariot is the Leaping Hall; the one position before the Emperor's Seat is Near the Chariot.]

論救防宮歌

Song on the Rescue and Guard Palaces

相奴兄疾名為防防了星辰祿不昌更有一般消息好若防嵗時必無妨

Appearance, Servants, Brothers and Illness are called guards; having guarded against the stars, emolument does not flourish; yet there is another good tiding: if one guards at the time of the Year, there will surely be no harm.

論管辰星歌

Song on the Governing Day Star

人生自有管辰星禍福災祥自此明本日生人推本宿宿中算取甚星臨福星到此皆為福祿宿臨之祿自興身命躔之均得力值囚凶忌定□刑

A person's birth has its own governing day star; fortune, misfortune, calamity and blessing are made clear from it. For one born on this day, reckon from the lodge of the day, and calculate which star falls in the lodge; if a fortune star arrives here, all is blessing; when the lodge brings emolument, emolument rises of itself. If the Body and Life tread on it, both gain strength; meeting confinement, baleful or shunned, it is certainly [illegible] punishment.

【凡人之生各有管辰星以主生人禍福如本生月初一日屬亢星十四日則屬奎星看取奎星有何曜而斷人禍福貧富夀夭未嘗不自此而基之凡起管辰先置積日以一十七萬一千三百單九算去之餘者又以二十八算去之不滿者從角宿輪起即知管辰星】

[Every person at birth has a governing day star that governs the fortune and misfortune of the one born. For example, the first day of the birth month belongs to the Kang lodge, and the fourteenth day belongs to the Kui lodge; look at which luminary the Kui lodge has and judge the person's calamity or blessing, poverty or wealth, longevity or early death, none of which fails to be based on this. To set up the governing day star, first place the accumulated days and remove 171,309 from them; with the remainder, remove 28; what is left, less than that, begins from the Jiao lodge, and the governing day star is known.]

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming

星曜例歌

Rules and Songs of the Star Luminaries

論十二宮管庫星歌

Song on the Treasury-Keeping Stars of the Twelve Palaces

人命推排十二宮宮星為主實難通今人只論元來曜誰把宮神主宿窮此宿從來為管庫主人禍福吉和凶精窮主星歸何地善惡推來得度中得時不論居防弱失時何問在髙強伏逆順留居段局廟旺喜怒細推詳逐宮推算從頭始著意躔教首尾終此説精防難説盡心機徹處透天工

In reckoning a person's Fate by arranging the twelve palaces, the palace star is the lord, yet it is truly hard to comprehend; people today speak only of the original luminary; who takes the palace spirit's lord lodge and exhausts it? This lodge has always been the treasury keeper, and the master's misfortune, fortune, auspice and ill depend on it. Exhaust the lord star: to which ground does it return? Reckon good and evil through to where it stands in degree. If it has gained its time, do not discuss where it dwells, whether weak or guarded; if it has lost its time, what use is it to be high and strong? Hidden, retrograde, following, staying, dwelling in a stage and bureau, temple and prosperity, joy and anger: weigh each in detail. Reckon palace by palace from the start, taking care that the star's course runs from head to tail. This teaching is subtle and hard to exhaust; where the heart's machinery is pierced, it penetrates Heaven's craft.

【夫人命中推排十二宮者皆有實局自命而推次則財帛以至相貌配為十二宮又分為七強五弱凡宮分有主星如寅木則屬木之類如此星者為主星今之論星第以十二宮主為重此法亦西天之精神然較之十二宮管庫主星則又驗前宮主也凡欲求十二宮之禍福但推詳其管庫星在何宮分得地失時以別強弱庶乎論定】

[In reckoning a person's Fate by arranging the twelve palaces, all have a real bureau, beginning from the Life and proceeding in order: Wealth, down to Appearance, matched as the twelve palaces, which are further divided into seven strong and five weak. Whenever a palace division has a lord star, such as Yin belonging to Wood and the like, such a star is the lord star. Present-day star discussion takes only the twelve palace lords as important; this method too is the spirit of the Western Heaven, but compared with the treasury-keeping lord stars of the twelve palaces, it once more tests the former palace lords. Anyone wishing to seek the fortune or misfortune of the twelve palaces need only examine in which palace the treasury-keeping star is, whether it has gained ground or lost its time, so as to tell strong from weak, and then the judgment can be settled.]

論得地失時星歌

Song on Stars That Gain Ground and Lose Time

十二宮中有強弱七強五弱例難窮命宮官祿最髙位福徳妻宮次強宗近強男女並田宅第九遷移合照宮五弱疾宮並相貌兄弟奴僕八宮中強宮愛見吉星照弱處星辰無福功古人雖有推詳例理致未為長乆通洞天宮法窮其妙失地逢時廟旺中不問強弱宿星地只將好廟論窮通得地不問居強弱失時休誇強最雄防處得時猶享福強宮失位總成空那堪髙處重居廟作福興財分外豐倘還防弱加時失一分凶作十分凶【星辰之要貴在得時懼在失時得時則享福失時則防害休咎吉凶轉移甚易官之強弱固不必執定】論得地不得地

Among the twelve palaces there are strong and weak, seven strong and five weak, a rule hard to exhaust. The Life Palace and Official Emolument are the highest position; Fortune Virtue and the Wife Palace are next in strength; the clan is near strong; Sons and Daughters together with Fields and Houses; the ninth, Migration, is a palace of facing radiance. The five weak are the Illness Palace together with Appearance, Brothers and Servants. Among the eight palaces, strong palaces love to see auspicious stars shining on them; stars in weak places have no merit of fortune. Though the ancients had rules of reckoning, their principle has not been lasting. Open through to the Heavenly Palace method and exhaust its wonder: losing ground but meeting time, in temple and prosperity, do not ask whether the star's place is strong or weak, but only take good temple as the exhaustion of success. Gaining ground, do not ask whether it dwells strong or weak; losing time, do not boast that the strong is mightiest. A guarded place that gains time still enjoys fortune; a strong palace in a lost position all comes to nothing. How much more, when a lofty place again dwells in temple, making fortune and raising wealth is exceptionally abundant. If instead it meets a weak palace and adds loss of time, one part of ill becomes ten parts of ill. [The essence of stars is to value gaining time and fear losing time; gaining time one enjoys fortune, losing time one meets harm; blame and praise, auspice and ill shift very easily, so the strength or weakness of a palace need not be held to rigidly.] On Gaining Ground and Not Gaining Ground

夫十二宮者各有分野而星辰類有好樂之宮論五星者先論其廟與不廟強與不強則無不應驗且如木星在寅亥為樂廟好之宮凡得地為福深不得地為福淺得地為禍亦輕不得地為禍亦重若用福星得地照臨其福百倍假令為福而不得地亦猶當生年不用之以為福也若其用為然星失地則其煞誠不可解得地則未必不轉煞而為福矣其得地如此不得地如彼君子不得不講究乎是

Each of the twelve palaces has its own field allotment, and stars by type have palaces they delight in. Those who discuss the five stars first discuss whether they are in temple or not and strong or not, and then nothing fails to come true. For example, Jupiter at Yin and Hai is in a joyful, temple, good palace; in general, gaining ground, its fortune is deep, and not gaining ground its fortune is shallow; gaining ground, its misfortune is light, and not gaining ground its misfortune is heavy. If a fortune star is used and gains ground and shines on, its fortune is a hundredfold; suppose it makes fortune but does not gain ground, it is as though it were not used as fortune in the year of birth. If a star taken as baleful loses ground, its baleful cannot be resolved; if it gains ground, it may well turn baleful into fortune. Its gaining ground is thus, its not gaining ground is that; how can a gentleman not study this?

論強弱前後

On Strong, Weak, Before and After

凡論五星善惡之混照者湏辯其強弱先後之理也劉少白問曰何謂強弱先後曰強者譬大國弱者譬小國小固不可以敵大弱固不可以敵強在智者深究之則吉凶可見

In discussing the mixed shining of the good and evil of the five stars, one must discern the principle of strong and weak, before and after. Liu Shaobai asked: What are strong and weak, before and after? He said: The strong are like a large state, the weak like a small state; the small cannot oppose the large, the weak cannot oppose the strong. The wise should study it deeply, and then auspice and ill can be seen.

【前後入宮之前後也或強而後入或弱而先入當以強弱論若強先弱後當以前後論】

[Before and after is the before and after of entering the palace. If a strong one enters later or a weak one enters first, judge by strong and weak; if the strong is first and the weak after, judge by before and after.]

論留順伏逆

On Staying, Following, Hidden and Retrograde

凡論五星不過金木水火土之五宿五者運而無息故有留順伏逆之推移劉少白問曰何謂留順伏逆曰五星者臣下也太陽者君象也臣當敬其君之威而不敢犯使其近太陽則伏對太陽則逆三合見太陽則留如順而有用則十分之福可以輕重而詳斷之也如光芒不見不能為福亦不能為禍

In discussing the five stars, they are no more than the five lodges Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. The five move without rest, so they shift through staying, following, hidden and retrograde. Liu Shaobai asked: What are staying, following, hidden and retrograde? He said: The five stars are ministers, and the Sun is the image of the ruler. A minister should revere his ruler's majesty and dare not offend; so if it is near the Sun it is hidden, opposite the Sun it is retrograde, and in trine seeing the Sun it stays. If it follows and has use, tenfold fortune may be judged lightly or heavily; if its radiance is not seen, it cannot make fortune, and it cannot make misfortune either.

【留順伏逆與強弱先後並防如前進而留後進而順則後者反在前矣如強者伏弱者逆則強亦不能作福而弱者反興禍矣】

[Staying, following, hidden and retrograde are to be combined with strong and weak, before and after, as above: advancing in front yet staying, behind yet following, the latter is then in front. If the strong is hidden and the weak retrograde, then the strong too cannot make fortune and the weak instead raises misfortune.]

論吉凶星歌

Song on Auspicious and Inauspicious Stars

火羅計孛四凶神炁水金陽本吉星當究生時善惡用莫専自古吉凶名吉星為惡災非淺禍曜為祥福自興不論用時徒泥跡貧窮富貴又難明

Mars, Luo, Ji and Bo are the four evil spirits; Qi, Water, Metal and the Sun are originally auspicious stars. Examine the good and evil of the hour of birth; do not hold only to their use. Since antiquity auspice and ill have had names: an auspicious star doing evil makes disaster not shallow, and a baleful luminary becoming a good omen makes fortune rise of itself. If one disregards use and clings to traces, poverty, wealth and nobility become hard to make clear.

【善輪星者無疑其善惡之名當究其善惡之用夫名者乃炁金水火孛羅也夫用者乃福權財祿囚煞忌刑也用之為福祿則福祿居髙用之為囚煞則囚煞必有若徇其名不究其用則是無造化耳且夫火孛羅計四星之最惡然亦能為福星權曜亦能為祿主財元如是則不純乎惡也炁金水木四星之最善然亦能為煞曜刑星亦能為囚星疾宿如是亦不純乎善也天機造化實轉移乎是烏可泥其名而不究其用乎】

[One who is skilled in turning the stars has no doubt: for good and evil names, one must examine their good and evil uses. Names are Qi, Metal, Water, Fire, Bo and Luo; uses are fortune, authority, wealth, emolument, confinement, baleful, shunning and punishment. Used as fortune and emolument, fortune and emolument sit high; used as confinement and baleful, confinement and baleful will surely be there. If one follows the name without examining the use, there is no creation and transformation. Moreover, Fire, Bo, Luo and Ji are the most evil of the stars, yet they too can be fortune stars and authority luminaries, and can be emolument and lords of wealth origins; being so, they are not purely evil. Qi, Metal, Water and Wood are the best of the stars, yet they too can be baleful luminaries, punishing stars, confinement stars and illness lodges; being so, they are not purely good. Heaven's mechanism and creation truly shift in this; how can one cling to the name and not examine the use?]

論休囚歌

Song on Rest and Confinement

水土卯星居其鄉三元主落定為殃木居午未宮刑戰身命逢之不可當火星戌上無星管運行沖破卒他鄉金向丑邊為正局學人須要細推詳

Water and Earth in Mao are stars in their home; if the Three Sources lord falls here it is certainly calamity. Wood dwelling in the Wu and Wei palaces, punishing and warring: Body and Life meeting it cannot bear it. Fire at Xu has no star to govern its running; clashing and breaking, one dies in a foreign land at last. Metal toward Chou is the correct bureau: students must examine it carefully.

論汨沒歌【水絶己木絶申之説也】

Song on Engulfment [this is the theory of Water cut off at Ji and Wood cut off at Shen]

申子辰居雙女邊亥卯未兮申上還寅午戌怕雙魚位己酉丑來人馬安四季相加災又□運臨其上定為寃三元宮內無刑戰神煞臨排第一篇

Shen, Zi and Chen dwell beside Virgo; Hai, Mao and Wei return to Shen; Yin, Wu and Xu fear the Pisces position; Ji, You and Chou come, and Sagittarius is at peace. Added to the four seasons, disaster again [illegible]; when the cycle arrives above it, it surely means grievance. Inside the Three Sources palaces there is no punishment or war; baleful spirits arriving rank first in the piece.

定干溼沈沒宮　一説巳午為干宮　亥子為溼宮更是　丑亥未為溼宮　寅卯酉辰為干宮　卯為沈宮　酉為沒宮

Determining Dry, Wet, Sunk and Submerged Palaces. One theory: Si and Wu are dry palaces, Hai and Zi are wet palaces, further; Chou, Hai and Wei are wet palaces; Yin, Mao, You and Chen are dry palaces; Mao is a sunk palace; You is a submerged palace.

論五行沈洩法歌【通於子平】

Song on the Method of Sinking and Draining of the Five Phases [common to Ziping]

火見水而死金沈怕水鄉土逢火化烈木見水生芳金消逢火地木火過須妨水見火而戰火金而刃傷土見火生處土反脫火光木見土而種水土尅難當金生存土位水見水而愴土見金而洩木懼金捐黃水清金越秀金逢木鈍鋼火生懼木地土見木虛亡欲慕淵源法其理要精詳

Fire meeting Water dies; Metal sinks, fearing the Water quarter; Earth meeting Fire turns fierce; Wood meeting Water grows fragrant; Metal melts in Fire ground; Wood and Fire passing, one must guard against it; Water meeting Fire battles; Fire and Metal bring blade wounds; where Earth meets Fire's birth, Earth instead drains Fire's light; Wood meeting Earth is planted; Water and Earth overcoming each other is hard to bear; Metal's birth is preserved in the Earth position; Water meeting Water grieves; Earth meeting Metal is drained; Wood fears Metal's reduction; Yellow Water clarifies Metal, surpassing in elegance; Metal meeting Wood is blunted; steel born of Fire fears the Wood ground; Earth meeting Wood is void and lost; if you wish to admire the source, the method's principle must be fine and detailed.

定天空

Determining Heavenly Void

太嵗前一位是也如天地諸般煞星逢之皆不能為禍若有用之星逢之皆無力不能為福身命二星逢之必是有藝業之人頗聰明只是多學少成大槩處事必少恩義若陽刃與的煞夾之多不吉其流年嵗駕前一位亦能空其吉凶之星

It is the one position before the Grand Year. If all kinds of baleful stars of heaven and earth meet it, none can make misfortune; if a star with use meets it, it has no strength and cannot make fortune. If the two stars of Body and Life meet it, the person surely has skill and craft and is quite clever, but learns much and achieves little; in general, in handling affairs he will lack kindness and righteousness. If clipped by the Yang Blade and the Target Baleful, mostly inauspicious. In the flowing year, the one position before the Year Chariot can also empty the stars of auspice and ill.

定驀越

Determining Leaping Over

駕後一位是也如駕在前此位乃是趕駕有驀越之象凡諸有用之星逢之皆減一半之力若煞星逢之或化直難與身星並見陽刃的煞又來凡行限見之或太嵗流年填之多主惡死沖之必見官事災晦

It is the one position behind the Chariot. If the Chariot is in front, this position chases the Chariot and has the image of leaping over; all stars with use meeting it lose half their strength. If a baleful star meets it, or turns straight, it is hard for it to appear together with the Body star; the Yang Blade and Target Baleful also come. Whenever a limit passes it, or the Grand Year and flowing year fill it, mostly it means a violent death; clashing it will surely bring official affairs, disaster and dark days.

定天厄

Determining Heavenly Calamity

天空對位是也不宜諸煞交入此宮且此宮極忌同於八厄若男女犯之定主厄難

It is the position opposite Heavenly Void. It is not fit for baleful stars to enter this palace together, and this palace most shuns coinciding with the Eight Calamities; if a man or woman offends it, calamity is certain.

定血刃

Determining Blood Blade

以子年加戌逆數一年一位至本生年是此星主有血光行限犯之惡死然必陽刃劍鋒聚防或天星羅孛交戰而後為災

Place the Zi year at Xu and count backward one position per year to the year of birth; this is the star. It governs bloodshed; if a limit offends it, violent death, but only when the Yang Blade and Sword Edge gather, or heavenly stars and Luo and Bo do battle, does it become disaster.

定勾絞

Determining Hook and Strangle

勾以子年加卯逐年順數絞以子年加酉逐年順數二煞未始不相對主刑囚然必加三刑或流年白虎官符太嵗沖動方以此斷

Hook places the Zi year at Mao and counts forward year by year; Strangle places the Zi year at You and counts forward year by year. The two baleful stars, though never in opposition, govern punishment and confinement; but only when the Three Punishments are added, or the flowing year White Tiger, Official Talisman or Grand Year clashes and stirs it, is it judged so.

定喪門白虎弔客病符

Determining Mourning Gate, White Tiger, Mourning Guest and Sick Talisman

此四煞當年太嵗之所布假如子年一太嵗在子三喪門在寅九白虎在申十一吊客在戌十二病符在亥喪門弔客主孝服哭泣白虎病符主官非病破若有赦文天解天徳月徳解救無妨

These four baleful stars are laid out by the Grand Year of the current year. For example, in a Zi year, one Grand Year is at Zi, three Mourning Gate at Yin, nine White Tiger at Shen, eleven Mourning Guest at Xu, twelve Sick Talisman at Hai. Mourning Gate and Mourning Guest govern mourning dress and weeping; White Tiger and Sick Talisman govern official trouble and illness and breakage. If there is an amnesty, Heavenly Release, Heavenly Virtue or Moon Virtue to rescue and release, there is no harm.

定天哭披頭

Determining Heavenly Wailing and Loosened Hair

天哭以子年加午逆數披頭以子年加辰逆數此二煞與喪吊並主有喪服若更值惡星到而太嵗亦到其上則孝服不可免

Heavenly Wailing places the Zi year at Wu and counts backward; Loosened Hair places the Zi year at Chen and counts backward. These two baleful stars, together with Mourning Gate and Mourning Guest, govern mourning dress; if further an evil star arrives and the Grand Year also arrives above it, mourning dress cannot be avoided.

定飛符暴敗

Determining Flying Talisman and Violent Failure

飛符以子年加辰順數暴敗以子年加未順數此二煞主橫災官事惟天月二徳解神可以救免然暴敗最怕身命相值飛符忌日時同到

Flying Talisman places the Zi year at Chen and counts forward; Violent Failure places the Zi year at Wei and counts forward. These two baleful stars govern sudden disaster and official affairs; only the Heavenly and Moon Virtues and the releasing spirits can save and spare; Violent Failure most fears meeting Body and Life, and the Flying Talisman shuns arriving together on the same day and hour.

定天狗

Determining Heavenly Dog

天狗在駕後二辰五位值之主多生少養若火孛交攻子星落防方以無嗣續斷之

Heavenly Dog is at the two branches, five positions, behind the Chariot; one who meets it mostly bears many and raises few; only when Fire and Bo attack each other and the child star falls into guard is the judgment of no heir to continue the line made.

定刃鋒

Determining Sword Edge

刃者子年子位是丑年丑位是十二位皆依此推鋒者子年癸丑年戊寅甲卯乙辰已巳丙午丁未巳申庚酉辛戌戊亥壬是大抵取比肩祿旺亦陽刃之意也此煞身命值之更加陽刃主惡死限值之尤甚若身命髙強反成威福經云馬頭帶劍威鎮邊疆言此煞利在馬前也耶律云女人切忌刃鋒辰言此煞女人最忌也定伏屍捲舌欄干貫索四刑星宮度歌

Blade: in a Zi year it is the Zi position, in a Chou year the Chou position; all twelve positions are reckoned by this. Edge: Zi year, Gui; Chou year, Wu; Yin, Jia; Mao, Yi; Chen, Ji; Si, Bing; Wu, Ding; Wei, Ji; Shen, Geng; You, Xin; Xu, Wu; Hai, Ren. In general it takes the Shoulder-to-Shoulder and Emolument in prosperity, which also carries the sense of the Yang Blade. When Body and Life meet this baleful and the Yang Blade is added, it governs violent death; a limit meeting it is worse. If Body and Life are lofty and strong, it instead becomes awe and fortune. The classic says: A horse's head wearing a sword, awe guards the frontier; this says that this baleful is favorable in front of the horse. Yelü said: A woman must shun the Sword Edge and Chen; this says that this baleful is what women shun most. Determining Corpse-Hiding, Tongue-Curling, Railing and Penetrating Cord: Song on the Palace Degrees of the Four Punishment Stars

四正宮中取四刑命低限弱怕刑星子年起子尋戌亥破家凶惡出其星伏屍捲舌為膿血命限臨之依此□欄干貫索主傷殘隨限尋之仔細看四刑宮中更多惡暗曜囚星莫並逢那更若來宮度內必然破敗主刑徒兩主不宜相防遇不須更坐命身宮一切加臨皆剝煞伏屍度內亦多凶

In the four cardinal palaces take the four punishments; with a low Life and weak limit one fears the punishing stars. Start the Zi year at Zi and look to Xu and Hai: breaking the house is fierce and evil, coming from those stars. Corpse-Hiding and Tongue-Curling are pus and blood; when Life and limit meet them, reckon so [illegible]. Railing and Penetrating Cord govern injury and disability; follow the limit and seek them, look carefully. Within the four punishment palaces there are further many evil hidden luminaries; confinement stars must not meet there together; and if one comes into the palace degree, there will surely be ruin, governing punishment and exile, and the two lords are not suited to guard each other. Meeting them, one need not sit in the Body or Life palace; everything added upon it is stripping baleful, and within the Corpse-Hiding degree there is also much ill.

【若四位之中有用之星反能制福無用之宿兼為忌煞必然防凶】

[If among the four positions there is a star with use, it can instead master fortune; a lodge without use, being also a shunned baleful, will surely guard against ill.]

伏屍星辰最為凶惡曜並之真可畏若能吉星同位中福祿榮昌有職位欄干之曜最凶辰惡曜臨之必見刑若有吉星同位坐富貴榮華百年春貫索星辰不可當更兼惡宿最為殃三方四正吉星入福夀榮華職祿昌捲舌凶星逢吉曜或朝或防最為宜三方四正星辰旺富貴榮華百嵗期

Corpse-Hiding is the most fierce and evil of stars; when luminaries combine, it is truly fearful; if it can share a position with auspicious stars, fortune and emolument flourish and there is rank. The Railing luminary is most ill; evil luminaries arriving there will surely see punishment; if auspicious stars sit in the same position, wealth, honor and splendor last a hundred springs. The Penetrating Cord star cannot be withstood; with evil lodges added it is the worst calamity; if auspicious stars enter the three directions and four cardinals, fortune, longevity, splendor, rank and emolument flourish. Tongue-Curling is an evil star; meeting auspicious luminaries, whether facing or guarding is most fitting; if the stars of the three directions and four cardinals are prosperous, wealth, honor and splendor last a hundred years.

論沐死墓絶四煞宮度歌【生年納音算也】

Song on the Four Baleful Palace Degrees of Bathing, Death, Tomb and Cutoff [reckoned from the sound-element of the birth year]

古法當求四煞度最忌沐浴死絶墓身宮□此定多殃限若逢之招死禍或然更有吉星來度近猶能成吉防火羅計孛若相侵早知趕入黃泉路

The ancient method seeks the four baleful degrees; most shunned are Bathing, Death, Tomb and Cutoff; if the Body Palace [illegible] this, there is surely much calamity; if a limit meets them, they invite death and disaster. Yet if auspicious stars come near the degree, one can still achieve auspice; if guarding meets Fire, Luo, Ji and Bo invading, know early that one is hurried into the Yellow Springs road.

木生人　絶參二　墓柳四　死星五　沐危九金生人　絶尾十七　墓牛三　死危一　沐星四水生人　絶翼十九　墓氐一　死氐十六　沐胃十四土生人　絶軫一　墓軫十八　死心一　沐畢四火生人　絶璧三　墓婁一　死昴二　沐房一論產星

Wood-born: Cutoff, Shen lodge degree 2; Tomb, Liu 4; Death, Xing 5; Bathing, Wei (Danger) 9. Metal-born: Cutoff, Wei (Tail) 17; Tomb, Niu 3; Death, Wei (Danger) 1; Bathing, Xing 4. Water-born: Cutoff, Yi 19; Tomb, Di 1; Death, Di 16; Bathing, Wei (Stomach) 14. Earth-born: Cutoff, Zhen 1; Tomb, Zhen 18; Death, Xin 1; Bathing, Bi 4. Fire-born: Cutoff, Bi (Wall) 3; Tomb, Lou 1; Death, Mao (Pleiades) 2; Bathing, Fang 1. On the Childbirth Star

其法申子辰年金巳酉丑年水寅午戌年木亥卯未年火此煞男主血光女主生產若與惡星交則主禍厄

The method: Shen, Zi and Chen years are Metal; Si, You and Chou years are Water; Yin, Wu and Xu years are Wood; Hai, Mao and Wei years are Fire. This baleful governs bloodshed for men and childbirth for women; if it crosses with evil stars it governs disaster and calamity.

論血支

On Blood Branch

其例丑寅土子卯木辰亥火巳戌金午酉水未日申月即星盤所屬而移一位也此煞犯之男血光女產厄

Its rule: Chou and Yin are Earth, Zi and Mao Wood, Chen and Hai Fire, Si and Xu Metal, Wu and You Water; Wei day, Shen month, that is, what the star plate belongs to, moved one position. Offending this baleful, men meet bloodshed and women childbirth calamity.

論血忌

On Blood Taboo

其例丑寅土子日夘月辰亥木巳戌水午酉火未申金此煞犯之其凶禍與血支同

Its rule: Chou and Yin are Earth, Zi day, Mao month, Chen and Hai Wood, Si and Xu Water, Wu and You Fire, Wei and Shen Metal. Offending this baleful, its ill fortune is the same as that of Blood Branch.

論擎天遊奕

On Heaven-Holding and Wandering Patrol

擎天屬火遊奕屬水數以六十花甲隔節佈於十宮起於子終於夘而丑寅不與未申飛變者以河漢始於丑寅終於未申故擎天屬火不入故也其煞男怕擎天女怕遊奕皆主刑尅

Heaven-Holding belongs to Fire and Wandering Patrol to Water; counting the sixty jiazi, spaced by solar nodes, they are laid across ten palaces, starting at Zi and ending at Mao, while Chou and Yin do not fly and change with Wei and Shen, because the Milky Way begins at Chou and Yin and ends at Wei and Shen, so Heaven-Holding belongs to Fire and does not enter there. As to this baleful, men fear Heaven-Holding and women fear Wandering Patrol, both governing punishment and overcoming.

定空亡

Determining Void and Lost

陽謂之空隂謂之亡陽年空陽隂年空隂

Yang is called Void and yin is called Lost; a yang year's Void is yang, a yin year's Void is yin.

歌曰

The song says:

空亡為害最愁人才智英雄悞一身只可為僧並藝術堆金積玉也須貧金空則鳴火空發水空日夜流不歇不惟財寳積如山官爵重重無斷絶

Void and Lost are most worrying as harm: talent and wisdom, a hero, can be misled in one's whole body. One can only be a monk or practice an art; though piling up gold and jade one must still be poor. Metal void rings, Fire void flares, Water void flows day and night without rest. Not only does wealth and treasure pile up like a mountain, but official rank, layer upon layer, has no break.

直難星歌

Song on the Direct Hardship Star

正二太陽三四隂五六火星君休説七八水孛更為殃九十木炁為難絶十一十二是金星此是神仙真口訣一説十一十二土星是也

In the first and second months, the Sun; the third and fourth, the Moon; the fifth and sixth, the Fire star—my lord, do not speak of it; the seventh and eighth, Water and Bo make it worse still; the ninth and tenth, Wood and Qi make hardship ceaseless; the eleventh and twelfth are the Metal star: this is the true immortals' oral secret. One theory: the eleventh and twelfth are the Saturn star.

【直難者難星直月也雖日月金木善星以為難直則反吉為凶假如丑宮命正二月夜生則太陽為直難寅宮命晝生則太隂為直難更化刑囚其凶必矣】

[Direct hardship means hardship stars directing the month; though the Sun, Moon, Metal and Wood are good stars, when they take direct hardship they turn auspice into ill. For example, for a Life in the Chou palace born at night in the first or second month, the Sun is the direct hardship; for a Life in the Yin palace born by day, the Moon is the direct hardship; if further turned into punishment or confinement, the ill is certain.]

陽刃煞

Yang Blade Baleful

此煞在天為紫暗星在地為陽刃命吉則吉命凶則凶詩云陽刃之煞最為凶　那堪五鬼在其中刑妻害子渾閒事　配遞徒流不善終祿前一位為陽刃　日月逢之也不明更怕祿星居其上　一生成敗主多傾陽刃雖為凶惡神　只宜君子掌權人五行若更逢生旺　定有兵機作帥臣

This baleful is, in heaven, the Purple Dark star and, on earth, the Yang Blade; if the Life is auspicious it is auspicious, if the Life is ill it is ill. A poem says: The Yang Blade baleful is the most ill, how can it bear the Five Ghosts within? Punishing wife, harming sons, all idle matters; distributed, banished, exiled, one does not end well. The position before Emolument is the Yang Blade; the Sun and Moon meeting it are also unbright; fear more an emolument star dwelling above it—a lifetime of success and failure, mostly toppled. Though the Yang Blade is an evil and fierce spirit, it is fit only for a gentleman who holds authority; if the Five Phases further meet birth and prosperity, there will surely be military strategy, serving as a commanding minister.

論的煞一名破碎煞

On the Target Baleful, also called Shattering Baleful

夫金乃太白之星將軍之象子午夘酉的在巳寅申巳亥的在酉辰戌丑未的在丑秉煞最重如人命犯更坐在惡限乂逢凶星被火土忌星孛計奴星守照主星沈沒多主惡死不然貧窮帶疾徒配之人若身命逢星辰或入體格或吉星飛起在命為福用之星主為官顯耀重權

Metal is the star of Venus, the image of a general. For Zi, Wu, Mao and You the target is at Si; for Yin, Shen, Si and Hai the target is at You; for Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei the target is at Chou. It holds the heaviest baleful. If a person's Life offends it and further sits in an evil limit and meets an evil star, struck by Fire, Earth, shunned stars, Bo, Ji and servant stars guarding or shining, the lord star sinks, mostly violent death; otherwise poverty, illness, exile or banishment. If the Body and Life meet a star that enters a pattern, or an auspicious star flies up into the Life, it is fortune; the star used as fortune governs an official of brilliance with heavy authority.

詩云人命若逢破碎煞　破財恰似湯澆雪行年運限更加臨　官事連綿無休歇

A poem says: If a person's Life meets the Shattering Baleful, wealth is broken as if hot soup were poured on snow; when the passing year or limit adds to it, official affairs run on without rest.

飛防煞一名大煞歌

Song on the Flying Talisman Baleful, also called Great Baleful

大煞子人先是猴丑雞寅犬問來由夘蛇辰午巳逢未午虎未兎申龍頭酉豬戌防難迴避循環亥上卻逢牛【此煞逢吉則主威權逢凶則主橫死指南云凡煞不可執一而論如入格命視刑煞若將帥於兵卒指麾喝咄惟命是從故用刑煞為之驅使不入格命若常人遇兵卒則為防害故忌刑煞如畏兵卒此理甚明】亡神刼煞一云亡神謂七煞

For Great Baleful, Rat people first meet the Monkey; Ox, Rooster; Tiger asks of the Dog as the cause; Rabbit, Snake; Dragon, Horse; Snake meets Goat; Horse, Tiger; Goat, Rabbit; Monkey, Dragon's head; Rooster, Pig; Dog's guard is hard to avoid; cycling at Pig, one meets the Ox. [This baleful, meeting auspice, governs authority; meeting ill, governs violent death. The Compass says: Baleful must not be judged by one rule alone. For a Fate that enters a pattern, regard punishing baleful as a general over soldiers, directing and shouting, the soldiers obeying only commands, so punishing baleful is used to drive them; a Fate not entering a pattern is like an ordinary person meeting soldiers and being harmed, so one shuns punishing baleful as one fears soldiers; the principle is quite clear.] Lost Spirit and Robbery Baleful; one saying: Lost Spirit is called the Seven Killings

亡為官符刼為大煞此二煞相對俱在寅申巳亥吉凶歌斷在前

Lost is Official Talisman and Robbery is Great Baleful; these two balefuls face each other, both at Yin, Shen, Si and Hai; the auspice-and-ill songs judge as before.

大耗煞歌

Song on Great Wastage Baleful

鼠忌羊頭上牛嗔馬不耕虎憎雞嘴短兎怨猴不平龍嫌豬面黒蛇驚犬吠聲有人犯此煞財食散伶仃【大抵煞謂之耗謂之刼惟怕田財二位學者當消詳之】

Rat shuns the Goat's head; Ox is angry that the Horse does not plow; Tiger hates the Rooster's short beak; Rabbit resents the Monkey's unfairness; Dragon dislikes the Pig's black face; Snake is startled by the Dog's barking. A person who offends this baleful scatters wealth and food and is lonely and forlorn. [In general, baleful is called wastage and called robbery; it fears only the two positions of Fields and Wealth; students should consider it carefully.]

穿心六害歌

Song on the Six Harms That Pierce the Heart

穿心六害禍非輕尅防爺孃及弟兄若然雙親無損害自身妻子切須刑

The Six Harms that pierce the heart bring no light disaster: they overcome and guard against father and mother and brothers; if the parents are unharmed, then wife and children must be punished.

三刑歌

Song on the Three Punishments

三刑身體忌傷殘不測官災大不祥妻子亦須防尅破為官必定死他鄉

The Three Punishments: the body shuns injury and disability; unforeseen official disaster is greatly ill-omened; wife and children too must guard against overcoming and ruin; in office, one will surely die in a foreign land.

【三刑寅刑巳巳刑申申刑寅轉轉相刑是也】

[The Three Punishments: Yin punishes Si, Si punishes Shen, Shen punishes Yin, punishing one another in turn.]

吞防煞歌

Song on the Devouring Baleful

豬犬羊逢虎必傷猴蛇相防樹頭亡雞逢犬子遭徒配兎趕蛇身走逺鄉防見犬來當惡死馬牛逢虎定相傷兎猴逢犬難迴避龍米未上水中央凡人若值凶時日三合為災仔細詳

Pig, Dog and Goat meeting Tiger are surely injured; Monkey and Snake guard each other, dying at the treetop; Rooster meeting Dog, the child is exiled; Rabbit chasing Snake, the body flees far away; guarding against the coming of the Dog, one will die an evil death; Horse and Ox meeting Tiger will surely injure each other; Rabbit and Monkey meeting Dog find it hard to avoid; the Dragon, the rice not yet above the water, stands in midstream. If an ordinary person meets an ill hour or day, the Three Trines make disaster; examine carefully.

【此煞乃以二十八宿而論大禽吞小禽也人命時日值之更加三合主骨肉刑並】

[This baleful reckons by the twenty-eight lodges, large birds devouring small birds. If a person's Life, hour or day meets it and further adds the Three Trines, it governs flesh and blood punishing and merging.]

流霞煞歌

Song on the Flowing Glow Baleful

甲雞乙犬丙羊加丁是猴精戊見蛇巳馬庚龍辛逐虎壬豬癸虎是流霞

Jia, Rooster; Yi, Dog; Bing, Goat; Ding, Monkey spirit; Wu meets Snake, Ji the Horse; Geng, Dragon; Xin chases the Tiger; Ren, Pig; Gui, Tiger: this is Flowing Glow.

【此煞人命犯之男主他鄉死女主產後亡】

[A person whose Fate offends this baleful: for a man it governs death in a foreign land, for a woman death after childbirth.]

返伏吟

On Hidden Chant and Reverse Chant

年頭為伏吟對宮為返吟忌行運到此主刑防六親書云伏吟返吟泣涕零零

The year head is Hidden Chant, the opposite palace is Reverse Chant; the fortune arriving here is to be avoided, governing punishment and guard against the six kin. A book says: Hidden Chant and Reverse Chant, tears fall without end.

孤辰寡宿歌

Song on the Lone Star and Widow Lodge

寅卯辰人怕巳丑巳午未人畏申辰申酉戌人嫌亥未亥子丑人寅戌嗔若人值此多孤寡刑害兼須損六親男遇孤辰須切忌女逢寡宿獨眠瞠

People of Yin, Mao and Chen fear Si and Chou; people of Si, Wu and Wei dread Shen and Chen; people of Shen, You and Xu dislike Hai and Wei; people of Hai, Zi and Chou are angry at Yin and Xu. If a person meets these, mostly solitude and widowhood, with punishment and harm, and the six kin must be injured. A man meeting the Lone Star must take great care; a woman meeting the Widow Lodge sleeps alone, staring.

歌斷

Judgment Song

孤辰切忌男妨婦寡宿須教女害夫兄弟亦當離別去爺孃骨肉不同居

The Lone Star above all is a shun: a man hinders his wife; the Widow Lodge makes a woman harm her husband; brothers too will part and leave, and father, mother and flesh and blood will not live together.

孤辰寡宿好為僧若居庶俗必伶仃更被穿心來守破不然帶疾主雙盲

The Lone Star and Widow Lodge suit a monk; if one dwells among the common folk, one will be lonely and forlorn; and if the Piercing Heart comes and guards and breaks, or else is afflicted with illness, it governs blindness in both eyes.

論黃幡豹尾

On Yellow Banner and Leopard Tail

申子辰年則辰是黃幡而戌是豹尾巳酉丑年則丑是黃幡而未是豹尾寅午戌戌是亥夘未未是此煞是太嵗墓人命犯之主孤寡損六畜及疾病官災退財有救解無妨

In Shen, Zi and Chen years, Chen is the Yellow Banner and Xu the Leopard Tail; in Si, You and Chou years, Chou is the Yellow Banner and Wei the Leopard Tail; for Yin, Wu and Xu years, Xu is it; for Hai, Mao and Wei years, Wei is it. This baleful is the Tomb of the Grand Year. A person whose Fate offends it, it governs solitude and widowhood, loss of livestock, illness, official disaster and retreating wealth; with rescue and release there is no harm.

紅豔煞歌

Song on the Red Beauty Baleful

多情多欲少人知六丙逢寅辛見雞癸臨申上丁見未眉開眼笑樂嬉嬉甲乙午申庚見戌世間只是眾人妻戊巳怕辰壬怕子祿馬相逢作路妓任是富豪官宦女花前月下防偷期

Much feeling and much desire, few know it: Bing meets Yin, Xin meets Rooster, Gui at Shen, Ding meets Wei—brows open and eyes smiling, merry and playing. Jia and Yi at Wu and Shen, Geng meeting Xu: in the world she is only everyone's wife. Wu and Ji fear Chen, Ren fears Zi; when Emolument and Horse meet, she becomes a road courtesan; even a wealthy official's daughter, beneath flowers and moon, must guard against a secret tryst.

隂錯陽差歌

Song on Yin Error and Yang Difference

陽差隂錯是如何辛夘壬辰癸巳多丙午丁未戊申位辛酉壬戌癸亥過丙子丁丑戊寅日十二宮中子細歌好風流處不風流花燭迎郎不自由不是寒房因孝娶殘房入舍兩家仇女人逢者亦依然真假公姑或續絃否則有刑多寡合外家零落是前縁

What are Yang Difference and Yin Error? Xin-Mao, Ren-Chen and Gui-Si are many; Bing-Wu, Ding-Wei and Wu-Shen are the positions; Xin-You, Ren-Xu and Gui-Hai pass; Bing-Zi, Ding-Chou and Wu-Yin days: in the twelve palaces, sing it carefully. In the place of fine romance there is no romance; welcoming the groom with flower candles, one is not free; if not a cold chamber, then marriage due to filial mourning, or entering a leftover house as a live-in son-in-law, the two families being enemies; a woman meeting it is the same; true or false in-laws, or a continued marriage; otherwise there is punishment, mostly widowhood, joined with her mother's house falling away: this is a bond from before.

呻吟煞一名孤鸞煞歌

Song on the Groaning Baleful, also called the Lone Phoenix Baleful

木火蛇無婿【木火蛇丁巳乙巳是】金豬木虎傷【辛亥甲寅是】赤黃馬獨臥【丙午戊午是】黒防土猴孀【壬子戊申是】

Wood, Fire and Snake: no husband [Wood-Fire-Snake: Ding-Si, Yi-Si]; Metal Pig and Wood Tiger harm [Xin-Hai, Jia-Yin]; red and yellow Horse lies alone [Bing-Wu, Wu-Wu]; black, beware the Earth Monkey widow [Ren-Zi, Wu-Shen].

總論駕前神煞歌

Summary Song on the Baleful Spirits Before the Chariot

一太嵗劍鋒伏屍寄二太陽天空仍可畏三喪門內外孝事至四太隂貫索勾絞具五官符杖責難迴避六死符月徳同行位七嵗破月空欄干是八龍徳暴敗天厄至九白虎飛防同此據十天徳福星捲舌系十一吊客天狗吠十二病符順行位

One, Grand Year, Sword Edge, Corpse-Hiding lodged; two, Sun, Heavenly Void, still to be feared; three, Mourning Gate, inside and outside mourning matters arrive; four, Moon, Penetrating Cord, Hook and Strangle all present; five, Official Talisman, beating with rods, hard to avoid; six, Death Talisman, with Moon Virtue travelling in the same position; seven, Year Breaker, Moon Void, Railing; eight, Dragon Virtue, Violent Failure, Heavenly Calamity arrive; nine, White Tiger, Flying Talisman together according to this; ten, Heavenly Virtue, Fortune Star, Tongue-Curling attached; eleven, Mourning Guest, Heavenly Dog barks; twelve, Sick Talisman, moving forward in position.

總論駕後神煞歌一年一宮逆行

Summary Song on the Baleful Spirits Behind the Chariot, one palace per year, moving backward

子年紅鸞卯為首天喜對宮在於酉血刃浮沈及解神戌上分明牢掣肘天哭還從午上尋披頭更向辰宮究流年諸煞與諸凶逆認地支人罕有此是神仙不肯留術人依此長相守

In a Zi year Red Phoenix begins at Mao, and Heavenly Joy is opposite, at You; Blood Blade, Floating and Sinking, and Release Spirit are clearly at Xu, firmly pulling the elbow; Heavenly Wailing is sought from Wu, and Loosened Hair is further examined at the Chen palace. The flowing year's balefuls and ills are traced backward by the earthly branches, which few people have; these are what the immortals were reluctant to leave behind, and the arts people follow this and keep it long.

地煞賦總斷

Summary Judgment of the Rhapsody on Earthly Baleful

凡論嵗殿以登殿為本論嵗駕以登駕為先身命主俱登臨顯達無比日月主若拱夾富貴非常殿駕無星而無得祿主加臨而更竒惟怕客曜臨朝【餘奴是也】飛星破殿【闕】

In discussing the Year Hall, take ascending the hall as the root; in discussing the Year Chariot, take ascending the chariot as first. If the Body, Life and lord all ascend and arrive, one is eminent beyond compare; if the Sun and Moon lords flank it in arch, wealth and honor are extraordinary. If Hall and Chariot have no stars, there is no gain; if the Emolument lord adds, it is yet more marvelous; one fears only a guest luminary arriving at court [the remaining servants are these]. Flying stars break the hall [lacuna].

囚煞加臨而不美主當刑煞以須防勲者天祿也欲全而不破忌空沖為要防玉馬為竒【玉堂驛馬】沖則四柱相沖破則飛星破祿祿主臨曰崇勲宜居官福命宮值曰全吉忌見刼空祿逢帝座足有錢財貴值垣城堪稱文雅子午相逢名為活祿辰戌丑未祿馬不臨如合通闗吉無不利馬者扶身之寳也欲生而不病喜逢勲玉忌在空亡馬遇垣城須當富命則酒色皆好遇吉則轉禍為祥空亡者煞滅也陽為空而隂為亡陽忌陽而隂忌隂煞者滅也滅者絶也命與日時值之暴亡必見忌木火之位宜金水之宮不宜居坎而宜居離諸煞逢空化凶為吉的煞相防成敗不無四柱逢空不欲再見空亡不亡尤為庶防二位全見名利難成刑害者凶惡也三刑守害遇六害而凶惡難逃六害命逢遇三刑而同惡相濟刑居五福極主官髙害防的亡孤貧破敗斯為禍福之凖繩誠乃加盤之妙法

Confinement and baleful adding to it is not beautiful; the lord should face punishing baleful with caution. Merit is Heavenly Emolument; wish to have it whole and unbroken, shun Void and clash as essential, and guard against the Jade Horse and make it marvelous [Jade Hall and Post Horse]. Clashing is the four pillars clashing; breaking is a flying star breaking Emolument. An Emolument lord arriving is called Honored Merit; it is fit to dwell in the Official and Fortune Life Palace and meet complete auspice; shun seeing Robbery and Void. Emolument meeting the Emperor's Seat is sufficient for money and wealth; nobility meeting a walled city can be called literary and elegant. Zi and Wu meeting is called Living Emolument; for Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei, Emolument and Horse do not arrive; if they combine to open the gate, there is no auspice that is not beneficial. The Horse is the treasure that supports the body; wishing for life without illness, it is glad to meet Merit and Jade and shuns Void and Lost. A Horse meeting a walled city must be a rich Fate, with wine and lust both good; meeting auspice, it turns calamity into good omen. Void and Lost is the extinction of baleful: yang is Void and yin is Lost; yang shuns yang and yin shuns yin. Baleful is extinguishing, and extinguishing is cutting off; if the Life, day and hour meet it, sudden death is certain, so it is shunned. Wood and Fire positions are fit for Metal and Water palaces; it is not fit to dwell in Kan but fit to dwell in Li. Any baleful meeting Void turns ill into auspice. Target Baleful guarding brings success and failure; if the four pillars meet Void, one does not wish to see Void again; Void that is not Lost is especially rare; if the two positions are fully seen, fame and profit are hard to achieve. Punishment and harm are fierce and evil; the Three Punishments guard the Harm; meeting the Six Harms, fierce evil is hard to flee; the Six Harms in the Life meeting the Three Punishments, the same evil aids each other; punishment dwelling in the Five Fortunes, extremely governs high office; harm guarding the Target and Lost, solitude, poverty and ruin: these are the standard measure of fortune and misfortune, truly the marvelous method of adding to the plate.

百煞經

Hundred Balefuls Classic

夫觀命者未論祿馬貴人先論胎息神煞夫煞人之成器能掌君子之重權能發庶人之財祿煞之一字千變萬化煞多無貴即勇猛暴亡煞絶無貴即卑微孤獨君子帶煞權貴福祿之任庶人帶煞挺立鄉黨之間女人帶煞子夫刑傷之患煞無欄處定是傷身閉門帶煞反受災殃年上帶煞自損其身月上帶煞必損父兄日上帶煞夫妻必喪時上帶煞子女先亡若見四位無刑害須知夭折守空房陽刃之煞怕逢金刼煞最忌火加臨的煞須知頭粉碎亡神最忌水深臨六害重見六親損隔角逢之主孤貧孤神日上逢隔角未申戌亥丑寅辰巳其妻到底定生離桃花咸池來深處春花照水定生淫若是仕宦人家女不用媒人自求親大耗之煞怕逢空家財渾似雪和湯六甲空亡怕齊逢金神之煞主重喪六親不足而自嘆年年常為仵作郎呻吟之煞怕金神白虎逢之定不仁日時帶著損妻子定於中途斷絃聲命帶孤神寡宿星看經念佛作道人少年娶室妻子分至老定是作孤身一七之煞是亡神為人性躁有英聲沖入

Those who observe Fate, before discussing Emolument, Horse and Noble Person, first discuss Embryo Breath and baleful spirits. Baleful is what makes a person a vessel; it can hold a gentleman's heavy authority and bring a commoner's wealth and emolument. The single word baleful changes in a thousand ways: with much baleful and no nobility, one is fierce and dies suddenly; with baleful cut off and no nobility, one is lowly, solitary and alone. A gentleman bearing baleful holds the post of authority, honor and fortune; a commoner bearing baleful stands upright among his village. A woman bearing baleful meets the affliction of punishing husband and son. Where baleful has no barrier, it surely injures the body; bearing baleful with the door shut instead receives calamity. Baleful on the year pillar harms the self; baleful on the month pillar will surely harm father and brothers; baleful on the day pillar, husband and wife will surely lose each other; baleful on the hour pillar, children die first. If one sees the four positions without punishment or harm, know that early death will keep an empty room. The baleful of the Yang Blade fears meeting Metal; Robbery most shuns Fire adding; Target Baleful, know the head will be shattered; Lost Spirit most shuns deep Water; the Six Harms repeatedly seen mean loss and separation of the six kin. Separation-Horn meeting it governs solitude and poverty. The Lone Spirit on the day, meeting Separation-Horn at Wei, Shen, Xu, Hai, Chou, Yin, Chen, Si—his wife in the end will surely part alive. Peach Blossom and Xianchi in deep places: spring flowers shining on water, surely lust; if she is a daughter of an official family, she needs no matchmaker and seeks marriage herself. Great Wastage Baleful fears meeting Void; family wealth is like snow in hot soup. The Six Jia Void and Lost fear meeting together. The Metal Spirit baleful governs heavy mourning; the six kin are insufficient and he sighs for himself; year after year he is always a mortuary worker. The Groaning Baleful fears Metal Spirit and White Tiger; meeting them, he is surely unkind; bearing it on the day and hour harms wife and children, and in the middle of the road the string will surely break. A Life bearing the Lone Spirit and Widow Lodge stars reads scriptures, recites the Buddha's name and becomes a Daoist; marrying a wife in youth, wife and he part, and in old age he is surely alone. The baleful of one-seven is Lost Spirit: the person is hasty in nature with a heroic name; clashing in

本身人凶暴沖出之時有功名勾絞之煞疊三刑逢之為人編配身春申酉夏亥子秋寅夘冬巳午亡神之煞五鬼臨限行見孛水亡身幼年當忌火湯厄為人作事百無成長生之位主聰俊發達英雄財祿亨華葢之煞為僧道學堂逢貴為儒名桃花帶貴多淫慾常思月下戀風情命坐刼煞十五年爺孃不損是夙縁若見雙親無刑害自身帶疾病相連命坐陽刃忌血星限行見煞定損身命中帶煞難迴避惡曜臨之禍不輕雙頭合煞十有九死兩頭合刃百有九傷合煞翻身三旬內患合煞回身傷刑而已合煞逢沖事事省半煞合逢刃定主夭折煞星逢貴能伏諸煞天月二徳加臨日上一徳當權眾凶皆散吉曜加臨災反為祥煞去逢空煞去逢旺而凶煞去逢絶而亡女忌血蠱男忌光官符怕火喪門怕水男怕擎天女怕遊奕男愛紅鸞女愛天喜喪門加於白虎主有孝服之事官符臨於刼煞必生口舌之嘆須要見行吉星之地忌在刼煞之上嫌於拱臨之中限行臨於惡曜一年反背而已吉星臨於運限門庭多生喜色日

one's own body, the person is violent and fierce; at the time of clashing out there is fame and office. The baleful of Hook and Strangle layered with the Three Punishments: meeting them one is sentenced and banished—spring, Shen and You; summer, Hai and Zi; autumn, Yin and Mao; winter, Si and Wu. The baleful of Lost Spirit with the Five Ghosts arriving in the limit, meeting Bo and Water, ruins the body; in youth one must avoid hot-soup calamity; the person achieves nothing in anything. The Long Life position governs the clever and outstanding, flourishing heroes, with emolument and wealth prospering. The baleful of Huagai makes a monk or Daoist; in the school hall, meeting the noble, a Confucian of name. Peach Blossom bearing nobility has much lust and desire, always thinking of love under the moon. A Life sitting in Robbery Baleful: for fifteen years father and mother are uninjured, a bond from the past; if parents are seen unharmed, the self will carry illness linked on. A Life sitting in Yang Blade shuns blood stars; a limit meeting baleful will surely injure the body. A Life bearing baleful is hard to avoid; evil luminaries arriving make calamity not light. Double-headed combined baleful, nine in ten die; two-headed combined blade, a hundred nine are injured. Combined baleful turning the body, within thirty one suffers illness; combined baleful returning, only injury and punishment; combined baleful meeting a clash, every matter is cut by half; half baleful combined meeting a blade, early death is certain. A baleful star meeting nobility can subdue the balefuls; Heavenly and Moon Virtues added to the day, when one virtue holds authority all the many ills scatter; auspicious luminaries adding on turn disaster into good omen. Baleful leaving and meeting Void; baleful leaving and meeting prosperity is ill; baleful leaving and meeting cutoff means death. Women shun Blood Poison, men shun the Light Official; Official Talisman fears Fire; Mourning Gate fears Water; men fear Heaven-Holding, women fear Wandering Patrol; men love Red Phoenix, women love Heavenly Joy. Mourning Gate added to White Tiger governs mourning matters; Official Talisman arriving at Robbery Baleful will surely produce sighs of quarrel. One must see the ground where auspicious stars travel; shun being above Robbery Baleful; dislike being within the arch of arrival; a limit travelling to an evil luminary, one year only turns the back; an auspicious star arriving at the limit, the doorway breeds joy; day

時莫逢太嵗不死一年多迍少年限行祿馬為人愈康愈徤少年限行死絶必生迍邅之憂老者限行生旺必是孤身之漢損尅成家之子老來限行庫墓必擅鄉尊之福又有優遊之樂能察經中之句敢斷命限祥災判吉判凶知生死明如日月寳鏡台

and hour not meeting the Grand Year, one will not die, but many hardships for a year. In youth, a limit travelling Emolument and Horse makes the person ever healthier and sturdier; in youth, a limit travelling Death and Cutoff will surely give anxieties and hardships; for the old, a limit travelling Birth and Prosperity is surely a solitary man, injuring and overcoming the family-making son; in old age, a limit travelling Treasury and Tomb will hold the fortune of a village elder and also have leisurely pleasures. One who can examine the lines in the classic dares to judge Fate and limit, auspicious or calamitous, ill or good, and to know life and death, bright as the Sun and Moon, a precious mirror terrace.

運限起例

Rules for Setting Up Fortune and Limit

支中人元

The Human Origin in the Branches

子中單癸水　丑巳癸辛當　寅中甲丙戊卯獨乙為良　辰中乙癸戊　巳丙戊庚藏午中丁及巳　未乙丁巳鄉　申隠庚壬位酉字只辛強　戌上辛丁戊　亥為壬甲方

In Zi, single Gui Water; in Chou, Ji, Gui and Xin are suited; in Yin, Jia, Bing and Wu; in Mao, Yi alone is good; in Chen, Yi, Gui and Wu; in Si, Bing, Wu and Geng are hidden; in Wu, Ding and Ji; in Wei, Yi, Ding and Ji are at home; Shen hides the Geng and Ren positions; the You character is only Xin, strong; at Xu, Xin, Ding and Wu; Hai is the Ren and Jia quarter.

年上起月　正月建寅以年干加天干從寅起

Setting Up the Month from the Year. The first month is established at Yin; add the year stem to the heavenly stem, starting from Yin.

甲巳之年丙作首　乙庚之嵗戊為頭丙辛之嵗從庚上　丁壬壬位順行流更有戊癸何方起　甲寅之上可推求

In Jia and Ji years Bing is the head; in Yi and Geng years Wu is the start; in Bing and Xin years begin from Geng; in Ding and Ren years, the Ren position runs forward; and where do Wu and Gui begin? Seek it above Jia-Yin.

日上起時　子丑寅夘辰巳午未申酉戌亥

Setting Up the Hour from the Day: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai

甲巳還加甲　乙庚丙作初　丙辛從戊子戊癸尋壬子　丁壬庚子居

Jia and Ji again add Jia; Yi and Geng take Bing as the start; Bing and Xin from Wu-Zi; Wu and Gui seek Ren-Zi; Ding and Ren dwell at Geng-Zi.

起立命

Setting Up the Life

看太陽在何宮以生時加太陽宮起順數如太陽在子即從子上起生時挨丑順數至夘便是立命宮又看太陽躔第防度以量天尺對立命躔何宿第防度

Look at which palace the Sun is in; add the birth hour to the Sun's palace and count forward from it: for example, if the Sun is in Zi, start from Zi, with the birth hour pushing Chou forward, counting to Mao, and that is the Life palace set up. Then look at which degree of which lodge the Sun travels, and use the heaven-measuring ruler against the Life's lodge, to see which lodge degree it rests in.

起大運

Setting Up the Great Fortune

陽男隂女順行隂男陽女逆行俱從本生月起順行者數未來節氣逆行者數已往節氣皆以三日為一嵗少一日者借一日多一日者減一日只論立春驚蟄清明立夏芒種小暑立秋白露寒露立冬大雪小寒論節不論氣

Yang man and yin woman go forward; yin man and yang woman go backward; all start from the birth month. Going forward counts the coming solar nodes, going backward counts the past solar nodes; three days make one year; if short by one day, borrow one day; if over by one day, subtract one day. Only Beginning of Spring, Awakening of Insects, Clear and Bright, Beginning of Summer, Grain in Ear, Minor Heat, Beginning of Autumn, White Dew, Cold Dew, Beginning of Winter, Great Snow and Minor Cold are discussed: discuss the node, not the qi.

醉醒子曰觀夫大運者乃八字之表裡也取用當度其淺深成嵗須較夫多寡然三日而成一嵗見有餘人謂之零見不足人謂之借但知其零借不知其所以零借假如陽命正月初一日丑時正一刻生至初四日丑時正一刻立春節乃作一嵗全若立春在寅時則多一時乃零一旬也若欠一時乃借一旬也又以行運之法論之假如甲子年正月初一日子時正一刻生行運算至乙丑年正月初一日子時正一刻乃作一嵗內小六個月即進六日在初七日子時正一刻方作一嵗只要算足十二月卻為本年有閏四月乃多一月矣當退還本年十二月初七日子正一刻交運從此算後十週年方換一運仿此永無差悞若學者不知其生刻獨知其生時即以生時扣算交節之時亦不差逺凡行運在干兼用地支之神在支則棄天干之物其間理妙自宜詳玩

Zuixingzi says: Observing the Great Fortune, it is the inside and outside of the eight characters. Taking the use requires measuring its shallow and deep; completing the year requires comparing more and fewer. But three days make a year; seeing a surplus, people call it a remainder; seeing a shortfall, they call it borrowing; people only know remainder and borrowing and do not know why they are remainder and borrowing. Suppose a yang Fate is born on the first day of the first month at the first quarter of the Chou hour, and the Beginning of Spring node arrives on the fourth day at the first quarter of the Chou hour; this is then made one whole year. If Beginning of Spring is in the Yin hour, there is one extra double-hour, which is then a remainder of ten days; if short by one double-hour, it borrows ten days. Again reckoning by the method of travelling fortune: suppose one is born on the first day of the first month of a Jiazi year at the first quarter of the Zi hour, and the fortune reckoning reaches the first day of the first month of the Yichou year, first quarter of the Zi hour, which is made one year, minus six months within, that is six days advanced; only at the first quarter of the Zi hour on the seventh day is one year made; one must only count it complete to twelve months. But since this year has an intercalary fourth month, there is an extra month, so one retreats to the twelfth month of this year, seventh day, first quarter of Zi, to hand over the fortune; from this, reckoning for ten full years, the fortune changes; follow this, and there is never error. If a student does not know the birth quarter but knows only the birth hour, he may deduct from the birth hour to the hour of the node, and it will not be far off. In all travelling fortune, when it is in the stem, also use the spirit of the earthly branch; when in the branch, discard the things of the heavenly stem; the principle in it is marvelous and should be studied.

起小運

Setting Up the Small Fortune

凡小運不論隂陽二命男一嵗起丙寅順行女一嵗起壬申逆行一宮或與大運相合相生或臨祿馬貴人之鄉其年即有喜慶或與大運相沖相刑或交併更臨反伏吟及煞方其年即主破財悲泣死亡孝服男怕沖女怕並又云君子不刑不發不併不達大抵大運如天將太嵗如人君二者相得相和然後隨事所至逢善則吉逢刑則凶所逢者當生年有則吉凶重當生年無則吉凶輕乆困而運通未必通乆通而運困未必困賦云寅午雖逢於冠帶尚有餘災行運初至於衰鄉猶披勘福五行衰者運宜旺五行旺者運宜衰仔細推詳萬無一失

For the Small Fortune, regardless of yin or yang Fate, a male starts from Bing-Yin at one year and goes forward; a female starts from Ren-Shen at one year and goes backward one palace at a time. If it combines with or generates the Great Fortune, or lands in the quarter of Emolument, Horse or Noble Person, that year there will be joy and celebration; if it clashes with or punishes the Great Fortune, or merges and further meets Reverse or Hidden Chant and baleful quarters, that year governs wealth breaking, weeping, death and mourning dress; men fear clashing, women fear merging. It is also said: A gentleman without punishment does not flourish, without merging does not succeed. In general the Great Fortune is like a heavenly general and the Grand Year like a ruler; when the two agree and harmonize, then as affairs arrive, meeting good is auspicious and meeting punishment is ill. What it meets, if it is present in the year of birth, makes auspice and ill heavy; if absent from the year of birth, auspice and ill light. Long trapped, the fortune turns through; not necessarily through; long through, the fortune is trapped; not necessarily trapped. The rhapsody says: Yin and Wu, though meeting Capping and Belt, still have surplus disaster; at the start of travelling fortune arriving in a declining quarter, one still wears blessing. Where the Five Phases decline, fortune should be prosperous; where the Five Phases are prosperous, fortune should decline. Examine carefully and there is no error in ten thousand.

醉醒子曰小運者補大運之不足而立名也古人以男起丙寅女起壬申為從三陽三隂之象以是定逐年禍福鮮有左驗予嘗見一秘書以為男女小運皆由時生而行之逆順亦以年定如陽命陽年甲子時生墮地即行乙丑二嵗丙寅一位一年周而復始隂命隂年逆行亦然嘗試用之屢驗亦要與大運及柱內用神日主較量吉凶及童限未交大運専用此法行死絶煞旺之宮必有厄難先詳八字衰旺喜忌然後以此防詳蔑不中矣

Zuixingzi says: The Small Fortune supplements the insufficiency of the Great Fortune and takes its name from that. The ancients started men from Bing-Yin and women from Ren-Shen, following the image of the three yang and three yin, and used it to fix each year's misfortune and fortune, rarely finding proof on the left. I once saw a secret book that held that the Small Fortune of both men and women all goes from the hour of birth, with forward or backward fixed by the year as well: for example, a yang Fate in a yang year, born at the Jiazi hour, falling to the ground then travels Yichou at two years, Bingyin one position, one year, circling and beginning again; for a yin Fate in a yin year it goes backward likewise. I have tried it and it has repeatedly been verified. One must also compare auspice and ill with the Great Fortune and the useful spirit and day master in the pillars; for childhood limits before the Great Fortune is handed over, this method alone is used; travelling through Death, Cutoff, Baleful and Prosperity palaces, there will surely be hardship; first examine the strength and weakness, joys and shuns of the eight characters, then use this to consider, and it will rarely miss.

起大限【琴堂洞防皆同】

Setting Up the Great Limit [Qintang and Dongzhi are alike]

命宮十五為例以太陽正處為中度遇交宮隨宮交三度起一嵗如立命在子女二女三女四共三度起十一嵗女五女六女七共三度起十二嵗女八女九女十起十三嵗後照此順推

Take fifteen for the Life Palace as the rule, taking the Sun's correct place as the middle degree; on meeting a palace change, change with the palace; every three degrees begin a year. For example, if the Life is set up in Zi: Nü 2, Nü 3, Nü 4, three degrees in all, start at eleven years; Nü 5, Nü 6, Nü 7, three degrees in all, start at twelve years; Nü 8, Nü 9, Nü 10 start at thirteen years; thereafter push forward by this.

如八月十四日太陽在已翼十度照量天尺本行下推即十三嵗出童限入寅二十三卯三十三辰四十八巳五十七午六十四未七十五申之例

For example, on the fourteenth day of the eighth month, the Sun is at Si, Yi degree 10; measuring with the heaven-measuring ruler downward from that line, that is thirteen years leaving the childhood limit, entering Yin at twenty-three, Mao at thirty-three, Chen at forty-eight, Si at fifty-seven, Wu at sixty-four, Wei at seventy-five, Shen, by this example.

凡行限遇生我之星定福尅我之星定禍若生星守限更限主飛去又逢生謂之體用俱生若限主飛在別宮受尅謂之體重用輕主是限中有吉有凶若限主受尅得重則雖發而難出此限矣若有救亦無害也

In travelling limits, meeting a star that generates me is surely fortune; a star that overcomes me is surely misfortune. If the generating star guards the limit and the limit lord flies away and meets generation again, this is called body and use both generated; if the limit lord flies to another palace and is overcome, this is called heavy body and light use, which means that within the limit there is both auspice and ill. If the limit lord is heavily overcome, then although it flourishes it is hard to come out of this limit; if there is rescue, there is also no harm.

起小限

Setting Up the Small Limit

從命宮起逆轉如亥生人立命在丑就丑上數亥子年在子丑年在亥寅年在戌夘年在酉辰年在申巳年在未午年在午未年在巳申年在辰酉年在卯戌年在寅之例以宮分言則一命宮二財帛三兄弟四田宅五男女六奴僕七妻妾八疾厄九遷移十官祿十一福徳十二相貌逆數右轉以限度言則一命宮二相貌三福徳四官祿五遷移六疾厄七妻妾八奴僕九男女十田宅十一兄弟十二財帛順數左旋宮分次第不可亂也

Start from the Life Palace and turn backward. For example, for one born in Hai whose Life is set up at Chou, counting at Chou for Hai, the Zi year is at Zi, the Chou year at Hai, the Yin year at Xu, the Mao year at You, the Chen year at Shen, the Si year at Wei, the Wu year at Wu, the Wei year at Si, the Shen year at Chen, the You year at Mao, the Xu year at Yin, by this example. By palace division: one Life, two Wealth, three Brothers, four Fields and Houses, five Sons and Daughters, six Servants, seven Wife and Concubine, eight Illness and Calamity, nine Migration, ten Official Emolument, eleven Fortune Virtue, twelve Appearance, counted backward, turning right. By limit degree: one Life, two Appearance, three Fortune Virtue, four Official Emolument, five Migration, six Illness and Calamity, seven Wife and Concubine, eight Servants, nine Sons and Daughters, ten Fields and Houses, eleven Brothers, twelve Wealth, counted forward, turning left; the order of the palace divisions must not be confused.

小限者是流年生日後交過宮其吉其凶一依大限斷之若在財帛遇吉發財遇凶破財兄弟等上禍福一一依宮斷之無有不驗須防原守及流年兩斷乃可

The Small Limit is the palace that is crossed after the birthday in the flowing year; its auspice and ill are judged entirely like the Great Limit. If it is in Wealth, meeting auspice brings wealth, meeting ill breaks wealth; for Brothers and the like, fortune and misfortune are judged palace by palace, none failing; one must judge both the original guard and the flowing year, and then it can be done.

小限宮中起生月名為月限訣凡一年休咎在小限一宮內若十二月吉凶則散居十二宮如小限在申值恩星官福田財等吉宿臨之是年發福若值煞難凶星其年必災

Starting the birth month from the Small Limit palace is called the Monthly Limit secret. A year's blame and praise is all within the one Small Limit palace; the auspice and ill of the twelve months are scattered across the twelve palaces. If the Small Limit is at Shen, and auspicious lodges such as Grace Star, Official, Fortune, Fields and Wealth meet it, that year brings fortune; if baleful or hard evil stars meet it, that year will surely be disaster.

月限亦然如正月看申宮二月未三月午四月巳依宮逐月逆周十二宮

The Monthly Limit is likewise: for example, the first month look at the Shen palace, the second month Wei, the third month Wu, the fourth month Si, circling the twelve palaces backward month by month according to the palace.

從小限行到太隂所泊之宮起生月逆數遇凶吉斷之假如午生人午上安命戌年小限在寅三月生其月在寅四月丑五月子次第逐月移宮謂之月限輪流十二宮周而復始行一宮遇吉凶斷之假如戊子年丑宮安命流土為太嵗流木為喪門病符流水為的刼流金為官符月限十宮逐月出入見木炁則此月有災事見火羅則此月有喜事發財以當生流年一體論之見木則病或孝服見流金則官事見流水則費財口舌不寧餘仿此

From the Small Limit travelling to the palace where the Moon is moored, start the birth month and count backward, and judge by the auspice or ill met. For example, for a Wu-born person with the Life set at Wu, the Small Limit in a Xu year is at Yin; if born in the third month, that month is at Yin, the fourth month Chou, the fifth month Zi, moving palaces one month after another, called the Monthly Limit, flowing through the twelve palaces and starting again, judging auspice and ill upon each palace travelled. For example, in a Wuzi year with the Life set at the Chou palace: flowing Earth is the Grand Year, flowing Wood is Mourning Gate and Sick Talisman, flowing Water is Target and Robbery, flowing Metal is Official Talisman; the Monthly Limit's ten palaces go in and out month by month; seeing Wood qi means that month has disaster; seeing Fire and Luo means that month has joy and wealth; use the birth and flowing year as one body. Seeing Wood brings illness or mourning dress; seeing flowing Metal brings official affairs; seeing flowing Water brings expense of wealth and quarrels with unrest; the rest follow this.

日宿者直日之宿也

The Day Lodge is the lodge that governs the day.

月限又將日宿兼推須以太隂為主月是流年太隂即人之身也行度甚速兩日半過一宮故日月之災福系焉以之加命看當生流年防何吉凶星隨遇而斷

The Monthly Limit further reckons the Day Lodge together, taking the Moon as lord; the Moon is the flowing-year Moon, that is, the person's body; its travelling degrees are very fast, passing a palace in two and a half days, so the fortune and misfortune of Sun and Moon hang on it; use it added to the Life, and look at what auspicious or ill stars the birth and flowing year meet, and judge as met.

如命坐巳未申三宮以月水為主喜金水月木畏火羅土計卻看流月行宮遇何日宿

For example, if the Life sits in the three palaces Si, Wei and Shen, take Moon-Water as lord; it is glad of Metal and Water, Moon-Wood, and fears Fire, Luo, Earth and Ji; then look at which Day Lodge the flowing month travels into.

若日宿遇亢牛婁鬼金度乃生命之宿遷官近貴得財遇斗奎井角木度乃尅難之星解災獲福遇參箕軫壁水度乃本行之星室家和好事業安平遇心危畢張月度亦本行之星朋友康寧內外親睦遇女氐栁胃土度災病口舌官符是非若二限防弱身命主星逢刑遇煞禍病死傷遇尾翼觜室火度是非瘡熱驚恐啾唧若二限防弱與女氐栁胃土難度同斷若辰酉安命以金為主流月喜逢胃栁女氐之日宿忌尾室翼觜之宿餘仿此推仍將原守流年十二曜利害之星防看

If the Day Lodge meets the Metal degrees Kang, Niu, Lou and Gui, it is the lodge that gives birth to the Life: transfers, official promotion near the noble, getting wealth. Meeting the Wood degrees Dou, Kui, Jing and Jiao, they are stars that overcome hardship: dissolving disaster and gaining fortune. Meeting the Water degrees Shen, Ji, Zhen and Bi (Wall), they are stars of one's own phase: household harmony, good affairs, undertakings at peace. Meeting the Moon degrees Xin, Wei (Danger), Bi and Zhang, they are also stars of one's own phase: friends healthy, inner and outer kin harmonious. Meeting the Earth degrees Nü, Di, Liu and Wei (Stomach), disaster, illness, quarrels, official trouble and disputes; if the two limits meet weak ones, and the Body, Life and lord stars meet punishment and baleful, then misfortune, illness, death and injury. Meeting the Fire degrees Wei (Tail), Yi, Zui and Shi, quarrels, sores and heat, fright, murmuring and wailing; if the two limits meet weak ones, judge the same as with the Earth degrees Nü, Di, Liu and Wei; if Chen and You set up the Life, take Metal as lord, and the flowing month is glad to meet the Day Lodges Wei (Stomach), Liu, Nü and Di and shuns Wei (Tail), Shi, Yi and Zui; the rest follow this, and further take the original guard and the flowing year's twelve luminaries of advantage and harm and see them in combination.

流年吉凶星

Auspicious and Ill Stars of the Flowing Year

照身命十二宮各有日數如命坐未宮喜金忌土流金入子午九日好入丑未八日喜入寅申七日稱意入卯酉六日遂美入辰戌五日好入巳亥四日財喜土為忌入子午九日災餘仿此

Shining on the Body and Life, each of the twelve palaces has a number of days. For example, if the Life sits in the Wei palace, Metal is glad and Earth is shunned: flowing Metal entering Zi and Wu, nine days good; entering Chou and Wei, eight days glad; entering Yin and Shen, seven days satisfying; entering Mao and You, six days fulfilling and beautiful; entering Chen and Xu, five days good; entering Si and Hai, four days, wealth and joy. Earth is shunned: entering Zi and Wu, nine days of disaster; the rest follow this.

甲巳子午九　乙庚丑未八　丙辛庚申七丁壬卯酉六　戊癸辰戌五　巳亥得數四

Jia and Ji, Zi and Wu, nine; Yi and Geng, Chou and Wei, eight; Bing and Xin, Yin and Shen, seven; Ding and Ren, Mao and You, six; Wu and Gui, Chen and Xu, five; Si and Hai get the number four.

已上即先天數

The above are the innate numbers.

十二神煞

Twelve Baleful Spirits

一太嵗劍鋒伏屍寄二太陽天空仍可畏三喪門內外孝事至四太隂貫索勾絞具【又曰天醫】五官符杖責難迴避六死符月徳同行位七嵗破月空欄干是八龍徳暴敗天厄至九白虎飛防沖此防十天徳福星捲舌系十一吊客天狗吠十二病符順行位

One, Grand Year, Sword Edge, Corpse-Hiding lodged; two, Sun, Heavenly Void, still to be feared; three, Mourning Gate, inside and outside mourning matters arrive; four, Moon, Penetrating Cord, Hook and Strangle all present [also called Heavenly Physician]; five, Official Talisman, beating with rods, hard to avoid; six, Death Talisman, with Moon Virtue travelling in the same position; seven, Year Breaker, Moon Void, Railing; eight, Dragon Virtue, Violent Failure, Heavenly Calamity arrive; nine, White Tiger, Flying Talisman clashing against this; ten, Heavenly Virtue, Fortune Star, Tongue-Curling attached; eleven, Mourning Guest, Heavenly Dog barks; twelve, Sick Talisman, moving forward in position.

流年十二變曜

Twelve Transforming Luminaries of the Flowing Year

子年變曜

Zi Year Transforming Luminaries

流土太嵗太陽天空　　流木喪門病符亡神驛流火太隂吊狗勾神　　流金天喜天徳官符披流水月徳刼虎防的　　流陽天哭

Flowing Earth: Grand Year, Sun, Heavenly Void. Flowing Wood: Mourning Gate, Sick Talisman, Lost Spirit, Post Horse. Flowing Fire: Moon, Mourning Guest, Dog, Hook Spirit. Flowing Metal: Heavenly Joy, Heavenly Virtue, Official Talisman, Loosened Hair. Flowing Water: Moon Virtue, Robbery, Tiger, Guard, Target. Flowing Yang: Heavenly Wailing.

流隂天厄

Flowing Yin: Heavenly Calamity.

丑年變曜

Chou Year Transforming Luminaries

流土太嵗病的　　　　木太陽鸞驛空吊劫

Flowing Earth: Grand Year, Sick Talisman, Target. Wood: Sun, Phoenix, Post Horse, Void, Mourning Guest, Robbery.

火天徳披喪　　　　金太隂天解虎防的水天喜厄哭官　　　陽月徳死符

Fire: Heavenly Virtue, Loosened Hair, Mourning Gate. Metal: Moon, Heavenly Release, Tiger, Guard, Target. Water: Heavenly Joy, Calamity, Wailing, Official Talisman. Yang: Moon Virtue, Death Talisman.

隂地解嵗破

Yin: Earth Release, Year Breaker.

寅年變曜

Yin Year Transforming Luminaries

流木太嵗披劫　　　　火太陽天空虎防

Flowing Wood: Grand Year, Loosened Hair, Robbery. Fire: Sun, Heavenly Void, Tiger, Guard.

金哭喪暴的　　　　水太隂驛解勾破血刃

Metal: Wailing, Mourning Gate, Violent Failure, Target. Water: Moon, Post Horse, Release, Hook, Breaker, Blood Blade.

陽官符　　　　　　隂天喜月徳死符

Yang: Official Talisman. Yin: Heavenly Joy, Moon Virtue, Death Talisman.

土鸞吊病

Earth: Phoenix, Mourning Guest, Sick Talisman.

夘年變曜

Mao Year Transforming Luminaries

流火太嵗哭暴　　　　金太陽天空

Flowing Fire: Grand Year, Wailing, Violent Failure. Metal: Sun, Heavenly Void.

水月徳地解喪防的劫　陽天喜太隂勾

Water: Moon Virtue, Earth Release, Mourning Gate, Guard, Target, Robbery. Yang: Heavenly Joy, Moon, Hook.

隂天解官符　　　　木白虎病符

Yin: Heavenly Release, Official Talisman. Wood: White Tiger, Sick Talisman.

土天徳鸞披吊

Earth: Heavenly Virtue, Phoenix, Loosened Hair, Mourning Guest.

辰年變曜

Chen Year Transforming Luminaries

流金太嵗月徳地解死符　水太陽喜空官符

Flowing Metal: Grand Year, Moon Virtue, Earth Release, Death Talisman. Water: Sun, Joy, Void, Official Talisman.

陽天解喪防　　　　隂太隂勾

Yang: Heavenly Release, Mourning Gate, Guard. Yin: Moon, Hook.

火嵗破病符　　　　木鸞驛厄哭吊

Fire: Year Breaker, Sick Talisman. Wood: Phoenix, Post Horse, Calamity, Wailing, Mourning Guest.

土虎披絞

Earth: Tiger, Loosened Hair, Strangle.

巳年變曜

Si Year Transforming Luminaries

流水太嵗天解太隂　　陽太陽天空

Flowing Water: Grand Year, Heavenly Release, Moon. Yang: Sun, Heavenly Void.

隂喪防　　　　　　金天喜地解病官的火鸞月徳吊死　　　木天徳驛披破劫

Yin: Mourning Gate, Guard. Metal: Heavenly Joy, Earth Release, Sick Talisman, Official Talisman, Target. Fire: Phoenix, Moon Virtue, Mourning Guest, Death Talisman. Wood: Heavenly Virtue, Post Horse, Loosened Hair, Breaker, Robbery.

土厄虎哭

Earth: Calamity, Tiger, Wailing.

午年變曜

Wu Year Transforming Luminaries

流陽太嵗　　　　　　隂太陽天空

Flowing Yang: Grand Year. Yin: Sun, Heavenly Void.

水驛爵喪病的　　　金太隂鸞吊天解

Water: Post Horse, Rank, Mourning Gate, Sick Talisman, Target. Metal: Moon, Phoenix, Mourning Guest, Heavenly Release.

火天喜天徳地解官披　木月徳死虎防刼土破哭厄

Fire: Heavenly Joy, Heavenly Virtue, Earth Release, Official Talisman, Loosened Hair. Wood: Moon Virtue, Death Talisman, Tiger, Guard, Robbery. Earth: Breaker, Wailing, Calamity.

未年變曜

Wei Year Transforming Luminaries

流隂太嵗　　　　　　水太陽驛鸞空吊刼

Flowing Yin: Grand Year. Water: Sun, Post Horse, Phoenix, Void, Mourning Guest, Robbery.

金天徳披喪　　　　火太隂解神虎防

Metal: Heavenly Virtue, Loosened Hair, Mourning Gate. Fire: Moon, Release Spirit, Tiger, Guard.

木天喜官哭厄　　　土月徳死的

Wood: Heavenly Joy, Official Talisman, Wailing, Calamity. Earth: Moon Virtue, Death Talisman, Target.

陽病符

Yang: Sick Talisman.

申年變曜

Shen Year Transforming Luminaries

流水太嵗天徳披刼　　金太陽空虎防的

Flowing Water: Grand Year, Heavenly Virtue, Loosened Hair, Robbery. Metal: Sun, Void, Tiger, Guard, Target.

火天馬哭喪厄　　　木太隂解神驛勾

Fire: Heavenly Horse, Wailing, Mourning Gate, Calamity. Wood: Moon, Release Spirit, Post Horse, Hook.

土天喜月徳官死　　陽吊

Earth: Heavenly Joy, Moon Virtue, Official Talisman, Death Talisman. Yang: Mourning Guest.

隂鸞病

Yin: Phoenix, Sick Talisman.

酉年變曜

You Year Transforming Luminaries

流金太嵗爵哭厄　　　火太陽天空

Flowing Metal: Grand Year, Rank, Wailing, Calamity. Fire: Sun, Heavenly Void.

木驛地解月徳喪防死刼　土天喜解神太隂勾官

Wood: Post Horse, Earth Release, Moon Virtue, Mourning Gate, Guard, Death Talisman, Robbery. Earth: Heavenly Joy, Release Spirit, Moon, Hook, Official Talisman.

水虎病的　　　　　陽鸞天徳絞

Water: Tiger, Sick Talisman, Target. Yang: Phoenix, Heavenly Virtue, Strangle.

隂披吊

Yin: Loosened Hair, Mourning Guest.

戌年變曜

Xu Year Transforming Luminaries

流火太嵗死符　　　　木太陽天空飛符刼

Flowing Fire: Grand Year, Death Talisman. Wood: Sun, Heavenly Void, Flying Talisman, Robbery.

土太隂喪防血刃勾的　金爵破病

Earth: Moon, Mourning Gate, Guard, Blood Blade, Hook, Target. Metal: Rank, Breaker, Sick Talisman.

水厄哭吊驛亡　　　陽虎披

Water: Calamity, Wailing, Mourning Guest, Post Horse, Lost Spirit. Yang: Tiger, Loosened Hair.

隂絞

Yin: Strangle.

亥年變曜

Hai Year Transforming Luminaries

流木太嵗勾　　　　　土太陽天空喪防

Flowing Wood: Grand Year, Hook. Earth: Sun, Heavenly Void, Mourning Gate, Guard.

火太隂喜病官　　　金鸞月徳死的

Fire: Moon, Joy, Sick Talisman, Official Talisman. Metal: Phoenix, Moon Virtue, Death Talisman, Target.

水驛天徳披絞刼　　陽地解厄

Water: Post Horse, Heavenly Virtue, Loosened Hair, Strangle, Robbery. Yang: Earth Release, Calamity.

隂虎哭

Yin: Tiger, Wailing.

以上變曜或化為煞或化吉宿並從冬至日為始假如今年丙戌子為喪門寅官符午白虎申弔客酉病符戌太嵗即乙酉年十一月冬至日始變丙戌年星煞則流土為喪門流木為官符流水為弔客流陽為白虎流火為太嵗若丙戌年冬至又變為丁亥年煞星

The transforming luminaries above may change into balefuls or auspicious lodges, all beginning from the day of the Winter Solstice. For example, this year is Bingxu: Zi is Mourning Gate, Yin is Official Talisman, Wu is White Tiger, Shen is Mourning Guest, You is Sick Talisman, Xu is the Grand Year; that is, beginning on the Winter Solstice of the eleventh month of the Yiyou year, the stars and balefuls change to those of the Bingxu year: flowing Earth is Mourning Gate, flowing Wood is Official Talisman, flowing Water is Mourning Guest, flowing Yang is White Tiger, flowing Fire is the Grand Year. If the Winter Solstice of Bingxu changes again into the baleful stars of Dinghai

如酉年流金為太嵗龍徳天厄流火為太陽嵗破流木為喪門死符月徳刼煞流土為太隂官符流水為白虎亡神病符流陽為天徳流隂為弔客之類此變曜斷法先以命宮為主隨以各宮所屬主星飛出在何宮與原守流嵗星辰生尅制化沖照拱合相防看

For example, in a You year, flowing Metal is the Grand Year, Dragon Virtue and Heavenly Calamity; flowing Fire is the Sun and Year Breaker; flowing Wood is Mourning Gate, Death Talisman, Moon Virtue and Robbery Baleful; flowing Earth is the Moon and Official Talisman; flowing Water is White Tiger, Lost Spirit and Sick Talisman; flowing Yang is Heavenly Virtue; flowing Yin is Mourning Guest, and the like. In the method of judging these transforming luminaries, first take the Life Palace as lord, then follow where the lord stars belonging to each palace fly out to, and see them together with the generating, overcoming, restraining, transforming, clashing, shining, arching, merging and guarding of the stars of the original guard and the flowing year.

如戊子年丑宮安命者則流土為太嵗流木為喪門病符流水為的刼白虎煞流火為太隂弔客

For example, in a Wuzi year, with the Life set at the Chou palace, flowing Earth is the Grand Year, flowing Wood is Mourning Gate and Sick Talisman, flowing Water is Target, Robbery and White Tiger baleful, flowing Fire is the Moon and Mourning Guest.

如以丑安命上為主見木炁則災見火羅喜事財名流木疾病孝服流水破財是非不寧將當生與流年兼推

For example, with the Life set at Chou as lord, seeing Wood qi means disaster; seeing Fire and Luo means joyful matters, wealth and fame; flowing Wood is illness and mourning dress; flowing Water is wealth breaking and quarrels with unrest; judge the birth and the flowing year together.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming dynasty

觀星節要

Essentials of Observing the Stars

星盤或問

Questions and Answers on the Star Chart

育吾子方裒集刪定諸家星命之說以廣厥傳忽有客坐而問曰五星麗於天者也凡民麗於地者也天地邈不相及胡術家者流以五星而推人祿命其說亦有理與餘應之曰天地不外隂陽隂陽不外五行人不能外五行以生五星乃五行之精凝結成象天垂以示人者也人之生也稟天地之精英萃隂陽之造化天星運於上而適恊厥期人命鍾於下而感與天通是故長庚入夣而太白生歲德下臨而曼倩降郎官應宿庶民惟星以五星而推人祿命其理至著其道至微但術者未盡知耳客曰星命之說固云有理然所以推星與命者則吾未之喻也敢問何以先排十二宮一命宮二財帛三兄弟四田宅五男女六奴僕七妻妾八疾厄九遷移十官祿十一福德十二相貌其立名次序無乃牽強也與答曰人之生也以身命為主故命宮為第一財為養命之源故次二分我之財者獨兄弟故次三田宅所以安命藏財而居兄弟故次四既有財帛兄弟田宅而男女所以承田與財者也故次五奴僕所以輔男女故次六妻妾敵

When I, Yuwuzi, was compiling and pruning the various schools' teachings on star-based fate in order to broaden their transmission, a guest suddenly sat down and asked: "The five planets are attached to heaven, and the common people are attached to earth. Heaven and earth are vastly distant and do not reach one another. Why do the practitioners infer a person's emolument and fate from the five planets? Is there any reasoning in this?" I answered: "Heaven and earth do not go beyond yin and yang, and yin and yang do not go beyond the Five Phases. Humans cannot live outside the Five Phases, and the five planets are the essences of the Five Phases condensed into images, which Heaven hangs out to show to people. At birth, a person receives the finest essence of heaven and earth and gathers the transformations of yin and yang. The stars move above and happen to accord with their appointed times; human fate is gathered below and responds in communion with Heaven. For this reason Venus entered a dream and Li Bai was born; the Year Virtue descended and Dongfang Shuo was born; the court gentlemen answer to the lodges, while the common people depend on the stars alone. That the five planets can be used to infer a person's emolument and fate is a principle most evident and a Way most subtle, but the practitioners have not fully understood it." The guest said: "That star-based fate has its reasoning I admit; but how the stars and fate are actually inferred, I do not yet understand. May I ask why the twelve palaces are laid out first: one, Life; two, Wealth; three, Siblings; four, Property; five, Children; six, Servants; seven, Spouse; eight, Illness; nine, Travel; ten, Career; eleven, Fortune; twelve, Appearance? Is not the order of these names rather forced?" I answered: "In a person's birth, the body and fate are the principals, so the Life Palace is first. Wealth is the source that sustains life, so it is second. Those who share my wealth are none other than my brothers, so Siblings is third. Property is what keeps life secure and stores wealth, and it dwells with the brothers, so it is fourth. Having wealth, brothers and property, there are children to inherit the property and wealth, so Children is fifth. Servants assist the children, so they are sixth. The Spouse is the counterpart

體與命宮對沖故次七夫自命宮而至妻宮其敘自不可亂疾厄人命之所不能無者故次八遷移人之所不能免者故次九官祿天之所予繫於命而最要故次十福德人之所享繫於天而難得故次十一相貌所以成身故次十二自疾厄而至相貌其敘卻乃倒言何也十二宮之中命與妻相對相貌福德官祿出天上故列在身前財帛兄弟田宅隱地下故敘在身後遷移疾厄妻妾限數最□皆太陽過午而行促有相貌而後見福德有福德而後居官祿有官祿而後厯遷移有遷移而後見疾厄自相貌而至於疾厄皆日月之喜升而惡沉有財帛而後見兄弟有兄弟而後分田宅有田宅而後歸男女有男女而後居奴僕自財帛而至奴僕皆日月之右轉而分佈人之所以為人不過如此故十二宮之名足以盡人之一生也男女身命所生遷移父子所專兄弟和樂妻奴雍睦人之福德此二者最難財與官祿相連奴僕所以服官而營財也貌為疾厄所苦田宅所以安身而養疾也故皆三合此十二宮流行之敘對代之體錯綜

who stands opposite the Life Palace, so it is seventh. Thus from the Life Palace to the Spouse Palace the order cannot be disturbed. Illness is what human life cannot be without, so it is eighth. Travel is what people cannot avoid, so it is ninth. Career is what Heaven bestows, bound up with fate and most important, so it is tenth. Fortune is what a person enjoys, bound up with Heaven and hard to obtain, so it is eleventh. Appearance is what completes the body, so it is twelfth." The guest said: "From Illness through Appearance the order is reversed. Why?" I said: "Among the twelve palaces, Life and Spouse are opposite each other; Appearance, Fortune and Career emerge above the heavens and so are listed before the body; Wealth, Siblings and Property are hidden beneath the earth and so are ordered after the body. Travel, Illness, Spouse and the limit-periods are the most pressing, all like the sun moving after noon, in haste. There is Appearance, and only then is Fortune seen; there is Fortune, and only then does one hold Career; there is Career, and only then does one experience Travel; there is Travel, and only then does Illness appear. From Appearance to Illness, the sun and moon delight in rising and dislike sinking. There is Wealth, and only then are Siblings seen; there are Siblings, and only then is Property divided; there is Property, and only then is there a place to which Children return; there are Children, and only then are Servants installed. From Wealth to Servants, the sun and moon turn rightward and are distributed. What makes a person a person amounts to no more than this, so the names of the twelve palaces suffice to exhaust a whole human life. Children are born of body and fate; Travel is what father and son hold in particular; siblings are harmonious, and spouse and servants are at peace. Of a person's Fortune, these two are the hardest to attain. Wealth is linked with Career; servants serve in office and manage wealth. Appearance is troubled by Illness; Property is where one rests the body and nurses illness. So they all form triple harmonies. This is the order of flow of the twelve palaces and the body of their mutual correspondence, interwoven and interlocking in

之用有如此子殆未之思乎客曰星盤十二宮既聞命矣然何以午未屬天子丑屬地亥寅屬木卯戌屬火辰酉屬金巳申屬水與五行地支十二之理不同又何說與餘曰五行以寅卯為木巳午為火申酉為金亥子為水辰戌丑未為土乃地支十二維也午與未合居於上而屬干故以為天子與丑合居於下而屬坤故以為地上天下地一定之體也亥與寅合屬春故以為木卯與戌合屬夏故以為火辰與酉合屬秋故以為金巳與申合屬冬故以為水春夏秋冬四時之序也日月麗天水金輔之故喜金水土石麗地木火生之故喜木火此雖與地支十二維分佈不同而其道理則相貫也客又曰人一日之生不啻億萬何以從太陽為命太隂為身遂據此斷吉凶禍福僕未深信敢問其故何也餘曰善哉問我明告子天形如卵而左旋日月代明而右轉天體日周東方常抽惟其東抽是以西沉一沉一抽無停留也太陽之升出在東方太隂之沒入在西鄊一升一沒無差忒也人之出乎胎中即天轉乎地上若是卯時而塵天日

their operation. Have you not thought of this?" The guest said: "I have now heard of the twelve palaces of the star chart. But why do Wu and Wei belong to heaven, Zi and Chou to earth, Hai and Yin to wood, Mao and Xu to fire, Chen and You to metal, and Si and Shen to water? This differs from the principle of the twelve earthly branches and the Five Phases. What is the explanation?" I said: "In the Five Phases, Yin and Mao are wood, Si and Wu are fire, Shen and You are metal, Hai and Zi are water, and Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are earth; these are the twelve dimensions of the earthly branches. Wu and Wei combine and dwell above, belonging to the stems, so they are taken as the Son of Heaven; Zi and Chou combine and dwell below, belonging to Kun, so they are taken as earth. Heaven above and earth below is a fixed form. Hai and Yin combine and belong to spring, so they are wood; Mao and Xu combine and belong to summer, so they are fire; Chen and You combine and belong to autumn, so they are metal; Si and Shen combine and belong to winter, so they are water. This is the order of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The sun and moon are attached to heaven, with water and metal assisting them, so they like metal and water; earth and stone are attached to earth, born of wood and fire, so they like wood and fire. Although this differs in arrangement from the twelve dimensions of the earthly branches, the principle is continuous with it." The guest said again: "In one day, people are born by the hundreds of millions. Why take the sun as fate and the moon as the body, and on this basis judge good and bad fortune? I do not yet quite believe it. May I ask the reason?" I said: "A good question. I will tell you plainly. Heaven is shaped like an egg and turns leftward, while the sun and moon alternate in light and move rightward. The body of heaven revolves daily; the east is ever rising, and precisely because the east rises, the west sets. One setting and one rising, without pause. The sun rises in the east, and the moon sets in the west; one rising and one setting, without error. When a person emerges from the womb, it is just heaven turning above the earth. If it is the Mao hour, then sun and sky

俱出東廂惟卯時以後天體無形以日為準故因日而數至卯即卯地而出蒼穹太隂日之配身之所自出也故以太陽立命太隂安身身命人之所最重者故先求此二宮天體度數各有對度是以日月同其好惡身命同其禍福東出父命西沒娘身東出太陽西沒太隂東出亢金西沒婁金東出井木西沒斗木故琴堂有身命一般般之說葢為此也客又問曰人之身命同乎天地得夫子之教已喻其理但加關之說樓上架樓而禍福卻以為準又何理與願盡洩天機以教僕請授業於門焉餘曰前言巳儘子猶未深悟乎夫天開於子地闢於丑人生寅出卯千竅萬妙不出一卯天盤之加順天左旋十二宮地盤之關因日右轉十二宮洞微飛數遍周天皆左旋陽九小限逐日月皆右轉曰加曰關惟卯互換地盤卯酉定地不易天盤卯酉房昴是的前言人之生也因天體之出卯也天運不息不能昴卯故隨所生而值所宿皆謂之卯酉也吾人之卯酉以天日之卯酉為準故以卯加命宮此之謂三才合一道理故吉凶禍福可得

both emerge from the east wing. Only after the Mao hour, since the body of heaven has no form, the sun is the standard; therefore one counts from the sun to Mao, and that is the Mao ground, where one emerges from the vault of heaven. The moon is the sun's consort and the source from which the body comes, so the sun establishes Life and the moon places the Body. Body and fate are what people value most, so these two palaces are sought first. The degrees of the heavenly body each have an opposite degree, so the sun and moon share likes and dislikes, and body and fate share fortune and misfortune. Rising in the east is the father's fate; setting in the west is the mother's body. In the east the sun rises, in the west the moon sets; in the east the Horn metal rises, in the west the Lou metal sets; in the east the Well wood rises, in the west the Dipper wood sets. Hence the saying in the Qintang that 'body and fate are one and alike,' which is just for this reason." The guest asked again: "That the body and fate share the same as heaven and earth, I have understood from your teaching. But the method of 'adding' and 'barring' is like building a tower on a tower, yet fortune and misfortune are judged by it. What is the principle? I wish you would reveal the heavenly secret entire and teach me; I request to study at your gate." I said: "I have already said all that before; have you not yet deeply understood? Heaven opens at Zi and earth is opened at Chou; humans are born at Yin and emerge at Mao, and the thousand apertures and ten thousand subtleties do not go beyond a single Mao. The adding of the heaven plate turns leftward through the twelve palaces following heaven; the barring of the earth plate turns rightward through the twelve palaces following the sun. The flying numbers of the subtle method circuit the heavens, all turning leftward; the Yang Nine minor limit follows the sun and moon, all turning rightward. Whether called adding or barring, only Mao and You are interchanged: on the earth plate Mao and You are fixed and do not change, while on the heaven plate Mao and You are Fang and Mao. As said before, a person's birth depends on the body of heaven emerging at Mao. Heaven's motion never ceases and cannot be fixed at Mao, so it follows where one is born and the lodge it meets; all of these are called Mao and You. Our own Mao and You are taken by the Mao and You of the heavenly sun, so Mao is added to the Life Palace. This is the principle of the union of the Three Powers, and hence fortune and misfortune can be

而判也星之源流吾已畧注望斗三盤之法詳著卷首子取而觀之予何言哉客又曰星家源流其理既同然何以有準於古而差於今驗於今而謬於古其故又何僕也惑敢問餘曰此天道自然之運也天之運也積氣日月五星積氣之光曜者也其循行次舍七十年而差一度天道且然而況於人乎世有升降國有隆汚皆囿於天道自然之運人乃積氣中之動物身之用舍道之行藏又囿於國家一時之運此古今人命之所以不同而星家準與不準之辯鹹在此矣客恍然而悟醒然而得再拜而退閱數日請見作而言曰今夫天日陽精忌火月隂精忌土五行獨以火土為惡為日月所畏以金水木為善為日月所喜今夫人凡水凡木凡金凡火凡土為命主皆日為身主皆月忌有五行之不齊皆火土喜有五行之不一皆金水木此亦是否乎餘黙然不答客退不敢復言或又有問曰諸星傢俱以太隂為身琴堂雖有身命一般般之說乃是命宮所喜身亦喜之如命度屬金喜土太隂傍土亦不為忌謂之安身傍母今夫子答

determined. The origins and development of the stars I have briefly annotated; the methods of the Wang, Dou and other three plates are set out at the head of the volume. You may take them and examine them; what more is there for me to say?" The guest said again: "If the origins and streams of the star schools share the same principle, why are they accurate in antiquity but off in the present, and verified in the present but erroneous in antiquity? This puzzles me. May I ask why?" I said: "This is the natural movement of the Way of Heaven. The movement of heaven is accumulated qi; the sun, moon and five planets are the radiances of accumulated qi. Their circuit through the lodges shifts one degree in seventy years. If the Way of Heaven is so, how much more so people! The world has its rises and falls, and states have their prosperity and decline, all bound within the natural movement of the Way of Heaven. A person is a moving creature within accumulated qi, and whether the body is employed or set aside, whether the Way goes forward or is hidden, is further bound within the fortunes of a state at a given time. This is why ancient and modern fates differ, and why the star schools differ in accuracy; the whole dispute lies here." The guest was suddenly enlightened, as if awakened, bowed twice and withdrew. After several days he asked to see me again, rose and said: "The sun is the essence of yang and fears fire; the moon is the essence of yin and fears earth. Of the Five Phases, only fire and earth are bad and feared by the sun and moon, while metal, water and wood are good and welcomed by the sun and moon. Now whenever water, wood, metal, fire or earth is the master of fate, it is all the sun; whenever it is the master of the body, it is all the moon. If the Five Phases are uneven, the sun and moon dislike fire and earth; if the Five Phases are not uniform, they like metal, water and wood. Is this correct?" I was silent and did not answer. The guest withdrew and did not dare speak again. Another person asked: "All the star schools take the moon as the body. Although the Qintang says 'body and fate are one and alike,' what the Life Palace likes the body also likes. For example, if the Life degree belongs to metal, which likes earth, then the moon being beside earth is also not a taboo, and this is called settling the body by relying on the mother. Now you

客乃不以太隂為身而以身為太隂所自出不知指何者為身也答曰命者父之所鐘身者母之所生星家既以太陽數至卯為命獨不以太隂數至酉為身葢未悟耳夫十二宮命宮與妻宮正對合為夫婦有夫婦然後人生焉是身命乃夫婦所出觀立命則立身可知矣東昇是命西沒是身可見當以命對宮之度為身不可直指太隂為身此身命所以為一般般而好惡禍福同也此餘獨得之妙因子問而盡發之

do not take the moon as the body, but take the body as that from which the moon comes. I do not know what you take as the body." I answered: "Fate is what the father bestows; the body is what the mother bears. Since the star schools take the sun counted to Mao as fate, why do they not take the moon counted to You as the body? This is simply failing to understand. Among the twelve palaces, the Life Palace and the Spouse Palace stand directly opposite and unite as husband and wife; only when there is a husband and wife are people born. So body and fate come from the couple, and seeing how fate is established tells us how the body is established. The east rises as fate and the west sets as body, which shows that the degree opposite the Life Palace should be taken as the body; one cannot simply point at the moon as the body. This is why body and fate are 'one and alike' and share likes, dislikes, fortune and misfortune. This is a subtlety I alone have attained, and your question has led me to reveal it fully."

括蒼季宗舒琴堂五星總斷

Ji Zongshu of Kuocang: A General Judgment of the Five Stars in the Qintang

士君子凡欲看命先看身命二主落在何宮専以空實強弱夾拱沖驀八字定其人品出處高下次以福祿恩官田財六主定其貧富貴賤真假輕重然後次以金木水火土炁羅計孛日月十一曜天德月德並的刃刼煞三煞白虎華葢六害等守命安身以分其為君子小人奸直麄細之性行卻以大小二限太歲流旬直難填實逢空有無貼襯之類以斷其發達衰遲好惡生死大要十二宮所主□切處吉星坐實勝居強位凶星落空勝居弱宮明實不如暗實原空不若流空有實不如有夾有夾不如有拱空其位莫若空其星實其主莫若空其煞貴人祿馬殿駕此五者明浄純粹喜天恩拱福不喜拱煞黨惡日月官福田財此六者喜互換飛出坐實不喜雜煞散漫無情用星不可被傷身星不宜落防天煞地煞切忌拱福拱官駕前駕後尤怕逢刃逢的身命逢官無實拱祿秩難高福官坐實值身空發施不出身官值好既能貴而臨事俱能福恩兩高縱遇險而依還不險如身命二主並限主值流旬一齊空卻須看限宮拱夾之有

Gentlemen who wish to read a fate must first see where the two principals, Body and Life, fall in the palaces. Chiefly by emptiness and solidity, strength and weakness, flanking, arching and clashing, they determine the person's character and where he will emerge, high or low. Next, by the six principals of Fortune, Emolument, Grace, Office, Property and Wealth, they determine poverty and wealth, nobility and baseness, genuineness and falsity, lightness and weight. Then, by the eleven luminaries, namely the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth planets, Qi, Luo, Ji and Bo, the Sun and Moon, together with the Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Yang Blade, Robbery Sha, Three Sha, White Tiger, Canopy and Six Harms guarding Life and settling the Body, one distinguishes whether he is a gentleman or a petty man, upright or crooked, coarse or fine in nature and conduct. Then with the great and small limits and the Tai Sui, flowing decades and Direct Hardship, filling in what is solid and meeting what is empty, whether there is or is not reinforcement and so on, one judges the rise and delay, the good and bad, life and death. In general, at the critical places in the twelve palaces, auspicious stars seated in solidity surpass those in strong positions; ominous stars fallen into emptiness surpass those in weak palaces. Bright solidity is not as good as hidden solidity; original emptiness is not as good as flowing emptiness; having solidity is not as good as having flanking, and having flanking is not as good as having arching. Rather than emptying the position, empty the star; rather than making the principal solid, empty the sha. Nobleman, Salary, Horse and the Chariot-guards, these five should be bright, pure and unmixed; they like Heavenly Grace arching Fortune and do not like arching Sha. The Sun, Moon, Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth, these six like to exchange and fly out and be seated in solidity, and do not like mixed sha scattered and without feeling. The star in use must not be injured; the body star must not fall to Heavenly Sha or Earthly Sha, and arching Fortune or Office, in front of or behind the chariot, must especially fear meeting Blade or Direct. If Body and Life meet Office without a solid Salary arching, rank will hardly be high; if Fortune and Office are seated in solidity while the Body is empty, one cannot carry out what one intends. If Body and Office meet well, one is able to be noble and at every undertaking is blessed; if Grace and Fortune are both high, even when meeting danger one remains safe. If the two principals Body and Life, together with the limit principal, all meet the flowing decade and are empty together, one must look at the flanking and arching of the limit palace, whether there is or is not

無直難天地二煞夾身者有空亡限行其上亦防凶死但遲一歩爾大抵恩能取信恩一防而信令不行福能保官福一空而官居不久福嫌身弱田忌財空身弱福強似病人而挑重擔田高財防如浪子而逞風流忽然福忽然災多是殺恩守命暫時貧暫時富定縁直難傷財論尅父母在古說則無此理而今以生害之理推之如計犯月夜生人必先尅父羅犯日晝生人必先尅母此乃隂陽相峙子午流注之理或是日月同宮謂之日月合朔日生人必先尅母夜生人必先尅父或日月沖照謂之日月對望日生尅母夜生尅父葢取其有光無光之義也日生人太陽落隂宮則父先亡夜生人太隂落陽宮則母多先死隂陽反背之義也至於夫妻男女俱有成法茲不復論但琴堂星法其□妙只在空實二字其禍福只在夾拱二字貴賤真假須看四柱上四個實字俱有吉曜得用之星守之三方左右夾拱有力福星恩官田財各得其實當決定作真富貴命斷之或四柱上實地只有二處守吉星則看其所守者是何宮主如是田

Direct Hardship. If Heaven-Earth Double Sha flank the body and the limit passes over a Void, there is also fear of violent death, only delayed by a step. Generally Grace can inspire trust, but if Grace is blocked then trust and orders do not operate; Fortune can protect Office, but if Fortune is empty then one will not stay long in office. Fortune dislikes a weak body; Property is wary of empty Wealth. A weak body with strong Fortune is like a sick man carrying a heavy load; high Property but guarded Wealth is like a prodigal indulging in debauchery. Suddenly fortune, suddenly calamity: mostly Sha and Grace guarding Life. Briefly poor, briefly rich: certainly from Direct Hardship injuring wealth. As for the discussion of clashing with parents, the ancient teachings have no such principle, but by reasoning from the principle of generation and harm today, if Ji offends the month and one is born at night, one must first clash with the father; if Luo offends the day and one is born by day, one must first clash with the mother. This is the principle of yin and yang opposing each other and of the Zi-Wu flow. Or, when the sun and moon are in one palace, called the sun and moon conjunct at the new moon, one born by day must first clash with the mother, and one born at night with the father. Or, when the sun and moon clash and shine on each other, called opposition at the full moon, one born by day clashes with the mother, one born at night with the father, taking the meaning of having light or lacking light. If a person born by day has the Sun falling in a yin palace, the father dies first; if a person born at night has the Moon falling in a yang palace, the mother mostly dies first. This is the meaning of yin and yang turning their backs. As for husband and wife and sons and daughters, they all have established rules, which I shall not discuss here. The subtle wonder of the Qintang star method lies only in the two words emptiness and solidity, and its fortune and misfortune lie only in the two words flanking and arching. For nobility and baseness, genuineness and falsity, one must look at the four solids on the Four Pillars: if all have auspicious luminaries and a star in use guarding them, with the three directions and left and right flanking and arching strongly, and the Fortune, Grace, Office, Property and Wealth stars each obtain their solidity, one may decisively judge it a genuinely rich and noble fate. Or if on the Four Pillars only two solid places guard auspicious stars, look at which palace principal they guard; if it is the principal of Prop-

財之主則其人可富或身星限星強則此命必是自家成立發達或日月田財命主都守實則斷其人必多祖業承防有餘生平不受勞碌如命主守官祿或坐天月二德貴人祿馬有實字拱夾者則知其為文獻衣冠故家之裔有德守成之士也或身命同文魁星坐文昌長生實地者須分晝夜日月司天之法看之則知其人有學有識極聰明多才多藝之士也或身命守的刃刼煞白虎六害之宮或的刃六害咸池之類夾之則知其人為奸麄小人市井尋常之徒也或天月二德貴人祿馬雜的刃刼煞白虎六害之類守夾身命二主者則知其人界乎君子小人之間也或天馬守實地馬逢空身命二主與之同宮者則知其人乃幫閒隨時附勢之徒也或身命與金炁孛同守天空或入兄弟宮者則多浮蕩江湖醫卜賣活之軰無疑或身命主坐奴僕貴人祿馬沖夾此則多在公府皂□之類其他可依此例活法斷之不可具述也如病人慾問其目下生死或凡人行限問其壽夭應在何年月日者其要只把各年太歲逐宮輪轉看

erty or Wealth, the person can be rich. If the body star or limit star is strong, this fate will surely be self-established and successful; or if the Sun, Moon, Property, Wealth and the Life principal are all guarding solidity, judge that the person has much ancestral property to inherit, with a surplus, and will not know toil in life. If the Life principal guards Office, or sits with the two Heavenly and Monthly Virtues, Nobleman, Salary and Horse with solid arching or flanking, one knows he is a descendant of a cultured, scholarly family, a man of virtue maintaining the inheritance. Or if Body and Life are with the Literary Chief star, seated in Wenchang or Longevity on solid ground, one must distinguish day and night by the method of the Sun and Moon governing heaven; then one knows the person is learned, knowledgeable, very clever and talented in many arts. Or if Body and Life guard the palaces of Blade, Robbery Sha, White Tiger and Six Harms, or are flanked by Blade, Six Harms, Xianchi and the like, one knows the person is crooked, coarse, a petty man, an ordinary market-street fellow. Or if the Heavenly and Monthly Virtues, Nobleman, Salary and Horse are mixed with Blade, Robbery Sha, White Tiger and Six Harms guarding or flanking the two principals Body and Life, one knows the person stands between gentleman and petty man. Or if the Heavenly Horse guards solid ground and Horse meets Void, with the two principals Body and Life in the same palace, one knows the person is a hanger-on who follows the times and attaches to power. Or if Body and Life, with Metal, Qi and Bo, guard Heavenly Void together or enter the Siblings Palace, then undoubtedly he drifts about rivers and lakes as a doctor, diviner or peddler. Or if the Body and Life principal sits in the Servants Palace with Nobleman, Salary and Horse clashing or flanking, he will mostly be among government offices and yamen runners. Other cases may be judged flexibly on this model and cannot all be described. If a sick person wishes to ask about life and death at present, or if someone passing through a limit asks in which year, month or day his longevity or early death will respond, the key is only to turn the Tai Sui of each year through the palaces one by one and look at

其宮分原有何吉凶星守之或太歲帶的刃祿馬貴人之類值年填之以分其災福如太歲帶刃填起煞星沖我命宮並大小二限者斷其人是何年月日災病破財或是官祿主星在限上被其當頭沖填其煞入官祿之宮又有直難的刃重見被太歲填實則知其人此年必因官事囚禁破耗勞苦大不稱心有官則剝官停俸次年有恩星填實救之則可解脫或太歲填煞入福德財帛田宅者則止破財營運不能有利門戶疊見繁擾卻無他重災其餘妻子奴僕之宮並依此例推之如身命二主逢空大限主星又落空亡後限主星又不如先者流年太歲一連趕起的刃三個地煞到命到限其年小限主星又作煞論者並其月令透出黨三煞又有直難坐實則善病而亡若太嵗一般趕煞到身亦未即死大凡欲逐流年看星必須以流年太嵗論之葢太嵗能吊起三方之星如大嵗在申則能吊起子辰二宮其三宮所得力之星一時皆動是名吊起之法其太嵗所守之位有星並皆填起其吉凶動靜皆由此而應如士大夫功名之

what auspicious or inauspicious stars originally guard that palace. If the Tai Sui carries Blade, Salary, Horse, Nobleman and the like, and the year-governor fills in, use that to distinguish calamity and fortune. If the Tai Sui carries Blade and fills in a sha star to clash with my Life Palace and the great and small limits, judge in what year, month and day the person will have illness or loss of wealth; or if the Office principal star on the limit is clashed head-on and the sha is filled into the Office palace, and Direct Hardship and Blade appear again and are filled solid by the Tai Sui, one knows the person this year will surely be imprisoned over an official matter, with loss, toil and great dissatisfaction; if he holds office, he will be stripped of office and salary; the following year a Grace star filling solidly will save him and free him. Or if the Tai Sui fills sha into Fortune, Wealth or Property, only wealth will be lost and ventures will not profit, with households repeatedly troubled, but no other major disaster. For the Spouse, Children and Servants palaces, all infer on the same model. If the two principals Body and Life meet Void, and the great limit principal star again falls in Void, and the later limit's principal star is not as good as the former, and the flowing-year Tai Sui chases in succession Blade and the three Earth Sha to Life and limit, and that year's minor limit principal star is again counted as sha, and moreover the month command reveals the Party of Three Sha and also has Direct Hardship solid, then one will fall ill and die. If the Tai Sui chases sha to the Body in the same way, he will not necessarily die at once. In general, to follow the flowing years in viewing stars one must use the flowing Tai Sui, because the Tai Sui can summon the stars of the three directions: if the Tai Sui is at Shen, it can summon the two palaces Zi and Chen, and the strong stars of those three palaces all move at once; this is called the method of summoning. Wherever the Tai Sui's position has stars, all are filled up, and fortune, misfortune, motion and stillness all respond from this. For gentlemen and officials concerned with merit and

人問動靜則以催官天祿天馬之類太嵗吊起之法依正經所載一一斷之萬不失一大槩煞星乃小人之象偏喜合不喜沖故太嵗三合吊之有吉則能成吉沖宮之沖有凶則能成凶所謂小人女子合則喜沖則怒也天理人事一而二二而一也其實皆可以理推其□微以形像求其彷佛夫吉凶消長得失存亡之道固不可以預知然果能依此求之雖不中不遠矣然易有言曰君子修之吉小人悖之凶則天理本具於人心修身之道或可消非於無妄迎福祿於大有者必灼然矣

fame, if they ask about movement or stillness, use the Official Promoter, Heavenly Salary, Heavenly Horse and the like; judge by the Tai Sui's method of summoning according to the orthodox classics one by one, and it will never fail. In general, sha stars are the image of petty men, preferring to combine and not to clash; so the Tai Sui's triple-harmony summoning, if auspicious, can bring about good fortune; clashing at a palace, if ominous, can bring about ill fortune. This is what is meant by 'petty men and women are pleased by combining and angered by clashing.' The principles of Heaven and the affairs of men are one and two, two and one; in truth all can be reasoned out. Its subtleties can be sought through forms and images, which at least approximate. As for good and bad fortune, growth and decline, gain and loss, survival and death, they certainly cannot be known beforehand, but if one truly seeks according to this, though one may not hit, one will not be far off. And the Changes say: 'The superior man cultivates it and has good fortune; the petty man defies it and has ill fortune.' So the principle of Heaven is inherent in the human heart; the Way of cultivating oneself may perhaps dispel wrongs into innocence and welcome blessings into great possession, which is certainly clear.

括蒼二十字例

Ji of Kuocang: The Twenty-Character Examples

恩　恩者如水生木木生火之類

Grace: Grace is, for example, water generating wood, wood generating fire, and the like.

煞　煞者如水尅火火尅金之類

Sha: Sha is, for example, water overcoming fire, fire overcoming metal, and the like.

制　制者如甲子旬中無戌亥空亡之類

Restraint: Restraint is, for example, the absence of Xu and Hai (Void) in the Jiazi decade, and the like.

化　化者如命主財帛田宅主福德官祿身主並天元祿主是也凡此六主一元命限見之皆不作煞斷此即所謂化也其餘主星惟金星無餘炁計羅孛除化天元祿不作煞斷外餘皆一例作煞論之

Transformation: Transformation is when the Life principal, Wealth, Property are the principals of Fortune and Office, and the Body principal together with the Heavenly Stem Salary principal are such. When these six principals, the origin, Life and limit meet them, none is judged as sha; this is what is called transformation. Of the remaining principal stars, only the Metal planet has no residual qi; Ji, Luo and Bo, apart from transformation and the Heavenly Stem Salary which are not judged as sha, are all alike judged as sha.

氣　盛衰消長隨時變易之義五星論氣當隨氣運變

Qi: The meaning of flourishing and decline, growth and waning, changing with the times. The qi of the five planets should be viewed as shifting along with the qi-cycle

遷而觀之也

and observed accordingly.

體　靜也謂如四柱中有八個干支乃無形不動之定位分佈於十二宮以填實地戴五星日月四餘以行原守流年沖合焉是則所謂體也

Body: Stillness. For example, in the Four Pillars there are eight stems and branches, formless and unmoving fixed positions, distributed among the twelve palaces to fill the solid ground; the five planets, sun, moon and four remainders carried on them go to the original guard, and the flowing years clash and combine with them. This is what is called the body.

用　動也謂如十一曜皆動物行度有遲留伏逆躔於十二宮分隨其躔處以論所屬並大小二限定吉凶焉此則所謂用也

Use: Motion. For example, the eleven luminaries are all moving things, whose degrees have slowing, stationing, hiding and retrograde, and traverse the twelve palaces; one discusses what they belong to according to where they traverse, and with the great and small limits determines good and bad fortune. This is what is called the use.

星　天星日月金木水火土孛羅炁計天祿天馬催官

Stars: The heavenly stars: Sun, Moon, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Bo, Luo, Qi, Ji, Heavenly Salary, Heavenly Horse, Official Promoter,

文魁之類

Literary Chief, and the like.

曜　地曜駕殿天月二德並陽刃刼的祿馬驀越天空白虎華葢六害長生臨官帝旺咸池之類

Luminaries: The earthly luminaries: Chariot-guard, Heavenly and Monthly Virtues, Yang Blade, Robbery, Direct, Salary, Horse, Ju-Yue, Heavenly Void, White Tiger, Canopy, Six Harms, Longevity, Official Post, Imperial Prosperity, Xianchi, and the like.

原　原守謂生下之時天星地曜所躔之宮

Original: Original guard means the palace through which the heavenly stars and earthly luminaries pass at the time of birth.

流　流年謂各年太嵗流星三煞流旬空亡之類強　七強宮謂命宮財帛田宅福德官祿所屬之宮是

Flowing: Flowing years means the Tai Sui of each year, the flowing stars, the Three Sha, the flowing-decade Void and the like. Strong: The seven strong palaces are those belonging to the Life, Wealth, Property, Fortune and Office palaces,

也男女妻妾皆是強宮

that is, Children and Spouse are also all strong palaces.

弱　五弱宮謂兄弟奴僕遷移疾厄相貎所屬是也空　謂當生四柱旬中之空亡是也流年旬中空處依

Weak: The five weak palaces are those belonging to Siblings, Servants, Travel, Illness and Appearance. Void: The Void of the decade in the Four Pillars at birth; the Void of the flowing-year decade is judged according to

上斷之

the above.

實　謂四支中所有四字於十二宮中填於本位是也拱　謂三方拱向如申子辰亥卯未之類要四柱有字為實拱也大凡看有用之星極喜拱處是名真富貴惟煞星的刃若有拱極禍

Solid: The four characters in the Four Pillars that are placed in the twelve palaces in their own positions. Arching: The three directions arching toward, such as Shen-Zi-Chen, Hai-Mao-Wei, and the like; the Four Pillars must have the characters to make a solid arching. In general, for a star in use, arching is what is most liked; this is called a genuinely rich and noble fate, but if a sha star or Blade has arching, the disaster is extreme.

夾　謂左右夾起如子寅二位實能夾丑宮之類與拱

Flanking: Flanking from left and right, for example Zi and Yin positions that are solid flank the Chou palace, and the like; this is the same as arching

同斷

in judgment.

沖　沖謂對宮有實字即能沖起本宮也凡空者若有對宮一實字沖之禍福之星皆起本宮如有實字不怕沖若本宮原守落空須得一實字沖之才實凡煞星落空不喜沖有用之星落空則喜沖起惟原守嵗駕一字沖之不問本空實與不實並沖得落空禍福皆不能準流年嵗駕若至各宮除有用之星逢空喜他沖起若煞星逢空不喜他沖起或流駕輪還填起各宮若值有用之星是名太嵗有情則一年凡事稱意喜美進益若填煞難的刃之星是名太嵗填煞則一年災敗或值福空限空並身命恩星皆逢空流年復惡則多死亡

Clash: Clash means that if the opposite palace has a solid character it can stir up this palace. Where a palace is empty, if the opposite palace has one solid character clashing with it, the stars of fortune and misfortune are stirred in this palace. If a palace has a solid character it does not fear clashing; if the original guard of this palace is fallen into Void, it needs one solid character to clash with it in order to become solid. A sha star fallen into Void does not like being clashed; a star in use fallen into Void likes being clashed into activity. If only the original guard is clashed by one character of the year-chariot, then whether the palace is empty or solid, and whether the clash falls into Void, fortune and misfortune cannot be accurate. When the flowing-year chariot reaches any palace, apart from a star in use meeting Void and liking its clash to stir it, a sha star meeting Void does not like it stirred. Or when the flowing chariot returns to fill the palaces, if it meets a star in use, this is called the Tai Sui having feeling, and in that year everything is satisfactory with pleasing gains; if it fills Direct Hardship or Blade stars, this is called the Tai Sui filling sha, and in that year there is disaster and defeat; or if Fortune is empty, the limit is empty, and the Body and Life Grace stars all meet Void, and the flowing year is again malign, then there are often deaths.

合　即上文拱者是也

Combine: This is the Arching mentioned above.

貼　貼襯謂命宮身星官福田財等主星飛起別宮或值四柱空亡及流旬空卻本不為吉緣他宮主星雖空我命限二宮支上又有字填起是名貼襯有力雖危無咎若貼襯無力一空卻死矣此法有驗看星凡例八條

Reinforce: Reinforcement means that the Life palace, Body star, Office, Fortune, Property, Wealth and other principal stars fly out to other palaces or meet the Void of the Four Pillars and the flowing decade's Void. Originally this is not auspicious, but if another palace's principal star is empty yet on the branch of my Life and limit palaces there are again characters that fill it, this is called reinforcement with power: though dangerous there is no fault. If the reinforcement has no power, once it is Void one dies. This method has been verified. Eight Standard Items for Viewing the Stars

一看命宮有星無星並主星飛出何宮得令不得令母星尅制化伏身星傍母傍鬼

One: Look at whether the Life Palace has a star or not, and to which palace the principal star flies out, whether it obtains command or not, whether the mother star restrains, transforms or subdues it, and whether the body star relies on the mother or relies on the ghost.

二看天元祿主官福田財如何

Two: Look at how the Heavenly Stem Salary principal, Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth are.

三看祿勲卦氣驛馬天馬地驛貴人在年月日時否四看刼亡的刃桃花冠帶紅喜有礙無得

Three: Look at whether the Salary, Merit, Hexagram-qi, Post-horse, Heavenly Horse, Earth Post and Nobleman are present in the year, month, day and hour. Four: Look at whether Robbery, Loss, Blade, Peach Blossom, Cap-and-Belt, Red Joy are obstructed or obtained.

五看滿盤空亡四柱虛實

Five: Look at the whole chart's Voids and the solidity or emptiness of the Four Pillars.

六看大小二限流年神煞十二宮神比和生尅如何七看直難小兒最□

Six: Look at the great and small limits, flowing years, the spirits and sha of the twelve palaces, and their harmony, generation and restraint. Seven: Look at Direct Hardship and the young child, which is most important.

八看四柱天干俱化吉凶若福祿權貴印守命大貴限逢亦發又看納音生尅上壽夭

Eight: Look at the Four Pillars' heavenly stems all transforming, and good and bad fortune; if Fortune, Salary, Authority, Nobility and Seal guard Life, one is greatly noble, and meeting them on the limit one also flourishes. Also look at the Nayin generation and restraint for longevity or early death.

看星節要八十一條

Eighty-One Items on the Essentials of Viewing the Stars

一看五星之法先排太陽以生時加在太陽度上逆數至卯則知安命在何宿何度方為端的須是以度主為要宮主次之葢宮主者州郡也度主者縣令也由縣而州其宮主必要逢生得令不要尅制不為太陽所伏及三方四正無星相尅方好更看度主又坐高強又坐祿馬長生嵗駕又逢生旺得時為妙

One: In the method of viewing the five planets, first lay out the Sun, add the birth hour to the Sun's degree and count backward to Mao, and then you know in which lodge and degree Life is settled, which is the true mark. One must take the degree principal as essential and the palace principal as secondary, because the palace principal is a prefecture and the degree principal is a county magistrate; from county to prefecture, the palace principal must meet generation and obtain command and must not be restrained, must not be eclipsed by the Sun, and the three directions and four right angles must have no star that restrains it; that is best. Moreover look at the degree principal, whether it again sits in a high, strong position, again sits at Salary, Horse, Longevity, year-chariot, and again meets flourishing and obtains its time; that is wonderful.

一立命既定更看是晝生夜生晝生人不要火金月孛羅照命夜生人不要日木土炁計照命名曰五殘星皆主貧賤不然則多憂少樂生平成敗碌碌到老無不切中

One: Once Life is settled, look further whether one is born by day or night. A person born by day must not have Fire, Metal, Moon, Bo or Luo shining on Life; a person born at night must not have Sun, Wood, Earth, Qi or Ji shining on Life. This is called the Five Remnant Stars, and they all mean poverty and baseness, or else much sorrow and little joy, a life of mediocre success and failure up to old age, and none of it fails to be exactly verified.

一立身在何度何宮晝生人看命度主夜生人看身度主如上□望前望後及下□生者看身度主為□亦如命度之法

One: In which degree and palace the Body is established: for a person born by day, look at the Life degree principal; for a person born at night, look at the Body degree principal. For those born on the full moon, before or after it, or born under the lower quarter, look at the body degree principal as the essential, and use the same method as for the Life degree.

一須先看福德宮為□葢人生處世以福為最有福則有妻子立名利致富貴福德既虧前數者未見其可得也福德者人生一世之主若見福居祿祿居福身主命主入福又有日月照福德權貴防映之星入福德金水夾月居福德皆是有福之人為人性必端厚量必寛洪仁慈處世無刻薄之患有福有壽可以定人性情毎試果驗若見土計坐福德者必寡言語其性沉重若見福德宮有刑囚耗星居其上者必是刻薄之人凶悍之徒大寛小急不仁不義之流心多好殺言不忠信詭譎欺詐奸謀機巧未見其為福如福德宮無好星又看三合對照有何星守照如三合對照守照俱無星亦未可便言其吉凶更看財帛宮如何

One: One must first look at the Fortune Palace as essential, because in living in the world Fortune is most important. With fortune there are spouse and children, establishment of name and profit, and wealth and honor; if Fortune is deficient, the aforementioned cannot be obtained. Fortune is the master of a person's whole life. If Salary guards Fortune, if Fortune guards Salary, if the Body and Life principals enter Fortune, and if the Sun and Moon shine on Fortune, or stars of Authority and Nobility reflect into it, or Metal and Water flank the Moon in the Fortune Palace, these are all people of fortune; their nature is surely upright and generous, their capacity broad, benevolent in conduct without the fault of harshness; having fortune and longevity, one can determine a person's temperament, and each test has been verified. If Earth or Ji sits in the Fortune Palace, one speaks little and is grave in nature; if the Fortune Palace has penal, imprisoning or consuming stars upon it, he is surely a harsh person, a fierce and violent type, lax in the large and pressing in the small, unkind and unrighteous, with a heart that loves to kill, whose words are not loyal or trustworthy, deceitful, treacherous and scheming, and one cannot see him as fortunate. If the Fortune Palace has no good star, also look at what stars guard or shine upon it from the triple harmony and the opposite palace; if the triple harmony and opposite palace have no stars guarding or shining, one cannot yet say whether it is auspicious or inauspicious; look further at how the Wealth Palace is.

一財帛宮亦人生受用大端也或福祿守財帛日月照財帛田財互垣命身二主臨財財帛又逢生旺得令得時是乃有祿之人斯人既是有財則可以養妻子致奴僕既有財則有名若財主失經刑囚暗耗照財帛是無用之人如財帛不好未可便言其吉凶又去看田宅宮何如

One: The Wealth Palace is also a major part of what a person enjoys. Where Fortune and Salary guard Wealth, the Sun and Moon shine on Wealth, Property and Wealth exchange palaces, the two principals Body and Life rule over Wealth, and Wealth further meets flourishing and obtains command and time, this is a person with salary. Since this person has wealth, he can support spouse and children and employ servants; having wealth, he has name. If the wealth principal loses its course, or penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming stars shine on Wealth, he is a useless person. If Wealth is not good, one still cannot say whether it is auspicious or inauspicious; go on to look at how the Property Palace is.

一田宅之位亦人生受用之源如田宅主星不起或有福徳照田宅日月照田宅身命坐田宅亦看作有財名望之人既有田宅則妻子皆自田宅而出人之一生福徳田宅財帛三宮既無吉星便不可以為福只是尋常碌碌成敗命斷

One: The Property position is also a source of what a person enjoys. If the Property principal star is not stirred, or Fortune shines on Property, the Sun and Moon shine on Property, or Body and Life are seated in Property, one may also regard him as a man of wealth and reputation. Having property, spouse and children all come out of the property; in a person's life, if the three palaces of Fortune, Property and Wealth have no auspicious star, one cannot regard it as fortunate, but only as an ordinary, mediocre fate of success and failure.

一看生平行限如何如人一生命好身吉若行限不好卻不作發福論之葢命好不如限好如身命好行限又好方是好命葢命為魂身為魄限為血氣三者須要相扶譬如人之一身血氣稍滯則血不流故為寒熱相攻瘡毒並作風邪客氣得以侵之若血氣和暢其身既壯安得有病也

One: Look at how the lifelong limits are. If a person's whole life has good Life and fortunate Body, but the limits are not good, one does not judge him as rising in fortune, because good Life is not as good as good limits; if Body and Life are good and the limits are also good, that is a good fate. Life is the soul, the Body is the spirit, and the limit is the blood and qi; the three need to support each other. For example, in a person's body, if blood and qi stagnate slightly, the blood does not flow, so cold and heat attack each other, sores and poison arise together, and wind-evil and guest-qi can invade; if blood and qi are harmonious and flowing, and the body is strong, how could there be illness?

一行限須要嚮明不背方吉何謂嚮明夜生人見火金月當限日生人見日木土水炁當限皆謂嚮明發福可期如日生人不曽見日木土星又皆獨見火金月照限行限又經行的煞刼煞陽刃三煞空亡之上未可以發跡許之

One: The limits must face the bright and not turn their backs; then they are auspicious. What is facing the bright? A person born at night has Fire, Metal or Moon governing the limit; a person born by day has Sun, Wood, Earth, Water or Qi governing the limit; this is facing the bright, and one can expect rising fortune. If a person born by day has never met the Sun, Wood or Earth stars, and on the limit sees only Fire, Metal or Moon shining, and the limit also passes over Sha, Robbery Sha, Yang Blade, the Three Sha or Void, one must not promise that he will rise.

一凡大小限以生日後交神煞祿貴以冬至日後交命宮行度九嵗以前在童限至十嵗上本生度起行

One: The great and small limits exchange spirits and sha on the days after birth; Salary and Nobleman exchange on the days after the winter solstice; the Life palace degrees: before the age of nine one is in the child limit, and at the age of ten one begins to move from the degree of one's own birth.

一看命須要看得令為□如春木夏火秋金冬水土則寄旺四季為令令者如臣稟君令宣其教化生民休慼系焉以令主之不背則赫然號令從所曕仰立春木為令主發生則萬木萃於春為人亦清麗煥彩然木既主令金不可尅木乃掌時月之星金當藏刃土則培木只怕金土參差是為逆亂伐上禍由斯發主為凶厄夏月火陽當空水縱氾濫豈敢侵月令之火金廢則沮於爍石流金之勢何所用焉亦當廢棄故夏金多行南方若金火日用事必有酒色之疾大抵當廢之星主事為人志大謀踈虛空無實愚而好自用平生怏然易於退失只怕金水相合與火爭勢為反逆之曜以此用事主凶惡而不得其死秋金用事大火西流本自棄置萬木黃落當廢之時惟金司權逆金為禍若水火相合既不受令又有陸梁安得不凶冬水沍隂必借火為順流溫助之宿土為隄防之星皆無傷用事之時卻水木無相生之理相合氷凍若水星夜見以之用事其人必孤寒大抵令星春時必借土為栽培之宿冬月火土自為相生相養亦

One: In viewing fate, one must see obtaining command as important. For example, wood in spring, fire in summer, metal in autumn, water in winter, and earth lodged in the four seasons' months, each as the commanding one. The commanding one is like a minister receiving the ruler's command and disseminating his civilizing influence; the welfare of the living people is bound up with it. If the commanding master is not turned against, then his orders shine forth and are looked up to by all. At the beginning of spring, wood is the commanding master and generates things, and the ten thousand woods gather in spring; the person is also pure, beautiful and radiant. Yet since wood governs command, metal must not overcome wood; it is the star governing the season, so metal should hide its blade, and earth cultivates wood. One fears only that metal and earth are in disarray, which is rebellion and chaos and attacking the superior, and calamity arises from this, taken as ominous distress. In summer months, fire, yang, is in the sky, and though water floods, how would it dare to offend the commanding fire of the month? Metal is abolished and is restrained by the force of melting metal and flowing gold; what use is it? It too should be discarded, so in summer metal mostly moves in the south. If metal and fire are in use on the day, there will surely be the disease of wine and lust. Generally a star that should be discarded, when it takes charge, makes a person ambitious but careless in planning, vacuous and unreal, foolish yet fond of self-use, discontented throughout life and easily subject to retreat and loss. One fears only that metal and water combine and contend with fire in force; this is the star of rebellion, and when it takes charge it means fierce evil and an unnatural death. In autumn when metal takes charge, the great fire flows west and is already set aside; the ten thousand woods yellow and fall, a time to be abolished; only metal holds power, and rebellious metal makes calamity. If water and fire combine, they do not receive command and moreover run riot; how can it not be ominous? In winter, water is frozen with yin and must rely on fire as the compliant flow of warmth and assistance; earth is the star of the dike, and neither harms the time of use, yet water and wood have no principle of mutual generation, and when combined they freeze. If a water star is seen at night and used, the person will surely be solitary and cold. In general, the commanding star in spring must rely on earth as the star to cultivate it; in winter months fire and earth generate and nourish each other, and also

與水而濡沐者雖星廢不當時卻畢竟相為表裡皆吉只有火金月不可相見必不能相順見之禍發令星從陽順則吉為賛助恊翊之星逆則凶為防扈飛揚之宿所以順者或引陽或從陽逺在十度不為尅奪所謂逆者侵陽用事令星最要得日君行事居有氣之位與命不相反方為令自出稍為尅奪則是聽令於人令星司奪當之必死令星司福用之必祥五星犯殿傷宿即尅奪之星也主為人行所不為之事亦受人所不受之禍萬萬必中

those moistened by water, though the star is abolished and not in season, are in the end each other's outer and inner and all auspicious. Only Fire, Metal and Moon must not be seen together, for they cannot be compliant, and meeting them leads to disaster. The commanding star following the yang, if compliant, is auspicious as a helping and assisting star; if rebellious, it is ominous as a guard and an unruly flying constellation. Thus the compliant one either leads the yang or follows the yang, and if it is as far as ten degrees away it is not overcome or seized. The rebellious one invades the yang and takes charge. The commanding star most needs to have the Sun-lord act, dwelling in a position with qi and not contrary to Life; only then does command come from itself. If it is slightly overcome or seized, it is obeying orders from others. If the commanding star governs seizure, meeting it means certain death; if the commanding star governs fortune, using it brings certain auspice. The Five Stars offending the palace and injuring the lodge are the stars of overcoming and seizing; they make a person do what should not be done and receive misfortune that others should not receive, and it will surely occur.

一太嵗最為□要大凡人命要主星臨駕與太嵗相關攝則富貴嵗君不收録則無用之人又忌煞星破駕凡人命身與福德為重有祿無福祿將安享有命無身命將安保

One: The Tai Sui is the most important. In general a person's Life needs the principal star to ride the chariot and be related to and drawn in by the Tai Sui; then it is wealth and honor. If the year-lord does not accept and record it, the person is useless. Also avoid sha stars breaking the chariot. In general, for a person's Body and Life, Fortune is important: with Salary but no fortune, how can the Salary be enjoyed? With Life but no Body, how can the Life be protected?

一凡煞星不要逢時要失時如春水逢金冬水逢土之類煞星失時主星有氣凡火為煞不宜晝生人土為煞不宜夜生人木為煞防春金為煞防秋水為煞防冬火防夏皆得時失時之妙論

One: In general sha stars should not meet their time; they should lose their time. For example, spring water meeting metal, winter water meeting earth, and the like: when the sha star loses its time, the principal star has qi. When fire is sha, it does not suit those born by day; when earth is sha, it does not suit those born at night; when wood is sha, guard against spring; when metal is sha, guard against autumn; when water is sha, guard against winter; guard fire against summer. All are wonderful discussions of obtaining and losing time.

一金星若在太陽之宮名曰映進若作命主在太陽之前為特進各名曰金星映日又曰金星當權皆主權貴太陽之前只喜身度主命度主及金星在前者皆作吉論若太陽之前或是刑囚暗耗名曰誤進十進不吉命主及金星在太陽之後者名曰後進其福減半

One: If the Metal planet is in the Sun's palace, it is called "Reflecting Advance"; if it acts as the Life principal and stands in front of the Sun, it is called "Special Advance," also named "Metal Reflecting the Sun" or "Metal Holding Authority," all signifying authority and nobility. In front of the Sun, only the Body degree principal, the Life degree principal and the Metal planet being in front are all judged as auspicious. If in front of the Sun there are penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming stars, it is called "Mistaken Advance," and a ten-fold advance is inauspicious. If the Life principal and the Metal planet are behind the Sun, it is called "Rear Advance," and the fortune is halved.

一諸星並行有先有後大凡煞星則欲其前行主星則欲其後至且如水火二星同行水能尅火則以水為煞星如水星在前行則不能尅火如火在前水在後其煞逼身最為利害不可不審諸星皆然經云煞前主後當膺藩輔之權煞後主前必有徒流之患詩曰身命二星若無尅　須交金向木前行水火二星不相尅　更饒水向火前行土月二星無相食　最宜月向土前行土之行遲月行疾　不分前後極難言

One: When the various stars move together, some are ahead and some behind. In general, a sha star should go in front and the principal star should arrive behind. For example, when Water and Fire move together, Water can overcome Fire, so Water is taken as the sha star; if Water goes ahead, it cannot overcome Fire, but if Fire is ahead and Water behind, the sha presses upon the body and is most harmful, and one must examine it. All stars are thus. The classic says: "Sha in front and principal behind, one should receive the authority of a feudal protector; sha behind and principal in front, there will surely be the calamity of penal servitude or exile." A poem says: "If the two stars of Body and Life have no overcoming, Metal must be made to go ahead of Wood; if the two stars Water and Fire do not overcome each other, better have Water go ahead of Fire; if the Earth and Moon stars do not devour each other, it is best to have the Moon go ahead of Earth; Earth moves slowly and the Moon moves fast, and without distinguishing front and back it is very hard to speak."

一諸星退行有退而有力者有退而無力者且如退而有力火金二星同行金在前火在後而退行此煞星不敢進前以尅其金是退而有情如或金星退遇火順行是退而逢其煞也五曜皆然亦有退而升殿退而入垣退而逢生皆為有情又作吉論或退而坐煞退而逢煞或退惡弱之宮皆為無力可作凶論

One: Among the stars in retrograde, some retreat with strength and some retreat without strength. For example, retreating with strength: Fire and Metal move together, Metal ahead and Fire behind, and in retrograde the sha star does not dare advance to overcome the Metal; this is retreat with feeling. If Metal retrogrades and meets Fire moving direct, that is retreating and meeting its sha. All five luminaries are so. There are also retreating and ascending the hall, retreating and entering its enclosure, retreating and meeting generation, all of which count as feeling and are judged as auspicious. Or retreating and sitting on sha, retreating and meeting sha, or retreating into an evil or weak palace, all without strength and may be judged as ominous.

一遲留伏逆五星中□要學者不可不明遲則順度留則不行伏則不見逆則退行有用之星順行為福遲留伏逆進退減力經曰順則優遊逆則退縮留則拘繫抑欝伏則韜晦無光如命午太陽忌木炁同躔木前日後退之為禍日前木後退之為福留者用星留於實地為福久遠煞星留於實地為禍不休若留於虛地禍福皆無伏者用星伏則無力忌星伏則無災逆者退行也有退為福有退為禍以理推之

One: Slowing, stationing, hiding and retrograde are the most important among the five stars, and a student must not fail to understand them. Slow means moving in order; stationing means not moving; hiding means not being seen; retrograde means moving backward. For a star in use, direct motion is fortune; slowing, stationing, hiding and retrograde reduce its strength in advance and retreat. The classic says: "Direct is leisurely, retrograde is withdrawing and shrinking, stationing is restrained and depressed, hiding is concealed and without light." For example, with Life at Wu, the Sun fears Wood and Qi occupying the same position: Wood in front and the Sun behind, retreating means calamity; the Sun in front and Wood behind, retreating means fortune. Stationing: a star in use stationing on solid ground brings lasting fortune; a sha star stationing on solid ground brings unceasing calamity; stationing on empty ground brings neither fortune nor calamity. Hiding: a star in use hiding has no strength; a taboo star hiding brings no disaster. Retrograde means moving backward; some retreat brings fortune and some brings calamity, to be inferred by principle.

詩曰五星遇日須當伏　三合逢陽必定留若是對宮為逆度　不逢陽處是為遲

A poem says: "When the five stars meet the Sun they must hide; in triple harmony with yang they certainly station; if in the opposite palace it is retrograde; where they do not meet yang it is slow."

一羅計截斷半天星有吉有凶或截斷諸星在左而限行右名曰反背行限不遇諸星故也又有升沉之不同或日生而諸曜當天截在辰巳午未申位而有星行限從酉戌亥子丑寅位而無星者為不得體又有夜生截斷在戌亥子丑寅位而有星行限從辰巳午未申位而無星者皆為升沉之不同並不合格

One: Luo and Ji cutting off the half-sky stars have auspicious and ominous cases. If the cut-off stars are on the left while the limit moves on the right, it is called moving the limit backward and against, because the limit does not meet any star. There are also differences of rising and sinking: if one is born by day and the luminaries are in the sky, cut off at the Chen, Si, Wu, Wei and Shen positions, and a star moves the limit while the positions You, Xu, Hai, Zi, Chou and Yin have no star, it is "not obtaining the body"; if one is born at night and the cut-off is at Xu, Hai, Zi, Chou and Yin, and a star moves the limit while Chen, Si, Wu, Wei and Shen have no star, these are all differences of rising and sinking and do not meet the standard.

一羅計截斷半天星斗有跳出一星在外者當専論在外一星禍福如跳出一星為福主祿文命主身主或官魁權貴星夜火夜月晝木晝土皆為得格主人必有富貴名利之事如跳出一星刑囚暗耗或奴僕主陽刃刼煞的煞主星晝生而火漏出夜生而土漏出在外者皆不合格主人貧賤勞役奔波勞碌度世無成不為吉論

One: When Luo and Ji cut off the half-sky constellations and one star leaps out to the outside, one must discuss the fortune and misfortune of that outside star alone. If the leaping star is fortunate, such as the principal of Salary, Literature, Life or Body, or the Official Chief, or an Authority-Nobility star, night Fire, night Moon, day Wood or day Earth, these all meet the pattern, and the person will surely have matters of wealth, honor, name and profit. If the leaping star is penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming, or a Servant principal, Yang Blade, Robbery Sha, Direct Sha principal; or if Fire leaks out for one born by day, or Earth leaks out for one born at night and remains outside, these do not meet the pattern; the person is poor and base, toils and runs about, spends his life laboring without success, and it is not judged as auspicious.

一截斷不要太陽跳出如太陽格在外名曰孤君孤遁君而無輔極為不好葢太陽乃人君之象必諸星輔佐而行或左右皆為吉論若太陽孤立主其人不得人之力雖親輔人人多遠之平生勞苦

One: In cut-offs, the Sun must not leap out. If the Sun is outside the pattern, it is called the Solitary Ruler; a ruler alone without assistance is extremely bad, because the Sun is the image of the ruler and must be assisted by the various stars to move, whether on the left or right, to be judged auspicious. If the Sun stands alone, the person cannot gain the help of others; though he intimately assists others, people mostly keep their distance, and he toils all his life.

一諸星聚防有吉防有凶防吉防者為命主身度主官魁福祿或化權貴防印皆為吉防雖是火羅計孛亦無害如不為前項等星而為的刼陽刃等主或化刑囚暗耗皆為凶防不可不察

One: When the stars gather, there are auspicious and ominous gatherings. Auspicious gatherings are those of the Life principal, Body degree principal, Official Chief, Fortune, Salary, or transformed Authority, Nobility and Seal, all auspicious; even if Fire, Luo, Ji or Bo, there is no harm. If they are not the stars above but instead Direct, Robbery, Yang Blade and the like as principals, or transformed into penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming stars, all are ominous gatherings and one must not fail to examine them.

一身命主坐奴僕有凶有吉貴人之命多有身命主入奴僕而貴者亦有入奴僕而賤者如奴僕宮主原是貴人祿馬長生帝旺籍駕殿勲垣卦之地皆不可以奴僕論皆是大貴之命如奴僕宮主原是刼的亡刃死絶暴敗之鄉而身命限主居其上皆是奔波勞役無成之人方可以奴僕言之

One: Body and Life principals sitting in the Servants Palace may be ominous or auspicious. Among noble fates, many have the Body and Life principals entering the Servants Palace and become noble; some enter the Servants Palace and become base. If the Servants Palace principal is originally a Nobleman, Salary, Horse, Longevity, Imperial Prosperity, a Registry, Chariot, Chariot-guard, Merit, Enclosure or Hexagram ground, one cannot judge by the Servants meaning, and all are greatly noble fates. If the Servants Palace principal is originally in a land of Robbery, Direct, Loss, Blade, Death, Extinction, Violent Defeat, and the Body, Life and limit principals dwell upon it, these are people who run about, toil and accomplish nothing, and only then can one speak of the Servants meaning.

一太陽孤立照妻宮皆主夫妻年紀不等不然妨尅重婚

One: If the Sun stands alone shining on the Spouse Palace, it signifies that the husband and wife differ in age; otherwise there is clashing and double marriage.

一太隂正照妻宮皆主妻妾無貎不然亦非正禮而婚緣太隂虧盈之不常也

One: If the Moon directly shines on the Spouse Palace, it signifies that the wife or concubine lacks good looks, or else the marriage is not by proper rite, because the Moon waxes and wanes irregularly.

一夜生人太陽獨照男女宮無星以輔之其人主無子晝生而見太隂在男女宮無星以輔之亦無子夜生人惟有水輔日在男女宮反主有子

One: For a person born at night with the Sun alone shining on the Children Palace and no star to assist it, the person will have no son; for one born by day with the Moon in the Children Palace and no star to assist it, likewise no son. For one born at night, only if Water assists the Sun in the Children Palace will he on the contrary have a son.

一妻宮不論妻妾宮主星假如甲子年丙寅月寅亥木垣木為兄弟乙巳日巳乃水垣為妻妾水得地逢生坐實則妻賢貎美內助榮夫或坐籍駕祿馬貴人則因妻致富或水星坐空脫之地逢煞星同行皆不好妻或無妻

One: For the Spouse Palace, one does not discuss the Spouse Palace principal; for example, in a Jiazi year, Bingyin month, Yin and Hai are wood enclosures, wood being siblings; in the Yisi day, Si is a water enclosure, which is spouse. If Water obtains its ground and meets generation and sits in solidity, the wife is worthy and beautiful and her inner help brings glory to her husband; or if it sits at a Registry, Chariot, Salary, Horse or Nobleman, one becomes rich because of the wife. If the Water star sits in empty or drained ground and moves with sha stars, it is bad for the wife, or there is no wife.

一男女宮不論男女宮主只以時論之如丙戌時卯戌火垣火星逢生坐實祿馬貴人之地者皆主得貴子火若虛脫或逢煞主無子送終必有損破否則破蕩之子也

One: For the Children Palace, one does not discuss the Children Palace principal but only the hour; for example, at the Bingxu hour, Mao and Xu are fire enclosures; if the Fire star meets generation and sits in solidity, on ground of Salary, Horse and Nobleman, one will get a noble son. If Fire is empty or drained, or meets sha, one has no son to see one off, or there will certainly be loss and damage; otherwise it is a spendthrift son.

一看命須是四正為□或日月照四正或金木照四正福德照四正及用星居四正之地皆貴乃有受用之人亦有火羅計孛守四強及化得好者皆為合格如是刑囚暗耗等星居於四正宮中而逢相尅之曜皆主破敗

One: In reading fate, the four cardinal points are important. If the Sun and Moon shine on the four cardinal points, or Metal and Wood shine on them, or Fortune shines on them, and if stars in use are located on the four cardinal points, all are noble, being people who have something to enjoy. Also, if Fire, Luo, Ji and Bo guard the four strong palaces and are transformed well, all meet the standard. If penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming stars are in the four cardinal palaces and meet mutually overcoming luminaries, all signify ruin.

一看諸星皆如看命之法亦看三合亦看正照方斷吉凶大抵論三合四餘輕五星重對照四餘重五星輕葢四餘乃橫沖直突之曜也

One: Viewing all the stars follows the method of viewing fate: also look at the triple harmony and the direct shining before judging good and bad fortune. In general, in discussing triple harmony the four remainders are light and the five planets heavy; in the opposite shining the four remainders are heavy and the five planets light, because the four remainders are stars that charge and dash horizontally and straight.

一看帶疾先看命度身度受尅與不受尅及起處坐煞與不坐煞更看疾厄宮中何星坐其上如疾厄宮有火羅計孛刑囚暗耗諸凶星並防其上者皆主重疾如疾厄宮無星而三方對照有凶惡之星夾照者主帶疾

One: To see whether one carries illness, first look at whether the Life degree and Body degree are overcome or not, and whether the starting place sits on sha or not; also look at what star sits on the Illness Palace. If the Illness Palace has Fire, Luo, Ji, Bo, or penal, imprisoning, hidden, consuming and other ominous stars guarding it, all signify serious illness; if the Illness Palace has no star but ominous stars flank and shine from the triple harmony and opposite palace, it signifies carrying illness.

一命主度主起坐刼的亡刃主人尅害父母骨肉不全或出祖破祖過房自立方免

One: If the Life principal or degree principal starts and sits on Robbery, Direct, Loss or Blade, the person harms his parents and kin, and flesh and blood are incomplete; he leaves the ancestral home or ruins the ancestral property, and only by being adopted out or establishing himself can he avoid it.

一遊行坐驛馬主人過房出祖坐長生馬者有四方之志

One: If a wandering principal sits on the Post-horse, it signifies the person is adopted out and leaves the ancestral home; one who sits on a Longevity-horse has ambitions in the four directions.

一身命主起遷移入兄弟奴僕宮者皆主出祖過房偏生庶出也試之驗

One: If the Body and Life principals start and move into Travel, Siblings or Servants palaces, all signify leaving the ancestral home or being adopted out, born of a concubine; tested and verified.

一十干坐命如六甲生人不要立命在金宿度上名曰鬼尅皆主不安勞役只喜坐生星坐水宿名曰父母之上坐土宿名曰財帛之上坐火宿名曰脫局之上當以意防消息得時得令為好餘仿此

One: For the ten stems seated in Life, such as those born in the six Jia, one should not establish Life on a metal lodge degree; this is called ghost overcoming, and all signify unrest and toil. It only likes sitting on a generating star: sitting on a water lodge is called above the parents; sitting on an earth lodge is called above wealth; sitting on a fire lodge is called above the drained position. One should guard by thought, and obtaining time and command is good; others follow this.

一男女宮有土羅火計孛暗耗刑囚照者其人多子女一年一產及至老來皆不得力如雞抱鴨相似不然忤逆之男多出在外亦同無子

One: If the Children Palace has Earth, Luo, Fire, Ji, Bo, hidden, consuming, or penal and imprisoning stars shining upon it, the person has many children, one birth a year, but at old age none is of help, like a hen hatching ducks; otherwise rebellious sons mostly stay outside, which is the same as having no son.

一命坐祿坐貴坐長生坐庫坐駕坐殿坐夾貴窠坐祿馬樞坐生旺鄉皆主富貴不然亦主衣祿盈饒天□賦云祿馬貴人持世立身須主清高咸池凶煞臨身出處必然微賤是也

One: Life seated on Salary, Nobleman, Longevity, Treasury, Chariot, Chariot-guard, flanking Nobleman nest, seated on Salary-Horse pivot, or seated in a flourishing land signifies wealth and honor, or at least abundant clothing and salary. The Rhapsody of the Heavenly Hub says: "When Salary, Horse and Nobleman uphold the age and establish the body, one must be pure and lofty; when Xianchi and ominous sha approach the body, his emergence must be lowly," which is just this.

一命坐刼的亡刃暴敗空亡死絶三煞飛亷煞者皆主人性不好心險行怪狠暴不仁成敗勞苦

One: Life seated on Robbery, Direct, Loss, Blade, Violent Defeat, Void, Death, Extinction, the Three Sha or the Flying Lian sha all signifies a person of bad nature, treacherous heart, strange conduct, fierce, violent and unkind, with success and failure and toil.

一夾命要日月夾命福祿夾命官魁夾命印貴夾命三合拱之者亦吉或命度主身度主起在別處而夾拱之者不露人見皆大貴

One: Flanking Life requires the Sun and Moon flanking Life, Fortune and Salary flanking Life, Official Chief flanking Life, Seal and Nobleman flanking Life; the triple harmony arching it is also auspicious. Or if the Life degree principal or Body degree principal starts elsewhere and flanks or arches it without being seen by others, it is all greatly noble.

一刼的亡刃之宮或凶星夾拱其凶暴不可言亦主死於非命然無官符不成煞刃無歲破不成刼的無病符不成疾厄此乃五行真生煞

One: In a palace of Robbery, Direct, Loss or Blade, or where ominous stars flank or arch, the violence cannot be described and it also signifies death by unnatural causes. However, without Official Summons it does not form Sha or Blade; without Sui Po it does not form Robbery or Direct; without Illness Talisman it does not form Illness. This is the true generating sha of the Five Phases.

一官祿不要星尅其宮名曰官鬼且如官祿在寅地卻不要金星入內亦不要三合四正宮值之皆主其人健訟不然遭官事亦無食祿之分

One: Office should not be overcome by a star in its palace; this is called Office Ghost. For example, if Office is at Yin, one does not want Metal to enter it, nor the triple harmony or four cardinal palaces to meet it, all signifying that the person is litigious or else encounters official affairs and has no share of official salary.

一官祿福德二宮最要吉星臨如日月居官祿福徳或福祿居官福水日金月各居官祿行限遇之皆發福如官福二宮無星有吊起或吉曜居其上者亦吉又看對照三合之宮以斷休咎富貴之人未嘗官福二宮無星如二宮原無本星官主又惡吊起對照又無星辰照臨一生虛花無成

One: The two palaces of Office and Fortune most need auspicious stars. If the Sun and Moon dwell in Office or Fortune, or Fortune and Salary, or Water and Sun, Metal and Moon each dwell in Office and Salary, meeting them in the limit brings rising fortune. If the two palaces of Office and Fortune have no star but are summoned, or auspicious luminaries dwell upon them, that is also auspicious; also look at the opposite and triple-harmony palaces to judge good and bad fortune. A person of wealth and honor has never lacked stars in both Office and Fortune; if the two palaces originally lack their own star, the Office principal is evil, and the summoning and opposite shining have no star luminaries either, one's whole life is vain blossom without accomplishment.

一婦人不要太陽坐命及照命如身弱皆主欺夫奪權性有男子志氣

One: For a woman, the Sun must not sit in Life or shine on Life; if the body is weak, it signifies cheating the husband and seizing authority, and a nature with a man's ambition.

一婦人田宅宮如刑囚暗耗坐其宮幷有惡煞坐其上者皆主破耗外家零落兄弟無情婦人最重田宅財帛之宮

One: For a woman, if penal, imprisoning, hidden or consuming stars sit in her Property Palace, and evil sha sit upon them, it signifies loss and her natal family declining, with siblings unfeeling; a woman values the Property and Wealth palaces most.

一婦人坐驛馬又帶水孛照身立命或在五弱之宮皆主淫奔其餘與男子一體同斷

One: If a woman sits on the Post-horse and carries Water and Bo shining on the Body and Life, or is in the five weak palaces, it signifies licentiousness and elopement; otherwise she is judged identically to a man.

一看命惡弱之星則要其居防弱明顯得用之星則欲其居高強

One: In reading fate, an evil or weak star should be in a weak, hidden place, and a star in use that is bright and obtains use should be in a high, strong place.

一看八煞之宮非但主人疾厄亦主一生權柄之地若權星印星福星祿星居之皆主人有權

One: The eight sha palaces not only signify a person's illness but also the ground of lifelong authority; if Authority, Seal, Fortune or Salary stars dwell in them, they all signify that the person has authority.

一貴人之命多是防弱有不可觀者其中有一星得用坐煞得時及官祿有吊起吉星暗加其位者皆貴不然三方有吉星交照官宮又不然有吉星交照八煞之宮

One: Noble fates are mostly in weak, hidden places that cannot be looked upon; if among them one star is in use, sits on sha and obtains its time, or the Office has a summoned auspicious star secretly added to its position, all are noble. Otherwise the three directions have auspicious stars shining mutually on the Office palace; or else auspicious stars shine mutually on the eight sha palaces.

一金星不要坐陽刃刼的煞之上葢金星主煞遇則煞氣騰輝為煞最重

One: The Metal planet must not sit on Yang Blade, Robbery or Direct sha, because Metal governs sha, and when it meets sha the sha qi soars brightly and sha becomes most heavy.

一太乙抱蟾常人若見月與孛同行謂之太乙抱蟾非也須是上□及望既望下□在未上見之又生於戌亥子丑之時方謂之太乙抱蟾如非上□下□及望前望後名曰太乙抱鬼如在辰亥戌子丑之宮又是下□既晦之後遇之者名曰抱死鬼卻不為福如他宮遇之皆非抱蟾

One: Taiyi Holding the Toad. Ordinary people who see the Moon moving together with Bo call it Taiyi Holding the Toad, but this is wrong. It must be the upper quarter, the full moon or the day after the full moon, or the lower quarter, seen above Wei, and also born at the hours Xu, Hai, Zi or Chou, before it is called Taiyi Holding the Toad. If it is not the upper or lower quarter, or before or after the full moon, it is called Taiyi Holding a Ghost; in the palaces Chen, Hai, Xu, Zi or Chou, and meeting it after the lower quarter or the dark of the moon, it is called Holding a Dead Ghost, and it does not bring fortune. If met in other palaces, none is Holding the Toad.

一看命只可求其主星命度命主身度身主看強弱禍福不必諸星一一高強一一得地故經云一星得地終為貴顯吉人又云使一星背而莫究其非縱群曜吉而莫能為福譬如五七員官員在任不必員員識而其中有一員得力則群從州縣莫不刮目觀星當以理推其次看限主行限須要限主高強得地受生吉星交防方為好限發達不然皆為不福

One: In reading fate, one may seek only the principal star, Life degree and Life principal, Body degree and Body principal, and look at strength and weakness, fortune and misfortune; it is not necessary for every star to be high, strong and in its ground. So the classic says: "If one star obtains its ground, in the end one is noble and eminent, an auspicious man." It also says: "If one star turns its back, no one can explore its wrong; though the many luminaries are auspicious, none can bring fortune." For example, among five or seven officials in post, it is not necessary to know each of them, but if one among them has strength, all subordinates in prefectures and counties look upon him with respect. In viewing stars one should infer by principle. Next, look at the limit principal. When the limit moves, the limit principal must be high, strong, obtain its ground and receive generation, with auspicious stars shining mutually; only then is it a good limit and one rises. Otherwise all is without fortune.

一凡有用之星辰要在高強大抵小人命多是有用者居於防弱無用者處於高強

One: All stars in use should be in high, strong places. In general, in the fates of petty men, those in use are mostly in hidden, weak places while those not in use occupy high, strong ones.

歌曰相生須用他生我　相尅還須我尅他他尅我時為禍大　我生他時福消磨

A song says: "For mutual generation, another must generate me; for mutual overcoming, I must overcome the other. When another overcomes me, the disaster is great; when I generate another, fortune is worn away."

有用為我無用為他

In use is me; not in use is another.

一論命必言身論身必言命二者出於一體且如立命子丑土為命主木炁為難火羅為恩月為身主亦以月為土之用星並不可使月與木炁同宮亦不可木炁合時與月亦不可使土月二星躔於四木度及泊於木宮此二星倘逢木炁又躔木度木宮便見有禍無福如土月二星躔於火度泊於火羅便以吉斷切不可以身命二主異用父母兄弟妻子田財限主並可依此

One: In discussing fate one must speak of the body, and in discussing the body one must speak of fate; the two come from one form. For example, if Life is established at Zi or Chou, earth is the Life principal, Wood-Qi is hardship, Fire and Luo are grace, and the Moon is the Body principal, also taking the Moon as earth's star in use. One must not let the Moon be in the same palace as Wood-Qi, nor combine Wood-Qi with the Moon at the hour, nor let the two stars Earth and Moon traverse the four wood degrees or lodge in a wood palace. If these two stars meet Wood-Qi and again traverse wood degrees or wood palaces, one sees calamity and no fortune. If Earth and Moon traverse fire degrees and lodge in Fire or Luo, judge it as auspicious. One must not use the Body and Life principals differently. The parents, siblings, spouse, children, Property, Wealth and limit principals can all follow this.

一官祿福徳二宮主人中年成敗生死富貴貧賤於此實為利害有中年一落千丈有中年奮發馳騁有中年衣紫腰金有中年孤苦伶仃福德且干係妻子兩宮如吉星守照於福德照妻照子不但官中光景亦許佳兒佳婦如凶星守照不但初年蹭蹬亦早傷子刑妻官祿干係田財二宮如吉星守照許其田財若凶星守照一生決無福矣更所忌者羅防守官祿少年逞訟權豪若為用恩二星又許有用不問是何命並依此斷

One: The two palaces Office and Fortune are of real consequence for a person's middle-age success and failure, life and death, wealth and poverty, nobility and baseness. Some fall a thousand feet in middle age; some rouse themselves and gallop forward in middle age; some wear purple and a gold belt in middle age; some are lonely and miserable in middle age. Fortune also bears upon the Spouse and Children palaces; if auspicious stars guard and shine on Fortune, on the Spouse and on the Children, not only are official prospects fine, but one may also expect fine sons and daughters-in-law. If ominous stars guard and shine, not only is the early life frustrated, but one also loses sons early and clashes with the wife. Office bears upon the Property and Wealth palaces; if auspicious stars guard and shine, one may expect property and wealth; if ominous stars guard and shine, there will surely be no fortune in one's whole life. What is further to be feared is Luo and Ji guarding Office, so that in youth one indulges in litigation, authority and power; if one takes grace and the two stars as use, one may also expect something useful. Regardless of what fate it is, judge all on this.

一晝生人則要太陽在卯辰巳午未上方應晝生為朝陽嚮明之格如日生人太陽坐申酉戌亥子丑之上皆非合局夜生人則要太隂照命行限亦要火羅月金孛當限方為得體

One: For a person born by day, the Sun should be above Mao, Chen, Si, Wu and Wei, which corresponds to the pattern of facing the morning sun and the bright; if a person born by day has the Sun sitting above Shen, You, Xu, Hai, Zi and Chou, none is a fitting setup. For a person born at night, the Moon should shine on Life, and in the limit, Fire, Luo, Moon, Metal and Bo should govern the limit to be in form.

一餘論五星毎毎推究太隂躔度次舍斷禍福吉凶貧賤富貴十有九中葢人命以太陽為主身宮以太隂為主主本既危何所根蒂故凡日生人當推太陽夜生人當推太隂如日生太陽逢惡曜夜生太隂逢凶曜無不貧賤夭折日生吉宿逢陽夜生吉星釣月無不功名富貴然猶當論其在十五度中與不在度中也

One: In my other discussions of the five stars, I constantly inquire into the Moon's degree and lodge to judge fortune and misfortune, wealth and honor, poverty and baseness, and nine out of ten hit. For human fate takes the Sun as principal and the Body palace takes the Moon as principal; if the principal root is already precarious, what root is there to rely on? So for those born by day, infer the Sun; for those born at night, infer the Moon. If the Sun meets evil luminaries for one born by day, or the Moon meets ominous luminaries for one born at night, all are poor, base or die young. If auspicious lodges meet the Sun for one born by day, or auspicious stars hook the Moon for one born at night, all have fame, wealth and honor; but one must still discuss whether it is within the fifteen degrees or not.

一木羅防舍在寅上為防吉葢木喜於寅羅樂於寅二星相得為防舍則吉其他處不可以防舍言

One: Wood and Luo lodging at Yin is a lodging of auspice, because Wood likes Yin and Luo delights in Yin; the two stars harmonize, and lodging together is auspicious. In other places one cannot speak of lodging together.

一火炁為職權在卯寅上方為合格葢火入廟於卯生於寅寅又炁星之垣卯為炁旺之地二星相生故為職權不以晝夜為忌他宮減半

One: Fire and Qi are official authority; at Mao and Yin they meet the standard, because Fire enters its temple at Mao and is born at Yin, and Yin is also the Qi star's enclosure while Mao is the ground of Qi's flourishing; the two stars generate each other, so they signify office and authority, and day or night is not a taboo; in other palaces it is halved.

一命坐弱宮主星又微行限又微一見好星在前卻不能勝其任而命即亡葢素貧賤而行乎貧賤雖有富貴不能享也

One: When Life sits in a weak palace, the principal star is also faint, and the limit is also faint, then once a good star is seen ahead but is unable to bear the task, Life dies. For one who is by nature poor and base and moves in poverty and baseness, even if wealth and honor come, he cannot enjoy them.

一命坐高強主又高強行限又好一見凶惡之星在前而不能進葢素富貴行乎富貴雖有貧賤不能處而亡也

One: When Life sits in a high, strong place, the principal is also high and strong, and the limit is also good, then once an ominous star is seen ahead but cannot advance. For one who is by nature rich and noble and moves in wealth and honor, even if poverty and baseness come, he cannot abide in them and dies.

一人命合主有疾而少年未見乃是未曾遇煞星尅星行限故不發也一行煞地又見煞星高強決是重疾廢疾有中年患目患風者由此

One: When a person's fate by combination should carry illness but none has been seen in youth, it is because he has not yet met a sha star or overcoming star moving the limit, so it does not show. Once he moves over a sha ground and again sees a high, strong sha star, it is surely a serious or disabling illness; some suffer eye disease or wind disease in middle age for this reason.

一日生人自少至老一見太隂在前謂之陽極隂生決主人死

One: For a person born by day, if from youth to old age he sees the Moon ahead, it is called yang at its extreme giving birth to yin, and the person surely dies.

一夜生人一生見行太隂又行隂星之限至老一見太陽在前謂之隂極陽生決主人亡又如命躔房日度行限至張月度必死葢有月光而無日光也又如躔心月度行限至星日度必死葢有日光而無月光也然須看有無惡星當關方可以此斷之

One: For a person born at night, if throughout life he sees the Moon moving and moves a limit of a yin star, and at old age sees the Sun ahead, it is called yin at its extreme giving birth to yang, and the person surely dies. Also, for example, if Life is in the Fang lodge with the Sun degree and the limit moves to the Zhang lodge with the Moon degree, he must die, because there is moonlight but no sunlight. Also, if Life is in the Xin lodge with the Moon degree and the limit moves to the Xing lodge with the Sun degree, he must die, because there is sunlight but no moonlight. But one must look at whether an evil star is guarding the pass before judging so.

一太隂逐月隨日而右轉化金木水火土太隂屬水則不喜土月同躔如太隂屬木則不喜金月同躔皆主疾厄妨尅如更在亡煞刼刃空亡之鄉決主其人亂說言語不實

One: The Moon follows the month and the sun and turns rightward, transforming into Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. If the Moon belongs to Water, it does not like Earth and Moon in the same position; if the Moon belongs to Wood, it does not like Metal and Moon in the same position; all signify illness and clashes, and if it further lies in the land of Loss, Robbery, Blade or Void, the person surely speaks wildly and his words are untrue.

一男女坐亡神及主星起坐亡神桃花帶馬者而又有炁孛金水照之皆主其人慷慨風流歌唱風月女人值之決主為娼

One: If a man or woman sits on the Loss spirit, or the principal star starts and sits on Loss, Peach Blossom or carries the Horse, and Qi, Bo, Metal or Water shine on it, all signify a person who is passionate and romantic, fond of song and amorous affairs; a woman meeting this is surely a prostitute.

一定人心性先以守照論守照如無以對照論對照又無以三合論或四宮無星以福徳宮論之

One: To determine a person's heart and nature, first discuss by guarding and shining; if there is no guarding or shining, discuss by the opposite shining; if there is none there either, discuss by the triple harmony, or if the four palaces have no star, discuss by the Fortune Palace.

一命好星辰俱善柔而不能作大事業又要一凶星以助其權大凡吉星多凶星少則以吉論凶星多吉星少則以凶論貴人之命非權煞不能治世

One: If a fate is good and the stars are all gentle, but too soft to accomplish great undertakings, one further needs an ominous star to help its authority. In general, if auspicious stars are many and ominous few, judge as auspicious; if ominous stars are many and auspicious few, judge as ominous. A noble fate cannot govern the age without authority and sha.

一人命多有生時不定以子為亥以亥為子以初為末以末為初故其言禍福不準須加減定其災難受制受尅方能定其死生故經云一不可拘二當敢斷妙在識其通變如是禍福不應未可據言休咎村居之人不近譙樓標牌更皷之下亦有晦防風雨氣侯不齊難以定時故筭禍福不應況古今聖賢立法未有不驗在意消詳以定之

One: In people's fates, the birth hour is often unfixed, taking Zi as Hai, Hai as Zi, the beginning as the end and the end as the beginning, so the discussion of fortune and misfortune is not accurate; one must add and subtract to determine their calamities, and only when restrained or overcome can one decide life and death. So the classic says: "First, do not be bound; second, dare to decide; the wonder lies in knowing how to adapt." If fortune and misfortune do not respond, one cannot yet claim good or ill. People in the countryside, not near a watchtower with a signal board or drum beating the watches, may also be confused by the dark, wind and rain, and the weather is uneven, making it hard to fix the hour, so calculations of fortune and misfortune fail to respond. Moreover, among the methods established by sages and worthies of past and present, none has failed to be verified, so take care to examine and determine them.

一有人命不好而享用者不當有妻子有妻子者何以言之或有父母在倚恃父母福防故安享受用父母一歿便破敗不當有妻子而不能受妻子之奉至於死亡而後已一有妻子在前而命中無妻子未至終身妻子俱亡零丁半世孤寡至老皆初年限路稍強因主其一時之榮及至末年限路一弱氣運不佳皆非所有

One: There are people whose fate is not good yet enjoy use of things, who should not have spouse and children; and those who have spouse and children, how can this be explained? Perhaps their parents are alive and they rely on their parents' fortune and so enjoy peacefully; once their parents die they are ruined, and though they should not have a spouse and children, they cannot receive their support and continue until death. Or, having spouse and children in front while their fate has none, not until the end of life the spouse and children are all dead, and they are lonely and solitary for half a life to old age. All have a slightly stronger limit road in early years, which signifies a moment's glory, but when the limit road weakens and the qi-fortune is poor in later years, none of it is theirs.

一有人命身好初年行限不佳未免奔波辛苦無成人皆以貧賤視之一旦行限好平地發跡立名利故舜起側微傅說起於版築不可不察

One: There are people whose Body is good but whose early limits are not good, who cannot avoid toil and hardship and accomplish nothing, and whom everyone regards as poor and base; once the limit becomes good they rise from level ground and establish name and profit. So Shun rose from humble origins and Fu Yue rose from the pounded-earth walls, and one must not fail to examine this.

一人命皆要日月明防方為吉論葢天地以日月為主若日月明淨方始貴顯故經云貴人日月要分明日月不明非貴人

One: A person's fate requires the Sun and Moon to be bright and hidden before it is judged auspicious, because heaven and earth take the Sun and Moon as principal; only if the Sun and Moon are bright and clear can one become noble and eminent. So the classic says: "For a noble man, the Sun and Moon must be distinct; if the Sun and Moon are not bright, he is no nobleman."

一炁孛羅計乃四凶之星化凶並皆要獨行則主重權一福祿權貴亦要單行方為顯貴

One: Qi, Bo, Luo and Ji are the four ominous stars; when transformed from ominous, each should move alone, and then they signify heavy authority. Fortune, Salary, Authority and Nobility likewise should move singly to be manifestly noble.

一原守之星固好乂恐流年之星為患如限主乂惡又弱流年凶星重則亦能死人不可不察若限主健只是流年為禍必侯凶星出去方好故經云原守雖然無咎流年又怕為災原守雖醇尤勝膏梁之有味流年為患譬猶潢潦之無根是也

One: The original-guard stars are indeed good, but one also fears the flowing-year stars bringing harm. If the limit principal is both ominous and weak, and the flowing-year ominous star is heavy, it can also kill a person, and one must not fail to examine it. If the limit principal is sound and only the flowing year brings calamity, one must wait until the ominous star leaves before it is well. So the classic says: "Though the original guard is blameless, one still fears calamity from the flowing years; though the original guard is rich and pure, surpassing the savor of fat and grain, when the flowing year brings harm it is like standing floodwater without a source."

一行限有迎有送人多送煞之年皆能死亡若是逢煞不好迎送又不好決死無疑若迎送不好非有好吉星不能救其活亦十死一生也

One: The limit has welcoming and sending off. Many die in the year of sending off sha. If one meets sha unfavorably, and the welcome and send-off are also unfavorable, death is certain without doubt. If the welcome and send-off are unfavorable and there is no good auspicious star to rescue, then survival is also one in ten.

一行限須要限元得援故經云得援高強失援孤弱限主失援莫不卑微

One: The limit must have its limit element obtain help. So the classic says: "With help, high and strong; without help, solitary and weak. A limit principal without help is never other than lowly."

一壽之修短不可以限度定止從難星若難俱受制全主高壽且如立命在辰金星為主火羅二星為難火被水尅羅被孛尅各各受制莫能為毒的許高壽縱使限到難度亦不為害如或被火尅羅無制未可斷其高壽必二難俱受制方可斷壽之高也

One: The length of life cannot be determined by limit degrees alone; one follows the Hardship stars. If the hardships are all restrained, one fully has long life. For example, if Life is established at Chen with Metal as principal, and Fire and Luo are the two hardship stars, Fire is overcome by Water and Luo is overcome by Bo, each being restrained and unable to make poison, one may expect long life; even if the limit reaches the hardship degree it does no harm. If Fire is overcome but Luo is unrestrained, one cannot yet judge long life; only when both hardships are restrained can one judge long life.

一財庫五星中各有庫如壬子生人木為庫在未未上有好星主財盛如無星主管耗星凶星居之反破財庫若平生不聚財乃田宅財帛坐馬多搖動

One: Of the wealth treasuries, each of the five stars has its treasury. For example, for a person born in Renzi, Wood has its treasury at Wei; if there is a good star above Wei, wealth is abundant; if there is no star, or a consuming star or ominous star sits there, it on the contrary ruins the treasury. If one never accumulates wealth over a lifetime, it is because the Property and Wealth palaces sit with a Horse and often shake.

一得妻財假如戌命妻在辰宮或身主起於妻位若有土計與火同宮三合生金主得妻財如無土計不以論如身命在妻有火計相生主進妻財亦有因妻失財者如未命妻宮在丑土為妻星月若在酉土在巳或三合加合相防必因妻失財亦不和合

One: Obtaining wealth through a wife. For example, for Life at Xu with the wife at the Chen palace, or the Body principal starting at the Spouse position, if Earth and Ji are in the same palace as Fire and the triple harmony generates Metal, this signifies obtaining wealth through the wife; without Earth and Ji, it is not discussed. If the Body and Life are at the Spouse and Fire and Ji generate each other, it signifies wealth entering through the wife. There are also those who lose wealth through the wife: for example, with Life at Wei, the Spouse Palace at Chou, Earth is the wife star; if the Moon is at You and Earth at Si, or the triple harmony adds a combining and guarding, one must lose wealth because of the wife, and there is no harmony.

一婦人有破父母家者如命坐酉金為主有火羅居申必破父母家出外行限遇火羅必破夫家內則父母外則夫家

One: A woman may ruin her natal family. For example, if Life sits at You with Metal as principal and Fire and Luo are at Shen, she will certainly ruin her natal family; if she goes out and the limit meets Fire and Luo, she will certainly ruin her husband's family; within it is her parents, outside it is her husband's family.

一妻妾有權者如寅亥命木為主妻乃水星或水化權行限遇之必有權之妻孛為權星主有權之妾辰宮命火為妻羅為妾羅強火弱妻無權妾有權

One: A wife or concubine with authority. For example, for Life at Yin or Hai with Wood as principal, the wife is a Water star, or Water transformed to authority; if she meets it in the limit, the wife has authority. Bo is the authority star and signifies a concubine with authority. With Life at the Chen palace and Fire as the wife, Luo as the concubine: if Luo is strong and Fire weak, the wife has no authority and the concubine has authority.

一老得少妻土孛同行得少妻計孛同行得少夫一立命安身在女心畢柳及身命二主泊貴人咸池遷移官宮又逢炁孛土星合作九流百技之人也富貴豪家之人亦主高壽

One: An old man obtaining a young wife: Earth and Bo moving together gives a young wife; Ji and Bo moving together gives a woman a young husband. One whose Life and Body are placed in Nu, Xin, Bi or Liu, and whose Body and Life principals lodge at Nobleman, Xianchi, Travel or Office, meeting Qi, Bo and Earth, combines to make a person of the nine schools and hundred crafts; also a person of rich and noble households, and signifies long life.

一多口舌人如甲乙生炁為口舌丙丁生羅為口舌戊已生計為口舌壬癸生孛為口舌庚辛人金是如人命或對頭三合守命見之多口舌亦主口嘴不中

One: People of many quarrels. For example, those born in Jia or Yi take Qi as quarrels; those born in Bing or Ding take Luo as quarrels; those born in Wu or Ji take Ji as quarrels; those born in Ren or Gui take Bo as quarrels; those born in Geng or Xin take Metal as such. If in a person's fate the opposite or triple harmony guards Life and meets it, there are many quarrels, and it also signifies a mouth that does not fit.

一凡行限遇難星須論金木水火土分別緩急輕重如以火為難望見生災以水為難過去為禍以金為難對度方凶以土為難則緩而遲以木為難則急而輕葢火未然而先煙水既流而後溼金正遇而後能傷人土之性緩水之性柔故也其為災禍凶難亦以五行類推如以內言之火則心血燥熱痰痢等症水則腎胱冷溼白濁遺精等症金則腸癰痔漏等症土則脾胃噎塞等症木則肝膽風□等症以外言之水則溺火則焚金則刃土則壓木則撲之類又須看三方四正加關通無救解或有救而力不能又命主低微故以此斷餘屢試有驗

One: When the limit meets a hardship star, one must discuss Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth to distinguish slow or urgent, light or heavy. If Fire is the hardship, calamity arises at the sight of it; if Water is the hardship, calamity comes as it passes; if Metal is the hardship, it is ominous only when exactly opposed in degree; if Earth is the hardship, it is slow and late; if Wood is the hardship, it is urgent but light. For Fire gives smoke before it has yet burned; Water wets only after it has flowed; Metal injures a person only after exactly meeting him; and Earth's nature is slow and Water's nature is soft. Calamities, ill fortune and hardships are likewise inferred by the Five Phases. Speaking of the interior: Fire corresponds to heart-blood dryness and heat, phlegm and dysentery; Water to kidney and bladder cold and damp, white turbidity and seminal emission; Metal to intestinal abscess, hemorrhoid and fistula; Earth to spleen and stomach obstruction; Wood to liver and gallbladder wind disorders. Speaking of the exterior: Water means drowning, Fire burning, Metal blades, Earth crushing, Wood striking, and the like. One must also look at the four cardinal points, additions and bars, and whether there is relief or not, or whether there is relief but insufficient force, and whether the Life principal is low and faint; judge accordingly. I have tested this repeatedly and it has been verified.

竇陶氏十問

The Ten Questions of Dou Taoshi

竇陶氏能推占天文人事要其吉凶休咎不出十二宮之外葢天道遠人道邇一貫之理外天求人非理外人求天非道也請試其一二方知天道不遠矣或問太嵗尊神互相管攝如何

Dou Taoshi was able to infer heavenly patterns and human affairs, and held that fortune and misfortune do not go beyond the twelve palaces; for the Way of Heaven is far and the Way of Man is near, and the principle is one thread. Seeking man outside heaven is not principle; seeking heaven outside man is not the Way. Let us try one or two cases and then we will know that the Way of Heaven is not far. Someone asked: "How do the Tai Sui and the honored spirits govern one another?"

竇陶氏答曰太嵗宮神各有管屬尅我者禍生我者福最怕當頭犯之不足男命犯之受他制伏女命犯之並無養育馬若當頭退晦反覆祿若當頭波波碌碌貴若當頭受人凌辱夫妻犯之多見反目老人犯之至老奔逐小兒逢之多見災毒嵗為尊貴怕入奴僕若來尅我必遭刑戮

Dou Taoshi answered: "Each Tai Sui palace spirit has its own jurisdiction. What overcomes me brings calamity, what generates me brings fortune, and the thing most feared is its head-on offense. For a man's fate, offending it means being subdued by it; for a woman's fate, offending it means no raising of children. For a Horse, if it meets head-on retreat and obscurity, it reverses Salary; for Salary, if head-on, it is busy and ordinary; for Nobleman, if head-on, one suffers humiliation from others. A couple who offend it often turn against each other; the old who offend it are driven about until old age; children who meet it often see sickness and poison. The Tai Sui is honored and noble, and one fears its entering the Servants Palace; if it comes and overcomes me, one will certainly suffer punishment."

右此専怕當頭正是利害須占命中有相管攝方有是說

The above fears only the head-on case, which is truly harmful; one must divine that the fate has mutual governance before this holds.

或問坐命行限遇空亡如何

Someone asked: "What if the Life and limit meet a Void?"

答曰立身立命空亡中坐福不見福禍不見禍馬遇空亡奔波到老祿入空亡終身僧道妻入空亡一妻難保奴入空亡自防自掃貴入空亡少離襁褓財落空亡財帛自耗日落空亡少年必破官落空亡徒有負抱若有煞神救援則可

The answer: "If Body and Life are established in a Void, one who sits in fortune does not see fortune and calamity does not see calamity. A Horse meeting a Void runs about until old age; Salary entering a Void means a monk or Daoist for life; a Spouse entering a Void means one wife cannot be kept; a Servant entering a Void means guarding and sweeping on one's own; a Nobleman entering a Void means leaving swaddling clothes early; Wealth falling into a Void means wealth consumed by itself; the Sun falling into a Void means one is certain to be ruined in youth; Office entering a Void means a vain burden and embrace; if a sha spirit rescues, it can be saved."

右此空亡隂怕陽空陽怕隂空前後最驗也

As to the above Voids, yin fears yang void and yang fears yin void; this has been most verified before and after.

或問五星發用十二宮神生旺如何

Someone asked: "When the five stars come into use, how are the twelve palace spirits in flourishing and generation?"

答曰馬遇長生多動刀兵男空奔波女必淫顛沐浴在命處事流連命逢冠帶妾奪妻權臨官在命發在少年男命喜之女命不然帝旺守命難結夫緣衰病死絶女德必賢處於墓地能顯財田男命逢此晦昧萬千若遇胎神罵鬼怨天男亦如此胡語亂傳小兒逢養端的還魂

The answer: "A Horse meeting Longevity often moves with weapons. For a man, void means running about; for a woman, certainly licentious and wild. Bath in Life means lingering over affairs; Life meeting Cap-and-Belt means the concubine seizes the wife's authority; Official Post in Life means rising in youth, liked in a man's fate but not in a woman's; Imperial Prosperity guarding Life makes it hard to form a husband's bond; Decline, Illness, Death and Extinction mean a woman's virtue is surely worthy; on a Tomb ground it can reveal wealth and fields, but a man meeting it is dim and obscure by the thousands and ten thousands. If one meets the Embryo spirit, cursing ghosts and blaming heaven, a man too is thus, and rambling talk is spread about. A child meeting Nurture will truly return to life."

右十二宮禍福應之如響須於安命處所裁酌或問二十八宿立命何度善惡

The twelve palaces' calamity and fortune respond like an echo; one must judge at the place where Life is settled. Someone asked: "For Life established in the twenty-eight lodges, which degrees are good or bad?"

答曰鬼有二度號曰天眼男命系之多見凶狠不是權豪便是反叛心月為狐五度有半女命逢之必淫必亂且是精靈多招離悶亢金為龍井木為犴命立其中敢言敢斷箕風畢雨倐忽聚散男女立命多有病患可以詳觀不可例斷

The answer: "Gui has two degrees called the Heavenly Eye; a man whose fate is tied to it is often fierce and cruel, and if not a power-holder he is a rebel at heart. The Xin lodge and Moon is the fox of five and a half degrees; a woman meeting it is certainly licentious and disordered, and being spirit-like she often meets parting and gloom. Kang metal is the dragon, Well wood is the wild dog; one whose Life is established in them dares to speak and dares to decide. Ji wind and Bi rain gather and scatter suddenly; for men and women, Life established there often brings illness, which may be observed in detail but not decided by rule."

或問水命怕土子上土旺水亦旺何以斷之

Someone asked: "A Water fate fears Earth; at Zi Earth is flourishing and Water is also flourishing; how is it judged?"

答曰子宮安命以土為主水來受制其水可取若行夏令當云以火土必得時於水何補若行秋令得金為母金能生水有水無土冬水得時水勝土負

The answer: "When Life is placed at the Zi palace, Earth is the principal; Water comes and is restrained, and that Water can be taken. If it moves in summer command, say that Fire and Earth must obtain their time, and what use is that to Water? If it moves in autumn command, Metal is the mother and Metal can generate Water; Water exists and Earth does not. In winter Water obtains its time, Water wins and Earth loses."

或問卯為火垣又為木局何以辯別

Someone asked: "Mao is a fire enclosure and also a wood bureau; how do we distinguish?"

答曰若行夏令有火無木若行春令有木無火冬令得時返為木黨三方有水湊成木局

The answer: "If it moves in summer command, there is Fire without Wood; if in spring command, there is Wood without Fire; in winter command when it obtains its time, on the contrary it forms a wood party, and if the three directions have Water, it gathers and completes a wood bureau."

或問人之父母兄弟妻子防酌孤寡

Someone asked: "A person's parents, siblings, spouse and children; how is solitude and widowhood reckoned?"

答曰十二宮中寡宿孤神若逢太陽先防其父若犯太隂先防其母日火月土則又有準左右逢此必無親情兄弟宮見必無弟兄妻宮見之一世單身奴僕見之一世艱辛逢祿逢貴出家道人逢刼逢的終身山林右人命不可犯孤神寡宿位諸般煞上有凶則可畏或問既分十二宮坐命隔界何以斷之

The answer: "In the twelve palaces, the Widow Lodging and Solitary Spirit: if they meet the Sun, first guard the father; if they offend the Moon, first guard the mother. With the Sun as fire and the Moon as earth there is again an accurate rule. If left and right meet them, there are certainly no close kin; seen in the Siblings Palace, there are certainly no brothers; seen in the Spouse Palace, one is single for life; seen in the Servants Palace, one has hardship for life; meeting Salary and Nobleman, one becomes a monk or Daoist; meeting Robbery or Direct, one is in the mountains and forests for life. A person's fate must not offend the position of Solitary Spirit and Widow Lodging; if there are various sha above and ominous, it is fearful." Someone asked: "Since the twelve palaces are divided and Life sits across a boundary, how is it judged?"

答曰十二宮中皆屬宮神既有子丑合論癸壬既言戌亥乂有干辛既論申酉合論坤庚雖言午未亦有丙丁曰乙曰巽以配巳辰曰甲曰艮以□卯寅隔界之處要看分明若以主論辯其重輕純言其度取用不真

The answer: "All twelve palaces belong to palace spirits. There are Zi and Chou to be discussed together, Gui and Ren; having spoken of Xu and Hai, there is also Qian and Xin; having discussed Shen and You, Kun and Geng are discussed together; though one speaks of Wu and Wei, there are also Bing and Ding; Yi and Xun match Si, Jia and Gen are paired with Mao and Yin at the boundary. Where it crosses boundaries one must see clearly. If one discusses by the principal alone, distinguishing heavy and light, and speaks purely of the degree, the use taken is not true."

或問小兒關煞何以取之

Someone asked: "How are the child's passes and sha taken?"

答曰前後有煞命在其中三方拱夾亦是煞門原守如是更有加盤若無救援十死九難更有一件為小兒關春命在酉夏命子看秋嫌卯位冬怕午安此上安命乃為災難

The answer: "Sha before and behind with Life in the middle, and the three directions arching and flanking, are also sha gates; the original guard being so, there is also the added plate. If there is no rescue, nine in ten hardships die. There is one more matter called the child's pass: for spring Life at You, summer Life at Zi, autumn dislikes Mao position, winter fears Wu; with Life settled above these, there is calamity."

右此關小兒關煞細推有理但忌三嵗

The above child's pass sha, inferred in detail, has principle, but it fears the age of three.

或問官貴之命何以見之

Someone asked: "How is the fate of official nobility seen?"

答曰官貴之命有官有印官印相生方有權柄印強官弱掌財之命官強印弱虛名不正金水清高只是受防木炁高強正科必定羅孛高強只膺武品前後試之無不有應

The answer: "For a fate of official nobility, there is Office and Seal; Office and Seal generating each other give authority. If Seal is strong and Office weak, it is the fate of one managing wealth; if Office is strong and Seal weak, it is empty reputation and not correct. Metal and Water are pure and lofty but only receive a hidden place; if Wood and Qi are high and strong, a civil examination success is certain; if Luo and Bo are high and strong, one only holds a military rank. I have tested it before and after and none fails to respond."

右生我者印尅我者官

The above: what generates me is Seal, what overcomes me is Office.

或問七政四餘守命何如

Someone asked: "What of the Seven Governors and Four Remainders guarding Life?"

答曰計都守命愚而自用羅防守命色心最重孤炁守命難與人共木星守命性執且迷孛星守命為人慳吝金星守命義重財輕水星守命詞唱輕清火星守命性急凶狠土星守命貪酷而淫太隂守命為人不佞太陽守命快性便行日月合朔晦而不明

The answer: "Ji (Jidu) guarding Life: foolish and self-reliant. Luo guarding Life: lust and the heart are heaviest. Solitary Qi guarding Life: hard to share with others. Wood guarding Life: stubborn in nature and confused. Bo guarding Life: a person is miserly. Metal guarding Life: values righteousness and light on wealth. Water guarding Life: songs and words light and clear. Fire guarding Life: hasty and fierce in nature. Earth guarding Life: greedy, cruel and licentious. Moon guarding Life: a person who is not glib. Sun guarding Life: quick in nature and acts readily. Sun and Moon conjunct at the new moon: dark and not bright."

右如明字者吉如反日月字者凶

The above: where the word bright is used it is auspicious; where the sun and moon characters are reversed it is ominous.

再將十二宮辯問為證

Again, using the twelve palaces to distinguish and ask as proof.

詩曰十二宮中帶煞神　煞神排布甚分明須知月建有強弱　反凶作吉各位均

A poem says: "Within the twelve palaces are sha spirits, and the arrangement of sha spirits is quite clear; know that the month-establishment has strong and weak, and turning ominous to auspicious, every position is equal."

願聞

I wish to hear it.

假如子上安命以土為主或見木炁為凶或見木炁不夭何以斷之

For example, with Life at Zi and Earth as the principal, some see Wood-Qi as ominous and some see Wood-Qi without early death; how is it judged?

若生夏令母星是火火羅乗旺必能生我母星占強安能為禍若生春令木炁高強無金與羅必定相傷身逢水孛實有不良若生秋月金星得時土亦不厚木炁有虧倘有災殃不至深危若生冬令水土俱旺木炁雕零土星堅壯小兒遇此所以保養中年行限財物亦昌若遇火羅福壽愈長

If born in summer command, the mother star is Fire, and with Fire and Luo flourishing it can certainly generate me; the mother star occupying strength, how can it make calamity? If born in spring command, Wood-Qi is high and strong, and without Metal and Luo they certainly injure each other; if the body meets Water and Bo there is real ill. If born in autumn months, the Metal star obtains its time and Earth is also not thick, Wood-Qi has a deficiency, and if there is misfortune it does not reach deep danger. If born in winter command, Water and Earth are both flourishing, Wood-Qi withers and Earth is firm and strong; a child who meets this is preserved, in middle age the limit is prosperous in goods, and if one meets Fire and Luo, fortune and longevity increase further.

假如丑上安命以土為主何以斷之

For example, with Life at Chou and Earth as principal, how is it judged?

丑宮所論與子無異春夏秋冬皆如其理只論官星太白得地趕退餘奴無有不是便看隂陽斷其終始又怕寅亥身逢土計

What is discussed of the Chou palace is no different from Zi; spring, summer, autumn and winter all follow the same principle. Discuss only the Office star: the Metal planet obtaining its ground drives back the remaining servants, none of which is wrong; then look at yin and yang to judge beginning and end. One also fears Yin and Hai, and the body meeting Earth and Ji.

假如寅宮安命或見金炁有傷或見金炁無傷何以斷之

For example, when Life is at the Yin palace, some see Metal-Qi as injuring and some see Metal-Qi as not injuring; how is it judged?

若生春令有木無金若生秋令有金無木三方暗加土計是煞夏令炎炎子母相生秋令見炁炁反為榮冬令見金煞星躔身若見太陽反煞為榮金水高強必主富貴孛炁高強刑尅有畏遇月虛名品官不正可以詳觀不可例斷

If born in spring command, there is Wood without Metal; if in autumn command, there is Metal without Wood; if the three directions secretly add Earth and Ji, it is sha. In summer command, blazing hot, mother and child generate each other; in autumn command, seeing Qi, Qi on the contrary becomes glory; in winter command, seeing Metal, a sha star lodges in the body; if one sees the Sun, sha on the contrary becomes glory. If Metal and Water are high and strong, it certainly signifies wealth and honor; if Bo and Qi are high and strong, there is fear of punishment and overcoming; meeting the Moon, empty reputation and an incorrect official rank. It may be examined in detail but not decided by rule.

假如亥宮與寅宮叅酌以何辯別

For example, how do the Hai palace and the Yin palace compare and distinguish?

若論亥宮寅宮頗同限逢金炁皆斷為凶又怕火尅戰尅重重夜計與炁十死九生三方吉曜返本還元假如卯上安命或見水孛而天或見水孛不夭何斷

If one discusses the Hai palace and the Yin palace, they are quite similar; if the limit meets Metal or Qi, both are judged as ominous, and one also fears Fire overcoming; with repeated battle and overcoming, night Ji and Qi mean ten deaths to one life; the auspicious luminaries of the three directions restore the origin and return to the root. For example, with Life at Mao, some see Water and Bo and die young while some see Water and Bo and do not; how is it judged?

若逢夏令火星乗旺水孛相攻本身堅壯若逢秋令母星黨子縱有吉星不破即死更逢春令母星有力縱遇凶神不能損失忽在冬天水土俱強生子潔浄安能有傷須分晝夜子細推詳

If one meets summer command, the Fire star flourishes and Water and Bo attack each other, yet the body itself is firm; if one meets autumn command, the mother star favors the child, and even with auspicious stars, if not broken it dies; if one further meets spring command, the mother star is strong, and even meeting ominous spirits it cannot cause loss; if suddenly in winter Water and Earth are both strong, the child born is pure and clean, so how could there be injury? One must distinguish day and night and infer in detail.

假如安命戌宮與卯宮何強何弱

For example, with Life at the Xu palace and the Mao palace, which is strong and which weak?

戌宮火庫本是強宮水孛相攻秋令甚凶若見日月木炁相同更遇旺神福更昌隆余月遇鬼與卯宮通攅聚眾煞反榮受傷亦當一發發成便亡

The Xu palace is the fire treasury and is originally a strong palace; Water and Bo attack each other, and in autumn command it is very ominous. If one sees the Sun, Moon and Wood-Qi together, and further meets a flourishing spirit, fortune is more prosperous. In other months meeting a ghost, it connects with the Mao palace, and gathering many sha on the contrary brings glory; if injured, it too can rise once, and rising once is soon dying.

假如辰上安命或見火羅而夭或見火羅不死何斷

For example, with Life at Chen, some see Fire and Luo and die young while some see Fire and Luo and do not die; how is it judged?

辰垣以金度有軫角雖忌火羅亦分強弱軫度水局計孛為殃角道屬木見火必亡亢金堅剛秋不忌火剗度忌羅四時皆禍若逢夏令火爍亢金灰飛煙防角木不禁若逢春令角度平穏若逢冬令軫度無損雖遇火羅皆不危困依此辯別吉凶有準

The Chen enclosure has the Metal degrees Zhen and Jiao; though they fear Fire and Luo, strength and weakness differ. The Zhen degree is the water bureau, where Ji and Bo are the misfortune; the Jiao degree belongs to Wood, and seeing Fire it must die; the Kang metal is firm and hard and does not fear Fire in autumn; the Di degree fears Luo in all four seasons. If it meets summer command, Fire melts Kang metal and it is ash and smoke; Jiao wood cannot bear it. If it meets spring command, the Jiao degree is calm and steady; if it meets winter command, the Zhen degree is not harmed; though meeting Fire and Luo, all are free of danger and distress. Distinguishing fortune and misfortune on this basis is accurate.

假如酉宮安命與辰宮何以分別

For example, how does Life at the You palace differ from the Chen palace?

酉為西垣太白本地若逢秋令火羅不忌若逢夏令見火不利春冬平平水孛洩氣四季土旺金神所喜限行官祿恩鄉得意齊地貴人稱遂無比辰宮官祿與酉不同太隂為主夜生則榮加盤俱換須要研窮

You is the western enclosure and the Venus planet's own ground. If it meets autumn command, Fire and Luo are not feared; if it meets summer command, seeing Fire is unfavorable; spring and winter are ordinary; Water and Bo drain qi; in the four seasons Earth is flourishing and the Metal spirit is pleased. If the limit moves to Office and the grace-land, one is pleased; Nobleman of the Qi land is called satisfied without peer. The Office of the Chen palace differs from You: with the Moon as principal, one flourishes if born at night; the added plates are both exchanged, and one must study this.

假如巳宮安命或見土而死或見土不死何斷

For example, with Life at the Si palace, some see Earth and die while some see Earth and do not die; how is it judged?

若逢夏令當云以火土必得時安能尅我若逢秋令得金為母土能生金金能生水若遇春令得木為鬼尅戰餘奴不能尅水若逢冬令土旺水旺不能相傷本身皆壯若逢四季水無所望子細推詳依經勿忘

If one meets summer command, say that Fire and Earth must obtain their time; how could it overcome me? If one meets autumn command, Metal is the mother, Earth can generate Metal and Metal can generate Water; if one meets spring command, Wood is the ghost and overcomes in battle, and the remaining servants cannot overcome Water; if one meets winter command, Earth is flourishing and Water is flourishing and they cannot injure each other, and the body is entirely strong. Infer in detail, and do not forget it, following the classic.

假如申上安命與巳宮何以分別

For example, how does Life at the Shen palace differ from the Si palace?

申宮水局巳宮一般四季如前十分細觀

The Shen palace is a water bureau and the Si palace is much the same; the four seasons are as above, to be observed minutely.

假如午未上安命屬日月若見眾星何以斷之

For example, when Life is established at Wu or Wei, belonging to the Sun and Moon, and one sees many stars, how is it judged?

午未二宮乃屬日月羅計朔望遇此為蝕若非朔望為我奴僕反凶為吉甚是獲福若遇紫炁刑傷孤獨若不傷財重重白服四餘作黨傷官敗祿

The two palaces Wu and Wei belong to the Sun and Moon. If Luo and Ji meet here at the new or full moon, it is an eclipse; if it is not the new or full moon, they become my servants, and the ominous turns auspicious, a great gain of fortune. If one meets Purple Qi, there is penal injury and solitude; if wealth is not injured, there is repeated mourning dress. If the four remainders form a party, they injure Office and defeat Salary.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming dynasty

宮度主用

Palace, Degree, Principal and Use

二十八宿所屬宮度詩

Poems on the Palaces and Degrees to Which the Twenty-Eight Lodges Belong

角　角木之度本居辰春則木兮秋則金

Jiao: The Jiao wood degree originally dwells at Chen; in spring it is wood, in autumn it is metal.

不怕金星為惡曜　限中只怕火羅侵

It does not fear the Metal planet as an evil luminary; in the limit one fears only Fire and Luo invading.

亢　　從來亢宿屬金垣　四季元來受氣全最怕火羅為忌賊　同臨煞地夭天年【若遇水土能為福】

Kang: Kang the lodge has always belonged to the metal enclosure; in the four seasons its original qi is complete. Most feared are Fire and Luo as taboo thieves; meeting together on sha ground one dies young. [If it meets Water and Earth, it can bring fortune.]

氐　　四季氐宮作土看　餘時只把火相叅不怕木炁為凶曜　水孛同躔主命難【夏令只把火相兼辰戌丑未月作土】

Di: In the four seasons the Di palace is viewed as earth; at other times only Fire is taken into account. It does not fear Wood and Qi as ominous luminaries; if Water and Bo are in the same position, life is hard. [In summer command, take only Fire together; in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei, it is earth.]

房　　房日元是火宮神　最嫌水孛損其身命限忽然逢木炁　資財積聚福昌榮

Fang: The Fang sun is originally a fire palace spirit; it most dislikes Water and Bo harming its body. If Life or the limit suddenly meets Wood and Qi, wealth accumulates and fortune flourishes.

心　　心度元來屬卯宮　晝生亦與火相同夜間是月君須記　子細推詳斷吉凶【心度本是火之餘上□下□倚月推】

Xin: The Xin degree originally belongs to the Mao palace; those born by day are likewise the same as Fire. At night it is the Moon, my lord, remember it; infer in detail to judge good and bad fortune. [The Xin degree is the remainder of Fire; judge by the Moon for the upper and lower quarter.]

尾　　尾四度兮皆屬火　入到寅宮作木推木怕金宿火怕水　彼此分明更問誰【水土相逢能為福炁金若遇禍相依】

Wei: The four degrees of Wei all belong to Fire; entering the Yin palace they are inferred as wood. Wood fears the Metal lodge and Fire fears Water; this is clearly distinguished, so whom else to ask? [Water and Earth meeting can bring fortune; if Qi and Metal are met, calamity follows.]

箕　　箕初是木餘是水　土計同行為煞鬼春間便把木叅詳　不可一例言生死

Ji: The first degree of Ji is wood and the rest is water; if Earth and Ji move together, it is a sha ghost. In spring take Wood into account; one cannot speak of life and death by a single rule.

斗　　斗四寅兮是真木　丑宮木土兩相闗餘時四季皆言土　惟有春生作木看【斗四至十春木推餘時及牛全作土】

Dou: Dou four at Yin is true wood; in the Chou palace Wood and Earth are both involved. At other times in the four seasons it is spoken of as earth; only those born in spring regard it as wood. [From Dou four to ten, infer wood in spring; at other times, and for Niu entirely, treat it as earth.]

牛　　牛星原不是真星　躔在丑宮變土星卻喜火羅來尅我　限逢木炁定傷身

Niu: The Niu star is not originally a true star; lodging in the Chou palace it becomes an earth star. It is pleased that Fire and Luo come to overcome me; when the limit meets Wood and Qi, it surely injures the body.

女　　從來女度皆言土　升殿歸垣喜北方若遇火羅多發福　如臨木炁定招殃

Nu: The Nu degree has always been spoken of as earth; ascending the hall and returning to its enclosure it likes the north. If it meets Fire and Luo, there is often rising fortune; if it meets Wood and Qi, calamity is certain.

虛　　虛躔是土報君知　水炁相逢定失屍若遇火羅能發福　祝君細認莫遲疑

Xu: Xu lodges as earth, I tell you; if it meets Water and Qi, a corpse is surely lost. If it meets Fire and Luo it can bring rising fortune; I wish you to recognize this in detail and not hesitate.

危　　危初五度土一般　十二度後太隂看若生四季皆言土　晝夜叅詳莫道難【四季之晝以土論夜生月論】

Wei (Rooftop): The first five degrees of Wei are earth as before; after the twelfth degree, look to the Moon. If born in the four seasons, speak of it as earth; take day and night into account and do not say it is difficult. [In the four seasons by day, discuss as earth; for those born at night, discuss as the Moon.]

室　　室十八度皆屬水　土星亦合能為福火羅若遇破資財　限值炁金是真煞

Shi: The eighteen degrees of Shi all belong to Water; the Earth star is also fitting and can bring fortune. If it meets Fire and Luo, wealth is broken; if the limit encounters Qi and Metal, it is truly sha.

壁　　此曜必是壁水防　土計同行限﨑嶇火羅作黨六親尅　夫損妻兮妻損夫

Bi: This luminary is surely the water of Bi to be guarded; if Earth and Ji move together, the limit is rugged. If Fire and Luo form a party, six kin are overcome; the husband harms the wife and the wife harms the husband.

奎　　奎二亥宮真木星　戌宮木火兩相尋縱遇春生為木論　限行水孛亦災侵

Kui: Kui two at the Hai palace is a true wood star; at the Xu palace Wood and Fire are both sought. Even if born in spring it is discussed as wood; if the limit moves to Water and Bo, disaster also invades.

婁　　婁宮戌上正宮神　不是金星是火星不怕火羅來尅我　但嫌水孛損其身

Lou: The Lou palace at Xu is the correct palace spirit; it is not a Metal star but a Fire star. It does not fear Fire and Luo coming to overcome me; it only dislikes Water and Bo harming its body.

胃　　胃四度分皆屬土　酉宮金土亦分明若生四季皆言土　秋旺餘時只看金

Wei (Stomach): The four degrees of Wei all belong to Earth; at the You palace Metal and Earth are also distinct. If born in the four seasons, speak of it as earth; in autumn it flourishes, at other times look only to Metal.

昴　　昴為金宿莫胡傳　土計相逢五福全只怕火羅為惡煞　不居貧難夭天年

Mao: Mao is a metal lodge, do not pass on false tales; if Earth and Ji meet, the five fortunes are complete. It fears only Fire and Luo as evil sha; if one does not live in poverty, it is hard to avoid dying young.

畢　　畢六度兮酉晝金　夜月不類同申宮水孛原來一般看　上計相逢一例凶

Bi (Net): The six degrees of Bi are Metal by day; at night the Moon, unlike the same in the Shen palace. Water and Bo originally are viewed in the same way; if Earth and Ji meet, all are equally ominous.

觜　　觜半度兮位在申　宮中是水火無晶祝君只把水為主　忌曜惟嫌土計侵

Zi: Half a degree of Zi is positioned at Shen; within the palace it is water, and Fire has no luster. I wish you to take only Water as the main; the taboo luminaries are Earth and Ji invading.

參　　參躔是水在隂陽　金星若防福祿昌金水主躔為上吉　限逢土計定遭殃

Shen (Three Stars): The Shen lodging is Water, in yin and yang; if the Metal star guards it, fortune and salary flourish. When Metal and Water govern the lodging it is supremely auspicious; if the limit meets Earth and Ji, calamity is certain.

井　　井九度兮皆屬木　未宮木月最難明春看木兮夜看月　晝生木月一齊言【合干音論之木星秉春月之令晝生合從木用不可言太隂也其他時節以太隂為主春夜亦作太隂】

Jing: The nine degrees of Jing all belong to Wood; at the Wei palace the Wood and Moon are hardest to make clear. In spring look at Wood, at night look at the Moon; for those born by day speak of Wood and Moon together. [Combining with the stem sounds to discuss it: the Wood star holds the command of spring months; for those born by day follow Wood in use, and one must not speak of the Moon; at other seasons the Moon is principal; in spring at night the Moon is also taken.]

鬼　　鬼宿元來屬太隂　不分晝夜月當明最好金水來助月　惟嫌土計恐傷身【秋冬時節與金之干者安可棄乎金】

Gui: The Gui lodge originally belongs to the Moon; without distinguishing day and night, the Moon is bright. It is best that Metal and Water come to assist the Moon; it only dislikes Earth and Ji for fear of injuring the body. [In autumn and winter, can one abandon Metal when it combines with the stem?]

柳　　柳度分躔午未宮　兩宮土論總相同惟有午宮嫌木炁　未宮木炁半言凶

Liu: The Liu degree is distributed in the Wu and Wei palaces; discussed as Earth in both palaces, all the same. Only in the Wu palace it dislikes Wood and Qi; in the Wei palace Wood and Qi are half ominous.

星　　星日馬宮居正殿　不分晝夜屬陽精火羅作黨六親尅　木炁相逢是難星

Xing: The Xing sun and Horse palace sits in the main hall; without distinguishing day and night it belongs to the yang essence. If Fire and Luo form a party, six kin are overcome; if Wood and Qi meet, they are a hardship star.

張　　張月鹿兮居午垣　晝陽夜月兩般專若居隔界在雙女　一例都言是月躔

Zhang: The Zhang moon and deer dwell in the Wu enclosure; by day it is the Sun, at night the Moon, two kinds distinctly. If it lies across the boundary at Shuangnu, it is all spoken of as the Moon's lodging.

翼　　雙女垣中翼火蛇　水為主宰是君家不嫌水孛怕土計　金曜相逢實可誇

Yi: In the Shuangnu enclosure the Yi fire serpent; Water is the master, that is you. It does not dislike Water and Bo, but fears Earth and Ji; if the Metal luminary meets it, it is truly praiseworthy.

軫　　軫宿分躔巳與辰　二星皆是水之精只怕土計為凶曜　若遇金星福更隆

Zhen: The Zhen lodge is distributed at Si and Chen; both stars are the essence of Water. It fears only Earth and Ji as ominous luminaries; if it meets the Metal star, fortune is greater.

右二十八宿度主定人命當論宮當論度又以月令推論

The above: the principals of the twenty-eight lodge degrees determine a person's fate; one should discuss the palace and the degree, and further infer by the monthly command.

十二宮取用歌

Song of Taking Use from the Twelve Palaces

子　　子宮安命誠為土　其取用者卯上火火為命母又為官　又以羅防為次母母星強健福堅牢　若在防宮何所補最嫌木炁在高強　化作刑囚傷本主

Zi: With Life established at the Zi palace, it is truly Earth; the one taken for use is the Fire at Mao. Fire is the Life mother and also Office; next one takes Luo guarding. If the mother star is strong and sound, fortune is firm and lasting; if she is in a hidden palace, what is the use? Most disliked is Wood and Qi in high strength, transforming into penal imprisonment and injuring the main principal.

丑　　丑宮亦是土之宮　取用瓶中又不同火羅固是為吾母　先以金星定吉凶金強金弱觀輕重　生在秋冬更有功誰知寅亥關造化　木炁臨之主困窮

Chou: The Chou palace is also an earth palace, but the use taken from the pot differs. Fire and Luo are indeed my mother; first use the Metal star to determine good and bad fortune. Metal strong or weak, observe light and heavy; if born in autumn or winter there is further merit. Who knows that Yin and Hai bear on creation and transformation? If Wood and Qi lie upon it, it signifies hardship and poverty.

寅　　寅宮真是臨官木　純以水星為官祿水星強健福堅牢　太乙亦能為我福亥宮設有惡星臨　限到辰宮當夭促此葢丑卯最相關　若論天盤當反覆

Yin: The Yin palace is truly the Official Post wood; purely take the Water star as Office and Salary. If the Water star is strong and sound, fortune is firm and lasting; Taiyi too can be my fortune. If the Hai palace has an evil star lying upon it, when the limit arrives at the Chen palace one will die young. This is because Chou and Mao are most related; if one discusses the heaven plate, it reverses.

卯　　卯宮乃是火根源　命母當為木炁論獨有此宮無福徳　官星卻是太陽尊多以木炁為功用　水孛相逢不可言此星若在申巳上　一生破尅沒安存

Mao: The Mao palace is the root of Fire; the Life mother should be discussed as Wood and Qi. Only this palace has no Fortune and Virtue; the Office star is the honored Sun. Mostly take Wood and Qi as the useful ones; if Water and Bo meet, one cannot speak well of it. If this star is at Shen or Si, a lifetime of ruin and overcoming leaves no peace.

辰　　惟有辰宮觀日月　便將官福分明說土計雖然是母星　最怕單行逢水孛熒羅作黨旺離方　到此貧窮諸事拙亥卯二宮逢土計　資財豐足無消折

Chen: Only the Chen palace observes the Sun and Moon; use them to state Office and Fortune clearly. Though Earth and Ji are the mother stars, one most fears them moving alone and meeting Water and Bo. If Luo and Ying form a party and flourish in the Li direction, there poverty and all affairs are clumsy. If the two palaces Hai and Mao meet Earth and Ji, wealth is ample and does not decline.

巳　　巳宮安命何處觀　水為宮主水為官便看太隂何處泊　最於福德有相關卯戌兩宮逢土計　多災多難轉艱難若有單金在雙女　逢生入局一般看

Si: With Life at the Si palace, where should one look? Water is the palace principal and Water is the Office; then look where the Moon lodges, which is most related to Fortune. If the two palaces Mao and Xu meet Earth and Ji, there are many disasters and hardships, ever harder. If a single Metal is at Shuangnu and meets generation and enters the bureau, treat it the same.

午　　午宮偏愛逢金水　金水正是為官福水白金清兩得經　申酉逢之多富足宮神四正互相加　最怕當年逢木炁此宮獨坐帝君尊　火羅計孛何所畏

Wu: The Wu palace particularly likes meeting Metal and Water; Metal and Water are just Office and Fortune. Water white and Metal pure, both gained by classic; if Shen and You meet them, there is often abundance. The palace spirits and four cardinal points add upon each other; most feared is meeting Wood and Qi in the current year. This palace sitting alone is the honored sovereign; Fire, Luo, Ji and Bo, what is there to fear?

未　　未宮端的屬太隂　此宮最喜火與金木羅孛炁亦堪處　土計凶神不可侵單火獨羅皆有用　夜生最喜戌宮臨生於白晝無光彩　縱禍於人亦稍輕

Wei: The Wei palace truly belongs to the Moon; this palace most likes Fire and Metal. Wood, Luo, Bo and Qi are also tolerable; Earth and Ji, ominous spirits, must not invade. A single Fire or single Luo are both useful; born at night it most likes the Xu palace to lie upon it. Born by day it is without luster, and even when it causes calamity to others, it is slightly lighter.

申　　申宮隂陽分水局　此宮最喜火與木土計分明是我仇　戌亥兩宮為官福丑卯兩宮相脈絡　更無疾厄無奴僕金為母宿若高強　一世優遊無不足

Shen: The Shen palace divides yin and yang as a water bureau; this palace most likes Fire and Wood. Earth and Ji are clearly my enemies; the Xu and Hai palaces are Office and Fortune. The Chou and Mao palaces are linked by veins; there is no illness or servant. If Metal is the mother lodge and high and strong, one is leisurely and lacks nothing for a lifetime.

酉　　酉宮取號是金牛　四正相加最隱幽土計母星好明健　一生享福最優遊水清又是田財主　設在高強富可求縱有火羅為我擾　齊子之地亦無憂

You: The You palace is named the Metal Ox; the four cardinal points add upon each other and it is most hidden. Earth and Ji, the mother stars, are good, bright and sound; one enjoys fortune for a lifetime, most leisurely. Water, clear, is again the master of property and wealth; if placed high and strong, wealth can be sought. Even if Fire and Luo disturb me, in the land of Qi there is also no worry.

戌　　戌宮安命火之庫　木炁母星喜相遇水孛此宮相臨著　少年夭折多災苦卯巳兩宮相關係　最喜當年官福地土木炁逢福又輕　單行獨旺誠堪取

Xu: Life at the Xu palace is the treasury of Fire; Wood and Qi, the mother stars, are glad to meet. Water and Bo, if they lie upon this palace, mean dying young and many disasters and hardships when young. The Mao and Si palaces are related; most pleasing are the land of Office and Fortune in the current year. If Earth, Wood and Qi meet, fortune is again light; moving alone and flourishing alone is truly worth taking.

亥　　亥宮為木號雙魚　卻於辰上黙喜扶若還金炁相同角　不能夭折定焦枯卯未兩宮真三合　又與寅上著功夫此宮若有水孛照　富可經營貴可圖

Hai: The Hai palace is wood, named Double Fish; yet at Chen it quietly likes support. If Metal and Qi are together in Jiao, one will not die young but certainly wither. The two palaces Mao and Wei are true triple harmonies; one also works at Yin. If this palace has Water and Bo shining upon it, wealth can be managed and nobility sought.

十二宮主用變吟歌

Song of the Changing Use of the Twelve Palace Principals

子　　水土元來旺到子　水土如何可兼取危月乃知水之精　虛日乃是土為主雖然如此分輕重　當看歲君何黨與若是火土為納音　此宮端的純乎土

Zi: Water and Earth are originally flourishing at Zi; how can Water and Earth be taken together? The Wei moon is known as the essence of Water, the Xu sun is Earth as the master. Though so, distinguish heavy and light, and look at which party the Sui lord favors. If Fire and Earth are the Nayin, this palace is truly purely Earth.

丑　　丑宮本以土為垣　亦以金神論本源丑宮雖則屬土局　金星是庫又是官土金兩般俱要論　此宮最怕太陽臨

Chou: The Chou palace takes Earth as its enclosure, and also takes the Metal spirit to discuss its root. Though the Chou palace belongs to the Earth bureau, the Metal star is its treasury and also Office. Earth and Metal both need discussing; this palace most fears the Sun lying upon it.

寅　　寅宮屬木局屬火　火土如多屬木行木炁設如居午戌　此宮變局反為熒

Yin: The Yin palace belongs to the Wood bureau and to Fire; if Fire and Earth are many, it belongs to the Wood line. If Wood and Qi are, for example, at Wu or Xu, this palace changes its bureau and on the contrary glows.

卯　　卯宮端的火之垣　水孛臨垣又為木木炁臨之是火垣　三合水孛為木局

Mao: The Mao palace is truly a Fire enclosure; if Water and Bo lie on the enclosure, it is again Wood. If Wood and Qi lie on it, it is a Fire enclosure; in triple harmony, Water and Bo make a Wood bureau.

辰　　若論辰宮是水金　更將水土相聯續一輕一重多難明　更看歲君何所屬

Chen: If one discusses the Chen palace, it is Water and Metal; further, Water and Earth are linked together. One light and one heavy, it is hard to clarify; look further at what the Sui lord belongs to.

巳　　巳宮本以水為垣　亦以金神論本源酉丑二宮逢計土　定為金局更何言如無土計真為水　餘宿閒神不必論更值歲星為土宿　一生飄泊不安存

Si: The Si palace takes Water as its enclosure, and also takes the Metal spirit to discuss its root. If the two palaces You and Chou meet Ji and Earth, it surely makes a Metal bureau, and what more is there to say? Without Earth and Ji it is truly Water; leisurely stars and idle spirits need not be discussed. If further the Sui planet is an Earth lodge, one drifts about for life and has no peace.

午　　午宮論日未論月　卻與他宮大相別此宮純看輔弼星　相生化氣不可說

Wu: The Wu palace discusses the Sun and not the Moon, which differs greatly from other palaces. This palace looks purely at the assisting stars; mutual generation and transforming qi cannot be spoken of lightly.

未　　午宮當以金水言　未宮火金不可缺歲星縱健不能傷　卻當於此分優劣

Wei: The Wu palace should be spoken of with Metal and Water; the Wei palace cannot lack Fire and Metal. Even if the Sui planet is strong, it cannot injure; here one should distinguish superior from inferior.

申　　申宮葢得水之真　若論臨官又是金土計縱強終減力　歲星是木禍尤輕木為官主火為福　誰將木火作閒神設如太歲真為水　卻忌當年土計侵

Shen: The Shen palace, for the most part, obtains the truth of Water; if one discusses the Official Post, it is again Metal, Earth and Ji, which though strong in the end lose force. The Sui star is Wood, and its calamity is lighter still; Wood is the Office master and Fire is Fortune, so who would take Wood and Fire as idle spirits? Suppose the Grand Sui is truly Water, then one must avoid Earth and Ji invading in that year.

酉　　酉宮金旺為金位　最怕熒星為太歲若遇羅防照限宮　羅中有計何足畏

You: The You palace, with Metal flourishing, is the Metal position; most feared is the Ying star as the Sui. If one meets Luo guarding and shining on the limit palace, and Ji is within Luo, what is there to fear?

戌　　戌宮見水定生災　子丑逢熒定為貴歲星屬土更為竒　最喜此星逢四季戌垣端的逢熒惑　此火尤存戌庫位

Xu: In the Xu palace, seeing Water surely brings calamity; at Zi and Chou, meeting Ying surely makes one noble. The Sui star is Earth, which is even more extraordinary; this star is most pleased to meet the four seasons. If the Xu enclosure truly meets Yinghuo, this Fire still remains in the position of the Xu treasury.

亥　　亥乃木垣真屬木　木星又在亥中安若還大限經遊處　便作當生木主看惟此四宮無反覆　閒神限宿不須看

Hai: The Hai enclosure is Wood, truly of the Wood nature; the Wood star again rests within Hai. If the great limit passes through there, regard it as the Wood master of one's birth. Only these four palaces have no reversal; idle spirits and limit lodgings need not be looked at.

十二宮各度喜忌說

Likes and Dislikes of the Degrees in the Twelve Palaces

子宮虛日不論晝夜生以土論所喜者火羅若單行為福重雙行為福輕所忌者孛炁危月初度至十二度日生以土論所忌者水孛所喜者金月火夜生髮福女土初二度至十一度以土論所喜者火羅為恩所忌者木炁為仇

Zi palace: Xu Sun is discussed as Earth regardless of day or night birth. What it likes is Fire and Luo: if one moves alone, fortune is heavy; if two move together, fortune is light. What it dislikes is Bo and Qi. Wei Moon, from the first degree to the twelfth: for day births discuss as Earth, dislike Water and Bo, like Metal, Moon and Fire; for night births fortune arises; for females also. Nu Earth, from the second degree to the eleventh: discuss as Earth; like Fire and Luo as benefactors; dislike Wood and Qi as enemies.

丑宮斗木四度至九度木正垣忌火羅金十度至二十二度以土論喜火忌羅木炁為仇三方合煞主夭折牛三度至七度忌木炁

Chou palace: Dou Wood, from the fourth degree to the ninth, is Wood in its proper enclosure; dislike Fire, Luo and Metal. From the tenth degree to the twenty-second, discuss as Earth; like Fire; dislike Luo, and take Wood and Qi as enemies; if the three directions combine in sha, it means dying young. Niu, from the third degree to the seventh: dislike Wood and Qi.

寅宮尾火三度至十七度以木論忌火羅金如行限見之亦主小災若見水孛土計主發福箕水二度至九度以水論忌土喜金水月孛

Yin palace: Wei Fire, from the third degree to the seventeenth, is discussed as Wood; dislike Fire, Luo and Metal; if the limit meets them, there is also a minor calamity; if one sees Water, Bo, Earth and Ji, fortune arises. Ji Water, from the second degree to the ninth, is discussed as Water; dislike Earth; like Metal, Water, Moon and Bo.

卯宮氐土二度至十度以土論忌木炁孛喜火羅發福十度至十六度火垣忌水孛主夭折亦忌羅喜木炁發福房日火正垣喜木炁忌水孛金羅主夭折星月初度至六度以火論喜金木忌土計夜生以太隂論忌土計喜金水火月發福尾火初度至二度以火論喜木炁發福忌水孛夭折

Mao palace: Di Earth, from the second degree to the tenth, is discussed as Earth; dislike Wood, Qi and Bo; like Fire and Luo, and fortune arises. From the tenth degree to the sixteenth it is a Fire enclosure; dislike Water and Bo, which means dying young; also dislike Luo; like Wood and Qi, and fortune arises. Fang Sun is a Fire proper enclosure; like Wood and Qi; dislike Water, Bo, Metal and Luo, which means dying young. Xin Moon, from the first degree to the sixth, is discussed as Fire; like Metal and Wood; dislike Earth and Ji; for night births discuss as the Moon, dislike Earth and Ji, and like Metal, Water, Fire and Moon, and fortune arises. Wei Fire, from the first degree to the second, is discussed as Fire; like Wood and Qi, and fortune arises; dislike Water and Bo, which means dying young.

辰宮軫水十度至十六度以金論忌火羅喜土計發福角木三度至十二度以木論忌火羅凶亢金垣喜土計忌火羅夭折氐土初度至一度以土論喜火羅忌木炁

Chen palace: Zhen Water, from the tenth degree to the sixteenth, is discussed as Metal; dislike Fire and Luo; like Earth and Ji, and fortune arises. Jiao Wood, from the third degree to the twelfth, is discussed as Wood; dislike Fire and Luo, which is ominous. Kang Metal enclosure: like Earth and Ji; dislike Fire and Luo, which means dying young. Di Earth, from the first degree to the first, is discussed as Earth; like Fire and Luo; dislike Wood and Qi.

巳宮張月十五度至十九度以太隂論忌土計喜金水月發福翼火水正垣忌土計喜金水月忌火孛羅軫水二度至九度以水論喜金月忌土計孛羅

Si palace: Zhang Moon, from the fifteenth degree to the nineteenth, is discussed as the Moon; dislike Earth and Ji; like Metal, Water and Moon, and fortune arises. Yi Fire and Water proper enclosure: dislike Earth and Ji; like Metal, Water and Moon; dislike Fire, Bo and Luo. Zhen Water, from the second degree to the ninth, is discussed as Water; like Metal and Moon; dislike Earth, Ji, Bo and Luo.

午宮柳土四度至十三度以土論忌木炁喜火羅金星日日正垣喜金水忌木炁凶張月初度至十四度日生以太陽論喜水金月忌木炁夜生喜火金月忌土計夜生逢木炁金月大發福

Wu palace: Liu Earth, from the fourth degree to the thirteenth, is discussed as Earth; dislike Wood and Qi; like Fire, Luo and Metal. Xing Sun, the Sun's proper enclosure: like Metal and Water; dislike Wood and Qi, which is ominous. Zhang Moon, from the first degree to the fourteenth: for day births discuss as the Sun, like Water, Metal and Moon, and dislike Wood and Qi; for night births like Fire, Metal and Moon, and dislike Earth and Ji; for night births meeting Wood, Qi, Metal and Moon brings great fortune.

未宮井木九度至十五度以木論忌金羅土計十六度至三十度以太隂論喜金水月忌土計主夭折鬼金月正垣喜金水月忌土計主夭折柳土初度至三度以土論喜火羅金忌木炁

Wei palace: Jing Wood, from the ninth degree to the fifteenth, is discussed as Wood; dislike Metal, Luo, Earth and Ji. From the sixteenth degree to the thirtieth, discuss as the Moon; like Metal, Water and Moon; dislike Earth and Ji, which means dying young. Gui Metal Moon proper enclosure: like Metal, Water and Moon; dislike Earth and Ji, which means dying young. Liu Earth, from the first degree to the third, is discussed as Earth; like Fire, Luo and Metal; dislike Wood and Qi.

申宮畢月以太隂論忌土計金月主發福觜火以水論忌土計喜金月水發福參水喜金忌土計孛主夭折井木二度至八度以木論忌土計夭折

Shen palace: Bi (Net) Moon is discussed as the Moon; dislike Earth and Ji; Metal and Moon bring fortune. Zi Fire is discussed as Water; dislike Earth and Ji; like Metal, Moon and Water, and fortune arises. Shen (Three Stars) Water: like Metal; dislike Earth, Ji and Bo, which means dying young. Jing Wood, from the second degree to the eighth, is discussed as Wood; dislike Earth and Ji, which means dying young.

酉宮胃土初度至十三度以土論忌木炁喜火羅金防命母主發福十二度至十五度以金論木炁土計發福火羅孛主夭折畢月初度至六度半太隂論半以金論忌火土計凶喜月水旺發福

You palace: Wei (Stomach) Earth, from the first degree to the thirteenth, is discussed as Earth; dislike Wood and Qi; like Fire, Luo and Metal; guard the Life mother, and fortune arises. From the twelfth degree to the fifteenth, discuss as Metal; Wood, Qi, Earth and Ji bring fortune; Fire, Luo and Bo mean dying young. Bi (Net) Moon, from the first degree to six and a half degrees: half is discussed as the Moon and half as Metal; dislike Fire, Earth and Ji, which is ominous; like Moon and Water in strength, and fortune arises.

戌宮奎木二度至八度以木論喜土計水忌金羅凶夭折九度至十六度以火論喜木發福忌水孛凶婁金火垣喜三方木炁發福忌水孛主夭折

Xu palace: Kui Wood, from the second degree to the eighth, is discussed as Wood; like Earth, Ji and Water; dislike Metal and Luo, which is ominous and means dying young. From the ninth degree to the sixteenth, discuss as Fire; like Wood, and fortune arises; dislike Water and Bo, which is ominous. Lou Metal, Fire enclosure: like Wood and Qi in the three directions, and fortune arises; dislike Water and Bo, which means dying young.

亥宮危月十三度至十八度太隂論喜火月金水主早年發福忌土計為煞室火木正垣所喜者水孛所忌者火羅金主夭折土計為仇璧初度至九度木論喜水孛忌土計火羅金凶奎木初度至一度以木論喜水孛為福忌金羅凶

Hai palace: Wei (Rooftop) Moon, from the thirteenth degree to the eighteenth, is discussed as the Moon; like Fire, Moon, Metal and Water, which brings fortune in the early years; dislike Earth and Ji, which become sha. Shi Fire and Wood proper enclosure: what it likes is Water and Bo; what it dislikes is Fire, Luo and Metal, which means dying young; Earth and Ji are enemies. Bi (Wall), from the first degree to the ninth, is discussed as Wood; like Water and Bo; dislike Earth, Ji, Fire, Luo and Metal, which is ominous. Kui Wood, from the first degree to the first, is discussed as Wood; like Water and Bo as fortune; dislike Metal and Luo, which is ominous.

陳都憲十二宮安命論【理精】

Chen Duxian's Discussion on Establishing Life in the Twelve Palaces [Refined in principle]

子宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Zi Palace

女二度直至虛日六度帝旺之貴土也危一至危五度乃海涯之土危六至十二夜生人以太隂論為海濱初出之月晝生人以土論不以危月論

From Nu degree 2 straight through to Xu Sun degree 6 is the noble Earth of Imperial Prosperity. Wei degrees 1 to 5 are the earth of the sea shore. Wei degrees 6 to 12: those born at night discuss as the Moon, as the moon newly rising from the seashore; those born by day discuss as Earth, and do not discuss as Wei Moon.

詳宮主屬土最喜太隂在南方巳午未謂之安身傍母與火羅同行則吉遇木炁水孛為鬼黨其煞皆主不祥女土虛土忌木炁水孛出門行斗木度三方有三合拱照斗四便夭葢斗度乃煞限見水孛為鬼助煞權如寅午戌上三方有火羅相引至尾火虎度亦還一發危土六度內外見木炁水孛不夭大難臨身復見計前迎必防乃是奴星犯主煞難相逢見金水孛火徐徐而發見金生子御鬼為福最大見火為恩限中如遇木炁要見火羅煞生印化無不發福危四至危十二太隂之議此以危月燕而言見金水火羅皆吉危八至危十三亦太隂忌見木炁土計行卯限見土計前迎木炁引出者無不夭矣

Examine that the palace master belongs to Earth. Most pleasing is the Moon in the southern region of Si, Wu and Wei, called lodging the body beside the mother; moving together with Fire and Luo is auspicious; meeting Wood, Qi, Water and Bo makes a ghost party, and their sha all signify ill omen. Nu Earth and Xu Earth dislike Wood, Qi, Water and Bo. Going out and moving through the Dou Wood degree, if the three directions have a triple harmony shining upon it, Dou 4 means dying young, because the Dou degree is a sha limit; seeing Water and Bo, the ghost aids the authority of sha. For example, if in the three directions of Yin, Wu and Xu Fire and Luo lead it, then reaching the Wei Fire tiger degree it again flourishes all at once. Within and around Wei Earth degree 6, if one sees Wood, Qi, Water and Bo, one does not die young, but great difficulty comes upon the body; if one again sees Ji come forward to meet, one must guard, for this is the slave star offending the master, and the sha is hard to meet. Seeing Metal, Water, Bo and Fire, it flourishes slowly; seeing Metal bearing a child and resisting ghosts is the greatest fortune; seeing Fire is a benefactor. If the limit meets Wood and Qi, one needs to see Fire and Luo: sha generates seal and transforms, and there is none that does not bring fortune. Wei degrees 4 to 12 are discussed as the Moon, speaking of the Wei Moon swallow; seeing Metal, Water, Fire and Luo is all auspicious. Wei degrees 8 to 13 are also the Moon, and dislike seeing Wood, Qi, Earth and Ji; moving through the Mao limit, seeing Earth and Ji come forward to meet, with Wood and Qi leading them out, there is none who does not die young.

丑宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Chou Palace

斗四度至斗九度至十三度以木論東方寅卯辰遇見水孛印生身限三方拱照主少年發福行限至辰入亢金度又見三方土計金合照便斷一險限中稍見水孛天盤加出主有一病免死而已如春令木逢生旺再加三度木論又見水孛生我者無往不利子細推究出見炁土金則夭矣見炁乃曰奴星犯主見土星為鬼生煞權斗十四度至二十四度以土論之甲乙生人又以木論此以宮主言之限行火羅卯辰限系官福之宮三方合照亦主善發木炁稍輕煞乃居丑金鄉木不得地有制尅我無力無妨出限見計奴前迎禍必慘矣五星中最忌奴星犯主若木計同行亦不可解狂奴之星犯主也牛一至牛七全以土論最喜羅月相逢居於子午之宮子細推之大造初行寅限見火羅二十以上在寅宮行尾火虎度發而大富羅月在子三十六入辰限官祿之鄉亦能發福限至南方巳午之地愈見福厚土至南方乃為父母之邦只怕孛炁鬼生煞計炁不受傷只於過宮之時子細推究女一度亦以土論

Dou degrees 4 to 9, up to 13, are discussed as Wood. In the eastern regions of Yin, Mao and Chen, meeting Water and Bo, the seal generates the body; if the limit has the three directions shining upon it, fortune arises in youth. If the limit moves to Chen and enters the Kang Metal degree, and again sees Earth, Ji and Metal in the three directions combining to shine, judge one danger; if within the limit one slightly sees Water and Bo, with the heaven plate added, there will be one illness but one escapes death, that is all. If in the spring command Wood meets flourishing, add three further degrees and discuss as Wood; seeing Water and Bo again, what generates me everywhere is beneficial. Examine in detail: if one comes out and sees Qi, Earth and Metal, one dies young; seeing Qi is called the slave star offending the master; seeing the Earth star is a ghost generating the authority of sha. Dou degrees 14 to 24 are discussed as Earth; those born in Jia and Yi are also discussed as Wood, and this speaks from the palace master. If the limit moves to Fire and Luo, the Mao and Chen limits are palaces of Office and Fortune; with the three directions combining to shine, one also flourishes readily. Wood and Qi are a slightly lighter sha: sitting in the Chou Metal region, Wood has no footing and there is restraint, so overcoming me has little force and no harm. If coming out of the limit one sees Ji, the slave comes forward to meet, and the calamity is certain to be severe. Of the five stars, the most feared is the slave star offending the master; if Wood and Ji move together it is also irresolvable, for it is the mad slave star offending the master. Niu degrees 1 to 7 are entirely discussed as Earth; most pleasing is Luo and Moon meeting, lodged in the palaces of Zi and Wu. Infer in detail: for the great fate, in the early limit at Yin one sees Fire and Luo; above twenty, in the Yin palace, moving through the Wei Fire tiger degree, one flourishes and becomes greatly wealthy; with Luo and Moon at Zi, at thirty-six entering the Chen limit, the land of Office and Salary, one can also have fortune. When the limit reaches the southern land of Si and Wu, fortune becomes still thicker; Earth reaching the south is the land of the father and mother. Only fear Bo and Qi as ghost-generated sha; Ji and Qi are not harmed, and one should examine in detail only at the time of passing palaces. Nu degree 1 is also discussed as Earth.

寅宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Yin Palace

尾三至尾六七度以尾火虎論便看安身立命太隂吊起木炁謂之安身傍母便享祖業如行辰巳限單見木炁當途恩用之星或三方外拱便發再見水孛以助木炁煞又生印發福非小加增田產大怕安身近水孛謂之安身傍鬼必無祖業見金水孛號曰鬼生其煞相引過關斷夭無疑尾八度至末度以木而論丙丁生人亦以火論此斷宮主而安身與水孛相逢謂之安身傍母必享祖業根本壯厚臨官之木次看木起何宮如是寅申巳亥四正之宮豈是尋常斷作吉論二十五六後行辰限遇見水局或有水孛於申子辰三方拱照平平而發如巳宮遇孛水單行巳乃水鄉為水在水故吉若遇金星相扶助是曰煞生印此時發奮進田莊出限稍見土金前迎是曰鬼生煞若不主防身災禍重重巳酉丑亥卯未生人先主官符之破免死而已如夏令生人遇火氣炎或稍可制伏箕水豹至五度看月令如夏令遇火氣春生遇木氣冬生遇水氣在寅箕六度至九度全以水論乃艮山柔弱之水也畧見些少金水之氣亦發福行亢

Wei degrees 3 to 6 or 7 are discussed as Wei Fire tiger; then look at the body and Life. When the Moon draws up Wood and Qi, this is called lodging the body beside the mother, and one enjoys the ancestral inheritance. If moving through the Chen and Si limits and seeing only Wood and Qi on the road, the benevolent star in use, or shining from outside in the three directions, one flourishes; seeing further Water and Bo to aid Wood and Qi, sha again generates seal, and the fortune of increased fields and estates is not small. Greatly feared is the body lodged near Water and Bo, called lodging the body beside a ghost, with surely no ancestral estate; seeing Metal, Water and Bo is called ghost generation, whose sha lead each other through the pass, and early death is judged without doubt. Wei degree 8 to the end is discussed as Wood; those born in Bing and Ding are also discussed as Fire; this judges from the palace master, and the body lodged meeting Water and Bo is called lodging the body beside the mother, certainly enjoying the ancestral estate with solid roots. For Wood at Official Post, next look at which palace the Wood rises in; if it is one of the four cardinal palaces Yin, Shen, Si and Hai, how could it be ordinary? Judge it as auspicious. After twenty-five or twenty-six, moving the Chen limit and meeting a Water bureau, or there being Water and Bo shining from the three directions of Shen, Zi and Chen, one flourishes only moderately; if in the Si palace one meets Bo Water moving alone, Si is a Water region, Water in Water and therefore auspicious; if one meets the Metal star aiding and supporting, this is called sha generating seal, and at that time one rouses oneself and adds fields and estates. If upon leaving the limit one slightly sees Earth and Metal come forward to meet, this is called ghost generating sha; if not, guard the body against disaster upon disaster. Those born in the years Si, You, Chou, Hai, Mao and Wei first suffer ruin through official charges, but escape death, that is all. If born in summer command and meeting the heat of fire qi, it can perhaps be somewhat suppressed. Ji Water leopard, up to degree 5: look at the monthly command; if summer, meeting Fire qi; if born in spring, meeting Wood qi; if born in winter, meeting Water qi; at Yin. Ji degrees 6 to 9 are entirely discussed as Water, the soft water of the Gen mountain; if one slightly sees a little of Metal and Water qi, one also has fortune; moving to Kang

度金乃父母之鄉軫水局善發如此出限稍見火羅計孛三方見火羅為黨土計見孛為奴故主凶前迎後送死難之鬼斗一斗三度以木論

degree Metal is the land of the father and mother, and the Zhen Water bureau flourishes well. So, upon leaving the limit, if one slightly sees Fire, Luo, Ji and Bo: in the three directions seeing Fire and Luo is a party, and seeing Earth and Ji with Bo makes a slave, so it signifies ill omen, forward meeting and backward sending, a ghost hard to escape in death. Dou 1 to 3 degrees are discussed as Wood.

卯宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Mao Palace

氐一至氐九及十六度以土貉而言辰戌丑未年生人由其屬土真土論也最喜近火羅相逢無有不發二十五六初行已限翼火度斷入佳境如見火羅至巳午單行見木炁以助其威發福非小按卯為火宮房心火之地氐土居之是曰入垣入廟若火羅更在巳午真如錦上添花二十五六便發歌曰吉星望見先為福是也更加木炁相助其吉可知最忌水孛相引木乃歲德之星為福不為禍惟水孛引之故為災也名曰鬼生之煞推至送限之年斷其禍福歌曰凶星過去始為災是也氐十以後至夏令以火論餘以土論房一度至心一度全以火論此宮主論安身太隂居於亥卯未宮木炁逢之便是吉人造化再詳水為恩主居巽亥垣行巳午限官福之宮亦發一場便為吉論心二度至五度寵姬之月晝生火論夜生月論斷卯宮則以火月土三件而論尾一至尾二度火論

Di degrees 1 to 9 and 16 are spoken of as the earth badger; those born in Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei years are by nature Earth and are discussed as true Earth. Most pleasing is approaching Fire and Luo; meeting them, there is none that does not flourish. At twenty-five or twenty-six, first moving through the Si limit, in the Yi Fire degree, one is judged to enter fine territory; if one sees Fire and Luo moving alone to Si and Wu, seeing Wood and Qi to aid their might, the fortune is not small. By examination, Mao is a Fire palace, the land of Fang and Xin Fire; Di Earth dwelling in it is called entering the enclosure and entering the temple. If Fire and Luo are further at Si and Wu, it is truly adding flowers to brocade, and one flourishes at twenty-five or twenty-six. The song says 'an auspicious star seen from afar first brings fortune,' and this is it. Add Wood and Qi aiding, and its auspiciousness can be known. Most feared is Water and Bo leading it; Wood is the Sui virtue star and brings fortune, not calamity; only when Water and Bo lead it is there disaster, and it is called the sha of ghost generation. Infer to the year of sending off the limit and judge its fortune and calamity; the song says 'an ominous star passing is the beginning of disaster,' and this is it. From Di 10 onwards, up to summer command, discuss as Fire; at other times discuss as Earth. Fang 1 to Xin 1 degree are entirely discussed as Fire; this is the palace master discussion on the body: the Moon dwelling in the Hai, Mao and Wei palaces and meeting Wood and Qi is the fate of an auspicious person; examine again: Water as benefactor master, dwelling in the Xun and Hai enclosures, moving through the Si and Wu limits, the palaces of Office and Fortune, also flourishes in one stretch, and is judged auspicious. Xin degrees 2 to 5 are the Moon of the favoured concubine: for day births discuss as Fire, for night births discuss as the Moon; in judging the Mao palace, discuss by the three things Fire, Moon and Earth. Wei degrees 1 to 2 are discussed as Fire.

辰宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Chen Palace

軫度以水而論秋氣三分之金同納音秋金九分之金此以金論此星屬水最喜金月躔角及三方拱照行限見金水木炁前迎一生髮福興隆如遇火羅險中復險事事不吉若有水孛尅制方免其死角一至角八秋冬生乃是枯敗之木其論金明矣角後度生春令並甲乙生人以木論餘俱金論亢乃正垣之金要太隂共土計尤妙亢金喜土計發福非淺最怕寅午戌合限遇火羅木炁相引出入十死其九見水孛能潤辰宮亢金亦主發福氐一度在辰土論

Zhen degree is discussed as Water; autumn qi has three-tenths Metal, the same as Nayin Autumn Metal, nine-tenths Metal, and this discusses it as Metal. This star belongs to Water, and most pleases the Metal Moon's course through Jiao and the three directions shining upon it; moving the limit and seeing Metal, Water, Wood and Qi coming forward to meet, a lifetime of fortune and prosperity. If it meets Fire and Luo, it is danger within danger and nothing is auspicious; if Water and Bo restrain, then one escapes death. Jiao 1 to Jiao 8, born in autumn or winter, is withered and decayed Wood, and its discussion as Metal is clear. Later Jiao degrees, born in spring command, and those born in Jia and Yi, are discussed as Wood; the rest are all Metal. Kang is the proper enclosure Metal and needs the Moon together with Earth and Ji, which is especially excellent; Kang Metal is pleased with Earth and Ji, and the fortune is not shallow. Most feared is the combined limit of Yin, Wu and Xu meeting Fire, Wood and Qi leading each other: entering and leaving, nine out of ten die. Seeing Water and Bo can moisten the Chen palace Kang Metal and also brings fortune. Di degree 1 in Chen is discussed as Earth.

巳宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Si Palace

張十五度至十七度葢如水中之月秋令人此度安身立命決主清貴是水中之月見金乃花酒中無心發財或太隂起近孛防於危畢度一生得隂人為侶助限內三方見炁合照多因婦人財祿成家翼一至十九度夏令生以火論秋冬生以水論軫一至軫九乃東方河漢之水行西方申酉限單見金或在辰上財帛宮或在子上奴僕宮三十五六後畧見申限發福非小此宮土計難星最怕火羅相接斷必禍死喜金居財帛主白手成家惟不喜金居田宅限元稍弱必破祖矣

Zhang degrees 15 to 17 are like the moon in water; people of autumn command, with body and Life established at this degree, are certainly pure and noble. It is the moon in water; seeing Metal means flowers and wine without intent to make a fortune; or if the Moon rises near Bo, guard against the Wei and Bi degrees; for a lifetime one obtains yin people as companions and helpers. Within the limit, if the three directions have Qi shining together, mostly through women one makes a household of wealth and salary. Yi 1 to 19: those born in summer command are discussed as Fire; those born in autumn or winter are discussed as Water. Zhen 1 to Zhen 9 is the Milky Way water of the east; moving the western Shen and You limits, seeing Metal alone, or at Chen in the Wealth palace or at Zi in the Servant palace, after thirty-five or thirty-six slightly seeing the Shen limit, the fortune is not small. In this palace Earth and Ji are difficult stars; most feared is Fire and Luo joining them, and death by calamity is certainly judged. Pleasing is Metal in the Wealth palace, which means making a household from empty hands; only not pleasing is Metal in the Field and Dwelling palace; if the limit is slightly weak, one will certainly break the ancestors' property.

午宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Wu Palace

柳四度至柳八度端門之貴土也今以土言之先看土起何宮若居四木度早年十五歲內逼井木度限看水孛之鬼三合亥卯未見之便當一忌如是四土或四火之地太隂與火羅相逢少年無災限行申酉稍見火金單行限相逢決然一發喜羅單行夜生人見寅午戌宮相照亦必一發柳後度並星六日馬以太陽論鶉火之中日論明矣最喜照官福之宮申酉處權貴有名利凡事吉慶不怕火最忌木炁之鬼如春令甲乙生人木旺之時限若相逢出入見火羅相引必防其夀若木炁黨之只主官災破蕩張月鹿有十四度居午旺時前三後二月論明矣晝生人以太陽論張四至十四度乃天之月也夜生太隂明矣最喜見金水無往不佳徐徐而發

Liu degrees 4 to 8 are the noble Earth of the Duanmen gate; now speaking of it as Earth, first look at which palace the Earth rises in. If at Wood degree 4, within fifteen years of age early in life, the limit pressing on the Jing Wood degree, look at the ghost of Water and Bo; seeing it in the three-harmony Hai, Mao and Wei is one taboo. If this is Earth 4 or Fire 4 land, with the Moon meeting Fire and Luo, there is no calamity in youth; moving the Shen and You limit and slightly seeing Fire and Metal moving alone, when the limit meets them one is certain to flourish once. Luo moving alone is pleasing; for night births, seeing the shining of the Yin, Wu and Xu palaces also certainly flourishes once. Liu later degrees and Xing Sun, Horse, are discussed as the Sun; the Sun in the middle of Chunhuo is clearly discussed. Most pleasing is shining on the palaces of Office and Fortune at Shen and You; power, nobility, fame and gain, everything auspicious, not afraid of Fire; most feared is the ghost of Wood and Qi. For example, for those born in spring command in Jia or Yi, when Wood is flourishing, if the limit meets it, going out and in with Fire and Luo leading, guard against their longevity; if Wood and Qi form a party, it only signifies official disaster and ruin. Zhang Moon deer has 14 degrees, lodged at Wu in its flourishing time; three before and two after, the Moon discussion is clear. For day births discuss as the Sun; Zhang 4 to 14 is the moon of heaven; for night births it is clearly the Moon. Most pleasing is seeing Metal and Water, none is not excellent; it flourishes slowly.

未宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Wei Palace

井九至十五度及二十一度歸庫之木遇金亦能剝削見火羅亦能災傷皆主不利限若交接前迎後送必作少年之鬼福氣難享井二十二度以後春令即木鬼二度夜生全以太隂而論正垣之月晝生喜金出門行申酉戌限如遇金水火羅單行無有不發遇孛亦妙如見土計禍患輕也出限三方見木炁之鬼加以流年填難斷夭折也柳初至二度夜生太隂論晝生土論土則資質本薄少年行限井木度子細推究三方若遇見水孛之鬼少年便夭喜酉戌系官福之地遇金火羅便能大發三方外拱為恩雖重尤能發福戌中奎木之宮詳天盤加減且如水孛之鬼外生木炁之煞斷死無疑矣

Jing 9 to 15 and 21 are Wood returned to the treasury; meeting Metal it can also be shaved away, seeing Fire and Luo it can also be calamitous; all signify unfavourable. When the limit crosses, forward meeting and backward sending, one surely becomes a ghost in youth, and fortune is hard to enjoy. Jing 22 and after, in spring command, is the Wood ghost, 2 degrees; for night births discuss entirely as the Moon of the proper enclosure; day births are pleased with Metal; going out to move the Shen, You and Xu limits, if one meets Metal, Water, Fire and Luo moving alone, there is none that does not flourish; meeting Bo is also excellent; seeing Earth and Ji, the calamity is light. Coming out of the limit, if the three directions see the Wood and Qi ghost, adding the flowing year, early death is hard to judge otherwise. Liu 0 to 2, night births discuss as the Moon, day births as Earth; Earth is originally thin in quality, and moving the limit in youth through the Jing Wood degree, examine in detail: if the three directions meet the ghost of Water and Bo, one dies young. Pleasing are You and Xu, the land of Office and Fortune; meeting Metal, Fire and Luo one can flourish greatly; the outer shining of the three directions is benefaction, and though heavy it can still bring fortune. In the Xu palace, the Kui Wood palace, examine the additions and subtractions of the heaven plate; for example, if the ghost of Water and Bo has Wood and Qi sha born outside it, death is judged without doubt.

申宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Shen Palace

畢七至十四度夜生月論晝生水論喜金水孛發福其理最明忌見火羅為禍限行寅午戌三方見土計則夭折而死觜參全以水論乃是長生水最喜見金水在辰酉便發二十六七歲行戌宮見金在寅午戌宮合照發福亦輕須至亥限官祿宮亥卯未三方照起方見發福子丑限若見土金離祖發財廣佈田莊申宮水之至清行限見奴孛鬼羅相逢臨照險地主不善終遇火亦能防命井一至井三度分金氣秋令全以金論遇土計金迎而發寅午戌相逢刑尅不免如遇火羅若不傷財險中復險蕩散家貧免死而已井五度至八度甲乙生人木論餘作水論遇金亦能剝削見火羅亦忌同前叅詳論之

Bi 7 to 14: night births discuss as the Moon, day births as Water; pleased with Metal, Water and Bo, fortune arises, and the principle is most clear; avoid seeing Fire and Luo, which cause calamity. The limit moving to the three directions of Yin, Wu and Xu and seeing Earth and Ji means dying young. Zi and Shen are entirely discussed as Water, the Water of Long Life; most pleasing is seeing Metal and Water at Chen and You, and then it flourishes; at twenty-six or twenty-seven, moving the Xu palace and seeing Metal, with Yin, Wu and Xu shining together, the fortune is also light; one must reach the Hai limit, the palace of Office and Salary, with Hai, Mao and Wei in the three directions shining, to see fortune arise. In the Zi and Chou limit, if one sees Earth and Metal, one leaves the ancestors and makes a fortune, widely spreading estates. The Shen palace is the purest of Water; moving the limit and seeing slave Bo, ghost Luo meeting and shining, it is a dangerous ground and means not a good end; meeting Fire can also guard Life. Jing 1 to Jing 3 degrees divide Metal qi; in autumn command discuss entirely as Metal; meeting Earth and Ji, Metal comes to meet and one flourishes; meeting Yin, Wu and Xu, punishment and overcoming are unavoidable; if one meets Fire and Luo and does not injure wealth, it is danger within danger, a scattered household and poverty, only escaping death. Jing 5 to 8: those born in Jia and Yi are discussed as Wood, the rest as Water; meeting Metal can also shave away; seeing Fire and Luo is also avoided, the same as before; consider in detail.

酉宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the You Palace

胃度以土論之自敗之土喜見火羅金則發木炁防孛而險阻胃九至十四度納音金又秋令庚辛生人金論昴日真金而論不怕羅遇土計單行大能發福行亥子丑限見土計吉忌見木炁不吉只怕行限合見主凶災見火羅木炁為黨必死畢一至畢三水論畢四至畢六夜生月論晝生金論乃是妃妾之金也喜見月孛臨胃度無不吉利有禍不折見火羅非貧賤則夭折也水孛平平木炁宜卓立成家行戌限若遇火羅必死無疑遇土計不能害身子細推論戌宮安命論

Wei (Stomach) degree is discussed as Earth, a self-ruining earth; pleased to see Fire and Luo, then with Metal it flourishes; Wood and Qi guard against Bo, with dangerous obstruction. Wei 9 to 14, Nayin Metal and autumn command: those born in Geng and Xin are discussed as Metal. Mao Sun is true Metal, discussed as such, and does not fear Luo; meeting Earth and Ji moving alone, it can flourish greatly; moving the Hai, Zi and Chou limits and seeing Earth and Ji is auspicious; avoid seeing Wood and Qi, which is inauspicious; one only fears when the combined limit sees them, which signifies calamity; seeing Fire, Luo, Wood and Qi as a party, one surely dies. Bi 1 to Bi 3 are discussed as Water; Bi 4 to Bi 6: night births discuss as the Moon, day births as Metal, which is the Metal of consorts and concubines. Pleased to see Moon and Bo; at the Wei degree none is not auspicious; if there is calamity, one does not die young; seeing Fire and Luo, if not poor and lowly then one dies young; Water and Bo are moderate; Wood and Qi are fit to stand out and make a household; moving the Xu limit, if one meets Fire and Luo one surely dies without doubt; meeting Earth and Ji cannot harm the body. Consider in detail. Discussion on Establishing Life in the Xu Palace

奎二至九度全以木論遇水孛發福見火羅單居子丑亦發見木炁不凶交限見金土相照並三方拱必禍死奎十至十五度十六度春令木論夏火論奎十七度全以火論乃是火正垣見木炁善發見金水孛行限至此相引相迎必死無疑此宮火不怕水只怕羅孛婁度晝以火論如納音金秋冬生以金論餘火論胃有三度居戌土論此宮土資質本薄見木炁水孛必禍死行限喜見火羅木金平平發福此宮火不怕水只怕羅孛險中復險破耗刑沖災難

Kui 2 to 9 are entirely discussed as Wood; meeting Water and Bo, fortune arises; seeing Fire and Luo moving alone in Zi and Chou also flourishes; seeing Wood and Qi is not ominous; at the crossing of the limit, seeing Metal and Earth shining together, along with the three directions shining from outside, one is certain to die in calamity. Kui 10 to 15 and 16: in spring command discuss as Wood, in summer discuss as Fire. Kui 17 is entirely discussed as Fire, the proper-enclosure Fire; seeing Wood and Qi flourishes well; seeing Metal, Water and Bo, moving the limit to here, leading and meeting each other, death is certain without doubt. In this palace Fire does not fear Water, only Luo and Bo. Lou degree: by day discuss as Fire; if Nayin Metal, those born in autumn or winter are discussed as Metal, the rest as Fire. Wei has three degrees lodged in Xu and is discussed as Earth; the Earth of this palace is originally thin in quality, and seeing Wood, Qi, Water and Bo, one surely dies in calamity; moving the limit, pleased to see Fire and Luo; Wood and Metal are moderate, and fortune arises. In this palace Fire does not fear Water, only fears Luo and Bo; it is danger within danger, ruin and loss, punishment, clash, disaster and hardship.

亥宮安命論

Discussion on Establishing Life in the Hai Palace

危十三度至十五度末上□明月而論以歩天衢星光彩行子丑限危月斗牛度見水孛樂然而發夜生見火羅亦然如遇木炁土計之鬼煞前迎後送便斷禍凶出限則天室初至十七度皆以木論此木初生不能當其火羅如夏令生人限若逢火命在須臾前迎之限土計金照必主夭折璧一至十度以水論春令木論干金所生江湖之水不怕土計行子丑限見金火相逢一發而福怕忌難尅戰不宜也

Wei 13 to 15 degrees, at the end [illegible], bright moon is discussed, pacing the celestial road with starlight; moving the Zi and Chou limit, through the Wei Moon, Dou and Niu degrees, seeing Water and Bo, one flourishes joyfully; for night births, seeing Fire and Luo is likewise; if one meets the ghost sha of Wood, Qi, Earth and Ji, forward meeting and backward sending, calamity and ill omen are judged. Coming out of the limit, the heaven room Shi from the first degree to 17 is all discussed as Wood; this Wood is newly born and cannot withstand Fire and Luo; for example, for those born in summer command, if the limit meets Fire, Life lies in an instant; in the limit met ahead, if Earth, Ji and Metal shine, one surely dies young. Bi (Wall) 1 to 10 is discussed as Water; in spring command it is discussed as Wood; the Water of rivers and lakes born of dry Metal does not fear Earth and Ji; moving the Zi and Chou limit, seeing Metal and Fire meeting, one flourishes once with fortune; what is feared and avoided is hard to overcome and fight, and unsuitable.

鄭幼學二十八宿元髓血脈經

Zheng Youxue, Classic of the Marrow and Blood Vessels of the Twenty-Eight Lodges

角木蛟者乃是刀頭斧柄之木也自初至十喜春生見金禍輕遇火羅禍甚夏忌火羅尤□其木喜亥卯未局及四木四水度初年巳限必得父母遺廕翼四至初不無悔破張度有徐徐之福見水孛必能白手富貴行星度木惡南奔至柳度關隘之地不吉更六丙生人陽刃遇火羅無救夭折有水孛土計解之不夭必破財刑害柳度平鬼度井中遇吉星則吉遇火羅更丁生人陽刃如羊投虎口井十三關隘縱無火羅亦不全善參觜畢有水孛助更六庚生人祿寅午戌人馬到此必發若得天馬官魁相助晚景功名老當益壯昴度金局更六庚生人陽刃寅申巳亥生人的煞到此刑害破蕩若遇秋金就此阻壽胃土財限平平戌上婁度枯木投火縱有水孛援之老有風燭之患若遇火羅更六辛生人陽刃於壽有礙無火羅亦不免腸胃下部之疾亥宮璧室晚節黃花清香在尾子地木逢地刼曷可言也丑寅二限無火羅金可享耆頥之壽

Jiao, the Wood flood-dragon, is the Wood of the knife-head and axe-handle. From the first to the tenth degree it is pleased with spring births; seeing Metal the calamity is light; meeting Fire and Luo the calamity is severe. In summer it dislikes Fire and Luo, especially [illegible] its Wood; it likes the Hai, Mao and Wei bureau and the four Wood and four Water degrees; in the early years of the Si limit one will certainly obtain inheritance and protection from parents. Yi 4 to the first is not without regret and ruin; the Zhang degree has slow fortune; seeing Water and Bo, one can surely become wealthy and noble from empty hands. When the star moves, Wood dislikes running south; reaching the Liu degree, a pass of difficulty, it is inauspicious; moreover those born in Bing, with Yang Blade, meeting Fire and Luo have no rescue and die young; with Water, Bo, Earth and Ji to dissolve it, one does not die young but surely loses wealth and suffers punishment and harm. The Liu degree is moderate; at the Gui degree in Jing, meeting auspicious stars is auspicious; meeting Fire and Luo, moreover for those born in Ding, Yang Blade, it is like a sheep thrown into a tiger's mouth. Jing 13 is a pass of difficulty; though there be no Fire and Luo, it is also not entirely good. For Shen, Zi and Bi, if Water and Bo help, moreover for those born in Geng, with Salary, and people of Yin, Wu and Xu with the Horse, arriving here they surely flourish; if Heavenly Horse and Official Kui help, late-life fame and achievements, strong in old age. The Mao degree is a Metal bureau; moreover for those born in Geng with Yang Blade, and those born in Yin, Shen, Si and Hai with the true sha, arriving here they suffer punishment, harm and ruin; if meeting autumn Metal, longevity is blocked here. Wei Earth is a wealth limit, moderate; the Lou degree in Xu is withered wood thrown into fire; though Water and Bo support it, in old age there is the affliction of a candle in the wind. If meeting Fire and Luo, moreover for those born in Xin, Yang Blade, it hinders longevity; even without Fire and Luo one does not avoid diseases of the intestines, stomach and lower body. In the Hai palace, Bi and Shi, a yellow flower in late years with faint fragrance; in the Wei and Zi land Wood meets Earth Robbery, what can be said? In the Chou and Yin limits, without Fire and Luo, Metal can enjoy the longevity of old age.

亢金龍者乃堅剛之真金也亦刀劒成器之物生於春夏忌火羅見之禍甚初午巳限水局故水孛能潤其色若壬癸生人貴人丙戊生人祿少年奮迅白手成功翼三至初晦昩無成春夏生人遇火羅礙決阻壽秋冬生人禍輕更申子辰子午卯酉生刼煞的煞之地到此應無素休張度平平遇土計水孛白手而成名香利潤星度有木炁或火羅得道死亦無疑更丙戊生人陽刃招非命而終或火計同為煞生母吉柳土平平小福鬼度返吟拖戈若夏月丁巳生人陽刃到此非死亡必破蕩刑傷井度財鄉遇水孛必主福氣見火羅春夏禍甚秋冬為禍稍輕參觜畢皆順酉宮昴胃度金局老當益壯戌上婁度不吉更六辛生人陽刃若遇三煞天鋒主死於非命或火羅木炁居之死無疑矣或火局遇土計許有黃花晚節之味亥子限中宜守株度日丑限見火羅有風燭之患也

Kang, the Metal dragon, is the firm and hard true Metal, also the substance of swords made into tools; born in spring or summer, it avoids Fire and Luo, and the calamity on meeting them is severe. In the first Wu and Si limits it is a Water bureau, so Water and Bo can moisten its colour; for those born in Ren or Gui with Noble, and those born in Bing or Wu with Salary, one is vigorous in youth and succeeds from empty hands. Yi 3 to the first degree is obscure and without achievement; those born in spring or summer who meet Fire and Luo are blocked and their longevity hindered; those born in autumn or winter have lighter calamity; moreover, for those born in Shen, Zi, Chen, Zi, Wu, Mao and You, arriving at the land of Robbery Sha and true sha there should be no ease. The Zhang degree is moderate; meeting Earth, Ji, Water and Bo one makes a name from empty hands, with fragrance and profit. The Xing degree, if there are Wood and Qi or Fire and Luo, one attains the Way and dies, also without doubt; moreover those born in Bing and Wu, with Yang Blade, meet an unnatural end, or if Fire and Ji are together sha, the mother star is auspicious. Liu Earth is moderate with small fortune; the Gui degree is Fanyin, dragging the lance; if a Ding-Si person born in summer with Yang Blade arrives here, if not dead then ruined, punished and wounded. The Jing degree is a wealth land; meeting Water and Bo it certainly brings fortune; meeting Fire and Luo, in spring and summer the calamity is severe, in autumn and winter the calamity is slightly lighter. Shen, Zi and Bi all go smoothly; in the You palace, the Mao and Wei degrees are a Metal bureau, strong in old age. The Lou degree at Xu is inauspicious, moreover for those born in Xin with Yang Blade, if meeting three sha and Heavenly Edge, one dies unnaturally; or if Fire, Luo, Wood and Qi lodge there, death is certain; or in a Fire bureau meeting Earth and Ji, perhaps there is the flavour of yellow flowers in late years. In the Hai and Zi limits it is fit to stand guard and pass the days; in the Chou limit, seeing Fire and Luo, there is the affliction of a candle in the wind.

氐土貉者乃扶桑之地日出之所也帶火氣自初至一與亢金同自二至十四五乃土為主喜生辰戌丑未月及秋冬得時喜火羅忌木炁春生見之禍甚初行角木更六乙生人陽刃害不一軫度乃汪洋之水土寒之地晦困見木炁水孛不吉遇火羅不能為福翼四至初見火羅一發不久張度淡淡星度離明火局決能發福見木炁倍加光彩柳土平平之福鬼度順井木中淹晦見木炁凶遇火羅尤加春色利潤名香申宮無木炁守株度日遇木炁阻壽酉限金局脫氣更六庚生人陽刃寅申生人的煞招心腹之疾可延婁度晚年康健奎八關隘決無素休亥限室璧木局倘木炁臨沖照合壽止於此子限土局旺甚不吉

Di, the Earth badger, is the land of Fusang where the sun rises; it carries Fire qi. From the first to the first it is the same as Kang Metal; from the second to the fourteenth or fifteenth, Earth is the master. It is pleased with birth in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei and in autumn and winter when timely; it is pleased with Fire and Luo and avoids Wood and Qi, and for spring births meeting them the calamity is severe. Moving first through Jiao Wood, moreover for those born in Yi with Yang Blade, the harm is not single. The Zhen degree is the land of vast water and cold earth, obscure and trapped; meeting Wood, Qi, Water and Bo is inauspicious; meeting Fire and Luo cannot make fortune. Yi 4 to the first, seeing Fire and Luo, flourishes once but not for long. The Zhang degree is bland; the Xing degree, the Li-bright Fire bureau, can surely bring fortune; seeing Wood and Qi doubles the lustre. Liu Earth gives moderate fortune; the Gui degree is smooth; Jing Wood is submerged and obscure; seeing Wood and Qi is ominous; meeting Fire and Luo adds spring colour, with profit, fragrance and fame. In the Shen palace, without Wood and Qi, stand guard and pass the days; meeting Wood and Qi blocks longevity. The You limit is a Metal bureau that drains qi; moreover for those born in Geng with Yang Blade, and those born in Yin and Shen with true sha, it brings affliction of the heart and belly, which can be delayed. The Lou degree is healthy in late years; Kui 8 is a pass of difficulty, surely without ease. The Hai limit, Shi and Bi, Wood bureau: if Wood and Qi attend, clash, shine or combine, longevity stops here; the Zi limit, Earth bureau, is too flourishing and inauspicious.

房日兎乃扶桑太陽之真火也當作火論喜木炁忌水孛限行少年亢度中見水孛必阻壽遇木炁小小福力角度平淡軫翼度晦滯更子午卯酉申子辰生人乃的煞之地到此有礙若水孛居之乃是煞星居煞卜此地死而無疑否則傷殘肢體官非刑害張度無水孛淹晦守株星度順得木炁決能顯用柳鬼中如常井度得意如順水之便倘木炁助之更甲戊庚生人天乙貴或官魁天馬元局主臨沖窵合當為台閣勲臣吉利名香人物申宮水局多凶少吉更水孛居之無木炁救如羊投虎口酉宮財局見金晚年稱遂遇水孛壽決難延戌宮火局得木炁相助老當益壯亥限木局黃花晚節子限晦阻不吉

Fang, the Sun hare, is the true Fire of the Sun of Fusang and should be discussed as Fire; it likes Wood and Qi and avoids Water and Bo. Moving the limit in youth, seeing Water and Bo in the Kang degree surely blocks longevity; meeting Wood and Qi gives small fortune. The Jiao degree is bland; the Zhen and Yi degrees are obscure and stagnant; moreover for those born in Zi, Wu, Mao, You, Shen, Zi and Chen, this is the land of true sha, and arriving here is a hindrance; if Water and Bo dwell there, it is a sha star dwelling in sha, and divining this land, death is certain without doubt, otherwise wounded limbs, official troubles, punishment and harm. The Zhang degree without Water and Bo is submerged, so stand guard; the Xing degree goes smoothly, and with Wood and Qi can surely become prominent. Liu and Gui are as usual; the Jing degree is satisfying like going with the flow of the water; if Wood and Qi help, moreover for those born in Jia, Wu and Geng with Heavenly Yi Noble, or Official Kui or Heavenly Horse in the origin bureau master attending, clashing, hooking or combining, one should be a minister of the pavilions and a meritorious statesman, with auspicious profit, fame and stature. The Shen palace, Water bureau, is mostly ominous and little auspicious; moreover if Water and Bo dwell there with no Wood and Qi to rescue, it is like a sheep thrown into a tiger's mouth. The You palace, a wealth bureau, seeing Metal brings fulfilment in late years; meeting Water and Bo, longevity is hard to extend. The Xu palace, Fire bureau, with Wood and Qi helping, is strong in old age; the Hai limit, Wood bureau, yellow flowers in late years; the Zi limit is obscure, blocked and inauspicious.

心月狐者亦扶桑初出之月也自初至三房火同論自四至六不問晝夜皆以月論喜秋夜生忌土計喜金火相助十五歲內氐度晦困亢度便能振作角軫度中守株度日翼火中若壬癸生人貴人更金生助必能發福張度雖返吟不為忌倘遇火或金必能顯達星度日助月明更丁己生人祿六辛生人貴到此利潤名香前程亨奮柳土度無火羅助惡守株無咎遇土計晦蹇刑害鬼度稱意井度如常見火羅生意春風申宮水局平平無咎更六庚生人祿寅午戌生人馬晚景優遊酉宮金旺之地更遇金乃福壽之鄉胃土稍晦遇金吉見土計凶婁度火助月華遇土計阻壽奎度淹晦平淡亥限木局脫氣子限土旺難鄉安能至福鬼録難逃

Xin, the Moon fox, is also the newly risen moon of Fusang; from the first to the third it is discussed together with Fang Fire; from the fourth to the sixth, regardless of day or night, it is discussed as the Moon. It is pleased with autumn night births and avoids Earth and Ji; it is pleased when Metal and Fire help. Within fifteen years of age, the Di degree is obscure and trapped, and the Kang degree can rouse oneself; in the Jiao and Zhen degrees, stand guard and pass the days; in the Yi Fire degree, if one is born in Ren or Gui with Noble, and Metal is born to help, one can surely have fortune. The Zhang degree, though Fanyin, is not taboo; if one meets Fire or Metal, one can surely become eminent. The Xing degree, the Sun aiding the Moon's brilliance, moreover for Ding- and Ji-born with Salary and Xin-born with Noble, arriving here brings profit and fragrance, and a prospering future. At Liu Earth degree, without Fire and Luo aiding evil, standing guard is without blame; meeting Earth and Ji is obscure, stagnant, punishing and harmful. The Gui degree is satisfying; the Jing degree is as usual; seeing Fire and Luo, business is like spring wind. The Shen palace, Water bureau, is moderate and without blame; moreover for Geng-born with Salary and Yin-, Wu- and Xu-born with the Horse, the late scenes are leisurely. The You palace is the land of Metal flourishing; meeting Metal again is a land of fortune and longevity. Wei Earth is slightly obscure; meeting Metal is auspicious; seeing Earth and Ji is ominous. The Lou degree, Fire aiding the moon's brilliance; meeting Earth and Ji blocks longevity. The Kui degree is submerged and bland; the Hai limit, Wood bureau, drains qi; the Zi limit, Earth flourishing, is a hard land, so how could fortune arrive? The ghost register is hard to escape.

尾火虎度乃樹尾所燃之火自初至三當以火論喜木炁忌水孛自四至十八乃臨官之木喜春生得時秋冬失令宜居亥卯未局生平享福一世優遊倘居巳午乃離明星度辰酉乃亢金大梁之位身體卑微勞碌不吉初限卯木之鄉天乙生人祿壬癸生人貴無金臨沖窵合早年得意辰上亢度晦破更秋生遇金夭折無疑倘六乙生人陽刃更遇天鋒刑囚死於非命角軫翼度小小福力如壬癸丙戊生人祿貴福氣倍加張度徐徐之福星度木惡南奔灰飛煙滅更丙戊生人陽刃倘遇飛來窵煞天鋒等凶重則非命防身輕則遭官刑害柳鬼度中守株度日井度晚景優遊申限木絶之鄉老有殘疾酉限金局更六庚生人陽刃寅申巳亥生人的煞遇土為天鋒助煞為患安能善終得水孛可延其壽戌限火局脫氣不足言也亥限木局旺甚不利

Wei, the Fire tiger degree, is the fire burning at the tip of the tree; from the first to the third, discuss as Fire; it likes Wood and Qi and avoids Water and Bo. From the fourth to the eighteenth it is Wood at Official Post, pleased with spring births when timely, and losing command in autumn and winter; it is suitable to dwell in the Hai, Mao and Wei bureau, enjoying fortune for a lifetime, leisurely. If it dwells in Si and Wu, it is the Li-bright star degree; Chen and You are the Kang Metal, the position of Daliang; the body is lowly and toilsome and it is inauspicious. The first limit is the Mao Wood land: for Heavenly Yi-born with Salary and Ren- and Gui-born with Noble, with no Metal attending, clashing, hooking or combining, one is successful early; above in Chen the Kang degree is obscure and ruinous; moreover autumn births meeting Metal die young without doubt; if Yi-born with Yang Blade meet Heavenly Edge, it means punishment, imprisonment, and death by unnatural cause. The Jiao, Zhen and Yi degrees give small fortune; for example, Ren-, Gui-, Bing- and Wu-born with Salary and Noble, the fortune doubles. The Zhang degree gives slow fortune; at the Xing degree, Wood dislikes running south, ashes fly and smoke vanishes; moreover Bing- and Wu-born with Yang Blade, if they meet flying-in distant sha, Heavenly Edge and other ominous ones, at heavy level an unnatural end, at light level official trouble, punishment and harm; guard the body. In Liu and Gui stand guard and pass the days; the Jing degree is leisurely in late years. The Shen limit is the land of Wood extinction, with old-age disability; the You limit is a Metal bureau, moreover for Geng-born with Yang Blade, and those born in Yin, Shen, Si and Hai with true sha, meeting Earth is Heavenly Edge aiding sha causing trouble, so how can one end well? Obtaining Water and Bo can extend their longevity. The Xu limit, Fire bureau, drains qi and is not worth mentioning; the Hai limit, Wood bureau, is too flourishing and not beneficial.

箕水豹度乃丑艮山下□泉之水忌土計孛喜金宜生春夏不利秋冬限行卯遇土計決夭更六甲生人陽刃其禍愈甚辰宮亢度順必能發用得金倍加福力如秋生更六甲生人陽刃到此遇孛主縊溺防身角度脫氣宜守株度日軫度返吟拖戈翼度頗順如壬癸生人貴更吉張星度順柳度午宮丙戊生人陽刃或天鋒飛刃決主不義亡身鬼度小福井度脫氣不可強求只宜守舊遇土計孛又何患乎申度限亦宜退守酉宮水敗之鄉得金助晚年康壯胃婁中忌見土計更六辛生人陽刃如羊投虎口亥子限土旺之鄉不足言也矣

Ji, the Water leopard degree, is the spring water [illegible] under the Chou and Gen mountain; it avoids Earth, Ji and Bo; it likes Metal; it is fit for births in spring and summer and unfavourable in autumn and winter. Moving the limit at Mao and meeting Earth and Ji, one surely dies young; moreover for Jia-born with Yang Blade, the calamity is even worse. In the Chen palace the Kang degree goes smoothly and can surely flourish; getting Metal doubles the fortune; for example, for autumn births, moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade, arriving here and meeting Bo means guarding the body from hanging or drowning. The Jiao degree drains qi, fit to stand guard and pass the days; the Zhen degree is Fanyin, dragging the lance; the Yi degree is rather smooth; for example, Ren- and Gui-born with Noble, moreover auspicious; the Zhang and Xing degrees are smooth; at the Liu degree in the Wu palace, Bing- and Wu-born with Yang Blade, or Heavenly Edge or flying blade, it surely means dying unrighteously. The Gui degree is small fortune; the Jing degree drains qi, so one cannot force seeking but should only keep to the old; meeting Earth, Ji and Bo, what is there to fear? The Shen degree limit is also fit to withdraw and keep; the You palace is the land of Water's defeat, and obtaining Metal's help one is healthy and strong in late years; in Wei and Lou avoid seeing Earth and Ji, moreover Xin-born with Yang Blade, like a sheep thrown into a tiger's mouth. The Hai and Zi limits, the land of Earth flourishing, are not worth mentioning.

斗有二十二度乃橋沉底下之木也初至十八九度不問四季皆以木論不忌金火羅惟忌炁遇之有礙夜生男命遇之輕則尅戰重則夭折初年尾心度皆是順境早能振作房火中平淡生涯氐度財限六乙生人祿壬癸生人貴必能顯用辰宮亢角不順六乙生人陽刃到此不無破尅軫水氾濫無成翼淡淡生涯如丙戊生人祿壬癸生人貴若得金水助之或魁職元局主臨沖窵合決能白手成名無吉曜相助則有進寸退尺之憂張度生意頗順星度晦無成柳度無炁星免咎有炁就此阻壽鬼度淹晦井度返吟拖戈十五度關隘之地丁巳生人陽刃更炁當途夭折無疑申宮水局木絶之鄉不無險阻酉宮金局六庚生人陽刃寅申巳亥生的煞遇此鬼録難逃否則必遭官刑

Dou has twenty-two degrees and is the Wood beneath the sunken bridge; from the first to the eighteenth or nineteenth degree, regardless of the four seasons, discuss as Wood; it does not avoid Metal, Fire or Luo, only avoids Qi, and meeting it is a hindrance; males born at night who meet it, at light level fight and clash, at heavy level die young. In the early years the Wei and Xin degrees are all smooth, and one can rouse oneself early; in the Fang Fire degree, a moderate livelihood; the Di degree is a wealth limit; Yi-born with Salary and Ren-born with Noble can surely become prominent. In the Chen palace the Kang and Jiao are not smooth; Yi-born with Yang Blade arriving here has some ruin; Zhen Water overflows and nothing is achieved; Yi has a bland livelihood; for example, Bing- and Wu-born with Salary and Ren-born with Noble, if Metal and Water help, or Kui office, origin bureau master attending, clashing, hooking and combining, one can surely make a name from empty hands; without auspicious stars helping, one worries about advancing an inch and retreating a foot. The Zhang degree: livelihood rather smooth; the Xing degree is obscure with nothing achieved; the Liu degree without a Qi star avoids blame, but with Qi longevity is blocked here; the Gui degree is submerged and obscure; the Jing degree is Fanyin dragging the lance; the fifteenth degree is a land of a pass of difficulty; Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade, moreover with Qi on the road, dies young without doubt. The Shen palace, Water bureau, land of Wood extinction, is not without danger; the You palace, Metal bureau, Geng-born with Yang Blade, those born in Yin, Shen, Si and Hai with true sha, meeting this, the ghost register is hard to escape, otherwise one will suffer official punishment.

牛度乃未經煆煉之礦金也當以土為主見木無咎遇炁禍重初限斗箕早年晦滯尾度頗稱無炁平平之福心房氐火局生意勝常更火羅當途六乙生人祿居福壬癸生人貴人到此必能超顯積穀拘財亢角中亦無阻隔見炁禍輕軫翼水局遇炁不吉無炁礙平善張星柳中得火羅發達水孛炁同不無戰尅未宮雖木局無炁平淡生涯若遇炁更丁巳生人陽刃女多尅戰無救阻壽申限水局無咎見炁有礙酉限戌宮老當康壯奎璧度有風燭之患

Niu degree is ore Metal not yet forged; it should take Earth as master; seeing Wood is without blame, meeting Qi the calamity is heavy. In the first limit, Dou and Ji, the early years are obscure and stagnant; the Wei degree is rather so; without Qi, moderate fortune. The Xin, Fang and Di Fire bureau gives business better than usual; moreover with Fire and Luo on the road, Yi-born with Salary dwelling in Fortune and Ren-born with Noble, arriving here can surely be exceptional and prominent, storing grain and gathering wealth. In the Kang and Jiao there is no obstruction either; seeing Qi the calamity is light. In the Zhen and Yi Water bureau meeting Qi is inauspicious; without Qi the hindrance is moderate and good. In Zhang, Xing and Liu, obtaining Fire and Luo one is prosperous; Water, Bo and Qi together bring fighting and overcoming. The Wei palace, though a Wood bureau, without Qi gives a bland livelihood; if meeting Qi, moreover for Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade, women mostly fight and overcome, with no rescue, and longevity is blocked. The Shen limit, Water bureau, has no blame; seeing Qi is a hindrance. The You limit and Xu palace: strong and healthy in old age; the Kui and Bi degrees have the affliction of a candle in the wind.

女度乃積聚糞壤之土也至輕微至薄賤喜生辰戌丑未寅午戌月得時忌亥卯未月生此土泊土局土度火局火度吉居木局木度凶如生遇木水孛刑害破耗初午限行斗箕尾木局晦昩無成更遇水孛木礙道倘巳酉丑生人刼煞輕則貧病重則夭折尾三尾四度至心房氐度母鄉得意見木炁火羅大能振作氐五度反吟關隘六甲生人陽刃到此不利得火羅臨沖窵合無咎遇木炁死而無疑亢度清淡守株角度晦破見木必夭軫水中氾濫漂流其禍如燃家財冷退猶招肢體之疾見木決夭翼四至初許有平平之福張度平淡家風星度老更精神柳土無咎未宮木局多凶少吉如丁巳生人陽刃木炁居之必登鬼録申限頗順酉限皆不能保守於此問壽

Nu degree is piled-up dung earth, the lightest, thinnest and lowliest; it is pleased with births in the months Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei, Yin, Wu and Xu when timely; it avoids births in the months Hai, Mao and Wei. This Earth lodged in an Earth bureau, Earth degree, or Fire bureau, Fire degree, is auspicious; dwelling in a Wood bureau, Wood degree, is ominous; if born meeting Wood, Water and Bo, there is punishment, harm, ruin and loss. First, the Wu limit moving through Dou, Ji and Wei Wood bureau, obscure and without achievement; moreover meeting Water and Bo, Wood obstructs the Way; if Si-, You- and Chou-born with Robbery Sha, at light level poverty and illness, at heavy level they die young. Wei 3 and Wei 4 degrees up to the Xin, Fang and Di degrees, the mother land, bring satisfaction; seeing Wood, Qi, Fire and Luo one can rouse oneself greatly. Di 5 degree is Fanyin, a pass of difficulty; Jia-born with Yang Blade arriving here finds it unfavourable; obtaining Fire and Luo attending, clashing, hooking and combining, no blame; meeting Wood and Qi, death is certain without doubt. The Kang degree is clear and bland, so stand guard; the Jiao degree is obscure and ruinous, and seeing Wood certainly means dying young; in the Zhen Water there is overflowing and drifting away, and its calamity is like burning the household wealth, cold retreat still brings affliction of the limbs; seeing Wood, one certainly dies young. Yi 4 to the first, perhaps moderate fortune; the Zhang degree is a bland family tradition; the Xing degree gains spirit in old age; Liu Earth has no blame; the Wei palace, Wood bureau, is mostly ominous and little auspicious; for example, Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade with Wood and Qi dwelling there will certainly enter the ghost register. The Shen limit is rather smooth; in the You limit, all cannot be preserved; ask longevity here.

虛度乃午上星日太陽照臨下土之日影廣厚高大之土也喜生辰戌丑未月得令得時忌生春及亥卯未月無氣喜火羅忌木見之禍甚計奴猶能犯主初年入斗箕度淹晦破害遇木得少年夭折尾度平淡得火羅更六甲生人祿申子辰生人馬決能白手成名財豐祿厚卯宮火垣得火羅木炁同更六乙生人祿居祿壬癸生人貴居官前程亨奮名利兩全氐度遇木計化刑囚暗耗更六甲生人陽刃猶慮夭於非命亢角中平淡軫翼度寒地土愛暖而惡寒故也如遇木炁更申子辰刼守疾厄或化刑囚非防命必傷肢體午宮火局老當康壯晚福優遊未宮木局晦滯災非丁巳生人陽刃阻壽無疑否則刑害申宮水局小吉酉宮金鄉脫氣不足言也

Xu degree is the Sun's image on Wu, Star Sun; the Sun shining down on the shadow of Earth, wide, thick, high and large Earth; it is pleased with births in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei having command and timely, and avoids births in spring and in the months Hai, Mao and Wei lacking qi; it likes Fire and Luo and avoids Wood; meeting it the calamity is severe; the slave Ji can still offend the master. In early years entering the Dou and Ji degrees, it is obscure, ruinous and harmful; meeting Wood, one may die young. The Wei degree is bland; obtaining Fire and Luo, moreover Jia-born with Salary and Shen-, Zi- and Chen-born with the Horse, one can surely make a name from empty hands, with wealth abundant and salary thick. The Mao palace, Fire enclosure, obtaining Fire, Luo, Wood and Qi together, moreover Yi-born with Salary dwelling in Salary and Ren- and Gui-born with Noble dwelling in Office, gives a prospering future, with fame and profit both complete. In the Di degree, meeting Wood and Ji transforms into punishment, imprisonment and hidden loss; moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade, one still worries about dying unnaturally; the Kang and Jiao degrees are moderate; the Zhen and Yi degrees are a cold land: Earth loves warmth and hates cold, therefore; if meeting Wood and Qi, moreover Shen-, Zi- and Chen-born Robbery guarding Illness and Hardship, or transforming into punishment and imprisonment, if one does not guard Life one will surely wound the limbs. The Wu palace, Fire bureau, is strong in old age, with leisurely fortune in late years; the Wei palace, Wood bureau, is obscure, stagnant, with disaster and wrong; Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade, longevity is blocked without doubt, otherwise punishment and harm. The Shen palace, Water bureau, has small auspiciousness; the You palace, a Metal land, drains qi and is not worth mentioning.

危月乃張度之月影日生自初度至五與虛土同論危六至十五度當作太隂看喜夜生秋令忌□望晦朔見土輕忌計重喜火羅金以助其輝忌行四土計或火羅同決阻其初年虛女晦滯多災牛斗箕未能作事尾火自初至七為事頗稱無土計迤□春風心房氐火局見之得意氐土十五度關隘如土計同決主刑害破耗辰宮亢金生意洋洋得土計倍加春色角度平淡軫度水涵月魄作事有進寸退尺之憂翼度如常張度雖拖戈無土計不忌星度日助月華老當康壯柳土晦滯鬼度井度有三五年晚福酉宮康壯

Wei (Rooftop) Moon is the moon image of the Zhang degree; for day births, from the first degree to five, discuss together with Xu Earth; Wei 6 to 15 should be viewed as the Moon; it is pleased with night births and autumn command; avoid [illegible] full moon, dark moon and new moon; seeing Earth is light, avoid Ji as heavy; it likes Fire, Luo and Metal to aid its radiance; it avoids moving through four Earth, Ji, or Fire and Luo together, which surely block it. In early years Xu and Nu are obscure and stagnant with many disasters; Niu, Dou and Ji cannot yet act; for Wei Fire from the first to the seventh, work is satisfactory; [illegible] spring wind; the Xin, Fang and Di Fire bureau is satisfying on seeing it; the Di Earth fifteenth degree is a pass of difficulty; if Earth and Ji are together, it surely means punishment, harm, ruin and loss. The Chen palace, Kang Metal, business thriving, with Earth and Ji doubling the spring colour; the Jiao degree is bland; the Zhen degree, water holding the moon's soul, work has the worry of advancing an inch and retreating a foot; the Yi degree is as usual; the Zhang degree, though dragging the lance, without Earth and Ji is not taboo; the Xing degree, the Sun aiding the moonlight, is strong in old age; Liu Earth is obscure and stagnant; the Gui degree and Jing degree have three to five years of late fortune; the You palace is healthy and strong.

室火乃樹頭之火初至二火為主自三四至十八度乃亥中初生之木喜生春夏及亥卯未月暨亥卯未之宮如人命遇此終身無咎喜水孛忌火羅金見之為患防年危度平善虛度女土財局遇金不吉更六壬生人陽刃六丙生人飛來陽刃到此必防於非命得水孛解減福逢火羅無咎牛度平平斗度遇火羅禍甚無火羅或水孛臨沖釣合更甲戊生人貴如官魁職元局主相助決然白手成名箕尾度臨官之地得水孛更六甲生人祿申子辰生人馬倘天馬官魁沖拱富貴雙全名揚寰宇卯宮遇土計積穀聚財火土同倍加春色心房度遇金更春夏生人不能為患秋生更六甲生人陽刃決主刑害官非氐土小小福力辰宮亢金難地如遇金更秋生六乙生人陽刃六庚生人飛刃見之禍甚主非命而終春夏生人減福刑害破尅角度無火羅平平之福軫翼度水泛木浮如遇水孛未為全善見金火羅無咎張度徐徐之福星度木惡南奔柳度晚年康壯遇金得壽鬼度晦人井度得意有黃花之賀遇火羅必登鬼録

Shi Fire is the fire at the treetop; from the first to the second Fire is the master; from the third and fourth to the eighteenth degree it is the newly born Wood in Hai; it is pleased with births in spring and summer and in the months Hai, Mao and Wei and the palaces Hai, Mao and Wei; if a person's Life meets this, there is no blame for life; it likes Water and Bo and avoids Fire, Luo and Metal, whose meeting is a calamity; guard the years. The Wei (Rooftop) degree is moderate and good; the Xu degree: Nu Earth, wealth bureau, meeting Metal is inauspicious; moreover Ren-born with Yang Blade, and Bing-born flying-in Yang Blade, arriving here must guard against an unnatural end; obtaining Water and Bo diminishes it; fortune meeting Fire and Luo has no blame. The Niu degree is moderate; the Dou degree meeting Fire and Luo is a severe calamity; without Fire and Luo, or with Water and Bo attending, clashing, hooking and combining, moreover Jia- and Wu-born with Noble, as Official Kui or Office Origin bureau master helping, one can surely make a name from empty hands. The Ji and Wei degrees are the land of Official Post; obtaining Water and Bo, moreover Jia-born with Salary and Shen-, Zi- and Chen-born with Horse, if Heavenly Horse and Official Kui clash and shine, wealth and nobility are both complete, with fame spread over the world. The Mao palace meeting Earth and Ji stores grain and gathers wealth, Fire and Earth together doubling the spring colour; the Xin and Fang degrees meeting Metal, moreover for those born in spring or summer, cannot cause trouble; for autumn births, moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade, it surely means punishment, harm and official trouble. Di Earth gives small fortune; the Chen palace, Kang Metal, is a hard land; if meeting Metal, moreover autumn births, Yi-born Yang Blade and Geng-born flying blade seeing it, the calamity is severe, ending unnaturally; for those born in spring and summer, fortune is diminished and there is punishment, harm, ruin and overcoming. The Jiao degree, without Fire and Luo, has moderate fortune; at the Zhen and Yi degrees, water overflows and wood floats; if meeting Water and Bo, it is not entirely good; seeing Metal, Fire and Luo, there is no blame. The Zhang degree gives slow fortune; at the Xing degree, Wood dislikes running south; the Liu degree is healthy in late years; meeting Metal obtains longevity; the Gui degree is obscure to people; the Jing degree is satisfying, with the congratulation of yellow flowers; meeting Fire and Luo, one will surely enter the ghost register.

璧度乃文章之宿天然養木之水初至二與室同論三至九以水言之喜行四水四木度乃財福之限更官魁祿馬職元局主或薦元官星臨沖釣合必為顯達之人名馳翰苑聲播寰宇忌行四土度及遇土計更刑囚或陽刃天鋒當道無救決無素休非夭必破蕩刑害四火度及火局遇土計禍亦無疑夏生尤怕火羅煎焚之禍如羊投虎口

Bi (Wall) degree is the lodge of literary compositions, the water that naturally nourishes Wood; the first to the second is discussed together with Shi; third to ninth, discussed as Water; it is pleased with moving through the four Water and four Wood degrees, which are limits of wealth and fortune; moreover Official Kui, Salary, Horse, Office Origin bureau master, or recommended Origin Official star attending and clashing, hooking and combining, one will surely be an eminent person, with name racing through the Hanlin and voice spread over the world. It avoids moving the four Earth degrees and meeting Earth and Ji, moreover punishment, imprisonment, or Yang Blade or Heavenly Edge in command, with no rescue and surely no peace; if not dying young then there is ruin, loss, punishment and harm. The four Fire degrees and a Fire bureau meeting Earth and Ji, the calamity is also without doubt; summer births especially fear the calamity of Fire and Luo scorching, like a sheep thrown into a tiger's mouth.

奎木乃文章之宿火柴之木也凡人於此安命者聰明智慧自初至十五不問四季皆以木論忌者火羅金也凡行限見之無救為禍必甚亥限防年平善子限虛度木為地刼火羅無咎遇金為患無救夭折金牛度稍晦斗度天盤返吟若遇火羅更六癸生人陽刃辰戌丑未的煞到此必然夭阻斗十關隘如羊投虎口箕尾度臨官若水孛更六甲生人祿申子辰生人馬如官魁祿馬局主職元沖合白手功名前程亨奮卯宮木局得水孛木迤□春風房度遇火羅更六甲生人陽刃非夭折必官刑破尅氐土財限得意亢角中蹇剝刑破軫翼度水泛木浮有進寸退尺之憂張度平平星度灰飛煙滅更火羅臨沖拱合六丙生人陽刃遇此決阻壽無疑柳土平淡鬼度晦滯井木返吟拖戈十五度關隘申宮木絶不吉

Kui Wood is a lodge of literary composition, the Wood of firewood; those whose Life is established here are intelligent and wise; from the first to the fifteenth degree, regardless of the four seasons, discuss entirely as Wood; what it avoids is Fire, Luo and Metal; moving the limit and seeing them, there is no rescue and the calamity is surely severe. The Hai limit: guard the years, moderate and good; the Zi limit, Xu degree, Wood is Earth-robbed; with Fire and Luo no blame, meeting Metal is a trouble without rescue, and one dies young. The Niu Metal degree is slightly obscure; the Dou degree, heaven plate Fanyin; if meeting Fire and Luo, moreover Gui-born with Yang Blade, Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei true sha arriving here must be blocked and hindered; Dou 10 is a pass of difficulty like a sheep thrown into a tiger's mouth. Ji and Wei degrees are the Official Post; if Water and Bo, moreover Jia-born with Salary and Shen-, Zi- and Chen-born with Horse, such as Official Kui, Salary and Horse bureau master with Office Origin clashing and combining, there is fame from empty hands and a prospering future. The Mao palace, Wood bureau, obtaining Water and Bo, Wood in spring wind; the Fang degree meeting Fire and Luo, moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade, if not dying young then there is official punishment, ruin and overcoming. Di Earth, wealth limit, brings satisfaction; Kang and Jiao are obstructed, stripped and broken; at the Zhen and Yi degrees, water overflows and wood floats, with the worry of advancing an inch and retreating a foot; the Zhang degree is moderate; at the Xing degree, ashes fly and smoke vanishes, moreover Fire and Luo attending, clashing, shining or combining, Bing-born with Yang Blade meeting this surely blocks longevity without doubt; Liu Earth is bland; the Gui degree is obscure and stagnant; Jing Wood is Fanyin dragging the lance, the fifteenth degree a pass of difficulty; the Shen palace, Wood extinction, is inauspicious.

婁度乃鍋鼎之金以火為主喜生寅午戌之月及春夏得時忌水孛為難遇羅犯主見木炁白手發用若火居寅午戌局得令得時終身獲福若居巳酉丑一世迍邅初行亥限早年稱遂子限見水孛有制禍輕牛金守株度日斗木母鄉若遇木炁當途更甲戊生人貴必能發福更官魁天馬職元局主決許名題鴈塔箕度稍晦有木炁發福遇水孛禍甚尾度得意見金戰尅破蕩得水孛木炁返增福力心房迤□春風更六乙生人祿遇炁老當益壯氐角亢金早宜退守慮有風燭之患軫水中翼火中皆非順境於壽有礙張星度旺甚亦宜守常術限木局老更精神

Lou degree is the Metal of the cauldron, taking Fire as master; it is pleased with births in the months Yin, Wu and Xu and in spring and summer when timely; it avoids Water and Bo as difficulty; meeting Luo offends the master; seeing Wood and Qi, it flourishes from empty hands. If Fire dwells in the Yin, Wu and Xu bureau, having command and timely, one obtains fortune for life; if dwelling in Si, You and Chou, one is hard-pressed for a lifetime. Moving first the Hai limit, early years are satisfying; at the Zi limit, seeing Water and Bo with restraint, the calamity is light. The Niu Metal degree: stand guard and pass the days; the Dou Wood is the land of the mother; if meeting Wood and Qi on the road, moreover Jia- and Wu-born with Noble, one can surely have fortune; moreover with Official Kui, Heavenly Horse and Office Origin bureau master, one is certain to have one's name written on the wild-goose pagoda. The Ji degree is slightly obscure; with Wood and Qi, fortune arises; meeting Water and Bo, the calamity is severe. The Wei degree is satisfying; seeing Metal means fighting, overcoming, ruin and loss; obtaining Water, Bo, Wood and Qi on the contrary increases the force of fortune. The Xin and Fang [illegible] spring wind; moreover Yi-born with Salary meeting Qi is strong in old age; at the Di and Jiao degrees and Kang Metal, it is fit to withdraw early and guard, lest there be the affliction of a candle in the wind; in the Zhen Water and Yi Fire, none is a smooth realm and longevity is hindered; the Zhang and Xing degrees are too flourishing, and it is also fit to keep to the ordinary; in the Wood-bureau limit, spirit is renewed in old age.

胃度乃泥灶之土也初至一與婁火同二至十四以土為主喜生辰戌丑未月怕春失時忌木炁喜火羅限行婁防年得意奎木晦人遇木炁必阻得火羅早能卓立亥限木局晦昧無成得火羅卻能顯用子局土旺之鄉六癸生人祿居祿乙巳生人貴居官更單火獨羅大能展布利潤名香牛度如常斗度不吉木炁得道更六癸生人陽刃倘更刑囚的煞死何悔哉箕水財地無木炁吉遇木炁凶尾度遇木炁礙其凶甚遇火羅稍順卯宮火位無水優遊之福有火羅遇水孛事事晦辰宮亢角度不利軫水翼度乃羊腸之道鬼錄書名午宮火局老景康壯未宮井木多晦少安如遇木炁決阻壽筭

Wei (Stomach) degree is the earth of the mud stove; from the first to the first it is discussed together with Lou Fire; from the second to the fourteenth Earth is the master. It is pleased with births in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei, fears spring when out of season, avoids Wood and Qi, and likes Fire and Luo. Moving the limit to the Lou degree, guard the years, and there is satisfaction; the Kui Wood is obscure to people; meeting Wood and Qi it must be blocked; obtaining Fire and Luo one can stand out early. The Hai limit, Wood bureau, is obscure and achieves nothing; obtaining Fire and Luo can on the contrary become prominent. The Zi bureau is the land of Earth flourishing; for Gui-born with Salary dwelling in Salary and Yi-Si-born with Noble dwelling in Office, moreover Fire alone or Luo alone, one can greatly spread out, with profit, fragrance and fame. The Niu degree is as usual; the Dou degree is inauspicious; with Wood and Qi attaining the Way, moreover Gui-born with Yang Blade, if further punishment, imprisonment and true sha, what regret is there in dying? Ji Water wealth land is auspicious without Wood and Qi and ominous on meeting Wood and Qi; at the Wei degree, meeting Wood and Qi, the hindrance and ill omen are severe, and meeting Fire and Luo is slightly smooth. The Mao palace, Fire position, without Water brings leisurely fortune; with Fire and Luo meeting Water and Bo, everything is obscure. In the Chen palace the Kang and Jiao degrees are unfavourable; the Zhen Water and Yi degrees are the road of the sheep's intestine, with the ghost register bearing one's name; the Wu palace, Fire bureau, is healthy and strong in old age; the Wei palace Jing Wood is mostly obscure and little peaceful; if meeting Wood and Qi, longevity is surely blocked.

昴度乃酉宮西沉之日影也餘光次舍只以金論喜巳酉丑月及秋生忌春夏失時見火羅尤重忌孛洩氣遇土計決能發用初行婁度早年晦滯更火羅或六辛生陽刃到此夭折無疑有救減福此度見土計必發奎木財鄉無火羅平善有火羅禍甚亥限遇木炁必能發用見火羅返禍子宮土局子歸母腹必發優遊之福更六癸生人祿居祿乙巳生人貴居官得土計或官魁祿馬局主職元居之決然白手成名富貴人矣遇火羅倍加福力見孛禍輕丑宮牛度徐徐平福斗木財限得木炁水助之發福見火羅居之不吉箕水脫氣晦滯遇孛阻壽尾度木臨官木炁當道生意洋洋卯上心房二度火之正垣忌見火羅怕木炁居之黨其煞氣更六甲生人陽刃遇此決無素休無火羅木炁於壽無礙多見坎坷氐土老當益壯亢度有土計無咎午限有孛或火羅不吉更丙戊生人陽刃於壽有傷未限木局丁巳生人陽刃遇火羅不吉

Mao degree is the sunlight sinking in the west of the You palace, the remaining light in the lodgings; discuss it only as Metal. It is pleased with births in the months Si, You and Chou and in autumn, and avoids spring and summer out of season; seeing Fire and Luo is especially heavy; it avoids Bo, which drains qi; meeting Earth and Ji it can surely become prominent. Moving first through the Lou degree, early years are obscure and stagnant; moreover Fire and Luo, or Xin-born with Yang Blade arriving here, die young without doubt; with rescue, fortune is diminished; this degree seeing Earth and Ji must flourish. Kui Wood is a wealth land; without Fire and Luo it is moderate and good; with Fire and Luo the calamity is severe. The Hai limit meeting Wood and Qi can surely become prominent; seeing Fire and Luo returns calamity. The Zi palace, Earth bureau, Zi returning to the mother's womb, must flourish with leisurely fortune; moreover Gui-born with Salary dwelling in Salary and Yi-Si-born with Noble dwelling in Office, obtaining Earth and Ji, or Official Kui, Salary, Horse bureau master and Office Origin dwelling there, one surely makes a name from empty hands and is a wealthy and noble person. Meeting Fire and Luo doubles the force of fortune; seeing Bo the calamity is light. The Chou palace, Niu degree, has slow moderate fortune; Dou Wood is a wealth limit; obtaining Wood and Qi with Water helping brings fortune; seeing Fire and Luo dwelling there is inauspicious. Ji Water drains qi, obscure and stagnant; meeting Bo blocks longevity. The Wei degree, Wood at Official Post, with Wood and Qi on the road, business is thriving; at Mao, the Xin and Fang degree 2 is the proper enclosure of Fire; avoid seeing Fire and Luo; fear Wood and Qi dwelling there and joining their sha qi; moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade meeting this surely has no peace; without Fire, Luo, Wood and Qi, longevity is unhindered, though one sees much hardship. Di Earth is strong in old age; the Kang degree with Earth and Ji has no blame; the Wu limit having Bo or Fire and Luo is inauspicious, moreover Bing- and Wu-born with Yang Blade, which harms longevity; the Wei limit, Wood bureau, Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade meeting Fire and Luo is inauspicious.

畢月乃酉宮太隂次舍餘光寒潭之月影也自初至四與昴同論自五至七度上□中旬夜生以太隂為主喜金火助力忌土計及行土局土度晦滯多災更遇土計火羅凶四金度得意畢八至十六觜參同論以水為主喜生秋度春夏失時申宮乃西方金臨官之地見土計禍輕忌孛尤重故西方初生之水本清怕孛混濁之初行酉宮金局畢昴度少年得意得土計助之愈加福力如孛居之主縊溺傷亡之患胃土晦人婁度火局見木羅必發財福遇木炁同倍加春意奎璧室度木局脫氣守株平淡家風子宮土局見金必能發用六癸生人祿乙巳生人貴愈更精神無金晦昧進退得失不一此局遇土計亦晦見孛主隂人破蕩牛度平淡生涯斗度脫氣見土計無咎遇火羅發財箕度無孛計平淡心房氐小小福力氐五度關隘更六甲生人陽刃如不防身決傷肢體破蕩人矣亢金老當益壯角軫翼晦滯迍邅更申子辰生人刼子午卯酉生人的或見孛礙沖合到此必登鬼錄

Bi (Net) Moon is the Moon in the You palace, the remaining light of the lodgings, the moon's image in a cold pool; from the first to the fourth it is discussed together with Mao; from the fifth to the seventh degree, [illegible] mid-month, for night births take the Moon as master; it is pleased with Metal and Fire helping its force, and avoids Earth, Ji and moving through an Earth bureau or Earth degree, which are obscure and stagnant with many disasters, and moreover meeting Earth, Ji, Fire and Luo is ominous. The four Metal degrees bring satisfaction. Bi 8 to 16 are discussed together with Zi and Shen, with Water as master; it is pleased with autumn births and avoids spring and summer out of season. The Shen palace is the western land where Metal is at Official Post; seeing Earth and Ji the calamity is light; avoiding Bo is especially heavy, for the newly born water of the west is originally clear and fears Bo's muddying. First moving through the You palace, Metal bureau, the Bi and Mao degrees, youth is satisfying, and obtaining Earth and Ji to help increases fortune; if Bo dwells there, it signifies the affliction of hanging, drowning, injury and death. Wei Earth is obscure to people; the Lou degree, Fire bureau, seeing Wood and Luo, must flourish in wealth and fortune; meeting Wood and Qi together doubles the spring mood. The Kui, Bi and Shi degrees, Wood bureau, drain qi; stand guard, a bland family tradition. The Zi palace, Earth bureau, seeing Metal can surely become prominent; Gui-born with Salary, Yi-Si-born with Noble, and the spirit is even greater; without Metal it is obscure, with advancing and retreating, gain and loss uneven; this bureau meeting Earth and Ji is also obscure; seeing Bo signifies ruin through yin people. The Niu degree is a bland livelihood; the Dou degree drains qi; seeing Earth and Ji no blame, meeting Fire and Luo wealth is made; the Ji degree without Bo and Ji is bland; Xin, Fang and Di give small fortune; Di 5 degree is a pass of difficulty, moreover Jia-born with Yang Blade, if one does not guard the body one will surely wound the limbs, a person of ruin and loss. The Kang Metal is strong in old age; Jiao, Zhen and Yi are obscure and distressed; moreover Shen-, Zi- and Chen-born with Robbery, Zi-, Wu-, Mao- and You-born with true sha, or seeing Bo hindering clash or combination, arriving here they will surely enter the ghost register.

觜度乃漁燈之火與參水同論參水乃申宮初生清冷之水喜金及秋冬生辰戌丑未月生見土計禍稍輕遇孛禍甚限行金局金度更得金助或祿馬貴人更官魁天馬局主職元隂注陽受臨沖窵合決能白手成名增財進業行四土度及遇土計刑破多危見金同返吉如四水度或金度遇孛更陽刃天鋒當道天壽無疑若婦人遇之主落孕傷胎之患如木炁解救減禍

Zi degree is the fire of the fishing lamp, discussed together with Shen Water; Shen Water is the newly born clear cold water of the Shen palace; it is pleased with Metal and with autumn and winter births and the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei; seeing Earth and Ji the calamity is slightly light; meeting Bo the calamity is severe. Moving the limit to a Metal bureau or Metal degree, moreover obtaining Metal's help, or Salary, Horse and Noble, or Official Kui and Heavenly Horse bureau master with Office Origin, yin pouring into yang, attending, clashing, hooking and combining, one can surely make a name from empty hands, increase wealth and advance one's trade. Moving the four Earth degrees and meeting Earth and Ji means punishment, ruin and much danger; seeing Metal together returns to auspiciousness. For example, in the four Water degrees or Metal degrees, meeting Bo, moreover Yang Blade or Heavenly Edge on the road, early death is without doubt. If a woman meets this, it signifies the affliction of miscarriage and injury to the womb; if Wood and Qi rescue her, the calamity is reduced.

井木自初至八乃西井之木除初度與參水同論自九至二十五不問四季皆以木論此木乃東井丹桂之木也與凡木不同見金火羅為患輕遇炁禍甚少年參水度水局早有成立金局昴度作事進退水孛必能顯用立業興家胃土財限得土計決然增添財產婁奎度脫氣返吟之地奎八關隘倘遇炁更六辛生人陽刃或天鋒等煞臨沖非防命必破蕩璧水室火皆是順境如遇水孛及土皆能發福興田進業危虛亦宜守株藏器入牛女度如常斗度返吟斗十關隘更六癸生人陽刃辰戌丑未的煞無炁破蕩刑害有炁阻壽箕水無炁老亦康壯尾度平平無咎心房氐局脫氣多滯六甲生人陽刃不吉氐土財限無火羅炁稍順如行亢角中老有風燭之患

Jing Wood from the first to the eighth is the Wood of the western well; except for the first degree, which is discussed together with Shen Water, from the ninth to the twenty-fifth, regardless of the four seasons, discuss all as Wood. This Wood is the cinnamon Wood of the Eastern Well and differs from ordinary wood; seeing Metal, Fire and Luo is a light trouble; meeting Qi the calamity is severe. In youth, the Shen Water degree, Water bureau, brings early establishment; Metal bureau, Mao degree, brings work with advancing and retreating; with Water and Bo one can surely become prominent, establishing a career and raising a family. Wei Earth wealth limit, obtaining Earth and Ji, surely increases property; the Lou and Kui degrees drain qi and are a land of Fanyin; Kui 8 is a pass of difficulty; if meeting Qi, moreover Xin-born with Yang Blade, or Heavenly Edge and other sha clashing or attending, if one does not guard Life one will surely be ruined. Bi (Wall) Water and Shi Fire are all smooth realms; if meeting Water and Bo and Earth, all can bring fortune, raise fields and advance enterprise. Wei (Rooftop) and Xu are also fit to stand guard and conceal the vessel; entering the Niu and Nu degrees is as usual; the Dou degree is Fanyin; Dou 10 is a pass of difficulty, moreover Gui-born with Yang Blade, Chen-, Xu-, Chou- and Wei-born with true sha, without Qi bring ruin, loss, punishment and harm, with Qi longevity is blocked. Ji Water without Qi is healthy and strong even in old age; the Wei degree is moderate and without blame; the Xin, Fang and Di bureau drains qi and is mostly stagnant, and Jia-born with Yang Blade is inauspicious; Di Earth wealth limit, without Fire, Luo and Qi, is slightly smooth; if moving through Kang and Jiao, in old age there is the affliction of a candle in the wind.

井二十六至三十與鬼金同論此金嫦娥首飾之金也皆以老隂為主喜秋夜生得時忌晦朔怕土計及行四土度喜金局金度火局火度初行申水局平平之福酉宮金局倘金月同更夜生及六辛生人祿居祿丙丁生人貴居福更官魁天馬薦元官星居之必白手成名權居翰苑昴度得土或計倍加光彩胃度得金愈更精神婁度遇火羅為剛星助月遇土計不吉若八月秋生減福辰戌丑未月遇之更六辛生人陽刃到此應無素休有救則刑害破病無救死而無疑奎璧室木局得火羅能助月華土計居之受制無咎子宮土局淹晦坎坷遇土計單行為福必矣輕則貧病重則防身牛斗中守株度日箕尾限豈能邀福心房火位夜生得火外助老當益壯遇土計阻壽氐土亦然亢金度晚景康壯角度天盤返吟倘六乙生人陽刃不吉

Jing 26 to 30 are discussed together with Gui Metal; this Metal is the Metal of Chang'e's hair ornament; all take the Old Yin as master; it is pleased with autumn night births when timely, and avoids the dark moon and new moon, and fears Earth, Ji and moving through four Earth degrees; it likes a Metal bureau, Metal degree, Fire bureau, Fire degree. First moving through the Shen limit, Water bureau, moderate fortune; the You palace, Metal bureau, if Metal and Moon are together, moreover for night births and Xin-born with Salary dwelling in Salary and Bing- and Ding-born with Noble dwelling in Fortune, moreover Official Kui, Heavenly Horse, or recommended Origin Official star dwelling there, one surely makes a name from empty hands, with power seated in the Hanlin. The Mao degree, obtaining Earth or Ji, doubles the lustre; the Wei degree obtaining Metal increases spirit; the Lou degree meeting Fire and Luo is a firm star aiding the Moon; meeting Earth and Ji is inauspicious; if born in autumn in the eighth month, fortune is diminished; in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei, meeting it, moreover Xin-born with Yang Blade arriving here, surely has no peace; with rescue, then punishment, harm, ruin and illness; without rescue, death is certain without doubt. Kui, Bi and Shi, Wood bureau, obtaining Fire and Luo can aid the moonlight; Earth and Ji dwelling there are restrained and without blame. The Zi palace, Earth bureau, is submerged and rugged; meeting Earth and Ji moving alone must bring fortune; at light level poverty and illness, at heavy level guard the body. In Niu and Dou stand guard and pass the days; in the Ji and Wei limits how can one invite fortune? Xin and Fang Fire position, for night births obtaining Fire as outer help, is strong in old age; meeting Earth and Ji blocks longevity. Di Earth is likewise; the Kang Metal degree is healthy and strong in late years; the Jiao degree, heaven plate Fanyin, if Yi-born with Yang Blade, is inauspicious.

柳土乃離明天河之土也乃日之正垣火之旺地此土主貴喜生辰戌丑未月自初至一乃柳稍之月與鬼同論自二至十二皆以土言喜火羅及行火局火度忌木炁及行木局四木度初年未限井度晦蹇不利如丁巳生人陽刃到此見木或炁夭折必矣井度見火羅必發初年之福申宮水土長生之地未為全美進退得失酉宮土敗皆未可言福胃土返吟拖戈得火羅喜木炁同愈加福力如無木炁必阻婁度火局事事平和得火羅臨沖窵合晚年稱意奎璧室木局遇木炁阻壽見火羅老更康健子宮土旺平淡守株大抵怕遇木炁見之為患丑宮牛度如常斗度難鄉斗十關隘若六癸生人陽刃辰戌丑未生人的煞到此終壽見木炁死亦無疑箕尾中皆非順地卯宮火位康壯無咎氐土返吟六甲生人陽刃更木炁刑囚礙之決為泉下之人也

Liu Earth is the Earth of the Li-bright Heavenly River, the proper enclosure of the Sun and the flourishing land of Fire; this Earth governs nobility; it is pleased with births in the months Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei; from the first to the first it is the Moon at the tip of Liu and is discussed together with Gui; from the second to the twelfth all are spoken of as Earth. It likes Fire and Luo and moving through a Fire bureau or Fire degree; it avoids Wood and Qi and moving through a Wood bureau or the four Wood degrees. In the early years, the Wei limit, the Jing degree is obscure, hindered and unfavourable, such as Ding-Si-born with Yang Blade arriving here and seeing Wood or Qi, who must die young. At the Jing degree, seeing Fire and Luo, early-year fortune must come. The Shen palace is the land of Water and Earth long life, not entirely fine, with advancing and retreating, gain and loss; the You palace, Earth defeated, is a place where none can speak of fortune. Wei Earth is Fanyin, dragging the lance; obtaining Fire and Luo, and pleased with Wood and Qi together, it increases the force of fortune; without Wood and Qi it must be blocked. The Lou degree, Fire bureau, makes everything peaceful; obtaining Fire and Luo attending, clashing, hooking and combining, one is satisfied in late years. Kui, Bi and Shi, Wood bureau, meeting Wood and Qi blocks longevity; seeing Fire and Luo, one is healthier in old age. The Zi palace, Earth flourishing, is bland, so stand guard; in general one fears meeting Wood and Qi, and seeing them is a trouble. The Chou palace, Niu degree, is as usual; the Dou degree is a hard land; Dou 10 is a pass of difficulty, and if Gui-born with Yang Blade, or Chen-, Xu-, Chou- and Wei-born with true sha, arrive here, they end their longevity; seeing Wood and Qi, death is also without doubt. Ji and Wei are not smooth ground; the Mao palace, Fire position, is healthy and strong without blame; Di Earth Fanyin, Jia-born with Yang Blade, moreover Wood and Qi, punishment and imprisonment hindering it, surely makes a person beneath the springs.

星度乃離火之精真太陽也喜夏晝生不宜夜生喜金輔佐忌木以蔽其光怕羅薄蝕之春夏木羅逢之禍甚秋冬木羅遇之禍輕初行未限井木晦人申宮水局稍稍見金水吉遇木必災破酉宮得金或水拱守臨沖更六辛人祿居祿丙丁人貴居官如官魁天馬局主職元臨沖窵合必能白手成名聲播寰宇胃土或木不吉戌宮火局迤□春風奎婁度遇羅更六辛人陽刃必主中年之憂刑傷破尅亥限木局晦困蹇滯遇木決阻子限平淡無成丑限斗度忌見木炁羅礙之不吉寅限猶忌木當途卯宮火位遇羅有咎六甲生人陽刃於壽有礙

Xing degree is the essence of Li Fire, the true great Sun; it is pleased with summer day births and not suited to night births; it likes Metal as assistant and avoids Wood obscuring its light; it fears Luo eclipsing it. In spring and summer meeting Wood and Luo the calamity is severe; in autumn and winter meeting Wood and Luo the calamity is light. First moving through the Wei limit, Jing Wood is obscure to people; the Shen palace, Water bureau, slightly seeing Metal and Water is auspicious; meeting Wood it must be disaster and ruin. The You palace obtaining Metal, or Water guarding and shining, attending and clashing, moreover Xin-born with Salary dwelling in Salary, Bing- and Ding-born with Noble dwelling in Office, such as Official Kui, Heavenly Horse bureau master with Office Origin attending, clashing, hooking and combining, one must make a name from empty hands, with voice spreading over the world. Wei Earth or Wood is inauspicious; the Xu palace, Fire bureau, [illegible] spring wind; the Kui and Lou degrees meeting Luo, moreover Xin-born with Yang Blade, surely signify middle-age worry, punishment, injury, ruin and overcoming. The Hai limit, Wood bureau, is obscure, distressed and stagnant; meeting Wood certainly blocks longevity; the Zi limit is bland and achieves nothing; the Chou limit, Dou degree, avoids seeing Wood and Qi; Luo hindering it is inauspicious; the Yin limit still avoids Wood on the road; the Mao palace, Fire position, meeting Luo has blame; Jia-born with Yang Blade is a hindrance to longevity.

張度初至三太陽同論張四至十四度太隂為主喜秋夜生忌朔望□晦怕土計及行土局土度喜金火羅以助其輝喜行四金度金局得意幼年星度無礙柳土晦人遇土計必天更丙戊生人陽刃倘天鋒飛煞必防於非命鬼度得意井度平善見土計無咎遇火羅必能發福申宮水局金臨官之地徐徐之福酉宮金局生意春風六辛生人祿居祿丙丁生人貴居官更得金臨沖窵合或官魁天馬拱閤中年得意必發非常之福胃土遇金倍加光彩土計居之更六庚生人陽刃主刑傷破害婁度火局得火羅助更夜生決然得意土計同反禍更陽刃其禍愈甚奎璧室木局不利火羅居之黨土計之威子宮虛危度六壬生人陽刃更刑囚暗耗臨沖非防命決刑傷破蕩丑宮牛斗度多晦少利寅宮箕尾度得火羅助平平無咎土計居之亦能為患

Zhang degree, from the first to the third, is discussed together with the Sun; Zhang 4 to 14 degrees take the Moon as master; it is pleased with autumn night births; it avoids the new moon, full moon, [illegible] dark moon, and fears Earth, Ji and moving through an Earth bureau or Earth degree; it likes Metal, Fire and Luo to aid its radiance; it likes moving the four Metal degrees and a Metal bureau, with satisfaction in youth. The Xing degree is unhindered; Liu Earth is obscure to people, and meeting Earth and Ji one must die young; moreover Bing- and Wu-born with Yang Blade, if Heavenly Edge or flying sha, must guard against an unnatural end. The Gui degree is satisfying; the Jing degree is moderate and good; seeing Earth and Ji no blame; meeting Fire and Luo one can surely have fortune. The Shen palace, Water bureau, the land where Metal is at Official Post, has slow fortune; the You palace, Metal bureau, is business like spring wind; Xin-born with Salary dwelling in Salary, Bing- and Ding-born with Noble dwelling in Office, moreover obtaining Metal attending, clashing, hooking or combining, or Official Kui, Heavenly Horse shining and combining, one is satisfied in middle age and must flourish with extraordinary fortune. Wei Earth meeting Metal doubles the lustre; if Earth and Ji dwell there, moreover Geng-born with Yang Blade, it signifies punishment, injury, ruin and harm. The Lou degree, Fire bureau, with Fire and Luo helping, moreover night births, one is certain to be satisfied; Earth and Ji together reverse it into calamity; with Yang Blade added, the calamity is worse. Kui, Bi and Shi, Wood bureau, are unfavourable; Fire and Luo dwelling there join the might of Earth and Ji. The Zi palace, Xu and Wei degrees, Ren-born with Yang Blade, moreover punishment, imprisonment, hidden loss attending or clashing, if one does not guard Life one surely suffers punishment, injury, ruin and loss. The Chou palace, Niu and Dou degrees, are mostly obscure and little profitable; the Yin palace, Ji and Wei degrees, obtaining the help of Fire and Luo, are moderate and without blame; Earth and Ji dwelling there can also cause trouble.

翼度乃漁燈之火自初至三乃火為主忌水禍輕見孛禍甚自四至二十度皆以水也與軫同論軫水乃大海汪洋之水與翼同論喜金忌土計孛見之無救非夭則破蕩貧病得金水防蛇癸與巳酉丑人位居清要給諫之臣初限張星少年擢用名播乾坤柳土不吉無火羅有土計平淡災咎遇土計火羅非夭必刑破鬼度一載無光井三十至二十三二年生意出入順便利祿井二十五至井初木局得火羅白手發財無火羅土計平平無咎遇火羅金平福遇土計無礙參度雖拖戈乃金臨官之位不能興害若得金助更六庚生人祿居祿寅午戌生人馬居官如天馬官魁臨沖窵合由文學進白手成名酉宮金局遇金更六辛生人祿丙丁生人貴無火羅孛必發非常之福有土計助愈加厚福胃中遇土計凶得金反吉戌限火局得火羅必發福木炁助尤妙土計居之為禍不少奎璧室木局見火羅居之有財土計孛礙之減福子宮土旺之地土計礙道三合沖拱更陽刃決阻其壽子丑二限見金無火羅孛老更精神寅限木局脫

Yi degree is the fire of the fishing lamp; from the first to the third, Fire is master; it avoids Water, with light calamity; seeing Bo the calamity is severe. From the fourth to the twentieth, all is Water, discussed together with Zhen; Zhen Water is the water of the great sea, vast and boundless, discussed together with Yi; it likes Metal and avoids Earth, Ji and Bo, which when seen have no rescue, and either one dies young or is ruined, impoverished and ill; obtaining Metal and Water, guard against the snake; Gui-born and people of the Si, You and Chou positions are officials of pure and important rank, remonstrance ministers. First limit, Zhang and Xing degrees, early appointment in youth, name spreading over heaven and earth. Liu Earth is inauspicious; without Fire and Luo but with Earth and Ji it is bland, with disaster and blame; meeting Earth, Ji, Fire and Luo, either one dies young or suffers punishment and ruin. The Gui degree is one year without light; Jing 30 to 23 are two years of business going in and out smoothly, with convenient profit and salary. Jing 25 to Jing 1, Wood bureau, obtaining Fire and Luo, brings wealth from empty hands; without Fire, Luo, Earth and Ji, it is moderate and without blame; meeting Fire and Luo and Metal, moderate fortune; meeting Earth and Ji, no hindrance. The Shen degree, though dragging the lance, is Metal at the Official Post position and cannot cause harm; if obtaining Metal's help, moreover Geng-born with Salary dwelling in Salary and Yin-, Wu- and Xu-born with Horse dwelling in Office, such as Heavenly Horse and Official Kui attending, clashing, hooking and combining, one advances through literature and makes a name from empty hands. The You palace, Metal bureau, meeting Metal, moreover Xin-born with Salary and Bing- and Ding-born with Noble, without Fire, Luo and Bo, must flourish with extraordinary fortune; with Earth and Ji helping, fortune is thickened further. In Wei, meeting Earth and Ji is ominous, but obtaining Metal on the contrary is auspicious. The Xu limit, Fire bureau, obtaining Fire and Luo must bring fortune, and Wood and Qi helping is especially fine; Earth and Ji dwelling there bring no little calamity. The Kui, Bi and Shi, Wood bureau, seeing Fire and Luo dwelling there, have wealth; Earth, Ji and Bo hindering it diminish fortune. The Zi palace, land of Earth flourishing, has Earth and Ji obstructing the Way, the three harmonies clashing and shining together, and with Yang Blade added longevity is surely blocked. The Zi and Chou two limits, seeing Metal without Fire, Luo and Bo, increase spirit in old age; the Yin limit, Wood bureau, drains

氣慮有下部之疾

qi, and one worries about an affliction of the lower body.

【此分經造化大抵舉一而知十隻依五星生尅制化子細消詳萬舉萬中更五星遲留伏逆為□度數闊狹推究若能熟讀之於心可作術家之衣缽】

[This division of the classic's fates, in general, lets one know ten from one; simply rely on the generation, overcoming, restraint and transformation of the five stars and consider in detail, and ten thousand attempts will hit ten thousand times. Moreover, for the retardation, stationing, concealment and retrogression of the five stars, [illegible] the breadth and narrowness of the degrees, investigate. If one can read it thoroughly until it is in the heart, it can serve as the robe and bowl of an art master.]

十二宮定數賦【文義俱佳】

Fu on the Fixed Numbers of the Twelve Palaces [Both meaning and prose are excellent]

寶瓶子位□枵齊邦女虛乃屬土之正垣危月亦為水之旺氣水孛冬旺而立見成家火羅夏生而必然富貴火土生成招厚福計炁忌怒遭憲章日月順躔縱坐孤亡而生涯飽暖木炁攻度如不夭折而家計傾頺若逢太白照臨必趕退當年之弱木更兼夭首入宮未可化正宮之難炁晝火未能成器夜羅必能致祥寅卯二宮官魁顯而名早登鴈塔寅亥二宮暗耗欺而財似雪溶湯冬火無光亦主家道充足春木有氣必愁體用早亡夏水臨官而慳貪吏輩秋計同位而兜攬牙郎夜月明在虛躔文章不露晝陽輝於虛位福祿愈昌限值寅宮之歲宿虛度少年更逢卯位之孤神惜乎壯歲

Baoping (Aquarius), the Zi position, Xuxiao, the Qi region; Nu and Xu belong to the proper enclosure of Earth; Wei Moon is also the flourishing qi of Water. Water and Bo flourish in winter and one sees a household made; Fire and Luo born in summer and one is certainly wealthy and noble. Fire and Earth generate and bring thick fortune; Ji and Qi are taboo and meet the anger of the statutes. If Sun and Moon follow their courses smoothly, even though seated in lonely loss, one's livelihood is well fed and warm; if Wood and Qi attack the degree, if not dying young then the household fortune collapses. If one meets Taibai shining, one must drive out the weak Wood of that year; moreover if the Heavenly Head enters the palace, it cannot transform the difficult qi of the proper palace. Day Fire cannot yet become a vessel; night Luo can bring good omen. In the two palaces Yin and Mao, Official Kui appears and one's name early ascends the wild-goose pagoda; in the two palaces Yin and Hai, hidden loss cheats and wealth is like snow melting in soup. Winter Fire without lustre also signifies a household in plenty; spring Wood with qi surely brings worry that body and use die early; summer Water at Official Post makes stingy and greedy clerks; autumn Ji in the same position makes brokers who hawk. If the night moon is bright in the Xu lodge, literary compositions are not revealed; if the day Sun gleams in the Xu position, fortune and salary flourish more. When the limit falls in the Yin palace year, the Xu degree in youth, and again meets the lonely spirit in the Mao position, it is a pity for the prime of life.

磨蠍丑位星紀揚州正當斗牛之星輝偏喜火金而燦爛夜土單行而千災不防晝火獨立而百禍俱消日月無情不照覆盆之下木炁相攻難保生身之全單炁而六親氷炭獨計而五族華夷金星入局一生髮非橫之財熒惑歸垣終世享優遊之樂卯辰火羅寅亥炎熒夜生為貴以榮身晝誕為災而不難五星朝官居極品九曜防貴不可言若在空亡之地火羅生夏令何愁不發若在高強之位木炁攻秋金必主無成冬水入垣必須破祖秋計防命亦當損財孤神照而常挑嫁帳寡宿臨而孤苦無兒寅宮強木之為凶必主天年之不保卯位健炁而為煞斷定人禍以相招

Mojie (Capricorn), the Chou position, Xingji, Yangzhou; precisely the starlight of Dou and Niu, which especially likes Fire and Metal for its brilliance. Night Earth moving alone, a thousand disasters go unguarded; day Fire standing alone, a hundred calamities all vanish. The Sun and Moon being without feeling do not shine on the bottom of an overturned basin; Wood and Qi attacking each other, it is hard to keep one's life whole. A single Qi makes the six kin like ice and charcoal; a single Ji makes the five clans Chinese and barbarian. If the Metal star enters the bureau, one flourishes for life with unexpected wealth; if Yinghuo returns to the enclosure, one enjoys leisurely pleasure to the end of the age. Mao and Chen, Fire and Luo; Yin and Hai, blazing Ying; night births are noble and glorify the body; day births are calamitous yet not difficult. If the five stars court Office, one dwells in the highest rank; if the nine luminaries guard, nobility is beyond words. If in the land of Void and Death, Fire and Luo are born in summer command, why worry about not flourishing? If in a high and strong position Wood and Qi attack autumn Metal, one will surely achieve nothing. If winter Water enters the enclosure one must break the ancestors; autumn Ji guarding Life should also cost wealth. The lonely spirit shining, one often lifts the bridal curtain; the widow lodge arriving, one is lonely and bitter without sons. Strong Wood in Yin is ominous and surely means that natural lifespan is not preserved; healthy Qi in the Mao position becomes sha, and one judges that human calamity invites one another.

人馬寅位析木燕分尾斗乃木之真垣箕宿亦水之次舍文士生而多此宮泊宿舉子現亦於燕地安身木火交而多招病患水火防而過惡難施金月臨五更有氣筆下生煙孛羅防三春得用閙裡有錢旺氣居辰常患風恙秋金入局亦忌癆癱更看天上何宿又推地下何星官魁現於天上四旬名揚四海爵印顯於地下三十位列三公水陽居鄭虛逞嘍囉土計守亢一生愁嘆忽逢刑孛與高強因官致富若有囚水占官宮傍貴成家身同亢躔縱夜生傷財難免太白歸垣若冬令不能為害亥藏土計生身不出辰宮荊有水羅大貴必生巳上

Renma (Sagittarius), the Yin position, Xiemu, the Yan division; Wei and Dou are the true enclosure of Wood, and the Ji lodging is also the secondary lodge of Water. Scholars born here mostly have this palace lodging a star; examination candidates appear likewise settled in the Yan land. Wood and Fire mingling mostly invite illness; Water and Fire guarding, wrongdoing is hard to carry out. Metal and Moon at the fifth watch having qi, smoke arises under the brush; Bo and Luo guarding, in the three springs taking use, there is money amid commotion. Flourishing qi dwelling in Chen often brings wind affliction; autumn Metal entering the bureau also fears consumption and paralysis. Further look at what lodging is in heaven and what star is on earth: Official Kui appearing in heaven, at forty one's name spreads over the four seas; Rank-seal appearing on earth, at thirty one's seat is among the Three Dukes. Water and Yang dwelling in Zheng, Xu flaunts underlings; Earth and Ji guarding Kang, a lifetime of grief and sighing. If suddenly punishing Bo is with high and strong, one becomes rich through office; if there is imprisoned Water occupying the Office palace, one makes a household relying on nobles. A body sharing Kang's course, though born at night, cannot avoid loss of wealth; Taibai returning to the enclosure, in winter command, cannot cause harm. Hai storing Earth and Ji, the body generated does not leave the Chen palace; thorns with Water and Luo, great nobility must be born in Si.

天蠍卯宮流火宋分正當大火之尾房亦防氐心之土月孛星守而心腹災生水宿臨而臆肝疾定最喜入命木星為刑囚亦當致富又宜到限紫炁作暗耗亦能有成福熒夜朗功名早動宸京刑孛攻熒魂魄早歸岱嶺木炁攻田而田宅進益水孛破福而福壽俱消金牛見孛常防隂女而傷身人馬逢金大忌官符而破碎日東月西名不求而自得隂陽易位利多取亦無成陽酉隂卯決無久遠家風水西孛東那有連綿活計羅星守而自逞英雄計星入而為人愚蠢大抵星躔如此亦觀月令相同限到煞宮須夭折命逢難宿定遭凶

Tianxie (Scorpio), the Mao palace, Liuhuo, the Song division; precisely the tail of Dahuo; Fang also guards the Earth of Di and Xin. Moon and Bo guarding the stars, disease of the heart and belly arises; Water lodging arriving, trouble in the chest and liver is certain. Most pleased when the Wood star enters Life; punishing imprisonment can still bring wealth; also suitable when arriving at the limit, Purple Qi as hidden loss can still bring accomplishment and fortune. Ying bright at night, fame early stirs the imperial capital; punishment and Bo attacking Ying, the soul and spirit return early to Mount Dai. Wood and Qi attacking the fields, fields and dwellings increase; Water and Bo breaking fortune, fortune and longevity both vanish. Jinniu (Taurus) seeing Bo, always guard against injury to the body through yin women; Renma (Sagittarius) meeting Metal, greatly avoid official charges that break and shatter. Sun east and Moon west, fame comes without seeking; yin and yang exchanging position, much profit is taken yet nothing is accomplished. Yang in You and yin in Mao, surely no long-lasting family tradition; Water west and Bo east, how can livelihood be continuous? Luo star guarding, one flaunts as a hero; Ji star entering, one is foolish. In general the star courses are thus, and one also looks at the monthly command as the same; when the limit arrives at a sha palace one must die young; when Life meets a difficult lodge one will surely meet calamity.

天秤辰宮鄭國兗邦芒孛呈輝於亢度壽星亦現於水躔最宜金月夜朗而名動甲科又逢土計晝生而官居極品若逢火羅旺三河必斷少年之薤露又值孛熒臨獅子壽於壯歲不經霜太隂獨行巨蟹更喜孛星太白獨守亢宮又宜土宿身月獨明月孛單照若還反生於魯分傷妻害子又或順行於雙女損子離夫大抵太陽獨行午位而百福來迎設有五星防合離宮而千瘡不利宋宮遇計而家積珍珠豳位逢苴而粟藏千囷水孛防命錢財常施於隂人計孛背行福祿每求於吏輩

Tianping (Libra), the Chen palace, the state of Zheng and the Yan region; Mang Bo shows radiance at the Kang degree, and the Longevity Star appears at the Water course. Most suitable is Metal Moon bright at night, fame stirring the first-class examination; again meeting Earth and Ji for a day birth, office dwells at the highest rank. If meeting Fire and Luo flourishing, in the Three Rivers one must cut short youth's dew-song; again if Bo and Ying arrive at Shizi, longevity in the prime of life does not endure frost. The Moon moving alone in Juxie, one is further pleased with the Bo star; Taibai guarding Kang alone, one is again suited to the Earth lodging; if body and Moon shine alone, Moon and Bo shine alone; if one is born reversed in the Lu division, wife is injured and children harmed; or moving smoothly in Shuangnu, children are damaged and one leaves the husband. In general the Sun moving alone at the Wu position, a hundred fortunes come to meet; supposing the five stars guard the combined palace, a thousand sores are unfavourable. The Song palace meeting Ji, the household accumulates pearls; the Bin position meeting Ju, grain is stored in a thousand granaries. Water and Bo guarding Life, money is often spent on yin people; Ji and Bo turning their backs, fortune and salary are often sought through clerks.

巳宮雙女鶉尾楚荊張軫二宿真水局火蛇秋令正清辰土宿臨宮防不壽計都到命必傷殘金水同宮秋令亦能發跡水金獨旺夏月必能有成單水若防隂陽末年大富太隂夜生巨蟹唾手成名太陽臨位為人萬象包容太白對望此輩千機兜攬孛計立而身流四海孛羅防而命防三隅太隂生於瓶地一生勞碌不曽閒土計若旺留宮半世顰眉而獨立若逢空庫中年萬一不如前更防呻吟末世千倉亦破碎

Shuangnu (Virgo), the Si palace, Chunwei, Chu and Jing; Zhang and Zhen, the two lodgings, are truly a Water bureau, the Fire snake; autumn command is truly clear. Earth lodging dwelling at the Chen palace, guard against short life; Jidu arriving at Life, one is certainly maimed. Metal and Water in the same palace, autumn command can also bring rise; Water and Metal flourishing alone, summer months can surely bring achievement. Single Water guarding yin and yang, great wealth in late years; the Moon at night in Juxie, one makes a name with a hand's turn. The Sun dwelling in the position, one holds ten thousand things in embrace; Taibai facing across, such people embrace a thousand contrivances. Bo and Ji standing, the body drifts through the four seas; Bo and Luo guarding, Life guards three corners. The Moon born at the Baoping land, a lifetime of toil and never idle; if Earth and Ji flourish and remain in the palace, half a life frowning and standing alone. If one meets an empty treasury, in middle age in case all is not as before; further guard against groaning in the end of life, a thousand granaries also shattered.

午宮獅子鶉火三河星張為君臣之正禮柳土作輔弼之相隨太陽臨星而登正殿一世無災太隂入張而守後宮終身有慶金水扶陽而為貴木炁相攻而作凶火羅重疊晝生必定傷殘孛計交防夜誕亦當產防單水為人巧計單金主性多剛朔望反而衣食何益隂陽順而富貴非遲最宜單火單羅福權反盛若還獨計孤孛威勇尤昌逢木月則重妝嫁飾遇月炁則再作新郎須為林下之先生方免刑傷於一世

Shizi (Leo), the Wu palace, Chunhuo, the Three Rivers; the Xing and Zhang lodges are the proper rites of ruler and minister, and Liu Earth is the assisting minister following. The Sun arriving at Xing and ascending the proper hall, a lifetime without disaster; the Moon entering Zhang and guarding the rear palace, a lifetime of celebration. Metal and Water supporting Yang makes nobility; Wood and Qi attacking each other makes ominous; Fire and Luo doubled, day births surely suffer injury and maiming; Bo and Ji guarding together, night births should also guard against childbirth. Single Water makes a person of clever scheming; single Metal makes a nature mostly stubborn; if new moon and full moon are reversed, what use is clothing and food? If yin and yang go smoothly, wealth and nobility are not late. Most suitable are single Fire and single Luo, whose fortune and authority on the contrary flourish; if single Ji and lonely Bo, majesty and courage are especially flourishing. Meeting Wood and Moon, one repeatedly dresses for a wedding; meeting Moon and Qi, one again becomes a bridegroom. One must be a scholar beneath the trees first, in order to avoid punishment and injury for a lifetime.

未宮巨蟹鶉首秦州太隂初生於鬼躔少年薦鶚快橫秋旺木四時生井宿壯歲化龍知有日土計交始為蝕神不啞聾必遭毒藥孛羅背方能為福作武士必主英雄太陽單行六親失力紫炁獨旺俗計無縁金水伴而名必顯火羅背縱富無名木月同躔非特富而且貴太隂遇忌雖聰秀亦奚為月羅來往此身難免不歸鄉月計同行斯命必然暴外路須教破病暗纒身庶使優遊於一世

Juxie (Cancer), the Wei palace, Chunshou, Qin province; the Moon is first born at the Gui lodge, a youth recommended as an osprey; flourishing Wood in the four seasons born at Jing, in the prime of life transforming into a dragon, one knows there will be a day. Earth and Ji mingling make an eclipse spirit; one is not mute or deaf, one will surely meet poison. Bo and Luo turning away can bring fortune; as a warrior one is surely a hero. The Sun moving alone, the six kin lose strength; Purple Qi flourishing alone, vulgar Ji has no affinity. Metal and Water accompanying, fame must be shown; Fire and Luo turning away, though rich one has no fame. Wood and Moon in the same course are not only rich but noble; the Moon meeting a taboo, though clever and fine, what use is it? The Moon and Luo coming and going, this body cannot avoid not returning home; the Moon and Ji moving together, this fate is surely violent; on outer roads one will be ruined and ill, with hidden entanglements binding the body; only so may one be leisurely for a lifetime.

申宮隂陽實沈晉益觜參乃水之正宮畢井為身之次度水宿難經名早題於虎榜木星入命利常滿於龍倉日月不明任得地只成小富土計為煞縱為福也主凶危孛羅背財求陸路孛計防切忌遠方太白獨行富而且貴火羅順往任富無名土計同入雙魚本為煞而無患水孛戰於白羊雖為吉亦傷殘紫炁入而財豐厚土宿獨而禍俱消身同官宮功勲生於毫管金月魯分名利出於徵鋒火土獨守福官橫財可取土計夜臨衞分一世迍邅

Yin-yang (Gemini), the Shen palace, Shichen, the Jin and Yi division; Zi and Shen are the proper palace of Water, Bi and Jing are secondary degrees of the body. Water lodging that is hard to pass, name is early inscribed on the tiger list; the Wood star entering Life, profit is always full in the dragon granary. Sun and Moon not bright, though in a good position one makes only small wealth; Earth and Ji as sha, though making fortune it also means danger. Bo and Luo turning away, wealth is sought on the land road; Bo and Ji guarding, avoid distant regions. Taibai moving alone, rich and noble; Fire and Luo going smoothly, though rich one has no fame. Earth and Ji together entering Shuangyu (Pisces) are originally sha yet without trouble; Water and Bo fighting in Baiyang (Aries), though auspicious also bring injury and maiming. Purple Qi entering, wealth is abundant; Earth lodging alone, calamity all vanishes. A body sharing the Office palace, merit and rank are born from the brush; Metal and Moon in the Lu division, fame and profit come from the front line. Fire and Earth guarding alone, fortune and Office, windfall wealth can be taken; Earth and Ji arriving at night in the Wei division, a lifetime of hardship.

酉有金牛大梁趙分昴畢乃日月出入之門胃度亦土金相生之宿月生滄海利黃昏太白歸垣宜夜裡土計為人豐厚火羅主性多剛夜生為禍不侵晝誕天年不永日為西沒卯時必定早亡月臥金牛晝誕名亦何益木炁忌星逢春生必獲資財孛宿凶神遇二八不能為禍水宿躔身為財星入命月居卯戌作鬼旺身衰少年多富多福以榮昌壯歲破財破宅而不利火羅為煞夜生喜照於寶瓶木炁為財四季不宜於齊子金火不降舉手傷人之輩月熒爭耀敢獨沖陣之徒葢忌星反作吉星吉曜反為煞曜

Jinniu (Taurus), the You palace, Daliang, the Zhao division; Mao and Bi are the gate of the Sun and Moon entering and leaving, and the Wei degree is a lodging where Earth and Metal generate each other. The Moon born in the vast sea profits at dusk; Taibai returning to the enclosure suits the night. Earth and Ji make a person generous and thick; Fire and Luo make a nature mostly stubborn. Night births, calamity does not encroach; day births, natural lifespan is not long. The Sun sinking in the west, at the Mao hour one surely dies early; the Moon lying in Jinniu, for day births what use is fame? Wood and Qi, taboo stars, meeting them in spring births one surely obtains wealth; Bo lodging, an ominous spirit, meeting it at two-eight cannot cause calamity. Water lodging in the body as a wealth star entering Life, the Moon dwelling in Mao and Xu is ghost flourishing and body weak; in youth much wealth and fortune bring glory, in the prime of life wealth is broken and the house unfavourable. Fire and Luo make sha; for night births it is pleasing to shine on Baoping; Wood and Qi make wealth, and in the four seasons are unsuitable for the Qi region. Metal and Fire not yielding, one is a person who injures with a raised hand; Moon and Ying contending in brilliance, one is a dare-to-charge-alone sort. For taboo stars may reverse to be auspicious stars, and auspicious luminaries may reverse to be sha luminaries.

戌地白羊降婁魯國甘羅幼歲成名月居奎度鄧通少年鉅富太隂在婁日月臨錢財常滿於囊篋火羅旺名利毎出於旌旗身月奎宿呈輝文章奮發孛宿婁宮爭水痼疾躔身單羅可忌恐壯歲暴亡水孛相攻定少年夭折木炁守而財帛昌盛木炁限而富貴非遲孛計晝生而不夭常患災生水火夜誕亦無傷難堪疾苦單炁為人好善只木主性多能若逢旺土守官宮末年獲福更植紫木在丑位發成便亡

Baiyang (Aries), the Xu land, Jianglou, the state of Lu; Gan Luo became famous in childhood; the Moon dwelling in the Kui degree, Deng Tong was greatly rich in youth. The Moon in Lou, Sun and Moon arriving, money is always full in bags and boxes; Fire and Luo flourishing, fame and profit always come out under flags. Body and Moon, the Kui lodging showing radiance, literary compositions rouse; Bo lodging in the Lou palace, contending Water, chronic illness; Luo alone at Life is to be feared, lest sudden death in the prime of life. Water and Bo attacking each other, surely die young; Wood and Qi guarding, wealth is flourishing; Wood and Qi in the limit, wealth and nobility are not late. Bo and Ji at day births do not die young but often suffer disasters of water and fire; night births also have no injury, though pain and suffering are hard to bear. Single Qi makes a person who loves good; only Wood makes a nature mostly capable. If flourishing Earth guards the Office palace, in late years one obtains fortune; further, meeting Purple Wood in the Chou position, upon bursting into growth, one dies at once.

亥位雙魚五星好顯於娵訾豳到天門九曜宜臨於衞分位極官高葢因太白旺乎室名登台省身月常照璧兼危忽遇炁金身恐隨於蝶夣若逢計孛命必防於龍宮出地入天日生有氣移干就溼晝誕無虞金星入而防妻魍魎水宿防而恐子螟蛉單羅而功名葢世單計而妻妾重傷炁孛常患於性剛恩中反怨羅月必遭於病患服藥無功縱有刑囚內夾因官致富若教福祿齊行為吏成名水孛單行喜居寅丑月金有氣最喜燕邦單金單木占妻田中年發福孤陽單月坐官福縱富無名身月若居天秤太隂忽坐金牛若逢春生必貴若生秋令無光三方防而無吉助一世安能進身更推諸煞以伏降末年皆由平坦

The Hai position, Shuangyu (Pisces), the five stars are well displayed in Juzi; Bin arriving at the Heavenly Gate, the nine luminaries suit the Wei division; the highest rank and high office are because Taibai flourishes in Shi, and one's name ascends the Terrace and Provinces; body and Moon often shine on Bi and also Wei. Suddenly meeting Qi and Metal, one fears the body follows a butterfly dream; if meeting Ji and Bo, Life must guard against the Dragon Palace. Coming out of the earth and entering heaven: for day births there is qi, moving from dry to damp; for day births no worry. When the Metal star enters, guard the wife as a goblin; when the Water lodging guards, fear the son is an adopted silkworm. Single Luo makes merit cover the age; single Ji means wife and concubines are doubly injured. Qi and Bo, one often suffers from a stubborn nature, and amid kindness turns to resentment; Luo and Moon, one will meet illness; taking medicine is useless. Even if there is punishment and imprisonment within, one becomes rich through office; if fortune and salary move together, one makes a name as a clerk. Water and Bo moving alone are pleased to dwell in the months Yin and Chou; Metal having qi, most pleased in the Yan land. Single Metal, single Wood occupying wife and field palaces, fortune in middle age; lonely Yang, single Moon seated in Office and Fortune, though rich has no fame. If body and Moon dwell in Tianping, the Moon suddenly sits in Jinniu; if meeting a spring birth one must be noble; if born in autumn command it has no light. The three directions guarding against it, with no auspicious help, how can one advance in a lifetime? Further infer the various sha so as to subdue them; in late years all comes by level ground.

二十八宿坐命詩斷

Verdicts in Verse on Establishing Life at the Twenty-Eight Lodges

安命若在鬼井中　敢言敢斷性英雄生身若在星柳位　孛計同躔作貝戎東西南北月歸垣　筆下文章冠世賢若是晝生無發用　中年見月必斷□翼軫從來屬地戶　唾手成名文必露若還孛計在高強　決定中年屍外路角躔安命性不柔　機關作事世無儔若歸亢度生秋月　高官極品百年秋氐房心宿屬卯宮　定他氣性最英雄若還水孛一齊入　設使居官不善終尾箕主人多病患　管有一呼百人喚斗木為人性有剛　牛女為人寛且緩虛宿單行分晝夜　晝生剛直言語徐夜生必是破資財　富貴浮雲如水苴室璧從來木向榮　包容萬象性如神不惟服眾居鄉校　不日成名達紫宸奎宿文章世所稀　少年筆下有珠璣更兼夜火一齊入　身著錦衣換布衣婁星度兮有十二　日生凶頑無可比夜生沒有福祿臨　大抵作事無終始胃昴二宿與金同　為人自逞有成功若還木炁臨齊子　一世空為百歲翁觜參立命屬隂陽　倐忽聚散未為昌朝雨暮云無定性　木火臨之福必降

Life established in Gui or Jing: bold in speech and judgment, heroic nature. Body born in the Xing or Liu position: Bo and Ji moving together make a cowrie warrior. East, west, south, north, the Moon returns to its enclosure: the writing from the brush tops the worthies of the age. If born by day without use: in middle age, seeing the Moon, one judges [illegible]. Yi and Zhen have always belonged to the earth gate: a name made with a hand's turn, literature surely revealed. If Bo and Ji are high and strong: one in middle age surely dies on outer roads. Life established in the Jiao course: nature not soft, contriving works without peer in the world. If born in the Kang degree in the autumn moon: high office, highest rank, a hundred years of autumn. The Di, Fang and Xin lodgings belong to the Mao palace: their temper is certainly the most heroic. If Water and Bo enter together: even if one holds office, there is no good end. The master of Wei and Ji has many illnesses: guaranteed to call once and be answered by a hundred. Dou Wood makes a person of firm nature; Niu and Nu make a person generous and slow. Xu lodging moving alone divides day and night: day births are upright and slow of speech; night births are surely ruined in wealth; wealth and nobility are floating clouds, like water and mud. Shi and Bi have always been Wood facing flourishing: embracing ten thousand things, nature like a spirit; not only does one win over the crowd and live in the village school, but before long makes a name and reaches the purple court. Kui lodging, literary composition rare in the world: in youth pearls and jade under the brush; moreover night Fire entering together: the body wearing brocade, changed from cloth. The Lou star degree has twelve: day births are fierce and stubborn beyond compare; night births have no fortune arriving; in general one never finishes what one begins. The two lodgings Wei and Mao are the same as Metal: one proud of oneself and has accomplishment; if Wood and Qi arrive in the Qi region: a lifetime in vain, a centenarian for nothing. Zi and Shen establishing Life belong to yin and yang: suddenly gathering and scattering, not yet flourishing; morning rain, evening cloud, no fixed nature; Wood and Fire arriving, fortune surely descends.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming dynasty

安命論

Discourse on Establishing Life

星家源流以太陽為命之所自出太陽出夘故人之立命亦在夘不知太陽出夘者舉大較也以大較例人安命此命之所以不準今以太陽東昇考之小寒至芒種小暑至大雪俱出夘若冬至後十九日晝極短而出辰初初刻夏至後十五日晝極長而出寅正四刻人立命既以太陽為體則所生所出時□亦當隨太陽推遷以餘觀之凡日出夘時則立命在卯若出寅辰則立命當在寅辰通闗加盤俱因輪轉方足以體造化之妙台厯首論十二宮立命専考對度餘命太陽在斗十九對度是張一當以張一度立命是也況太陽過宮處毫釐之差宮分判然又不可不細考也

The lineage of the star masters takes the Sun as that from which Life comes. The Sun rises at Mao, so a person's Life is also established at Mao; they do not know that the Sun rising at Mao is a general statement. Using the general to model a person's establishing Life is why Life is not accurate. Now examining the Sun's eastward rise: from Xiaohan to Mangzhong, and from Xiaoshu to Daxue, it rises at Mao in all; but on the nineteenth day after Dongzhi, the day is shortest and it rises at the first quarter of early Chen; on the fifteenth day after Xiazhi, the day is longest and it rises at the fourth quarter of true Yin. Since a person's Life establishment takes the Sun as its body, the time of birth and the time of [illegible] should also follow the Sun's shifts. As I see it, whenever the Sun rises at the Mao hour, then Life is established at Mao; if it rises at Yin or Chen, then Life should be established at Yin or Chen. Passing the gates and adding the plate all follow wheel rotation, which suffices to embody the subtlety of creation and transformation. The Taili first discusses establishing Life in the twelve palaces, and solely examines the opposite degree; my Life Sun is at Dou 19, the opposite degree being Zhang 1, so Life should be established at Zhang degree 1, and so it is. Moreover, at the place where the Sun passes palaces, a hair's difference makes a clear distinction of palace division, so one must not fail to examine in detail.

十二位論

Discourse on the Twelve Positions

三辰論十二位高下歌

Song on the High and Low of the Twelve Positions of the Three Luminaries

當生日防在何宮　加向元時回視東天輪自轉地輪定　夘上長為命所宗然後配以十二位　其中昭然賤與貴巳夘午上為最強　子酉之方是其次寅申亦以近名之　三合要防亥與未此為照處餘則非　吉星要聚凶星離辰戌二方稱惡弱　天象奚堪下臨著善曜何常能致祥　凶星好事渾銷鑠第三之宮號閒極　五星不得纎毫力惟有月在此方生　卻向命中添福徳

At the moment of birth, note which palace the Sun is in; turn back and look from the original hour, the eastern heavenly wheel turning by itself while the earth wheel is fixed. Mao grows as that which Life honors; then match it to the twelve positions, among which noble and lowly are clear. Si, Mao and Wu are the strongest; the Zi and You directions are next; Yin and Shen are also named near; the three harmonies need Hai and Wei to guard; these are shining places, the rest are not. Auspicious stars want to gather, ominous stars to leave; Chen and Xu are called evil and weak. Heavenly images, how can they bear to look down? Good luminaries, how can they always bring good omen? Ominous stars love to do things, all dissolved; the third palace is called the idlest; the five stars cannot gain a hair's force; only the Moon born in this position adds fortune and virtue to Life.

【十二宮高下乃逆數也凡吉凶星曜在命三合及對見之則力□也丑之為位乃在癸水之末且其為土又是虛處水遇虛則明故宜於月雖曰閒極實可為用比其他星曜所不能及大抵以夘為命則當從此推之在餘位者固不可執為例也】

[The high and low of the twelve palaces is counted in reverse. Whenever auspicious or ominous star luminaries are in Life, in the three harmonies, or seen opposite, the force is [illegible]. Chou as a position is at the end of Gui Water, and it is Earth and also an empty place; Water meeting emptiness is bright, so it suits the Moon; though called the idlest, it can actually be used, beyond what other stars can do. In general, when Mao is taken as Life, it should be reckoned from here; for those in other positions, one must not insist on it as a model.]

論命宮主星歌

Song on the Master Star of the Life Palace

本位無星理對宮　縱橫三合理皆同若無一宿推宮主　宮主星同斷吉凶

If there is no star in the home position, reason from the opposite palace; crosswise and in the three harmonies, the principle is the same. If there is not a single lodging, infer the palace master; with the palace master star the same, judge fortune and calamity.

【如人命宮無星者但防宮主星在何方若在七強宮更在廟旺亦主富貴若在五弱宮並留逆段或作忌星主貧賤或更與惡星犯身命不得其死矣】

[If a person's Life palace has no star, simply guard where the palace master star is; if it is in one of the seven strong palaces and again in temple or flourishing, it also signifies wealth and nobility; if in one of the five weak palaces, with stationary or retrograde segments, or becoming a taboo star, it signifies poverty and lowliness; or if it further meets an evil star offending body and Life, one does not die a natural death.]

論身宮主星歌

Song on the Master Star of the Body Palace

古人常重在陰陽　此法推來第一強日向東生為命局　月從西出作身方今人只筭在身宮　但把當年月位終理謬不知真造化　枉將心力妄推窮

The ancients always weighed yin and yang; this method infers it as first and strongest: the Sun turns east to produce the Life bureau; the Moon comes from the west and makes the body's quarter. People today only calculate in the body palace, merely taking the Moon position of that year, which is ultimately an error; they do not know the true creation and transformation, in vain spending effort on reckless inference.

【造化身宮源流皆有自來今之論星皆以太陰坐處即為身局是為淺陋夫身宮者與命宮同即以生時從太陽數至夘則為命宮胡不以太陰數至酉為身宮既以太陰生處即為身宮則當以太陽生處為命局此法甚長餘世家之學每每頼此】

[The origins and lineages of the body palace in creation each have sources. People today in discussing stars all take the place where the Moon sits as the body bureau, which is shallow and crude. The body palace is the same as the Life palace: counting from the Sun at the birth hour to Mao makes the Life palace; why not count from the Moon to You to make the body palace? If the place the Moon is born is taken as the body palace, then the place the Sun is born should be taken as the Life bureau. This method is very long; my family's learning has repeatedly relied on it.]

論身命宮歌

Song on the Body and Life Palaces

身命第一號高強　惡曜偏防犯此宮日忌火兮夜忌土　不宜十五度中逢前後最嫌逢惡曜　吉星釣月有光耀更加金木作宮神　宮主尊時第一妙

Body and Life are first called high and strong; evil luminaries especially guard against offending this palace; the Sun avoids Fire, the night avoids Earth; unsuitable to meet within the fifteen degrees. Most disliked is meeting evil luminaries before and after; auspicious stars hooking the Moon have radiance, and adding Metal and Wood as palace spirits, the palace master honored in time is the first wonder.

【天之稟賦實根原身命二宮人之操持亦憑賴陰陽二宿身命二宮防惡曜之侵陰陽二主忌凶星之入擇其尤者則日生重太陽夜生重太陰推其至者則男人重身女人重命然十五度中而遇忌星加宮主星無氣必然禍起災生此論甚審】

[Heaven's endowment is truly the root; the body and Life palaces, a person's conduct also relies on the yin and yang lodgings; the body and Life palaces guard against the invasion of evil luminaries; the two masters yin and yang avoid the entry of ominous stars. Choosing the most important: for day births weigh the Sun, for night births weigh the Moon; inferring the extreme: men weigh the body, women weigh Life. Yet if within the fifteen degrees one meets a taboo star, adding a palace master star without qi, calamity and disaster must arise. This discussion is very careful.]

論身命二主

Discourse on the Two Masters of Body and Life

十二宮中惟身命二主最為利害論五星先當輕重乎此夫主星如魚之水木之根魚無水則死木無根則枯身命無主則危此理甚明論主星者畏刑煞忌陷弱如或逢煞與刑逢陷與弱欲長年享福將何所恃必然刑害夭折凡論主星一喜逢祿二喜逢貴三喜逢生四喜逢廟旺五喜高強與善星並立遇此者必功名富貴若陷入遷移必主流蕩在疾厄主傷殘臨財帛多積聚入田宅則田宅萬頃居福祿則福祿有餘入奴僕則奴僕不走與善星並則先艱難而後富貴若逢惡曜斷然貧薄隨驗隨應餘嘗試之而屢中也

Among the twelve palaces only the two masters of body and Life are most beneficial and harmful; in discussing the five stars one must first weigh this. The master star is like water to fish and roots to trees: fish without water die, trees without roots wither, and body and Life without a master are endangered; this principle is very clear. In discussing the master star, one fears punishment and sha and avoids sinking and weakness; if one meets sha and punishment, sinking and weakness, wanting long years of fortune, what can one rely on? There will surely be punishment, harm and early death. In discussing the master star, first, it is pleased to meet Salary; second, to meet Noble; third, to meet Birth; fourth, to meet temple and flourishing; fifth, high and strong and standing together with good stars. One who meets these will surely have fame, wealth and nobility. If it sinks into Migration, it signifies drifting; in Illness and Hardship, injury and maiming; arriving at Wealth, much accumulation; entering Fields and Dwelling, fields and dwellings of ten thousand qing; dwelling in Fortune and Salary, fortune and salary have surplus; entering Servants, servants do not run away; joined with good stars, first hardship and then wealth and nobility; if meeting evil luminaries, one is certainly poor and thin. Each confirms and responds; I have tried it and repeatedly hit.

論星曜同照命宮

Discourse on Star Luminaries Sharing the Palace of Life

金木水同宮若臨廟旺樂度主文章秀麗聦明智慧清職品序貴格

Metal, Wood and Water in the same palace, if arriving at temple and flourishing, joyful degrees, signify elegant literary composition, intelligence and wisdom, pure official rank, the order of noble pattern.

金土炁日月同宮若廟旺得地主蔭潤福祿龎厚性寛處世溫暖也

Metal, Earth, Qi, Sun and Moon in the same palace, if in temple and flourishing and obtaining position, signify shelter and moisture, thick fortune and salary, a generous nature, and a warm manner of dealing with the world.

金火水孛日同宮若陷沒主尅父尅妻平生多蹇金火羅同宮得地則貴乃武職品序若陷沒反成蹇破招刑

Metal, Fire, Water, Bo and Sun in the same palace, if sunk and extinguished, signify overcoming father and overcoming wife, much hardship through life. Metal, Fire and Luo in the same palace, if in obtained position, are noble and belong to the order of military office; if sunk and extinguished, on the contrary they become hardship, ruin and punishment.

火土計孛同宮若陷沒主凶暴夭刑若非兵權武卒必難保平生之福

Fire, Earth, Ji and Bo in the same palace, if sunk and extinguished, signify violence and early punishment; if not military power and soldiers, it is hard to preserve fortune through life.

金木火計孛同宮則曰疊刑主人成中反破福中反禍尅害陷禍多蹇招刑

Metal, Wood, Fire, Ji and Bo in the same palace are called layered punishment; they make a person who in success breaks, in fortune turns to calamity, overcoming and harm, sunk, calamitous, much hardship, inviting punishment.

日月羅計同宮則曰蝕神主人損尅父母若在第四宮必主破相兼主權性暴出身低防偏生庶出

Sun, Moon, Luo and Ji in the same palace are called eclipse spirits; they make a person who damages and overcomes parents; if in the fourth palace, they surely signify a broken appearance, along with power and violent nature, low origin, guarding against birth as a concubine's child.

土孛計同宮若夜生更陷沒必主夭夀卑防下愚狠毒主刑

Earth, Bo and Ji in the same palace, if for night births and further sunk and extinguished, surely signify short life, lowliness, foolishness, cruelty and punishment.

火土同宮不問日夜若陷沒宮決多蹇破

Fire and Earth in the same palace, regardless of day or night, if the palace is sunk and extinguished, there is certainly much hardship and ruin.

孛計金水同宮主性奸雄淫慾酒色招刑是非愛憎臨身雕身不足舉此十例其他尅剝皆準此

Bo, Ji, Metal and Water in the same palace signify a treacherous, heroic nature, lust, wine and women inviting punishment, right and wrong, love and hate arriving on the body, and a carved body that is not enough. These ten examples are given; other overcoming and stripping follow these.

論星曜合照命宮

Discourse on Star Luminaries Combining in Shining on the Life Palace

木金水合照主聦明文藝性多巧伶俐貴氣文秀日月炁合照福祿厚重享福豐足

Wood, Metal and Water combining in shining signify intelligence, mostly clever in literary arts, quick-witted, noble qi and elegant letters; Sun, Moon and Qi combining in shining mean heavy fortune and salary, enjoying abundant fortune.

火土合照主性靈不藏事得地則聦明陷沒則凶暴羅計火土合照主形性膽氣凶暴雄豪若為武職主威權

Fire and Earth combining in shining signify a spiritual nature that hides nothing; if in position, intelligent; if sunk, violent. Luo, Ji, Fire and Earth combining in shining signify a violent, bold and heroic body and nature; if in military office, they signify authority.

日月合照主大富貴為人材貌英偉聦明近貴且舉此五例若有一星臨之須詳前段星辰論其禍福隨宮分□慢而言之也

Sun and Moon combining in shining signify great wealth and nobility; the person's talent and appearance are outstanding, intelligent, near to nobility. These five examples are given; if a single star attends, one must examine the star-luminary discussion in the earlier section to judge its fortune and calamity, following the palace division, [illegible] speaking of it broadly.

【凡論五星全在於命宮分野宮度然後論其身宮主星祿主星三方三限主星其星辰禍福子細消詳廟旺陷弱而言之也】

[In all discussion of the five stars, everything depends on the field division and palace degree of the Life palace; then one discusses the master star of the body palace, the Salary master star, and the master stars of the three directions and three limits. The fortune and calamity of those star luminaries are to be examined in detail, speaking of temple, flourishing, sunk and weak.]

歌曰土日同方生在晝　更在陽宮當富有夜人倘見落陰鄉　作事多艱是殃咎土星合照福堅牢　好潔難婚亦貴豪金如防火守強位　性□貪華性更高水與土合有學祿　智慧無窮愛畨覆木火同照主貴權　設施驚眾誇神速木金宜得女財多　貴貌端嚴心多欲

The song says: Earth and Sun in the same direction, born by day, and further in a yang palace, one should be rich; a night person who sees them falling into the yin region finds work mostly difficult, and it is calamity. Earth star combining in shining, fortune is firm and lasting; fond of cleanliness, hard to marry, yet also noble and heroic. Metal guarding Fire and holding a strong position: nature [illegible] covets splendour, with a still higher nature. Water joined with Earth has learning and salary; wisdom is boundless, fond of upsetting plans. Wood and Fire shining together signify noble authority; setting out arrangements astonishes the crowd, boasting of divine speed. Wood and Metal suit obtaining a woman, with much wealth; noble appearance, dignified, with many desires.

此二星在命宮或對合見之主得富貴貴而多妬日在火兮生在夜　若防火西必權霸木星更照定封侯　尤於武庫増聲價從來日與木同塗　貴顕成家與眾殊夜生月若火相防　縱然殘減亦分符更向高強逢著木　名達財豐真貴族火如照月當晝盈　卻苦瘡痍每煎蹙

These two stars in the Life palace, or seen opposite or combined, signify obtaining wealth and nobility; noble, but with much jealousy. The Sun in Fire, born at night; if guarding Fire in the west, one will be a hegemon of power; the Wood star shining further, one is certain to be enfeoffed as marquis, and especially in the arsenal one's value rises. From the beginning the Sun and Wood on the same road: noble, prominent, making a household, different from the crowd. Born at night, if the Moon and Fire guard each other, though diminished and defective one still has a divided tally; further meeting Wood in a high and strong place, fame reaches and wealth is abundant, a true noble. If Fire shines on the Moon, flourishing in the day, one suffers sores and wounds and is often troubled and pressed.

論星曜對照命宮歌

Song on Star Luminaries Opposing and Shining on the Life Palace

更推星曜相沖望　就中火土為災障對在強方並見月　中年困苦多消歇溼宮水照當憂溺　干位卻須防獸齧少男少女少資財　多病多迍多口舌或遭毒藥及刑傷　了了經中皆具説

Further infer star luminaries clashing in opposition: among them Fire and Earth make disasters and obstacles. Opposite in a strong place and both seeing the Moon, middle age is hard and bitter, with much decline; a damp palace shone upon by Water, one should worry about drowning; a dry position must guard against beasts' bites. Few sons and daughters, little wealth; many illnesses, many hardships, many quarrels; or one meets poison and punishment and injury; the classic fully explains these.

東南巳午為干宮西北亥子為溼宮

The southeast Si and Wu are dry palaces; the northwest Hai and Zi are damp palaces.

諸方最怕陽對木　復在陰宮更勞漉金如望火不利婚　若使迎陰卻宜娶土星沖月蹇語言　作事多妖難與語月如見土夭並狂　見水其音為吃苦火日自傷先尅父　土月須知不宜母火星對月轉就火　須信望中俱作禍

In all directions most feared is yang opposed by Wood, and again in a yin palace, with more toil and wetness; Metal facing Fire is unfavourable for marriage; if one meets yin, it is suitable to marry. Earth star clashing with the Moon, speech is hindered, work is mostly strange and hard to speak of. The Moon, if seeing Earth, means early death and madness; seeing Water, its sound is stammering and suffering. Fire and Sun harm themselves and first overcome the father; Earth and Moon, know that it is not suitable for the mother. Fire star facing the Moon turns to Fire; believe that all in opposition make calamity.

火月或土對土月或火對及月對土火是也

Fire and Moon, or Earth opposite; Earth and Moon, or Fire opposite; and Moon opposite Earth or Fire, this is it.

不然共守上下宮　或伴月行西沒過此為夭折寒防人　縱使暫成終亦破

If not, guarding together the upper and lower palaces, or accompanying the Moon sinking west, passing this is early death, a cold person to guard against; though briefly successful, in the end ruined.

流年星與限值及太嵗相宜則有如意之事然根基淺薄終久不利也

When the flowing year star and the limit are in accord with the Grand Sui, there will be satisfying things, but the roots are shallow and thin, and in the end it is unfavourable.

按此節専論日月怕見火上亦須分晝夜而言之論財帛宮

By this section, discuss specially the Sun and Moon, which fear seeing Fire; one must also distinguish day and night when speaking of it. Discourse on the Wealth Palace

若見金木日月主豐足溫厚富福經云足祿多財木星與太陽同防平生不耕蠶而衣食具所謂生居豪族世無虞出有輕車食有魚福夀厚高天與佑平生萬事稱心如○金主得妻財○月常有財帛多成敗不積貯○日多積蓄星聚為福忌土火孛計水臨照此宮或臨巳午之上更有火土之照決多蹇剝土主耗散縱得錢才滿必傾若吉星合照同宮不妨四十後五十防發經云火居財上旺年年中主交時即不堅若得吉星三合照中年破得末團圓○月孛生來少積貯假使中年承祖宗付託有如三春之花正開時被狂風猛雨折了若有吉星照視方免破敗○計求財如縁木求魚隨得隨喪多成多敗中末卻主旺○水主初年耗散經云財帛宮中遇水星如人把火照霜冰第二宮中逢此宿初年囊槖盡皆傾水星生旺莫臨財進退難逃主有災縱有資財千萬倍如人把火照氷開別有吉星轉助則可若見水星獨臨陷沒必多破敗祖業

If one sees Metal and Wood, Sun and Moon signify abundance, warmth, thickness, wealth and fortune. The classic says: sufficient salary and much wealth; Wood star and the Sun guarding together, for life one does not plow or tend silk yet has clothing and food complete. As it is said: born in a powerful clan, the world is without worry; going out there is a light carriage, eating there is fish; fortune and longevity thick, heaven aids; for life ten thousand things satisfy the heart. ○ Metal signifies obtaining wife and wealth. ○ The Moon always has wealth; much success and failure; does not hoard. ○ The Sun signifies much accumulation; stars gather as fortune; avoid Earth, Fire, Bo, Ji and Water shining on this palace, or on the Si and Wu positions, and with Fire and Earth shining there is certainly much hardship and stripping. Earth signifies dissipation; though one gets money, when full it must overturn. If auspicious stars combine in shining in the same palace, there is no harm; after forty, guard at fifty. The classic says: Fire dwelling above Wealth flourishes year after year; when the master hands over time it is not firm; if obtaining auspicious stars in three harmonies shining, in middle age it breaks, and in the end gets reunion. ○ Moon and Bo born: little hoarding; supposing in middle age one inherits what the ancestors entrusted, it is like flowers of the third spring just blooming that are broken by a mad wind and fierce rain; if auspicious stars look upon it, one avoids ruin. ○ Ji seeking wealth is like climbing a tree to seek fish; gained and lost at once, much success and much failure; in middle and late years it signifies flourishing. ○ Water signifies dissipation in the early years. The classic says: in the Wealth palace, meeting the Water star is like a person holding fire to light frost and ice; in the second palace, meeting this lodging, the purse is emptied in early years. Water star born flourishing, do not let it near Wealth; advancing and retreating, it is hard to escape disaster; though one has wealth a thousandfold, it is like a person holding fire to melt ice; if another auspicious star turns to help, it is permissible; if seeing the Water star sunk and extinguished alone, there will surely be much ruin of ancestral property.

論兄弟宮

Discourse on the Brothers Palace

兄弟只論其和睦與不和睦今人多愛問幾兄弟若與他分其數目則失矣茲見日月金木炁則兄弟慈和友愛日喜於陽位則福□夜生在於陰宮則祿慢月主有兄弟姊妹上下和睦無尅害月在第三宮號為入廟經云第三宮中為閒極金主兄弟三人姊妹二人皆得力木主三兄二弟孝順和睦無尅只忌羅計孛火土必須尅剝當自立也羅主有兄弟三兩人亦得力主大貴計有兄弟不得力若獨行則兄友弟恭孛總不得力縱有亦爾東我西相見如水火與他人一般只宜自卓立水難得兄弟力土不得力

For brothers, discuss only whether they are harmonious or not; people today love to ask how many brothers; if one divides the number for them, one errs. Here, seeing Sun, Moon, Metal, Wood and Qi, brothers are kind, harmonious and affectionate; the Sun pleased in a yang position is fortune [illegible]; for night births in a yin palace, salary is slow. The Moon signifies having brothers and sisters, above and below in harmony, no overcoming or harm; the Moon in the third palace is called entering the temple. The classic says: the third palace is the idlest. Metal signifies three brothers and two sisters, all helpful; Wood signifies three older brothers and two younger, filial, harmonious, no overcoming; only avoid Luo, Ji, Bo, Fire and Earth, which must overcome and strip, so one should stand on one's own. Luo signifies having two or three brothers, who also help, and signifies great nobility; Ji has brothers who do not help; if moving alone, elder brother friendly and younger respectful; Bo is never helpful, and even if there are brothers it is the same; east and west meeting like water and fire, the same as strangers, and only suited to standing out alone. Water has difficulty obtaining brothers' help; Earth does not help.

論田宅宮

Discourse on the Fields and Dwelling Palace

田宅亦為父母宮若見日月金水炁福星臨之得地必主滋蔭享上人之福經云多居產業金水木照田園○金主有祖業父母具慶衣食自豐○水難招祖業自立方旺○木多居產業父母全○月主尊親有夀宜居祖業忌羅計火土入宮分必須尅剝父母不然主過房庶出破敗祖業破而再成也○羅自宜卓立更有吉星照臨則家道大興○計祖業難靠宜自卓立如炁木二星傍照不以此論○火不得祖業賦曰少失資財金火同臨獅子位獅子非午也葢獅子乃官祿之位對照田宅在子位也若吉星則禍福又異○土雖紹祖業亦尅父母因田宅爭訟○孛主尅父母有祖業終破敗若居次胎則父母無礙更加土計同宮則主過房偏生經云田宅宮中土孛防三方閒極可悲傷此身若不為僧道卻喚他人作父娘又云土星月孛居四鄉合招異姓作爺孃不是偏生婢妾養東房移□吃西房

The Fields and Dwelling palace is also the parents' palace. If one sees Sun, Moon, Metal, Water, Qi and fortunate stars attending in position, one surely receives nurturing shade and enjoys the fortune of elders. The classic says: mostly dwelling in estates; Metal, Water and Wood shining on fields and gardens. ○ Metal signifies ancestral estate, parents both present, clothing and food naturally abundant. ○ Water has difficulty inviting ancestral estate; standing on one's own then flourishes. ○ Wood mostly dwells in estates, parents complete. ○ The Moon signifies honored kin with longevity; suited to dwelling in the ancestral estate; avoid Luo, Ji, Fire and Earth entering the palace division, which must overcome and strip the parents; if not, it signifies adoption out, birth of a concubine's child, ruin of the ancestral estate, ruin and then re-establishing. ○ Luo suits standing out on one's own, and if auspicious stars shine, the household greatly flourishes. ○ Ji: ancestral estate is hard to rely on, suited to standing alone; if Qi and Wood, the two stars, shine from the side, it is not discussed thus. ○ Fire does not obtain the ancestral estate; the fu says 'in youth loses wealth; Metal and Fire attending in the Lion position'; Lion is not Wu, for Lion is the position of Office and Salary, opposite shining on Fields and Dwelling in the Zi position; if auspicious stars, fortune and calamity differ again. ○ Earth, though succeeding to the ancestral estate, overcomes the parents and brings lawsuits over fields and dwellings. ○ Bo signifies overcoming parents; if there is an ancestral estate, in the end ruined; if it dwells in the second womb, parents are unharmed; if Earth and Ji are further in the same palace, it signifies adoption out or birth of a concubine's child. The classic says: Earth and Bo in Fields and Dwelling; the three directions idlest, lamentable; if this body does not become a monk or Daoist, one will call another person father and mother. It also says: Earth star, Moon and Bo dwelling in the four directions, one should invite a different surname to be father and mother; if not born of a concubine or maid raised, one moves [illegible] from the east house to eat at the west house.

論男女宮

Discourse on the Children Palace

第五宮中號男女最忌孛計併火土必然尅剝少女男若非外姓應難主○若見金木水日月必主貴子俊麗之男○金長宜見女次則男貴主有三男二女或晝生人或在寅上名為慍怒兼六已人宜見異姓之子○木主少女多男日生則多夜生則次男聰明智慧女四徳兼全○水主有四子聦明端正至老得力如在戍位則宜偏生過房桃花夾竹異姓之子若六壬人見之即主二男二女須詳吉凶星斷○日主五男二女至老不尅六壬人見之謂之魁星倍加福力○月主男得力若被羅計照破則主遲晚或長見女若在夘酉亥未巳者不怕惡星若見月孛必主尅剝經云子孫之位怕孛過無男應是女生多若得善星來照視晚招一對定應多○孛主女多男女遲見方保六丁人此宮見之全無縱有亦不得力如有吉星合照不妨若太陰相對則主男大貴女封號日生則減力○火主二三人若為土星首尾合照或白日生人六丙生人全不得力主孤寡土主一子若入廟則有二子忌曜則減力○炁主有男女宜遲此星亦

In the fifth palace, called Children, most feared are Bo, Ji, Fire and Earth, which surely overcome and strip, with few daughters and sons; if not outsiders of a different surname, it is hard to be the master. ○ If one sees Metal, Wood, Water, Sun and Moon, one will surely have noble sons, handsome and elegant. ○ Metal, eldest, is suited to see daughters; the second then sons, noble; it signifies three sons and two daughters; for day births, or in Yin, it is called anger, and together with Ji-born people it is suited to see sons of a different surname. ○ Wood signifies few daughters and many sons; for day births many, for night births next; sons intelligent and wise, daughters complete in the four virtues. ○ Water signifies four sons, intelligent and upright, helpful until old age; if at the Xu position, it suits a concubine's child or adoption, 'peach blossoms clipped with bamboo', a son of a different surname; if Ren-born see it, it signifies two sons and two daughters; one must judge by auspicious and ominous stars. ○ The Sun signifies five sons and two daughters, no overcoming until old age; Ren-born seeing it is called the Kui Star, doubling the force of fortune. ○ The Moon signifies sons who help; if shone upon and broken by Luo and Ji, it signifies lateness, or seeing a daughter first; if in Mao, You, Hai, Wei or Si, it does not fear evil stars; if it sees Moon and Bo, it surely signifies overcoming and stripping. The classic says: the position of children and grandchildren fears Bo; passing, no sons and probably many daughters; if good stars shine upon it, late one invites a pair, surely many. ○ Bo signifies many daughters; sons and daughters seen late are secure; Ding-born, seeing it in this palace, have none whatsoever, or even if they have, no help; if auspicious stars combine in shining, no harm; if the Moon faces it, sons are greatly noble and daughters are given titles; for day births, force is reduced. ○ Fire signifies two or three; if the Earth star is head and tail combining in shining, or day-born, or Bing-born, there is no help at all, signifying solitude and widowhood. Earth signifies one son; if entering temple, two sons; taboo luminaries reduce force. ○ Qi signifies having sons and daughters, suited to be late; this star also

名孤星○計男女少若早見則定尅晚年主一子羅不宜早見經云蝕神臨子最難為得力還招外姓兒假饒若過三旬外親生一個是便宜主桃花夾竹偏生過房惟六甲辛壬人主三男二女至老得力若六巳人此宮見之全無子息縱有不得力○又論命宮福星盛旺必主子息之盛若見凶星惡弱必然蹇破經云妻無子息都縁月孛在七強凡論女人子息大槩與前同惟巳午宮坐命曰干宮若見計孛忌星則主難子不生或亥子坐命曰溼宮若見金木土星多主子息三男二女之數

is called the Solitary Star. ○ Ji: few sons and daughters; if seen early, it surely overcomes; in late years signifies one son; Luo is not suited to be seen early. The classic says: eclipse spirit attending Children is hardest to obtain help from, and further invites a child of a different surname; supposing past thirty, one's own birth of one is fortunate; it signifies 'peach blossoms clipped with bamboo', concubine's child, adoption; only Jia-, Xin- and Ren-born signify three sons and two daughters, helpful until old age; if Ji-born see it in this palace, they have no offspring at all, and even if they have, no help. ○ Also discuss that if the fortune star of the Life palace is flourishing, one surely has abundant offspring; if seeing ominous stars, evil and weak, there is surely hardship and ruin. The classic says: a wife without children is all due to Moon and Bo in the seven strong. Discussion of women's children is generally the same as the above, only for Si and Wu palaces Life is called dry palaces; if seeing Ji, Bo, taboo stars, it signifies hard to bear sons; or Life in Hai and Zi is called damp palaces; if seeing Metal, Wood, Earth stars, it mostly signifies abundant offspring, to the number of three sons and two daughters.

論奴僕宮

Discourse on the Servants Palace

第六宮中號惡弱五星不得臨照著一切加臨在此宮福祿資財日消鑠凡星辰皆不喜此一宮若得善星在其中福力慢主奴僕侍從之福金木得力定主少年尅父母○水主有奴僕鞍馬中年走失○土有奴僕多走失若有木星同位則至老奴婢成群○羅主奴婢自然豐厚一呼百諾○日一生得力若見計孛火土刑星反遭其害○計常被脫賺○孛不得力多走失○火有奴僕不久逺六甲人見此星者所謂祿主臨惡弱之地難為享福若魁星科甲三方高強無慮此宮若科甲魁星官星學堂祿主一切星落此總不得力

The sixth palace is called evil and weak; the five stars must not attend or shine; every addition in this palace makes fortune, salary and property dissolve daily. All star luminaries dislike this palace; if good stars are in it, fortune is slow and signifies the fortune of servants and attendants. Metal and Wood obtaining force surely signify overcoming parents in youth. ○ Water signifies having servants, saddles and horses; in middle age they run away and are lost. ○ Earth: servants run away; if the Wood star is in the same position, until old age servants and maids form crowds. ○ Luo signifies servants and maids naturally abundant, one call answered by a hundred. ○ The Sun obtains force in a lifetime; if seeing Ji, Bo, Fire, Earth, punishing stars, on the contrary one suffers their harm. ○ Ji is often deceived and cheated. ○ Bo does not obtain force; mostly they run away. ○ Fire: servants do not stay long. Jia-born with this star, the so-called Salary master attending an evil weak land, find it hard to enjoy fortune; if Kui star, examination success, and the three directions high and strong, no worry; in this palace, if examination success, Kui star, Office star, school, Salary master, all stars fall here, none obtains force.

論妻妾宮

Discourse on the Wife and Concubines Palace

妻妾一宮與命宮相對又曰西沒宮防此宮有何星曜若見金木水星則主美貌夫婦和睦若見火星計孛必然尅破陷害又況金為人之妻星防金星落何宮又防善惡星相防言之若防木水必近妻家財妻之蔭潤或近陰人財若同火土計孛必多尅剝經云尅妻害子太乙與首尾同宮

The Wife and Concubines palace is opposite the Life palace, also called the West-Setting palace; guard what star luminaries are in this palace. If you see Metal, Wood and Water stars, it signifies beautiful appearance and harmonious husband and wife; if you see Fire star, Ji and Bo, it surely means overcoming, ruin and entrapment. Moreover Metal is the wife star of a person; guard in which palace the Metal star falls, and also guard the good and bad stars and speak of their guarding each other; if guarding Wood and Water, it is near the wife's family wealth, the wife's shade and moisture, or near yin people's wealth; if with Fire, Earth, Ji and Bo, there is surely much overcoming and stripping. The classic says: overcoming wife and harming children, Taiyi in the same palace as Head and Tail.

論疾厄宮

Discourse on the Illness and Hardship Palace

第八宮中號疾厄忌見計孛併火土忽然陷沒更疊刑難免疾厄終身禍如有福星來解免尚且疾中難可保若無救療決生違至死必須還尅破君子貴命見之多主腳疾股肱之患終身常帶氣血之疾小人則折腳眇目拳禿駝腰官刑徒杖之禍女人多招產難血氣之疾至重者亦至身疾金計相防男女多主雕青痕痣也

The eighth palace is called Illness and Hardship; avoid seeing Ji, Bo, Fire and Earth; if suddenly sunk and extinguished, layered with punishment, illness and hardship are hard to avoid, and calamity lasts throughout life; if fortunate stars come to dissolve it, even then in illness it is hard to preserve; if no rescue or treatment, one is certainly born contrary, and until death must overcome and ruin. A noble person's fate that sees it mostly has foot illness and affliction of thighs and arms, and always bears illnesses of qi and blood; a small person breaks a leg, goes blind in one eye, has clenched hands, baldness, a hunched back, and suffers official punishment, convict labor and flogging; women mostly invite difficult childbirth and illnesses of qi and blood; the heaviest reach illness of the body itself. Metal and Ji guarding each other, male and female mostly have tattoos and marks and moles.

論遷移宮

Discourse on the Migration Palace

遷移主行藏喜金木炁福星臨之主君子遷官進爵經云欲問榮華大扺金居九位凡見善星臨之處世行藏皆吉若見凶刑忌星主平生多歇滅縱有官品常多蹇滯若見忌土多主九流商旅防學紫炁土星並系客星此論載靈台經

Migration governs going and staying; it is pleased with Metal, Wood, Qi and fortunate stars attending, signifying a gentleman who is transferred in office and advanced in rank. The classic says: to ask of glory and splendour, in general Metal dwells in position nine. Wherever good stars attend, in conduct of the world, going and staying are both auspicious; if one sees ominous, punishing and taboo stars, it signifies much extinction through life, and even with official rank there is often hindrance and stagnation; if seeing taboo Earth, it mostly signifies the nine schools and merchants, guarding learning; Purple Qi, Earth star and the guest star are all discussed; this discussion is recorded in the Lingtai classic.

論官祿宮

Discourse on the Office and Salary Palace

第十宮中號官祿若見善星多富足貴人職品必須高小人必近食官祿凡貴命又防宮主是在何宮卻分品序此宮若見凶刑忌星計孛陷弱反成不足職卑命薄也

The tenth palace is called Office and Salary; if you see good stars, mostly rich and abundant; a noble person's official rank must be high, a small person must be near eating official salary. All noble fates also guard in which palace the palace master is, then distinguish the order of rank; if this palace sees ominous, punishing and taboo stars, Ji, Bo, sunk and weak, on the contrary insufficient, low office and thin fate.

論福徳宮

Discourse on the Fortune and Virtue Palace

十一宮中號福徳若見吉星須享福加與金木紫炁同更在強宮必為淑○若見計孛火土必多蹇破亦多主福中之憂祿中不足縱使富豪常有意外之不足○太陽福徳最為竒白日生人喜得之五福俱全尊上徳貴榮三爵福無涯

The eleventh palace is called Fortune and Virtue; if seeing auspicious stars, one must enjoy added fortune; with Metal, Wood and Purple Qi together and again in a strong palace, one is surely virtuous. ○ If seeing Ji, Bo, Fire and Earth, there is surely much hardship and ruin, and mostly worry within fortune, insufficiency within salary; though rich and powerful, there are always unexpected insufficiencies. ○ The Sun in Fortune and Virtue is the most extraordinary; for day births it is pleased to obtain it; five blessings complete, respected above, virtue noble and glory, three ranks, fortune without limit.

専論福祿二主

Specific Discussion on the Two Masters, Fortune and Salary

人元當生之年稟賦者十有一星安排者十有二局十二宮中所要者惟福祿為主十二局中所重者惟福祿二宮今推之五星質之人為凡有卓立功名致富貴者而此二宮未嘗無吉曜而福祿二主星亦未嘗陷○或祿主歸窠或福星歸福或帶吉而逢生或歸徳而帶權或入廟旺似此之類往往皆是豈福祿無星而可耶○如其處世孤貧為人流蕩以其福祿二宮驗之未嘗有一吉曜而二星亦未嘗不弱或祿主背命或福曜逢囚或祿宮帶刑星而黨立或福徳帶惡曜而傷殘似此之類往往皆是豈五星闗鍵而不在此二宮耶

The endowment a person receives in the year of birth belongs to ten-plus stars; the arrangement is of twelve bureaus; among the twelve palaces what is needed is only that Fortune and Salary be the masters; among the twelve bureaus what is weighted is only the two palaces Fortune and Salary. Now inferring from the five stars and testing with people: all who have established fame and attained wealth and nobility have never been without auspicious luminaries in these two palaces, and the two master stars of Fortune and Salary have never been sunk. ○ Or the Salary master returns to its nest, or the Fortune star returns to Fortune, or it carries auspiciousness and meets birth, or returns to virtue and carries authority, or enters temple and flourishing; such things are often so; how could it be that Fortune and Salary lack stars and yet it be so? ○ If in conduct of the world one is lonely and poor, and as a person drifting, test it by the two palaces Fortune and Salary: never has there been one auspicious luminary there, and the two stars have never been other than weak; or the Salary master turns its back on Life, or the Fortune luminary meets imprisonment, or the Salary palace carries punishing stars and standing party, or Fortune and Virtue carries evil luminaries and injury and maiming; such things are often so. How could the key of the five stars not lie in these two palaces?

再論福徳宮變格

Further Discussion on the Variant Patterns of the Fortune and Virtue Palace

福徳一宮人莫窮晝生從日夜從陰數取日月相去位還從東出配其終數盡之處為相位次防何宿守其中若遇善星相對照福夀高崇祿料豐又兼金木作宮主福徳高強福更隆【見西天都例經】

The Fortune and Virtue palace, people must not be at a loss: for day births count from the Sun, for night births count from the Moon; take the position where the Sun and Moon are apart, and again from the east pair it to its end; where the count ends is the Appearance position; next guard what lodging dwells in it; if meeting good stars facing and shining, fortune and longevity are high and honored and salary is plentiful; and again Metal and Wood as palace master, Fortune and Virtue high and strong, fortune is more flourishing [see the Western Heaven Capital Example Classic].

【福徳者為身命之根源吉星聚此則福夀堅牢惡曜臨之則命浮弱吉凶如響凡推其福徳宮日生則從太陽數至太隂夜生則從太陰數至太陽數其相去幾宮然後從命宮數其相去宮位即為相貌次則福徳若正坐高強復得吉星為本宮之主加以文星又在高強必然享福無窮受祿綿逺】

[Fortune and Virtue is the source of body and Life. If auspicious stars gather here, fortune and longevity are firm and lasting; if evil luminaries attend it, Life is floating and weak; the auspicious and ominous respond like an echo. In all inferring of the Fortune and Virtue palace, for day births count from the Sun to the Moon; for night births count from the Moon to the Sun, counting how many palaces apart; then from the Life palace count that many palace positions, which is the Appearance; next is Fortune and Virtue. If it sits straight in high and strong, and again auspicious stars are the master of the home palace, with literary stars added and again high and strong, one will surely enjoy endless fortune and receive salary continuing far.]

再論相貌奴僕兩位

Further Discussion on the Two Positions of Appearance and Servants

相貌奴僕非高位兩者多縁凶與忌當生七曜落其間一世孤窮苦憔悴晝裡生人火占高月最不宜來對視夜逢土宿同此推太薄如何望身貴月在惡曜行度間惡者復強善者閒三方不救五星伏必為賤□處人寰【論相貌奴僕於理為長識者宜詳味之】

Appearance and Servants are not high positions; the two mostly come from ominous and taboo; if the seven luminaries at birth fall between them, a lifetime of lonely poverty, bitter and haggard. Day-born, Fire occupying the high moon, most unsuitable to face and look; night meeting Earth lodging, the same inference; too thin, how can one hope for a noble body? The Moon in the course of evil luminaries, the evil one again strong and the good one idle, the three directions not rescuing, the five stars concealed, one will surely be lowly [illegible] among the human world. [Discussing Appearance and Servants is reasonable and long; those who understand should savour it in detail.]

定三日宮【若下胎元宮不下三日宮若下三日宮不下胎元宮】

Determining the Three-Days Palace [If one sets the Embryo Origin palace, one does not set the Three-Days palace; if one sets the Three-Days palace, one does not set the Embryo Origin palace]

三主高強福祿昌文星防命貴人鄉更逢紫水臨其限少年及第佐朝廊○三日宮中紫孛羅三方辰戌更相過若被忌星來照著定向三朝損命多○三日宮中居惡弱更加凶曜在其中吉星不照難延命縱然不死患重重○三日宮中土孛傍三方閒極可悲傷此身若不遭迍否定教他人作父娘○三日宮中水木星平生聦俊佐王廷三方若在高強位金榜無疑定有名○三方始得力羅紫命中行縱然為文職須當帶佩行○一生身命處高宮三方精徹在其中官祿遷移吉星照員郎給諫至三公○三日宮中晝火星夜生遇土一般同紫炁限星如交著定見危亡三嵗中○火星有夀只三年縱得成人被禍纒大限不到三四十須交十五入黃泉更防生後三日宮月到何星分度中金木相逢俱是吉若交見水性偏聦○善星更作身命主復占強方不失度此為有福無難人一生謀運何嘗阻忽然至此卻逢火終身豈免興災禍第一損夀二損財所向多乖遭折挫更坐土星同照地常時分外生迍否木曜縱橫不救之祿筭

Three masters high and strong, fortune and salary flourish; literary star guarding Life is the land of nobility; moreover if Purple Water attends the limit, one passes the examination in youth and assists the court corridors. ○ In the Three-Days palace, Purple, Bo and Luo; the three directions Chen and Xu pass each other again; if a taboo star shines, surely within three mornings Life is greatly harmed. ○ In the Three-Days palace dwelling evil and weak, with ominous luminaries added in it; if auspicious stars do not shine, life is hard to extend; even if one does not die, trouble upon trouble. ○ In the Three-Days palace Earth and Bo by the side; the three directions idlest, lamentable; if this body does not meet hardship, one will call another person father and mother. ○ In the Three-Days palace Water and Wood stars: for life clever and outstanding, assisting the king's court; if the three directions are in a high and strong position, the golden list without doubt will have one's name. ○ When the three directions finally obtain force, Luo and Purple moving in Life, though one is a literary official one must wear a belt and pendant and travel. ○ A lifetime of body and Life in the high palace, the three directions pure and clear within it, Office and Salary and Migration shone upon by auspicious stars, from secretary to remonstrance official up to the Three Dukes. ○ In the Three-Days palace day Fire star, night births meeting Earth the same; as with Purple Qi; if limit stars cross, one surely meets danger and death within three years. ○ Fire star has longevity only three years; even if one becomes an adult, one is entangled by calamity; the great limit does not reach thirty or forty and one must enter the Yellow Springs at fifteen. Also guard the Three-Days palace after birth: to which star and degree division the Moon comes; Metal and Wood meeting are both auspicious; if meeting Water, nature is partial and intelligent. ○ Good stars further acting as master of body and Life, again occupying a strong direction, not losing degree: this is a person with fortune and no hardship; in a lifetime, scheming and fortunes, when were they ever blocked? Suddenly arriving here and meeting Fire, for life how can one avoid raising disaster? First harms longevity, second harms wealth; wherever one goes, much goes awry and one meets breaking and setbacks; further seated in the land where Earth star shines together, one often has extra hardship. Wood luminary vertical and horizontal does not rescue the reckoning of salary.

永終天然矣

Forever to the end, naturally so.

【夫三日一宮最難分別或者以為身命第三宮或者又為日第三宮互相矛盾妄指其説以為竒籲論五星者尚不識三日宮何以論人之禍福夫三日宮者系人一身禍福之地惡星躔之災禍隨至吉曜臨之福夀可期如其又在十五度中其應立驗烏可不詳論之今以三日宮並言之大凡論三日宮先推太陰躔何星宿而後迤邐推其宮分前三日則前三星後三日則後三星也如太陰躔尾宿前三日尚屬斗宿後三日屬房宿此為三日宮甚明而禍福如影響舍是推何星而躔三日之宮乎從其輕重分剖則造化可窺矣】

[The Three-Days palace is the hardest to distinguish; some take it as the third palace of body and Life, others as the third palace of the Sun, mutually contradictory, falsely claiming their doctrine as extraordinary. Alas! Those who discuss the five stars do not even know the Three-Days palace, so how can they discuss a person's fortune and calamity? The Three-Days palace is the place of one body's fortune and calamity in a person: when an evil star treads it, calamity and disaster arrive; when an auspicious luminary attends, fortune and longevity can be expected; if it is also within the fifteen degrees, its response is immediately verified; how can one not discuss it in detail? Now I speak of the three-days palace together: in general, to discuss the Three-Days palace, first infer what lodging the Moon treads, and afterwards gradually infer its palace division: the three days before are the three stars before, the three days after are the three stars after. For example, if the Moon treads the Wei lodging, the three days before still belong to the Dou lodging, the three days after belong to the Fang lodging; this is the Three-Days palace, very clear, and fortune and calamity are like shadow and echo. Apart from this, what star would one infer to tread the Three-Days palace? Divide according to its light and heavy and the creation and transformation can be peered into.]

定胎元宮【太陰所歴過一宮是】

Determining the Embryo Origin Palace [the palace the Moon has passed through]

【餘按此條有二明三暗之説葢引天機所重者而證己之言】

[I observe this item has the doctrine of two bright and three hidden, probably citing what the Tianji emphasizes to prove his own words.]

胎元宮裡金兼木貧賤性殘當夭促人生不幸定遭之若見時臨傷眼目○土火胎元系二明男子遭之則昌榮婦人逢之夫位顯莫教柔曜月前迎○金水二星號最柔蟾魄無令與聚頭抱病打傷猶可已其間貧苦更憂愁○月過一宮為胎元金木相逢定夭貧火土二交併孛曜高強即是富華人天機數有胎元星三暗相扶及二明必取富豪並世祿其中一半是官人疾病多端見小孩只因金火犯元胎奈何上下相闗照眼目瘡痍競發來身宮胎元紫炁星不是疾厄與孤刑尅害爺孃身自立不然有異見雙生男女紫炁犯胎星且為僧道及孤貧不是雙胎並異母又須刑害尅雙親後扶前引防星辰強曜康寧福夀人錯説陰柔凶短折更加惡弱老憂貧太陰卻到防空辰金木從高性且迍恩及親知成悔吝到頭顧遇有誰人月限犯孤星不救【月前方九十度無星對月皆金木水】行年又卻值三災【月限忌土木二交行年不要見】後人推步知相識若使斯人禍患來

In the Embryo Origin palace, Metal together with Wood: poor and lowly, cruel in nature, one should die young; unlucky in life, one surely meets it; if seeing the hour attending, hurt eyes. ○ Earth and Fire in the Embryo Origin is the two bright: a man meeting it flourishes in glory; a woman meeting it, the husband position is prominent; do not let soft luminaries meet before the Moon. ○ Metal and Water, the two stars, are called the softest; do not let the toad-soul (the Moon) gather head with them; carrying illness and beating wounds can still pass, but within it poverty and bitterness bring further worry. ○ The Moon passing one palace is the Embryo Origin; Metal and Wood meeting surely die young and poor; Fire and Earth crossing, along with Bo luminary high and strong, is a rich and splendid person. The Tianji numbers have an Embryo Origin star: three hidden supporting each other and two bright, one must take rich and powerful hereditary salary, half of them officials; many illnesses, seeing small children, only because Metal and Fire offend the Embryo Origin; what to do, above and below shining on each other, eyes and sores contending break out. The body palace Embryo Origin, Purple Qi star is not Illness and Hardship nor loneliness or punishment; overcoming and harming father and mother, the body standing alone; if not, there are twin-born male and female of different mother. Purple Qi offending the Embryo star becomes a monk or Daoist or lonely and poor; not twin-born nor different mother, one must punish and harm both parents. Behind supporting and ahead leading, guard the star luminaries; strong luminaries, healthy and peaceful, a person of fortune and longevity; people wrongly say yin-soft is ominous, short and broken; adding evil and weak, in old age worry about poverty. The Moon arrives and guards the empty Chen; Metal and Wood from high, nature then hardship; kindness reaches kin and acquaintances, becoming regret and shame; in the end who is there to look after? The Moon limit offending the lonely star does not rescue [within ninety degrees before the Moon, no star facing the Moon is all Metal, Wood, Water]; the year-moving again meets the three disasters [the Moon limit avoids Earth and Wood two crossing; year-moving must not see them]; later people infer steps and know one another; if one lets this person come to calamity.

【太陰所歴過之一宮謂之胎元宮以未生三日之前月在其中故也亦名生前三日宮此宮有星曜禍福尤切月在之宮謂之身宮未到之宮謂之生後三日宮此三宮星曜照見善惡與身一例言之天機無生前三日生後三日之説只以前扶後引有何星曜依訣斷之則無不驗然只以去太陰二十七度為準在二十七度外雖是隔宮亦如不見不謂扶引也天機更取前一方者葢以十二宮分之為四方則一方者月前三宮是也定九十一度為準九十一度外不是如無強星輔之月限孤矣】

[The palace the Moon has passed through is called the Embryo Origin palace, because the Moon was in it in the three days before birth; it is also called the Three-Days-Before-Birth palace; star luminaries in this palace make fortune and calamity especially keen; the palace where the Moon is is called the body palace; the palace the Moon has not yet reached is called the Three-Days-After-Birth palace; the star luminaries in these three palaces, seen shining, their good and ill are spoken of together with the body. Tianji has no doctrine of three days before and three days after birth; it only uses being supported ahead and led behind and what star luminaries are there, judged by the formula, and none fails to be verified; yet only take twenty-seven degrees from the Moon as the standard; outside twenty-seven degrees, even if in an adjacent palace it is as if not seen and is not called supporting or leading. Tianji further takes the first direction because dividing the twelve palaces into four directions, one direction is the three palaces before the Moon; fixing ninety-one degrees as the standard; outside ninety-one degrees it is not, and if there is no strong star assisting, the Moon limit is solitary.]

總龜十二位論

Discourse on the Twelve Positions in the Zonggui

命宮

Life Palace

欄駕經天柱星飛在祿宮又玉堂貴人宮夘上謂之明堂午上謂之軒轅戌上謂之武庫身命主星居此未可作下流命防天柱而羅計同不吉獨行主人身閒若在天門及飛天宮上吉大凡祿主居廟旺之地皆主發祿財主星防天柱在弱宮吉天柱命主二星俱入金門宮不必論田宅最好文昌星入學堂主修學如丁巳生人天柱在未名夜劍鋒煞未為陽刃主夭夀凡人天柱帶馬獨行見太陽主人心狂天柱躔遷移宮主人入贅過房遷居離祖之類與天蠱星同主人好訟或天蠱入身命宮主多招訟事天柱入官祿之宮乃官祿入命主星尋官並以吉斷

The Lanjia Classic: the Heavenly Pillar star flies to the Salary palace and the Jade Hall Noble palace; Mao is called the Bright Hall, Wu is called Xuanyuan, Xu is called the Martial Arsenal. If the body-and-Life master star dwells here it cannot yet be taken as a lowly fate; Life guarding the Heavenly Pillar with Luo and Ji together is inauspicious; moving alone signifies a person leisurely of body; if at the Heavenly Gate and Flying Heaven palace above, auspicious. In general when the Salary master dwells in temple and flourishing land, all signify issuing salary; the wealth master star guarding the Heavenly Pillar in a weak palace is auspicious; when the Heavenly Pillar and Life master both enter the Metal Gate palace, it need not be discussed; Fields and Dwelling are best; the Wenchang star entering the school signifies studying; such as Ding-Si-born, the Heavenly Pillar at Wei is called Night Sword Edge Sha; Wei is Yang Blade, signifying short longevity; in general the Heavenly Pillar carrying the Horse moving alone seeing the Sun signifies a person with a mad heart; the Heavenly Pillar treading the Migration palace signifies marrying into a household, adoption, moving away from the ancestors and the like; with the Heavenly Gu star it signifies a person who loves litigation, or the Heavenly Gu entering the body and Life palace mostly invites litigation; the Heavenly Pillar entering the Office and Salary palace is Office and Salary entering Life; the master star seeks office, and all are judged as auspicious.

歌曰金星入命夜生吉　白日生人減半力木星照命有多般　白日逢之必作官夜生若有暗曜雜　返為凶禍主憂煎水星在命合入廟　夜裡生人太陰照或居雙女與陰陽　決定少年居顯要火星入命不堪詳　白日生人主禍殃更被孛羅三合照　定知啞吃與人傷患勞枉死人孤寡　夜生又宜卻無妨土星入命主頑鈍　夜裡生人不可論水命定知須啞吃　黃腫氣疾命難存太陽坐命若逢木　羅紫同宮須食祿火星不照定封侯　月孛臨之患心腹太陰在命生逢夜　水宿同宮為僕射土宿入命孛星來　有祿定知非乆謝紫炁印星號天乙　凡在命宮皆有益生時不被惡星臨　善宿合兮多子息未月見紫入夜宮　夜裡生人為輔弼若是土星三合照　雖則高強終是疾羅防入命計謀多　木紫同宮主富豪金木太陽三合照　此人慷慨更英豪女人夜生羅照著　自縊勞刑貧又薄紫火水計入命時　此則定主十般惡計都入命憂火命　此則十煞惡無定貴人遇者以無權

The song says: Metal star entering Life, night births auspicious; day births reduce force by half. Wood star shining on Life has many kinds: day births meeting it must become officials; night births, if mixed with hidden luminaries, on the contrary mean calamity and worry. Water star in Life suits entering the temple; night births, the Moon shining; or in Shuangnu with yin and yang, certainly in youth dwell in prominent important posts. Fire star entering Life cannot be examined in detail: day births signify calamity, and Bo and Luo shining in the three harmonies surely signify mute, stammering, injury to people, toil, wrongful death, solitude; night births again suitable, no harm. Earth star entering Life signifies dullness; night births not to be discussed; Water Life surely mute and stammering; yellow swelling, qi illness, fate hard to preserve. The Sun seated in Life, if meeting Wood, Luo and Purple in the same palace, one must eat salary; Fire star not shining, one is enfeoffed as marquis; Moon and Bo arriving, afflicting heart and belly. The Moon in Life, born at night; Water lodging in the same palace makes a chief minister; Earth lodging entering Life with Bo star arriving, having salary one knows will not last long. Purple Qi, the Seal star called Tianyi: all in the Life palace are beneficial; at the hour of birth not meeting evil stars, with good lodgings combined there are many offspring; in the Wei month seeing Purple enter the night palace, night births are assistants. If Earth star in three harmonies shines, though high and strong it is in the end illness; Luo guarding Life has many schemes; Wood and Purple in the same palace signify rich and powerful; Metal, Wood and Sun in three harmonies shining: this person is generous and also heroic; a woman born at night shone upon by Luo hangs herself, toil, punishment, poor and thin; when Purple, Fire, Water and Ji enter Life, this surely signifies ten kinds of evil; Jidu entering Life, worry about Fire fate; this is ten sha, evil, uncertain nobility; a noble person who meets them has no authority.

白日生人宜修進木星紫日如照臨　主命俱強為福慶孛星入命人防潔　目快心清為性別紫木日金合照時　所作高強皆有節日生火孛主星防　決定刑傷蛇虎食掩口不開氣沖人　直得為官須歇滅

Day births suit cultivation and advancement; Wood star, Purple, Sun if shining: the Life master is strong, and fortune and celebration. Bo star entering Life, the person guards cleanliness; the eyes quick, the heart clear, nature distinct. Purple, Wood, Sun, Metal combining in shining: what is done is high and strong, all with restraint. Born by day, Fire and Bo guarding the master star: surely punishment and injury, eaten by snake and tiger, covering the mouth that does not open, qi surging at people; even if one reaches office it must end in extinction.

財帛宮

Wealth Palace

欄駕經天寶星財帛者天寶所司防飛在何宮祿主玉堂吉見羅計孛火土正忌星反財物耗散怕廢星財不興耗星財不聚陷星及狼籍分皆不吉防天蠱星主訟破財

The Lanjia Classic: the Heavenly Treasure star; Wealth is governed by the Heavenly Treasure; guard in which palace it flies; Salary master Jade Hall is auspicious; meeting Luo, Ji, Bo, Fire and Earth, the proper taboo stars, on the contrary wealth dissipates; fear the Abandoned star: wealth does not flourish; the Consuming star: wealth does not gather; sinking stars and the disordered division are all inauspicious; guard the Heavenly Gu star, which signifies litigation and ruin of wealth.

歌曰金臨財帛足隨時　夜裡生人皆進滋木臨財帛必豐隆　日中生者最難逢水臨財帛財帛散　更被孛來不足防火居財帛與前同　土居財帛皆豐亨太陽居此足錢財　貿庫常開待物來月居財帛多財帛　只怕土星三合尅紫入二宮亦忌之　遇日木扶還又得羅計孛入損資財　終身不得資財力

The song says: Metal in Wealth, abundant in time; night births all advance and are nourished. Wood in Wealth, surely abundant; day births are hardest to meet. Water in Wealth, wealth dissipates; and further Bo comes, insufficient, guard it. Fire in Wealth is the same as before; Earth in Wealth, all abundant and prosperous. The Sun here, enough money, the trading storehouse always open awaiting goods. The Moon in Wealth, much wealth; only fear Earth star in three harmonies overcoming. Purple entering the two palaces is also taboo; meeting Sun and Wood supporting, still obtains Luo. Ji and Bo entering lose wealth; for life one cannot gain the strength of wealth.

兄弟宮

Brothers Palace

欄駕經天玉星所司兄弟之宮名為閒極如獨行飛入陷宮主少兄弟或本宮上見羅計孛多凶金木主二人水月主二人紫炁與水星皆善星日生人忌太陰夜忌太陽併為孤宿防刑廢耗主尅害狼籍主尅損見火孛兄弟如仇讎大抵男女二命可詳細推

The Lanjia Classic: the Jade star governs the Brothers palace, called idlest; if moving alone flying into a sunk palace, signifies few brothers, or in this palace seeing Luo, Ji, Bo, mostly ominous. Metal and Wood signify two; Water and Moon signify two; Purple Qi and the Water star are both good stars; day births avoid the Moon, night avoid the Sun, both are solitary lodgings; guard punishment, abandoned, consuming, which signify overcoming and harm; the disordered division signifies overcoming and loss; seeing Fire and Bo, brothers are like enemies. In general the male and female fates can be inferred in detail.

歌曰木金兄弟主英雄　水星和樂旺門風火在此宮定孤寡　夜生不與孤寡同土臨兄弟終和睦　日居未可同年語生時父母決相背　木計合宮主貧苦太陰若得主星來　輔弼榮華由此胎紫臨第三兄弟少　計星遇此斷生災月孛來時損兄弟　古今傳説禍難推

The song says: Wood and Metal brothers signify heroes; Water star harmonious and joyful, the family tradition flourishes. Fire in this palace is surely solitary and widowed; night births are not the same as solitary. Earth attending brothers are in the end harmonious; the Sun dwelling here cannot be said to be of the same year; at birth the parents certainly turn their backs. Wood and Ji in the same palace signify poverty and bitterness; if the Moon is obtained and the master star comes, assistance and glory come from this embryo. Purple in the third palace, brothers are few; Ji star meeting this, judge disaster arises; when Moon and Bo arrive, brothers are harmed; ancient and modern sayings, calamity is hard to infer.

田宅宮

Fields and Dwelling Palace

欄駕經天富星田宅者天富所司在命宮主田宅加凶宿即無落陷終有亦少強宮廟旺承祖業如羅計孛星土忌刑廢耗星相防或被劍鋒狼籍天蠱對照或三合傍照並主破產如飛陷宮主先無後有祿宮玉堂皆是自能卓立

The Lanjia Classic: the Heavenly Wealth star; Fields and Dwelling are governed by Heavenly Wealth; in the Life palace, it signifies Fields and Dwelling; if an ominous lodging is added, then there are no falling and sinking; though there be some, few; strong palace, temple and flourishing, succeed to the ancestral estate; such as Luo, Ji, Bo stars, Earth taboo, punishment, abandoned, consuming stars guarding each other, or being hit by Sword Edge, disorder, Heavenly Gu shining opposite, or shining by the three harmonies from the side, all signify ruin of the estate; if flying into a sunk palace, signifies first none then some; Salary palace and Jade Hall are all able to stand out on their own.

歌曰金居田宅父母宮　白日生人主困窮如逢夜裡最為吉　產業自營邁祖宗木臨田宅興父母　自然福夀世難同水居第四旺田莊　更有雙親夀命長火星臨此不堪説　土星躔入有房廊白日生人為最吉　夜生父母早身亡日居田宅足田園　木臨雙親夀命全火孛不照多產業　水金合防常堪憐月臨雖稱旺田地　白日生人反作累紫炁居之多壯宏　父母一時居富貴木星入位必有官　水月合兮居顯位羅入田宅不堪猜　十般惡死及破財計都侵之憂父母　田莊牛馬化成灰月孛居此亦如之　夜生亦可減毫釐晝生又忌火來尅　父母早亡主孤恓

The song says: Metal in Fields and Dwelling, the parents' palace: for day births it signifies hardship and poverty; if meeting night, it is most auspicious, and one makes one's own estate and surpasses the ancestors. Wood attending Fields and Dwelling, parents flourish; naturally fortune and longevity are rare in the world. Water in the fourth, fields and estates flourish; moreover both parents have long life. Fire star attending here is not worth speaking of; Earth star treading in has rooms and corridors; for day births it is most auspicious; for night births the parents die early and the body also. The Sun in Fields and Dwelling, fields and gardens abundant; Wood attending, both parents complete in longevity. Fire and Bo not shining, many estates; Water and Metal guarding together are often pitiable. The Moon attending, though called flourishing fields and land, for day births on the contrary makes burden. Purple Qi dwelling there, much grandeur; parents at once dwell in wealth and nobility. Wood star entering position, there must be office; Water and Moon combined, dwell in prominent position. Luo entering Fields and Dwelling is unbearable to guess: ten kinds of evil death and ruin of wealth; Jidu invading it worries parents; fields, estates, oxen and horses turn to ash. The Moon and Bo dwelling here are likewise; night births may reduce a hair; for day births again avoid Fire coming to overcome; parents die early, signifying solitude and desolation.

男女宮

Children Palace

欄駕經天孤星男女乃天孤所司大槩與兄弟同推詳入陷宮主遲或刑耗忌星化劍鋒狼籍天廢星並主尅損更防犯星輕重太陰在五宮先見女金水多男女羅計主抝性及尅害

The Lanjia Classic: the Heavenly Solitary star governs Children, which is governed by Heavenly Solitary; in general inferred the same as Brothers; examine in detail: entering a sunk palace signifies lateness or punishment and consumption; taboo stars transforming into Sword Edge, disorder, the Heavenly Abandoned star, all signify overcoming and damage; further guard the light and heavy of offending stars; the Moon in the fifth palace first sees daughters; Metal and Water mostly sons and daughters; Luo and Ji signify a perverse nature and overcoming and harm.

歌曰金星若在男女宮　三男聦俊各英雄火在此宮不得地　遇著定來更莫窮土臨第五遲遲有　夜生決定主孤蹤太陽若照男女宮　必主貴子顯門風太陰居之亦如此　三男富貴夜為功紫炁當生照男女　不被惡星併火土三合水月同聦俊　男女榮華定文武羅照男女主夭亡　計都臨照亦災苦孛星倘若照此官　十生九死空費乳為人性狠惡肚腸　此乃依經與君語

The song says: If Metal star is in the Children palace: three sons, intelligent and outstanding, each a hero. Fire in this palace does not obtain position; meeting it, no further poverty will come. Earth attending the fifth, slowly there are some; night births certainly signify solitary trace. If the Sun shines on the Children palace, it surely signifies noble sons displaying the household's tradition; the Moon dwelling there is likewise; three sons, rich and noble, night is merit. If Purple Qi at birth shines on Children, not attacked by evil stars and Fire and Earth; Water and Moon in the three harmonies, intelligent and outstanding; sons and daughters flourish, certainly civil and military. Luo shining on Children signifies dying young; Jidu attending and shining is also calamity and bitterness. If Bo star shines on this palace: of ten born nine die, nursing in vain; a person of violent, evil nature and bowels: this I tell you according to the classic.

奴僕宮

Servants Palace

欄駕經僕馬星六宮見孛與人不和太陰星入此宮定主卑防下賤又惡星防極不好天柱星入此宮主閒事勞漉小人反覆不情之態

The Lanjia Classic: Servants and Horse star; in the sixth palace seeing Bo, one is not in harmony with people. The Moon star entering this palace surely signifies lowly and base, and evil stars guarding extremely bad. The Heavenly Pillar star entering this palace signifies idle affairs, toil, and a small person's reversals and heartless manner.

歌曰金木星居足奴僕　土若加之夜為毒火在此宮必少力　太陰值此多悲哭非惟辛苦有多般　決定生時非正屋月若居之被日土　一世多迍更貧苦第六宮中見太乙　男女頑愚多忌疾不然遲忌亦寡防　此乃皆言為不吉計羅居此有災殃　孛若臨之號凶極

The song says: Metal and Wood stars dwelling there, servants are plentiful; if Earth is added, night births are poison. Fire in this palace must have little force; the Moon meeting this, mostly sorrow and weeping. Not only is there hardship of many kinds, but surely at birth not in a proper house; if the Moon dwells there and is hit by Sun and Earth, a lifetime of much hardship and further poverty. In the sixth palace seeing Taiyi, sons and daughters are stubborn and foolish and mostly taboo and ill; if not, late, taboo and also few; these all say it is inauspicious. Ji and Luo dwelling here bring calamity; if Bo attends, it is called extremely ominous.

妻妾宮

Wife and Concubines Palace

殿駕經天對星妻妾乃此星主之忌惡星在此宮主損妻天對之星入陷婚遲此星見劍鋒狼籍及主星皆不吉金為婦星須要明浄如同劍鋒煞主凶亡見羅計主尅害孛寅金申主妻有貌帶官星主妻有蔭見刑星即刑火主重婚土主重濁肥短貌不佳金水秀麗木星長瘦金星逢天耗狼籍二星女命全見主尅盡外家財帛人口之類

The Dianjia Classic: the Tianduì star; wife and concubines are governed by this star; taboo evil stars in this palace signify damage to the wife; the Tianduì star entering a sunk palace means late marriage; this star seeing Sword Edge, disorder, and the master stars are all inauspicious. Metal is the wife star and must be bright and clean; like Sword Edge sha it signifies ominous death; seeing Luo and Ji signifies overcoming and harm; Bo in Yin, Metal in Shen, signifies a wife with appearance; carrying the Office star signifies a wife with shelter; seeing a punishing star, i.e. Fire, signifies a second marriage; Earth signifies heavy, turbid, fat and short, appearance not good; Metal and Water elegant and beautiful; Wood star tall and thin; Metal star meeting the Heavenly Consuming and disorder stars, both stars in a woman's fate fully seen, signify overcoming and exhausting the outside family's wealth, people and the like.

歌曰金在七宮妻妾好　木星防此日相逢其妻非但能防潔　貌白容妍世孰同水在妻宮多妖冶　火則傷殘莫論容夜生猶自主離別　何況生逢在日中土入妻宮無貌娘　妻妾命如日里霜太陽美貌火孛丑　太陰見水美容妝紫木星臨太陰吉　羅防自縊檢屍傷計入妻宮勞患死　不然毒藥溺江亡妻妾宮中見孛星　計都水火自相刑兼主蛇傷並自吊　不然產難墮青冷火孛瘟黃死暴哀　落水懸崖產難災金鎮太陽真絶妙　多招妻妾外家財火土生離並帶疾　鼓盆三度請良媒木紫二星多美麗　姿容可與孟姜偕羅計二妻產難別　暴防迯亡自帶來紫孛水金淫慾甚　交情奴僕老心灰

The song says: Metal in the seventh palace, wife and concubines are good; the Wood star guarding here, meeting the Sun: the wife can not only keep clean, her appearance is white and complexion lovely, who in the world is the same? Water in the wife palace, much seductiveness; Fire injures and maims, not to be discussed for appearance; night births still signify separation, how much more if born in the day. Earth entering the wife palace, a woman without appearance; wife and concubine's fate like frost in the day. The Sun is of beautiful appearance; Fire and Bo are ugly; the Moon seeing Water has beautiful make-up; Purple, Wood star attending, the Moon is auspicious; Luo guarding means hanging oneself, examining the corpse and injury; Ji entering the wife palace means toil, illness and death, if not then poison or drowning in a river. In the wife and concubines palace seeing the Bo star, Jidu, Water and Fire punish each other; also signify snake bite and hanging oneself, if not difficult childbirth and miscarriage, green and cold; Fire and Bo, plague, jaundice and sudden death, sorrow; falling in water, off a cliff, disaster of difficult childbirth. Metal governing the Sun is truly most wonderful, mostly inviting wives and concubines and wealth of the outside family; Fire and Earth, living separation and carrying illness; beating the basin three times and inviting matchmakers. Wood and Purple, two stars, mostly beautiful; appearance comparable with Meng Jiang; Luo and Ji, two wives, difficult childbirth and separation; violent, guard against fleeing, she brings it herself; Purple, Bo, Water, Metal: lust is great; exchanging feelings with servants, the old heart turns to ash.

疾厄宮

Illness and Hardship Palace

殿駕經煞難星疾厄者煞難所司如見本宮星主帶疾六八十二同見孛主破相或有宿疾此宮水月同主風疾土計同主腳患土孛同主耳聾火化劍鋒主心腹血氣之疾金忌火傷主血膿腸風之類大凡命宮疾厄是火忌孛星照羅計穿命不問福祿皆主夭折火星大忌午上照身命及天柱星皆不吉

The Dianjia Classic: the Sha and Difficulty star; Illness and Hardship are governed by Sha and Difficulty; if seeing the home palace star, the master carries illness; when six, eight and twelve are seen together with Bo it signifies broken appearance or old illness; in this palace Water and Moon together signify wind illness; Earth and Ji together signify foot affliction; Earth and Bo together signify deafness; Fire transformed into Sword Edge signifies illness of heart, belly, blood and qi; Metal avoiding Fire's harm signifies things like blood, pus and intestinal wind. In general, the Life palace and Illness and Hardship being Fire avoid Bo star shining; Luo and Ji piercing Life, regardless of fortune and salary, all signify dying young; Fire star greatly avoids Wu shining on body and Life, and the Heavenly Pillar star, all inauspicious.

歌曰金在疾厄永無疾　木居富貴常安逸水在此宮遇計孛　必定腰駝並背屈白日生人火曜沖　必定風疾吐血終熒度疾厄須驚悸　土臨八宮主瘟凶太陽遇計火土孛　風癆血病不久歿如見木陰獨照之　一世優遊無消歇此宮若見紫炁臨　定是安榮居要津羅照此宮應篤疾　計防孛來定凶侵非惟勞瘵又瘟黃　抑且吐血臥床亡

The song says: Metal in Illness and Hardship, forever without illness; Wood dwelling in wealth and nobility is always at ease. Water in this palace meeting Ji and Bo: surely hunched back and bent back; for day births, Fire luminary clashing, surely wind illness and blood-vomiting to the end. Ying degree in Illness and Hardship, one must fear fright and palpitation; Earth attending the eighth palace signifies plague and ominous. The Sun meeting Ji, Fire, Earth and Bo: wind consumption and blood illness, not long to die; if one sees Wood and Yin shining alone, a lifetime leisurely without extinction. If Purple Qi attends this palace, surely at ease, glory, dwelling at an important post; Luo shining on this palace should be chronic illness; Ji guarding and Bo coming surely invade ominously. Not only toil and consumption, and plague and jaundice, but also vomiting blood and dying lying in bed.

遷移宮

Migration Palace

欄駕經遷移謂之近強人命三合宮見土宿主離鄉忌星主貧賤福貴祿星吉曜主經商如見月孛謂之客死星見羅計主偏生庶出過房出祖帶刑出祖不離鄉土若四刑星無紫炁星解救亦主過房出祖金木吉水宜逺行金木合照封侯火入凶土阻逺行太陽主晝生吉月防金水夜生吉

The Lanjia Classic: Migration is called near the strong; in the three harmonies palace of the person's Life, seeing the Earth lodging signifies leaving one's native place; taboo stars signify poverty and lowliness; fortune, nobility, Salary stars and auspicious luminaries signify doing business; if seeing Moon and Bo, it is called the star of dying as a guest; seeing Luo and Ji signifies concubine's birth and adoption; adoption out, carrying punishment and leaving the ancestors without leaving the native place; Earth, if four punishing stars and no Purple Qi star to rescue, also signifies adoption and leaving the ancestors; Metal and Wood are auspicious; Water suits far travel; Metal and Wood combining in shining, enfeoffed as marquis; Fire entering is ominous; Earth blocks far travel; the Sun signifies day births auspicious; the Moon guarding Metal and Water, night births auspicious.

歌曰此宮見紫主為官　太陰合兮為瑞端羅在遊行必見刑　家中長見檢屍靈計都若防孛星入　決定蛇傷並虎擒切聞月孛入遷移　損田損宅損妻兒

The song says: In this palace seeing Purple signifies becoming an official; the Moon combined is auspicious; Luo in travel will surely see punishment, at home often examining corpses and spirits; Jidu, if guarding with the Bo star entering, certainly snake bite and tiger seizing; I have heard that Moon and Bo entering Migration damage fields, damage dwellings, and damage wife and children.

官祿宮

Office and Salary Palace

欄駕經官祿強星乃司命掌之又為文解恩牒之星士人遇之主發解僧道遇之主披剃庶人遇之主發財置業如下流命本宮見之防天蠱狼籍主犯刑法官災小人最怕陽刃官符宮主星相防及與的煞狼籍星防無福貴二曜救解凡與宅宮主星相防皆不甚好更防命主星明淨防羅計主凶死不然防有祿無祿大祿小祿大凡主星防羅計者主夭不然中年火孛照身命宮皆不吉即賤人也孛星在官祿主貧窮下賤刑憲初主貴末必不好限入官祿宮添羅計天蠱入限或在六八十二歌曰太白金星入官祿　一世為官居要軸天上之宮防水星　太陽合照作公卿水居好樂合於月　官居顯位職非輕火在十宮夜入廟　朝端定列仍年少

The Lanjia Classic: the Office and Salary Strong Star governs Life and is also the star of literary graduation and imperial certificate; a scholar who meets it signifies passing the provincial examination; monks and Daoists meeting it signify shaving their heads; commoners meeting it signify making fortune and buying property; if a lowly Life sees it in the home palace, guard the Heavenly Gu and disorder, signifying violating law and official disaster; a small person most fears Yang Blade; Official Charge palace master stars guarding each other and with true sha and disorder stars guarding, if without Fortune and Nobility, two luminaries to rescue; all guarding each other with Fields and Dwelling palace master stars is not very good; further guard the Life master star being bright and clean; guarding Luo and Ji signifies ominous death; if not, guard whether there is salary or not, great salary or small salary. In general, master stars guarded by Luo and Ji signify dying young; if not, in middle age Fire and Bo shining on the body and Life palace are all inauspicious, i.e. a lowly person. The Bo star in Office and Salary signifies poverty, lowliness, punishment and law; at first noble but in the end certainly not good; when the limit enters Office and Salary, if Luo and Ji are added, the Heavenly Gu enters the limit, or is at six, eight, twelve. The song says: Taibai Metal star entering Office and Salary: a lifetime as official dwelling at the key axis; the palace in heaven guards the Water star; the Sun combined in shining makes a duke or minister; Water dwelling here, fond of joy, combined with the Moon, office dwells in prominent position and rank is not light; Fire at the tenth palace entering temple at night, in court one certainly stands in rank while still young.

福徳宮

Fortune and Virtue Palace

欄駕經福夀星福徳之宮福夀星所掌宜天權福財照此宮上吉如男女宮得木星紫金水善星照尤佳縁福徳與男女宮相對吉星在廟旺之宮順行為福深在陷宮為福淺最忌火星主傷福徳故也

The Lanjia Classic: the Fortune and Longevity star; the Fortune and Virtue palace is governed by the Fortune and Longevity star; suited to Heavenly Authority; Fortune and wealth shining above this palace are excellent; if the Children palace has Wood star, Purple, Metal, Water, good stars shining, it is especially fine, because Fortune and Virtue and Children are opposite; auspicious stars in a temple and flourishing palace moving smoothly are fortune; deeply in a sunk palace, fortune is shallow; most to avoid is Fire star, which signifies damage to Fortune and Virtue, hence.

歌曰福徳宮中或見金　夜生一世福神欽木防太陽居十一　祿優福厚居顯秩水防月吉火淺薄　金土同照主食邑十一宮中羅最吉　太陽木炁三合值生則須封萬戸侯　死則定知須廟食

The song says: In the Fortune and Virtue palace perhaps seeing Metal: night births, for a lifetime fortune spirits honor. Wood guarding the Sun dwelling in the eleventh: salary excellent, fortune thick, dwelling in prominent rank. Water guarding the Moon is auspicious; Fire is shallow and thin; Metal and Earth shining together signify eating a fief. In the eleventh palace Luo is most auspicious; Sun, Wood and Qi meeting in three harmonies: living one must be enfeoffed as a ten-thousand-household marquis, dead one will be offered in temple.

相貌宮

Appearance Palace

欄駕經相貌當與六八此三宮用推詳孛羅計防或主刑害破相疾厄六根不足之命也

The Lanjia Classic: Appearance should with six and eight, these three palaces, be used for inference; Bo, Luo and Ji guarding signify punishment, harm, broken appearance, illness, and a fate with insufficient six roots.

歌曰土星相貌卻烏黃　木宿元來瘦且長金白不惟多嗜慾　水星行動愛趨蹌羅防薄藝隨身有　月孛為人帶黑丑熒火一星多性惡　水星最是雙眉好計都巧計愛談論　羅火東西打殺人水火相隨多雜藝　太陽為性卻逡巡月孛一生多口嘴　水星伶俐木都美土星頑鈍言語澁　羅火為人貪可鄙

The song says: Earth star Appearance: dark and yellow; Wood lodging originally thin and long; Metal white, not only many desires; Water star's movement loves hurrying; Luo guarding: thin skills follow the body; Moon and Bo make a person dark and ugly; Yinghuo Fire, one star, mostly evil nature; Water star has the best double eyebrows; Jidu clever schemes, fond of talk; Luo and Fire east and west beat and kill people; Water and Fire accompanying: many mixed arts; the Sun makes nature hesitant; Moon and Bo a lifetime of many quarrels; Water star is clever, Wood and Du beautiful; Earth star dull, speech halting; Luo and Fire make a person greedy and despicable.

琴堂十二位論

Discourse on the Twelve Positions in Qintang

論命宮

Discourse on Life

凡坐命宮官祿福徳田財星飛入為吉此乃富人之命切忌空亡的破流霞刼煞不吉必主暗疾破相華葢居此必主□符度法之人六害星辰飛入一生勞碌

In general, in the Life palace, if Office and Salary, Fortune and Virtue, Fields and Wealth stars fly in, it is auspicious; this is the fate of a rich person; strictly avoid Void and Death, true Breaking, Flowing Glow, and Robbery Sha, which are inauspicious and surely signify hidden illness and broken appearance; Canopy dwelling here surely signifies a person of [illegible] seal and law; the Six Harms stars flying in, a lifetime of toil.

論財帛

Discourse on Wealth

凡財帛主度主官祿福徳主居此一生富貴財星飛出田宅官祿福徳宮富弱宮陷地主貧賤更空亡的破居此再財星失陷則食不充口衣不葢身若財帛高強根基厚重衣祿豐隆若六位星辰居此管干起家之人也

In general, if the Wealth master, degree master, Office and Salary, Fortune and Virtue master dwell here, a lifetime of wealth and nobility; the wealth star flying out to Fields and Dwelling, Office and Salary, Fortune and Virtue palace is rich; a weak palace or sunk land signifies poverty and lowliness; further Void and Death, true Breaking dwelling here, again the wealth star lost and sunk, then food does not fill the mouth and clothes do not cover the body; if Wealth is high and strong, the foundation is thick and heavy and clothing and salary abundant; if the six-position stars dwell here, a person who manages and makes a household.

論兄弟

Discourse on Brothers

凡田宅官福四星入此兄弟豪富空亡的破入此兄弟貧賤孤寡星居之則鴈行無伴官符居之主兄弟逞訟華蓋居之主兄弟道妝疾厄流霞刃星入則兄弟帶疾破相馬星入則兄弟東西咸池入則兄弟迷戀也

In general, when the four stars of Fields and Dwelling, Office, Fortune enter here, brothers are rich and powerful; Void and Death, true Breaking entering here, brothers are poor and lowly; lonely and widowed stars dwelling there, brothers are like geese in flight without companions; Official Charge dwelling there signifies brothers who boast in litigation; Canopy dwelling there signifies brothers in Daoist attire and illness; Flowing Glow and Blade stars entering, brothers carry illness and broken appearance; the Horse star entering, brothers are scattered east and west; Xianchi entering, brothers are infatuated.

論田宅

Discourse on Fields and Dwelling

凡官祿財星太陽入此祖業見承田地加進空亡的破入此則產業破蕩或胎星嵗破通闗則兄弟爭奪奴僕主入則僕干莊田之徒或田星飛起官祿福徳財帛之地則富財帛同田星飛起則重賣交易矣

In general, when Office and Salary, the wealth star and the Sun enter here, the ancestral estate sees succession of land and adds progress; Void and Death, true Breaking entering here, the estate is ruined; or the embryo star and the Sui breaking, passing the gate, brothers contest and seize; the servants' master entering, servants managing estates and fields, and the like; or the field star flying up to Office and Salary, Fortune and Virtue, Wealth land, then rich; Wealth together with the field star flying up, then selling again and trading.

論男女

Discourse on Children

凡空亡的破居此則男女貧賤孤寡六害華葢入此則子女如石中求玉流霞刃星居此則男女帶疾若居女位女必產亡咸池星入男女迷戀田財官福居之男女豪富遷移星居此男必過房女必重嫁然陽宮男多陰宮女多

In general, Void and Death and true Breaking dwelling here make sons and daughters poor, lowly, solitary and widowed; Six Harms and Canopy entering here make sons and daughters like seeking jade in stone; Flowing Glow Blade star dwelling here makes sons and daughters carry illness; if it dwells in a female position, the daughter must die in childbirth; Xianchi star entering, sons and daughters are infatuated; Fields, Wealth, Office, Fortune dwelling there, sons and daughters are rich and powerful; the Migration star dwelling here, a son must be adopted out and a daughter must remarry; however in a yang palace sons are many, in a yin palace daughters are many.

論奴僕

Discourse on Servants

流霞的刃刼居之主奴僕有疾長生帝旺則無災鬼宿居之則奴僕偷竊

Flowing Glow, true Blade, Robbery dwelling there signify servants with illness; Long Life and Imperial Flourishing then no disaster; the Gui lodging dwelling there makes servants steal.

論妻妾

Discourse on Wife and Concubines

七宮隨祿妻有妝奩因而致富家業興隆空亡的破居之妻性不常若逢木星生旺不是為煞招妻俊雅炁計居之妻丑頑抝孤寡星居之必孤

The seventh palace following Salary, the wife has a dowry and thereby makes the household rich and the family estate flourishing; Void and Death, true Breaking dwelling there, the wife's nature is not constant; if meeting Wood star born flourishing, not being sha, invites a wife who is elegant; Qi and Ji dwelling there, the wife is ugly, stubborn and perverse; lonely and widowed stars dwelling there, surely lonely.

論疾厄【此宮乃八煞宮若火星入之無制主人一生多難】

Discourse on Illness and Hardship [This palace is the Eight Sha palace; if Fire star enters it without restraint, the person suffers many difficulties in life]

月到見煞母有疾日到見煞父有疾五位飛來男女疾三宮星來兄弟有疾七宮星來妻妾有疾流霞的刃煞難居之主帶疾不寧於厥身也

When the Moon arrives and sees sha, the mother has illness; when the Sun arrives and sees sha, the father has illness; stars flying in from the fifth position, children have illness; stars coming from the three palace, brothers have illness; stars coming from the seventh palace, wife and concubines have illness; Flowing Glow, true Blade, Sha and Difficulty dwelling there signify carrying illness and unrest in that body.

論遷移【本宮忌孛星居之主離祖遷轉無定】

Discourse on Migration [This palace avoids the Bo star dwelling there, which signifies leaving the ancestors and moving without fixed place]

身命主居此必當離祖過房三位星居之兄弟離祖女見桃花煞居此有合則不良不然必嫁逺夫並陽刃居之則離鄉別井

Body-and-Life master dwelling here must leave the ancestors and be adopted out; stars of the three positions dwelling there, brothers leave the ancestors; a woman seeing Peach Blossom Sha dwelling here, with combination is not good, if not, she must marry a far-off husband; together with Yang Blade dwelling there, she leaves her village and abandons the well.

論官祿

Discourse on Office and Salary

身命二主並財福居之則祿位高強的破居此不吉三位星居之兄弟豪富

When the two masters of body and Life together with Wealth and Fortune dwell there, then salary and position are high and strong; true Breaking dwelling here is inauspicious; stars of the three positions dwelling there, brothers are rich and powerful.

論福徳

Discourse on Fortune and Virtue

本宮田財身命四星居之主清閒享用有福之人也的刼飛來有福不能享流霞亦然

When the four stars of this palace, Fields, Wealth, body and Life, dwell there, one is a person at leisure who enjoys use and has fortune; true Robbery flying in, there is fortune that cannot be enjoyed; Flowing Glow is likewise.

論相貌

Discourse on Appearance

此宮名弱宮身命官福田財不喜居之臨官帝旺金木水陽居此則狀貌青秀若刼的流霞居之主破相

This palace is called the weak palace; body, Life, Office, Fortune, Fields and Wealth are not pleased to dwell there; Official Post, Imperial Flourishing, Metal, Wood, Water and Sun dwelling here signify a green and elegant appearance; if Robbery, true Blade, Flowing Glow dwell there, it signifies broken appearance.

星學大成巻六

Star Learning Compendium, Volume Six

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming dynasty

總論諸限

General Discussion of the Limits

洞微百六限起例

Rules for Setting Up the Hundred-and-Six Limits of Dongwei

洞微大限一百年零六個月故曰百六

The Dongwei great limit is one hundred years and six months, hence called Hundred-and-Six.

命宮十五貌宮十福徳妻宮十一詳官祿十五最髙位遷移止有八年糧疾厄七兮共六六財帛兄弟五年強田宅子孫並奴僕四年之半定毫芒假令晝生火在巳午未申酉並空亡二十六七為盡處不然破敗卒他鄕【假令夘上安命日生人火在已為忌星二十六嵗限數至此不行故午未申酉併為空亡也】

Life palace fifteen; Appearance palace ten; Fortune and Virtue and Wife eleven in detail; Office and Salary fifteen, the highest position; Migration has only eight years of provisions; Illness and Hardship seven, together six and six; Wealth and Brothers five years and more; Fields and Dwelling, Children and Servants, four years and a half, surely a hair's breadth. Suppose a day birth with Fire at Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You and in Void and Death: twenty-six or twenty-seven is the end point; otherwise ruin and death in another land. [Suppose Life established at Mao, a day birth with Fire at Si is a taboo star; at twenty-six the limit count reaches here and does not move on, so Wu, Wei, Shen and You are all Void and Death.]

木在午兮火在酉三旬之七福非常天蠍之前生在晝六旬之六定為殃

Wood at Wu and Fire at You: at thirty-seven fortune is extraordinary; before Tianxie (Scorpio), born in the day, at sixty-six it is certainly calamity.

【當生木星在官祿宮至三十七嵗以後限入天中至此稱心夘為命宮前即酉也日生人限至此逢忌星故為禍殃】

[If the Wood star at birth is in the Office and Salary palace, after thirty-seven years the limit enters Tianzhong, and arriving here is satisfying; before Mao as the Life palace is You; for day births the limit arriving here meets a taboo star, hence calamity.]

人生百六以為凖學人細説莫能忘

A person's lifetime of one hundred and six is the standard; students speak of it in detail and cannot forget it.

命宮十五嵗

Life Palace, fifteen years

命宮初排十五年防取生時善惡躔晝夜隂陽分兩曜值命須知短夀年更有羅計孛星照不過七七入黃泉【兩曜者火土也日生忌火夜生忌土如在命宮必夀短更遇惡星臨照見命身者不過七七至四十九日須死亡也故云七七】

The Life Palace sets the first fifteen years. Check the birth time, good and evil, the stars' positions, day and night, and yin and yang. The two luminaries here are Fire and Earth: for a day birth Fire is the taboo, for a night birth Earth is. If either sits in the Life Palace, life is short. If Luo, Jidu or Bo shine on it, death comes before seven sevens. [If the two luminaries sit in the Life Palace, life is certainly short; if a malefic star also shines on the body and life, death comes within forty-nine days. That is why it is called seven sevens.]

若只三合五年定對沖三嵗見迍邅

Taking the trine alone, the five-year mark is fixed by opposition; at age three, hardship appears.

【三合宮有惡星不過五嵗對照不過三嵗】

[If a malefic star sits in the trine palace, the harm comes by age five; if it sits in opposition, by age three.]

更防星宿幾時入再侵元限定為寃

Guard further against when the stars enter and attack again; the original limit fixes the grievance.

【行年惡星入守舊位則凶】

[If a malefic star enters the original position of the limit, there is misfortune.]

生值紫炁木星照自然長大少災躔此限管年十五嵗防取生時禍福元

Born under the Purple Qi Wood star, one grows up naturally with few disasters. This limit governs the fifteenth year; the birth time holds the root of good and bad fortune.

相貌宮十嵗

Appearance Palace, age ten.

相貌十嵗限須知防取生時善惡推若遇晝熒並夜土十六七上定須危若遇吉曜生時過一自六七喜歡歸更言孛計相臨照十年困苦似神迷初入宮中十六嵗對沖八九喜兼悲

The limit of the Appearance Palace at ten: check the birth time and its good and evil. If the Fire star and the night Earth star hold sway, ages sixteen and seventeen are dangerous. If an auspicious star is there at birth, the years six and seven bring joy and return. If Jidu and Bo arrive, ten years of hardship follow, as if the spirit were lost. Entering the palace at sixteen, opposition at eight or nine brings joy and sorrow together.

【初入限一二年有應對照三四年方應災福】

[Entering the first limit: one or two years show the response; three or four years, fortune and misfortune respond.]

三合十與十一數宜須逐位細詳推此限管防都一十通前二十五年期

Trines at ten and eleven: examine each position in detail. This limit governs defense through the whole ten; with the years before, it totals twenty-five years.

福徳宮十一嵗

Virtue Palace, age eleven.

福徳十一細推排二旬六嵗限方來生時善宿躔於此二旬七八受恩回

Study the Virtue Palace at eleven in detail; the twenty-six-year limit comes next. The birth star sits in this stretch; in the seventh and eighth years grace returns.

【金木紫炁羅防水月入順旺合照此位大吉】

[If Metal, Wood, Purple Qi, Luo, Water and Moon enter in direct motion, prospering and aligned with this position, it is greatly auspicious.]

若言忌曜當臨照定須催促入泉台

If a taboo star shines here, it hurries one toward the Yellow Springs.

【生時忌曜日火夜土惡星同此二十八嵗身亡也】

[If the birth taboo is Fire by day or Earth by night, and malefic stars join it, death comes at twenty-eight.]

若遇行年吉星照吉星退後必興災五七三方善星照三旬一二笑顔開

If an auspicious star shines on the age-year star, then once the good star withdraws, disaster arises in years five, seven and three. Good stars on the three sides bring a smile at thirty-one and thirty-two.

【三合有喜星至三十一二嵗見喜也】

[A joyful star at thirty-one and thirty-two brings happiness.]

若是惡曜同前述禍惡皆從生受來

If it is a malefic star, it is the same as above: calamity and harm come from birth.

官祿十五嵗

Career Palace, age fifteen.

官祿十五限髙強生時善宿在何方紫木金羅來照此三旬七上入朝堂

The Career limit at fifteen: which strong star is at birth, and where does it stand? Purple Qi, Wood, Metal and Luo shine here. From thirty-seven on, one enters the court.

【官祿宮住十五年三十七嵗入五十一嵗出若吉星守照主榮位進職也】

[The Career Palace governs fifteen years, from thirty-seven to fifty-one. If an auspicious star guards it and shines on it, honor and promotion come.]

生逢忌曜當臨位行年暗宿又來傷四七之年當惡死未交前限早身亡三合見逢六七嵗對沖三十九恓惶【如三合見凶星四十一二重災若對照主三十九嵗身亡】

If one is born under a taboo star in this position and the hidden age-year star also harms it, a bad death comes at forty-seven; before the earlier limit ends, one dies early. A trine at the sixth or seventh year and opposition at thirty-nine bring distress. [If a trine sees malefic stars, disaster comes at forty-one and forty-two; if opposition shines, death comes at thirty-nine.]

此限管行五十一宮中善惡細推詳吉曜生臨當喜夢惡星照處惡還當

This limit runs through the fifty-one palaces. Examine good and evil in detail: auspicious stars arriving bring joy; a malefic star shining on the spot returns harm.

遷移宮八嵗

Travel Palace, age eight.

遷移八嵗命合方但看生時善惡詳五旬二上交中限吉星臨照足財糧

The Travel Palace at eight: if it matches the Life Palace, check the good and evil of the birth star. The middle limit from fifty-two brings auspicious stars shining and ample provision.

【合方三合也五十二嵗入五十九嵗出】

[Matching palaces means trines; the limit runs from age fifty-two to fifty-nine.]

加官進職分明定在外須知利四方

Promotion and advancement come clearly from outside; know that the gain comes from all four directions.

【主星有力乃紫木羅星守此主進職僧道加服庶人有財喜】

[If the main star is strong, Purple Qi, Wood and Luo guard it: officials gain promotion, clergy gain added honor, commoners gain wealth and joy.]

若逢惡曜凶星守五旬六七定身亡

If malefic stars guard it at fifty-six or fifty-seven, death is certain.

【忌星計孛照此主災五十六嵗主身亡也】

[Jidu and Bo shining here bring disaster at fifty-six, and death.]

對照防災七八嵗三方五十八九防

Opposition brings disaster at seven or eight; guard against the three sides at fifty-eight and fifty-nine.

【如對惡星五十六嵗有災如吉星守則喜慶三合惡星照五十八九有災危也】

[If a malefic star opposes, disaster at fifty-six; if auspicious stars guard, joy and celebration; if malefic stars shine on the trine, danger at fifty-eight and fifty-nine.]

疾厄七嵗

Illness Palace, age seven.

疾厄七嵗限須防但看生時善惡詳吉曜六旬添喜慶災星照著有災殃

The Illness Palace at seven must be guarded: check the birth star's good and evil. In the sixtieth year, auspicious stars bring joy; malefic stars shining on it bring disaster.

【六十交入六十六交出初入限逢吉星六十交限便受吉慶】

[Entering at sixty and leaving at sixty-six. On first entry, an auspicious star brings blessing in the sixtieth year.]

蝕神首尾如狼虎利害計孛大為殃忌宿若非是方主六旬有一定身亡對照六十三災至三合六旬六限當【正逢限星六十一嵗災如對沖六十三凶如三合六十六主身亡】

The eclipse stars, head and tail, are like wolf and tiger; the harm of Jidu and Bo is great. If the taboo star is not the lord of the three sides, death is certain in the sixtieth year. Opposition at sixty-three brings disaster; a trine at sixty-six brings death. [The limit star at sixty-one brings disaster; opposition at sixty-three is dangerous; a trine at sixty-six means death.]

生逢惡曜災應厚吉曜臨時百福昌

Born under evil stars, disaster is heavy; with auspicious stars at the time, a hundred blessings flourish.

妻妾十一嵗

Spouse Palace, age eleven.

西沒妻妾十一年六旬七嵗到其邉生值惡星居此位六旬七八便憂煎尅妻害子加災至為官罷職不堪言三合防災七十一對照六十九來躔

The Spouse Palace, eleven years, reaches sixty-seven. If evil stars sit here at sixty-seven or sixty-eight, worry grows and spouse and children suffer harm; for an official, loss of office follows and cannot be endured. Guard against disaster in the trine at seventy-one; opposition at sixty-nine brings disaster.

【惡星火土計孛也六十七交入七十八交出吉則吉凶則凶】

[The malefic stars are Fire, Earth, Jidu and Bo; from sixty-seven to seventy-eight, good if the star is auspicious, bad if it is malefic.]

奴僕田宅男女共十三嵗半

Servants, property and children together span thirteen and a half years.

奴僕子孫與田宅此限共計十三年每位分明四載半都來半載一周天七旬八嵗交前限生時星宿細推遷八旬一嵗歸男女八旬四上入田園五宮惡曜八十一四位八旬六七言

Servants, children and property cover thirteen years in all. Each position takes four and a half years, with half a year for the full cycle. At seventy-eight the earlier limit ends; examine the birth stars in detail. The limit passes to the Children Palace at eighty-one and to the Property Palace at eighty-six and eighty-seven.

【男女宮凶星八十一主身亡田宅宮凶星八十六七身亡】

[Malefic stars in the Children Palace at eighty-one mean death; malefic stars in the Property Palace at eighty-six and eighty-seven mean death.]

善惡限看當生宿災殃須算降生年

Good and evil in these limits rest on the star at birth; the year of birth is the basis for the disasters.

【看當生星辰元守宮排凶吉逐限交入合遇吉凶一一如是】

[Look at the star at birth in its original palace to set out good and bad; each limit entered meets good and evil in just this way.]

前限不逢凶惡曜兄弟五年財帛全

No malefic star meets in the earlier limit; the Siblings' five years bring full wealth.

【財帛兄弟各五年也】

[Wealth and Siblings each last five years.]

逐年行宮到此吉壽星高照亦安然限位都排一百六仍須學者細推研若更有人彭祖壽又從命裡説根源

Each year, the palace reached here has longevity stars shining calmly. The limit positions total one hundred and six, and scholars must study them closely. If one has the longevity of Pengzu, the root of it is spoken of in the Life Palace.

綂論

General Summary.

大抵洞微所急者限主也洞微所貴者祿星也所重者諸曜順行也所發者廟宮也所畏者忌星也所好者吉神也所輔者行年也所助者三方也所惡者計孛在他宮也如是善星防逆則福慢順行則福緊凶星防逆則災緊順行則災慢如遇吉星順行即得本宮加數若遇惡星他宮則其數半減若是限星居廟度即於本數外更加四年居旺樂度即増算二年如一限之中見兩星在旺樂合共延四年以此増損數更在子細加減凡逢惡限行年上卻逢吉星臨照身命即延得一年壽其行年星過便亡也大凡吉星居七強為福緊五弱力慢災星在強宮為災慢五弱為災緊凡限本宮見星災福之應十分對照七分三合四分凡限星在終末之度即災福之力側微而不可以定數言之凡忌星在好樂宮入限三年內為福三年以後反為災咎大凡限逢忌星不死亦災若火在陰宮土在陽宮或為三方主雖有厄而不亡故歌曰夜忌土星日忌火三方不是死無疑此星若是三方主雖有災侵命不離火陰土陽宮尤妙好樂位中別

In general, the key of Dongwei is the limit star; what it prizes is the star of wealth; what it weighs most is the stars moving in direct motion; what it issues from is the temple palace; what it fears is the taboo star; what it favors is the auspicious star; what it assists is the age-year star; what it supports is the three sides; what it dislikes is Jidu and Bo in other palaces. Thus auspicious stars in reverse motion make fortune slack and in direct motion make it tight; malefic stars in reverse make disaster tight and in direct motion make it slack. If a limit star sits in its temple, add four years to the count; in a prosperous or joyful position, add two. If two prosperous stars meet in one limit, the extension is four years. Adjust the count with these rules. When an evil limit meets an auspicious age-year star, one year of life is extended. When the age-year star has passed, one dies. Auspicious stars in a strong position bring luck tight; in a weak fifth palace, slack. Malefic stars in a strong position bring disaster slack; in a weak fifth palace, disaster tight. In the limit's own palace, the influence is ten parts in the first two years, seven parts in opposition, and four parts in trine. A limit star at the very end of its degree has weak force and cannot be fixed. Taboo stars in a joyful palace bring fortune for three years inside the limit, and disaster after three years. Generally, if a taboo star enters the limit, one may not die but must suffer. If Fire sits in a yin palace or Earth in a yang palace, one may suffer hardship but will not die. The song says: night Earth and day Fire; if the three sides are not the lord, death is certain. If this star is the lord of the three sides, disaster strikes but life is not lost. Fire in a yin palace and Earth in a yang palace are best; the joyful positions differ.

有奇謂此也凡災忌星生時在伏段限內為災禍只有三四分力福星生時在伏段亦只得三四分力蓋被太陽所伏光芒不見有類臣居君側包藏光美之象凡一限中見吉凶星同聚即以入宮先後及順逆而防吉凶故限入宮深者先見限入宮淺者後逢之也凡遇本限及對照三合併不見一星名曰空限主多災凶圖事不成若得限主當生有力之位則反此惟有官祿宮上逢空限最凶必於四十六七嵗死矣凡當生若吉星照身命者主中年富貴縱逢災數直至限末始見災厄若當生凶星照身命者中年雖逢福限四旬之後亦主迍滯至限末方為福大都吉凶之應全借根基當生有祿則吉限上無祿則喜宮難發是猶無根之木雖逢春終不能發葩而成實也故經云若無一星居身命自是賢愚別有因此之謂也

There is an oddity here. A planet hidden near the Sun has only three or four parts of its force, for the Sun's light covers it, like a minister beside the ruler who keeps his light concealed. A taboo star born in the hidden degrees brings disaster, with only three or four parts of force. A fortune star born in the hidden degrees has only three or four parts too. When several stars gather in one limit, the one that enters the palace first and deepest decides the order. The limit that enters deeply is seen first; the one that enters shallowly comes later. If there is no star in the limit, in its opposition, or in its trine, the limit is called empty. An empty limit brings many disasters and nothing succeeds. If the limit lord stands in a strong position at birth, the reverse holds. Only an empty limit in the Career Palace is the worst; one dies at forty-six or forty-seven. If an auspicious star shines on the body and the life, one is wealthy and honored in the middle years, and even if disaster comes, it arrives only at the end of the limit. If a malefic star shines on the body and the life at birth, one is blocked in the middle years, and even in a fortunate limit after forty, one meets obstacles until the limit ends. The outcome of good and bad depends entirely on the root. With a noble star at birth, the limit is good; without one, the limit does not help. This is like a tree without roots that cannot bloom even in spring. So the scripture says: if no star sits in the body and life, the wise and foolish differ by cause.

洞微歌

Dongwei Song.

百六惟推星命人　有星方是富豪論若無一星居身命　自是賢愚別有因夜誕晝生忌自別　晝土夜火前經説陽宮晝火陰夜土　此限逢之死可決

Only the hundred and six are judged through the stars of a person. With a star, one is wealthy; without a star in the body and life, one is wise or foolish by cause. Night births avoid Earth and day births avoid Fire; the earlier scripture says that Fire in a yang palace by day and Earth in a yin palace by night mean death within the limit, and this can be decided.

【夜生人忌土晝生人忌火此是忌星各自別也若更晝火在陽宮夜土在陰宮限數遇之死無疑矣】福曜相兼榮裡亡　暫時延得少時節

[Night-born people avoid Earth and day-born people avoid Fire; these are the taboo stars. If day Fire sits in a yang palace, or night Earth in a yin palace, and the limit's count meets them, death is certain.] Fortune stars joined with taboo stars bring glory and then death, a brief respite and a short span.

【若忌星限內卻有福星照臨即此人在稱意中亡但是一時也】

[If a taboo star in the limit has a fortune star shining on it, one dies while content, but only for a time.]

生時計孛若同宮　迍邅還是死前發

If Jidu and Bo share a palace with the birth star, hardship comes before death.

【生時若計孛同宮而限內逢者必先失宮散財然後己身亦亡也】

[If Jidu and Bo share the birth palace and arrive within the limit, one loses the palace and scatters wealth first, and the body dies afterward.]

夜土晝火是主星　亦為災害亦為榮夜土晝火非為主　災禍相仍難再生日月金木並紫炁　當生限內成貴榮

Earth by night and Fire by day are the master stars; they bring both disaster and glory. Earth by night and Fire by day are not the main stars, and disaster follows disaster without rebirth. Sun, Moon, Metal, Wood and Purple Qi, if at birth they gain strength within the limit, bring noble honor.

【以上七曜要當生得力度分不移旺廟宮掩映方為貴氣】

[The seven luminaries above must have strength at birth; their degrees must not shift from a temple or prosperous position, and only then do they carry noble qi.]

羅防亦是貴權星　限若逢之無不利

Luo and Bo are also stars of noble authority: whenever a limit meets them, nothing is unfavorable.

【羅防是天中貴曜別無凶星刑尅當領重權】

[Luo and Bo are noble stars with no malevolent star to harm them; one who meets them holds great authority.]

當生孛至為災異　家宅不寧禍有餘

If Bo arrives at birth, it brings strange disasters; the household is restless and calamity overflows.

【限遇月孛主老幼不寧陰私氣悶兼有哭聲夜生較輕惟到金牛胃宿九度巨蟹二十一度則反有遷榮】剝官退職因何事　限裡元來見計都若在亥宮並戌位　反為遷轉涉亨衢縱有吉星同限內　些小災患不能無三空若遇災頓並　六年之內増重病惟到獅子十五年　出限之時須喪命中限災福有遲速　對時三四合五六惟是正八最無疑　一二年中之禍福好星限內惡星來　身命行年小可災限星最忌逢惡曜　定行催促入泉台

[When the limit meets the Moon's Bo, the elderly and the young are restless, private matters stifle, and there are sounds of weeping. Night births suffer less. Only at Taurus, the ninth degree of Stomach mansion, or Cancer, the twenty-first degree, does it bring promotion instead.] Why are officials stripped and dismissed? Within the limit Jidu is seen; if it is in the Hai or Xu palaces, it brings transfer and advancement onto a great road. Even with auspicious stars in the same limit, minor disasters cannot be avoided. Among the three empties, if disaster meets together, illness grows heavier for six years. Only at Leo, fifteen years; when the limit ends, death may come. Disasters and fortune in the middle years come quickly or slowly; opposition at three or four, trine at five or six, and only the eighth is certain. In one or two years, fortune and disaster are set by the stars in the limit. For the body and life the age-year star matters little; the limit star most fears meeting a malefic star, which hastens one toward the Yellow Springs.

【凡人逢忌星行年又有凶星照臨防定不生】

[If a person meets a taboo star in the age-year and a malefic star also shines on it, guard against death; they will not survive.]

限星若在旺廟處　必見貴人有遭遇廟星増算四五年　樂旺一二年為據忌星若在廟旺宮　不為災害福相逢星入宮淺官早來　星入宮深晚為職大凡五緯忌留逆　善惡逢之皆減力計都要在戌亥宮　命限之中不可逢星限之內一百六　説盡人間災與福好星増算惡星乖　限內分明一一排陰陽大抵須消息　必候聰明可防裁

If the limit star is in a prosperous or temple position, one meets noble people. A temple star adds four or five years; a joyful or prosperous one adds one or two years. If a taboo star is in a temple or prosperous palace, it does no harm and fortune meets it. If a star enters the palace shallowly, office comes early; if deeply, late. Generally, when the five planets are taboo, reversed or retrograde, their good and bad force both weaken. Jidu must be in the Xu or Hai palaces. Within the life and limit, one must not meet a star in a limit that is hostile. The hundred and six limits explain all human disaster and fortune. Auspicious stars add years; malefic stars counter them. Within the limit, arrange each one clearly; yin and yang need careful reading. Wait for a clever mind to decide.

洞微歌二

Dongwei Song Two.

前限惟推富貴人　不知更有苦並貧若要得知從何起　但看生時與限辰太陽為父在高強　火孛同之必早亡太陽兩處怕豬蛇　凶宿臨之少哭爺太陰為母同惡宿　不死之時禍又速火月相對如非主　方信無男亦無女金與孛計入陰陽　不見妻身媱亂戕多姊多妹多兄弟　只看命前第三位命前三位有惡星　兄弟多傷亦無義限數如來到火上　晝誕夜生不為主及與二星相對時　不配不溺遭蟲虎生來何得早貧窮　二星同到兄弟宮如有善星對合照　縱教有始也無終

The earlier limit reveals only the rich and noble, and does not show that suffering and poverty also exist. To know where to begin, look at the birth time and the limit's hour. The Sun is the father: in a high and strong position, with Fire and Bo together, he dies early. The Sun in two places fears the Pig and the Snake; malefic stars there make the father cry little. The Moon is the mother: with malefic stars together, if she has not died, disaster comes fast. Fire and Moon facing each other, if one is not the lord, may mean no son and no daughter. Metal and Bo enter yin and yang: without seeing a wife, there is lust and ruin, many sisters and brothers. Look at the third palace before the life: if malevolent stars are there, the brothers are mostly harmed and there is no loyalty. If the limit count reaches Fire, day and night births are not the lord; facing the two stars brings no match, drowning, or being bitten by insects and tigers. Born so, how could one be poor early? If the two stars reach the Siblings Palace together and an auspicious star faces and joins them, there may be a beginning, but no end.

【孛計到兄弟宮及火日在四宮雖有金木紫相沖合身命始貴終貧作盜賊也】

[If Bo and Jidu reach the Siblings Palace, and Fire by day is in the four palaces, then although Metal, Wood and Purple Qi may oppose or join the body and life, one starts noble and ends poor, and may become a thief.]

尅妻喪婦從何得　二宿同來見太白太白反與火宮同　陰陽身命須消息

Where does the loss of a wife or the death of a spouse come from? Two stars come together and see Venus; Venus instead shares the Fire palace. Study the yin and yang of the body and life.

【凡妻星與水火同在陽宮主生離及性惡在陰宮主自縊暗死與孛計對照主無亦主縊離】日月同宮夾火星　月宮人馬土星臨平生雖道無災福　久後須交眼不明出家移父在他鄉　不必星辰在廟堂但看生時與九宮　四星何處奠其方此歌雖是長如牘　子細推之有災福學者要得逢其真　看取行年限遲速

[When the wife star shares a yang palace with Water and Fire, it means separation in life and a bad nature. In a yin palace, it means hanging or a secret death. Facing Bo and Jidu, there is no spouse, or hanging, or separation.] The Sun and Moon share a palace with Fire between them; the Moon in Sagittarius with Saturn arriving. Though ordinary life seems free of disaster and fortune, later the eyes fail, one leaves home, and the father settles in another land. The stars need not stand in the temple halls; just look at the birth time and the nine palaces, and see where the four stars settle. This song runs as long as a bamboo tablet. Study it carefully to see disaster and fortune. Learners who want the truth should look at the age-year and the speed of the limits.

百六吉凶歌

Song of Fortune and Misfortune in the Hundred and Six.

人生貴賤稟星推　限數交宮各有時

A person's nobility or lowliness is derived from star reckoning; the limit count and the palace changes each have their times.

【凡人貴賤皆稟日月五星之氣如以星限推之可見休咎限數者若夘宮十五辰宮十之數是也】若遇羅防金木曜　太陽紫炁月宮隨限逢此曜遷官職　火土星宮到便危

[All people's nobility and lowliness come from the qi of the Sun, Moon and five planets. By reckoning the stars and limits, one can see fortune and disaster. The limit count is, for example, fifteen in the Mao palace and ten in the Chen palace.] If one meets Luo, Jidu, Metal, Wood, the Sun and Purple Qi, or the Moon palace, when the limit reaches these stars, office changes. If the Fire or Earth star arrives at the palace, there is danger.

【若人當生以上吉曜在高強得力度分限數遇之必合遷官喜慶如其星生時不得力雖逢之為福亦微薄此歌中略不言水星災福者蓋水無定性附善則善附惡則惡也】

[If the auspicious stars above are in strong positions with force at birth, meeting them in the limit surely brings promotion and joy. If the star is not strong at birth, meeting it brings only slight fortune. This song omits the disaster and fortune of Water, because Water has no fixed nature: attached to good, it is good; attached to evil, it is evil.]

夜逢土星晝火曜　三方不是死無疑此星若是三方主　好廟宮中別有奇

At night meeting Earth, by day Fire: if it is not the three-sides lord, death is certain. If this star is the three-sides lord, in a good temple palace it has another marvel.

【夜生人土不是主晝生人火不是主限數逢之立見災危若是方主雖有厄而不亡又如甲人逢火戊人逢土惟此二命雖是忌曜亦於其限內遷官轉職將出此宮然後身亡故也】

[For night births, Earth is not the lord; for day births, Fire is not the lord. Meeting them in the limit count brings immediate danger. If it is the three-sides lord, there is hardship but no death. Likewise, a Jia person meeting Fire, or a Wu person meeting Earth: these two lives, though the stars are taboo, still change office within the limit and leave the palace before the body dies.]

家宅不寧因孛至　更兼迍悶恰如痴

Bo's arrival unsettles the household and adds hardship and stupor.

【月孛多主家宅不寧心神不快陰私迍悶晝生尤甚惟六乙生人較輕也】

[Moon Bo mostly brings a restless household, a troubled mind, private hardship and stagnation; it is worse for day births. Only those born in the Yi years are lighter.]

計都失職終須記　若逢奎婁立轉移

Note that Jidu loses its office; if it meets Kui and Lou, the position shifts.

【計都臨限居官者失職常人散財疾病如更值日月其災轉深移到白羊宮奎婁二宿則反有遷榮稱意之喜】

[Jidu in the limit: officials lose office and ordinary people scatter wealth and fall ill. If it meets the Sun and Moon, the disaster deepens. If it moves to the Aries palace with the Kui and Lou mansions, it instead brings promotion and pleasant joy.]

首曜陽宮為福緊　尾星陰位定災稀

The head star in a yang palace gives tight fortune; the tail star in a yin palace makes disaster rare.

【羅防好晝在陽宮則福力更加計都好夜在陰宮為災較可】

[Luo is good by day in a yang palace and adds to fortune; Jidu at night in a yin palace makes disaster lighter.]

宮中對視三方淨　空限凡營事不期官祿上逢空限死　四旬六七命須悲

In the palace, the three sides are clean when facing each other. In an empty limit, plans fail as one does not expect. An empty limit meeting the Career Palace brings death at forty-six or forty-seven; the life must grieve.

【凡遇本限及對照三合併不見一曜名曰空限主多迍邅圖事不成若得限主當生在有力之位則反此惟官祿宮上逢空限最凶必於四十六七身亡】

[When the limit, its opposition and its trines show no star at all, it is called an empty limit, and there is much hardship and plans fail. If the limit lord at birth is in a strong position, the reverse holds. Only an empty limit in the Career Palace is the worst; death comes at forty-six or forty-seven.]

善星限內逢災忌　稱意中亡是此基只有災星宜詳審　剝官孛計限仍知更逢忌曜因何死　失職中亡請細推

An auspicious star in the limit meets disaster and taboo: one dies while content. This is the basis. If only malefic stars are there, examine carefully. The loss of office from Bo and Jidu in the limit is known. If one also meets a taboo star, how does one die? Dying after losing office: reason it out carefully.

【若人行金木炁限晝火夜土與計孛同宮即有祿者遷官而死無祿者進財而亡如星限中只有災星不是忌曜即鬚子細消息定之蓋災星慢於忌曜故也孛計限仍知失官散財憂撓疾病如更於忌曜同行此人必有災而後身亡】

[If one's limit runs through Metal, Wood and Purple Qi, and Fire by day or Earth by night shares a palace with Jidu and Bo, then one with office changes office and dies, and one without office gains wealth and dies. If the limit holds only malefic stars and no taboo star, study carefully, because malefic stars act more slowly than taboo stars. Bo and Jidu in the limit bring loss of office, scattered wealth, anxiety and illness. If taboo stars travel with them, this person surely suffers disaster and then dies.]

晝土夜火如是主　限逢稱意主官資火陰土陽宮為妙　好廟宮中別有奇主領重權王委任　延年四二細推之

Earth by day and Fire by night are the lords; if one meets them in the limit, it brings a pleasing office and rank. Fire in a yin palace and Earth in a yang palace is best; in a good temple palace there is another marvel. One holds heavy authority and is entrusted by the king. Extend the years by four or two; study carefully.

【晝土夜火如是主仍土在陽宮火陰宮則有加官進財之喜諸星入好樂廟限者合綂清要之權為王腹心兼廟限者於本限別更延得四年在好樂限者延得二年】

[If Earth by day and Fire by night are the lords, with Earth in a yang palace and Fire in a yin palace, there is joy of promotion and wealth. Stars entering a joyful or temple limit hold clean and essential authority and become the king's confidant. Those in a temple limit extend four more years within the limit itself; those in a joyful limit extend two years.]

五星伏段臨宮位　災福三分與四齊

When the five planets lie hidden in their degrees and enter the palace, disaster and fortune are equal, three parts to four.

【五緯居伏段與日月相近則災福之應有三四分蓋為太陽掩映光芒不見故也】

[When the five planets lie in hidden degrees near the Sun and Moon, the response of disaster and fortune is three or four parts, because the Sun's glow hides their light.]

吉曜七強為福緊　災星五弱有災疲

Auspicious stars in the seven strong positions give tight fortune; malefic stars in the five weak positions bring weary disaster.

【吉星在七強則福倍加災星在五弱宮則災較重也】

[An auspicious star in a strong position doubles the fortune; a malefic star in a weak palace makes disaster heavier.]

臨宮一二對三四　三合年中五六推

On entering the palace, years one and two; opposition at three and four; trine within the year at five and six, reckon these.

【凡限在本宮者發在第一二年中對照限者發在第三四年中災福之應十分三合見限者災福之應四分而發在五六年中也】

[A limit in its own palace manifests in the first or second year; a limit in opposition manifests in the third or fourth year, with ten parts of response. A limit seen by a trine has four parts of response and comes in the fifth or sixth year.]

限數臨宮未一嵗　身命行來災忌隨前宮更有忌星迫　未交前限命須悲

When the limit count enters the palace in the year before the count settles, the body and life bring disaster, and the taboo follows the earlier palace. If a taboo star presses further, and the earlier limit has not passed, life must grieve.

【大凡行限到將來之時身命行來宮上見災忌之星前一宮又遇忌星來迫則更不候入前宮而便亡假令夜生白羊是命生時土在人馬自三十七至五十一限在磨蠍於五十嵗又遇土星臨照身命則便不候交人馬限而亡也】

[Generally, when the limit reaches its coming time, if the body and life meet a palace with disaster and taboo stars, and the previous palace also meets a taboo star pressing in, one dies without waiting to enter that palace. Example: a night birth with Aries as the life palace, and Earth at birth in Sagittarius. From thirty-seven to fifty-one the limit is in Capricorn; at fifty, if Earth also shines on the body and life, one dies without waiting for the Sagittarius limit.]

身命行年逢吉曜　不候交宮福佑之

If the body, life and age-year meet auspicious stars, blessings come without waiting for the palace to change.

【如人將入福星限未交限前一年遇金木紫炁羅防照身命行年宮則不候交到前限便有遷官喜慶之事】

[If one is about to enter a fortune-star limit, and in the year before the limit Metal, Wood, Purple Qi or Luo shines on the body, life or age-year palace, one need not wait for the change to the earlier limit; there will be promotion and joyful events.]

災星忌曜命宮位　樂宮二位莫生疑一二嵗中為福慶　已後災侵禍不遲

Malefic and taboo stars in the Life Palace: the two joyful palaces should cause no doubt. In the first or second year there is blessing; afterwards disaster and calamity come soon.

【若晝生人火在天蠍夜生人土在磨蠍寳瓶數遇之初入限一二年主有喜事已後必有災危】又看疾厄遷移宮　更詳諸曜命宮推孛計相逢無吉曜　限數將交定死期

[For day births, Fire in Scorpio; for night births, Earth in Capricorn or Aquarius. Meeting them, in the first or second year of the limit there are joyful events; afterwards disaster and danger certainly come.] Also look at the Illness Palace and the Travel Palace, and study further the stars of the Life Palace. If Jidu and Bo meet with no auspicious star, when the limit count comes to an end, the time of death is fixed.

【妻妾疾厄遷移名曰三緊位當生切忌惡曜照臨若見計孛則壽夭而不善終行限至此又無吉星照臨則出宮時死矣】

[The Spouse, Illness and Travel palaces are called the three tight positions. At birth, malefic stars shining on them are strictly taboo. If Jidu and Bo are seen, life is short and the end is not good. When the limit reaches here and no auspicious star shines, one dies on leaving the palace.]

限中紫炁星相見　職位清高主翰詞

In the limit, when Purple Qi is seen, the office is lofty and clear, in charge of letters and writing.

【十一曜中惟推天乙紫炁遇之倍勝別星若當生更與日月同對此限數遇之未仕者主釋褐授官已得仕者職加清峻名位顯揚或居台閣】

[Among the eleven luminaries, only the Heavenly Noble and Purple Qi are reckoned; meeting them is far superior to other stars. If they face the Sun and Moon at birth, then when the limit count meets them, one who has not served receives a first appointment; one already in office has a higher rank, rises in fame, or sits in the high offices.]

一限兩宮俱好樂　益壽四年福要知

One limit with two joyful palaces adds four years of life; know this fortune.

【假令獅子為命宮行金牛宮限遇見金月二星是官祿宮中好樂又火土同在磨蠍火臨旺度土臨廟堂是兩宮好樂限數遇之不問晝夜在限本數只加一星之數經云晝火不増數夜土不加年故也】限逢惡曜兩相見　為災至甚定難移

[For example, Leo as the life palace, running the Taurus limit: meeting Metal and the Moon, both good stars in the Career Palace, and Fire and Earth together in Capricorn, with Fire in a prosperous degree and Earth in a temple hall, these are two joyful palaces. Within the limit count, regardless of day or night, only one star's count is added. The scripture says that Fire by day adds no years, and Earth by night adds no years.] When a limit meets two malefic stars together, the disaster is severe and cannot be changed.

【一限之中見兩災星臨照則災重雖遇善曜亦不能救】

[If two malefic stars shine on one limit, disaster is heavy; even if good stars are met, they cannot save.]

初入忌星宮限裡　身命行年惡曜隨留逆之月為亡月　宮居五弱不須疑

On first entering the limit, where a taboo star sits in the palace and malefic stars follow the body, life and age-year: in the month when it is stationary or retrograde, one dies. If the palace is among the five weak positions, there is no doubt.

【如人正入晝火夜土限身命行年宮入值凶星守照兼其宮在五弱位雖是初入限忌星留逆之月身便亡更不候依常數而災發也】

[If one just enters a limit where day Fire or night Earth stations, and the body, life or age-year palace is guarded by a malefic star, and that palace is among the five weak positions, then even at first entry, in the month when the taboo star is stationary or retrograde, the body dies at once. Disaster does not wait for the ordinary count.]

限惡行年身命惡　好曜過時也便危

A limit is evil, with an evil age-year star and body and life; when the auspicious star passes, danger comes.

【凡人限在火孛計宮上時下若遇福曜臨身命行年吉曜方過主見災也】

[When a person's limit lies in the palace of Fire, Bo or Jidu, and below it they meet a fortune star shining on the body, life or age-year, then once the auspicious star passes, disaster appears.]

星辰本宮勝餘位　七強宮內福加之五弱添災福祿減　學者須詳善惡推

A star in its own palace is better than in other positions; within the seven strong palaces fortune increases; within the five weak palaces disaster is added and fortune decreases. Scholars must examine good and evil carefully.

【七曜若在當年本宮度分更若高強限數遇之勝於他宮若遇五弱則災重而福輕矣】

[If the seven luminaries are in their own palace and degrees, and in strong positions, meeting the limit count is better than in other palaces. If met in the five weak positions, disaster is heavy and fortune light.]

死生災福無一失　方信從來學洞微

Death, life, disaster and fortune: none is lost. Only then does one believe that learning Dongwei from the beginning is right.

論百六數有増減

On the count of the hundred and six: increases and decreases.

諸星滿用記前篇賾探幽□是防元百六限中得本數更求増減又□□

The stars in full use are recorded in the earlier chapter; the mysteries explored □ are the guard of origin. Within the hundred and six limit, obtain the basic count, then seek the increases and decreases; further □□.

星躔廟樂益四年廟好之宮加二算星躔廟旺増一年星在怒宮減一半

A star in its temple or joyful palace adds four years; a star in a temple or good palace adds two; a star in a prosperous temple adds one year; a star in a reversed palace is reduced by half.

星辰遲伏且平行限到其宮不減増減於本限除一半増於前限外加添

A star slow, hidden or in ordinary motion: when the limit reaches its palace, there is no reduction or increase. Reduction is taken from this limit by removing half; increase is added outside the earlier limit.

獨論五星増減數六曜吉星只平度怒逆星辰同一宮內減外増無差悞

Separately, on the increase and decrease counts of the five planets: the six luminaries' auspicious stars only keep their level degree; for retrograde stars in the same palace, reduce inside and increase outside, without error.

凶星滿用平平過忌星廟樂不増加的取天機經百六興衰生死的無差

Malefic stars in full use pass evenly; taboo stars in temple or joyful positions are not increased. Take the Heavenly Machine Classic: the hundred and six rise, fall, live and die without error.

論限有出入半限定吉凶

On the limit: entering and leaving; a half-limit settles good and bad.

何知根本理休為出入宮中有細微増減後來交本限惟將星曜細尋推滿用諸星主限宮須知滿用福盈豐設使縱橫星曜怒保全天命不殂終凶星在限本傾危滿用縱橫則庶防只怕前宮忌星迫未交滿限命須悲凶星初入本為災若是中分福不來或有災星期限滿於茲果防最難猜有星滿用限須滿災星來侵限之半喜星救援入限宮依此推詳為妙防火星入限便為災土計興災限滿來計火土羅喜救援例推主事識凶衰日月羅計怕相逢限遇交時命即終羅計若然逢日月如喜滿用即無凶忌星防限則當亡滿用之時福反昌羅計孛星如守限無星催促且無妨日火防水不為憂月土得火反為休不逢滿用逢水火定行體骨揜荒丘紫炁福時前限福欃槍後來方災促若是滿用福祥多仍識縱橫須委曲限宮凶吉星共同増減滿用不滿用星辰主事分先後用事先權福為重星辰滿用吉凶同亦尋星入理先蹤吉星先入先為福惡曜後來後亦凶救限最吉祿主星更兼食邑與科名文曜三方並壽宿限宮當

How to know the root and the principle? Entering and leaving the palaces brings subtle increases and decreases; after the main limit, examine the stars' positions closely. When the stars are in full use, the limit palace rules: full use brings abundant fortune. Even if the crossing stars are angry, they preserve the whole destiny and do not die. If a malefic star sits in the original limit, it tilts toward danger. With full use and crossing, guard against it. Fear only that a taboo star from the earlier palace presses in before the limit is full; life must grieve. A malefic star entering at first brings disaster; if it divides at the middle, fortune does not come, or a disaster star arrives at the limit's end. When a star in full use holds the limit, a malefic star invading the half-limit is met by the rescue of a good star entering the limit palace. Examine this carefully. Fire entering the limit brings disaster; Earth and Jidu stirring the limit bring disaster, and Fire and Earth in full use must be read by the rule of the lord. The Sun and Moon meeting Luo and Jidu bring joy in full use; if they fear the taboo stars, they die. A taboo star guarding the limit brings death; a Fire star in full use brings fortune. Luo, Jidu and Bo guarding the limit urge disaster but do no harm. Water and Fire are not worrying; Moon and Earth meeting Fire become good when reversed. Without full use, Water and Fire fixed: the body is buried in the wilderness. Purple Qi brings fortune at the earlier limit; later the limit urges disaster. If it is in full use, fortune is abundant. Read the crossing stars carefully.

主亦延生大凡滿用皆榮羙能伐凶星尤可貴被伐名為受制星相喜往來皆慶瑞滿用相喜來百六入仕遷官榮爵祿例推出入與中分育子取妻發金谷紀綱百六辨凶衰測驗天機緊洞微更有細微陽九限逐年災禍細尋推

The lord also extends life. Generally, full use brings glory and beauty; the ability to subdue malefic stars is especially precious. A star that is subdued is called restrained. When stars join in mutual favor, all bring auspicious signs. In full use, when stars favor each other, the hundred and six limits bring office, promotion, glory and salary. Infer by example, entering and leaving, in the middle of the limit: raising children, taking a wife, gaining gold and grain, the principles of the hundred and six, testing fortune and misfortune by the heavenly mechanism. Dongwei has finer points: the Yang-Nine limit; follow disaster year by year.

論限星切驗都例

On the verification of limit stars: a general rule.

單星守限不滿用仍算行年星入用若臨善曜福無涯惡曜交加歸大夢更知生死憑何據百年六月分三處二分為生一分亡生限可逃亡則住生限凶星尚可逃三之二分總星交六十七後為亡限凶曜當之命即拋百六交宮取定期直須生月日兼時交宮過後方為準逐限推求深防之交過前宮入限中除卻前限萬端凶如囚囹圄遭原赦魚出疎罟鳥出籠吉星臨限多發福入仕遷官榮爵祿誰知此嵗濟歡榮更加日月蒙星福又知百六合凶星救援全無大可驚須知其年當棄世知何日月往泉扄百六限中當何月陽九宮中尋甚日例使縱橫理吉凶仍識月分前後節陽星須識屬前節日木水土紫羅別陰星須知後節期月金火星並計孛又知星曜孰重輕陰陽兩辰皆防合須明禍福發何星主事後先期晦朔若識死時夜與晝限內星辰宜審究陽星興禍夜間亡陰宿推殘亡必晝

A single star guarding the limit and not in full use still counts the age-year star. If it enters in full use and meets an auspicious star, fortune has no end; if malefic stars cross and add to one another, the great dream returns, and how does one know life and death? By what basis? In a hundred years, six months divide into three parts: two parts for life and one part for death. If the limit is a life limit, one can escape death; if it is a death limit, a malefic star's fate is still escapable. Two-thirds of the total stars crossing after the sixty-seventh year is the death limit; the malefic star bears it, and life is abandoned. The hundred and six limit crossing the palace fixes the appointed time. Exactly by the month, day and hour of crossing, after the crossing passes, that is the standard. Infer limit by limit and guard deeply. After the crossing enters the earlier palace, all but the earlier limit are full of disaster, like a prisoner in jail; pardoned by the original release, like a fish out of the net or a bird out of the cage. Auspicious stars entering the limit bring blessing: entering office, promotion, glory and salary. Who knows that this year brings joy and glory? Add the Sun and Moon covered by stars for fortune. Also know that the hundred and six crossing with malefic stars and no rescue brings no great fear. Know which year one must leave the world, and which month and day one goes to the Yellow Springs. In the hundred and six limit, which month? Search the Yang-Nine palace for which day. Use the crossing of stars to decide good and bad, and recognize the month before or after the solar term. Yang stars belong to the earlier term: Sun, Wood, Water, Earth, Purple Qi and Luo are distinguished. Yin stars belong to the later term: Moon, Metal, Fire, Jidu and Bo. Know which star weighs more. Both yin and yang guard against conjunctions. Clarify from which star disaster and fortune come, and the timing of new and full moon. If you know the time of death, by night or by day in the limit, examine the stars: yang stars bring disaster at night, and death comes at night; yin stars bring death in the daytime.

陽九限逐年吉凶

Yang-Nine limit: good and bad year by year.

人生災宿稟符陰　陽九相逢即此尋求法命宮坐一嵗　二年財帛逐年臨只待平期二十五　移入限中逐例使逐年吉凶識星辰　直至限中方始阻百六限中守吉星　符陰吉曜福祥興官榮超擢移宸陛　仕庶凡謀必稱情

Human disaster and the stars are endowed by Fu-Yin; when Yang-Nine meets them, seek this method. The Life Palace sits for one year; two years for Wealth; year by year they arrive. Wait for the level period of twenty-five. Moving into the limit, apply the examples year by year; recognize the stars and their good and bad until the limit. Until the limit, the hundred and six limits are guarded by auspicious stars. The Fu-Yin auspicious stars bring blessing and rising fortune, promotion up to the imperial steps. For officials and commoners, every plan must meet one's wish.

論洞微行年小限

On the Dongwei minor limit by age-year.

要識星行禍福時須在流年位上推起於東出常為例一宮一嵗逆移之交來每遇生日後不問陰陽總若斯【流年小限立例始於命宮順天輪而轉次至財帛若在地盤則為逆矣】

To know the movement of the stars for disaster and fortune, one must reckon from the annual position, starting from the east. It is always the rule: one palace per year, moving in reverse. Each time a birth day is reached, regardless of yin or yang, it is like this. [The annual minor limit is established from the Life Palace, turning in heavenly order, then to the Wealth palace; if it is on the earthly plate, it is reversed.]

木照金臨皆有喜益財遷職多如意復到二星原守宮凡有所圖無不遂貴人更得一相逢舊祿既加新祿至納婦生兒吉慶門此時自是凶星避行年東出若同此榮進有期亦緣水更看所至主宮星如在高強自然利假如限到午與未日月更為其主星日在長時福即深月遇初生吉無比日短月虧仍有災用茲可以推餘位行年如到火土處口舌資財悉堪慮若使其星復照之困厄須知少生路次第常推第八宮生時何曜在其中如值蝕神並土火遭刑遇溺卒然終或是火月來西沒及因上下禍多同

Wood shining and Metal arriving brings joy; wealth increases, office is promoted, and most things go as wished. The two stars keep their original palace: whatever one plans, nothing fails. A noble benefactor appears; old salary adds new salary; taking a wife and bearing a son brings a fortunate household. At this time malefic stars withdraw. The age-year moving east: if it is the same, glory and advancement come at a set time, and it is tied to Water. Look further at the palace where the master star sits: if it is high and strong, it naturally benefits. If the limit reaches Wu and Wei, the Sun and Moon are its master stars. When the Sun is in long daylight, fortune runs deep; when the Moon meets a first birth, it is unmatched in good. When days are short and the Moon wanes, disaster remains. Use this to infer the other positions. If the age-year reaches Fire and Earth, mouth disputes and worries over wealth must be feared. If a star shines on it again, there is hardship and difficulty, and little way out. Reckon in order, always. At the eighth palace: which star sits in the birth palace? If it meets the eclipse god together with Earth and Fire, there is punishment and drowning, and a sudden end. If Fire and the Moon come to the Western setting, or dwell above and below, the calamities are alike.

【自一嵗從命宮起逆行一年移一宮遇生日即交也不論男女皆同行所行之宮但只看其宮內有何星照臨而消息禍福大凡遇到火土計孛原守宮即為災到木金紫炁原守宮必有遷官進財喜事若到宮內並無星辰臨照即看其時有何行年星來到宮內木星入行年順行即通泰退逆喪服及口舌金星木星同入則君子加官常人財喜或在遷移則有遷轉出入之喜水月同入得女人財君子遷榮火入煩撓口舌土入三合有惡曜主刑禁火月同入主傷墜驚恐土月同入主冷病或痢疾火入行年在日宮則君子遷官常人男女得財稱心土與羅計入多重病連綿紫炁入在公遷進在私財物稱意更是原守則重重喜慶或進人口計都入在辰戌宮孝服官事孛入行年多姦非及迍悶若更原守並無星臨視即看宮主善惡而防吉凶】

[From the first year, the Life Palace moves in reverse one palace a year; on meeting the birth day, the crossing occurs. Regardless of sex, all the same. Look only at which star shines in the palace. In general: Fire, Earth, Jidu and Bo meeting the palace where they originally stood brings disaster. Wood, Metal and Purple Qi originally in the palace bring official promotion and joy in wealth. If no star shines in the palace, look at which age-year star arrives there: a Wood star entering the age-year in direct motion means smooth going; in reverse, mourning and mouth disputes. Metal and Wood together: a gentleman gains office, and ordinary people gain wealth and joy. Or in the Travel palace: change, transfer, and going out. Water and Moon together: a woman gains wealth; a gentleman advances; Fire entering brings trouble and mouth disputes. Earth entering the three sides brings forbidden stars and punishment. Fire and Moon together: injury and fright. Earth and Moon together: cold illness or dysentery. Fire entering the age-year in the Sun's palace: a gentleman is promoted, and ordinary people gain wealth and joy. Earth and Luo entering: many long illnesses. Purple Qi entering the public palace: promotion in public, wealth in private, possessions to one's wish; if it was originally there, joy repeats. Jidu entering the Chen or Xu palace: mourning clothes and official affairs. Bo entering the age-year: many illicit affairs and hardship. If it was originally there and no star shines, look at the good and bad of the palace master, and guard against fortune and misfortune.]

洞微飛限歌

Dongwei Flying Limit Song.

洞微何要妙　　　要妙在飛宮

What is the key subtlety of Dongwei? The subtlety lies in the flying palace.

一二本限裡　　　三四對照沖

Years one and two are within the original limit; years three and four are in opposition.

三合五六載　　　其年見吉凶

A trine in years five and six; that year shows good and bad.

陽宮逆取順行去　陰宮順取逆行同三合各一嵗　　　本宮兩嵗從

In yang palaces, take the reverse and move forward; in yin palaces, take the forward and move in reverse. Each trine is one year; the original palace covers two years.

若能用此法　　　端的是飛宮

If one can use this method, it is truly the flying palace.

世之術者雖陽前陰後之飛宮所住年分不同不得其法故禍福難憑今得飛宮之法最為有理用之多驗學者卻宜用此

Practitioners of the world, though the flying palaces of yang-first and yin-later dwell in different years, without the method disaster and fortune are hard to rely on. The flying palace method now is most reasonable, and when used it proves often. Learners should use this.

洞微飛限詳説

Dongwei flying limits explained in detail.

一二命宮　　三四妻妾　　　五男女

Years one and two: Life Palace. Years three and four: Spouse. Year five: Children.

六遊行　　　七八命宮　　　九十妻妾

Year six: Travel. Years seven and eight: Life Palace. Years nine and ten: Spouse.

十一男女　　十二遊行　　　十三四命宮

Year eleven: Children. Year twelve: Travel. Years thirteen and fourteen: Life Palace.

十五妻妾共十五年　　　　十六七相貌

Years fifteen, Spouse, fifteen years in all. Years sixteen and seventeen: Appearance.

十八九奴僕　二十田宅　　　二十一疾厄

Years eighteen and nineteen: Servants. Year twenty: Property. Year twenty-one: Illness.

二十二三相貌　二十四五奴僕共十年

Years twenty-two and twenty-three: Appearance. Years twenty-four and twenty-five: Servants, ten years in all.

二十六七福徳　二十八九男女　　三十妻妾三十一兄弟　三十二三福徳　　三十四五男女

Years twenty-six and twenty-seven: Virtue. Years twenty-eight and twenty-nine: Children. Year thirty: Spouse. Year thirty-one: Siblings. Years thirty-two and thirty-three: Virtue. Years thirty-four and thirty-five: Children.

三十六妻妾共十一年　　　　三十七八官祿三十九四十田宅　四十一財帛　　四十二奴僕四十三四官祿　四十五六田宅　四十七財帛四十八奴僕　四十九五十官祿　五十一田宅共十五年五十二三遊行　五十四五兄弟　五十六男女五十七命宮　五十八九遊行共八年

Year thirty-six: Spouse, eleven years in all. Years thirty-seven and thirty-eight: Career. Years thirty-nine and forty: Property. Year forty-one: Wealth. Year forty-two: Servants. Years forty-three and forty-four: Career. Years forty-five and forty-six: Property. Year forty-seven: Wealth. Year forty-eight: Servants. Years forty-nine and fifty: Career. Year fifty-one: Property, fifteen years in all. Years fifty-two and fifty-three: Travel. Years fifty-four and fifty-five: Siblings. Year fifty-six: Children. Year fifty-seven: Life Palace. Years fifty-eight and fifty-nine: Travel, eight years in all.

六十六十一疾厄　六十二三財帛　六十四田宅六十五相貌　六十六疾厄共七年

Years sixty and sixty-one: Illness. Years sixty-two and sixty-three: Wealth. Year sixty-four: Property. Year sixty-five: Appearance. Year sixty-six: Illness, seven years in all.

六十七八妻妾　六十九七十命宮　七十一福徳七十二兄弟　七十三四妻妾　七十五六命宮

Years sixty-seven and sixty-eight: Spouse. Years sixty-nine and seventy: Life Palace. Year seventy-one: Virtue. Year seventy-two: Siblings. Years seventy-three and seventy-four: Spouse. Years seventy-five and seventy-six: Life Palace.

七十七福徳共十一年　　　　七十八九奴僕八十八十一相貌　八十二財帛半年共四年半八十三四男女　八十五六福徳共四年

Year seventy-seven: Virtue, eleven years in all. Years seventy-eight and seventy-nine: Servants. Years eighty and eighty-one: Appearance. Year eighty-two: Wealth, half a year, four and a half years in all. Years eighty-three and eighty-four: Children. Years eighty-five and eighty-six: Virtue, four years in all.

八十七八田宅　八十九九十官祿　九十一疾厄半年共四年半九十二三兄弟　九十四五遊行　九十六福徳共五年九十七八財帛　九十九一百疾厄共四年

Years eighty-seven and eighty-eight: Property. Years eighty-nine and ninety: Career. Year ninety-one: Illness, half a year, four and a half years in all. Years ninety-two and ninety-three: Siblings. Years ninety-four and ninety-five: Travel. Year ninety-six: Virtue, five years in all. Years ninety-seven and ninety-eight: Wealth. Years ninety-nine and one hundred: Illness, four years in all.

右飛限以當生元守星辰看遇吉則吉遇凶則凶若流年又遇吉神無有不吉流年又遇凶神無有不凶竹羅三限

The flying limits above: by the stars at birth in their original station, look at them. If one meets an auspicious star, it is auspicious; if one meets a malefic star, it is malefic. If the annual meets auspicious spirits, none is not auspicious; if the annual meets malefic spirits, none is not malefic. Zhuluo Three Limits.

竹羅乃山名在天之西北夜半子時諸星列宿皆聚其上判人間禍福李袁二士曽造彼處授書三巻分為三限經若限主得地則富貴終始如一

Zhuluo is the name of a mountain in the northwest of heaven. At midnight, the Zi hour, all the stars and mansions gather on it and judge human disaster and fortune. Scholars Li and Yuan once went there and received three scrolls, which divided into three limits. If the limit lord gains ground, wealth and honor are steady from start to finish.

寅午戌宮　晝生日水土　夜生水日土亥卯未宮　晝生金火月　夜生火金月申子辰宮　晝生土水木　夜生水土木己酉丑宮　晝生金月火　夜生月金火

Yin, Wu and Xu palaces: day births take Sun, Water and Earth; night births take Water, Sun and Earth. Hai, Mao and Wei palaces: day births take Metal, Fire and Moon; night births take Fire, Metal and Moon. Shen, Zi and Chen palaces: day births take Earth, Water and Wood; night births take Water, Earth and Wood. Si, You and Chou palaces: day births take Metal, Moon and Fire; night births take Moon, Metal and Fire.

右三方主星取日出沒時分晝夜

For the three-sides lord stars above, take the time of sunrise and sunset, day and night.

説竹羅三限

Explaining the Zhuluo Three Limits.

安慶信齋有言愚於諸家星限無不窮究或言洞微限好竹羅限不好竹羅限好洞微不好禍福分兩岐更不敢防細推竹羅限其理優長竹羅限有三不驗較量生時不正一不驗也星辰過宮不正二不驗也交限不得其理三不驗也愚謂信齋之言最為切當然竹羅洞微兩家星限不可偏廢當兼而用之洞微大限只看本宮所守星及限主然求流年災福全在飛限兩限當以竹羅為先飛限次之若兩限俱好妙無以加或飛限好竹羅限不好識者自當權宜輕重其説可也

Anqing Xinzhai said: I, a fool, have studied the star limits of every school and examined them to the end. Some say the Dongwei limits are good and the Zhuluo limits are not; some say the Zhuluo limits are good and the Dongwei limits are not. Disaster and fortune diverge, and I dare not weigh in. Studying the Zhuluo limits in detail, their principle is excellent, but the Zhuluo limits have three failings. First, if the birth time is not accurate, the result fails. Second, if the stars pass through the palaces inaccurately, it fails. Third, if the crossing does not grasp the principle, it fails. I think Xinzhai's words are most fitting. However, the Zhuluo and Dongwei schools of star limits must not be used one-sidedly; use both together. For the Dongwei major limit, look only at the star held in its own palace and the limit lord. To seek annual disaster and fortune, however, everything lies in the flying limits. For the two limits, the Zhuluo should come first and the flying limit second. If both are good, nothing can add to them. If the flying limit is good but the Zhuluo limit is not, the wise should weigh the two according to circumstance. This explanation is acceptable.

起限

Starting the limit.

太極肇分天地位二氣斡旋生萬類中有人為物最靈均受五行之秀氣昔賢立法考陰陽日月推來理味長竹羅三限從茲得不識其原謬較量命中三限最難分時人將作主星輪不論陰陽宮宿度但從命裡起周旋若從命裡分晝夜十二宮中子細詳寅午戌兮日木土夜生木日土為強亥卯未兮金火月夜生火金月最光申子辰兮土水木夜生水土木為良己酉丑兮金月火夜生月金火相當此星名作三方主當從出沒細推詳三方最樂七強位切忌納音四煞藏金星四嵗土星五木三水一火二數

Taiji first divided the place of heaven and earth; the two qi revolve and give birth to the myriad kinds. Among them, man is the most spiritual and evenly receives the refined qi of the Five Phases. Ancient worthies set up methods and examined yin, yang, sun and moon, and the meaning runs long. From this the Zhuluo three limits were obtained; without knowing their origin, one errs in weighing. The three limits in the life are the hardest to separate. People take the lord star as the wheel and ignore yin, yang, palaces, mansions and degrees, but start from the life and circle around. If one divides by day and night among the twelve palaces and examines finely: Yin, Wu and Xu: day births take Wood, Sun and Earth as strong; night births take Water, Sun and Earth. Hai, Mao and Wei: Metal, Fire and Moon; night births take Fire, Metal and Moon, the most radiant. Shen, Zi and Chen: Earth, Water and Wood; night births take Water, Earth and Wood, good. Chou, You and Si: Metal, Moon and Fire, combined. This star is called the three-sides lord, and it should be studied in detail from sunrise and sunset. The three sides are most joyful in the strong positions. Strictly avoid the Nayin and the Four Killers. Metal star hidden: four years. Earth: five. Wood: three. Water: one. Fire: two. These are the counts.

太陽元是火之精太陰便是水之副二法各取水火行便是竹羅三限路開端隔節數三宮逆行零順防年終若見逺時數二節零年交入甚宮中但看當生星曜防善星為福惡星凶零年順轉逐宮移遇交限處便交之中限便從本限起依前又數三宮止零年順轉逢末限末限又如前限起零年順數尋惡宮惡極之宮生即已一如土為初限在己上便從己上起五嵗大數十五在卯二十五丑二十六卻囘寅餘准此更要在七強順旺廟樂不宜五弱留逆經云三方陷弱其人空貴無官一主高強此命永成善慶

The Sun is the essence of Fire; the Moon is the deputy of Water. Take the two methods from the movements of Water and Fire, and this is the path of the Zhuluo three limits. Start at the open joint and count three palaces in reverse, with zero years; forward at the end years. If one sees a distant time, count two joints with zero years. Crossing into which palace? Only look at the birth star. Guard: good stars bring fortune, evil stars bring disaster. With zero years turn forward, moving palace by palace; where the limit crossing meets, one crosses. In the middle limit, one starts from the original limit and, as before, counts three palaces and stops. With zero years turn forward; meeting the final limit, the final limit again starts from the earlier limit, counted forward with zero years. Seek the evil palace; the palace of extreme evil, if born there, ends at once. Like Earth, the first limit at the top of the Ji, one starts from above the Ji. Five years in the big count: fifteen at Mao, twenty-five at Chou, twenty-six back at Yin; the rest follow this. Moreover, it must be in the strong positions, moving forward, in prosperous, temple and joyful positions; not in the five weak palaces, reversed and stationary. The scripture says: when the three sides are fallen and weak, that person is empty and noble without office; when one master is high and strong, this life forever accomplishes good fortune.

假令大紀二年戊子嵗十二月初八日卯時生即丑上安命歌云己酉丑兮金月火又云夜生中即反其初其人小寒節過十二日生可作夜生人起限月金火為例是年六十九嵗火命人限星到寅即長生限也

Suppose a great cycle of two years, the year Wuzi, twelfth month, eighth day, born at the Mao hour; then the Chou palace sets the life. The song says: Chou with Ji and You, Metal, Moon and Fire. It also says: for night births the middle reverses to the beginning. This person, twelve days after Minor Cold, may be counted as a night birth; begin the limit with Moon, Metal and Fire as the example. That year is sixty-nine years old. A Fire-natured person whose limit star reaches Yin is at the Longevity limit.

三限用七政行年例

Examples of the three limits using the seven governors for the age-year.

水星限二十四年　木星限三十年

Water star limit: twenty-four years. Wood star limit: thirty years.

土星限二十六年　金星限二十六年火星限二十八年　日月取水火之數

Earth star limit: twenty-six years. Metal star limit: twenty-six years. Fire star limit: twenty-eight years. The Sun and Moon take the counts of Water and Fire.

己上行限各就其本位行其數若未交星即管數到第二星交是交宮行限須四煞宮方敢決人死生四煞乃本生年納音沐浴死墓絶宮是也

Above, each limit runs its count from its original position. If the star has not crossed, it governs the count until the second star crosses; the crossing of palaces is where the limit moves. Only in the Four Killers palaces may one decide life and death. The Four Killers are the Nayin of the birth year: the palaces of Bathing, Death, Tomb and Extinction.

日限

Sun limit.

日限土臨日不宜夜生交此多傾危日生尋取一周天每遇惡星難更延○日限火入計羅位或主傷殘或法終或若滿用即堅固深災過了卻亨通日若為限要滿用更臨旺樂明健宮貴者驟遷愚者福福中又恐催人促若得後限來救之卻向中年多晚祿日限怕逢納音煞夜生更被羅計侵不惟家破兼無壽金火臨之主犯淫

In the Sun limit, Earth arriving at the Sun is unsuitable; a night birth crossing this often falls into danger. For day births, seek one full cycle; each time an evil star is met, it is hard to extend. In the Sun limit, Fire entering the palace of Jidu or Luo may bring injury or a lawful end; if in full use, it is firm, and deep disaster passes, after which the way is smooth. If the Sun is the limit, it must be in full use and further arrive at prosperous, joyful, bright and healthy palaces: the noble move swiftly, the foolish gain fortune. Among fortune, one fears being urged and hurried. If a later limit comes to rescue, one turns toward late middle age with late salary. The Sun limit fears meeting the Nayin Killers; a night birth further invaded by Luo and Jidu ruins the household and shortens life. Metal and Fire arriving bring lewdness.

月限

Moon limit.

太陰行限土同宮忽然相望也為凶本原易散無根蔕此限才交命即終假使交時須未死行宮逢煞命須窮愚者臨斯應夭折清高之士吉還凶惟有太陰好水星木金紫炁共同行更臨旺樂無刑尅月宮高折桂枝榮不惟福壽如山海輔助明君萬國寧

When the Moon shares a palace with Earth in the limit and they suddenly face each other, that is bad. Originally it scatters easily and has no root; as soon as this limit crosses, life ends. If the body has not died at the crossing, and the moving palace meets a killer, life must end. The foolish, facing this, respond with early death. The lofty and upright, though good, turn bad. Only the Moon is good: when Water, Wood, Metal and Purple Qi move together, further arriving in prosperous and joyful positions without punishment, one breaks the laurel branch in the Moon palace with glory. Not only fortune and longevity, like mountains and seas, but assistance to a bright ruler and peace for all the nations.

木限

Wood limit.

木限當生遇火尅更被孛臨全減福小人此限死無疑貴者交之須失祿更看後限不如前此限應不到周天木限若逢計與羅自然財散祿消磨忽然值限無星救憔悴危亡怎奈何木限官宮金主命榮貴崇高増福慶或被火孛來沖破促壽敗官事不寧更有同宮木火憂晉魯吳宮與鄭州相貌僕馬遭撲殺三九宮中謹逺遊凶星守照難歸舍縱然歸得命難留毒藥惡疾來相及限主元宮此是仇

Wood limit: at birth, meeting Fire overcomes it; with Bo arriving, fortune is wholly reduced. For a lesser person, death in this limit is certain. For a noble person crossing it, one loses salary; further, the later limit is no better than the earlier one and cannot reach a full cycle. Wood limit meeting Jidu and Luo: naturally wealth scatters and salary wastes away. If the limit suddenly arrives with no star to rescue, one is haggard, in danger and dying, and what can one do? In the Wood limit, Metal is the lord of life in the office palace: honor and nobility rise, and fortune and celebration grow. Or if struck and broken by Fire and Bo, life shortens, office fails, and affairs are unpeaceful. Further, if Wood and Fire share a palace, there is worry in the Jin, Lu and Wu palaces and the Zheng region; appearance, servants and horses meet slaughter. Among the three-nine palaces, be cautious of distant travel; if malefic stars guard and shine, it is hard to return home. Even if one returns, life is hard to keep, and poison and evil disease arrive. The lord of the limit in its original palace is the enemy.

火限

Fire limit.

火若為限防於木此限之中即發祿貴者遷榮駭眾人小人遇此多財谷當生首尾不相交體大安寧兼壽足白羊三宮及卯丑其宮明淨十分福火限用金無雜亂金數加福乃榮遷後限若逾三四位火無長焰不能延火若為限主離財夜裡生人尚有災或若日中憂壽促那堪尾曜來相觸自然破敗心多愚易盛易落時消福一個周天子細推縱有深災命也危計都之次有羅防忽然逢之主徒囚或更滿用占強宮後限強臨須福佑

If Fire is the limit, guard against Wood; within this limit, salary and nobility arise. Those of noble birth who rise startle the crowd; common people gain much wealth and grain. At birth, head and tail do not cross, and the body is at great peace, with ample longevity. In the Aries and the three palaces, and in the Mao and Chou palaces, these are bright and clean, with full fortune. In a Fire limit, using Metal without mess, the Metal numbers add fortune; this is glory and promotion. In a later limit, if it passes three or four positions, Fire has no long flame and cannot extend. If Fire is the limit lord, it separates one from wealth. A night birth still meets disaster; by day, there is worry and short life. How can one bear the tail stars touching it? Naturally ruin follows. The mind is often foolish, easily flourishing and easily fallen; fortune is consumed in one whole cycle. Examine carefully: even if the disaster is deep, life is endangered. After Jidu comes Luo. Meeting it suddenly leads to prison; or in full use, it occupies a strong palace; in the later limit, a strong approach brings blessing.

土限

Earth limit.

土若為限不宜逆死敗危亡須嘆息縱有吉星救不得斯人夭折心多惑或為夜限孛星來此限交時的有災更有太陽相對望器小無情禍有媒不惟壽促兼無義雖然內美外無財惟有土星好四處子午卯酉四宮排

If Earth is the limit, it is unsuitable: reversed, it means death, ruin and danger, and one must sigh. Even if auspicious stars rescue, this person dies young, and the mind is often confused. Or, for a night limit, when Bo comes, this limit crossing brings disaster. Further, with the Sun opposite and facing, the vessel is small and uncaring, and disaster finds a matchmaker. Not only is life short; there is no loyalty either. Though inwardly fine, outwardly one has no wealth. Only the Earth star is good, in four places: Zi, Wu, Mao and You, four palaces arranged.

金限

Metal limit.

金星行限火來侵防定斯人至死滛更被孛來同此防定傷筋骨復傷心偏惹是非迷酒色促壽亡家百禍臨首尾同之主滯多須交妻子不相和若在吉宮逢救宿縱有深災怎奈何忽然熒惑防於金私期暗約主奸滛有時刑法及傷殘只怕羅防計孛侵火金為限若相防限星滿用福為最或在死氣沐浴鄉滛欲為傷夀不長更被當生暗曜侵刑法相殘百禍臨交限更交元氣中生時忌曜復來沖死見氣勞並吐血或主傷殘或法終慎者全無知者半智人能悟夀延從

When the Metal star travels the limit and Fire invades, guard that such a person dies in the flesh. If Bo comes as well, guard against it: it injures the sinews and bones and wounds the heart again, provoking disputes, confusing with wine and sex, and shortening life. The family dies, and a hundred calamities arrive, head and tail alike. The lord is blocked, and there is much need to cross wives and children, who are not in harmony. If the limit is in an auspicious palace and meets rescue stars, deep disaster is still there, but what can one do? Suddenly Fire, or Mars, must be guarded against in Metal. Private appointments and secret pacts bring lewdness, and sometimes punishment and injury. Only fear Luo, Jidu and Bo invading the Fire-Metal limit. If the limit star is in full use, fortune is greatest. If it is in a palace of death, bathing, lust and desire, it harms life and shortens it. Further, when dark stars at birth invade, there is punishment and mutual harm, and a hundred disasters arrive at the crossing. The limit crossing in the original qi: if the birth taboo stars shine again, death appears at the crossing, with labor and vomiting of blood, or injury, or a lawful end. The cautious know nothing; the half-wise can realize and extend their life.

水限

Water limit.

水若為限怕逢孛水厄氣勞並風卒四刑星照膿血終三九宮中失骸骨或居第八十二宮死敗加臨疾似風若得滿用居旺樂為官食祿爵彌豐

If Water is the limit, fear meeting Bo: Water disaster, qi exhaustion and wind stroke. When the four punishment stars shine, there is pus and blood. In the end, in the three-nine palaces one loses the bones; or in the eighth or second palace, death and ruin are added, and the illness is like wind. If in full use and prosperous and joyful, one serves as an official with abundant salary and titles.

總限

General limits.

限星明健命有氣安然享福無災否三限當生俱得力終身福厚無憂戚三限只得一限力一限所為多利益三限忽若兩限強只得兩限福榮昌交入當生無力限去者福兮來者殃初限若居無力地年年常是見迍否中限不力憂夭亡自然財散亡家計初中兩限俱低弱作事難成福銷鑠若能知命學脩行末限微福便安樂生時三限俱無力定是終身無子息若非僧道作閒人一世孤貧怎過得

When the limit stars are bright and strong and the life has qi, one enjoys fortune in peace without disaster. If at birth all three limits gain strength, lifelong fortune is deep and without worry. If only one limit has strength, the undertakings of that limit bring much benefit. If the three limits are not equal, and only two limits are strong and bring fortune, the crossing at birth enters without strength: the limit that leaves is fortune, the limit that arrives is calamity. If the initial limit sits in a weak place, year after year brings hardship and stagnation. If the middle limit lacks strength, there is worry, early death, wealth scatters and the family dies. If both the initial and middle limits are weak, undertakings are hard to achieve and fortune melts away. If one knows destiny and cultivates conduct, the final limit's small fortune brings peace and joy. If at birth all three limits lack strength, one will surely have no children. Unless one is a monk, a Taoist or an idle person, one lives alone and poor all one's life. How can one get through it?

【限星怕忌曜又忌在沉沒宮卯為沉酉為沒又忌在無氣死敗宮主多災家破人亡帶疾夭折孤貧餓死三九宮主旅亡在六十二宮主撲傷三八宮患手足疾即延年也九宮好閒遊逢暗曜則偷盜奸滛十宮火星犯徒金星奸滛計都法死孛星決配智者仿此妙在變通不多言矣】

[Limit stars fear taboo stars, and also fear the sinking palaces: Mao is sinking, You is setting. Taboo stars in a palace without qi, or in a palace of death and ruin, mean much disaster: family ruin and death, sickness and early death, lonely poverty and starvation. In the three-nine palaces, the lord is death while traveling; in the sixty-two palace, the lord is falls and injuries; in the three-eight palace, there are illnesses of the hands and feet, which extend life. The nine palaces are good for leisure, but meeting dark stars brings theft and lewdness. In the ten palace, Fire invades: prison. Metal: lewdness. Jidu: death by law. Bo: exile. The wise follow this; its subtlety lies in change, so there is not much more to say.]

三限各居明健方頓然發祿異尋常更得四元星助限谷粟錢財金富藏限強更得吉星照立事成功服萬方後限更高無戰尅封公公上又封王限星得力要垣星有限無垣亦何憑定取限星明健處垣星入限始為精三限四元時命並臨官有氣夀康寧不惟易發登榮貴更逢合格主長生日月若逢吉曜臨明朝執政伏民心後限忌星臨破卻自是官高被謗深人命三元與限同須看有氣占強宮身命三元無煞曜星辰縱陷祿重重

Each of the three limits in a bright and strong direction suddenly raises salary beyond the ordinary. If the four origin stars further help the limit, grain, money and wealth accumulate. A strong limit with auspicious stars shining establishes achievements, and the ten thousand directions submit. The later limit rises higher without battles: enfeoffed as a duke, above the dukes, and further enfeoffed as a king. The limit star gains strength; as for the hall stars, if they are in the limit or not in the palace, how can one rely on them? Take the limit star bright and strong. Only when the hall stars enter the limit do they become essential. The three limits and four origins, life and fate both present, the office has qi, longevity and peace: not only does one rise easily to glory, but one meets a fitting pattern. The lord of longevity is the Sun and Moon; if they meet auspicious stars, one governs in a bright dynasty and wins the people's hearts. Later, if a taboo star enters and breaks the limit, one's office is high but slander is deep. The three origins of life must coincide with the limit. See that the life has qi and occupies a strong palace. If the three origins of life have no killing stars, then even if the stars fall, salary is heavy and abundant.

又

Again.

上貴之人看第十多是太陰並限入木星金水一個臨限主傍宮躡科級若得限星無雜亂須為當代秉鈞衡水土星高主性靈或然作限更為清水交日月足文學自然才譽振英聲文官須得限星強木金水月臨照傍限轉行年相防處科名遷職總相當後限不明宜換武免教失祿及恓惶貶官罷職以何憑看取生時正限星若犯忌星並忌宿行年到此自災生最凶孛火如臨限早年遁去保前程

Among the highly honored, look at the tenth: mostly the Moon and the limit. Wood, Metal and Water enter the limit, and the limit lord beside the palace climbs the ranks. If the limit star is free of mess, one holds the balance of the age. Earth and Water stars that are high give spirit and nature; as a limit they are even clearer. Water crossing the Sun and Moon gives sufficient literature and naturally brings talent and fame. For civil officials, the limit star must be strong: Wood, Metal, Water and the Moon shining on the adjacent limit. Wherever the age-year is protected, examination honors and promotion all correspond. In a later limit that is not clear, one should change to martial service, to avoid losing salary and suffering demotion and dismissal. Relying on what? Look at the proper limit star of the birth time. If it offends taboo stars and taboo mansions, the age-year that arrives produces the most severe disaster. If Bo and Fire enter the limit early, one escapes and protects one's career.

凡人三限惡星臨此限才交禍便侵更被四刑星守限沐浴星宮子細尋更有十二六八宮行年到此見閻公忌限本處有些力更加吉宿庶無凶忌限當生占七強雖見深災未必亡行年復到惡星度魄散魂揚似醉鄉限惡宮中逢火羅不惟促壽更奔波又犯四刑星守照王法須遭暗折磨子午卯酉最為弱壽福家財自消爍若遇行年相對時莫教忌曜微照著任是吉星災轉加本宮旺日死無差此限若為三四用終於原守莫諮嗟限若無力空性靈官祿宮逢暗曜星浮沈之人雖得力事公堦下度平生死氣二宮兼沐浴須知心下不分明不然遊藝或僧道若不浮蕩有虛名水火限來沐浴宮火胎在子事還同忽然作限終身福莫比諸星例説凶限星陷逆本多凶若然不死大貧窮惡限破家刑骨肉不死必然末限通

For ordinary people, when the evil stars of the three limits arrive here, disaster invades as soon as the limit crosses. Further, if the four punishment stars guard the limit and the bathing palaces, examine them in detail. Also, in the twelve, six and eight palaces, when the age-year reaches here, one sees Yan Gong, the king of the underworld. If the taboo limit has some force in its origin, and auspicious stars add to it, there is no harm. A taboo limit born in the seven strong palaces, though it shows deep disaster, does not necessarily mean death. When the age-year reaches a malefic degree, the soul scatters and the spirit flies, like a drunk in a dream. In a malefic palace meeting Fire and Luo, life is not only shortened but also restless. Further, if the four punishment stars guard and shine, legal punishments meet hidden torment. Zi, Wu, Mao and You are the weakest; fortune, longevity and household wealth dissolve by themselves. If the age-year meets this palace face to face, do not let the taboo star shine lightly. Any auspicious star then turns into disaster; one dies on the prosperous day of the original palace, with no difference. If this limit is three or four in use, it ends in the original guard; do not sigh. If the limit lacks strength and is empty, with dark stars meeting in the Career Palace, one is a floating and sinking person. Though one gains strength, one's office stands below the steps. Across the whole life, the death qi and the bathing palaces show that the mind is not clear. Otherwise, one may play the arts or become a monk or a Taoist; if one is not floating, one has only empty fame. If the water and fire limit comes to the bathing palace, with the Fire embryo in Zi, affairs go the same way. If it suddenly becomes a limit, lifelong fortune cannot be compared with the other stars. Malefic limit stars that sink and reverse mostly carry bad roots. If one does not die, one is greatly poor. An evil limit breaks the household and punishes the kin. If one does not die, one will certainly get through the final limit.

【初中限當死而不死亦主家破生災失財若是末限好必超出初中交末主方吉也凡限星在三六八九十二宮為陷對太陽為逆多凶害也】

[In the initial and middle limits, if one should die but does not, the household is broken and disaster and loss of wealth arise. If the final limit is good, one surely rises beyond the initial and middle limits; the crossing to the final limit mainly becomes auspicious. In general, limit stars in the third, sixth, eighth, ninth and twelfth palaces are fallen; facing the Sun, they are reversed and carry much harm.]

限居二八惡星躔須教腳手見攣拳十二八宮限火金太陽同守忌星臨定須帶疾並傷目不然廢疾或傷心火孛同宮並守限只怕刑星四餘侵若不雙盲定主夭衣食生來卻稱心大抵凶星臨限時不惟自折更傷兒忌星行限福星救卻増壽算滅災危夫人三限忌星刑只恐斯人性自靈頑惡痴愚隨限沒智明精妙卻延齡人生若得限星強一生康寧命也長若見多災偏聚散直推三限細推詳學者精窮自然悟星辰之祖此中藏【限星怕忌曜又怕在沈沒宮卯為沈酉為沒又忌在無氣宮及死敗宮若在三九宮主旅亡在六十二宮主撲傷在三八宮主忌失足之疾即延年限星若圓淨明健又在七強宮則主富貴雙全壽數綿延也】貴人改動

A malefic star sitting in the second and eighth palaces brings cramped and bent hands and feet. In the twelve and eighth palaces, the limit with Fire, Metal and the Sun guards it together. A taboo star arriving must bring illness and injury to the eyes; otherwise there is a crippling illness or injury to the heart. If Fire and Bo share a palace and guard the limit, fear only the punishment stars and the four remainders invading. If not doubly blind, the person dies young, though clothing and food come as wished from birth. In general, when malefic stars arrive at the limit, one not only breaks oneself but also harms children. A taboo star in the limit, with fortune stars to rescue, increases life and extinguishes disaster and danger. For the three phases of a person's limit, taboo stars and punishments only fear that the person is spiritually stubborn, evil and foolish, following the limits into submersion. The wise, bright and refined, on the contrary, extend their years. For life: if the limit star is strong, the whole life is peaceful and long. If many disasters are seen, they scatter and gather; reckon them directly. Study the three limits carefully and comprehensively, and one naturally realizes the ancestors of the stars; the secret lies herein. [Limit stars fear taboo stars and also fear sinking palaces: Mao is sinking, You is setting; also taboo in palaces without qi and in palaces of death and ruin. If in the three-nine palace, the lord is death while traveling; in the sixty-two palace, the lord is falls and injury; in the three-eight palace, the lord is a taboo of slipping and falling, which extends life. If the limit star is round, clean, bright and strong, and in a seven strong palace, the lord is wealth and honor together, and longevity extends.] Noble persons change movement.

重臣出入要先知三九宮中子細推行年限入終當動凶吉星臨善惡移明健入垣為本限如臨吉宿發無疑限惡星臨如防此停官失祿禍須知

Ministers entering and leaving must first know this: in the three-nine palaces, examine in detail. When the age-year limit enters, one must move at the end; auspicious and malefic stars shift, and good and evil change. If a bright and strong star enters the hall, it is the base limit; if it meets an auspicious star, the rise is certain. If the limit star meets a malevolent star, guard against it: office halts and salary is lost. The disaster must be known.

貴格行年

Noble pattern, age-year.

上貴之人限星全先要仁元與壽元得入正限及身命貴祿二星又相連或居四正高強位更無忌曜可修仙若不修仙須弼輔兵武星高主立邉或被忌星臨照破也為給諫主文權武星高者有將才文星為限主儒魁日月分明金水防片心忠節應三台

For the highly noble, the limit stars must first have Renyuan and Shouyuan entering the proper limit, with the body and life and the two noble salary stars linked together. Or they should sit in the four upright strong positions with no taboo stars; then one may cultivate immortality. If one does not cultivate immortality, the assisting martial star must be high and establish a position at the frontier. If it is struck by taboo stars and broken, this is a remonstrating official. A martial star high means one has the talent of a general; a civil star as the limit lord means a Confucian scholar. Sun and Moon must be clear; Metal and Water guard against an unclear heart. Loyal integrity responds in the Three Terraces.

【金為兵火為武木為文土為主】

[Metal is military, Fire is martial, Wood is literary, Earth is the lord.]

賤格行年

Base pattern, age-year.

忌星忌曜同行限才交此限多魔難更犯死氣並沐浴六親刑害資財散或時所守沈沒宮自刑自害多凶卒更向三宮與九宮客死他鄉無骸骨六宮十二傷肢節高險須防驚墜失此宮星曜不堤防心愚只是便無良陰陽二曜全無救終身貧窘走他鄉有福聾盲並吃啞手腳攣拳卻免傷少年忿欲行奸盜老為餓莩及孤孀倘若無疾為傷防促壽亡身上法塲

Taboo stars and taboo luminaries traveling together, when the limit crosses, bring this limit much demonic hardship. Further, death qi and bathing offend, and the six relatives suffer punishment and harm. Wealth scatters, or at times, in a sinking palace that one guards, one harms oneself, with many disasters. At last one dies as a guest in a foreign land, leaving no bones, in the three and nine palaces. In the sixth and twelfth palaces, there is injury to the limbs and high dangers; guard against falls. One who fails to guard against these stars has a foolish heart and nothing good. If the yin and yang luminaries give no rescue, one is poor and distressed all life, wandering to other lands. Fortune: deaf, blind, mute, hands and feet cramped, yet one avoids injury. Young and angry, lustful, one commits adultery and theft; old, one starves or is a lonely widow. If there is no illness but injury, guard against early death and punishment for the body.

行年災福

Age-year disaster and fortune.

行年限裡惡星來悲憂如醉沒心懐二惡星臨災兩犯三惡星臨重有災若臨財帛資財失交於人命多災疾第三宮中損鴈行第四父母訟災厄忌星忌曜防行年浮泛凶星小不寧若是當生原守惡不惟破敗更亡身【三限行年到何宮分凶星主災二凶二度三凶三度若當生限明健行年逢凶則災半矣行年入二宮損財三宮損兄弟四宮父母災或爭訟八宮疾病九宮逺行失財官非訟厄五七十一宮防妻子災十二六宮主危險四煞宮主災當生限好逢此惡星謂之浮沈凶星小小災疾忌星者日火夜土忌曜者木忌火孛金見火孛災淺火忌水孛計羅水忌孛土忌孛及逆太陽忌羅計土孛月忌火孛土】

In the age-year limit, malefic stars come; sorrow like drunkenness, the mind sinks. Two malefic stars shining bring disaster; two offending stars bring hardship. Three malefic stars shining bring heavy disaster. If it meets the wealth palace, wealth is lost and handed to others; many disasters and illnesses. In the third palace, harm to siblings; in the fourth, parents: disaster, lawsuit and hardship. Taboo stars and taboo luminaries: guard against the age-year floating; malefic stars small, unpeaceful. If at birth the original guard is evil, not only ruin but death follows. [In the three limits, the palace the age-year reaches determines the disaster: one malefic star, two malefic degrees, three malefic, three degrees. If the birth limit is bright and strong and the age-year meets a malefic star, the disaster is halved. The age-year entering the second palace loses wealth; the third loses siblings; the fourth brings parental disaster or lawsuit; the eighth brings illness; the ninth brings travel loss of wealth, official cases and lawsuits; the fifth, seventh and eleventh guard against spouse and children disaster; the twelfth and sixth are the lords of danger; the palace of the four Killers is the lord of disaster. If the birth limit is good and meets this malefic star, it is called floating and sinking: small malefic stars bring small disasters and illness. Taboo stars are day Fire and night Earth; taboo luminaries are Wood; Wood's taboo is Fire and Bo; Metal seeing Fire and Bo brings shallow disaster. Fire's taboo is Water, Bo, Jidu and Luo; Water's taboo is Bo and Earth; Bo's taboo is the reversed Sun; Earth and Bo's taboo is the Moon; Fire's taboo is Bo and Earth.]

論遊年星辰入命限

On roving-year stars entering the life limit.

遊年星入限宮來或則為祥或則災本限吉星當日月如遭羅計大為乖遊年莫犯忌限中又論當生本命宮入命對宮尤緊限星辰凶吉最多功紫羅金木福榮昌孛計火土禍兼殃八位尊星行度數行年入限定災詳忌星羅計與孛星單守百六保全生遊年重疊臨命限或加金位命當傾欲識遊年理凶吉算星交入命限別或是入到原守宮入宮之日星方説遊年亦論滿用星來家命限福祥興但算臨宮住防日凶星滿用反康寧

When roving-year stars enter the limit palace, they bring either fortune or disaster. If the original limit has auspicious stars with the Sun and Moon, it is good; if it meets Luo and Jidu, it is greatly contrary. Do not offend the roving year. In the limit, if the birth palace faces the life palace, the pressure is even tighter. Among the limit stars, Purple Qi, Luo, Metal and Wood bring the most merit, fortune and prosperity; Bo, Jidu, Fire and Earth bring disaster and calamity. For the eight honored stars, examine the degrees of their movement; when the age-year enters the limit, it determines disaster. Study the taboo stars: Luo, Jidu and Bo guarding alone, while the hundred and six preserve life. Roving years overlapping, arriving at the life limit, or adding a Metal position, mean the life must fall. To know the principle of roving-year good and bad, see the stars that enter the life limit separately, or that enter the original guard palace. On the day of entering the palace, the stars then speak. Roving years also judge full use: when stars in full use come, the household and life limit gains fortune and joy. But when stars arrive in the palace, guard the day; malefic stars in full use instead bring peace and health.

論童限

On child limits.

一命二財三疾厄　四妻五福順行流六嵗卻從官祿起　看看移到命宮休

One: Life. Two: Wealth. Three: Illness. Four: Spouse. Five: Fortune. Flowing in order. Six years, starting from Career; look at it as it moves to the Life Palace and stops.

急腳限例

Examples of the Swift Foot limit.

子起亥　丑起寅　寅起己　卯起申　辰起卯己起午　午起酉　未起子　申起戌　酉起未戌起丑　亥起辰

Zi starts from Hai; Chou from Yin; Yin from Si; Mao from Shen; Chen from Mao; Si from Wu; Wu from You; Wei from Zi; Shen from Xu; You from Wei; Xu from Chou; Hai from Chen.

寳瓶在亥丑居寅人馬來蛇蠍奔申天秤在卯雙女午獅子金牛蟹寳瓶陰陽戌地金牛未白羊居丑亥居辰但向命宮尋起處一年一位掌中輪不論男女皆順數行年逢煞命難存子午即是黃泉路卯酉呼為二八門限到煞宮人便死若無惡曜主災迍

Aquarius at Hai and Chou; Sagittarius at Yin; Scorpio sweeps to Shen; Libra at Mao; Gemini at Wu; Leo, Taurus and Cancer; Aquarius, and the yin-yang of Xu; Taurus at Wei; Aries at Chou; Hai at Chen. Simply seek the place in the Life Palace where one starts: one year, one position, turning in the palm. Regardless of sex, all count forward. If the age-year meets a killer, life is hard to keep. Zi and Wu are the road to the Yellow Springs; Mao and You are called the Two-Eight gate. When the limit reaches a killer palace, one dies. If there is no malefic star, there is still disaster and hardship.

【假如子上安命即亥上起一嵗酉上一十一未上二十一零年順數節節而去即不隔宮如算小兒體例一般最怕與限星並大小運並在子午卯酉宮及本命墓煞三刑宮】

[For example, if the life is set at Zi, start at Hai for one year, You for eleven, Wei for twenty-one. Count forward year by year, not skipping palaces, as in the method for children. Most feared is the limit star together with the major and minor cycles in the Zi, Wu, Mao and You palaces, and in the palaces of the birth tomb-killer and the three punishments.]

論黃泉急腳限

On the Yellow Springs and Swift Foot limit.

黃泉急腳眾皆知兩様推尋識者稀急則順行還逆轉若能曉此是真機

Everyone knows the Yellow Springs and the Swift Foot, but there are two patterns to reckon, and few know them. The Swift Foot goes forward, and the reverse turns back. If one understands this, that is the true key.

【世人皆以黃泉急腳為一限不知分為二蓋順行則為急腳逆行則為黃泉若能曉此是真機也】論斗底急腳限

[The world takes the Yellow Springs and the Swift Foot as one limit, not knowing they are two. Forward movement is the Swift Foot, and reverse movement is the Yellow Springs. If one understands this, that is the true key.] On the Doudi Swift Foot limit.

孟二仲八季加五但向命宮相對取一則呼為急腳限二名黃泉檢死簿死絶之宮逢限凶大忌運限入四墓忽然大小運相逢即時趕入黃泉路

Meng is two, Zhong is eight, Ji is plus five. Simply facing the Life Palace and taking one is called the Swift Foot limit. The two names are Yellow Springs, checked in the death register. When the limit meets the palace of death and extinction, it is very taboo. When the limit enters the four tombs, and suddenly the major and minor cycles meet, one is at once hurried onto the road to the Yellow Springs.

【如大小二運入墓者極怕此限男忌辰戌女忌丑未凶此限專忌入墓運順限逆運逆限順如命宮納音及太嵗入墓鄉極凶更忌三丘五墓】

[If the major and minor cycles enter the tomb, this limit especially fears it. For men, Chen and Xu are taboo; for women, Chou and Wei are taboo. In a forward cycle the limit is reversed; in a reversed cycle the limit is forward. If the life's Nayin and the Grand Year enter the tomb palace, it is extremely bad; further, the three mounds and five tombs are taboo.]

大算須知倒限年海風吹動釣魚船火羅孛土皆臨限此地催人下九泉

In the great reckoning, know the reversed limit year: sea wind moves the fishing boat. Fire, Luo, Bo and Earth all arrive at the limit, and this ground urges a person down to the nine springs.

【倒限之法自古為信然但以諸星推求如諸限皆為惡星相照死無疑也】

[The method of the reversed limit has long been believed. But if one reckons with the stars and all the limits are shone by malefic stars, death is certain.]

論倒限

On the reversed limit.

論當生之限主星限宮星及小限次及行年星數四殺三合推之若皆凶星照臨可定其危矣若有吉曜救助亦當分其輕重而詳辯之

On the limit lord at birth, the stars of the limit palace, the minor limit, and the age-year star counts, together with the four Killers and the trines, infer them. If all are shone by malefic stars, one can fix the danger. If there is rescue by auspicious stars, one must also weigh their lightness and heaviness and examine them carefully.

西天聿斯經

The Xitian Yusi Jing, the Western Heaven Scripture.

人命生來稟星算厯數幽□妙難防須識西天都例經理義分明有條貫但問生時日宿宮加向時辰廻視東天輪轉出地輪上卯上分明是命宮因之以配十二位十二位中有高貴卯並己午最高強子酉之方次強位寅申頭上名近強未亥微看三合方此方照處有不照七曜皆同貴此鄉辰戌二宮名惡弱星辰不欲照臨著一切加臨落此宮資財福祿盡消滅第三宮中號閒極五星不得纎毫力惟有月向此宮生卻向命宮添福徳七曜陰陽各三主強弱輪排依此數白日生人見配之夜則歸宮求類取陰主三方月火金便為陰曜福其陰陽主三方日木土白日生人貴為主夜生白日背陰陽福祿不堅難積聚西天之法重三方生時貴欲在高強三方若得居高位居宿之中各福貴忽然七曜並相當超騰必作人中瑞金木二星為善星所為非主亦為榮火土二星為惡曜三方切怕他臨照夜生陰宮主光明晝則陽宮最為妙夜忌土星晝忌火各自相逢防為禍火在陰宮土在陽縱有災殃還較可獨有水星本無定見附近

Human life is endowed with stars, and their count must be calculated by the calendar; the mysteries are hard to guard. One must know the examples of the Western Heaven. The principle is clear, and the threads are orderly. Ask only the birth time, the lunar mansion, the palace and the hour. Turn to see the eastern heaven: the wheel turns and emerges from the earthly wheel. Above, at Mao, is clearly the Life Palace; by this one matches the twelve positions. Among the twelve, Mao, Si and Wu are the most high and strong; Zi and You are the next strong positions; Yin and Shen are near-strong. Wei and Hai should be looked at as the trine palaces. Where the stars shine on these, if not shone upon, all seven luminaries are equally noble. The Chen and Xu palaces are called evil and weak: stars do not wish to shine there, and whatever is added here loses wealth and fortune. The third palace is called idle; the five planets have not the slightest force there. Only the Moon faces this palace at birth, and then adds fortune to the Life Palace. The seven luminaries, yin and yang, three each; the lord is strong or weak; their arrangement follows this count. Day-born people see the matching; night births return to the palace and seek the class. The yin-lord three sides are Moon, Fire and Metal; the yang-lord three sides are Sun, Wood and Earth. Day-born people are the noble lords; night-born people rely on day. If a day birth has yin and yang reversed, its fortune and salary are not firm and are hard to accumulate. The Western Heaven method emphasizes the three sides: at birth one wishes to be high and strong. If the three sides hold high positions, the stars in the mansions all give fortune and nobility. Suddenly the seven luminaries all match and rise, surely becoming auspicious among people. Metal and Wood are good stars; what they do is not the lord, but it is also glorious. Fire and Earth are malefic luminaries; the three sides especially fear their shining. Night births have brightness in the yin palace; day births are most excellent in the yang palace. Night fears the Earth star, and day fears the Fire star; when they meet each other, disaster follows. Fire in a yin palace and Earth in a yang palace is still less severe. Only the Water star has no fixed view; it takes the nature of whichever star it sits near.

處即為性附陽即陽之相輔附陰即陰為害病與日合照主榮貴巧妙聰明難比並木為文兮火為武金為兵兮土為主五星見月即非常三主居高必台輔諸曜皆言在強位更要七星乘旺氣日旺白羊十九度月旺金牛第三位土旺秤宮二十一火旺磨蠍四與七雙女辰星二五中金占魚宮旺在室星七度與栁十三太白流之實可堪木向蟹宮初入鬼旺氣相成主崇位各於旺處逢一星出入旌旄主權貴更加所好轉為精木樂尾兮土寳瓶金愛牛宮火重蠍水居雙女最為靈生時一宿皆臨照即為豪貴處王庭五星見月三方主要得居高生旺處陽生向日陰生月將相三公必無慮又看生後三日宮月到何星分度中金木相逢主文學聰明必見水星遇更遇善星作宮主宮主復來在強宮此為有福無難人一生所為稍皆遂忽然三日月逢火推命之中最為禍第一損壽二損財迍厄顛危常折挫更遇土星相合地終身坎坷多迍否木曜縱橫不照之壽終不得夭然矣相貌福徳宮又別晝生從日夜從月所取日月相去

Where a star sits is its nature. Attached to yang, it helps yang; attached to yin, it harms. Joined with the Sun, it brings glory and nobility, with a skill and cleverness that cannot be matched. Wood is literary, Fire martial, Metal military, Earth the lord. When the five stars see the Moon, they are unusual, and the three lords who stand high must be the platform's assistants. All the luminaries are said to dwell in strong positions; further, the seven stars ride their prosperous qi. The Sun is prosperous at Aries nineteen degrees; the Moon at Taurus third position; Earth in Libra twenty-one; Fire in Capricorn four and seven; Mercury in the middle of Pisces, two and five; Metal is prosperous in Pisces, seven degrees of Room and thirteen of Willow; Venus flows truly and is endurable. Wood going to Cancer enters the prosperous qi of the ghost and forms the lord of honor. Each one, where it is prosperous, meets one star entering and exiting, with banners and noble authority, and what is liked turns into essence. Wood delights in the tail; Earth in Aquarius; Metal loves Taurus; Fire is heavy in Scorpio; Water in Gemini is most spiritual. At birth, if a single mansion shines on them all, one becomes noble and rich, at the royal court. When the five stars see the Moon, the three lords must mainly obtain the high and generating positions: the yang-born faces the Sun, the yin-born faces the Moon, and generals and ministers need not worry. Also look at the three days after birth: which star the Moon in the palace reaches, and at what degree. Metal and Wood meeting bring learning and cleverness; seeing Water and meeting good stars as palace lord, with the palace lord returning to a strong palace, makes a person with fortune and no hardship; whatever one does, all succeed. If the Moon suddenly meets Fire on the third day, in the reckoning of destiny this is the most calamitous: first loss of life, second loss of wealth, hardship and danger, with constant setbacks. If it further meets the Earth star in union, lifelong difficulties and stagnation follow. Wood stars crosswise and not shining: longevity is not early. The Appearance and Virtue palaces are another matter. Day births follow the Sun; night births follow the Moon, and the distance between the Sun and Moon is taken.

宮還從東上配其宮所終之處為相貌即看何曜在其中若遇善星更月照福壽堅牢添祿料又兼金木作宮辰復在高強最為妙其次又看相合地土木金兮同一位忽居強處照其人的作公侯得榮貴若逢土木水合照性直文章主巧妙忽作熒惑反相刑即向命宮作凶兆土木同行生在晝更向陽宮富貴有夜生若向陽位中變作迍邅作凶咎土金合照福堅牢性潔難婚亦貴豪金火合與照強位華鮮衣服志居高火土合兮有學祿智慧多端好反覆木火同宮主貴權為事心中多敏速木星合得好資財容貌端嚴志多惑月合木兮自遷榮月加即好減差平火合日兮生在夜日在火兮必權霸木星照曜定封侯卻向武中稱善價火星合照最超殊貴顯堂堂出眾徒火合月兮生在夜縱然殘減亦分符木照更能添福徳豐厚多財貴宗族月火照兮每倍加常患瘡病在其足同宮一處見土木火不照兮足財谷忽然兼居土術宮主握兵符多侍僕木金祿厚有慈貴名高美貌足財谷水日同宮或左右必豐學問足文辭水木

The palace again follows the east upward to match its palace, and where it ends is the appearance; see which star is there. If one meets good stars with the Moon shining, fortune and longevity are firm and salary is added. Also, Metal and Wood as the palaces, with the Chen again in high strength, are most excellent. Next, look at Earth, Wood and Metal in the same position: if suddenly in a strong place shining on the person, one becomes a duke with glory. If Earth, Wood and Water join and shine, the nature is straightforward, with literature and skill. If suddenly the Fire star causes harm, it turns to the life palace and makes bad omens. Earth and Wood moving together, born by day, facing the yang palace, bring wealth and nobility; night births facing a yang position change into hardship and disaster. Earth and Metal joined and shining bring firm fortune; the nature is pure and hard to marry, and also noble and heroic. Metal and Fire joined and shining in strong positions bring splendid clothes and high aspirations. Fire and Earth joined bring scholarly salary and many kinds of wisdom, but they are fickle. Wood and Fire in the same palace make one a lord of nobility and power, quick in affairs. Wood joined with a star brings good wealth and a dignified appearance, with many doubts. The Moon joined with Wood brings self-promotion and glory; the Moon with additions brings good reduction and leveling. Fire joined with the Sun: if born at night with the Sun in Fire, there is surely power and dominance. A Wood star shining fixes ennoblement; facing military affairs, one is praised for good price. A Fire star joined and shining is most outstanding, noble, grand and distinctive. Fire joined with the Moon: born at night, even if it remains reduced, it shares a token. Wood shining adds fortune, abundant virtue, wealth and nobility, and clan. Moon and Fire shining each double the other, and often bring sores and disease in the feet. Same palace with Earth, Wood and Fire not shining: enough wealth and grain; if one also dwells in the Earth and Wood palace, the lord holds a military tally and has many attendants. Wood and Metal bring thick salary, kindness, noble name and fame, beautiful appearance and enough wealth. Water and the Sun in the same palace, on the left or right, bring abundant learning and literary talent. Water and Wood...

同位又同行高才博學任公卿月木同宮位清列又在日前更殊絶生時值火伏同宮先代家財盡消滅福星多處必財豐惡曜還生貧賤中第六位兮對十二兩宮就分各凶忌生時七曜居此宮一世貧窮苦憔悴白日生人火占高與日復來相對視夜生土曜亦如然短壽孤窮登望位月落惡星分度間惡星高處善星閒三方不照五星伏必為賤□處人寰更有五星相對視就中五星為災瘴相對在強並在月中年困苦多消竭溼宮水照投江湖干位蟲狼多咬齧少男少女少資財多疾多迍多口舌或遭毒藥兼臨刑了了經中皆具説曜經宮中陽為土復在陰中更辛苦火金相對不宜婚金月相照卻宜婦鎮星對望詞蹇澁為事尋常濫心腹火月促壽及風狂火月自傷仍尅父水月猶自厄言辭土月對宮不宜母火星同月轉就土土星照月轉就火火月同宮皆深禍不然同在十宮生或守月行西沒墜此為夭折貧賤人又更防災家破敗星運要知災福時卻向行年宮上推

Same position, same course: highly talented and learned, able to serve as minister. The Moon and Wood in the same palace are clear and lofty, and before the Sun. If at birth Fire is in a hidden palace, the ancestors' wealth is consumed; where fortune stars are many, wealth is surely abundant, and malefic stars bring poverty and lowliness. In the sixth position, facing the twelve palaces, the taboo degrees of each palace: if at birth the seven luminaries dwell here, one's life is poor and distressed. Day births: Fire occupies a high place and faces the Sun; night births: Earth likewise. Short life, lonely and poor, climbing to a position of hope. When the Moon falls, malefic stars sit between degrees; with malefic stars high and fortune stars idle, and the three sides unshining and the five planets hidden, one must be lowly. [A place in the human realm.] Further, five planets facing each other: among them the five planets are malignant miasma. Facing in strong positions and in the Moon brings years of distress and depletion. A wet palace with Water shining is thrown into rivers and lakes; a dry position has insects and wolves biting. Few sons, few daughters, little wealth, many illnesses, many hardships, many slanders; or meeting poison and punishment. All of this is in the classic. Earth in a yang palace, again in a yin one, brings more toil. Fire and Metal facing each other are not suited to marriage; Metal and the Moon shining bring a suitable wife; Saturn facing brings stumbling words and ordinary affairs, with excess in the heart and abdomen. Fire and the Moon bring short life and madness; Fire and the Moon injure oneself and still injure the father. Water and the Moon still bring suffering in words. Earth and the Moon facing are not suited to the mother. Fire stars with the Moon transfer to Earth; Saturn shining on the Moon transfers to Fire. Fire and the Moon in the same palace bring deep disaster. Otherwise, if born in the ten palaces or guarded by the Moon moving toward the western setting, this means early death, poverty and lowliness; further, guard against disaster and family ruin. Know the times of fortune and disaster in the star movements, then go up and reckon from the age-year palace.

行年初起從東起還將一嵗一宮移每嵗皆須就日生數至今年宮上推木照金臨皆有喜加官益職定無疑更到金木原守處木金又照復何慮必得相逢見貴人舊祿重加福自新娶婦孕子貴門庭運縮盈虛皆有據行年東出亦同占水加原守喜同兼身命二宮皆要木金星同照喜加添更須促取行年至善星高位福同住但行獅子蟹宮位日月便為宮主是日貴長時福即多月到初生喜來至月虧日短為厄時須向心中明作計土火生時原守宮行年命運到其中口舌資財須詳忌不然憂怕事闗心如今火土又來臨厄難慮忌不相容末後相看第八位生時何曜守其中若遇曜神並土火多為法溺促其終更益火月來西沒或居上下禍皆同生時不欲星辰弱善惡之中皆減力退留伏守不如行對合宮中皆好亟十五度中皆正照過此還同不相識近轉得好福堅牢推命之人貯心頭五星照守近南方少年得祿恐非常好曜初星皆西沒早年祿後與倉卒惟是火星莫照西即知不得終簮笏生時土火在西方所招凶

The age-year starts from the east and moves one palace per year. Each year, reckon from the day of birth by number to this year's palace. Wood shining and Metal arriving bring joy and added office, certainly. If one reaches the original positions of Metal and Wood, and Wood and Metal shine again, what is there to worry about? One will certainly meet a noble benefactor. Old salary is renewed with added fortune; taking a wife and bearing a son brings a noble household. Fortune's contraction and fullness each has its proof. The age-year moving east likewise divines: Water added to the original brings joy alike. The body and the life palaces both need Wood and Metal stars shining together; joy is added. Further, quickly take the age-year: the best star at a high position, with fortune dwelling together. Only when the Sun and Moon are in Leo or Cancer do they become the palace lord. The Sun in long daylight brings abundant fortune; the Moon arriving at the first birth brings joy; the Moon waning and days short brings disaster. At that time, look clearly within the heart and plan. If Earth and Fire are in the original palace at birth, the age-year reaching it brings mouth disputes and wealth troubles; the taboo must be studied in detail, or else there is anxiety and fear, and matters concern the heart. Now Fire and Earth arrive again: disaster and hardship, worry, and the taboo cannot be reconciled. At last look at the eighth palace: what star shines in the birth palace? If one meets the luminous spirits together with Earth and Fire, it becomes drowning and presses toward the end. Further, Fire and the Moon coming to the western setting, or dwelling above and below, bring alike disasters. Stars weakened at birth lose force in the good and evil; they retreat, hide and guard. It is not like walking opposite the palace. All good comes with urgency. In the fifteenth degree, all shine correctly; past this, it returns to the same and is not recognized. A recent turn gains good fortune that is firm; the person who reckons destiny keeps it in mind. Metal and Wood shining near the south: a young man gains salary, though one fears the unusual. The initial luminaries all sink to the West: early salary, and sudden change later. Only the Fire star should not shine on the West; so it is known that the end is not complete. The tablet and the ministerial tablet are not achieved. Born with Earth and Fire in the Western palace, what is summoned is disaster.

禍難儔匹更有加臨虛沒位須多理曉其中意人生禍福皆前定分數無逃於天地但知子細認其歌更盡經中□妙義

Disaster and hardship are matched. Further, there are additions and arrivals in the empty and submerged positions; one must understand much of the meaning here. Human disaster and fortune are all predetermined, and the portion cannot escape heaven and earth. Only know: carefully recognize this song, and exhaust the marvelous meaning in the classic.

起竹羅三限

Starting the Zhuluo Three Limits.

假如日生人寅上坐命寅午戌兮日木土午為日方亥為木方丑為土方此即三方主謂之三限便從午上起二嵗管十年太陽從火論火數二逆數亦二故十二在辰二十二在寅零年二十三囘卯順數二十四在辰二十五在己二十六在午二十七在未二十八在申二十九在酉共二十八年三十及三十一三十二停住三十三交木限在亥管十年木三數四十三在申五十三在己各十年木無零數六十三六十四停住六十五交土限在丑管十年七十五在申十年逆數五八十五在卯零年順數八十六在辰八十七在己八十八在午八十九在未九十在申共二十六年通前是三限一週餘仿此推

Suppose a day-born person with the Life at Yin, in Yin, Wu and Xu. The Sun, Wood and Earth: Wu is the day palace, Hai is the wood palace, and Chou is the earth palace. These are the three-sides lords, and they are called the three limits. Starting from Wu, two years govern ten years. The Sun, moving from Fire, counts Fire as two, and the reversed count is also two. So twelve at Chen, twenty-two at Yin; zero years; twenty-three returns to Mao. In the forward count: twenty-four at Chen, twenty-five at Si, twenty-six at Wu, twenty-seven at Wei, twenty-eight at Shen, twenty-nine at You. Total twenty-eight years. Thirty, thirty-one and thirty-two stop. Thirty-three is the crossing: the Wood limit at Hai governs ten years. Wood counts three: forty-three at Shen, fifty-three at Si, each ten years. Wood has no zero years. Sixty-three and sixty-four stop. Sixty-five is the crossing: the Earth limit at Chou governs ten years. Seventy-five at Shen, ten years. In the reversed count, eighty-five at Mao has zero years. In the forward count, eighty-six at Chen, eighty-seven at Si, eighty-eight at Wu, eighty-nine at Wei, ninety at Shen. Total twenty-six years. Through this, the three limits make one cycle; the rest follow this reckoning.

太陽火星限二起逆數亦二各二十八年

The Sun and Fire star limit: starts at two. Counted in reverse, also two. Twenty-eight years each.

太陰水星限一起逆數亦一各二十四年

The Moon and Water star limit: starts at one. Counted in reverse, also one. Twenty-four years each.

木限三起逆數三無零　金限四起逆數亦四土限五起逆數五　　　金土二限各二十六年

Wood limit: starts at three; reverse count three, with no remainder. Metal limit: starts at four; reverse count four. Earth limit: starts at five; reverse count five. The Metal and Earth limits each last twenty-six years.

星學大成巻七

《星学大成》 Fascicle Seven.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying, Ming dynasty

琴堂虛實五星序

Preface to the Qintang Empty-and-Solid Five-Star Method

琴堂虛實五星術家獨稱驗於我朝餘取而細讀之見其議論活潑理趣深邃姑舉其大者如本四柱以定三盤分陰陽以辯虛實倒五行以論生尅補地煞以配天曜隨國運以驗人事乃發前賢所未發而琴堂所獨得者通載博而寡要緫□詳而無體殿駕意圓語徤而道則未盡望斗理複詞重而識有未融耶律傳自高麗頗有發明喬抝補出鄧史亦多防趣然得失互有吉凶難憑若琴堂識□機之幽隠洩天文之骨髓推人富貴貧賤夀夭無不竒驗可謂兼諸家而獨得其妙者矣古今一理百世可知又豈特用於今而獨驗哉餘病近世刻本脫漏不全參差失次乃取家藏全書合玉板之舊琴堂註解得一行之心共六十四條分為上中下三卷六十四條備卦數也上中下三卷法三才也於乎論人命而不究五星論五星而不精琴堂是猶卜筮者而不考之易也欲斷吉凶明禍福不亦難乎餘非專門者然於琴堂獨觀其深間試諸搢紳命其術頗中與子平相為表裡學者宜細詳焉易水育吾子識

The Five-Star method of Qintang, with its distinction of the empty and the solid, is singled out by practitioners as proven true in our dynasty. Having read it closely, I found its discussions lively and its principles profound. To name only the main points: it takes the Four Pillars as the basis for fixing the three charts; it divides yin and yang in order to distinguish the empty from the solid; it inverts the Five Phases to discuss generation and overcoming; it supplements the Earthly Killings in order to match them with the heavenly luminaries; and it follows the fortunes of the state to verify the affairs of men. In this it brought forth what earlier worthies had not yet expounded, and what Qintang alone attained. The Tongzai is broad but lacks essentials; the Zongkui [one character illegible] is detailed but lacks structure; the Dianjia is rounded in meaning and vigorous in phrasing, yet its Way is not fully reached; the Wangdou is repetitious in wording, and its insight is not yet fully fused. The Yelü tradition came down from Korea and has some original contributions; Qiao Ao supplied additions, and Deng and Shi also have many interesting points; but gains and losses are mixed in each, and their auspicious and ominous verdicts are hard to rely on. As for Qintang, he knew the hidden springs of the subtle mechanism and disclosed the very bones and marrow of the heavenly patterns. In judging a person's wealth and rank, poverty and lowliness, long life and early death, there is nothing that is not wonderfully proven. He may be called one who combined the schools and alone grasped their marvel. Past and present share one principle, and a hundred generations can be known; how could it be effective only today? I grieved that recent printed editions are defective and incomplete, with sections out of order, so I took the complete book kept in my family and combined it with the old Jade Tablet text and Qintang's annotations, thereby obtaining the heart of Yixing. There are sixty-four articles in all, divided into three scrolls, upper, middle and lower. The sixty-four articles are meant to complete the number of the hexagrams; the three scrolls model the Three Powers. Alas, to discuss a person's fate without investigating the Five Stars, or to discuss the Five Stars without refining them, is like a diviner who does not consult the Changes: is it not hard then to judge fortune and misfortune and clarify calamity and blessing? I am no specialist, yet in Qintang I alone observed its depth; I tested it from time to time on gentry and officials, and its predictions were largely on target, forming a pair of outer and inner with the Ziping method. Students should study it carefully. Written by Yishui Yu, your disciple.

虛實五星源流序【茲敘餘筆削潤色非盡季公之舊文也】

Preface on the Origin and Transmission of the Empty-and-Solid Five-Star Method [Note: In this preface I have pruned and polished the text; it is not wholly Master Ji's original wording.]

昔唐□宗朝有高僧號一行者乃郯國公張公謹之孫元素之侄隠居嵩山精天文星厯術數之學嘗測影定□作氣盈朔虛嵗差之法以補厯家之未備又作星術書十二家誓曰國興書則現否則隠其術以為日月五星皆積氣動物行度有遲速之不齊運轉有舒縮之或異歴千百年自是不同必當隨時占□立法觀察以求合乎天道之自然人亦積氣中之動物也氣運有否泰世道有升降人之貴賤夀夭吉凶用舍其機之所繫命之所遇鹹有經常時義之道焉惡可防一定之法而槩論哉末學支離膠今泥古往徃多按圖索駿遂使先正至精至防之學不信於異代良可嘆息洪武六年秋予不敏自福州府長幕獲戾系御史獄值蒲庵師來復以説法忤上意同待罪及至夜四鼓天忽大風雨雷電交作餘因感天道與師極論世運古今氣變升降不同師遂出是書以授作而言曰是書予昔得之天界寺古佛殿壁篋中其源流則傳自青城山僧靈椿椿□之江西僧普澄澄□之四明僧慧月月又質諸西竺國師耶律耶律逆

In the reign of an emperor of the Tang there was an eminent monk named Yixing, a grandson of Zhang Gongjin, Duke of Tan, and nephew of Yuansu. Living in seclusion on Mount Song, he was versed in astronomy, calendrical astronomy and the arts of number. He once measured shadows to fix the solstices, and devised the methods of the qi surplus, the lunar deficiency and the yearly precession, to supplement what calendar-makers had not yet covered. He also composed a book of the star art in twelve schools, and swore: 'If the state flourishes, this book shall appear; if not, it shall stay hidden.' In his view the sun, moon and five planets are all accumulated qi, moving things whose motions are uneven, now slow and now fast, and whose revolutions differ, now extended and now contracted. After a thousand or a hundred years they naturally differ, so one must always observe according to the times and establish methods accordingly, to accord with the natural course of Heaven. Humans too are moving things within accumulated qi: the qi-fortunes have their obstruction and their ease, the ways of the world their rises and falls, and a person's rank or lowliness, long life or early death, good fortune or ill, advancement or dismissal all depend on pivotal conditions and on what fate encounters, each having its constant and its appropriate time. How could one discuss all this by one fixed method? But shallow students, fragmented and clinging to the present or the ancient, mostly 'look for a horse by its picture,' and so the supremely fine and subtle learning of earlier sages came to be disbelieved by later ages, which is truly lamentable. In the autumn of the sixth year of Hongwu, I, unworthy, was an aide in the Fuzhou prefecture and was implicated and jailed by the Censorate. There I met Master Puan, Laifu, who had also been placed under judgment for a sermon that offended the emperor's will. At the fourth watch of the night the sky suddenly erupted in a great storm, with thunder and lightning together. I was moved to discuss with the Master the world's fortunes and how the changes of qi differ between ancient and present times, rising and falling. The Master then produced this book and gave it to me, saying: 'I once obtained this book from a chest in the wall of the old Buddha hall of Tianjie Temple. Its lineage runs from the monk Lingchun of Mount Qingcheng, who passed it to the Jiangxi monk Puchong, who passed it to the Siming monk Huiyue, and Huiyue in turn consulted the National Preceptor Yelü of the Western Regions, Yelü foretold

知四十年後氣運轉南至我朝而後驗也慧月卒於天界寺忻公憐其用心之勤藏其書於篋懸壁間以俟後之有縁者予始得而廣其□然豈易得哉子其識之餘謹授教經今六年用之多驗十一年冬予以言事由青州府佐幕左遷栁州別曹假道建安寓學宮之西軒以病留未行獲與校官葉季原商訂此書季原素穎悟一見即喜其理之有源委請予以書□授之閱月予將別去季原慮予行之速也復邀同志楊文叔聚精研華每夕繼燭共論甚相契合因以教外別意纂成雜詩二十六首著於七五賦之末仍書其所得義理講貫之精氣運變遷之詳者冠於七五賦之端使異日學者知其源委不流於支離知其經變不泥於固執庶信此書之理傳於方外出於斯文合於性命理氣防於世變推遷各極其歸趣之正非止於術家之一技而已

that forty years later the qi-fortune would turn south and reach our dynasty, after which it would be verified. Huiyue died at Tianjie Temple; Master Xin, pitying the diligence of his devotion, stored the book in the chest and hung it on the wall, to wait for some later person of destined affinity. I obtained it and expanded its [text]; but how could it be easy to obtain? Remember this.' I respectfully received the teaching, and in the six years since, using it has often proven true. In the winter of the eleventh year I was demoted for speaking out, from aide in the Qingzhou prefecture to a minor post in Liuzhou, and on the way passed through Jian'an, lodging in the west chamber of the school. Detained there by illness, I had the chance to examine this book together with the school official Ye Jiyuan. Jiyuan was by nature quick of mind; at one glance he delighted in the book's principles for their having source and course, and asked me to give him the book and teach it. After a month, as I was about to leave, Jiyuan feared that I would leave too quickly and invited his comrade Yang Wenshu as well; we studied intensively every night by candlelight, discussing it together, and our views agreed closely. So I compiled, from the teaching outside the canon, twenty-six miscellaneous poems and appended them to the end of the Seven-Five Rhapsody, and further wrote down what we had gained of refined principle and of the details of changing fortunes, placing it at the head of the Seven-Five Rhapsody, so that future students might know its origin and not fall into fragmentation, and might know its constancy and change without clinging to rigidity. May those who believe in the principles of this book transmit them beyond the schools, so that they issue from this culture and accord with nature and destiny, with principle and qi matching the shifts of the age, each reaching its proper end, and not remain merely one skill of the practitioners.

洪武十二年正月十九日前鄉貢進士括蒼龍泉季董宗舒序

Preface by Ji Dongzongshu of Longquan in Kuocang, former provincial graduate, on the nineteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Hongwu

指金虛實五星天機七五賦上

Zhijin Empty-and-Solid Five-Star Secret of Heaven: the Seven-Five Rhapsody, Part One

【指金之歌舊分為前後集乃逸齋呂公摹於玉板之文露□機之幽隠洩天文之骨髓誠為星學之魁時人罕有知之琴堂老師得如重寶於是摘其六十四條為一家之防徑所以取其易而隠其竒也時之術者皆拱立下風一鞭不敢先著餘少學術於天目山事琴堂老師二十餘嵗授此全集誠非易也後之君子輕洩薄徳之心為琴堂萬世罪人也歟古杭月壑老人黃秋山再拜謹書】

[Note: The Song of Zhijin was formerly divided into earlier and later collections. It was copied by Master Lü Yizhai from the Jade Tablet text; it reveals the hidden springs of the subtle mechanism and discloses the bones and marrow of the heavenly patterns, and is truly the foremost of star studies, though few of that time knew it. The old master Qintang obtained it as a treasure, and then selected sixty-four articles from it to form a school's essentials, taking what was easy while concealing what was wondrous, so that the practitioners of the time all stood in deference below him and none dared to take the first stroke. In my youth I studied the art on Mount Tianmu and served the old master Qintang; at over twenty I received this complete collection, which was truly not easy. Any later gentleman who lightly leaks it with a heart of thin virtue would be a sinner against Qintang for ten thousand generations. Respectfully written by Huang Qiushan, the old man of Yuehe in ancient Hangzhou.]

人生貴賤皆前定闗系身與命逢生坐實占髙強名利兩榮昌

Rank and lowliness in a person's life are all fixed beforehand; what matters is body and fate, meeting generation and sitting solid, occupying a high and strong position; then fame and profit both flourish.

【詳曰人生夀夭賢愚皆系五星註定推星論理身命最重吉則富貴夀考凶則貧賤夭折逢生者如命坐寅亥木為主喜水孛故曰逢生坐實著如四柱夘戌午未四字用星逢生又坐夘戌午未之宮謂之坐實天星躔地宮與四柱不相著者無力耳逢生坐實主人名利兩相全不值空亡煞曜為美且夫日月麗乎天而地勢起乎北故曰日居午月居未而子丑為土天道左旋寅配春為木夘配夏為火酉配秋為金申配冬為水此逆順之中各有四序行乎天地之間此先天之體也太陰配母道為身太陽配父道為命故以生時加臨配十二宮此後天之用也以官福田財兄弟妻孥子息考之身命富貴貧賤皆系焉假如安命在子即以土為主月為身星土星起坐要逢火羅為恩是逢生也更居本生年月日時之宮是坐實也又占髙強又逢生則知富貴人物故名利兩榮昌也十二宮有七強五弱七強宮命宮官祿妻妾田宅為四正髙強男女福徳為次強財帛為近強五弱者相貌奴僕為惡弱又為陷害宮兄弟閒極疾厄遊行

[Detailed explanation: A person's long life or early death, worthiness or foolishness, all depend on the Five Stars' determination. In inferring the stars and discussing principle, Body and Life matter most: if auspicious, wealth, rank and long life follow; if ominous, poverty, lowliness and early death. 'Meeting generation' means, for example, that when the Life is placed in Yin or Hai, Wood is the lord, and Water-Bo is the desired star, so it is called 'meeting generation.' 'Sitting solid' means, for example, that the star used for the Four Pillars meets generation and also sits in the palaces of Mao, Xu, Wu or Wei; this is called 'sitting solid.' Heavenly stars that traverse the earthly palaces but do not correspond to the Four Pillars are without strength. Meeting generation and sitting solid means fame and profit both complete, as long as one does not meet emptiness or killing luminaries, which is beautiful. Now the sun and moon cling to the sky while the earth's configuration begins at the north, so it is said that the sun dwells in Wu and the moon in Wei, and Zi and Chou are Earth. The Way of Heaven turns left: Yin matches spring as Wood, Mao matches summer as Fire, You matches autumn as Metal, Shen matches winter as Water. In this inverse and direct order the four seasons each have their place, moving between heaven and earth; this is the body of the Prior Heaven. The Moon matches the mother's way and is the Body; the Sun matches the father's way and is the Life. Hence the hour of birth is applied to match the twelve palaces; this is the function of the Posterior Heaven. Using Office, Fortune, Property, Wealth, Brothers, Spouse, Children and so on to examine Body and Life, wealth and rank, poverty and lowliness all hang on them. For example, if the Life is placed in Zi, Earth is the lord and the Moon is the Body star. If Saturn is the rising and sitting star, it must meet Fire-Luo as its benefactor; this is meeting generation. If it further occupies the palace of the birth year, month, day or hour, this is sitting solid. If it also occupies a high and strong [position], and again meets generation, then one knows him to be a person of wealth and rank, hence 'fame and profit both flourish.' The twelve palaces have seven strong and five weak. The seven strong are: the Life palace, Office, Spouse, Property as the four cardinal ones; Children and Fortune-Virtue as the secondary strong; Wealth as the near-strong. The five weak are: Appearance and Servants as badly weak, also called palaces of harm; Brothers, Idle Extremity, Illness and Travel as secondarily weak.

為次弱也凢星辰加居閒極為弱惟太陰臨之為福竒哉歌曰第三宮中號閒極五星不得纎毫力惟有月向此中生卻與命宮添福徳○一行禪師經云凡論五星無多訣先從命主分明説世上只説當生星死法原來不知活説宮主之星木寅亥土子丑水己申火夘戌金酉辰太陽午太陰未本主星守身命主星不起多嘉慶主星起在高強宮官祿資財皆鼎盛吉星守命主星防四元三限任相隨縱然科甲重重見只是青衫不用期吉星守命主星卑那逢身主又居衰若還身祿無虧欠享福還教夀夭危內外兩台君且聽命主入身身入命互垣須是福來當管取一生長吉慶財帛星田宅主身命二宮喜相遇若無暗耗與刑囚當與石崇鬬豪富閒極主入命宮命居閒極緫成空白日只消閒袖手不知衣祿在何從身命主入田宅千倉萬箱多蓄積田宅遷入命身來貯積金珠無破尅身命主入子孫母來救子豈無情子主若還來顧母官高祿厚更榮尊身命主入奴僕縱有吉星也勞碌身閒心自不能閒又被小人多反覆身

Whenever a star is lodged in Idle Extremity it is weak; only the Moon there is strange blessing. The song says: 'The third palace is called Idle Extremity, where the five stars have not the least strength; only the Moon born in it adds fortune and virtue to the Life palace.' The Chan master Yixing says in his scripture: 'In discussing the five stars there are not many secrets; begin by making the Life-lord clear. The world speaks only of the star of one's birth, a dead method, and does not know the living one: it is the star that rules the palace. Wood rules Yin and Hai; Earth, Zi and Chou; Water, Ji and Shen; Fire, Mao and Xu; Metal, You and Chen; the Sun, Wu; the Moon, Wei. When the originally ruling star guards Body and Life, and the Life-lord does not rise, there is much celebration; when the lord rises in a high and strong palace, Office and wealth are both flourishing. When an auspicious star guards the Life and the Life-lord is excellent, the four origins and three limits follow along; even if one sees a series of exam successes, one remains in a blue gown and need expect nothing. When an auspicious star guards the Life but the Life-lord is lowly, and meeting the Body-lord it too is in decline, then if Body and Salary lack no deficiency one enjoys fortune, otherwise long or short life is in danger. Listen, sirs, to the inner and outer Terraces: the Life-lord entering the Body, the Body entering the Life, mutual residence, must bring fortune and be in charge of a lifetime of constant auspice. When the Wealth star and Property lord meet in the Body and Life palaces, if there are no hidden losses or imprisonment, one can vie in riches with Shi Chong. If the Idle Extremity lord enters the Life palace, the Life is in idle extremity, all empty; one can only spend the day with idle sleeves, not knowing where clothing and salary come from. When the Body and Life lords enter Property, thousands of granaries and myriad stores are accumulated; when the Property lord moves into the Life or Body, gold and pearls are stored without breakage or overcoming. When the Body and Life lords enter Children, the mother saves the child, how could it be without feeling? If the Children lord comes to look after the mother, office is high, salary rich, and one is honored. When the Body and Life lords enter Servants, even with auspicious stars there is toil; the body is idle but the mind cannot be idle, and one is also beset by petty people who are often treacherous. When the

命主入妻宮資財昌盛福興隆若是凶星居七位尅妻尅子必為凶身命主入八煞官祿少年須早發若還煞星入命來疾厄躔身那可脫身命主入遷移過房出祖定無疑若不贅居並過繼也須奴養庶生兒官祿主入命宮須添福夀永無凶命主若還居官祿互垣必是拜三公福徳主入命來斷然福祿永無災命主若還居福徳互垣須是拜三台身命主入相貌相貌堂堂身更長若被煞星兼暗尅破相為人貌不揚如此訣細推詳先從身命入為綱時人不解神仙訣空把星辰錯較量大凡命好身不好有夀而無福身好命不好有福而無夀命身主起處逢吉星生之不富即貴凶星傷之不夭即貧】

Body and Life lords enter the Spouse palace, wealth is flourishing and fortune prospers; if an ominous star occupies the seventh position, the wife and children are overcome, certainly ominous. When the Body and Life lords enter the Eight Killings [palaces], if Office, one will rise early in youth; if killing stars enter the Life, and Illness occupies the Body, how can one escape? When the Body and Life lords enter Travel, one is certainly moved out of the ancestral line, adopted out; if not living as an in-law or adopted, one will be raised by servants or be a child of a concubine. When the Office lord enters the Life palace, it adds fortune and long life, without ominous result. If the Life-lord resides in Office, the mutual residence means one will certainly become one of the Three Dukes. When the Fortune-Virtue lord enters the Life, one will certainly have fortune and salary with no calamity; if the Life-lord resides in Fortune-Virtue, mutual residence, one will certainly attain the Three Terraces. When the Body and Life lords enter Appearance, appearance is imposing and the body tall; if attacked by killing stars and hidden overcoming, there is a defaced appearance and one's looks are unimpressive. Studying this secret in detail, one starts from Body and Life as the guiding thread; people of the age do not understand the immortals' secret and vainly measure the stars wrongly. In general, if the Life is good but the Body is not, there is long life without fortune; if the Body is good but the Life is not, there is fortune without long life. Where the Life and Body lords are placed, if an auspicious star generates them, one will if not rich be noble; if an ominous star injures them, one will if not die young be poor.]

忽然生煞同其局向背分榮辱

Suddenly, if generation and killing share one configuration, honor and disgrace depend on facing and turning away.

【生我者猶陽和徳澤尅我者猶風雨霜露且如春景和明萬物發生若大風振木霜露損物皆非善政故人命生煞同途禍福不絶也且如命坐子丑土為主忌木炁喜火羅如或木炁火羅同土躔主有禍福吉凶相半多有吏人逢此格憂喜相仍或遭刑獄或獲厚利無定也謂身命與恩煞同宮當分向背而斷吉凶也向背者如申上安命水為主若水在申而金亦在申若金水前順行則為背退行則為向謂之有情極難得大抵尅我之星欲揹我而去生我之星欲向我而來又有正照又有合照申上安命水星在戌有土在午順行則為背雖有禍無妨若在午退行照著戌宮則禍太亟若土在寅順行尅著我水水在戌右轉寅見戌戌見午午見寅為順故忌其順若在寅退午是土逆而向東南水順而向西北不相干涉榮辱之分觀者慎之也】

[What generates me is like the harmony of the sunny season and the grace of favor; what overcomes me is like wind, rain, frost and dew. In bright, mild spring all things sprout and grow, whereas great winds shaking the trees and frost and dew harming things are not good governance. So when generation and killing travel the same road in a person's fate, blessing and calamity never cease. For example, if the Life is placed in Zi or Chou, Earth is the lord, and Wood-Qi is to be avoided while Fire-Luo is desired. If Wood-Qi and Fire-Luo share the same Earth position, blessing and calamity are half and half; many officials who meet this pattern have sorrow and joy following one another, or suffer imprisonment, or gain great profit, undetermined. That is, when Body and Life are in the same palace as the benefactor and the killing star, one must distinguish facing from turning away to judge fortune and misfortune. 'Facing and turning away' means, for example, with the Life in Shen and Water as lord: if Water is in Shen and Metal is also in Shen, when Metal and Water advance forward in the direct course this is turning away, and moving retrograde this is facing, called having feeling, and this is extremely hard to get. In general, a star that overcomes me wants to turn away from me and leave; a star that generates me wants to face me and come. There are also direct aspect and joint aspect. With the Life in Shen and the Water star in Xu, if Earth is in Wu moving direct this is turning away, and though there is calamity it does no harm; if Earth is in Wu moving retrograde and shining on Xu palace, the calamity is too urgent. If Earth is in Yin moving direct and overcomes my Water, with Water at Xu turning right to Yin, Xu meeting Wu, Wu meeting Yin, this is direct, so the direct is feared. If it is in Yin moving back to Wu, Earth goes against the course toward the southeast while Water goes direct toward the northwest, and they do not interfere with each other. Honor and disgrace are divided here; the observer should be careful.]

身命遇煞不逢空處世有刑凶身命得助嫌氣脫防煞逢空發

When Body and Life meet a killing star and do not meet emptiness, one will pass through the world with punishment and ill fortune; when Body and Life gain help but dread qi-depletion, a guarded-against killing star meeting emptiness will flourish.

【身命主逢煞星喜空則發坐實不逢空處世有災刑之事得助者身命主受生忌空亡虛脫遇而不遇防煞者身命主遇煞星坐實則凶逢空亡者則發財利所以空亡一訣乃天地之□常術罕有凡身命宮遇煞者或身命主及有用之星遇煞不逢空皆為凶夭身命主坐空或煞星坐空乃不吉之吉吉不可量也凶星有黨凶尤橫吉曜無生吉不成凡身命主逢母或身命起處受生則發福值空亡者反為無用】

[When the Body or Life lord meets a killing star, it is good to be empty, and then one flourishes; if it sits solid and does not meet emptiness, one passes through life with disasters and punishments. 'Gaining help' means the Body or Life lord receives generation; it dreads empty void, meeting yet not meeting. 'Guarding against killing' means the Body or Life lord meets a killing star; if it sits solid it is ominous, but if it meets emptiness one flourishes in wealth and profit. Thus the secret of Emptiness is a constant of Heaven and Earth, and few practitioners know it. Whenever the Body or Life palace meets killing, or the Body or Life lord and the useful stars meet killing without meeting emptiness, all are ominous or early death. If the Body or Life lord sits in emptiness, or the killing star sits in emptiness, it is auspicious within the inauspicious, and the auspice is immeasurable. Ominous stars have their factions, and their ominousness is the more outrageous; auspicious luminaries without generation do not bring about auspice. Whenever the Body or Life lord meets its mother, or the place where Body and Life rise receives generation, fortune flourishes; but if it meets emptiness, on the contrary it is useless.]

不然限嵗定推遷虛實一般般

Otherwise, the limits and the years will determine the moves, and empty and solid are all the same.

【限四柱配限也嵗流年太嵗也謂身命主好處脫了則要四柱喚起凶處實了則要太嵗空之如戊寅生人己上安命土月在夘則是用煞二十六嵗大限行未又用月為限主三方又見土星本為凶重適值甲辰十年把土月空了反為空手得財餘仿此推或大限值旬空嵗空皆不吉之吉故有用之星本坐空亡終為無用喜流年實之諸煞尅我之曜與命元同行卻喜流年空之如命坐未太陰同土計在午卻甲申旬來空之為福又如甲戌生人寅宮立命木在申本主空一身減力得申太嵗流年實其木決主此年稱意子辰二年喚起亦為福以上十二句為一條論身命生煞最重虛實】

[The 'limit' is the Four Pillars matched with the limit; the 'year' is the flowing year, the Grand Year. It means that where the Body or Life lord's good place has been drained, the Four Pillars must call it up; where an ominous place has been made solid, the Grand Year must empty it. For example, for a person born in Wuyin with the Life placed in Ji, Earth is the lord and the Moon is in Mao, so the killing star is used; at twenty-six the great limit moves to Wei and again uses the Moon as the limit's lord, with three directions again seeing the Earth star, originally severely ominous. Meeting the ten years of Jiachen, which empties the Earth Moon, it conversely becomes gaining wealth with empty hands. Infer the rest likewise. Or if a great limit meets a decade-emptiness or a year-emptiness, these are all auspice within inauspice. Hence a useful star sitting originally in emptiness is in the end useless, and one is glad that the flowing year makes it solid. All killing luminaries that overcome me, going with the original Life-lord in the same course, are glad to have the flowing year empty them. For example, with the Life placed in Wei and the Moon with Earth-Ji in Wu, the coming of the Jiashen decade that empties it is fortunate. Again, for a person born in Jiaxu with the Life established in Yin, and Wood in Shen, the original lord is empty and the person is reduced in strength; when Shen is reached, the Grand Year of the flowing year makes the Wood solid, and surely this year is satisfying; the two years Zi and Chen calling it up are also fortunate. These twelve lines above form one article, discussing that for Body and Life, generation and killing matter most, along with empty and solid.]

天地盤中識者稀實可尅生虛

Few know the heaven-chart and earth-chart; the solid can overcome and generate the empty.

【二十八宿天盤為實內百六限七強五弱四元人盤為虛此虛非空亡之虛此實非四柱之實蓋吊起者為虛星原躔本度者為實星此吊盤之法少有人知之且如命坐子土元在丑吊起此土處虛安在內盤之丑即是外盤戌宮或寅午戌宮或辰酉宮在火羅可生內盤之土此丑限主福如寅午戌辰酉宮有木炁可尅內盤之土此丑限主禍此內盤之上不可生外盤之星大抵內盤中是虛吊之星又無形象此實可尅虛生虛而虛不能尅實生實也此法奧妙人鮮識之此二句為一條論天地暗盤之實能生尅人盤之虛也】

[The twenty-eight lodges as the heaven chart are solid; the inner chart's hundred and six limits, seven strong and five weak, and the four origins, the human chart, are empty. This 'empty' is not the 'empty' of Kongwang, and this 'solid' is not the 'solid' of the Four Pillars; rather, the star which is called up is empty and the star which originally traverses its own degree is solid. This method of the called-up chart is known to few. For example, if the Life is placed in Zi with Earth as the original origin in Chou, calling up this Earth makes the 'empty' place; inside the inner chart's Chou is exactly the outer chart's Xu palace. Or if in the Yin, Wu, Xu palaces or the Chen, You palaces there is Fire-Luo, it can generate the inner chart's Earth, and this Chou limit means fortune; if in Yin, Wu, Xu, Chen or You palaces there is Wood-Qi, it can overcome the inner chart's Earth, and this Chou limit means calamity. But the inner chart cannot generate the outer chart's stars. In general, in the inner chart the called-up stars are empty and have no form or image, while the solid can overcome the empty and generate the empty, but the empty cannot overcome the solid nor generate the solid. This method is subtle and mysterious, and few people know it. These two lines form one article, discussing how the actual stars of the heaven-and-earth hidden chart can generate and overcome the empty of the human chart.]

沖干對祿事如何六庚怕見羅

Clashing the stem and facing the salary: what of it? The six Geng fear to see Luo.

【三命謂之七煞五星家謂之沖干且如六庚生人用丁為官星丁用金為天元祿主即是庚之天元祿主一名天官星庚忌丙為沖干七煞丙用癸為官卻傷丁癸即用羅為祿主羅即是丙之天元祿主星又傷我庚之天元祿主此二星同行為官則失職為民則禍深福淺上則天干沖戰下則祿主傷官故曰沖干對祿】

[The Three Fates school calls it Seven Killings; the Five Star school calls it Clashing the Stem. For example, for a person born in Geng, Ding is the Office star; Ding uses Metal as its heavenly-origin salary lord, which is the same as Geng's heavenly-origin salary lord, also called the Heavenly Office star. Geng fears Bing as Clashing the Stem. Bing uses Gui as its Office, which in turn injures Ding; Gui uses Luo as its salary lord, and Luo is Bing's heavenly-origin salary lord star, which also injures my Geng's heavenly-origin salary lord. When these two stars travel together, in office one loses the post, and as a commoner the calamity is deep and the fortune shallow. Above, the heavenly stem clashes and fights; below, the salary lord injures the Office. Hence 'clashing the stem and facing the salary.']

甲人用炁怕逢金□防妙理深

For Jia people using Qi, beware of meeting Metal; guard against it, for the principle is deep.

【甲用辛為官炁為祿主金即丁火怕傷辛金之意日月逢之主祿失自一宮見之損一宮之徳餘仿此以上四句為一條論沖干對祿自化曜而言也】

[Jia uses Xin as Office, and Qi is the salary lord; this is the sense of Ding Fire fearing to injure Xin Metal. If the sun or moon meet it, the salary is lost from the person; if one palace sees it, the virtue of one palace is damaged. Infer the rest likewise. These four lines above form one article, discussing clashing the stem and facing the salary from the standpoint of transformed luminaries.]

胎元為煞尅日月未產先泣血

If the Fetal Origin is a killing star overcoming the sun and moon, one weeps blood before birth.

【如十一月生人稟二月之氣用夘為胎宮火為主星如或辰酉午三宮安命忌火為煞火日同躔在母腹中便主傷父火月同行臨產主母有厄難為分娩火與命元同行主百日周嵗闗不可脫也】

[For example, a person born in the eleventh month receives the qi of the second month; he uses Mao as the fetal palace and Fire as the lord star. If Chen, You or Wu palace is the Life and Fire is feared as the killing star, then when Fire shares the traverse with the Sun, while in the mother's womb it means injury to the father; if Fire travels with the Moon, at the time of birth it means the mother will have peril and difficulty in delivery. If Fire travels with the Life's origin, the barrier of a hundred days or a full year cannot be passed.]

胎宮驀煞稍減輕產際主虛驚

If the Fetal Palace suddenly meets killing, slightly lighter, at birth there is a false alarm.

【驀駕及諸煞為胎宮者主稍輕遇產時主艱辛逢厄無厄】

[Leaping the Throne and the various killings, when they form the Fetal Palace, mean slightly lighter; at birth there is hardship, but meeting a peril there is no peril.]

年月日時皆實地禍福皆非細

If the year, month, day and hour are all on solid ground, fortune and misfortune are no small matter.

【生年生月生日生時皆實地吉星居之十分吉惡星居之十分凶禍福皆應驗故曰非細且夫五星六曜守照身命強宮又守四柱則為實地有吉星為人仁厚誠實富貴夀考若實地俱無好星凶星守之是為凶人蓋實地有吉星皆為我的他處有凶星皆別人的所以好者尤好歹者尤歹也胎上有吉星為生來富貴有凶星主胎中有孝服或背父或不利母或生來防賤經云根本切須防兩曜貴榮須是驗三生又云三生遇煞憂逢日四正逢刑怕見身吉曜不來相救助一生勞碌不成人又云三生值煞人無夀四正逢恩福最深此其驗也雖是嵗空月月空日日空時時空胎皆為定盡禍福如一星在命一生不好若是流年太嵗空之主大發但發便夭蓋根虛故也餘三十年留意五星有驗有不驗故棄為僧也辛未年六月初一日得呂逸齋傳此始知虛實之妙方悔一生錯了多少命也以上六句為一條論胎元四柱之不可逢煞也】

[If the birth year, month, day and hour are solid ground, an auspicious star there is ten parts auspicious and an ominous star there is ten parts ominous; fortune and misfortune are all verified, hence 'no small matter.' Now when the five stars and six luminaries guard or shine on the strong palaces of Body and Life and also guard the Four Pillars, this is solid ground; with an auspicious star the person is benevolent, generous, honest, wealthy, noble and long-lived. If the solid ground has no good star and an ominous star guards it, he is an ominous person. For on solid ground, the auspicious stars are all mine, while ominous stars elsewhere belong to others; so good ones are especially good and bad ones especially bad. If there is an auspicious star in the womb, one is born to wealth and rank; if an ominous star, there was mourning in the womb, or one turns away from the father, or is unfavorable to the mother, or is born lowly. The classic says: 'Root and base must be guarded by the two luminaries; honor and glory must be verified by the three births.' It also says: 'If the three births meet killing, one worries when meeting the Sun; if the four cardinals meet punishment, one fears seeing the Body; if auspicious luminaries do not come to rescue, one toils for life and achieves nothing.' It also says: 'If the three births meet killing, a person has no longevity; if the four cardinals meet benefaction, fortune is deepest.' These are the verifications. Though the year is empty, month empty, day empty or hour empty, for the womb all are fixed and exhausted; for fortune and misfortune, if one star is in the Life, then for the whole life it is not good. If the flowing year or Grand Year empties it, one flourishes greatly, but flourishing then dying young, because the root is empty. For thirty years I took heed of the Five Stars, with some proven and some not, and so I abandoned it and became a monk. In the sixth month, first day, of the year Xinwei, I obtained the transmission from Lü Yizhai, and only then knew the wonder of empty and solid, and regretted how many fates I had misjudged in my life. These six lines above form one article, discussing that the Fetal Origin and Four Pillars must not meet killing.]

田財官福與身宮即與命元同

Property, Wealth, Office and Fortune, together with the Body palace, are the same as the Life origin.

【田財官福四宮並身宮即與命同論休咎且如命坐子丑屬土喜火羅生忌木炁尅田財官福身命主及十二宮主不問金木水火土並同命元取用俱喜火羅生俱忌木炁尅餘仿此推且夫人生與萬物一體隨其根源而遇化故桃梅不結李實鐵石安可作金燕雀不生鳳狐兎不乳馬惟同者相從耳人命稟水即是水也夫豈能為火哉如命在己申即以水為主十二宮十一曜皆作水也忌土計而驗其人之富貴貧賤夀夭之事應如神若土在命則斷險難或多疾病在財帛則斷其破財在兄弟則斷其兄弟朋友少力在田宅則斷破祖或不得祖財在男女則斷無子息主相尅在奴僕則斷其小人不忠致禍在妻妾宮則斷其妻丑或多病亦必尅在疾厄則斷破相壓身在遷移則斷其路亡夀不過六十在官祿則斷其破官官中主多厄在福徳則斷其無福在相貌則斷其初多間闗或十六後不讀書或破相或夀數不耐逺也或計居其上計乃土餘亦同斷之逢生則為吉也更叅諸宮主所遇兼虛實言之若太陽與土計同

[The four palaces Property, Wealth, Office and Fortune, along with the Body palace, are the same as the Life in judging good and ill. For example, if the Life is placed in Zi or Chou, belonging to Earth, it likes Fire-Luo to generate and fears Wood-Qi overcoming; Property, Wealth, Office, Fortune, the Body-Life lords, and the lords of the twelve palaces, regardless of whether they are Metal, Wood, Water, Fire or Earth, all take the Life origin for use: all like Fire-Luo generation and fear Wood-Qi overcoming. Infer the rest likewise. A person in life is one body with the myriad things and transforms according to their root source: so the peach and plum do not bear each other's fruit; iron and stone cannot become gold; swallows and sparrows do not give birth to phoenixes; foxes and hares do not suckle horses; only like follows like. If a person's fate receives Water, he is Water; how could he be Fire? For example, if the Life is in Ji or Shen, take Water as the lord, and the twelve palaces and eleven luminaries all count as Water, fearing Earth-Ji; judging the person's wealth and rank, poverty and lowliness, long life and early death, the response is like divine. If Earth is in the Life, judge hardship or many illnesses; in Wealth, judge loss of wealth; in Brothers, judge brothers and friends giving little help; in Property, judge breaking with the ancestors or not getting the ancestral wealth; in Children, judge no offspring or mutual overcoming; in Servants, judge disloyal petty people causing calamity; in the Spouse palace, judge an ugly or often ill wife, and probably overcoming her; in Illness, judge a defaced appearance and a pressed body; in Travel, judge death on the road, with long life not past sixty; in Office, judge broken office, with many hardships in office; in Fortune-Virtue, judge lack of fortune; in Appearance, judge many early obstacles, or giving up study after sixteen, or a defaced appearance, or a lifespan that does not last far. Or if Ji sits above it, Ji is Earth, and the same judgments apply; if meeting generation, it is auspicious. Further, consult what the lords of the various palaces encounter, taking empty and solid together. If the Sun is in the same

宮則斷其尅父太陰與土計同宮則斷其尅母尅生者必欲坐空空不盡者則減一半全空則妙若月日坐煞與土計並行則斷其先尅父也餘宮之星皆以此例言之與其首宮同斷萬無一失】

palace as Earth-Ji, judge overcoming of the father; if the Moon is in the same palace as Earth-Ji, judge overcoming of the mother. Overcoming and generation require sitting in emptiness; if the emptiness is not exhausted, reduce by half, and if wholly empty, it is wonderful. If the Moon or Sun sits in killing and travels with Earth-Ji, judge first that the father is overcome. The stars of the other palaces are all spoken of by this example; judging them the same as the first palace, there is not one error in ten thousand.]

魯邦立業辰從鎮官祿俱傷盡功名不特此宮難亦主夀齡慳

Lu's state establishes its enterprise at Chen, from which it guards: Office and Salary are both injured, fame is not the only difficulty at this palace, and the lifespan is also stingy.

【魯乃戍宮立業此宮者屬火為主忌水孛侵土為官福二主若與水土同行則我忌之官福亦忌之有尅土之理庸術皆曰土尅水而不知物隨類化之妙命屬火則官亦屬之火命喜炁木生則官福亦喜炁木生命忌水孛尅則官福亦忌水孛也故水傷土或水木炁則見土不妨又云官福受傷不特難樹功名亦主夀迫】

[Lu establishes its enterprise at the Xu palace. This palace belongs to Fire as lord and fears Water-Bo; Earth is the two lords of Office and Fortune. If it travels with Water and Earth, then I fear it and Office and Fortune also fear it, with the principle of overcoming Earth. Mediocre practitioners all say Earth overcomes Water, and do not know the wonder of things transforming according to their kind. If the Life belongs to Fire, then Office also belongs to Fire; the Life is glad to be generated by Wood-Qi, so Office and Fortune are glad of the generation of Wood-Qi; the Life fears being overcome by Water-Bo, so Office and Fortune also fear Water-Bo. Hence when Water injures Earth, or Water and Wood-Qi, seeing Earth does no harm. It also says: when Office and Fortune are injured, not only is it hard to establish fame, but lifespan is shortened.]

身命屬金都是金最怕火羅侵

If Body and Life are Metal, everything is Metal, and they fear most the invasion of Fire-Luo.

【則與前斷同議隨命言之是也】

[This is judged the same as before, according to the Life.]

土能生水亦生炁因金從金類水為財源喜土生但依身命行

Earth can generate Water and also generates Qi; because Metal follows the Metal kind, Water is the source of wealth, glad of generation by Earth; follow only Body and Life.

【因身命坐酉辰金為命主喜土計所生以財帛主水星亦喜土生福徳官祿木土皆喜土計生炁乃木餘適為句韻牽絆故不言水而曰炁也】

[Because for Body and Life seated in You or Chen, Metal is the Life lord, glad to be generated by Earth-Ji; for the Wealth lord, the Water star is also glad of Earth generation; for Fortune-Virtue and Office, Wood and Earth are both glad of generation by Earth-Ji; Qi is Wood. It happens that I am tied by the rhyme of the verse, so I do not say Water but say Qi.]

火能生木亦生金土下究元因

Fire can generate Wood and also generate Metal; seek the root cause under Earth.

【因子丑安命屬土木為主災羅為恩星葢命主是土喜火生土以此財福主木田主是金皆喜火羅生他宮住命火如何生得金木即從命主所愛也】

[Because with Life in Zi or Chou belonging to Earth, Wood is the lord and Fire-Luo is the benefactor star; since the Life lord is Earth, it is glad of Fire generating Earth, and thus Wealth and Fortune lords are Wood and the Property lord is Metal, all glad of Fire-Luo generation. With the Life lodged in another palace, how could Fire generate Metal and Wood? Follow what the Life lord loves.]

識得五行顛倒顛方是大羅仙

To know the Five Phases inverted and inverted again is to be a Great Luo Immortal.

【即上文火能生木亦能生金之意謂顛倒明得此理方為神仙之妙】

[This is the sense of the previous text, 'Fire can generate Wood and also generate Metal'; it means that inverted and inverted again, understanding this principle is the wonder of the divine immortal.]

秦晉楚身闗土計真是太陰忌

Qin, Jin and Chu: Body is tied to Earth-Ji; truly the Moon dreads it.

【己未申三宮安命屬水月為命主並忌土計真煞也以上十八句為一條論十二宮同命元所好惡也】

[For the Life placed in Ji, Wei or Shen, belonging to Water, the Moon is the Life lord, and both fear Earth-Ji as the true killing. These eighteen lines above form one article, discussing what the twelve palaces like and dislike in sharing the Life origin.]

月為兄弟日為妻子息在其時主星卻防居何地虛實從其類

The Moon is Brothers, the Sun is Spouse and Children, the hour has its lord star, but guard against where it lodges; empty and solid follow its kind.

【此家星理不論男女宮主及守男女妻宮之星且如庚申生人水為本身嵗駕戊寅月木為兄弟丁亥日木為妻宮丙午時太陽為子息星隨其地支得時斷其有無又云月管初主二十五年日管中主二十五年時管末主二十五年各推本屬虛實有無仍先推本位防聚吉凶若何一云年管父母月日時管兄弟妻子主星逢生坐實則旺相或落空脫地或坐實逢煞則有尅剝損傷此四句為一條以月日時配兄弟妻子而論虛實也】

[This is a star principle of the school, irrespective of men or women; it concerns the palace lords and the stars guarding the palaces of Children and Spouse. For example, for a person born in Gengshen, Water is the original body; the year drives Wuyin, with Wood in the month as Brothers; the day Dinghai, with Wood as the Spouse palace; the hour Bingwu, with the Sun as the Children star. Follow its earthly branch and gain the season to judge its presence or absence. It also says: the month governs the first twenty-five years, the day the middle twenty-five years, the hour the last twenty-five years, each inferring its original nature, empty or solid, present or absent, and first inferring the original position, then the gathering of fortune and misfortune, and what follows. One school says: the year governs parents; the month, day and hour govern brothers, spouse and children. If the lord star meets generation and sits solid, it is prosperous and thriving; if it falls empty and is stripped of ground, or sits solid and meets killing, there is overcoming and damage. These four lines form one article, discussing empty and solid by matching month, day and hour to brothers, spouse and children.]

身命逢官坐貴人登駕近明君

When Body and Life meet Office and sit in Nobility, one ascends the Throne and approaches the enlightened sovereign.

【身命主逢天地元祿主或逢官祿主同行於駕籍皆主近君之貴凡防星辰先以日月為□如寅上安命木為主日與水行月與孛行若日月明浄者第一須防身命宮身命主逢生逢官者無不貴小人見之亦富駕者本命太嵗謂之君位也日月福徳臨之貴多近君有身命登駕格局好多做朝士限主居之主一限內亦能近君也若煞臨之為戰破縱主星合格貴而不顯無夀亦多升沉更主星不合格必主疾病纒綿刑害夭折之禍祿馬貴人太嵗所専也命主居之乃與太嵗有相管攝在弱宮不為弱也若身命不在此宮位與太嵗無相管攝則為無用人矣若身命坐祿崇勲則衣祿有餘或日月拱夾祿位或吉星坐祿馬為紫薇華葢崇勲有台輔之貴少年榮達更官祿星臨之為食邑崇勲官至卿相身命日月年星朝之雖沖干對祿亦貴若辰戌安命為自吞崇勲主祿不久尅星臨之為破勲生氣臨之為爵坐勲大貴命運必先推祿馬貴人若身命坐馬五馬之貴凶星照破爭戰不安坐貴合格貴不可言身命宮主見官謂

[If the Body or Life lord meets the heavenly or earthly origin salary lord, or meets the Office or salary lord traveling together in the Throne and Register, all mean the nobility of approaching the sovereign. In general, when discussing luminaries, first take the sun and moon as the [basis]; for example, with the Life placed in Yin, Wood is the lord, the Sun travels with Water and the Moon with Bo; if the sun and moon are bright and clear, then the first thing to guard is the Body-Life palace and Body-Life lord. Those whose Body and Life meet generation and meet Office are all noble, and even petty people who see it are wealthy. The Throne is the Life's Grand Year, called the sovereign's position. If the Sun, Moon or Fortune-Virtue are there, they are mostly noble and near the sovereign; with a pattern where Body and Life ascend the Throne in good form, one often becomes a court official. When the limit lord resides there, within that limit one can also approach the sovereign. If killing is there, it is battle and breaking; even if the lord star accords with the pattern, one is noble but not distinguished, and long life is lacking, with many rises and sinkings; furthermore, if the lord star does not accord with the pattern, there will be lingering illness, punishment and harm, and calamity of early death. Salary, Horse and Nobleman are chiefly governed by the Grand Year; when the Life lord resides there, it has jurisdiction relations with the Grand Year, and a weak palace is not weak. If Body and Life are not in this palace and have no jurisdiction relation with the Grand Year, one is a useless person. If Body and Life sit in Salary and Meritorious Honor, there is a surplus of clothing and salary; or if the sun and moon flank the salary position, or auspicious stars sit in Salary and Horse, this is the Purple Canopy and Splendid Cover, Meritorious Honor with the nobility of the Ministers, who succeed in youth; and further, with the Office star arriving, it is a fief with Meritorious Honor and one reaches the rank of minister or chancellor. Where the Body, Life, sun, moon and year-stars court it, though clashing the stem and facing the salary, still one is noble. If Chen or Xu is the Life, it is Self-Swallowing Meritorious Honor, and the salary does not last; if an overcoming star arrives, it is Broken Merit; if the Qi of Life arrives, it is Peerage Seat Merit, greatly noble, and the fortune of the Life must first infer Salary, Horse and Nobleman. If Body and Life sit on Horse, there is the nobility of five horses; if ominous stars shine and break it, there is fighting and unrest; if sitting on Nobleman and accord with the pattern, the nobility is unspeakable. When the Body and Life palace lord sees Office, it is said that

之身命逢官坐駕守籍必主近君也次防四柱占何宮用星髙格局好煞星空陷一路好限顧盻親切平步公卿】

'Body and Life meet Office, sit on the Throne and guard the Register,' and one will surely approach the sovereign. Next guard which palace the Four Pillars occupy: high star, good pattern, killing star empty or sunk, one road good, the limit looking after intimately, steady rise to duke and minister.]

駕前沖驀諸神煞值難禍尤烈

Before the Throne, clashing and leaping, the various spirits and killings: encountering Difficulty is disaster most severe.

【駕者子生人子宮即是嵗君之駕沖者午宮即是沖駕也驀者子生人亥宮即是驀駕也此四宮禍福最□值難星及煞主入此主凶禍速烈貴人祿馬官福主入此四宮發福最□遇凶十分凶遇吉十分吉凡人命不要與太嵗相對謂之沖駕不要太嵗後一位謂之驀駕乃有驀越之象主近君不久末主多是不利如亥生人亥為嵗駕子為近君之駕也已為沖駕戍為驀駕身命俱登駕近君則吉沖驀駕乃有孛逆之象更加凶星則大禍吉星則大發福矣刼煞即亥夘未在申之類第一要身命限主不喜居之為□若遇者多刼盜災疾也第二亡神對沖是也三陽刃主破相壓身之疾重者刑傷六親不具也且如甲祿在寅夘為陽刃酉為的煞一名破碎一名白衣一名淫神男人帶此多淫慾女人尤忌之男多好酒色作事汨沒多破碎也身命限主居之有作為能事之人也小人遇之贍大心惡不善之人耳此煞即飛防也其法正月戌二月巳三月午四月未五月寅六夘七辰八亥九子十丑十一月申十二月酉若遇喜神乃

[The 'Throne' means, for a person born in Zi, the Zi palace is the Grand Year lord's chariot; 'Clash' is the Wu palace, which is clashing the Throne; 'Leap' means for a person born in Zi the Hai palace is Leaping the Throne. For these four palaces, fortune and misfortune are most [immediate]; if Difficulty stars or killing lords enter, it is ominous, swift and fierce; if Nobleman, Salary, Horse, or Office and Fortune lords enter these four palaces, fortune is most [swift]; ominous meeting is ten parts ominous, auspicious meeting ten parts auspicious. A person's Life should not be opposite the Grand Year, called Clashing the Throne, nor one place behind the Grand Year, called Leaping the Throne, which has the image of leaping over and means one will approach the sovereign not for long, and mostly end unfavorably. For example, for a person born in Hai, Hai is the Year's Throne and Zi is the Throne of nearness to the sovereign, Si is Clashing the Throne and Xu is Leaping the Throne. If Body and Life both ascend the Throne and approach the sovereign, it is auspicious; Clashing and Leaping the Throne have an image of defiance, and with ominous stars added, great calamity; with auspicious stars, great fortune. Robbery Killing is, for example, Hai, Mao, Wei in Shen and so on; first, Body, Life, limit lords do not like to reside in it as [bad]; those who meet it often suffer robbery and illness. Second, Lost Spirit is the opposite clash. Third, the Yang Blade is a disease of defaced appearance and pressed body; if heavy, it punishes and harms the six relations to leave none. For example, with Jia's salary in Yin, Mao is the Yang Blade and You is the real killing, also called Broken Fragments or White Clothes or Licentious Spirit. A man with it is mostly lustful, a woman especially should avoid it; men like wine and women, and their works are often submerged and broken. If Body, Life, or limit lord reside in it, they are persons who can accomplish things; a petty person who meets it has a large gall and a wicked heart, an unkind person. This killing is the Flying Fate; its method: first month Xu, second Si, third Wu, fourth Wei, fifth Yin, sixth Mao, seventh Chen, eighth Hai, ninth Zi, tenth Chou, eleventh Shen, twelfth You. If one meets a Joyful Spirit, it is the fate of founding a feudal domain and commanding a post.

開藩建閫之命月煞一名陰煞正月丑逆行丑戌未辰四位周而復始己上煞宮主尅我命主星為真煞生我命主星不以煞論反為有力此法盡善盡美不可輕洩難者乃疾厄宮主星也帷午未二宮十分忌之蓋君後二象惟以官福田財之星為重不論生尅但不宜逢難故太陽忌木炁太陰忌土計也然疾厄星亦不要守四柱及身命宮身命主不喜見之直難者正二太陽三四太陰五六火七八水九十木十一十二土兼用餘氣推之不與身命主身命宮相犯犯著多主心風喬恠為人百行不純作事顛倒更是煞星同行必刑夭得用極有力】

The Monthly Killing, also called Yin Killing: first month Chou, moving retrograde, Chou, Xu, Wei, Chen, four positions, cycling and beginning again. Of the killing palaces above, if the lord that overcomes my Life lord star it is true killing; if it generates my Life lord star, it is not counted as killing, but conversely has strength. This method is perfect and should not be lightly revealed. Difficulty is the Illness palace lord star. Only the Wu and Wei palaces extremely fear it, for the sovereign and the consort images chiefly take the stars of Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth as important, regardless of generation and overcoming, only not liking to meet Difficulty; hence the Sun fears Wood-Qi, and the Moon fears Earth-Ji. But the Illness star also should not guard the Four Pillars or the Body-Life palace; the Body and Life lords do not like to see it. When Difficulty is straight: first and second months the Sun, third and fourth months the Moon, fifth and sixth Fire, seventh and eighth Water, ninth and tenth Wood, eleventh and twelfth Earth, and use the other qi accordingly. If it does not offend the Body-Life lord and Body-Life palace, well; if it offends, mostly it means a heart-wind and strange oddities, a person whose conduct is not pure, whose work is upside down; and if further a killing star travels with it, there will be punishment and early death. If used well, it is extremely strong.]

福星守籍喜相生犯籍主刑傷

A Fortune star guarding the Register, glad of mutual generation; offending the Register means punishment and injury.

【福官二元守生時更得吉星相生為富貴之命或難煞星犯生時主刑傷為禍籍者生時是也只要官福主臨之身命主尤妙是為登籍尤喜相生縱是弱宮不為弱也煞星守之真為刑傷仍防虛實論之以上六句為一條論駕籍喜生而不喜煞也】

[When the Fortune and Office origins guard the birth hour, and an auspicious star further generates them, this is a fate of wealth and rank; if Difficulty or killing stars offend the birth hour, there is punishment, injury and calamity. 'Register' is the birth hour. It is only needed that the Office or Fortune lords arrive there, and especially wonderful if it is the Body or Life lord; this is ascending the Register, especially glad of mutual generation, and even a weak palace is not weak. If a killing star guards it, truly punishment and injury; still guard empty and solid when discussing. These six lines above form one article, discussing that the Throne and Register like generation and not killing.]

八個字中定真假輕重量多寡

Within the eight characters determine true and false, light and heavy, measure many and few.

【八字即四柱定真假真者乃坐實假者空亡輕者空不盡也且如甲戌生人申上有用星空了得八字年月日時中有一申字喚起空不盡也非空非實即為輕也重者且如甲戌生人見壬申俱是甲戌旬中又無申字填實此為空得重也四柱二三坐皆得一旬空亡此為多也年月日時中一位空亡又空不盡此為寡也故生殺二字主人貧賤富貴須防四柱中帶得帶不得以定其真假輕重量多寡也如己丑戊辰己丑庚午未上安命月在午此為二主臨財但午是甲申旬中空得午帶實又有兩個己丑皆是甲申之物故輕此等人主心高志大多虛花妄想身命空也】

[The eight characters are the Four Pillars; determine true and false: 'true' means sitting solid, 'false' means Kongwang, 'light' means emptiness not exhausted. For example, for a person born in Jiaxu, if the useful star at Shen is empty, then if among the year, month, day or hour there is one character Shen, calling it up, emptiness is not exhausted: neither empty nor solid, which is light. 'Heavy': for a person born in Jiaxu who sees Renshen, both being in the Jiaxu decade with no Shen character to fill it solid, this is emptiness obtained heavily. If two or three of the Four Pillars sit in a decade's Kongwang, this is 'many'; if one position among year, month, day and hour is Kongwang and again not exhausted, this is 'few'. So for the two words generation and killing, which chiefly determine a person's poverty, lowliness, wealth and rank, one must guard whether the Four Pillars can carry it or not, to determine its true and false, light and heavy, and measure many and few. For example, Jichou, Wuchen, Jichou, Gengwu, with the Life placed on Wei and the Moon in Wu: this is two lords facing wealth, but Wu is Kongwang in the Jiashen decade, so the empty Wu has a solid carrier; moreover, the two Jichou belong to the Jiashen decade, so it is light. Such a person has a high heart and ambitious will, with many vain flowers and delusions, and the Body and Life are empty.]

空亡一訣少人知陰陽分兩推

The one secret of Kongwang few know; yin and yang divide and infer in two parts.

【論五星君子少有識空亡之妙雖識亦不知分陰陽且如甲戌丙子戊寅庚辰壬午只是金空於申半空於酉又如乙亥丁丑己夘辛巳癸未全空於酉半空於申餘仿此推故陰陽分兩推流年同論之】

[In discussing the Five Stars, few gentlemen know the wonder of Kongwang, and even those who know it do not know how to divide yin and yang. For example, Jiaxu, Bingzi, Wuyin, Gengchen, Renwu: Metal is empty in Shen and half empty in You. Again, Yihai, Dingchou, Jimao, Xinsi, Guiwei: fully empty in You and half empty in Shen. Infer the rest likewise. Hence yin and yang are divided and inferred in two parts, and the flowing year is discussed in the same way.]

流年遇煞喜逢空好處反為凶

When the flowing year meets killing, it is glad to meet emptiness; a good place turns instead into ominous.

【流年遇煞曜戰身命限主本凶逢太嵗空之必反為福若恩星祿馬吉星到身命限主吉逢太嵗空之轉福為禍】

[When the flowing year meets a killing luminary that fights the Body or Life or the limit lord, which is originally ominous, if the Grand Year empties it, it will certainly turn to fortune; if a benefactor star, Salary, Horse or auspicious star reaches the Body, Life or limit lord and is auspicious, but the Grand Year empties it, fortune turns to calamity.]

行年若值甲寅旬生煞子上停

If the age-year meets the Jiayin decade, generation and killing both rest in Zi.

【生星乃恩星也守子宮行年值甲寅旬陽年災晦陰年稍吉煞星乃難星也守子宮行年甲寅旬陽年主禍輕福重隂年福淺禍深經云陽不管陰陰不管陽之意餘年仿此推】

[A generation star is a benefactor star. If it guards the Zi palace and the age-year meets the Jiayin decade, in a yang year there is calamity and obscurity, while in a yin year it is slightly auspicious. A killing star is a Difficulty star. If it guards the Zi palace and the age-year meets the Jiayin decade, in a yang year the calamity is light and the fortune heavy, while in a yin year the fortune is shallow and the calamity deep. The classic says, 'Yang does not govern yin, and yin does not govern yang,' which is the sense. Infer the rest likewise.]

陽年災福應陽年陰年減半言

In yang years, calamity and fortune respond in yang years; in yin years they are halved. So it is said.

【前篇解已備矣以上十句為一條論虛實當以陰陽而推之也】

[The earlier explanation is complete. These ten lines above form one article, discussing that empty and solid should be inferred by yin and yang.]

身命臨財萬頃田官福喜居垣

Body and Life facing Wealth give ten thousand mu of fields; Office and Fortune are glad to dwell in their own palaces.

【身命二主喜入財宮主富也官祿元喜入垣主貴也故言合格縱逢煞星亦須還其富貴然後防限虛實如何次定生尅且如子上安命見木寅上安命見金夘上安命見水辰上安命見火雖煞星皆為財福入命或身命主居而見之皆為身命入財福皆是用煞為權平生好利貪功末後多不吉之吉經云兩宮坐貴三朝祿二主臨財萬頃田又云福星居福真為福官主居官作顕官更使身命兼駁雜定知享福必艱難又云凶星作善事富貴非遙吉曜作凶神敗亡亦速此二句為一條言身命臨財官福居垣也】

[When the Body and Life lords are glad to enter the Wealth palace, they indicate wealth; when the Office and Salary origins are glad to enter their own palace, they indicate nobility. Hence it is said they accord with the pattern, and even meeting a killing star one must return to wealth and rank, and afterwards guard the limits, and how empty and solid are, next determining generation and overcoming. For example, with the Life in Zi, if Wood is seen; Life in Yin, if Metal is seen; Life in Mao, if Water is seen; Life in Chen, if Fire is seen: though these are killing stars, all are Wealth and Fortune entering the Life; or if the Body or Life lord resides there and sees it, then Body and Life enter Wealth and Fortune, and all use the killing as authority. Such a person all life loves profit and covets merit, and in the end is mostly auspice within inauspice. The classic says: 'Two palaces sitting on Nobility, three courts of salary; two lords facing Wealth, ten thousand mu of fields.' It also says: 'A Fortune star residing in Fortune is truly fortune; an Office lord residing in Office makes a distinguished official. If Body and Life are mixed and impure, one will surely find enjoying fortune difficult.' It also says: 'An ominous star doing good deeds, wealth and rank are not far; an auspicious luminary acting as an ominous spirit, ruin and death are swift.' These two lines form one article, discussing Body and Life facing Wealth and Office and Fortune residing in their palaces.]

武官帶煞格局好主陷為僧道

A military officer who carries killing has a good pattern; if the lord is sunk, he becomes a monk or Daoist.

【凡武官命多是帶煞或諸煞但一位尅身命或近身命或傍臨合照或坐陽刄亡神刼煞或主星驀駕或主遇刑星或坐馬落空或值直星犯命主本為凶兆卻合貴局或官福縱有尅制官星尅而有救官星退而逢生其中若帶漏闗互垣特進等格或十一曜擁從或眾星從日月者乃建節封侯將帥命也更防日月同宮日月守照日月拱夾二曜朝陽五星隨日五星隨月金水輔日金火逢月日土晝逢火月同宵一星伴月月居閒極太乙抱蟾計羅闌截金水防蛇七政入垣十一曜朝命官祿互垣十一曜拱端門午上帝座子上官福守照田財拱夾且防命主用得著用不著斷之妙甚此皆富貴之格富人之命必是體弱用強或水火同行金木同位或水火羅金木羅之類或相生沖尅者皆是葢為富不仁為仁不富故多戰尅也亦有二主臨財財星不起財星逢生不帶空亡富連阡陌又防科甲科名無陷逆則為殊恩異賞之人僧道之命與官貴同只是身命主陷三六九十二之宮或官星背了得用星空了或得用星俱陷弱

[Military officers' fates mostly carry killing, or various killings; but if a single position overcomes the Body or Life, or is near the Body or Life, or flanks or jointly shines on it, or sits on the Yang Blade, Lost Spirit or Robbery Killing, or the lord star leaps the Throne, or the lord meets a punishing star, or sits on Horse and falls empty, or meets the Duty star and offends the Life lord, these are originally ominous omens but accord with a noble configuration; or, though Office and Fortune are overcome and restrained, the Office star is overcome yet rescued, or the Office star retreats yet meets generation, and among these there are the patterns of Leaking the Barrier, Mutual Residence, and Special Advance; or if the eleven luminaries escort it, or the many stars follow the sun and moon, this is the fate of a general who raises a standard and is enfeoffed as a marquis. Further guard: sun and moon in the same palace, sun and moon guarding and shining, sun and moon flanking, the two luminaries courting the sun, five stars following the sun, five stars following the moon, Metal and Water assisting the Sun, Metal and Fire meeting the Moon, Sun and Earth by day meeting Fire, Moon in the same night, one star accompanying the Moon, Moon dwelling in Idle Extremity, Taiyi embracing the toad, Ji and Luo intercepting, Metal and Water guarding against the snake, the seven governors entering their palaces, the eleven luminaries court the Life, Office and Salary in mutual residence, the eleven luminaries ringing the Main Gate, the imperial seat in Wu, and Zi, Office and Fortune guarding and shining, Property and Wealth flanking; and further guard whether the Life lord is usable or not, whose judging is extremely wonderful. These are all patterns of wealth and rank. The fate of a rich person must be a weak body with strong function, or Water and Fire traveling together, Metal and Wood in one place, or Water-Fire-Luo, Metal-Wood-Luo and the like, or generating and clashing and overcoming one another; all because one who is rich is not benevolent, and one who is benevolent is not rich, so there is much fighting and overcoming. There are also those with two lords facing Wealth where the Wealth star does not rise, or the Wealth star meets generation and carries no Kongwang, in which case wealth stretches over fields; further guard exam success, and where fame in examinations has no sunk or rebellious star, one is a person of exceptional favor and special reward. The fate of monks and Daoists is the same as that of officials and nobles, except that the Body and Life lord is sunk in the palaces of three, six, nine or twelve, or the Office star turns its back and the useful star is empty, or the useful stars are all sunk in a weak

宮或孤尅星干身命太重有權煞則為住持之人矣師尼之命相貌疾厄兩宮多不足或夫子二星陷弱宮制尅或坐隔界無分曉處所以孤也庶出過房入贅移徙等命多是身命宮身命主臨寅申己亥四重之位所以事多更易妻子二宮坐兩界無分曉處亦難為妻子加煞照無妻子矣是又煞中有救也僧道命多因主陷弱一月得所或主星守閒極遷移獨立無輔或身命虛為林泉之客】

palace, or lonely overcoming stars interfere too heavily with the Body and Life, with authority and killing; then one is an abbot. In the fate of nuns, the Appearance and Illness palaces are mostly deficient, or the husband and child stars are sunk in a weak palace and restrained, or sit in the boundary between divisions without clear [position], and for this they are solitary. Fates of concubine's children, adoptees, in-laws, migrants and the like are mostly such that the Body and Life palaces and lords face the four heavy positions Yin, Shen, Si and Hai, hence many affairs change; if the spouse and children palaces sit in two divisions without clear position, it is also hard to have spouse and children, and with added killing shining, one has no spouse or children, which is again a rescue within killing. The fate of monks and Daoists is mostly because the lord is sunk and weak, with one month gaining its place, or the lord star guards Idle Extremity or Travel, alone and without help, or the Body and Life are empty, making one a guest of the forests and springs.]

吏曹之命禍福専刑害命傷官

The fate of a clerk: calamity and fortune are focused; punishment and harm injure the Life, harming Office.

【吏曹之命官福田財皆好但此等命刑星不守相貌必主生時或身命逢刑無救解吉處十分吉凶處十分凶謂之禍福専也所以有享用有刑害更主坐陷而見刑尅或煞官星及相貌或官星被尅皆刑害之命貴人祿馬必與身命宮主及煞星同行或官祿星入垣受尅併為吏曹之命也】

[In the fate of a clerk, Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth are all good, but in such fates a punishing star does not guard Appearance; surely at the birth hour, or the Body or Life meet punishment without rescue, auspicious places are ten parts auspicious and ominous places ten parts ominous, called calamity and fortune focused. So one has enjoyment and also punishment and harm; moreover, sitting sunk and seeing punishment and overcoming, or killing the Office star and Appearance, or the Office star being overcome, are all fates of punishment and harm. Nobleman, Salary and Horse must travel with the Body and Life palace lords and killing stars, or the Office and Salary star enter their palace and receive overcoming; all these are fates of clerks.]

僧道紫炁逢華葢庶俗多利害

Monks and Daoists have Purple Qi meeting the Splendid Cover; ordinary people have much gain and harm.

【申子辰生人辰上立命己酉丑生人丑上立命寅午戌生人戌上立命亥夘未生人未上立命見紫炁守之皆為僧道之命也俗人見之決生尅剝六親傷妻尅子無有不驗更身命落空皆孤獨也以上六句為一條論煞也】

[For people born in Shen, Zi or Chen, the Life established in Chen; Si, You or Chou, in Chou; Yin, Wu or Xu, in Xu; Hai, Mao or Wei, in Wei: if Purple Qi guards it, all are fates of monks and Daoists. Ordinary people who see it will surely suffer overcoming and stripping of the six relations, injuring the wife and overcoming children, without fail; and if Body and Life fall empty, all are solitary. These six lines above form one article, discussing killing.]

天乙之星趕月明妻尅子螟蛉

The star of Tianyi chases the bright moon: overcomes the wife, children are adopted.

【天乙者紫炁也隨月而行主孤寡尅妻害子子丑宮安命立身尤重】

[Tianyi is Purple Qi, which travels with the Moon and governs loneliness and widowhood, overcoming the wife and harming children. With the Life established in the Zi or Chou palace, it is especially heavy.]

不然定作林下客虛實分清白

Otherwise one will certainly be a guest in the forest; separate clear from muddy by empty and solid.

【炁月同行者主客重則為僧道之流實則應驗虛則反是若紫炁如在月前一般為俗人而無妨害官福扶之決作清虛之士此四句為一條言身主同孤尅之星而分虛實也】

[One where Qi and Moon travel together is a guest [of fate]; if heavy, one is of the monk and Daoist kind. If solid, it is verified; if empty, the reverse. If Purple Qi is before the Moon, one is an ordinary person and there is no harm; if Office and Fortune support it, one will certainly be a pure and empty-minded scholar. These four lines form one article, discussing when Body and lord share a solitary, overcoming star, dividing empty and solid.]

女人金水淫妬賤木命夫榮顯

A woman with Metal-Water is licentious, jealous and lowly; with Wood in her fate, her husband flourishes and is distinguished.

【金水者為酒色淫心也女人不宜見之見之必為妬賤之軰若木星主更身主逢生坐貴坐祿駕官祿多榮顯良婦也且如寅亥上立命金白水清能榮夫利子也他宮立命雖金水清者十有九個是侍貴婢妾命亦多妬無容徳火月性悍而淫水火淫而無情多嗔金水不清血氣不調水金桃花失用者為娼優妓路之人也土孛淫穢無擇水火孛淫刑土火為孤孀夫星坐閒極多為夫所棄背或生離也夫星坐遷移多主出外或嫁逺或傍貴立身命夫入奴僕婬其下人祿入奴僕喜自為庖饌大抵女命身福夫子田財好者為貴子主不受尅疾厄好則生貴子若疾厄男女宮主受尅疾厄主不好者多產難也身命主入疾厄多病坐奴僕多下賤坐閒極或六九宮太陰不得地若男女星不陷而得地又當生貴子因而有稱呼也娼妓命有桃花無福必賤夫星陷弱夫子駁雜相貌必好男女必傷全防其吊起飛來我命主星入何宮分何星來入我命言之無不驗也】

[Metal-Water means a heart of wine and lust, which women should not see; if they see it they are surely jealous and lowly. If the Wood star is lord, and the Body lord meets generation, sits in Nobility, sits in Salary, and guards the Throne, Office and Salary, they are mostly glorious and distinguished, a virtuous wife. For example, with the Life established in Yin or Hai, Metal is white and Water clear, she can glorify her husband and benefit her sons. With the Life established in other palaces, even if Metal and Water are clear, nine in ten are the fates of noble maids and concubines, and mostly jealous and lacking in appearance and virtue. Fire and Moon are fierce and lewd by nature; Water and Fire are lewd and heartless, often angry; if Metal and Water are not clear, the blood and qi are not regulated; Water-Metal Peach Blossom not used makes a singing girl or prostitute; Earth-Bo is lewd and filthy without choice; Water-Fire-Bo is lewd and punished; Earth-Fire makes a solitary widow; if the husband star sits in Idle Extremity, she is mostly abandoned or turned away by her husband, or separated alive; if the husband star sits in Travel, she mostly goes out, marries far, or relies on a noble to establish herself; if the husband enters Servants, she is lewd with her inferiors; if Salary enters Servants, she likes to cook for herself. In general, for a woman's fate, if Body, Fortune, husband, children, Property and Wealth are good, she is noble, the children star is not overcome, and if Illness is good she bears noble sons. If the Illness and children palace lords are overcome, and the Illness lord is not good, there is mostly difficult delivery. If the Body or Life lord enters Illness, she has many illnesses; sitting in Servants, she is mostly lowly; sitting in Idle Extremity or the palaces six or nine, if the Moon does not obtain its place; if the children stars are not sunk and gain their place, she will bear noble sons and thereby gain a title. A courtesan's fate has Peach Blossom without fortune and is surely lowly; the husband star is sunk and weak, husband and children are mixed, appearance must be good, children must be injured; guard completely how the called-up flying stars come into my Life-lord's palace and which star enters mine, which speaks without fail.]

神道煞星守華葢痼疾孤一世

A Deity-Path killing star guarding the Splendid Cover: chronic illness and one lonely lifetime.

【女人最嫌孤神華葢又嫌身命坐華葢逢煞星主粘身疾病孤眠獨坐之人假如亥卯未安命未計守之土計又為難星故也餘仿此推之】

[Women most dislike the Lonely Spirit and Splendid Cover, and also dislike the Body or Life sitting on the Splendid Cover and meeting a killing star, which means illness that sticks to the body, and a person who sleeps alone and sits alone. For example, with Hai, Mao or Wei in the Life, Earth-Ji guards Wei; Earth-Ji is also a Difficulty star. Infer the rest likewise.]

生星守貴坐祿宮夫旺子興隆

A generation star guarding Nobility and sitting in the Salary palace: husband flourishes and sons prosper.

【婦人之命只喜身元為重命元為次若逢生坐實祿駕籍官福之宮主榮夫旺子享福也】

[In a woman's fate, only the Body origin is important and the Life origin secondary; if she meets generation and sits solid, and in the palaces of Salary, Throne, Register, Office or Fortune, she is glorious, her husband flourishes, and she enjoys fortune through her sons.]

奴僕餘奴馬上見奔波淫下賤

A leftover servant on Horse sees running about and licentious lowliness.

【且如命坐寅亥宮木為命元見炁為餘奴僕元俱守驛馬之宮多為淫賤之輩馬者主淫主勞碌餘奴者主賤也】

[For example, with the Life in Yin or Hai, Wood is the Life origin; if she sees Qi as the leftover servant, and the servant origin both guard the palace of the Post Horse, she is mostly licentious and lowly. A Horse governs lewdness and toil, and a leftover servant governs lowliness.]

咸池星守驛馬宮女淫主產凶

A Xianchi star guarding the Horse palace: a lewd woman, and childbirth is ominous.

【桃李星守驛馬更守身命女命逢之勞碌淫賤更尅身命煞曜者產厄橫亡如寅午戌生命坐辰酉見火金同行或入身命夘戌安命水又尅之命坐己申水火同守餘仿此推之】

[A Peach Blossom star guarding the Horse palace and further guarding the Body or Life: a woman with it is toiling, lewd and lowly, and if it also overcomes the Body or Life with a killing luminary, she suffers childbirth difficulty or sudden death. For example, for Yin, Wu or Xu born, the Life in Chen or You; if Fire and Metal travel together, or enter Body or Life; with Mao or Xu in the Life, Water overcomes it; with the Life in Ji or Shen, Water and Fire guard it together. Infer the rest likewise.]

馬星或起在咸池酒色性無期

If the Horse star rises at Xianchi, the nature is for wine and lust, without end.

【馬星坐桃花主好色貪酒其性無定度且如申子辰生人水在酉巳酉丑生人水在午寅午戌生人水在夘亥夘未生人水在子更守身命是也】

[A Horse star sitting at Peach Blossom means fondness for lust and greed for wine, with a nature that has no measure. For example, for people born in Shen, Zi or Chen, Water is in You; Si, You or Chou, Water in Wu; Yin, Wu or Xu, Water in Mao; Hai, Mao or Wei, Water in Zi; and also guarding the Body or Life.]

陽命見之多薄徳性好貪酒色

In a yang fate, seeing it, one is mostly thin of virtue, with a nature fond of wine and lust.

【咸池星守驛馬或馬星守咸池更無忌曜男女見之快耍樂眠花臥栁有才無徳終為無成之人也】

[A Xianchi star guarding the Post Horse palace, or a Horse star guarding Xianchi, with no feared luminary: men and women who see it are bright and pleasure-seeking, sleeping among flowers and lying among willows, talented but without virtue, and in the end are people who achieve nothing.]

更兼名利兩無成帶煞主遭刑

Moreover, neither fame nor profit is achieved, and carrying killing one suffers punishment.

【命帶桃花驛馬尅身命者未嘗有敦厚成家立後之人必帶煞遭刑也】

[A fate carrying Peach Blossom and Post Horse and overcoming the Body or Life has never had a person who was sincere, generous, established a household and left descendants; one must carry killing and meet punishment.]

女人不要坐沐浴煞多主淫慾

A woman should not sit at Bathing; killing there mostly means lust.

【女人命不要坐沐浴敗地若坐沐浴多破家流蕩或因酒色敗家女人不要金水同宮煞要制則好無救則夭有權則不能享福女人金水清則多妬金水防而淫羅在命威權計在命心毒太陰身命主不喜坐疾厄則多病坐閒極則舒散女人身最喜坐福徳坐奴僕下賤若得地逢生勤勞能治家居官祿受命稱呼火月同宮多淫悍夫星入奴僕合及下人水星坐桃花不用者乃娼優妓路之人也水木不喜同宮為命主多淫慾無度土木同宮者勝但夫子同一宮者無嗣金水同者能謳土孛同者淫而刑身宮清者不生子息身宮不清者賤火土同宮多孤寡水星不清血氣不利夫宮雜者無定向祿入奴僕喜自庖廚身命空者多僧尼女冠婢妾之命亦是夫星坐閒極或六九宮或太陰不得地若男女不陷而得地當生貴子因而有稱呼也以上十八句為一條言女命最怕煞也】

[In a woman's fate one must not sit in the defeated ground of Bathing; if she sits on Bathing, she mostly ruins the household and drifts, or ruins the family through wine and lust. A woman should not have Metal and Water in the same palace; killing needs restraining to be good; without rescue she dies young; with authority she cannot enjoy fortune. A woman with clear Metal-Water is mostly jealous; Metal-Water guarded and lewd; Luo in the Life gives power, Ji in the Life gives a poisonous heart; the Moon as Body or Life lord is not glad to sit in Illness, for then many illnesses; sitting in Idle Extremity gives ease and relaxation. A woman's Body is most glad to sit in Fortune-Virtue; sitting in Servants is lowly; if she gets her place and meets generation, she is diligent and can manage the household, or in Office she receives a title. Fire and Moon in the same palace is mostly lewd and fierce; the husband star entering Servants, or Water star sitting on Peach Blossom and not used, makes a singing girl or prostitute. Water and Wood should not share a palace as Life lord, for there is lewd desire without measure; Earth and Wood in the same palace is better. If the husband and children stars are in the same palace, no heir; if Metal and Water together, she can sing; Earth and Bo together, she is lewd and punished; if the Body palace is clear she bears no children, and if the Body palace is not clear she is lowly; Fire and Earth in the same palace is mostly solitary widowhood; if the Water star is not clear, blood and qi are not smooth; if the husband palace is mixed, there is no fixed direction; Salary entering Servants likes cooking for herself; if Body and Life are empty, mostly nuns or Daoist women, a handmaid's or concubine's fate; also the husband star sits in Idle Extremity or palaces six or nine, or the Moon does not get its place; if children are not sunk and get their place, she bears noble sons and gains a title. These eighteen lines above form one article, discussing that a woman's fate most fears killing.]

立身不定或多移身命坐兩岐

If one's standing is not fixed, one moves often; Body and Life sit in two forks.

【立身不定者身命二主坐隔界不分曉處如斗三女二之類則平生居止多移此等命非庶出則過房離祖之命也】

['Standing not fixed' means the Body and Life lords sit in the boundary between divisions, in a place without clear distinction, such as Dou and Nü; then one moves one's dwelling all life. Such fates are either those of concubine-born, or adopted out, or leaving the ancestors.]

妄想心高不滿意用神坐虛地

Vain thoughts and a high heart, never satisfied: the useful god sits in an empty ground.

【身命元生星官福財元並值四柱空了平生勞苦心高妄想獲財亦不足意若犯空亡人人若是學者不可不知以上四句為一條言身命不可坐隔界之所而用神不可虛也】

[If the Body and Life origins, generation stars, Office, Fortune and Wealth origins all meet the Four Pillars' emptiness, one toils all life, with a high heart and vain thoughts; even gaining wealth is never enough; if one offends Kongwang, so with everyone. Students must know this. These four lines form one article, discussing that Body and Life must not sit in the boundary places and the useful god must not be empty.]

雖然論宮不論度大限須從過

Although one discusses by palace not by degree, the great limit must pass through the degrees.

【如火宮安命喜行木度忌行水度之類夫一家五星專論度主為要此家只論宮主卻不過大限所經二十八宿不可不明生尅制化之道】

[For example, with the Life in a Fire palace, one is glad to travel through Wood degrees and fears Water degrees. One school of the Five Stars chiefly discusses degrees; this school only discusses palace lords, but the twenty-eight lodges passed by the great limit must be understood, as must the way of generation, overcoming, restraint and transformation.]

洞防限主有生意貧賤忽富貴

Understand fully that the limit lord has life-giving force; poor and lowly, one suddenly becomes rich and noble.

【凡行限到處遇著生我之星守照無有不發之理更限主起處逢生謂之體用俱生若限主受尅謂之體重用輕此限內有吉凶受尅重則雖發而難出此限也且如子上安命行寅限以木為主忌炁尅行卯限以火為主喜羅生謂之火遇水生土遇木生之類大抵防限不以日月金水為吉不以火羅計孛為仇凶此等例庸術豈能知之如命宮十五年一年行二度相貌宮十年一年行三度皆以所遇生尅之星言之小限逐年生日後交若在財帛遇尅凶星則破財見生吉星則發財在兄弟見吉星則因人舉薦發名發財見尅星則因兄弟朋友上不足在田宅見吉星則門戸有喜見凶星則門戸不足在男女見吉星則生貴子尊年人則主女子上進及添人口見凶星則子女有災或損子女餘仿此推妙驗若大小限主當生流行俱壊身命被尅謂之滿盤壞主死亡貴人專防官星也】

[In general, when a limit reaches a place and meets a generating star guarding or shining on me, there is no principle of not flourishing; and if the place where the limit lord rises meets generation, it is called body and function both generated; if the limit lord is overcome, it is called body heavy and function light; within this limit there is fortune and misfortune, and heavy overcoming, though one flourishes, will find it hard to emerge from this limit. For example, with the Life in Zi and traveling the Yin limit, Wood is lord and fears Qi overcoming; traveling the Mao limit, Fire is lord and glad of Luo generation; this is called Fire meeting Water generation, Earth meeting Wood generation, and so on. In general, in guarding limits one does not take the Sun, Moon, Metal and Water as auspicious, nor regard Fire-Luo, Ji and Bo as enemies; such examples mediocre practitioners can hardly know. For the Life palace, one year travels two degrees every fifteen years; for the Appearance palace, one year travels three degrees every ten years; all are spoken of by the generating and overcoming stars they meet. For the small limit, year by year, after the birthday it changes; if in Wealth meeting an overcoming ominous star, wealth is broken, and meeting a generating auspicious star, wealth is gained; in Brothers meeting an auspicious star, one is recommended and gains fame and wealth through others, and meeting an overcoming star, one is lacking through brothers and friends; in Property meeting an auspicious star, the household has joy, and meeting an ominous star, the household is deficient; in Children meeting an auspicious star, one bears a noble son, and for older people a daughter advances and the household grows, and meeting an ominous star, the sons and daughters have disaster or are lost; infer the rest likewise, wonderfully verified. If the great and small limit lords at birth are both ruined, and the Body and Life are overcome, this is called a full chart ruined, with death; Nobleman guards chiefly the Office star.]

若還後限不如前只許半周天

If the later limit is not as good as the former, it is allowed only half a cycle.

【若前限平平後限不如前者限去不得如後限不利前限吉亦可過如過後限者有凶星比前限凶只行得一半便不好了前限平平加以後限不如前乃是限虛脫及體用受尅之類去不得矣】

[If the former limit is ordinary and the later limit is not as good as the former, the limit cannot go on; if the later limit is unfavorable, then even if the former limit is auspicious it can pass. If one passes into a later limit where an ominous star is more ominous than in the former limit, one can only go half and it is already not good. If the former limit is ordinary and the later limit is worse, this is the limit being empty and drained, and body and function being overcome, and the like; it cannot go on.]

用星跳出當生甲限至應難發限度又值十年空魂魄下幽宮

The useful star jumps out; one should be born in a Jia limit; arriving is hard to flourish; if the limit degree again meets a ten-year emptiness, the soul goes down to the underworld.

【凡用星俱當空亡之地行限遇之已為不吉若限星飛出又遇流星空謂之麻防系鴨子兩頭脫決死且如子宮安命土為主入戌亥地又是甲子旬中生人謂之空亡地若命限土既脫了又值甲寅年來四柱中沖伏或三合對照原守有曜照朗煞星喚起不以此論】

[In general, the useful stars should be in the ground of Kongwang; when the limit meets it, it is already inauspicious; if the limit star flies out and then meets a flowing-star emptiness, this is called a rope tied to a duck with both ends loosed, certain death. For example, with the Life in Zi, Earth as lord, entering the Xu and Hai ground, it is a person born in the Jiazi decade, called Kongwang ground; if the Life limit Earth is drained and then the Jiayin year comes, in the Four Pillars there are clashes, hidden [stars] or three-combines facing and shining, and the original guard has a luminary shining brightly, and a killing star calls it up, this is not discussed by the above.]

晝日夜月難一例金鳴火終昩

Day and night, the Sun and Moon are hard to treat alike; Metal rings and Fire ends dim.

【日月行乎虛實須分晝夜不可一例作空言金空則鳴火空則發火空終歸煨燼也】

[The Sun and Moon travel between empty and solid, and one must divide day and night and cannot treat them identically with empty words. Empty Metal rings; empty Fire flourishes; Fire emptied finally returns to embers and ashes.]

限空元脫嵗空星亦向此中行

The limit empty and the origin drained, and the year empty, the star also travels in here.

【此與上文不相同特相反爾】

[This differs from the above text; it is simply the opposite.]

其間或有□機隠按圖難索駿

Among these there may be hidden springs; hard to find a horse by its picture.

【謂八字原帶實地或身命生守本根或三合守照有二星照朗煞星喚起之類也以上十六句為一條論限而當審虛實也】

[This means that the eight characters originally carry solid ground, or the Body and Life are born guarding the root, or three-combines guard and shine, or there are two stars shining brightly and a killing star calls it up, and so on. These sixteen lines above form one article, discussing that the limit must examine empty and solid.]

煞星照命反為亨主在別宮生

A killing star shining on the Life is conversely prosperous; the lord is born in another palace.

【如命坐亥木為主忌金金在巳本凶得命元木星落別處逢水孛滋生反亨】

[For example, if the Life sits in Hai, Wood is lord and fears Metal; Metal in Si is originally ominous; but if the Life-origin Wood star falls elsewhere and meets Water-Bo nourishing and generating it, it is conversely prosperous.]

生曜臨官福作殃星起受其傷

A generating luminary facing Office and Fortune makes calamity; the rising star receives its injury.

【如命坐戍宮得木臨之豈不為福若主火落在他宮水孛夾之反為殃也以上四句為一條論飛釣也】

[For example, with the Life sitting in the Xu palace, Wood facing it, how could that not be fortune? If the lord Fire falls in another palace and Water-Bo flanks it, it conversely makes calamity. These four lines above form one article, discussing flying hooks.]

已酉丑人亥木命逢金足有病

For those born in Si, You or Chou, if the Hai Wood fate meets Metal, there is illness in the feet.

【已酉丑生人馬在亥木為馬元逢金尅之主手足有疾大凡馬元受傷多主足疾】

[For people born in Si, You or Chou, the Horse sits in Hai; Wood is the Horse origin, and if Metal overcomes it, the hands and feet will be diseased. In general, when the Horse origin is injured, it mostly indicates foot disease.]

五臟六腑要源流七政四餘求

The five viscera and six bowels must be traced to source; seek them in the seven governors and four remainders.

【筭星之道須當推其源流病症五星配五臟餘炁配六腑又以日為魂月為魄故木為東震甲乙之宿屬肝紫炁是木之餘膽是肝之腑炁即為膽也火為南離丙丁之宿屬心羅是火之餘小腸乃心之腑故羅為小腸金是西方庚辛之宿屬肺為大腸葢金為煞曜無餘氣故臟腑俱屬金也水為北方壬癸之宿屬腎孛為水之餘膀胱為水之腑故孛為膀胱也土為中鎮戊巳之宿屬脾脾乃五臟之尊居於中位五行五臟土不缺計計是土之餘胃是脾之腑故計為胃也既究此理又推五臟通於九竅眼病則起於肝舌病則起於心鼻壅則連於心肺耳潰則干於腎唇口干燥則通於脾胃是皆以五行之衰旺推其病源若夫人之精神則皆形於目譬之天地精彩皆聚於日月茍與煞曜同行則防明矣】

[In the Way of reckoning stars, one must infer their source and course. Illness and symptoms: the Five Stars match the five viscera and the remainder qi match the six bowels; moreover, the Sun is the spirit-soul and the Moon the corporeal soul. So Wood is the east, Zhen, the lodge of Jia and Yi, and belongs to the liver; Purple Qi is the remainder of Wood, and the gallbladder is the liver's bowel, so Qi is the gallbladder. Fire is the south, Li, the lodge of Bing and Ding, and belongs to the heart; Luo is the remainder of Fire, and the small intestine is the heart's bowel, so Luo is the small intestine. Metal is the west, the lodge of Geng and Xin, and belongs to the lung and large intestine; because Metal is a killing luminary with no remainder qi, its viscera and bowels both belong to Metal. Water is the north, the lodge of Ren and Gui, and belongs to the kidney; Bo is the remainder of Water, and the bladder is Water's bowel, so Bo is the bladder. Earth is the center, the pivot, the lodge of Wu and Ji, and belongs to the spleen; the spleen is the most honored of the five viscera and dwells in the central position, and among the Five Phases and five viscera Earth is not lacking; Ji is the remainder of Earth, and the stomach is the spleen's bowel, so Ji is the stomach. Having studied this principle, one further infers that the five viscera connect to the nine orifices: eye disease arises from the liver, tongue disease from the heart, a blocked nose links to the heart and lungs, ulcerated ears concern the kidney, and dry lips and mouth connect to the spleen and stomach. All of these infer the source of disease from the strength and weakness of the Five Phases. As to a person's spirit, all is shown in the eyes, like the essence of heaven and earth gathered in the sun and moon; if the eyes travel with a killing luminary, one can clearly guard against harm.]

刼的刃驀不逢空限遇不善終

Robbery, Lost Spirit, Blade and Leap: if one does not meet emptiness and the limit meets them, there will be no good end.

【刼的刃驀四煞原守坐實不逢空者大限見此主非橫之災不善終也以上六句為一條論犯煞致疾也】

[Robbery, Lost Spirit, Blade and Leap, the four killings, when originally guarding and sitting solid and not meeting emptiness, indicate when the great limit meets them a calamity of misfortune and no good end. These six lines above form one article, discussing disease caused by offending killing.]

春金夏水變於囚金命喜逢秋得令值煞反為權妻子福不全

Spring Metal and summer Water change into Prisoner; for a Metal fate, glad to meet autumn and gain the season; meeting killing there is authority, but wife and children's fortune is incomplete.

【春金夏火秋木冬土變為囚曜雖為身命元用星終減力若身命元用星得令雖有煞尅終為得力身命元得令遇煞為權但不免尅妻子】

[Spring Metal, summer Fire, autumn Wood and winter Earth change into Prisoner luminaries; though they are Body or Life origin or useful stars, in the end their strength is reduced. If the Body, Life and useful stars gain the season, even if there is killing overcoming, in the end they are strong; if the Body or Life origin gains the season and meets killing, it becomes authority, but one cannot avoid overcoming the wife and children.]

前夾地尾後天鋒雖榮不善終

Heaven's Spear flanking in front and Earth's Tail behind: though glorious, no good end.

【天鋒地尾拱夾雖榮不能長久鋒尾即陽刃計都也假如六壬六癸生人命在未計在午土為刃元在中夾之雖曰榮顯到後夭折不善終餘仿此以上六句為一條論生煞】

[When Heaven's Spear and Earth's Tail flank, though glorious it cannot last long. Spear and Tail are the Yang Blade and Jidu. For example, for people born in Ren or Gui, the Life in Wei, Ji in Wu, with Earth as the Blade origin flanking in the middle: though it is called glorious and distinguished, later they die young without good end. Infer the rest likewise. These six lines above form one article, discussing generation and killing.]

左右二煞月在中仍防三日宮前後二煞遭三日身殃母成疾

Left and right two killings with the Moon in between; also guard the palace of the Three Hundred Days. Front and back two killings, meeting the Three Days: the body suffers calamity and the mother falls ill.

【三日宮者謂之三百日闗也生後二百日防太陰所泊何處更逢左右所夾之煞主難為養育亦喪平生之徳若與煞星相值重則身殃輕則毌疾也】

[The palace of the Three Days is called the Three Hundred Days Barrier. In the two hundred days after birth, guard where the Moon is anchored, and further whether left and right flank it with killing, which makes rearing difficult and also loses the lifelong virtue; if it meets a killing star, heavy means calamity for the body, light means illness for the mother.]

又有三用是福徳最怕難星尅

There is also the Three Uses, which are Fortune-Virtue; most feared is a Difficulty star overcoming.

【星盤按圖依二十八宿順數十二宮一命宮二財三兄四田五兒六奴七妻次第數去福徳第十一依天元右轉順十二宮福徳第三謂之三用宮用者謂此福徳星最緊論平生之福力雖有官福不好亦有名無福雖然身命財帛好若福徳犯煞或文星無力或犯空亡亦主薄福並無受用喪一生之徳又怕難星尅之以上六句為一條言三日三用不可值煞也】

[Following the star chart by the twenty-eight lodges in direct order of the twelve palaces: first Life, second Wealth, third Brothers, fourth Property, fifth Children, sixth Servants, seventh Spouse, and so on in order; Fortune-Virtue is the eleventh. Following the heavenly origin turning right through the twelve palaces, Fortune-Virtue is the third, called the Three Uses palace. 'Use' means this Fortune-Virtue star is the most pressing in discussing a lifetime's fortune. Though there is Office and Fortune, if not good then there is fame without fortune; though Body, Life and Wealth are good, if Fortune-Virtue offends killing, or the literary star is without strength, or offends Kongwang, it also means thin fortune and no enjoyment, losing a lifetime of virtue; one also fears a Difficulty star overcoming it. These six lines above form one article, saying that the Three Days and Three Uses must not meet killing.]

刼的陽刃夾者凶太嵗相逢沖

Robbery, Lost Spirit and Yang Blade flanking is ominous; the Grand Year clashing meets it.

【日月居身命夾刼的陽刃等煞者最凶更逢太嵗沖其禍不可言也且如六庚生人日戍月申或身命中夾此陽刃最凶行逢卯太嵗沖酉表出陽刃之凶其年非刑獄則水災之厄餘仿此推】

[When sun and moon dwell in the Body or Life flanked by Robbery, Lost Spirit, Yang Blade and other killings, it is most ominous, and if the Grand Year then clashes, the calamity is unspeakable. For example, for people born in Geng, with day Xu and month Shen, or Body and Life flanked by this Yang Blade, it is most ominous; in traveling to Mao, the Grand Year clashes You, which brings out the Yang Blade's ominousness; that year is not imprisonment but the misfortune of water disaster. Infer the rest likewise.]

官福祿馬最喜夾太嵗沖必發

Office, Fortune, Salary and Horse, most glad to be flanked; the Grand Year clashing must flourish.

【官祿崇勲貴馬最喜日月命夾之太嵗沖起此年大發財福且如庚午生人午命太陽在酉昴度太陰在未為身命日月夾官福馬主福貴無疑矣遇寅年太嵗沖起官福馬貴之妙斯年大發財名福不可量也此四句為一條言太嵗沖夾也】

[Office, Salary, Meritorious Honor and Noble Horse, most glad to have the sun and moon flank the Life; when the Grand Year clashes it up, that year one flourishes greatly in wealth and fortune. For example, for a person born in Gengwu, the Life in Wu, the Sun in You, Mao degree, the Moon in Wei, the sun and moon flank Office, Fortune and Horse as the lords of Body and Life, without doubt wealth and rank. Meeting a Yin year, the Grand Year clashes up Office, Fortune and Horse nobility's wonder; that year one flourishes greatly in wealth and fame, and fortune is immeasurable. These four lines form one article, discussing the Grand Year clashing and flanking.]

初年至老限俱虛主壯祿不虧限主所泊更逢空非夭即朦朧

From the early years to old age, if the limits are all empty and the lord is strong, salary is not lacking; where the limit lord is anchored, if it again meets emptiness, then if not early death, one is dim.

【如初年至老所歴之限並虛脫而限元起處壯健衣祿無虧若限元逢空非夭即朦朧矣】

[If the limits traveled from the early years to old age are all empty and drained, and the place where the limit origin rises is strong and healthy, clothing and salary are not lacking; if the limit origin meets emptiness, then if not early death, one is dim.]

生星坐駕早年榮時逢末主盈

A generation star sitting on the Throne: honor in early years; the hour meets the final lord and is full.

【生星坐駕主早年榮顯生時坐日月主中年稱意生星守籍末主盈豐結果享福此六句為一條言初末限所遇虛實之不同也】

[A generation star sitting on the Throne means early honor and distinction; if the birth hour sits in the sun and moon, it means satisfaction in middle age; a generation star guarding the Register means the final lord is full, abundant, with result and fortune. These six lines form one article, discussing the different empty and solid met in the early and final limits.]

小兒要論闗煞定直頭須不應前是太陰後是煞小限中間夾

For small children one must discuss Barrier killings; surely do not respond directly; before it is the Moon, behind it killing, the small limit flanked in the middle.

【初年小兒須論闗煞星諸公得傳者並用直頭星為闗主小兒驚風暴死經云正二太陽三四陰五六炎炎怕火星七八水孛九十木十一十二土星尋此是小兒直難煞此訣應驗如神正二生人如何便忌太陽日月為天地之秀氣為人之精粹得日月守命身所喜者眾不可一槩論五六生人見火為闗只命在辰酉午三宮畏之卯戌安命為命元子丑安命為恩福田元入命如何作闗煞論餘仿此推小兒胎星遇生星主以官祿】

[In the early years, small children must be discussed by Barrier killing stars; the gentlemen who received the transmission all use the Duty star as the Barrier lord, for infant convulsions and sudden death. The classic says: 'First and second months the Sun; third and fourth the Moon; fifth and sixth blazing, fear the Fire star; seventh and eighth the Water-Bo; ninth and tenth Wood; eleventh and twelfth the Earth star.' Seek this as the child's Duty Difficulty Killing; the secret is verified like divine. Why would one born in the first or second month be at once afraid of the Sun? The Sun and Moon are the essence of heaven and earth and the refined essence of a person, and having the Sun or Moon guarding the Life is liked by most, so it cannot be treated uniformly. For fifth and sixth month births, seeing Fire as the Barrier means only with the Life in Chen, You, Wu three palaces is it feared; with Mao or Xu in the Life as Life origin, or Zi or Chou in the Life where Fire is benefactor, Fortune and Property origins entering the Life, how can one discuss it as Barrier killing? Infer the rest likewise. For a child's fetal star meeting a generation star, the lord is Office and Salary.]

體用尅星相戰爭便是此中闗

If body and function overcoming stars fight, that is the Barrier in the middle.

【體者身元也用者限元也戰爭者尅我之星也若刑戰二星照命傷限元是此年闗又如小限在卯太嵗在寅煞星在辰夾之或辰酉命行年小限寅上逢丑太嵗羅星在丑逆轉火在卯順行夾小限者為真闗斷不可出此矣以上六句為一條論小兒闗煞也】

[Body is the Body origin, function is the limit origin; 'fight' means the stars overcoming me. If two punishing and battling stars shine on the Life and injure the limit origin, that year is a Barrier. Again, for example, if the small limit is in Mao and the Grand Year in Yin, with a killing star in Chen flanking it; or the Life in Chen or You, the age-year's small limit meets Chou in Yin, the Grand Year, Luo-star in Chou moving retrograde, Fire in Mao moving direct, flanking the small limit, this is a true Barrier, and it certainly cannot be passed. These six lines above form one article, discussing a child's Barrier killings.]

流年一紀一循環原守嵗相叅

The flowing year goes through one cycle, one round of circulation; the original guard and the Grand Year are consulted together.

【凡防流年只把流年太嵗行十二位宮防原有何星聚照流年防合何星主何吉凶不問當生流年並從冬日為始】

[In discussing flowing years, only take the flowing year's Grand Year traveling through the twelve palaces, and see what star originally lies there, gathering and shining on the flowing year, meeting which star, governing which fortune and misfortune. Regardless of the year of birth, the flowing years all begin from the winter solstice.]

更得月將加臨視禍福如符契

Further obtain the Monthly General added upon it, and fortune and misfortune are seen as with a tally.

【太陰一星為人之命身所行甚速每日取之加著防當生流年防合何星聚合何宮吉煞或利或不利見大人或見小人或見口舌或有財隨其遇而言之其應如神又當驗諸星之性格以定災福之遲速且如水之餘乃孛也金乃煞曜獨無餘氣羅乃火之餘炁乃木之餘是火羅為禍福之速也得見即發卻易過水孛為禍福皆遲或過了方發經云火頭孛尾是也木炁土計禍福稍遲卻耐久金月自始至末無改假也】

[The Moon, one star, is the root of a person's Life and Body, and its travel is very fast; take it every day and add it onto the birth and flowing year to see what stars it meets and gathers with, which palace's auspice and killing, whether beneficial or not, whether one sees a great person or a petty person, quarrels or wealth; speak by what it meets, and the response is like divine. Moreover, one must verify the nature of each star to determine whether disaster and fortune are slow or swift. For example, the remainder of Water is Bo, Metal is a killing luminary with no remainder qi, Luo is the remainder of Fire, and Qi is the remainder of Wood; so Fire and Luo are swift in fortune and misfortune, flourishing the moment seen but easily passing; Water-Bo is slow in both, or flourishes after passing. The classic says 'Fire at the head, Bo at the tail,' which is this. Wood-Qi and Earth-Ji are slightly slow in fortune and misfortune, but more lasting; Metal and Moon are unchanged from start to end, never false.]

小限宮中起生月名為月限訣

From the small-limit palace, begin counting the birth month; this is called the secret of the Monthly Limit.

【從小限行到太陰所泊之宮起生月逆數遇吉凶斷之假如午生人午上安命戌年小限在寅三月生其月在寅四月丑五月子次第逐月移宮謂之月限輪流十二宮周而復始行一宮遇吉凶斷之假如戊子年丑宮安命流土為太嵗流木為喪門病符流水為的刼金為官符月限十二宮逐月出入見木炁則此月有災事見火羅則此月有喜事發財名當生流年一體論之見木則病或孝服見流金則官事見流水則費財口舌不寧餘仿此推】

[From where the small limit travels to the palace where the Moon is anchored, count the birth month in retrograde order and judge by the fortune and misfortune met. For example, for a person born in Wu with the Life in Wu, in a Xu year the small limit is in Yin; for birth in the third month, the month is in Yin; fourth month Chou; fifth month Zi; moving palace month by month in order is called the Monthly Limit, rotating through the twelve palaces and beginning again; judge by the auspice or ominousness met in each palace. For example, in the year Wuzi with the Life in the Chou palace, flowing Earth is the Grand Year, flowing Wood is Mourning Gate and Sickness Talisman, flowing Water is Robbery, and Metal is the Official Talisman; for the twelve palaces of the Monthly Limit, going in and out month by month, if one sees Wood-Qi there is calamity that month; if one sees Fire-Luo there is joy that month, and one gains wealth and fame; treat the flowing year of one's birth as one body. Seeing Wood means illness or mourning; seeing flowing Metal means official affairs; seeing flowing Water means wasted wealth and uneasy quarrels. Infer the rest likewise.]

學人學得莫輕□説盡妙中□

Students who learn this should not lightly speak of it; the wonder within the wonder is exhausted in the telling.

【葢學此術□中之□妙中之妙有得之者不可輕□也此八句為一條論流年流月訣也】

[Learning this art, the wonder within the wonder: those who gain it should not lightly [speak it]. These eight lines form one article, discussing the secret of the flowing year and the flowing month.]

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying, Ming dynasty

指金虛實五星天機七五賦中

Zhijin Empty-and-Solid Five-Star Secret of Heaven: the Seven-Five Rhapsody, Part Two

推筭必須求命主得失須防取

To reckon and infer, one must seek the Life lord; for gain and loss, guard what is taken.

【推筭之法所重者命宮之主得者如逢生坐實失者如遇煞不空是也一家星理專以命度主為要且如子宮為命有女虛危三宿躔女則以土為主用躔虛危則以日月為主用竟置宮主而不言何謬乎譬夫人之一家則必有主其下雖有弟妹子侄僕從之輩皆為家主所役所以知家主之重也至於推星論理亦一耳而吾家所要得失皆以命宮主為重也】

[In the method of reckoning and inferring, what matters most is the lord of the Life palace. 'Gain' is, for example, meeting generation and sitting solid; 'loss' is, for example, meeting killing and not being empty. One school's star principle chiefly takes the Life degree-lord as important. For example, if the Zi palace is the Life, with the three lodges Nü, Xu and Wei, then if one traverses Nü, Earth is the lord; if one traverses Xu or Wei, the Sun and Moon are the lord. It would be absurd to set aside the palace lord and not speak of it. It is like a household: there must be a master, and though below there are younger siblings, sons, nephews and servants, all are employed by the master of the household, from which one knows the master's weight. In inferring stars and discussing principle it is the same; for our school, what is required in gain and loss all takes the Life palace lord as important.]

次推太隂在何宮方可論窮通

Next infer in which palace the Moon lies, and only then can one discuss poverty and success.

【太隂為人之一身根基所繫葢命者眾人之禍福身者一人之禍福命可同者身乃獨也是以命主雖切於度主身主尤切於度主也身命清吉主星受生命雖駁雜亦為富夀之人若身命俱陷則貧賤凶天無疑矣】

[The Moon is where a person's body-root is tied. The Life is the fortune and misfortune of the many; the Body is the fortune and misfortune of one person. The Life may be shared, but the Body is alone. Therefore, although the Life lord is vital to the degree lord, the Body lord is even more vital to the degree lord. If Body and Life are clear and auspicious and the lord star receives generation, then even if the Life is mixed, one is a person of wealth and long life; if Body and Life are both sunk, then poverty, lowliness and early death are beyond doubt.]

七政四餘分喜怒逐一須詳過

Divide the seven governors and four remainders into likes and dislikes, and examine them one by one in detail.

【喜怒者如午宮安命以日為主所喜者金水也所忌者木炁也且如日為君主五星逢之皆伏何獨忌木炁蓋木炁為難星而疾厄乃人君所不能無也然則木炁又能隠蔽光輝所以忌之餘仿此推此六句為一條論身命配十一曜也】

[Likes and dislikes: for example, with the Life in the Wu palace, the Sun is lord, so what it likes are Metal and Water, what it fears are Wood-Qi. For example, the Sun is the sovereign, and the five stars all hide when they meet it, so why alone fear Wood-Qi? Because Wood-Qi is a Difficulty star, and Illness is something a ruler cannot be without; moreover, Wood-Qi can obscure the radiance, hence it is feared. Infer the rest likewise. These six lines form one article, discussing the Body and Life matched with the eleven luminaries.]

天地人盤□更□神仙妙不傳

The charts of Heaven, Earth and Human [are] more [subtle]; the divine immortals' wonder is not transmitted.

【天為外盤地為加盤人是內盤此訣少有人知斡□機之妙神仙之秘】

[Heaven is the outer chart, Earth the added chart, Human the inner chart. Few people know this secret, the wonder of turning the subtle mechanism, the secret of the divine immortals.]

左旋右轉合乾坤星禽可取論

Left-turning and right-turning match Qian and Kun; star-and-animal can be taken to discuss.

【左旋者天盤右轉者地盤人盤星禽者二十八宿也乾道左旋故二十八宿隨天左旋坤道右轉故二十八宿應地右轉合乾坤造化之妙也】

[Left-turning is the heaven chart; right-turning is the earth chart and the human chart. Star-and-animal means the twenty-eight lodges. The Way of Qian turns left, so the twenty-eight lodges follow heaven's left turn; the Way of Kun turns right, so the twenty-eight lodges respond to earth's right turn, matching the wonder of creation and transformation of Qian and Kun.]

吊起飛來明此理洩卻天之髓

Called-up flying: understand this principle, and the marrow of heaven is revealed.

【今人多不識吊起飛來之理妄以三合四正為是皆非也吊星之法假如命坐寅宮逆數至東出卯卻加宮入命是天盤地盤得氐房人盤屬天蠍原守金為煞星纒在角宿吊起在卯限入卯宮必主有飛橫官事此地盤禍福尤切於天盤暗中遇煞逺處逢生其義盡在明心消息子細推詳特舉一隅則三隅可見矣此論吊起之義意深而語妙後學勿洩之】

[People today mostly do not know the principle of called-up flying and wrongly take three-combines and four cardinals as right, which is all wrong. The method of calling up stars: for example, with the Life sitting in the Yin palace, count retrograde to the east exiting Mao, and add it to the palace entering the Life; heaven chart and earth chart gain Di and Fang, and the human chart belongs to Scorpio; the original guard is Metal as the killing star, traversing the Jiao lodge, called up at Mao; if the limit enters the Mao palace there will surely be flying disaster and official affairs. The earth chart's fortune and misfortune are even more pressing than the heaven chart's; meeting killing in secret, meeting generation from afar, the meaning is all in the clarity of the heart, and one should infer carefully, citing one corner so that the other three can be seen. This discussion of the meaning of calling-up is profound in meaning and wonderful in words; later students must not leak it.]

身命二主如相尅□機藏可惜

If the Body and Life two lords overcome each other, the subtle mechanism hidden is a pity.

【如在子宮命身在寅之類所謂身命相尅此訣藏之可惜露之不宜得此秘焉此八句為一條以三盤加身命也】

[For example, with the Life in the Zi palace and the Body in Yin, this is what is called Body and Life overcoming each other. This secret is a pity to hide and inappropriate to reveal; one who obtains it should treasure it. These eight lines form one article, adding the three charts to Body and Life.]

初末平分一百年生煞細推研

The early and final divide a hundred years equally; inspect generation and killing in detail.

【命管初年身管晚年如安命子以土為主喜火忌羅則福此係命主所繫之故前集所謂依身命所行是也】

[The Life governs the early years and the Body governs old age. For example, with the Life in Zi, Earth is lord, glad of Fire and fearing Luo, then fortune; this is tied to the Life lord, which is the earlier collection's 'follow where Body and Life travel.']

原守躔星來犯主旺局愁行鬼

The original guarding traversing star comes to offend the lord; in a flourishing configuration, worry about walking the ghost.

【如立命酉宮金與火同躔實地火居生旺之地金囚死絶之鄉本主已弱更行寅午戌火旺之限煞星恃勢愈強此小人得志命值此者非貧則病而夭】

[For example, with the Life established in the You palace, Metal and Fire share the traverse, and Fire dwells on solid ground in a flourishing place, while Metal is a prisoner in the land of death and extinction; the original lord is already weak, and furthermore it travels the limits of Yin, Wu and Xu where Fire flourishes, and the killing star relies on its strength to be even stronger. This is a petty person gaining his will; a person whose fate meets this, if not poor, is ill and dies young.]

立命金宮火同空限逢寅午戌

The Life established in a Metal palace, Fire sharing emptiness, the limit meeting Yin, Wu, Xu.

【巳解前篇同論】

[Already explained in the previous section; discuss together.]

前限雖危卻無咎後限須當好

Though the former limit is dangerous, there is no blame; the later limit must be good.

【前限主衰微本為凶夭雖見災危卻不夭亡如此必因後限髙強逓出也】

[If the former limit's lord is weak and declining, it is originally ominous and early death; though it meets calamity and danger, there is no early death. This must be because the later limit is high and strong and brings things out in succession.]

我旺須要煞無氣不能為我制

If I am flourishing, I need the killing to be without qi, for otherwise it cannot be restrained by me.

【我為命主也若得令乗旺煞星卻陷休囚而煞受制之不暇奚能我制哉】

[Here I am the Life lord. If I gain the season and ride flourishing, the killing star is sunk and in rest or imprisonment, and the killing is too busy being restrained to have time to restrain me.]

主與煞殺不兩立煞強主必失

The lord and the killing cannot both stand; if the killing is strong, the lord must be lost.

【主煞二星不可兩立我弱他必強我強他必衰若彼此皆恃其旺則為戰鬬非凶徒之命則是非之流】

[The lord star and the killing star cannot both stand: if I am weak, it must be strong; if I am strong, it must decline. If both rely on their flourishing, there is fighting; one is then the fate of a violent person or of a litigious sort.]

煞倘得朋愁愈盛受制難為逞

If the killing gets companions, worry grows; when restrained, it is hard to show off.

【金為命主火羅作黨或外拱內夾正照傍臨又居旺鄉為害愈重若空亡受制雖有害我之威安得而逞譬猶虎也性好噬人居於山牆傍壁之間又得群虎以助其猛則必受其害若陷於機檻之中雖有噬人之心不能施其威矣】

[Metal is the Life lord, and Fire-Luo forms a faction, whether surrounding outside and flanking inside, shining directly or flanking by the side, and dwelling again in a flourishing place; the harm is the heavier. If it is empty and restrained, though it has the awe to harm me, how can it show off? It is like a tiger, which by nature likes to devour people; dwelling beside a mountain wall and gaining a pack of tigers to aid its ferocity, one will surely suffer its harm; but if it has fallen into a trap, though it has the heart to devour people it cannot exert its might.]

若還有用不為凶權重凜威風

If it is useful, it is not ominous; with heavy authority, one inspires awe.

【此言煞星有用如命在子木為財福之主命在寅金為福主命在辰火為財元此皆尅命為福不為災禍卻主掌握重權揚威沙漠乃不吉之吉也】

[This says that a killing star can be useful. For example, with the Life in Zi, Wood is the lord of Wealth and Fortune; with the Life in Yin, Metal is the lord of Fortune; with the Life in Chen, Fire is the Wealth origin. These all overcome the Life yet bring fortune and not calamity, and one holds heavy authority and shows might in the desert; this is auspice within inauspice.]

母曜化凶誠非好反主為貧夭

A mother luminary turning ominous is truly not good; conversely, the lord is poor and dies young.

【母曜者恩星也此言生星為禍如甲人未上安命金為生星木為吉用卻是甲人沖干對祿此為非常之凶所遇之宮反為禍也】

[A mother luminary is a benefactor star. This says that a generation star can make calamity. For example, for a Jia person with the Life in Wei, Metal is the generation star and Wood the auspicious use, but for a Jia person that is Clashing the Stem and Facing the Salary, an extraordinary ominousness; the palace it meets conversely makes calamity.]

化鬼之訣又不同木須金水逢

The secret of transforming ghosts is again different; Wood must meet Metal and Water.

【鬼者如寅宮立命木位寅宮卻逢金水同居申上對照蓋金生水竊金氣而為水煞勢潛消又為母曜之用命逢此者多是危中僥倖而得榮華以上二十句為一條論命限生殺有生尅制化之妙】

[A 'ghost' is, for example, with the Life established in Yin, Wood in the Yin palace, and then meeting Metal and Water living together in Shen facing it, since Metal generates Water, stealing Metal's qi to become Water, and the killing's force is quietly dissolved, which is also the use of a mother luminary. A person whose fate meets this is mostly one who by luck within danger gains glory. These twenty lines above form one article, discussing that in the limit and Life, generation and killing have the wonder of generating, overcoming, restraining and transforming.]

正煞暗中逢有救凶禍應無有

A true killing met in secret has rescue; ominous calamity should not occur.

【木為命主金水同守寅宮火炎午地金星方與木星交鋒自恃其勢但貪得之心利於前不顧失於後不期木星牽惹午地之火卻來破金之強此為暗中有救雖有禍而實無禍或曰金亦尅火但火木成局而金安能尅我哉】

[Wood is the Life lord, and Metal and Water together guard the Yin palace, with Fire blazing in the Wu ground, so that the Metal star is just then crossing blades with the Wood star, relying on its force with a greedy heart that sees profit ahead and does not look at the loss behind. Unexpectedly the Wood star draws in the Fire of the Wu ground, which comes to break Metal's strength; this is secret rescue, so though there is calamity there is in fact none. Some say Metal also overcomes Fire, but with Fire and Wood forming a configuration, how could Metal overcome me?]

明生暗遇煞相干化曜吉兆防

Generation in the open and killing met in secret, interfering with each other; a transformed luminary is an auspicious omen.

【木喜水生水木同躔本為吉兆卻值旬中空又被煞星暗處侵陵此是雖吉而實凶也尅命主為刑星如上木炁尅之本為不喜如三合有金尅木則為煞有所制若三合有火羅則謂之化煞蓋木能生火火能生土是為煞有所化化煞又勝於制煞餘皆仿此】

[Wood is glad to be generated by Water; Water and Wood sharing a traverse is originally an auspicious omen, but if it meets Kongwang in the decade and is secretly invaded by a killing star, it is auspicious in appearance yet ominous in fact. What overcomes the Life lord is a punishing star; if Wood-Qi overcomes it as above, it is originally unwelcome. For example, if the three-combine has Metal overcoming Wood, this is killing having something that restrains it; if the three-combine has Fire-Luo, it is called transforming killing, since Wood can generate Fire and Fire can generate Earth, so the killing has something that transforms it, and transforming killing is better than restraining killing. Infer the rest likewise.]

主煞坐實又同宮妙處更當窮

Lord and killing sit solid and in the same palace; examine the wonder still further.

【主煞二星相遇又不逢空本為凶兆反為富貴之命何以言之假如金為命主金與火同躔申宮乃金旺之鄉火病之地又合起申子辰水局金勢當權火氣失令反為我尅此乃凶中反吉即富貴之命以上六句為一條言三盤之煞有明暗也】

[When the lord and killing stars meet and do not meet emptiness, it is originally an ominous omen, but conversely becomes a fate of wealth and rank. Why so? For example, with Metal as the Life lord, Metal and Fire share the traverse in the Shen palace, Shen being the flourishing land of Metal and the sick land of Fire, and moreover joining into the Shen-Zi-Chen Water configuration, Metal's force holds power while Fire's qi loses the season, and conversely is overcome by me. This is ominous within which there is auspice, a fate of wealth and rank. These six lines above form one article, saying that the killings of the three charts are open or hidden.]

貴人不必泥生星合格主髙明

A noble person need not cling to a generation star; to accord with the pattern, the lord is lofty and bright.

【貴人之命不必專防生星若身命二主髙強卻合貴格如太乙抱蟾木孛扶印即是貴命】

[The fate of a noble person need not guard generation stars alone. If the Body and Life lords are high and strong and accord with a noble pattern, for example Taiyi Embracing the Toad or Wood-Bo Supporting the Seal, that is a noble fate.]

貧夭何須尋煞曜活法真為妙

For poor and short-lived, why seek killing luminaries? A living method is truly wonderful.

【貧賤造化不必但求煞曜身命二主俱入惡陷田財二主又空或皆陷弱身命入遷移弱宮多被餘奴侵犯身命田宅官福財帛之主或占兄弟奴僕奴星入命或凶星拱夾身命天元祿主或命居死絶空亡刑煞之宮此皆貧賤之人此四句為一條重合格居強也】

[The creation of poverty and lowliness need not simply seek killing luminaries. If the Body and Life lords both enter evil sunk [palaces], and the Property and Wealth lords are also empty or both sunk and weak, the Body and Life enter Travel or a weak palace and are often invaded by leftover servants; or the Body, Life, Property, Office, Fortune and Wealth lords occupy Brothers or Servants, or servant stars enter the Life, or ominous stars flank the Body and Life heavenly-origin salary lord, or the Life dwells in a palace of death, extinction, Kongwang, punishment or killing; all are poor and lowly people. These four lines form one article, stressing that according to the pattern means dwelling in strength.]

隂陽左右逢迎主朝中朱紫貴

Yin and yang, left and right, welcome and greet; in court one is noble in scarlet and purple.

【隂陽日月也若身命主居中左右引從或夜生身命二主隨月晝生身命二主隨日必主常侍天顔職任樞機】

[Yin and yang are the sun and moon. If the Body and Life lords dwell in the middle with left and right escorts, or for night births the Body and Life lords follow the Moon, or for day births follow the Sun, then one will surely serve constantly before the emperor and hold a pivotal post.]

生曜行隨日月明金玉必豐盈

Generation luminaries follow the bright sun and moon; gold and jade will be abundant.

【生曜乃父母之星印綬之防恩渥養育資財者也守官祿則世賞天澤多得富貴餘防不得地則官司公力人守田宅財帛則享祖父基業守福宮則得人恩授守遷移則遇外交守妻宮則多招內助守子息則男女榮華守兄弟則鴈行和氣入命宮則凡事稱意臨相貌則半神飄逸所至一宮則主一宮之福若與命主相逢身星胥防乃利達根基富貴之物若日月前後行此必主積玉堆金之人】

[Generation luminaries are the stars of father and mother, the Seal and Ribbon, the benefaction that nurtures and gives wealth. Guarding Office and Salary, one receives rewards through generations and Heaven's favor, with much wealth and rank; for others, not getting its place means official troubles and public labor. A person guarding Property or Wealth enjoys the ancestors' estate; guarding Fortune gains others' benefaction; guarding Travel meets outside connections; guarding Spouse mostly draws inner help; guarding Children, sons and daughters flourish; guarding Brothers, brothers are in harmony like geese in a line; entering the Life palace, all things are satisfying; facing Appearance, half-divine and elegant; whichever palace it reaches governs that palace's fortune. If it meets the Life lord and the Body star together, it is a root of benefit and attainment and a thing of wealth and rank. If the sun and moon travel before and behind it, the person will surely accumulate jade and pile up gold.]

祿馬夾身還夾命馬首朱衣引

Salary and Horse flank the Body and also flank the Life; the horse's head is led by scarlet robes.

【如甲寅生人甲祿在寅寅午戌馬居申木為祿元水為馬元或身坐申水木左右夾之乃五馬諸侯之貴】

[For example, for a person born in Jiayin, Jia's salary is in Yin, and for Yin-Wu-Xu the Horse dwells in Shen; Wood is the salary origin and Water the Horse origin; or if the Body sits in Shen and Water and Wood flank it left and right, this is the nobility of the five-horse feudal lord.]

一貴當權群煞伏將相兵威肅

One Nobleman holds authority and all killings submit; generals and ministers, military power is solemn.

【如甲寅生人丑為貴元生於季月立業酉宮土金守命土為貴人又為生曜又乗月令居實此為一星滿用又是天官星謂之一貴當權萬煞頓伏必主將相之材宰輔之職此八句為一條言隂陽祿馬拱夾之至貴也】

[For example, for a person born in Jiayin, Chou is the Nobleman origin; born in a last month, with the enterprise in the You palace, Earth and Metal guard the Life, Earth is the Nobleman and also the generation luminary, riding the monthly command and dwelling solid, this is one star full in use and also the Heavenly Office star, called One Nobleman Holding Authority, with ten thousand killings suddenly submitting, surely a talent of general and minister and the post of prime minister. These eight lines above form one article, saying that yin-yang, Salary-Horse flanking is the utmost nobility.]

刀筆常招上貴憐倚勢玉堂前

Scribes and clerks constantly invite superior favor, relying on power before the Jade Hall.

【玉堂者貴人是也如六辛生人午為貴元太陽守午安命雙女謂之傍玉堂必招貴人引接乃為吏曹之人也又如六庚生人晝生土為貴元夜生月為貴元晝生人申宮安命土為貴元卻用凶神飛入未酉之宮外夾此化貴為鬼夜生午宮安命月為貴元躔未被木炁吊起飛來三合對照尅破尊曜必為編配之徒雖傍貴人卻被貴人憎怒】

[The Jade Hall is the Nobleman. For example, for the six Xin born, Wu is the Nobleman origin, and the Sun guarding Wu as the Life with the double maidens is called beside the Jade Hall, surely summoning a Nobleman to lead and receive one, making a person of the clerks' office. Again, for example, for the six Geng born, in day births Earth is the Nobleman origin, in night births the Moon is the Nobleman origin; for day births with the Life in Shen, Earth is the Nobleman origin, yet if ominous spirits fly into the Wei or You palaces and flank from outside, this transforms the Nobleman into a ghost; for night births with the Life in Wu, the Moon is the Nobleman origin, traversing Wei and called up by Wood-Qi, flying in and overcoming and breaking the honored luminary from the three-combine facing position, one will surely be exiled in assignment; though beside a Nobleman, one is hated and angered by the Nobleman.]

地驛餘奴前後拱執鞭為僕從

Earth Post-station and leftover servants flank front and back; holding the whip, a servant follows.

【地驛者貴元星也餘奴炁孛計羅也且如寅生人馬在申命居戌水為馬元羅是餘奴酉亥前後拱夾必為奴□下賤之流】

[The Earth Post-station is the Nobleman origin star; leftover servants are Qi, Bo, Ji, Luo. For example, for a person born in Yin, the Horse in Shen and the Life in Xu, Water is the Horse origin and Luo is the leftover servant; Luo in You and Hai flank it front and back, and one is surely of the lowly sort of a servant.]

命陷官福馬居強雖榮不久長

If the Life is sunk and Office, Fortune and Horse dwell in strength, though glorious it will not be long.

【身命者根本也官福馬者枝葉也根本盛則有花葉之榮根本弱雖有花葉不能勝矣此言身命之主無力卻得官福馬有用終還富貴不能久長自非以格局興若身命混凶神之地主星遷陷弱宮必當以此防之其驗如神也此六句為一條言向貴向馬命陷而賤也】

[Body and Life are the root; Office, Fortune and Horse are the branches and leaves. If the root is flourishing, there is the glory of flowers and leaves; if the root is weak, though there are flowers and leaves, they cannot prevail. This says that if the lord of Body and Life has no strength yet gets Office, Fortune and Horse that are useful, in the end wealth and rank cannot last long, not arising from the pattern. If Body and Life are mixed in the land of ominous spirits and the lord star moves into a sunk, weak palace, one must guard accordingly, and the verification is like divine. These six lines form one article, saying that facing Nobleman and Horse with a sunk Life yields lowliness.]

金星與木互同宮風斤月斧工

Metal and Wood in the same palace: a craftsman of wind-axe and moon-hatchet.

【金者刀斧之器也木者棟梁之材也此乃木匠之造化且如命在寅亥身在午地木星飛躔午地逢月為身主星日飛沉酉地如逢金乃身命二主互換相逢金木自相斵削乃運風斤月斧之人也】

[Metal is the instrument of knife and axe; Wood is the material of beam and pillar. This is the fate of a carpenter. For example, with the Life in Yin or Hai and the Body in the Wu ground, the Wood star flies to traverse Wu and meets the Moon as Body lord; on days the star flies to sink into You, and if meeting Metal, then Body and Life lords exchange and meet, Metal and Wood cut each other, and one is a person who wields the wind-axe and moon-hatchet.]

水徳或臨身命陷音樂並漁梁

Water virtue, perhaps facing Body and Life and sunk: music and fishing weir.

【身命失陷卻逢一水照臨得地則是酒色音樂之流失地乃習漁梁之業也】

[If Body and Life are lost and sunk but meet one Water shining and gaining its place, one is of the sort of wine, lust and music; if it loses its place, one practices the trade of fishing weirs.]

若還太白入天財綾羅慣剪裁

If Venus enters Heavenly Wealth, silks and gauze, accustomed to cutting and tailoring.

【財星者非惟司人資財亦且主藝業莫非天星所定若身命宮不好田宅又受尅獨見一金入於財宮明徤主為裁縫也】

[The Wealth star governs not only a person's wealth but also arts and trades; none is not fixed by the heavenly stars. If the Body and Life palaces are not good and Property is also overcome, and only a single Metal enters the Wealth palace, bright and strong, one is a tailor.]

主來伴月熒夾鎮陶冶知前定

The lord comes to accompany the Moon, Mars flanks Saturn: pottery and smelting are fixed beforehand.

【熒者火也鎮者土也其二星象乃主陶冶工輔之屬也或身命主值此二星夾拱守照或身命拱夾迎合二星而田財二主無用乃燒磚造瓦之匠命也】

[Ying is Fire and Zhen is Earth, and these two stars image the trade of pottery, smelting and artisan assistants. If the Body or Life lord meets these two stars flanking, guarding or shining, or Body and Life flank and receive the two stars while the Property and Wealth lords are useless, one is the fate of a brick-burner and tile-maker.]

命若如還火遇金鐵石藝中尋

If the fate has Fire meeting Metal, seek among arts of iron and stone.

【火有煆煉之功金有從革之變金火制化必成器用人命逢此二星照臨或拱夾或守照財宮若非刻金鏤銀則是琢玉擊石之業也】

[Fire has the merit of forging, Metal has the change of following and reforming; Metal and Fire restrain and transform, and surely form an instrument. A fate meeting these two stars shining, flanking, or guarding and shining on the Wealth palace is, if not carving gold and engraving silver, then a trade of carving jade and striking stone.]

水木同行財帛上江湖繞興販

Water and Wood traveling together on Wealth: rivers and lakes, trading about.

【水者屬江湖也木者為舟楫也身命官福卑微而水木同臨財帛之宮則篙師生涯之造化】

[Water belongs to rivers and lakes, and Wood is boats and oars. If Body, Life, Office and Fortune are humble and Water and Wood face the Wealth palace together, it is the fate of a boatman's livelihood.]

孤寡休囚羅計尅多為僧道格

Solitary, widowed, in rest and imprisonment, Luo and Ji overcoming: mostly the monk-and-Daoist pattern.

【僧道格局多是坐孤辰寡宿之間休囚冷淡之處畧無生意及有孤炁單羅獨孛一木照命者只一身宮清吉皆是僧道也】

[The pattern of monks and Daoists mostly sits between the Lonely Star and Widow Lodge, in places of rest, imprisonment and coldness, with almost no sign of life, and also with a lonely qi, a single Luo, a single Bo, or one Wood shining on the Life, with only the Body palace clear and auspicious; all are monks and Daoists.]

狐星烏宿性虛靈雜學更多能

The Fox star and Crow lodge, nature empty and spiritual: miscellaneous learning, much ability.

【心宿者屬狐也其性多疑畢宿者配烏也其性最靈若身居此必主稟性聰明雜學通曉之人】

[The Heart lodge belongs to the fox, whose nature is suspicious; the Net lodge matches the crow, whose nature is most spiritual. If the Body dwells here, one will surely have a nature intelligent and be a person versed in miscellaneous learning.]

蒼龍第二宮中防竹木良工是

Guard the Azure Dragon in the second palace: a fine craftsman of bamboo and wood.

【蒼龍者木炁是也第二宮者財帛是也若二星會於第二宮中其人必習竹木之藝矣】

[The Azure Dragon is Wood-Qi; the second palace is Wealth. If these two stars meet in the second palace, the person will surely practice the arts of bamboo and wood.]

白虎帶煞入命時公門多是非

The White Tiger carrying killing enters the Life: much trouble at the public gate.

【白虎者日胎也為人多牽惹是非若遇火羅孛計化煞守之多主公事之人也以上二十句為一條言星曜同命入陷而為工商僧道之人也】

[The White Tiger is the Sun's fetal lodge; such a person is mostly entangled with disputes. If Fire, Luo, Bo or Ji transform killing and guard it, one is mostly a person of public affairs. These twenty lines above form one article, saying that stars sharing the Life and entering a sunk place make people of crafts, commerce, monks and Daoists.]

馬入遷移更祖姓身命人無定

A Horse entering Travel, further changing ancestral surname: Body and Life people have no fixed place.

【凡遷移之宮遇驛馬之星照之定主出祖過房移根易葉不然必為萍梗之人他鄉之客若身命坐此則居止不安心神無定常好動搖不安逸矣】

[Whenever the Travel palace is shone on by a Post Horse star, one will surely leave the ancestors, be adopted out, move the root and change the leaves; otherwise one will be a duckweed person, a guest in a foreign land. If Body or Life sits here, one's dwelling is unsettled, the spirit has no constancy, and one is fond of moving and cannot be at ease.]

魚女之宮太白來珠蚌毓雙胎

The Fish and Maiden palaces, with Venus arriving: pearl oyster nourishes twins.

【魚者亥宮也女者已宮也魚有雙尾蛇有雙舌若逢辰酉之時生人金為男女主星居己亥上者必招雙生之子也】

[The Fish is the Hai palace; the Maiden is the Si palace. Fish have double tails, snakes have double tongues. If one is born at Chen or You hours, Metal is the star of sons and daughters, and if it dwells in Si or Hai, one will surely have twin children.]

流行九位逢羅火家主煨燼禍

When the flowing year travels to the ninth position and meets Luo-Fire, the household lord suffers the calamity of embers and ashes.

【流行者流年也九位者遷移宮也且如辰酉宮立命火羅為煞會於遷移上麗財帛入于田宅皆主此人此年必遭家宅火燒之兆此六句為一條言災異與出祖之命也】

[Flowing means the flowing year; the ninth position is the Travel palace. For example, with the Life established in the Chen or You palace, Fire-Luo is the killing; if it meets in the Travel palace and attaches to Wealth, entering Property, all indicate that this person in this year will surely meet an omen of the household being burned by fire. These six lines form one article, discussing disaster and anomaly and the fate of leaving the ancestors.]

日月頭項水背肩胸膈屬金言

Sun and Moon govern head and neck, Water the back and shoulders, chest and diaphragm belong to Metal, so it is said.

【天有自然之形人亦有生成之形體以天之形合人之形也以人之形即天之形也午未為頭項己申為背肩辰酉為胸膈矣】

[Heaven has its natural form, and humans have their formed bodies; the form of heaven matches the form of the human, and the human form is the form of heaven. Wu and Wei are the head and neck, Si and Shen the back and shoulders, Chen and You the chest and diaphragm.]

齊吳下部木為足火宮為肚腹

Qi and Wu, the lower part; Wood is the feet, and the Fire palace is the belly.

【齊者子宮也吳者丑宮也乃為臟腑木者寅亥宮也乃為足火者卯戌宮也乃為腹此人自然之形體用此推之】

[Qi is the Zi palace and Wu is the Chou palace, being the viscera and bowels; Wood is the Yin and Hai palaces, being the feet; Fire is the Mao and Xu palaces, being the belly. A person's natural body is inferred by this.]

八難凶神若見侵災禍必然臨

The ominous spirit of the Eight Difficulties, if it invades, calamity must arrive.

【八難者疾厄宮主凶神者尅我之星如前所謂頭項肩背胸膈臟腑手足肚腹若逢疾厄凶神侵尅主一件之疾實則有之空則無之此六句為一條以七曜配人身而怕煞難也】

[The Eight Difficulties are the Illness palace lord; the ominous spirit is the star that overcomes me. As above, the head, neck, shoulders, back, chest, diaphragm, viscera and bowels, hands and feet, belly: if the ominous spirit of the Illness palace invades and overcomes, one ailment is governed; if solid it exists, if empty it does not. These six lines form one article, matching the seven luminaries to the human body and fearing killing and Difficulty.]

冠帶臨官主尅夫貪花臥栁娛

Capped and Belted and Official Post govern overcoming the husband; one is fond of flowers and sleeping among willows for amusement.

【冠帶臨官者婦人之命不宜逢此也蓋冠帶者無非淫媚脂粉體態極妍招迎外人背夫且臨官者乃驛馬所臨之宮隂陽交防之地如雙魚雙女之類蓋驛馬主淫佚奔馳交防主重婚疊嫁二者皆是婦人所宜忌若女人立身命於此官福田財有氣者雖為享富貴之家未免亂倫之行不然亦主夫婿重招必好豔容麗服若官福田財無用者又逢咸池金水天乙月孛照之必是娼妓下人造化】

[Capped and Belted and Official Post are not suitable for a woman's fate to meet. Capped and Belted is nothing but lewd allure, powder and rouge, a body and bearing extremely fine, inviting outsiders and turning from the husband; Official Post is the palace where the Post Horse lands, the place where yin and yang meet and gather, such as the double fish and double maidens; the Post Horse governs license and rushing about, and gathering governs remarriage; both are what a woman should avoid. If a woman's Body and Life are established here, though Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth have qi and she is the wife of a wealthy and noble house, she cannot avoid disorderly conduct, otherwise she will also bring in her husband repeatedly and surely like beauty and fine clothes. If Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth are useless, and Xianchi, Metal-Water, Tianyi or Moon-Bo shine on it, she is certainly the fate of a courtesan or lowly person.]

血光下部兼陽刃最忌來刑命

Blood Light, the lower part, and Yang Blade are most feared when they come to punish the Life.

【水孛火羅陽刃星皆主血光女人最忌此曜為煞尅命或躔煞或戰身命宮輕則血氣之疾重則生產喪命】

[Water-Bo, Fire-Luo and the Yang Blade star all govern Blood Light. A woman most fears these luminaries as killing overcoming the Life, or traversing killing, or fighting the Body and Life palaces; light means illness of blood and qi, heavy means death in childbirth.]

太陽守照晨牝雞對月定妨妻

The Sun guarding and shining in the morning is a hen crowing; facing the Moon, it certainly harms the wife.

【婦人若太陽坐命照臨加以身強必主欺夫奪權心髙性急為女中之豪霸有男子之英雄男子命若太隂守照妻宮對宮主妻妾無貌不然亦不正法而婚嫁所以太隂有缺有圓不常之意望前夜生輕望後晝生則重此六句為一條言女命怕煞也】

[If a woman has the Sun in the Life palace shining on it, and the Body is strong, she will surely deceive her husband and seize authority, with a high heart and urgent nature, a bully among women and a hero like a man. A man whose fate has the Moon guarding or shining on the Spouse palace, or facing palace, will have a wife or concubine without good looks, or otherwise not marry properly; hence the Moon has waxing and waning, the sense of not being constant: born on a night before the full moon it is light, born by day after the full moon it is heavy. These six lines form one article, saying that a woman's fate fears killing.]

金星為煞更逢煞非命兼王法

Metal as a killing star, meeting yet another killing: death by misfortune and the king's law.

【如命坐寅亥宮金為煞星更在諸凶神之上或亡神飛廉的煞刼煞驀刃此人主亡於非命死於王法蓋金為肅殺之星又逢凶煞其勢愈増為禍尤重】

[For example, with the Life in Yin or Hai, Metal is the killing star and, above that, sits over the various ominous spirits, or Lost Spirit, Flying Hem, Real Killing, Robbery Killing, Leaping Blade; this person will die by misfortune or die by the king's law. For Metal is a star of solemn killing, and when it meets an ominous killing its force grows still greater and its calamity especially heavy.]

疾宮炁伴主星躔盧扁舊家傳

In the Illness palace, Qi accompanies the lord star: the old family of Lu and Bian [physicians] passes down.

【疾厄之宮命主同炁星飛入乃醫人之命吉則以此防之凶則帶疾坎坷之人也此四句為一條言遇煞而刑疾也】

[If the Illness palace and the Life lord are in the same Qi star flying in, it is the fate of a physician. If auspicious, guard it as such; if ominous, it is a person who carries illness and has a rough life. These four lines form one article, saying that meeting killing means punishment and illness.]

別有源流推姓氏父母妻宮記

There is another source and course: infer the surname by the parents and spouse palaces.

【金為商姓人木為角姓人水為羽姓人火為徵姓人土為宮姓人四餘同論日月以水火論假如金守父母宮主父母商姓木守妻宮主妻角姓他仿此若無守照之星以宮主所屬何音防之此訣乃星家之寶得者宜秘之】

[Metal is the surname of Shang, Wood the surname of Jiao, Water the surname of Yu, Fire the surname of Zhi, Earth the surname of Gong. The four remainders are discussed the same way; the Sun and Moon are discussed as Water and Fire. For example, if Metal guards the parents' palace, the parents have the Shang surname; if Wood guards the spouse palace, the wife has the Jiao surname; infer others likewise. If there is no guarding or shining star, guard by which tone the palace lord belongs to. This secret is the treasure of the star school; one who gets it should conceal it.]

更將所屬別生辰心精見若神

Further take what they belong to and distinguish the birth times; if the mind is refined, seeing it is like divine.

【所屬者此法有二一以天干所屬一以地支所屬生辰者乃父母妻子之生年也以太隂配戊巳木配丙丁火孛配甲乙土配戊巳水炁配庚辛羅計配壬癸且如丙寅年壬辰月甲子日乙丑時年為父母屬寅若木星守照必主此人丙丁人是父母也不然木命人是也又如甲子日子為妻宮若土星守照必是此人戊巳人為妻妾不然土命是也又如乙丑時為子息若金星守照必主此人先生丙丁之子不然丑命生亦屬金也又一訣丙寅年辰月子日丑時寅為父母必看寅宮之主飛入何地或飛入未上乃是未生人為父母妻子二宮皆仿此詳推要在防精聚神萬不失一】

[There are two methods of 'what they belong to': one by heavenly stem and one by earthly branch. The birth times are those of parents, spouse and children. Match the Moon to Wu and Ji, Wood to Bing and Ding, Fire; Bo to Jia and Yi, Earth; Wu and Ji, Water; Qi to Geng and Xin; Luo and Ji to Ren and Gui. For example, in the year Bingyin, month Renchen, day Jiazi, hour Yichou: the year is the parents, belonging to Yin; if the Wood star guards or shines, it surely means this person is Bing or Ding, the parents; otherwise a Wood-fate person. Again, for the day Jiazi, Zi is the spouse palace; if the Earth star guards or shines, it must be this person, a Wu or Ji person being the spouse; otherwise an Earth-fate person. Again, for the hour Yichou, children: if the Metal star guards or shines, this person surely has an elder Bing or Ding child; otherwise one born in Chou, which also belongs to Metal. There is another secret: for the year Bingyin, month Chen, day Zi, hour Chou, Yin is the parents, and one must see where the Yin palace lord flies in; if it flies into Wei, then a person born in Wei is the parent; the spouse and children palaces are all inferred likewise. The key is gathering the essence and spirit; of ten thousand, not one is missed.]

逢生遇煞分凶吉類應年月日

Meeting generation or meeting killing, distinguishing ominous and auspicious, are verified in the year, month, day and hour.

【生星為福煞星為禍木星應在亥卯未寅年月日時火星應在寅午戌卯年月日時土星應在辰戌丑未年月日時也且如水星為生曜貴人則應在申子辰巳年必榮膺除擢庶人逢此則財利稱心又如木為煞星貴人逢亥夘未寅則降官黜職庶人逢此則失耗家財病人遇此則殞身喪命無不應驗也其餘年月日皆仿此類推之一章之防真是天機妙語也】

[A generation star is fortune; a killing star is calamity. The Wood star responds in Hai, Mao, Wei or Yin years, months, days and hours; the Fire star responds in Yin, Wu, Xu or Mao years, months, days and hours; the Earth star responds in Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei years, months, days and hours. For example, if the Water star is a generation luminary and Nobleman, it responds in Shen, Zi, Chen, Si years; one will surely be honored with promotion, and an ordinary person meeting this will find wealth and profit satisfying. Again, if Wood is a killing star, a Nobleman meeting Hai, Mao, Wei, Yin will be demoted or dismissed, an ordinary person will lose and waste family wealth, and a sick person will die; none is not verified. The other years, months and days are all inferred accordingly. The meaning of this chapter is truly secret of heaven and wonderful words.]

斯文盡是神仙秘談出天機趣

This culture is all divine immortals' secret talk, issuing the interest of the secret of heaven.

【斯文者是□機之奧妙也皆探造化之靈防受之者必因徳修行尊之所致非易得也若非韞匱藏珠輕洩非人其禍不旋踵而至也以上八句為一條言五行推筭之精也】

[This culture is the profound wonder of the subtle mechanism, all probing the numinous meaning of creation and transformation; one who receives it must do so through virtue and cultivation and the respect due to it, and it is not easy to obtain. If one does not store it as a treasure in a case and lightly leaks it to the wrong person, the calamity will arrive before one can turn one's heels. These eight lines above form one article, saying the refinement of Five Phase reckoning.]

人身亦是小天地舉一知其類

The human body is also a small heaven and earth; cite one and know its kind.

【戴九履一左三右七二四為肩六八為足言肩舉足則眼目心腹腰腎上下盡在其中矣且如煞在己午非頭面則目有病在夘酉則心腹有疾蓋頭離腎坎坤巽肩震兌腹干艮足故人之一身皆法天象也】

[Wearing nine, treading one, three on the left and seven on the right, two and four as the shoulders, six and eight as the feet: this says that when the shoulders are raised and feet moved, the eyes, heart, abdomen, waist and kidneys, above and below, are all within. For example, if killing is in Si or Wu, it is, if not the head and face, an illness of the eyes; in Mao or You, an illness of the heart and abdomen; for the head is Li, kidney is Kan, Kun and Xun are shoulders, Zhen and Dui are the abdomen, Qian and Gen are the feet. So the whole human body models the images of heaven.]

官福拱財身得地既富還饒貴

Office and Fortune flank Wealth, and the Body gets its place: both rich and also noble.

【官福拱財星也身得地身星坐實也】

[Office and Fortune flanking the Wealth star; the Body getting its place means the Body star sits solid.]

俗夫只把原守説死局不知活紛紛雜揉且休言最□是流年死生最怕流年惡原守難憑託命強限弱只主夀身強福元厚

Common men only speak of the original guard as a dead configuration, not knowing the living, confused and mixed; best leave aside what is most [secret]; most dreaded is the flowing year, life and death: most fear an evil flowing year; the original guard is hard to rely on; fate strong and limit weak governs only longevity; body strong and Fortune origin thick.

【有祿無福祿將安享有命無身命將安保故命強不如身壯也】

[With salary but no fortune, how will the salary be enjoyed? With life but no body, how will the life be preserved? So a strong Life is not as good as a sturdy Body.]

日月若夾的刃時禍極必分屍陽年刃在東西現嵗實遭刑憲

If the sun and moon flank Robbery and Blade, when calamity is extreme the corpse must be divided; in yang years the Blade is in east and west, and the year solid brings punishment and law.

【如甲年刃在夘之類嵗實流年填實也】

[For example, for a Jia year the Blade is in Mao and so on; the year solid means the flowing year fills it solid.]

隂年刃在西北馳犯此禍難移

In yin years the Blade is in the northwest, rushing; offending it, this calamity is hard to move.

【如辛年刃戊之類】

[For example, for a Xin year the Blade is in Xu and so on.]

駕前沖驀諸神煞直難休重疊

Before the Throne, clashing and leaping, the various spirits and killings, the Duty Difficulty must not be repeated.

【凡人命不宜與太嵗沖不要在太嵗後一位謂之沖驀驀在駕之後悖逆之象身命在上者必凶更加凶星則大作禍加吉星則大作福難星試以午未二宮分之太陽午駕已位一木立太隂未駕午位一土計立人是直星守四柱身命為人凡百不能作事顛倒此八句為一條言的刃直頭之為利害也】

[A person's Life should not clash with the Grand Year, and should not be one place behind the Grand Year, called Clashing and Leaping; Leaping is behind the Throne, an image of defiance, and those whose Body and Life are on it are surely ominous; with an ominous star added, great calamity is made; with an auspicious star added, great fortune is made. For the Difficulty star, try dividing by the two palaces Wu and Wei: the Sun in Wu, the Throne is in the Si position, a single Wood stands; the Moon in Wei, the Throne is in the Wu position, a single Earth-Ji stands; a person who is a Duty star guarding the Four Pillars or Body and Life cannot accomplish anything and things are upside down in all affairs. These eight lines form one article, discussing the advantages and harms of the Robbery, Blade and Duty Difficulty.]

直刃伴身坐日支妻子早分離妻星遇煞又逢直二次明花燭男女坐空日月來必定損頭胎大槩妻子乃一理尅妻必留子月為兄弟日為妻子息在其時主星卻看居何地虛實從其類

The Duty Blade accompanying the Body and sitting in the day branch: wife and children separate early; the wife star meets killing and then Duty: a second wedding candle; if the sons and daughters sit in emptiness and the sun and moon come, the first child will surely be lost; in general, wife and children are one principle; one who overcomes the wife will keep the children; the Moon is brothers, the Sun spouse and children, the hour has its lord star, but look at where it lodges; empty and solid follow its kind.

【如申上安命木為妻星飛入亥宮如遇癸亥日則為實地偕老無疑如甲子日則為虛刑尅不免所謂從其類也兄弟子息防各例此】

[For example, with the Life in Shen, Wood is the wife star; if it flies into the Hai palace and meets a Guihai day, it is solid ground, and growing old together is beyond doubt; if on a Jiazi day, it is empty, and punishment and overcoming cannot be avoided; this is what is called following its kind. Brothers and children are all guarded by this example.]

句句言言妙理深故名曰指金

Every sentence and word is profound in wonderful principle, hence it is called Zhijin [Pointing to Gold].

【此歌一言一句皆達妙理之深萬世萬人盡仰星家之實得之者自宜韞匱名曰指金夫何忝與此十四句為一條言直刃刑尅妻子宜從虛實以論之也】

[Every word and line of this song reaches the depth of wonderful principle; ten thousand generations and ten thousand people all look up to the substance of the star school. One who obtains it should store it; it is called Zhijin; how dare I be unworthy of it? These fourteen lines form one article, saying that Duty Blade punishing and overcoming spouse and children should be discussed by empty and solid.]

指金虛實五星天機七五賦下

Zhijin Empty-and-Solid Five-Star Secret of Heaven: the Seven-Five Rhapsody, Part Three

世人開口問為官提起與君看

When people of the world open their mouths to ask about being an official, take it up and let me show you.

【大凡為官之命雖要格局之妙莫大乎漏闗漏闗者乃十一曜拱此一處不惟四正強弱宮但防漏闗皆是一品之命且如日月引十一曜拱一位或是祿馬或是天門地位或端門帝座或福祿主或生星命主則大貴大富又有漏闗四位無星八位無星或左右兩位無星者亦貴又如日月拱夾福徳日月同宮照命日月拱夾官祿日月包羅五星四餘日月拱夾田財五星如連珠日月如合璧五星輪序五星循環五星向順相生五星聚防羅計截防羅計押班一星跳垣五星入廟四餘在外七政在內又有五星六曜漏闗格如丙子年丙申月甲午日丙寅時得木星入命者大貴蓋丙年木為天祿丙為月祿甲為日祿丙為財祿以此一星為四干元祿星者極妙更合格官至極品又有十二宮安命富貴興衰格局如子上安命或土埋雙女大好無尅十五嵗大限過宮便為官如受尅不濟福木旺在寅十七嵗便有難二十六嵗火為恩則好丑上安命先看命次看金終看身三用俱髙強則為公侯或主星居午更得金入垣官至三

[In general, the fate of an official, though a wonderful pattern is required, nothing is greater than Leaking the Barrier. Leaking the Barrier means the eleven luminaries ring a single place; not only are the four cardinal strong palaces and the weak palaces to be guarded, but Leaking the Barrier is, in all cases, a fate of the first rank. For example, the sun and moon lead the eleven luminaries to ring one position, whether Salary and Horse, or Heaven Gate and Earth Position, or the Main Gate and Emperor's Seat, or the Fortune and Salary lord, or the generation star and Life lord, then one is greatly noble and greatly rich. There are also Leaking the Barrier with four positions without stars, eight positions without stars, or two positions left and right without stars, which are also noble. Again, sun and moon flanking Fortune-Virtue; sun and moon in the same palace shining on the Life; sun and moon flanking Office and Salary; sun and moon enclosing the Five Stars and Four Remainders; sun and moon flanking Property and Wealth; five stars like linked pearls; sun and moon like joined jade discs; five stars in sequence; five stars circulating; five stars facing the direct and generating one another; five stars gathering; Luo and Ji intercepting; Luo and Ji leading the roll; one star leaping a wall; five stars entering the temple; four remainders outside and seven governors inside. There is also the pattern of Leaking the Barrier of the five stars and six luminaries, for example in the year Bingzi, month Bingshen, day Jiawu, hour Bingyin, if the Wood star enters the Life, one is greatly noble; for in a Bing year Wood is Heavenly Salary, Bing is the monthly salary, Jia the daily salary, and Bing the Wealth salary; a single star serving as the original salary star of the four stems is extremely wonderful, and if it further accords with the pattern, office reaches the highest rank. There are also the patterns of wealth, rank, rise and decline of the Life established in the twelve palaces. For example, with the Life established in Zi, if Earth is buried by the double maidens, it is greatly good and without overcoming: passing the palace in the fifteenth-year great limit, one becomes an official; if overcome, it does not succeed; Fortune Wood flourishing in Yin, at seventeen there is difficulty; at twenty-six, Fire as benefactor is good. With the Life established in Chou, first look at the Life, next at Metal, finally at the Body; if all three uses are lofty and strong, one is a duke or marquis; or if the lord star dwells in Wu and Metal also enters its palace, office reaches the Three

公若刑破只是吏人寅上安命先看命次看身水三者俱占髙強為王侯命不要刑破則吉夘上安命最忌福徳星只要火羅日月居髙強無刑破便是好命刑破只是吏人辰上安命夜生人只得身居官位不須防命更得日臨獅子不論晝夜謂之星合壁當膺鐘鼎之任不要刑破己上安命先看命主次看身三看木申上孛星躡政更得限好不拘晝夜官列紫綬不要刑破午上安命先看命星次看火星入垣如遇羅星同居官祿或居八煞遇之死亡十五嵗大限過宮便授勑不要尅破未宮安命先看命星次看安身終看火星入垣如與羅星同居官祿則為破格或居八煞遇夜生人十五嵗大限過宮便授勑不要尅破申上安命乃隂陽宮也命先看水次看孛終看金木火皆為吉宿木入宮垣為官星火入官祿只主富或居八煞身居官祿得地主授宣不要刑破酉上安命先看金次看孛三看土星升垣在官在煞為官最殊晝得隂星夜得陽星只是吏人命星髙官髙入八煞官列紫綬若刑破只是吏人戍上安命先看命次看

Dukes; if punished and broken, one is only a clerk. With the Life established in Yin, first look at the Life, next the Body, Water as third; all three occupying lofty strength make a king or marquis; one must not be punished or broken to be auspicious. With the Life established in Mao, one most fears the Fortune-Virtue star; only Fire-Luo, sun and moon dwelling in lofty strength without punishment and breaking make a good fate; punished or broken, one is only a clerk. With the Life established in Chen, night-born persons need only the Body to be in an official position and need not guard the Life; if the Sun further arrives at Leo, regardless of day or night, called stars joined like jade discs, one will bear the post of bells and tripods, and must not be overcome or broken. With the Life established in Si, first look at the Life lord, next the Body, third Wood; the Bo star treading politics in Shen, and the limit being good regardless of day or night, one's office is ranked among purple ribbons, and one must not be overcome or broken. With the Life established in Wu, first look at the Life star, next Fire entering its palace; if it meets Luo living together in Office and Salary or in the Eight Killings, one dies; passing the palace in the fifteenth-year great limit, one receives an imperial edict, and one must not be overcome or broken. With the Life established in Wei, first look at the Life star, next the Body, finally Fire entering its palace; if it lives with Luo in Office and Salary, it is a broken pattern, or in the Eight Killings and meeting a night-born person, passing the palace in the fifteenth-year great limit, one receives an edict, and one must not be overcome or broken. With the Life established in Shen, the yin-yang palace, first look at Water for the Life, next Bo, finally Metal; Wood and Fire are all auspicious lodges; Wood entering its palace is the Office star, Fire entering Office and Salary governs only wealth, or in the Eight Killings with the Body dwelling in Office and Salary and gaining its place, one is appointed with a proclamation, and must not be punished or broken. With the Life established in You, first look at Metal, next Bo, third the Earth star ascending its palace; being in Office or in killing makes an official most distinguished; by day one gets a yin star and by night a yang star; otherwise only a clerk; a Life star in a lofty office or lofty in the Eight Killings, office is ranked among the purple ribbons; if punished or broken, only a clerk. With the Life established in Xu, first look at the Life, next

身終看土星升垣如在官福二宮官品顕達受傷刑破只是吏人命亥上安身先看木炁月次看火羅金如木炁月有一髙強為官顯達如他宮混雜命帶刑破多狡吏命】

the Body, finally the Earth star ascending its palace; if it is in the two palaces Office and Fortune, official rank is distinguished; if injured, punished or broken, only a clerk. With the Life established in Hai, the Body first looks at Wood-Qi and the Moon, next at Fire, Luo and Metal; if any of Wood-Qi or the Moon is lofty and strong, one is an official distinguished and successful; if other palaces are mixed and the Life carries punishment and breaking, it is mostly the fate of a cunning clerk.]

為官須要福基厚福薄終難久日月分明拱福祿此命皇家族天門守福日月扶恩近相中書日月扶官恩外拱坐煞邊庭寵

To be an official one needs a thick foundation of fortune; thin fortune is hard to last. The sun and moon clearly ring Fortune and Salary: this fate is of the imperial clan; Heaven Gate guards Fortune, the sun and moon support, one approaches the Secretariat; the sun and moon support Office, and benefaction rings from outside, sitting killing: honored at the frontier.

【亥為天門守福者守照也日月扶者日月夾也恩外拱者星恩在外三方拱照也坐煞邊庭寵者格局髙以煞為權矣】

[Hai is Heaven Gate. 'Guards' means guards and shines. 'Support' means the sun and moon flank. 'Benefaction ringing from outside' means the benefactor star is outside and rings from three directions. 'Sitting killing: honored at the frontier' means the pattern is lofty and uses killing as authority.]

恩福扶官身曜明信重御堦行

Benefaction and Fortune support Office, the Body luminary is bright: trusted and heavy, walking the imperial steps.

【身曜者太隂司天也此十二句為一條言官星有恩福日月相扶為至貴也】

[The Body luminary is the Moon governing the sky. These twelve lines form one article, saying that an Office star with benefaction and Fortune and the sun and moon supporting each other is the utmost nobility.]

身福恩官俱好防無拱三品防六曹四品五品宣身福近君前六品以下京官走身福居君後

If Body, Fortune, benefaction and Office are all good but have no ringing, third rank guards the Six Boards; fourth and fifth rank are proclaimed; Body and Fortune near the sovereign; sixth rank and below are capital officials who run; Body and Fortune dwell behind the sovereign.

【身者太隂身主也祿者官星也近君前者乃登駕即近君之側也此六句為一條言恩福近君之貴乃其次者也】

[Body is the Moon, the Body lord; Salary is the Office star. 'Near before the sovereign' means ascending the Throne, that is, near the sovereign's side. These six lines form one article, saying that benefaction and Fortune near the sovereign is nobility of the secondary kind.]

宣官三品不居京君側欠恩星

Proclaimed officials of the third rank do not remain in the capital; at the sovereign's side lacking the benefaction star.

【君側欠恩者乃恩不近君也】

[Lacking benefaction at the sovereign's side means the benefaction is not near the sovereign.]

府州縣官俱守印四正官身□

Officials of prefectures, departments and counties all guard the Seal; the four cardinals, Office and Body...

【守印者正官也四正者子午卯酉宮也官身者官身之星也□者坐實而占髙強也】

[Guarding the Seal is the Proper Office; the four cardinals are the Zi, Wu, Mao, You palaces; Office and Body are the stars of Office and Body; the final character means sitting solid and occupying lofty strength.]

寅申己亥見官星佐貳職親民辰戌丑未官星現雜職隨資轉

Yin, Shen, Si, Hai seeing the Office star: assistant posts that serve the people; Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei with the Office star appearing: miscellaneous posts, transferred according to qualification.

【以上八句為一條言四正四馬四庫官貴不同也】

[These eight lines above form one article, saying that the nobility of Office differs in the four cardinals, four horses and four storehouses.]

武官帶煞身星出地煞空方吉

A military officer carrying killing, the Body luminary leaving its place, killing empty: only then auspicious.

【凡武官命多坐煞或坐驀越或主星遇刑星或主星坐馬落空或官星受尅而有救官星逆而逢生其中若帶貴權主封侯建節又如日月同宮二曜朝陽五星隨日火月同宵一星伴月太乙抱蟾金水防蛇七政得垣或福官互垣或身命互垣此皆富貴之命也若富人之命必田福宮強實或水火同行或金木同位或水火木金羅之類相生相尅者皆是也蓋為富不仁為仁不富故多戰尅】

[In general, the fates of military officers mostly sit on killing, or sit on Leaping, or the main star meets a punishing star, or the main star sits on the Horse and falls empty, or the Office star is overcome yet rescued, or the Office star is retrograde yet meets generation; if among these there is an honored authority, it governs enfeoffment as marquis and holding the staff of command. Again, such as the Sun and Moon in the same palace, the two luminaries facing the Sun; the five stars following the Sun; Fire and Moon together by night, one star accompanying the Moon; Taiyi Embracing the Toad; Metal and Water meeting the Snake; the seven governors gaining their enclosures, or Fortune and Office in mutual enclosure, or Body and Life in mutual enclosure: all these are fates of wealth and nobility. As for the fate of a rich person, the Property and Fortune palaces must be strong and solid, or Water and Fire travel together, or Metal and Wood sit together, or Water, Fire, Wood, Metal, Luo and the like, mutually generating and overcoming: all are so. For one who is rich is not benevolent, and one who is benevolent is not rich, therefore there is much fighting and overcoming.]

煞星前後福恩隨開閫列旌旗

Before and after the killing star come Fortune and benefaction; one opens the military command and displays the banners.

【煞者尅命也生者生我乃恩星也謂之煞星揹我而去恩星向我而來又兼福星入命是主開閫之權】

[Killing is what overcomes the Life; what generates me is a benefaction star. It is said that the killing star turns its back on me and leaves, while the benefaction star faces me and comes; with a Fortune star also entering the Life, it governs the authority of opening the military command.]

身恩坐駕煞不見帶劍日上殿

Body and benefaction sit on the Throne, killing is not seen; wearing a sword, one ascends the hall by day.

【身星恩星坐於嵗駕之上煞星俱空而不見所以能見於君而帶劍日上殿也】

[The Body star and the benefaction star sit on the Year Throne, and the killing stars are all empty and unseen; therefore one can see the sovereign, wearing a sword and ascending the hall by day.]

煞星流空身福竒馬陷鎮城池

The killing star flows empty, Body and Fortune are wonderful; though the Horse is sunk, one guards the city walls.

【煞星者為流旬所空而身福二星皆好雖馬陷沒但主星不空而鎮城池也此八句為一條言福恩帶煞為武職也】

[The killing star is emptied by the flowing xun, and both the Body and Fortune stars are good; though the Horse is sunk, the main star is not empty, so one guards the city walls. These eight lines form one article, saying that Fortune and benefaction carrying killing make a military post.]

祿馬坐實身有拱財徤運中旺

Salary and Horse sit solid, the Body has wealth flanking it, strong and prospering in the limit.

【財徤者財星坐實地而占強宮也所以運中旺發非橫之財也】

[Strong wealth means the Wealth star sits on solid ground and occupies a strong palace; therefore it prospers in the limit, and the wealth is not improper wealth.]

身星最□命次之恩福要相宜

The Body star is most □, the Life next; benefaction and Fortune must be well matched.

【此四句為一條言有恩福無官星而為富也】

[These four lines form one article, saying that one who has benefaction and Fortune but no Office star is rich.]

命主逢空無祖業其餘身管攝身命若陷總無憑財祿要身承

The Life lord meeting emptiness has no ancestral inheritance; the others govern and manage the Body. If Body and Life are sunk, there is nothing to rely on at all; Wealth and Salary need the Body to bear them.

【此四句為一條言身命陷而貧】

[These four lines form one article, saying that when Body and Life are sunk, one is poor.]

煞星全沒身星實福好終身吉煞星不實居弱方沖照福無妨三方見煞卻無忌禍福□中秘對宮見煞別無災大槩欠舒懐災多福少憑何信福曜居陽刃福貴明如一寶珠切忌刃星虛

The killing stars entirely gone and the Body star solid: Fortune is good, auspicious for life. The killing star not solid, dwelling weak, merely clashing: it does no harm to Fortune. Killing seen in the three directions is nonetheless not to be avoided; calamity and fortune □ the secret within. Killing seen in the opposite palace brings no other calamity, only mostly a lack of ease of heart. Much calamity and little Fortune: what is there to trust? The Fortune luminary dwelling in the Yang Blade, Fortune and nobility are as bright as a precious pearl; most to be avoided is the Blade star being empty.

【此十二句為一條詳論煞星而要歸於虛實也】

[These twelve lines form one article discussing the killing star in detail, returning in conclusion to empty and solid.]

忌星絆福身星弱進退難名爵福恩明徤身主髙官實老而豪官星總好福星弱好處還失卻恩星守籍少年起福陷中途墜恩星近君信任專一陷命歸泉

A taboo star hindering Fortune, the Body star weak: advancing and retreating are difficult in name and rank. Fortune and benefaction bright and sturdy, the Body lord in high office and solid: old yet hearty. The Office star all good but the Fortune star weak: the good places are lost again. A benefaction star guarding the register: rising in youth; Fortune sunk: falling midway. A benefaction star near the sovereign: trusted and given sole charge; sunk, the Life returns to the Springs.

【官實者官星坐實也為官之人無福則力不勝任鮮克有終也籍者生時也福陷空也中途墜者不能久也防曰福能保官福一空而居官不久也君者太陽也陷者旬空也又曰恩能取信一陷而信令不行也】

[Office solid means the Office star sits solid; a person in office without Fortune lacks the strength to bear it and rarely ends well. The register is the hour of birth; Fortune sunk means empty; falling midway means unable to last long. It is said that Fortune can protect Office, and once Fortune is empty one does not stay long in office. The sovereign is the Sun; sunk means emptied by the xun. It is also said that benefaction can gain trust, and once it is sunk, trust and orders are not carried out.]

恩星落空日月逺府縣瞻天選

The benefaction star falling empty, far from the Sun and Moon: one is an official of a prefecture or county, gazing up toward Heaven for selection.

【恩者生我之宿也既落空亡又不與太陽星及身主相近是以但居府縣之官而不能覲清光也此十二句詳論恩福官星而要歸於虛實也】

[Benefaction is the lodge that generates me; since it has fallen into emptiness and is neither near the Sun star nor the Body lord, one can only hold office in a prefecture or county and cannot look upon the clear radiance. These twelve lines form one article discussing the benefaction, Fortune and Office stars in detail, returning in conclusion to empty and solid.]

福官當籍喜恩生煞犯主刑傷煞星坐籍皆臨忌身弱長憔悴

Fortune and Office on the register are glad of benefaction generating them; killing offending the lord brings punishment and injury. A killing star sitting on the register, all facing taboo, the Body weak: long haggard.

【籍者我之生時也若官福二星坐於籍上則喜恩星生之若遇煞星尅之則居官不能善終若煞星坐籍駕所謂畏首畏尾是以身弱而常憔悴也歟此四句為一條言恩福不可雜於煞也】

[The register is my hour of birth. If the Office and Fortune stars sit on the register, they are glad for the benefaction star to generate them; if they meet the killing star overcoming them, one in office cannot end well. If the killing star sits on the register Throne, it is the so-called fearing the head and fearing the tail, and so the Body is weak and constantly haggard. These four lines form one article, saying that benefaction and Fortune must not be mixed with killing.]

命守垣城福伴恩壯嵗秉威權恩臨帝座身守福限吉承天祿命中最□是八方格重煞神降

The Life guarding the City Enclosure, Fortune accompanied by benefaction: in the prime of years one holds authority. Benefaction at the Emperor's Seat, the Body guarding Fortune, the limit auspicious: one bears heavenly salary. What is most □ in the Life is the Eight Directions pattern; when it is heavy, the killing spirit descends.

【嵗駕垣城帝座者為三生也命宮官福田財為五用此八處日月夾拱為第一諸宮主星逓相次之但合此格不甚忌煞五星精要云帝座以本生日納音在處為之垣城以本生時納音生處為之又云帝座子宮是也此六句為一條言恩福之貴在八方而煞降也】

[The Year Throne, the City Enclosure and the Emperor's Seat are the three births; the Life palace, Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth are the five uses; these eight places flanked by the Sun and Moon are first, and the lord stars of the other palaces follow in order; those that fit this pattern do not greatly fear killing. The Essentials of the Five Stars says: the Emperor's Seat is where the nayin of the birth day resides; the City Enclosure is where the nayin of the birth hour is generated. It also says that the Emperor's Seat is the Zi palace. These six lines form one article, saying that the nobility of benefaction and Fortune lies in the eight directions, and that killing descends.]

吏人之命禍福專貴馬有相干坐貴向貴煞守命刀筆操權柄煞星守貌福刃並謀陷沒人情官星坐實貴馬徤煞陷風雲變

The fate of a clerk: calamity and fortune are governed solely by Noble and Horse having some relation. Sitting on Noble, facing Noble, with killing guarding the Life: knife and brush wield authority. A killing star guarding Appearance, Fortune and Blade together scheming to entrap others, without human feeling. The Office star sits solid and Noble and Horse are strong, but if killing is sunk, wind and clouds change.

【吏人之命煞星守相貌宮官福宮干涉陽刃其人為吏尤多尅剝謀害良人若官星坐實貴馬徤而煞星空則有際遇而為官也此八句為一條言貴馬與煞刃不可相併也】

[In the fate of a clerk, if the killing star guards the Appearance palace, and the Office and Fortune palaces involve the Yang Blade, the person is a clerk, especially one who exploits and plots to harm good people; if the Office star sits solid, Noble and Horse are strong, and the killing star is empty, then one meets with opportunity and becomes an official. These eight lines form one article, saying that Noble and Horse must not be combined with killing and Blade.]

婦人之命坐臨官金孛必淫奔婦人命宮日木守貌丑卻敦厚從來女命看身宮身好必昌隆福星不棄身居二富貴榮閭里若教坐馬煞卻沖孤寡更貧窮

The fate of a woman: sitting on Official Post, with Metal and Bo, she will surely elope lewdly. If the Sun and Wood guard a woman's Life palace, though her appearance is plain she is honest and kind. From of old a woman's fate is read from the Body palace; if the Body is good she will surely thrive. The Fortune star not abandoning her, and the Body dwelling in the second, she is rich and noble, glorious in the village. If she sits on the Horse and killing clashes with it, she is solitary and widowed, and poorer still.

【凡婦人命坐臨官之宮及與金孛同宮者必淫若命宮有太陽木星同守貌雖丑而性敦厚福星不棄乃不空也身居二身主居財帛宮也若坐馬位而煞星與刼的同沖照孤寡而更貧窮也大抵女命先看身命次看夫宮又看福星兼看田財兩宮星辰如何第一看男女宮次看疾厄宮男女宮有吉星更男女主不受尅疾厄宮又好則主生貴子亦無產難如男女宮低有刑星守之尅曜照之疾厄宮有刑星必主產厄如男女宮主受尅者必招產死女人除寅亥坐命喜金水清防榮夫利子其他宮安命不喜金水清十命九婢妾也此十句為一條言女命貴身福而賤金孛煞馬也】

[In general, when a woman's Life sits in the Official Post palace or shares a palace with Metal and Bo, she is surely licentious; if the Life palace has the Sun and the Wood star guarding together, though her appearance is ugly, her nature is honest and kind. 'The Fortune star not abandoning her' means it is not empty; 'the Body dwelling in the second' means the Body lord is in the Wealth palace; if she sits in the Horse position, and the killing star together with Robbery and Duty clash with it or shine upon it, she is solitary and widowed and poorer still. In general, for a woman's fate, first look at Body and Life, next at the husband palace, then at Fortune, and also at what stars are in the Property and Wealth palaces; first look at the children palace, next at the Illness palace. If the children palace has auspicious stars, the children lord is not overcome, and the Illness palace is also good, she will bear noble children and have no difficult births; if the children palace is low and a punishing star guards it, or an overcoming luminary shines on it, or the Illness palace has a punishing star, she will surely suffer calamity in childbirth; if the children lord is overcome, she will surely invite death in childbirth. Except for those with the Life seated in Yin or Hai, a woman is glad for Metal and Water clear and meeting, bringing glory to the husband and benefit to the sons; with the Life set in other palaces, she does not like Metal and Water clear, and nine of ten are maids and concubines. These ten lines form one article, saying that a woman's fate values Body and Fortune and despises Metal, Bo, killing and Horse.]

出家物外縁何格命主居閒極身居華蓋福臨財名字動三台

A renunciant outside the world, by what pattern? The Life lord dwelling in Idle Extremity, the Body in the Canopy, Fortune in Wealth: the name moves the Three Terraces.

【僧道命貴清勝俗但忌福身落亡身福俱空命身居華蓋鐃磬尋常之輩出家僧道之命又懼命主入兄弟宮太隂居華蓋之上以為太隂所忌者也此四句為一條言僧道之命也】

[The fates of monks and Daoists value purity over worldliness, but fear Fortune and Body falling into emptiness; when Body and Fortune are both empty and Body and Life dwell in the Canopy, they are ordinary cymbal-and-chime types, fates of monks and Daoists who leave the household. One also fears the Life lord entering the Siblings palace and the Moon dwelling above the Canopy, since this is what the Moon avoids. These four lines form one article, speaking of the fates of monks and Daoists.]

命坐長生身坐虛非吏亦非儒身命俱空魁獨露藝術多清苦祿居破碎刼沖時貪酒更能詩命空身空限全弱頭白雞窓客讀書全要福身堅身福限徒然文魁拱命煞都化翰苑増光價魁星雖好煞星隨因學禍遭髠平生一文不能聚身陷的煞據

The Life sitting on Longevity and the Body sitting on emptiness: neither clerk nor scholar. Body and Life both empty, the Literary Chief alone exposed: arts and crafts, with much purity and hardship. Salary dwelling in Broken, Robbery clashing at the hour: greedy for wine yet able at poetry. Life empty, Body empty, the limit entirely weak: white-haired, reading books by a chicken-coop window; everything depends on Fortune and Body being firm. Body and Fortune and limit are in vain; the Literary Chief flanking the Life, killing all transformed, adds worth and splendor in the Hanlin Academy. The Chief star, though good, has a killing star following: because of learning, meeting the calamity of the shaved head. In a whole life not a single coin can be gathered: the Body sunk and Duty killing occupying.

【命主坐長生之上太隂坐空文魁煞半強半弱者乃是非儒非吏造化也命主星命宮太隂星疊逢空亡文魁獨露於垣局者又金星炁孛同守天空或入兄弟者防其人必是九流藝術之人且如辛酉得祿勲之地辛巳生人酉是破碎若被對宮夘沖之乃聰明好酒之徒如是身命居空文魁獨露者更後全弱雖讀書至老只作白身人又如文魁拱命身者命主及身福更堅實則作翰院之官推之文魁雖在前行煞星卻在後隨此等命必因學海害身徒配刺膚之命若身星飛起逢空而的煞又據占本宮則主其人平生一文不能得聚也此十六句為一條言身命恩福魁煞以虛實而論貴賤也】

[When the Life lord sits on Longevity, the Moon sits on emptiness, and the Literary Chief and killing are half strong and half weak, it is a fate that is neither scholar nor clerk. When the Life lord star, the Life palace and the Moon star repeatedly meet emptiness, with the Literary Chief alone exposed in the enclosure; or when Metal, Qi and Bo together guard Heavenly Void or enter the Siblings palace, one should guard against it: the person is surely of the nine schools and the arts. For example, Xinyou obtains Salary in the land of Merit, and for a person born in Xinsi, You is Broken; if the opposite palace Mao clashes with it, he is a clever man fond of wine. If Body and Life are in emptiness with the Literary Chief alone exposed, and further the later part is entirely weak, though he reads books until old, he will only be a commoner without rank. Again, if the Literary Chief flanks the Body, and the Life lord, the Body and Fortune are firm and solid, he will be an official of the Hanlin; by extension, though the Literary Chief is in front, the killing star follows behind; such a fate must harm the body through the sea of study, destined for penal exile and tattooing. If the Body star flies up and meets emptiness, and Duty killing further occupies the palace, then the person cannot gather a single coin in all his life. These sixteen lines form one article, discussing the nobility and lowliness of Body, Life, benefaction, Fortune, Chief and killing by empty and solid.]

財福重空田宅無奔走口難糊限宮洩氣財星窘生理休營運

Wealth and Fortune doubly empty, and Property absent: running about brings no way to fill the mouth. The limit palace leaks qi and the Wealth star is in straits: for livelihood, do not scheme or operate.

【謂行限而飛出遇洩氣之星而財星又為煞星所制所以營運多不利也】

[This says that when traversing the limit and flying out, one meets a qi-leaking star, and the Wealth star is further restrained by the killing star, so schemes and undertakings are mostly unfavorable.]

福財身主入遷移興販足施為

Fortune, Wealth and the Body lord entering Travel: trading and peddling give full scope.

【福財身三主但一主守遷移則能興販而獲厚利】

[Of the three lords Fortune, Wealth and Body, if even one lord guards Travel, one can trade and peddle and gain thick profit.]

福身二星坐奴僕終日心不足

The Fortune and Body stars both seated at Servants: all day the heart is never content.

【或福身星坐奴僕則不能純厚享安閒之福也此八句為一條言財福限空陷而貧賤也】

[If the Fortune and Body stars sit at Servants, one cannot enjoy pure, thick and restful blessing. These eight lines form one article, saying that when Wealth and Fortune are empty or sunk in the limit, one is poor and lowly.]

二主臨財萬頃田福命勝為官

Two lords at Wealth: ten thousand qing of fields; Fortune and Life surpass being an official.

【福命勝為官一作官福喜居垣詩云二宮坐貴三朝祿二主臨財萬頃田又云福星居福真為福官主臨官作顯官須看四柱帶不帶來以定其真假評輕重多寡如丙戌壬辰甲子庚午未上安命太隂在午此為二主臨財可惜丙戌旬中午未空了雖得午字填起縁壬辰是甲申中物二主身命主也臨財坐財帛宮也】

[Fortune and Life surpass being an official; one version reads Office and Fortune glad to dwell in the enclosure. A poem says: Two palaces sit noble, three dynasties of salary; two lords at Wealth, ten thousand qing of fields. It also says: the Fortune star in Fortune is true Fortune; the Office lord in Office makes a prominent official. One must look at whether the Four Pillars bring it or not to decide true or false, and weigh light and heavy, many and few. For example, Bingxu, Renchen, Jiazi, Gengwu, with the Life established at Wei and the Moon at Wu: this is two lords at Wealth. It is a pity that in the Bingxu xun, Wu and Wei are empty; though the character Wu is filled in and raised, because Renchen is a thing within Jiashen. 'Two lords' are the Body and Life lords; 'at Wealth' means sitting in the Wealth palace.]

有田千頃祿千鍾財位見恩重

Fields a thousand qing, salary a thousand zhong: the Wealth position sees heavy benefaction.

【財位見恩重言恩星守財帛宮也】

[The Wealth position seeing heavy benefaction means the benefaction star guards the Wealth palace.]

財星田主互相守鉅富真稀有

The Wealth star and the Property lord guarding each other: huge wealth, truly rare.

【財星守田宅或田宅守財帛宮也以上六句為一條言田財遇恩而富也】

[The Wealth star guards Property, or the Property lord guards the Wealth palace. The six lines above form one article, saying that wealth comes from Property and Wealth meeting benefaction.]

馬空貴空命坐奴身陷走卒徒咸池守命身刼的徒配從軍籍祿逢破碎曰梟神身臨薄藝人

Horse empty, Noble empty, the Life sitting on Servants, the Body sunk: a runner and menial. Xianchi guarding the Life, the Body with Robbery and Duty: penal conscripts joining the army register. Salary meeting Broken is called the Owl Spirit; the Body arriving there: a person of meager skills.

【以上六句言貴馬遭陷而刼的遭凶也】

[The six lines above say that Noble and Horse meeting sinking, and Robbery and Duty meeting ill fortune.]

身居閒極命天徳交情極易合

The Body in Idle Extremity and the Life on Heavenly Virtue: feelings of friendship match very easily.

【凡命坐貴馬空位休囚之所三方拱夾亦然命主飛出坐奴僕之宮又不入格局福恩亦無力方可防之曰奴僕徒卒之命如貴人亦有坐馬入奴之説須看恩福田官垣旺者不可類推如坐咸池可換又坐刼的行限又是離恩虛地少年中年必在軍伍中也咸池刼的拱夾身命者亦然祿勲值破同宮身星臨其上者必少義無恩徳人也閒極者兄弟也身星臨之命主命宮更坐天徳之上最有情義與人一見如故春風和氣慎終如始也】

[In general, if the Life sits in the empty, resting or imprisoned places of Noble and Horse, and is flanked by the three directions in the same way; if the Life lord flies out to sit in the Servants palace and does not enter a pattern, and Fortune and benefaction are also powerless, one may then guard against it: this is called the fate of a servant or menial. Noblemen too have the saying of sitting on Horse and entering Servants; one must look at benefaction, Fortune, Property and Office; those in the enclosure and prosperous cannot be inferred by analogy. If one sits at Xianchi it can be changed; and if Robbery and Duty traverse the limit, one again leaves the benefaction for an empty place, and in youth and middle age one is surely in the ranks of the army; if Xianchi and Robbery and Duty flank Body and Life, it is likewise. If Salary and Merit meet Broken in the same palace and the Body star is above it, the person is surely lacking in righteousness, without kindness or virtue. Idle Extremity is the Siblings palace; if the Body star arrives there and the Life lord and Life palace further sit on Heavenly Virtue, one is most affectionate and righteous, like an old friend upon first meeting, with spring wind and harmonious qi, careful to the end as at the beginning.]

第三宮中號閒極喜與福星易若與官祿兩居垣到老也無權

The third palace is called Idle Extremity; it is glad to be easy with the Fortune star. If it dwells in the enclosures together with Office and Salary, even at old age there is no authority.

【閒極者喜入福徳忌入官祿二主互換亦然尤忌之若與命主相來徃為有福人無尅故為喜也以上六句為一條言閒極主宜與福不宜與官也】

[Idle Extremity is glad to enter Fortune-Virtue and avoids entering Office and Salary; swapping the two lords is likewise, and especially avoided. If it comes and goes with the Life lord, one is a blessed person without overcoming, and therefore it is glad. The six lines above form one article, saying that Idle Extremity should be with Fortune and not with Office.]

少年福宮遇嵗君此限藹陽春中年官祿若坐庫恩合還居富

In youth the Fortune palace meets the Year Lord: this limit is warm as spring. In middle age, if Office and Salary sit on a storehouse and benefaction combines, one again dwells in wealth.

【嵗君者嵗駕也守於福徳之間此限最利少年二十六七嵗限至此必吉三十六七限至官祿中年也官祿宮若坐辰戌丑未之上三方恩福財官防合斯限王富貴也】

[The Year Lord is the Year Throne; guarding in the Fortune-Virtue palace, this limit is most beneficial to youth; at twenty-six or twenty-seven, when the limit reaches here, it is surely auspicious; at thirty-six or thirty-seven the limit reaches Office and Salary, which is middle age. If the Office and Salary palace sits on Chen, Xu, Chou or Wei, and benefaction, Fortune, Wealth and Office meet in the three directions, this limit prospers in wealth and nobility.]

老景遷移八載間疾厄看迎攀

In old age, eight years in Travel; for Illness, look at who greets and clings.

【命年五十二嵗入遷移六十嵗入疾厄如至遷移之宮後疾厄無所忌則遷移大發也所謂若還後限不如前只許半周天是也此六句為一條言大限貴逢駕也】

[At age fifty-two the Life enters Travel, and at sixty it enters Illness; if after reaching the Travel palace there is nothing to taboo in Illness, Travel flourishes greatly. This is what is meant by 'if the later limit is not like the former, only half the celestial circuit is allowed.' These six lines form one article, saying that great limits meeting the Throne are noble.]

駕前一位是天空禍福類旬中福神十位名壓煞遇者真英傑白虎官符喪吊凶命限怕相逢若與命元真煞防不死遭徒配

One place before the Throne is Heavenly Void; calamity and fortune are of a kind with the Fortune spirits within the xun. Ten places are named Pressing Killing; whoever meets them is a true hero. White Tiger, Official Charge, Mourning and Condolence are ominous; the Life and limit fear meeting them. If they are with the Life origin, a true killing: guard against it; if one does not die, one suffers penal exile.

【駕即當生太嵗所主貴煞駕前天空與旬中空亡吉凶虛實同類觀之其餘各隨所生年數分祿馬貴煞為用更有天空喪門白虎官符月徳嵗破天徳弔客病符與當生體用遇天空則吉凶皆不可用喪客皆主孝服也官符即飛天官符合限值之有橫災官事尤忌日時同到白虎即大煞主官事破財之患病符主病不濟事嵗破主動搖不寧天月二徳名壓煞星男女坐命大貴限嵗見之進喜解厄矣】

[The Throne is the Grand Year governing at birth, the noble killing; Heavenly Void before the Throne is viewed together with xun-emptiness, as the same in auspicious and inauspicious and empty and solid; the rest each follow the year count of birth to apportion Salary, Horse, Noble and killing for use. There are also Heavenly Void, Mourning Gate, White Tiger, Official Charge, Monthly Virtue, Year Break, Heavenly Virtue, Condolence Guest and Sickness Charm, which with the substance and use of the birth chart, on meeting Heavenly Void, make auspicious and inauspicious alike unusable; Mourning and Condolence both govern mourning dress; Official Charge, if it combines with a limit that meets it, brings sudden calamity and official affairs, especially to be avoided when day and hour both arrive; White Tiger is the Great Killing, governing official affairs and loss of wealth; Sickness Charm governs illness that does not help matters; Year Break governs stirring and unrest; Heavenly and Monthly Virtue are called Pressing Killing stars: men and women sitting on the Life are greatly noble, and when the limit year meets them, joy advances and calamity is dissolved.]

陽年空陽隂空隂此理用心尋

In yang years Yang is emptied, in yin years Yin is emptied; seek this principle with care.

【甲丙戊庚壬屬陽乙丁己辛癸屬隂更子寅辰午申戌屬陽丑夘己未酉亥屬隂所以陽年則空天星而不空其地曜隂年空其地曜而不能空其天星陽年則天星為禍福最□而地曜次之此理當用心尋也天星者金木水火土炁孛羅計天恩催官文魁之類也地曜者殿前貴人天月二徳陽刃刼的祿馬驀越天空白虎華蓋六害長生臨官帝旺咸池之類也此十句為一條論流年十二位神煞吉凶虛實也】

[Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng and Ren belong to yang; Yi, Ding, Ji, Xin and Gui belong to yin; moreover Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen and Xu belong to yang, and Chou, Mao, Si, Wei, You and Hai belong to yin. So in yang years the heavenly stars are emptied but the earth stars are not, and in yin years the earth stars are emptied but the heavenly stars cannot be; in yang years the heavenly stars are most heavy in calamity and fortune, with the earth stars next. This principle should be sought with care. The heavenly stars are Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Qi, Bo, Luo, Ji, Heavenly Benefaction, Hastening Office, the Literary Chief and the like; the earth stars are Noble before the Hall, Heavenly and Monthly Virtue, Yang Blade, Robbery and Duty, Salary and Horse, Leaping, Heavenly Void, White Tiger, Canopy, the Six Harms, Longevity, Official Post, Emperor Prosperity, Xianchi and the like. These ten lines form one article, discussing the auspicious and inauspicious, empty and solid, of the spirits and killings of the twelve places of the flowing year.]

金騎人馬火燒牛尅命實堪憂土埋雙女如作主膽力大如虎

Metal Riding the Human Horse, Fire Burning the Ox: overcoming the Life is truly worrying. Earth Burying the Twin Maidens, if it acts as lord, courage great as a tiger's.

【金騎人馬木打寶瓶水漂白羊火燒牛角土埋雙女常術談命例作凶言殊不知金騎人馬寅上安命方忌若辰酉安命而騎人馬者則是主星起去制他人十分得力其餘土埋雙女木打寶瓶之類皆然土埋雙女子丑安命土在已宮與前不同主其人膽大力強不伏人也】

[Metal Riding the Human Horse, Wood Striking the Precious Vase, Water Drifting the White Sheep, Fire Burning the Ox Horn, Earth Burying the Twin Maidens: common practitioners in their life discussions give these as inauspicious, not knowing that Metal Riding the Human Horse is only to be avoided with the Life set at Yin; if the Life is set at Chen or You and it rides the Human Horse, then the lord star departs to restrain others and has ten parts of strength; the rest, Earth Burying the Twin Maidens, Wood Striking the Precious Vase and the like, are all so. Earth Burying the Twin Maidens with Zi or Chou setting the Life and Earth in the Si palace differs from the former: it governs a person bold and strong, who does not submit to others.]

煞星入命或為權切忌犯身元

A killing star entering the Life may become authority; most to be avoided is offending the Body origin.

【煞星入命若金騎人馬之類尚有用於天元為財福之類若犯身主則凶不可解也】

[A killing star entering the Life, such as Metal Riding the Human Horse and the like, still has uses for the Heavenly Origin, as wealth or Fortune and the like; but if it offends the Body lord, it is ominous and cannot be resolved.]

好星切忌刃刼的身坐為惡逆

Good stars most avoid Blade, Robbery and Duty; the Body sitting there is evil and rebellious.

【金主天元不要坐刼身宮不要坐刃女人尤□若居八煞之上逢生者反操生煞之權縱不逢生為禍亦輕如人身宮犯者金居陽刃為真刃】

[Metal governs the Heavenly Origin, which must not sit on Robbery; the Body palace must not sit on Blade; especially so for women. If it dwells above the Eight Killings and meets generation, it instead holds the authority of generating killing; even without generation the calamity is light. If the Body palace is offended, Metal dwelling in the Yang Blade is the true Blade.]

那堪二八小限門財破禍臨身

How can one bear the small limit gates of two and eight: wealth broken, calamity arrives at the Body.

【小限在財帛疾厄二八門更合上次官符白虎喪門弔客之類主破財生病】

[When the small limit is in the Wealth or Illness palace, the gates of two and eight, and further combines with the Official Charge, White Tiger, Mourning Gate, Condolence Guest and the like in the sequence above, it governs loss of wealth and illness.]

天空守命名死穴刃拱禍偏烈

Heavenly Void guarding the Life is called the Death Point; with Blade flanking it, calamity is especially fierce.

【天空者本生年前一位是也其上坐命最忌刃煞拱照】

[Heavenly Void is the one place before the birth year; sitting on it with the Life is most feared, with Blade and killing flanking and shining.]

的煞莫夾官祿鄉夾著禍難當陽刃的刼忌三合拱命身最毒

Duty killing must not flank the Office and Salary village; flanked, calamity is hard to bear. Yang Blade, Robbery and Duty avoid the three combinations flanking the Body and Life: most poisonous.

【陽刃的刼三星分臨三合之地最怕拱命拱身此十六句為一條論身元命主最忌犯煞也】

[Yang Blade, Robbery and Duty, the three stars separately arriving in the three combination places, are most feared when they flank the Life or the Body. These sixteen lines form one article, discussing that the Body origin and Life lord most avoid offending killing.]

月支一位喜身逢行限防西東

One place at the month branch is glad to be met by the Body; when traversing the limit, mind west and east.

【太隂坐月支上日生則日東月西夜生則月東日西行限到視其順逆防吉凶】

[The Moon sits on the month branch; if born by day, the Sun is east and the Moon west; if born by night, the Moon is east and the Sun west; when the limit arrives, look at whether it is direct or retrograde to weigh auspicious and inauspicious.]

大凡駕上喜日月諸曜分優劣

In general, on the Throne the Sun and Moon are glad; the various luminaries divide into superior and inferior.

【駕上惟喜日月居之諸用之星當視輕重而防】

[On the Throne only the Sun and Moon are glad to dwell; for the various useful stars one should look at their light or heavy weight and weigh them.]

計羅橫截定朝昏混雜不須論

Ji and Luo cut across, fixing dawn and dusk; when mixed and confused, there is no need to discuss.

【或日或月漏闗當分晝夜司之若眾混雜必不論格】

[Whether Sun or Moon, leaking the barrier, one should distinguish day and night and which governs it; if the crowd is mixed and confused, no pattern is discussed.]

兩般化煞天機語天祿並身主

Two kinds of transforming killing are the secret speech of Heaven's mechanism: Heavenly Salary together with the Body lord.

【化煞三方對照沖合正度且如火為煞沖合土星謂之煞化恩也更土曜化刑囚煞四餘之氣除化天祿外皆作煞論此八句為一條言支駕位喜日月天祿身主也】

[Transforming killing means the three directions facing, clashing and combining in the exact degree. For example, Fire as killing clashing and combining with an Earth star is called killing transformed into benefaction; further, an Earth luminary transforms the punishing and imprisoning killing; the qi of the Four Remainders, except when transforming into Heavenly Salary, are all discussed as killing. These eight lines form one article, saying that the branch Throne position is glad of the Sun, Moon, Heavenly Salary and Body lord.]

士夫功名要問除催官天馬俱催官天馬太嵗吊合煞方遷調煞不合時只平遷恩煞合方陞流年限上恩忽到平地承宣詔天馬一星逐年起催官要同至催官若坐在陽宮東南食祿豐坐隂其年必西北此論真竒特催官恩星四正逢官居直□京若臨寅申並己亥一去三千里辰戌丑未四千餘此法論無虛要問陞除何日月只把太隂説太隂兩日行一宮恩官要相逢恩官防著是除日月令喜填出

For scholar-officials asking about merit and fame, removal and promotion: Hastening Office and Heavenly Horse are both Hastening Office. The Heavenly Horse and the Grand Year, when drawn together and combined with killing, bring transfer and reassignment; if killing does not combine, it is only a level transfer; if benefaction and killing combine, there is promotion. When benefaction suddenly arrives on the flowing year limit, out of level ground one receives the proclaimed edict. The Heavenly Horse is one star that rises year by year; Hastening Office must arrive together with it. If Hastening Office sits in a yang palace, one eats rich salary in the southeast; if it sits in yin, that year one will surely go northwest; this discussion is truly marvelous. Hastening Office and the benefaction star meeting Office at the four cardinals: one dwells directly in the □ capital; if it falls on Yin, Shen, Si or Hai, one goes three thousand li away; on Chen, Xu, Chou or Wei, over four thousand; this method is no empty talk. To ask on which day or month promotion or removal comes, speak only of the Moon; the Moon travels one palace in two days; benefaction and Office must meet; where benefaction and Office are met, that is the day of removal; the monthly command is glad to fill it in and bring it out.

【士夫功名之人專以催官天馬為□且如太嵗填實催官天馬之類或三方防合對宮沖起其年必有動遷之喜合煞則陞之不合則平遷而已亦須先看目下見行限貴與賤則以官民兩論不同常人皆次吉原守雖如此防其流年逐宮轉填實沖合防逐月可推如太隂流行至辰則應此月令內必見遷擢也催官陽宮隂宮者以流年為□且如丑年催官在計看計星行到何地與身恩主星同宮者陽宮必出東南隂宮必轉西北但流年恩星到所行之限上必蒙宣詔也此十六句為一條論催官天馬陞除也】

[Scholar-officials seeking merit and fame take Hastening Office and Heavenly Horse alone as □. For example, if the Grand Year fills solid the Hastening Office, Heavenly Horse or the like, or the three directions combine, or the opposite palace clashes and raises it, that year there will surely be the joy of transfer; if it combines with killing, one is promoted, and if not, it is only a level transfer. One must first look at the limit now traversed, whether noble or lowly, which is discussed differently for officials and commoners; ordinary people are all merely second-best auspicious. Although the original guard is so, look also at the flowing year turning palace by palace, filling solid, clashing and combining; by month it can be inferred. For example, when the Moon flows to Chen, it responds in this month's command, in which a transfer or elevation will surely be seen. As for Hastening Office in a yang or yin palace, the flowing year is □. For example, in a Chou year with Hastening Office at Ji, look at where the Ji star has traveled; if it shares a palace with the Body, the benefaction or the lord star, a yang palace will surely go out to the southeast and a yin palace turn to the northwest; and where the flowing year's benefaction star reaches the limit being traversed, one will surely receive the imperial proclamation. These sixteen lines form one article, discussing Hastening Office and Heavenly Horse in promotion and removal.]

病人若要問生死依此例中詳

If a sick person wishes to ask about life and death, rely on this precedent for detail.

【此二句為一條論推病依前例也】

[These two lines form one article, discussing that illness is inferred according to the precedent above.]

晝日夜月難一例金鳴火終昧火金曽受一畨空未可例言凶限元脫卻嵗星陷虛實一般論

By day the Sun, by night the Moon: hard to treat by one rule. Metal rings and Fire finally dims; Fire and Metal that have once suffered a round of emptiness cannot be taken by rule as ominous limits. The origin sheds off and the Year star sinks: empty and solid are discussed alike.

【蓋人之生與萬物為一體隨其根□而運化桃梅不結李鐵石安可成金故燕雀不生鳯狐兔不乳馬人之命稟水即一水也十二宮皆作水忌土計餘仿此推此六句為一條言七政當從虛實而論生尅也】

[A person's birth is one body with the myriad things, each transforming according to its root □; peach and plum do not bear plums, and how can iron and stone become gold? Therefore swallows and sparrows do not give birth to phoenixes, and foxes and hares do not suckle horses. A person's fate endowed with Water is one Water, and all twelve palaces are taken as Water, avoiding Earth and Ji; the rest follow this inference. These six lines form one article, saying that the Seven Governors should be discussed by empty and solid in generation and overcoming.]

其間或有□機秘按圖難索驥識得五行顛倒顛方是大羅仙生尅制化自有理痴人多錯擬心上經綸造化移不許俗人知學人得此莫輕付神鬼空中防

Among these there may be a secret mechanism; following the picture, it is hard to seek the steed. One who knows how the Five Phases turn upside down is truly a Great Luo immortal. Generation, overcoming, restraint and transformation have their own principle; foolish people mostly err in their guessing. The statecraft in the heart shifts creation and transformation; do not let vulgar people know. Students who obtain this must not lightly hand it over: spirits and ghosts guard it in the air.

【此十句為一條論生尅制化之妙非人所知以總結上意】

[These ten lines form one article, discussing that the wonder of generation, overcoming, restraint and transformation is not known to people, to conclude the meaning above.]

教外別意雜詩二十六首

Twenty-Six Miscellaneous Poems on Meanings Apart from the Teaching

造化惟將一理推　旬知虛實發天機源流體用俱當辯　運氣尤宜看改移理則只今生尅是　氣明天運有推遷古今治亂分輕重　此是琴堂法外傳空亡一訣少人知　貴賤災祥各有司空處不空分拱夾　更將貼襯有無推用宿若空沖得實　凶星空了怕沖來不空不實名平局　地曜天星禍福該貴賤先須明拱夾　賢愚只要看隂陽次明日月同天徳　徳性襟懐總易量金輕土重木星慈　火燥羅麄水性疑孛狡計奸偏僻氣　更將的刃為詳推白虎嫌入六害孤　祿空易陷易親疏煞居相貌兼飛刃　此是人中破疾徒丑時日是進神星　申刻生人把月評子午界開天地宿　長生有宿更聰明分明一退當三空　有用之星一例同官福田財終蹭蹬　定知妻子必遲逢駕前一位號天空　百煞逢之不作凶若是用神飛到此　限宮無照卻嫌窮駕後一宮名驀越　諸星遇著減精華惟宜日月居前後　此是淤泥出異葩生星第一喜生身　財福雖空不苦辛煞若臨深尤你貴

Creation and transformation are inferred by one principle alone; the xun knowing empty and solid, Heaven's mechanism is revealed. Source and flow, substance and use must all be distinguished; the movement of qi especially should be watched for its shifting. The principle is only that the present generation and overcoming are right; the qi is clear, and the movement of Heaven has its transfers. Ancient and modern, order and chaos divide light from heavy: this is what the Qintang transmits outside the method. The one secret of Void is known by few; nobility, lowliness, calamity and fortune each have their governance. Where it is empty yet not empty, divide flanking and clasping, and further infer by whether there is lining and attachment. If a useful lodging is empty, a clash obtains solidity; an ominous star emptied fears a clash coming. Neither empty nor solid is called a level pattern. Earth stars and heavenly stars bear calamity and fortune. For nobility and lowliness one must first understand flanking and clasping; for the worthy and the foolish one need only look at yin and yang. Next understand the Sun and Moon together with Heavenly Virtue; virtue, nature and breadth of heart are all easily measured. Metal is light, Earth heavy, the Wood star kind; Fire is dry, Luo coarse, Water's nature doubtful; Bo is crafty, scheming, treacherous, of biased qi. Further, infer Duty and Blade in detail: the White Tiger dislikes entering the Six Harms, solitary; Salary empty is easily sunk, and easily close or distant; killing dwelling in Appearance together with Flying Blade: this is a person who is broken and sick. At the Chou hour the day is the Advancing Spirit star; those born at the Shen hour, judge by the Moon; Zi and Wu open the boundary between Heaven and Earth lodgings; where Longevity has a lodging, one is the more intelligent. Clearly one retreat counts as three empties; useful stars are all the same case; Office, Fortune, Property and Wealth all stumble in the end; surely wife and children are met late. One place before the Throne is called Heavenly Void; a hundred killings meeting it do not become ominous; but if the useful spirit flies to this place and the limit palace has no shining, one then dislikes poverty. One palace behind the Throne is called Leaping; the various stars meeting it lose their essence; only the Sun and Moon are glad to dwell before and after it: this is a rare flower emerging from mud. The generating star is first glad to generate the Body; Wealth and Fortune, though empty, bring no bitterness; if killing draws deep, still more is your nobility.

限宮一陷命沉淪用星飛出落空中　用位分明有實逢更有駕前沖祿馬　定為貪利更邀功財臨陽刃守財奴　財落三宮好用徒身命二星閒極見　津津和氣百無拘動靜能分體用明　天星地曜更須憑三才定位原無改　要識無形有象星一年稱意是何因　太嵗填恩照限身財福填時財氣盛　官星填起必髙陞禍福相逢祿馬空　一空一實忌偏枯官星空了三分實　限若逢之必降除金水為恩拱駕行　為官定執法司權天門有拱多清要　翰苑聲名共此詳九流清苦若何知　只把空亡仔細推滿局都空名朽腐　平生骨肉必參差流旬空法有神通　此法名為御史空縱有吉星居貴地　一時空卻欠從容諸煞俱嫌太嵗填　看他填處在何宮田財官福身星等　一一依宮論吉凶吉星守限若逢遲　交限三年福始宜出限三年還有力　凶星遲了一般推大槩凶星最怕留　凶星留卻最多愁下年太嵗逢迎了　還見餘殃未肯休逆時天運促流年　禍福相逢在眼前不必論他宮濶狹

Once the limit palace is sunk, the Life sinks; the useful star flies out and falls into emptiness. When the useful position is clear and has solidity, and moreover Salary and Horse clash before the Throne, one is certainly greedy for profit and seeks merit as well. Wealth meeting Yang Blade: a miser guarding wealth. Wealth falling in the three palaces: a good servant of use. The Body and Life stars seen in Idle Extremity: genial harmony, hundreds of things unrestrained. In movement and stillness one can clearly divide substance and use; heavenly stars and earth luminaries must further be relied on. The positions of the Three Powers are fixed and originally unchanging; to know the formless star that has image: why in one year does one find satisfaction? The Grand Year fills benefaction and shines on the limit and Body; when Wealth and Fortune are filled, the wealth qi is flourishing; when the Office star is filled and raised, one will surely rise high. When calamity and fortune meet and Salary and Horse are empty, one empty and one solid, avoid one-sided drying; the Office star emptied gives three-tenths solid; if the limit meets it, one will surely be demoted and removed. Metal and Water as benefaction flank the Throne's movement: as an official one will surely hold law and authority; if Heaven's Gate has flanking, there is much purity and importance; fame in the Hanlin is detailed in this. How can one know the purity and hardship of the nine schools? Just infer carefully by the Void. A pattern entirely empty is called decayed and rotten; throughout life flesh and blood will surely be at odds. The method of the flowing xun's emptiness has divine power; this method is called Censor's Void; even if auspicious stars dwell in noble ground, a moment of emptiness leaves a lack of ease. The various killings all dislike the Grand Year filling; look at what palace it fills: Property, Wealth, Office, Fortune, Body star and the like, each judging auspicious and ominous by its palace. An auspicious star guarding the limit, if it comes late, then three years after crossing the limit Fortune is first suitable; three years after leaving the limit it still has strength; an ominous star late is inferred the same. In general an ominous star most fears lingering; an ominous star lingering brings the most grief; next year the Grand Year meets and greets it, and one still sees leftover calamity unwilling to stop. Reversed in time, Heaven's movement presses the flowing year; calamity and fortune meet before one's eyes; do not discuss the breadth and narrowness of other palaces.

只將交處摘其□世運推移異昔年　剝官退職橫遭愆只因流嵗空恩福　煞不收藏的刃專仕宦諸公要問閒　空亡一訣理中□官星身命重空卻　福不空時老做仙

Just pick out the crossing points □; the movement of the world shifts unlike former years. Stripped of office and withdrawn from post, suddenly meeting fault: it is only because the flowing year is empty of benefaction and Fortune, killing is not stored away, and Duty and Blade are concentrated. Gentlemen in office who wish to ask about leisure: the one secret of Void has □ within its principle. With the Office star, Body and Life doubly emptied, when Fortune is not empty one grows old as an immortal.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying, Ming dynasty

耶律學士星命秘訣序

Preface to the Secret Teachings of Scholar Yelv on Star Fate

星命之説其法傳自西天今西天都例聿斯等經散載諸家餘弗獲覩厥全然我朝欽天監有囘囘科毎年推筭七政度數二曜交蝕較漢歴為尤凖乃知西天之法的有真傳信不誣也耶律五星耶律純傳自高麗國禪師國師傳自西天今觀其大者如論一太陽五太隂二金二火六木六水六土之説分偏正以定宮度別體用以取身命重天元月令合上下盤局及二百字真經步天標本等論皆根極造化洞究天人後雖有作者弗可易也諸家竊其餘緒各立門戶究厥防歸不能外焉今術者但知重琴堂而不知重耶律是不知二書互相發明不可舉一而廢一也術者謂琴堂凖於我朝耶律凖於遼金此又拘於氣運之說而不思論道理重身命官祿田財妻妾逰行則古今一而已矣考厯代國家取人之法或以文武進或以孝廉顯或假納粟入官或推恩蔭受職或重天潢世派或喜黃冠緇衣出身雖有不同榮貴則無或異論星命者能隨時消詳自其所重者推之則耶律可凖於今而虛實亦驗於古矣岐而二之可乎餘故

The theory of star fate has its method transmitted from the Western Heaven. Today the Western Heaven's Duli Yusi and other classics are scattered among various houses, and I have not obtained a view of them whole. Yet in our dynasty the Imperial Astronomical Bureau has a Huihui section which each year calculates the degrees of the Seven Governors and the eclipses of the two luminaries, more accurate than the Han calendar; thus I know that the Western Heaven's method indeed has a true transmission, and is truly not false. Yelv's Five Stars were transmitted by Yelv Chun from the Chan master and National Preceptor of Goryeo, who received them from the Western Heaven. Looking now at their great points, such as the theory of one Sun, five Moon, two Metal, two Fire, six Wood, six Water and six Earth, dividing the biased and the proper to fix palace degrees, distinguishing substance and use to take the Body and Life, valuing the Heavenly Origin and the monthly command, combining the upper and lower plate patterns, and such discussions as the Two-Hundred-Character True Classic and Stepping on Heaven: Roots and Branches, all reach to the root of creation and transformation and fully probe Heaven and humans; though later authors arise, none can change it. The various schools stole its remnants and each set up their own gates; investigating their meaning, none can go beyond it. Now practitioners know only to value the Qintang and not to value Yelv, which is to not know that the two books illuminate each other and that one cannot raise one and abandon the other. Practitioners say that the Qintang is accurate for our dynasty and Yelv for Liao and Jin; this again is bound by the theory of qi fate and does not consider that, in discussing the Way, valuing Body, Life, Office, Salary, Property, Wealth, wife, concubine and traveling is one and the same from ancient times to now. Examining the dynasties' methods of choosing people, some advance by letters or arms, some are displayed as filial and incorrupt, some enter office by paying grain, some receive posts through the protection of kin, some value the lineage of the imperial clan, and some delight in those who emerge from yellow caps and black robes; though there are differences, there is no difference in honor and rank. One who discusses star fate, who can follow the times, examine and dissolve, and infer from what is valued, will find that Yelv can be accurate for today, and that empty and solid are also verified in antiquity. Can the two be divided? Therefore I

詳敘為看星者法焉易水育吾子識

have set it out in detail as a method for those who read the stars. Recorded by Yuwuzi of Yishui.

天星標本序

Preface to the Roots and Branches of the Heavenly Stars

大遼徵和二年翰林學士耶律純以議地界事奉國書使於髙麗至其國聞國禪師精星躔之學具重幣設威儀求見屢請不從一日自請於髙麗國王曰臣奉國書來此稔聞國師富於道徳星命之學願借玉音得遂一見以請所有何啻昌黎之遇大顛也國王遂命一見既見之後往復數回乃請曰微生跧伏北方聞國師深於星命之學今日天幸得面鈞顔願北面從師得聞一二以聳北方之學者亦是三生夙縁不知可乎國師曰何不可之有但學士平生論學有何所得吾與學士從長商確而已何以師為曰膚學得於生尅制化之外亦有十條前六條看根本後四條看流年其一曰太嵗尊神加臨管攝其二曰無中有曜弱處髙強其三曰得經失次細辨盈虛其四曰身傍母吉傍鬼者凶其五曰同宮千里異宮尺寸其六曰黨母福多藏鬼禍大其七曰原守雖詳流年猶急其八曰當生變曜流年飛星其九曰限並諸煞貴祿不臨其十曰流年諸星無忽柔曜此十條者各有詳註未審如何國師曰十條之說抑末矣本之則無

In the second year of Zhenghe of the Great Liao, the Hanlin Academician Yelv Chun, on a matter of boundary demarcation, was sent with a state letter as envoy to Goryeo. Arriving in that country, he heard that the Chan master and National Preceptor was versed in the study of star positions; he prepared heavy gifts and displayed ceremony to seek an audience, and asked repeatedly but was not allowed. One day he himself petitioned the King of Goryeo: 'Your servant came bearing a state letter and has long heard that the National Preceptor is rich in Dao and virtue and in the study of star fate; I wish to borrow the jade voice and fulfill a single meeting, to ask what he has; it would be no less than Changli's encounter with Dadian.' The king then ordered a meeting. After the meeting, going back and forth several times, he then asked: 'A humble life crouching in the north, I heard that the National Preceptor is deep in star fate; today by Heaven's luck I face your noble countenance and wish to face north and follow you as teacher, to hear a word or two to astound the learners of the north; it is also a predestined bond of three lives; I do not know whether it is permissible?' The National Preceptor said: 'Why should it not be? But what has the scholar gained in his life of study? I shall only deliberate with the scholar at length; why make me a teacher?' He said: 'My shallow learning gained, beyond generation, overcoming, restraint and transformation, there are ten items: the first six look at the root and the last four look at the flowing year. First: the Grand Year, the honored spirit, presides over by being added and arriving. Second: a luminary within nothingness, high and strong in a weak place. Third: gaining the course but losing the order, one must carefully distinguish fullness and emptiness. Fourth: the Body beside the mother is auspicious, beside the ghost ominous. Fifth: the same palace is a thousand li, a different palace a foot or an inch. Sixth: allied with the mother, much Fortune; hiding the ghost, great calamity. Seventh: although the original guard is detailed, the flowing year is more urgent. Eighth: the luminaries changing at birth, the stars flying in the flowing year. Ninth: the limit joined with various killings, noble Salary does not arrive. Tenth: of the flowing year's various stars, do not neglect the soft luminaries. Each of these ten has detailed notes; I do not know how they seem.' The National Preceptor said: 'The theory of the ten items is only the branch; as for the root, they have none.

姑就學士談星根本以宮主為重耶度主為重耶曰得於平昔之講明以宮度兼論不可用一而廢一也國師笑曰宮度兼論吾恐子於是度胸中不能自斷何以斷人之禍福也且如命躔丑宮之牛金宮土度金限行遇火一生一尅何以為斷又如命坐寅宮尾火宮木度火限行遇水一生一尅何以為斷於禍福何凴遂再拜曰願棄所學而從師求敎師曰吾嘗以近世談星者言宮不知度言度不知宮二者胥失矣吾於海上異人授我以偏正之垣於二十八宿之中分之曰一太陽五太陰六木六土六水二火二金之説學士曾聞之乎曰未也國師曰人生於地日月五行見於天其生值七曜之吉則一生享福安榮遇七曜之凶則一生忙迫日不如意日月五星其為物也於天地間最大於天下萬物日主晝月主夜乃天之眼目也在天有五星在地有五行人生於世五者一日不可缺觀星談命茍不知此根本徒學宮度兼論之術何以決人之禍福故十二宮有偏正之垣子宮以虛日防為正垣防乃子垣之宮神非正垣而何也

Let me take the scholar's talk of the root of stars: is the palace lord to be valued, or the degree lord?' He said: 'What I have gained from daily study is to discuss palace and degree together; one cannot use one and abandon the other.' The National Preceptor laughed: 'If you discuss palace and degree together, I fear that in this you cannot judge for yourself within your chest; how can you judge others' calamity and fortune? For example, if the Life dwells in the Chou palace, Niu-Metal, the palace is Earth and the degree is Metal, and the limit traverses and meets Fire, one generation and one overcoming: how do you judge? Again, if the Life sits in the Yin palace, Tail-Fire, the palace is Wood and the degree is Fire, and the limit traverses and meets Water, one generation and one overcoming: how do you judge? On what basis is calamity and fortune?' He then bowed twice: 'I wish to abandon what I have learned and follow the teacher, and seek instruction.' The teacher said: 'I have always held that those who discuss stars in recent times speak of palaces without knowing degrees and of degrees without knowing palaces; both lose. I received from an extraordinary man at sea the biased and proper enclosures, which divide the twenty-eight lodgings, saying one Sun, five Moon, six Wood, six Earth, six Water, two Fire and two Metal. Has the scholar heard of this?' He said: 'Not yet.' The National Preceptor said: 'Humans are born on earth; the Sun, Moon and Five Phases appear in heaven. If one's birth falls in the auspicious of the Seven Governors, one enjoys blessing and glorious fortune for life; if in the ominous, one is busy and pressed for life, and days are not as one wishes. The Sun, Moon and Five Stars, as things, are the greatest between Heaven and Earth, among all things under heaven. The Sun governs day and the Moon governs night, the eyes of Heaven. In heaven are the five stars, on earth the Five Phases; for those born in the world, the five cannot be lacking for a single day. In reading stars and discussing fate, if one does not know this root and vainly studies the art of combining palace and degree, how can one decide a person's calamity and fortune? Therefore the twelve palaces have biased and proper enclosures: the Zi palace takes Xu-Sun-Rat as its proper enclosure; the Rat is the palace spirit of the Zi enclosure; if it is not the proper enclosure, what is it?

丑宮牛金牛寅宮尾火虎卯宮房日兎辰宮亢金龍已宮翼火蛇午宮星日馬未宮鬼金羊申宮觜火猴酉宮昴日雞戌宮婁金狗亥宮室火豬皆本宮之正垣此為千古不易之論談星之大根本可以盡知其要妙也所謂一太陽者太陽君象天無二日民無二王惟星日馬乃太陽之正垣五太陰者后妃之象后妃嬪眾多宜太陰之五也故以鬼金羊為太陰之正垣其餘張心危畢皆偏垣之月也六木者寅宮尾火虎亥宮室火豬為木正垣其餘斗奎井角皆偏垣之木也六土者子宮虛日丑宮牛金為土正垣其餘女氐胃柳皆偏垣也六水者已宮翼火申宮觜火為水正垣其餘箕壁參軫皆偏垣也二火者卯宮房日戌宮婁金為火之正垣二金者辰宮亢金酉宮昴日為金之正垣天地之間水木土隨處皆有隨所居而可得木滿山林土滿寰宇水滿江河至於金火則不可多得焉只有二火二金使金火如木水土之多則天下常有持刃縱火之患豈不為世道憂吾有偏正垣七政論日月並明說計八篇又有二百字真經二十

Chou palace, Niu-Metal-Ox; Yin palace, Tail-Fire-Tiger; Mao palace, Fang-Sun-Hare; Chen palace, Kang-Metal-Dragon; Si palace, Yi-Fire-Snake; Wu palace, Xing-Sun-Horse; Wei palace, Gui-Metal-Sheep; Shen palace, Zui-Fire-Monkey; You palace, Pleiades-Sun-Rooster; Xu palace, Lou-Metal-Dog; Hai palace, Shi-Fire-Pig: all are the proper enclosures of their own palaces. This is a theory unchanged for a thousand ages, the great root of discussing stars, from which all its essentials and wonders can be known. The so-called one Sun is the Sun, the image of the sovereign; as in Heaven there are not two suns and among the people not two kings, only Xing-Sun-Horse is the proper enclosure of the Sun. The five Moons are the image of the empress and consorts; empresses and consorts are numerous, and so five suit the Moon; therefore Gui-Metal-Sheep is the Moon's proper enclosure, and the others, Zhang, Xin, Rooftop and Net, are all Moons of biased enclosures. The six Woods: Tail-Fire-Tiger of the Yin palace and Shi-Fire-Pig of Hai are the proper enclosures of Wood, and the others, Dou, Kui, Jing and Jiao, are all Woods of biased enclosures. The six Earths: Xu-Sun of the Zi palace and Niu-Metal of Chou are the proper enclosures of Earth, and the others, Nü, Di, Stomach and Liu, are all biased enclosures. The six Waters: Yi-Fire of Si and Zui-Fire of Shen are the proper enclosures of Water, and the others, Basket, Wall, Three Stars and Zhen, are all biased enclosures. The two Fires: Fang-Sun of Mao and Lou-Metal of Xu are the proper enclosures of Fire. The two Metals: Kang-Metal of Chen and Pleiades-Sun of You are the proper enclosures of Metal. Between Heaven and Earth, Water, Wood and Earth are found everywhere, obtained wherever one dwells: Wood fills the mountain forests, Earth fills the world, Water fills the rivers; but Metal and Fire cannot be obtained in abundance; there are only two Fires and two Metals. If Metal and Fire were as plentiful as Wood, Water and Earth, the world would always have the calamity of those who wield blades and set fires; would that not be a worry for the age? I have discussions of the biased and proper enclosures, of the Seven Governors, of the Sun and Moon both bright, and of Ji, eight essays in all, and moreover the Two-Hundred-Character True Classic, twenty-

五題詳於學士十條者學士所舉十條人常聞常知也吾之諸論人所未聞未知也今以諸論八篇與夫二百字真經二十五題授學士純遂拜受而寶之大遼徵和二年八月十三日

five topics, set out in more detail than the scholar's ten items. The ten items the scholar raised are what people often hear and know; my discussions are what people have not heard or known. Now I give the scholar Chun the eight essays of discussion and the twenty-five topics of the Two-Hundred-Character True Classic.' Chun then received them with a bow and treasured them. The thirteenth day of the eighth month, the second year of Zhenghe of the Great Liao.

耶律純自識

Recorded by Yelv Chun himself.

髙麗國師賦

Rhapsody of the National Preceptor of Goryeo

元星入局富貴無虧母曜歸窠榮華有凖若見財星得所發積成家倘或制鬼當先刑傷破耗母曜莫傷於財曜財星莫制於母星母入財鄉清淡守株之士財居子位慳貪薄藝之人子沖煞地是英雄子若沖財家破耗子居母腹必多蹭蹬之財煞守元方定是孤寒之士大抵母曜無傷元須得地夀入夀而無虧年過一百財遇財而有制囊乏分文母健子明而男女成行財破元魁而夫妻反目元局破而猶可元星虧而立凶洩氣重逢貧無立錐之地閒神疊見身無一日之安戰煞必要其降煞戰必湏他弱星運一元氣分萬象元氣貴乎生旺官星切忌休囚當明官鬼之元一星二用必達母財之理二曜一情財破庫傷終身危蹇元衰財弱一世孤寒鬼旺則夀筭必虧子生則田宅有發元坐孤虛骨肉參商卻宜僧道令居驛馬功名蹭蹬偏喜醫巫逢生則皆致祥遇絶則能成禍官印不虧必作青云之客令母有情當為黃甲中人煞盛元虧則早年夭折令傷母損則中嵗孤貧鬼入元方利名無就元居母局官爵顯榮財庫不生

When the origin star enters the pattern, wealth and nobility lack nothing; when the mother luminary returns to its nest, glory and splendor have their standard. If one sees the Wealth star in its place, one prospers, accumulates and founds a household; if one happens to restrain the ghost first, there is punishment, injury, breaking and loss. The mother luminary must not be harmed by the Wealth luminary, and the Wealth star must not be restrained by the mother star. The mother entering the Wealth village: a scholar of pure indifference who guards the stump; Wealth dwelling in the child's seat: a stingy, greedy person of slight skill. The child clashing the killing ground is a hero; if the child clashes Wealth, the house is broken and lost. The child dwelling in the mother's womb will surely have much stumbling wealth; killing guarding the origin square is surely a solitary and cold scholar. In general, if the mother luminary is unharmed, the origin must obtain its ground; Longevity entering Longevity without flaw, one lives past a hundred years; Wealth meeting Wealth with restraint, the purse lacks a penny. The mother strong and the child bright, sons and daughters form ranks; Wealth breaking the origin chief, husband and wife turn against each other. The origin pattern broken is still tolerable; the origin star deficient brings immediate ill omen. Leaking qi doubled: poor, without a cone of earth to stand on; idle spirits seen repeatedly: not one day's peace in the body. To battle killing, one needs it to yield; when killing fights, that star must be weak. One primal qi turns and divides into ten thousand images; the primal qi values generation and prosperity, and the Office star most avoids resting and imprisonment. One must understand the origin of Office and ghost: one star with two uses must reach the principle of mother and Wealth. Two luminaries of one feeling: Wealth broken, treasury injured, a lifetime of hardship. Origin weak and Wealth feeble: a lifetime solitary and cold. The ghost strong, then the reckoning of longevity must fall short; the child born, then Property has issue. The origin sitting on emptiness: flesh and blood in discord, better suited to being a monk or Daoist; the Command dwelling on the Post Horse: fame and rank stumble, and one is better pleased as a physician or shaman. Meeting generation, all bring auspice; meeting extinction, they can make calamity. Office and Seal unflawed, one is surely a guest of the blue clouds; the Command and mother in feeling, one should be among the yellow list. Killing flourishing and the origin deficient, early death in early years; the Command injured and the mother damaged, solitary poverty in middle years. The ghost entering the origin square, gain and fame are not accomplished; the origin dwelling in the mother's pattern, Office rank shines in glory; the Wealth treasury is not born

而不絶亦可守成令元不旺而不虧僅能承蔭白手成家必是令生財宿青云得路當知令護元辰煞化為官多是險中僥倖令變為鬼必於閒處榮華妻星弱而重害室家母曜陷而六親早尅滿門昌盛皆因格局安和一世貧寒必是令元臨戰官令逢傷縱得名不過虛譽鬼閒太盛雖有權而終無實貴煞祿勲得用則星純可取官庫嵗駕不傷則曜實為佳切忌無情夾拱須看有意揖朝不可一途而取要明三限之元大抵閒神不可交迎制忌亦嫌拒敵尅我者有用何妨生我者凶神何用空亡絶地會吉非祥祿馬旺鄉逢凶反福元居亡刼有鬬多災母坐煞宮無救多滯生旺處為禍還輕死絶處有福亦淺蓋五行順則為祥逆則為禍也

yet not cut off, one may also keep what is established; the Command origin not flourishing yet not deficient, one can only receive inherited shelter. Founding a household from empty hands is surely the Command generating the Wealth lodging; ascending on the blue clouds, know that the Command protects the origin hour. Killing transformed into Office is mostly luck within danger; the Command turning into a ghost will surely flourish in idle places. The wife star weak and doubly harmed, the household is harmed; the mother luminary sunk, the six relatives are overcome early. A whole house flourishing is entirely due to a harmonious pattern; a lifetime of poverty and cold is surely because the Command origin faces battle. Office and Command injured: though one gains fame it is only empty repute; the ghost and idle spirits too strong: though one has authority, in the end no real nobility. Killing, Salary and Merit when used: the star is pure and may be taken; the Office treasury and Year Throne unharmed: the luminary is solid and good. Most to be avoided is unfeeling flanking; one must look for bowing in greeting with intent. One cannot take a single path; one must understand the origin of the three limits. In general, idle spirits must not mingle in meeting; restraint and taboo also dislike confrontation. What overcomes me, if useful, does no harm; what generates me, if an ominous spirit, what use is it? Empty extinction ground meeting the auspicious is not blessing; Salary and Horse in prosperous ground meeting the ominous is instead blessing. The origin dwelling in Death and Robbery has fighting and much calamity; the mother sitting in killing's palace without rescue is mostly stagnant. In places of generation and prosperity, calamity is lighter; in places of death and extinction, blessing is also shallow. For the Five Phases, when smooth it is auspicious and when reversed it is calamity.

玉堂寶書五星斷

Jade Hall Precious Book: Judgments on the Five Stars

夫五行者木火土金水也在天曰五星在地曰五行在人曰五常太極既判天地初分合乎至道體乎自然一動一靜萬物生焉蓋造化而有變也夫金生夏而旺於秋水生秋而旺於冬木生冬而旺於春火生春而旺於夏土乘火氣初生於已每於四季節中氣前三日為旺其月在辰戌丑未為正位故金旺木死木旺金囚水旺木相火旺土休生我者為父母我生者子孫尅我者官鬼我尅者妻財比和者同類然五行之性各致其由是以元星入局福夀無虧母曜歸窠榮華有凖若見財星得所發積成家倘或刑星當前尅傷喪命遇子旺宮多顯發子沖煞處必英雄子可順於財星財莫傷於母曜興財享福印旺滋元反禍為祥用強制鬼刑星有制要逢我盛他衰元若居財切忌財星受死本宮正旺母受刑生榮有日元如虛弱無逢子掘發無因清談守株子居母局性貪薄藝母入財鄉元局故怕受傷元星亦嫌受尅元居鬼局破耗非輕子入元方艱辛有救謀利失本生局逢刑好事多磨妻宮制母元莫傷於財曜子可逺於母

The Five Phases are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water; in heaven they are called the Five Stars, on earth the Five Phases, and in humans the Five Constants. When the Supreme Ultimate was divided and heaven and earth first separated, it accorded with the utmost Way and embodied spontaneity; with one movement and one stillness the ten thousand things were born; thus creation and transformation have change. Metal is born in summer and prospers in autumn; Water is born in autumn and prospers in winter; Wood is born in winter and prospers in spring; Fire is born in spring and prospers in summer; Earth rides the Fire qi and is first born in Si, and in each of the four seasons, three days before the qi turns, it prospers; its months of Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are its proper positions. Therefore when Metal prospers Wood dies, when Wood prospers Metal is imprisoned, when Water prospers Wood is in aid, and when Fire prospers Earth rests. What generates me is father and mother; what I generate is children and grandchildren; what overcomes me is Office and ghost; what I overcome is wife and Wealth; what is level with me is the same kind. Yet each of the Five Phases' natures has its cause; thus when the origin star enters the pattern, blessing and longevity lack nothing; when the mother luminary returns to its nest, glory and splendor have their standard. If one sees the Wealth star in its place, one prospers and accumulates and founds a household; if a punishing star is in front, overcoming and injury lose life. Meeting the child in a prosperous palace, one is mostly manifest and flourishing; the child clashing a killing ground is surely a hero; the child can follow the Wealth star, and Wealth must not be harmed by the mother luminary; with Wealth prosperous and blessing enjoyed, and the Seal prospering and nurturing the origin, calamity is turned into auspice. Use strength to restrain the ghost; the punishing star having restraint requires that I am flourishing and it is weak. If the origin dwells in Wealth, above all do not let the Wealth star receive death; when the home palace is truly prosperous but the mother receives punishment, glory has its days. If the origin is empty and weak and meets no child, unearthing and rising have no cause; pure talk and guarding the stump are the child dwelling in the mother's pattern; a greedy nature and meager skills are the mother entering the Wealth village. The origin pattern naturally fears being injured; the origin star also dislikes being overcome; the origin dwelling in the ghost pattern, breaking and loss are not light; the child entering the origin square, hardship but with rescue; planning profit loses the capital; a birth pattern meeting punishment, good things come with trouble. The wife palace restraining the mother, the origin must not be injured by the Wealth luminary; the child can stay far from the mother luminary.

星沖鬼須當子在先援母必當鬼在後為禍須逢死絶為福切忌休囚妻來入母父道先亡母若遇財坤宮早逝呻吟庶出母入兒胎衾枕孤單妻宮夀局尅傷離祖鬼局逢刑破害臨身妻宮逢鬼母入刑宮情斷絶子居鬼煞繼無親子居子局怕逢死絶之鄊妻入妻宮切忌休囚之地妻居印局怙恃乖離子入夀鄊女男昌盛子星受制寄養偏生妻曜居生因妻致富母居夀局棣蕚聨芳鬼入元宮雁行分序子入子無傷則男女成行財遇財有尅則夫妻反目兒鄉有尅當尋妻曜長生妻局受傷須要子星帝旺母星入制孤尅散離夀曜居財慳貪喪失五行相尅便知先者受傷兩曜相生必是後來洩氣先詳體用次察尊卑一舉才通萬無一失耶律學士星命秘訣七政論

For a star to clash the ghost, the child must come first; to aid the mother, the ghost must come after. Calamity must meet death and extinction; for blessing, most avoid resting and imprisonment. The wife coming into the mother: the father's way dies first; the mother meeting Wealth: the Kun palace dies early in groans, a concubine's child. The mother entering the child's womb: bedding and pillow solitary. The wife palace and the longevity pattern: overcoming and injury, leaving the ancestors. The ghost pattern meeting punishment: breaking and harm arrive on the body. The wife palace meeting the ghost, the mother entering the punishing palace: feelings are severed. The child dwelling in ghost killing: a continuing line without relatives. The child dwelling in the child pattern fears meeting the territory of death and extinction; the wife entering the wife palace most avoids the ground of resting and imprisonment. The wife dwelling in the Seal pattern: the care of parents is lost; the child entering the longevity territory: sons and daughters flourish. The child star restrained: raised in another's care; the wife luminary dwelling in generation: through the wife one grows rich. The mother dwelling in the longevity pattern: brothers in a chorus of fragrance; the ghost entering the origin palace: the line of geese is divided in order. The child entering the child without injury: sons and daughters form ranks; Wealth meeting Wealth with overcoming: husband and wife turn against each other. If the child's village has overcoming, seek the wife luminary at Longevity; if the wife pattern is injured, the child star needs Emperor Prosperity; the mother star entering restraint: solitary, overcome, scattered; the Longevity luminary dwelling in Wealth: stingy and losing. When the Five Phases overcome each other, you know the first is injured; when two luminaries generate each other, the later one leaks qi. First examine substance and use, then investigate honor and lowliness: with one stroke the talent passes, and in ten thousand nothing is lost. Discussion of the Seven Governors, from the Secret Teachings of Scholar Yelv on Star Fate.

一太陽

The One Sun

一太陽者午為正宮星為正垣乃太陽為主也如房日火也虛日土也昴日金也皆有所屬乃日之次舍若正月酉時四月午時十月子時立命在午日在正垣亦謂日居日分升殿也卻不喜居於心危畢張則為日入月宮陰陽反背偏生庶出之人也日為君主則有金水之佐金乃官星水為福元前引後從太陽不宜獨行無輔皆貧薄之人未申酉戌亥時生於他宮見太陽亦宜有輔皆可取也無輔皆貧薄之人也正月酉時生人太陽在子謂之移干就溼二月申時生人主入疾厄木炁強者多主疾病命書云孤陽射破三方煞又曰水化伏屍遇太陽豈為惡曜乃太陽能救諸宮凶煞不特戌上見水得日可救他宮五怒得日皆可救也此宮最忌者木炁也以日為君火羅計孛雖凶曜也然臣也豈敢犯上惟木為難星疾厄雖至貴者不能免若太陽飛去與木同度重則夭折輕則貧病木在亥為煞難入垣在子為難當頭在寅戌傍臨在卯加入命皆為不足炁乃木餘與木同凶木炁者樹木蔭翳之象能蔽日光其次忌日火同行

The One Sun: Wu is the proper palace and Xing is the proper enclosure; the Sun is the lord. As Fang-Sun is Fire, Xu-Sun is Earth and Pleiades-Sun is Metal, all have their attachments, being the Sun's lodgings. For those born at the You hour in the first month, the Wu hour in the fourth month, or the Zi hour in the tenth month, with the Life established in Wu and the Sun in its proper enclosure, it is also called the Sun dwelling in the Sun's portion, ascending the hall. It is not glad to dwell in Xin, Rooftop, Net or Zhang, which is the Sun entering the Moon palace, yin and yang opposed, a person born aside, of a concubine or illegitimate. The Sun is the sovereign lord; he has Metal and Water as assistants: Metal is the Office star, Water the Fortune origin; one leads in front and followers come behind; the Sun should not travel alone, and without aid they are all poor and thin people. Those born in the Wei, Shen, You, Xu or Hai hours who see the Sun in other palaces should also have aid, and then all can be taken; without aid, they are poor and thin. A person born at the You hour in the first month, with the Sun at Zi, is called moving the dry to the damp. A person born at the Shen hour in the second month, with the lord entering Illness: if Wood qi is strong, it mostly governs illness. The Mingshu says: 'The lone yang shoots and breaks the three-direction killing.' It also says: 'Water transforming Hidden Corpse and meeting the Sun, how can it be an evil luminary?' The Sun can save the killings of every palace; not only is Water at Xu saved by the Sun, but the five angers of other palaces can all be saved by the Sun. What this palace most avoids is Wood qi. With the Sun as sovereign, Fire, Luo, Ji and Bo, though ominous luminaries, are ministers; how would they dare to offend the sovereign? Only Wood is the difficult star; for Illness, even the highest noble cannot escape. If the Sun flies and shares a degree with Wood, heavy cases bring early death and light cases poverty and illness. Wood at Hai is killing, difficult to enter the enclosure; at Zi it is the difficulty at the head; at Yin and Xu it approaches from the side; at Mao it is added into the Life: all are insufficient. Qi is the remnant of Wood and is as ominous as Wood; Wood qi is the image of tree shade, able to cover the Sun's light; next, the Sun traveling with Fire is to be avoided.

二曜朝陽嫌處離明之地二曜火羅也他宮立命見火日同行多早喪父多敗祖業日者祖父也火者自己也以已與祖父敵不貧亦天矣故凡四五月生人日在申酉者不利父母蓋申酉為日沒之鄉也惟行限喜太陽煞星近太陽皆能反凶成吉四正互加之宮宜詳酌也

The two luminaries facing the Sun dislike the land of Brightness and Departing. The two luminaries are Fire and Luo; if the Life is established in another palace and Fire travels with the Sun, one mostly loses the father early and spoils the ancestral estate. The Sun is the ancestors and father; Fire is oneself; to oppose the ancestors and father with oneself means that if one is not poor, one dies young. Therefore people born in the fourth or fifth month with the Sun at Shen or You are unfavorable to their parents, for Shen and You are the land where the Sun sets. Only when traversing the limit is the Sun glad; killing stars near the Sun can all turn ominous into auspicious; the palaces where the four cardinals add to one another should be weighed carefully.

五太陰

The Five Moons

五太陰者以未宮鬼度為太陰正垣乃午與未合日與月配也其次則心危畢張謂之偏垣為五太陰也日為身宮論生尅之妙者以月所泊詳其傍鬼傍母五星中以月最重若更立命在五太陰者尤為利害蓋身宮命宮度主俱從焉吉則俱吉凶則俱凶其可忽乎五太陰中以張月鹿為第一宮何則未與午合取日為逺張鄰於星取日為近午為一陰始生月喜居之次則危對虛日心畢皆與日度相連月非日則無光也若命度張月加以近望夜生之人皆大富貴一生無憂夜生而在他宮立命月躔張者主一身安享命在張月在畢危心或四月度立命月亦在四月度者皆可起家發跡成立也最喜金水孛會金為金助月華防水為水涵蟾魄會孛為太乙抱蟾皆為貴格惟女人獨喜一金星伴月遇水孛近身皆無貞烈故日生喜太陽不可獨見夜生喜太陰卻喜獨見中旬三五之月最為圓浄詩云殘星伴月落邊城月到中天分外明滿天諸宿皆沉沒只有團團月照人又詩云五更旦氣十分清斗落參橫日未升相隨寶月

The Five Moons take the Gui degree in the Wei palace as the Moon's proper enclosure, since Wu and Wei combine and Sun and Moon are matched; next Xin, Rooftop, Net and Zhang are called biased enclosures; these are the Five Moons. The Sun is the Body palace; to discuss the wonder of generation and overcoming, look at where the Moon lodges and its beside-ghost and beside-mother. Among the five stars the Moon is the most important; if the Life is further established among the Five Moons, it is especially powerful, for the Body palace, the Life palace and the degree lord all follow it: if auspicious then all are auspicious, and if ominous then all are ominous; can it be neglected? Among the Five Moons, Zhang-Moon-Deer is first. Why? Wei combines with Wu, so in taking the Sun it is far; Zhang neighbors Xing, so in taking the Sun it is near; Wu is where yin is first born, and the Moon is glad to dwell there; next, Rooftop faces Xu-Sun, and Xin and Net both connect to the Sun's degrees; without the Sun the Moon has no light. If the Life degree is Zhang-Moon and is added to by those born on a night near the full moon, all are greatly wealthy and noble, a life without worry. A night-born person with the Life established in another palace and the Moon at Zhang has an entire body enjoying peace; with the Life at Zhang and the Moon at Net, Rooftop or Xin, or with the Life in the four Moon degrees and the Moon also in the four Moon degrees, all can found a household and rise and establish themselves. Most glad are Metal and Water: meeting Metal, Metal helps the Moon's flower; meeting Water, Water holds the toad's soul; meeting Bo is Taiyi Embracing the Toad; all are noble patterns. Only a woman is glad for one Metal star accompanying the Moon; if she meets Water or Bo near the Body, none are chaste. Therefore day births are glad of the Sun and cannot see it alone; night births are glad of the Moon and are glad to see it alone. The middle xun, the full moon of the fifteenth, is the most round and pure. A poem says: 'The remaining star accompanies the Moon falling over the frontier city; the Moon reaching mid-heaven is especially bright; the whole sky's lodgings all sink away, and only the round Moon shines on people.' Another poem says: 'At the fifth watch the dawn qi is wholly clear, the Dipper has fallen and Shen lies cross-wise, the sun not yet risen; following the precious moon

上河漢惟有長庚伴月明丑寅時生人金月相隨皆主文章明瞭卻不宜木為命度主也太陰經云己申二命惟怕月在土宮土宿之中其餘夜生而遇火羅謂之火月齊明遇木炁而福祿有用亦吉木炁強則土計衰土計盛則月必晦五太陰中有危月到天門干有金生質厚歴試人命有子上危度命者遇土計則凶十三度在亥命度者行土計多茍免此□之又□者也獨有鬼度命其人必詭譎多謀詐故太乙謂月孛南方之蓄蠱乃太陰之精如此豈曰陰柔乎此星若正得其光明之時為人相貌堂堂肌膚皎然但鬼月遇火不謂之火月齊明於金有梗見土卻不曰土生金乃反害月焉論者不可不察

up the Milky Way, only Changgeng accompanies the bright Moon.' For those born at the Chou and Yin hours, with Metal and Moon together, all govern clear literary writing; but it is not suitable for Wood to be the Life degree lord. The Moon Classic says: those of Ji and Shen, the two Lives, only fear the Moon in an Earth palace, among the Earth lodgings. For others born at night who meet Fire and Luo, it is called Fire and Moon equally bright; meeting Wood qi, fortune and salary have use and are also auspicious; if Wood qi is strong then Earth and Ji weaken, and if Earth and Ji flourish then the Moon is surely dim. Among the Five Moons, Rooftop-Moon reaches Heaven's Gate, where Qian has Metal generating it, of solid and thick substance, tested through many people's fates; those who have the Life at the Rooftop degree at Zi, meeting Earth and Ji, are ominous; those with the Life at the thirteenth degree in Hai, traversing Earth and Ji, mostly barely escape; this □ and □ one. Only for the Life at the Ghost degree, the person is surely deceitful and full of schemes and trickery; therefore Taiyi called the Moon's Bo the southern 'poison' store and the essence of the Moon; being such, how can one speak of it as yin and soft? If this star gets its bright light correctly, the person has a dignified appearance and clear skin; but Ghost-Moon meeting Fire is not called Fire and Moon equally bright; with Metal there is obstruction; meeting Earth it is not called Earth generating Metal but instead harms the Moon. Discussants must not fail to examine this.

六木

The Six Woods

尾室火度實寅亥之正垣故見水孛則大發其次有井木度者多於二十八宿木入秦殿秦州度栁者減力太半次則斗二十三度次奎有十八度又角有十三度井以末二度隣於鬼合還太陰正垣斗以末度隣於牛合作丑土奎以末度隣於婁合作戌火角末隣於亢合作辰金此四木惟角木弱況是金垣木必衰弱木在午行午限午為三河之地其地多風又為木入離宮化成灰多主夭折木在己巳為防風動又屬水能生木室尾二度見風稍輕深忌火羅火能焚木羅為奴犯主亥上立命限行火羅多死只喜水孛獨行或金入水鄊金水同行同度為上吉蓋煞無餘氣木命得之多富貴金水加合有力皆為可喜如金月同宮不謂之金助月華若是生於冬月及壬癸年更得天元月令助之為竒

The six Woods: Tail and Shi with Fire degrees are truly the proper enclosures of Yin and Hai, and so on meeting Water and Bo there is great flourishing. Next is the Jing-Wood degree, the most in number of Woods among the twenty-eight lodgings, but Wood entering the Qin hall, Qinzhou, with the Liu degree, loses more than half its strength. Next is the twenty-third degree of Dou; next the eighteen degrees of Kui; and then the thirteen degrees of Jiao. The last two degrees of Jing neighbor Gui and combine with the Moon's proper enclosure; the last degree of Dou neighbors Niu and combines as Chou Earth; the last degree of Kui neighbors Lou and combines as Xu Fire; the last of Jiao neighbors Kang and combines as Chen Metal. Of these four Woods only Jiao-Wood is weak, and the Metal enclosure makes Wood necessarily weaker. Wood traveling in the Wu limit: Wu is the land of the three rivers, a place with much wind, and it is also Wood entering the Li palace and turning to ash, mostly governing early death. Wood at Si is wind moved; it also belongs to Water, which can generate Wood; Shi and Tail, the two degrees, seeing wind are somewhat lighter. Deeply avoid Fire and Luo, for Fire can burn Wood and Luo is a slave offending the lord. With the Life established at Hai and the limit traveling Fire and Luo, one mostly dies; glad only for Water and Bo traveling alone, or Metal entering Water's village; Metal and Water traveling together in the same degree is supremely auspicious, for when killing has no remaining qi and a Wood Life obtains it, one is mostly wealthy and noble; Metal and Water adding and combining with strength are all joyful. If Metal and Moon share a palace, it is not called Metal helping the Moon's flower. If one is born in a winter month or in a Ren or Gui year, with the Heavenly Origin and monthly command further aiding, it is marvelous.

六土

The Six Earths

六土者虛牛為子丑正垣次則女氐胃栁為偏垣如女土近虛得子正位子為帝旺之地氐土近房亦居明堂出政之宮立命於此得火能發大福為官必至卿相非小小也惟胃土居酉土敗之地天盤又為反吟局人多不足若得火羅十分為上有木炁往來必然困厄至於牛金之土惟喜一火一羅獨行若限見火羅作黨則不吉也他土亦然謂二母爭權遇水孛同行土亦崩甚不可謂土尅水為財也最怕木炁當權得時破局入垣為大凶亦不可在四木度中謂之失次之土安身與火羅同度同宮者皆有福之人制化加合之妙又在善詳推之

The six Earths: Xu and Niu are the proper enclosures of Zi and Chou; next Nü, Di, Stomach and Liu are biased enclosures. For example, Nü-Earth is near Xu and gains the proper position of Zi; Zi is the land of Emperor Prosperity. Di-Earth is near Fang and also dwells in the bright hall, the palace where government is issued; with the Life established here and gaining Fire, one can bring forth great blessing, and one who becomes an official will reach minister or chancellor, not something small. Only Stomach-Earth dwells in You, the ground where Earth is defeated, and the heavenly plate is also a reverse-chanting pattern; people are mostly insufficient; if it gains Fire and Luo it is ten parts supreme; with Wood qi coming and going, it will surely be hardship and distress. As for the Earth of Niu-Metal, it is glad only of one Fire and one Luo traveling alone; if the limit sees Fire and Luo form a party, it is not auspicious; other Earths are likewise, which is called two mothers contending for authority. Meeting Water and Bo traveling together, Earth also crumbles greatly; one cannot say that Earth overcoming Water is wealth. Most feared is Wood qi holding power: at its time, breaking the pattern and entering the enclosure is greatly ominous; nor may it be among the degrees of the four Woods, which is called Earth out of order, settling its body there. Those who share a degree and a palace with Fire and Luo are all blessed people; the wonder of restraining, transforming, adding and combining lies in inferring skillfully and carefully.

六水

The Six Waters

六水者翼觜雖火皆水正垣論度者皆以二宮見孛為水尅火不知水星行限怕逢孛為奴犯主也此二宮安命多易看蓋己申忌土計其説多騐已之張翼軫申之畢觜參皆水也怕見土計獨有井九度屬木人之論命每易於此宮次則辰有軫八度水亥有壁寅有箕壁水生於干亥金混水軫亦生於辰之金見土計稍輕惟箕水生於艮山□泉之地受質稍薄一見土計不破則夭故寅宮之水金星得地為大利主持之命惟喜金水同行或金水互垣亦好此宮深喜太陰與金同為金助月華深忌月與土計同宮為安身傍鬼以行限而言卯辰己午四位不可見土無金行限次第逢之卯有土十五嵗中凶辰有土二十五前凶乃無中有曜若見金入水鄉水居金位皆是竒特

The six Waters: Yi and Zui, though Fire, are the proper enclosures of Water; those who discuss degrees all say that in these two palaces, meeting Bo is Water overcoming Fire, not knowing that when the Water star traverses the limit it fears meeting Bo, the servant offending the lord. The Life established in these two palaces is easy to read: Si and Shen avoid Earth and Ji, and this theory is mostly verified. In Si, Zhang, Yi and Zhen, and in Shen, Net, Zui and Three Stars, are all Water; they fear seeing Earth and Ji; only the nine degrees of Jing belong to Wood. In people's discussions of fate, this palace is mostly easy. Next, Chen has the eight degrees of Zhen, Water; Hai has Wall; Yin has Basket; Wall-Water is born in Qian and Hai, where Metal mixes with Water; Zhen too is born in the Metal of Chen, and seeing Earth and Ji is somewhat lighter; only Basket-Water is born in the mountain of Gen, the □ ground of springs, and receives thin substance; once it sees Earth and Ji, if it is not broken, one dies young. Therefore for the Water of the Yin palace, Metal gaining its place is of great benefit; for the holder's fate, glad only for Metal and Water traveling together or Metal and Water in mutual enclosure; this palace is deeply glad of the Moon with Metal, Metal helping the Moon's flower, and deeply avoids the Moon sharing a palace with Earth and Ji, which is the Body beside the ghost. Speaking of the limit, at the four positions Mao, Chen, Si and Wu one must not see Earth without Metal: with Earth at Mao, the fifteenth year is ominous; with Earth at Chen, before twenty-five it is ominous; this is a luminary within nothingness. If Metal enters the Water village, or Water dwells in Metal's position, all are extraordinary.

二火

The Two Fires

二火者七政所躔各有四而火全不與何則尾寅室亥屬木而觜翼屬水矣火之所居不宜多有若火之多如水土木隨寓而有則火性炎而有焚燒之患故火之正垣惟卯戌二位戌為火庫卯與戌合卯火居房日之下以燧取火於日也戌火藏於婁金鼎鍋之下以金擊石乃有火也喜木炁為上躔在四木之度為吉四水度為凶孛與水同二位之火最怕水居亥子之地謂之水滿江湖火必微滅何則水在亥卯宮三合見之水在子卯宮加臨之戌上安命十五後見亥限有水破我相貌二十五後行子限見之破我家福徳年少逢之多貧夭惟喜水木在天盤卯辰之間木在子不謂之木打寶瓶蓋木在子巳加子戌宮二十五以後逢之皆吉此宮喜木月同行不喜水月同學者宜詳之也

The two Fires: each of the Seven Governors has four lodgings in which it travels, but Fire is not wholly included. Why? Tail of Yin and Shi of Hai belong to Wood, and Zui and Yi belong to Water. The places where Fire dwells should not be many; if Fire were plentiful like Water, Earth and Wood, existing wherever one lodges, Fire's nature of flaming up would bring the calamity of burning. Therefore Fire's proper enclosures are only the two positions Mao and Xu. Xu is the storehouse of Fire, and Mao and Xu combine; the Fire of Mao dwells beneath Fang-Sun, taking fire from the sun with a fire-drill; the Fire of Xu is hidden beneath Lou-Metal, under the cauldron and pot, where striking stone with metal produces fire. Wood qi is glad as highest; traversing within the four Wood degrees is auspicious, and the four Water degrees are ominous; Bo is the same as Water. The Fire of these two positions most fears Water dwelling in the land of Hai and Zi, which is called Water filling the rivers and lakes, so that Fire must be dimmed and extinguished. Why? Water at the Hai and Mao palaces sees it in three-combination; Water at the Zi and Mao palaces is added upon it. With the Life established at Xu, after fifteen, seeing the Hai limit, Water breaks my appearance; after twenty-five, traveling the Zi limit and seeing it, it breaks my household blessing and virtue; meeting it in youth is mostly poor and short-lived. Only Water and Wood in the heavenly plate between Mao and Chen are glad; Wood at Zi is not called Wood Striking the Precious Vase, since with Wood at Zi and Si adding upon Zi, and in the Xu palace, meeting it after twenty-five is all auspicious. This palace is glad of Wood and Moon traveling together and does not like Water and Moon; students should examine it carefully.

二金

The Two Metals

二金者金度有四而牛婁鬼各有所屬獨有亢為正垣曰龍者變化不測之物天為凶器若動用不可度也次則酉宮金旺辰與酉合為金喜土計而畏火羅此二宮命土計近月不為土犯太陰為安身傍母乃富貴之人也辰上立命行限至午見火羅多死午為火旺之地又為金敗之鄉限行多凶惟酉金遇火為災遇羅為有救蓋酉反吟之局羅防在戍計在辰辰加戌羅在亥計在己巳加亥羅防在子計都在午午加子天盤有救解也酉上安命卻有土星在子為福甚大為官星為命母入垣逢旺加以祿主為天干月令有用之星行子限必大富貴如辰宮安命遇土於午稍弱於酉金矣金主不宜坐於四火度中宜在四土度也

The two Metals: the Metal degrees are four, but Niu, Lou and Ghost each have their attachments; only Kang is the proper enclosure, called the Dragon, a thing of unfathomable transformation and a baleful implement of Heaven; if moved and used it cannot be measured. Next is the You palace, where Metal prospers, and Chen and You combine as Metal; it is glad of Earth and Ji and fears Fire and Luo. For the Life in these two palaces, Earth and Ji near the Moon are not counted as Earth offending the Moon; the Moon as the Body beside the mother is a person of wealth and nobility. With the Life established at Chen, when the limit travels to Wu and sees Fire and Luo, one mostly dies; Wu is the land where Fire prospers and also the village where Metal is defeated, and traveling the limit there is mostly ominous. Only Metal of You meeting Fire is calamity, while meeting Luo there is rescue; for You is a reverse-chanting pattern: Luo is at Xu and Ji at Chen, Chen adding upon Xu; Luo at Hai and Ji at Si, Si adding upon Hai; Luo at Zi and Jidu at Wu, Wu adding upon Zi: the heavenly plate has rescue and dissolution. With the Life settled at You, if there is an Earth star at Zi, the blessing is very great; it is an Office star, and the Life's mother entering the enclosure and meeting prosperity, with the Salary lord added as heavenly stem and the monthly command's useful star traveling the Zi limit, one will surely be greatly rich and noble. If the Life is settled in the Chen palace and meets Earth at Wu, it is slightly weaker than Metal at You. The Metal lord should not sit among the four Fire degrees and should be among the four Earth degrees.

日月並明說

On the Sun and Moon Both Bright

日之與月其次舍在天相近故在子午卯酉四正子為帝座午為端門卯為明堂皆日月所居酉為西沒之所人生身命在此皆富貴之人安命在午日在巳月在未為陰陽夾命日月在男女遷移夾拱有力必權柄能卓立日午月子日卯月酉皆富貴命也月卯日酉皆賤命也日居月度月居日度亦反背也其人必庶生二母日生忌火夜生忌土亦當以標本論詩曰十二宮中不言主強云晝火夜忌土何以不忌水木金是致五星皆莽鹵行限若是見日月妙不可言或限中日月夾拱皆致富火羅犯日土計犯月皆損害六親朔日蝕望月蝕命在日月度不夭即盲啞之人日月同在命宮其人多貴已為陽極月不宜居亥為陰極日不宜居月巳妨母日亥妨父日月拱命拱二主皆貴拱田財必發拱遷移必外發拱妻子必得賢妻子力拱疾厄必少疾病以類言之百無一失日為主躔木度月為主躔土度皆失也太陰黃道說

The Sun and the Moon, in their lodgings in heaven, are close to each other; therefore at the four cardinals Zi, Wu, Mao and You, Zi is the Emperor's Seat, Wu is the Gate of Rectitude, and Mao is the Bright Hall, all places where the Sun and Moon dwell; You is where they set in the west. People whose Body and Life are here are all rich and noble. With the Life established at Wu, the Sun at Si and the Moon at Wei, this is yin and yang flanking the Life; with the Sun and Moon in the children palace and Travel flanking with strength, one will surely hold authority and stand out. Sun at Wu and Moon at Zi, Sun at Mao and Moon at You: all are fates of wealth and nobility. Moon at Mao and Sun at You are all lowly fates. The Sun dwelling in the Moon's degree and the Moon dwelling in the Sun's degree is also a turning back-to-back; such a person is surely born of a concubine, with two mothers. Day births avoid Fire and night births avoid Earth, which should also be discussed by root and branch. The poem says: 'Among the twelve palaces no lord is mentioned; forcibly it is said that day avoids Fire and night avoids Earth; why not avoid Water, Wood and Metal? This makes the five stars all rash and coarse.' When traversing the limit, if one sees the Sun and Moon, it is wonderful beyond words; or if in the limit the Sun and Moon flank, all bring wealth. Fire and Luo offending the Sun, and Earth and Ji offending the Moon, both harm the six relatives. A solar eclipse at the new moon and a lunar eclipse at the full moon: with the Life in the Sun and Moon degrees, if one does not die young, one is blind or mute. With the Sun and Moon together in the Life palace, such a person is mostly noble. Si is the extreme of yang, where the Moon should not dwell; Hai is the extreme of yin, where the Sun should not dwell. The Moon at Si harms the mother; the Sun at Hai harms the father. The Sun and Moon flanking the Life, and flanking the two lords, are all noble; flanking Property and Wealth, one will surely prosper; flanking Travel, one will surely prosper abroad; flanking wife and children, one will surely get a worthy wife and the strength of children; flanking Illness, one will surely have little illness; reasoning by analogy, not one in a hundred fails. For the Sun as lord to traverse Wood degrees, and the Moon as lord to traverse Earth degrees, are both errors. Discussion of the Moon's Ecliptic.

太陰論

On the Moon

夫命取太陽安命以明其體取太陰為身以明其用論命則人之所可同身則人所不可同如命宮諸富貴格貧賤格與此身無相涉皆所不論必須與身有干係深重者方是

In taking the Life, one takes the Sun to establish the Life, to make its substance clear; one takes the Moon as the Body, to make its use clear. In discussing the Life, what people have may be shared; in the Body, what people have cannot be shared. As for the rich and noble patterns and poor and lowly patterns of the Life palace, those with no relation to this Body are all left undiscussed; only those with deep and heavy bearing on the Body are valid.

太陰九行說

On the Nine Courses of the Moon

月有九行以黃道為經緯之主青道二出黃道東赤道二出黃道南白道二出黃道西黒道二出黃道北四時更可隨黃道而變遷春黃道始於東夏黃道始於南秋黃道始於西冬黃道始於北其日南陸北陸又是隨天道而旋也以九道捷法推之

The Moon has nine courses, with the Yellow Path as the lord of the warp and weft; the two Blue Paths go out east of the Yellow Path, the two Red Paths go out south of the Yellow Path, the two White Paths go out west, and the two Black Paths go out north. The four seasons can further shift following the Yellow Path: the spring Yellow Path begins at the east, the summer Yellow Path begins at the south, the autumn Yellow Path begins at the west, and the winter Yellow Path begins at the north; the so-called southern and northern solstice courses again revolve following the heavenly Way. Infer by the quick method of the nine paths.

四時太陰所經之度

Degrees Through Which the Moon Passes in the Four Seasons

立春　木【黃道】　火【青白道】土【黑道】　金【赤道】　水【白道月】立夏　火　　土　　金　　水　　木

Start of Spring: Wood [Yellow Path]; Fire [Blue and White Paths]; Earth [Black Path]; Metal [Red Path]; Water [White Path, Moon]. Start of Summer: Fire; Earth; Metal; Water; Wood.

立秋　金　　水　　木　　火　　土

Start of Autumn: Metal; Water; Wood; Fire; Earth.

立冬　水　　木　　火　　土　　金

Start of Winter: Water; Wood; Fire; Earth; Metal.

【以上五行系月所經由之度以此推其黃黑道如太陽則從火月度則從水論】

[The Five Phases above are the degrees through which the Moon passes; use them to infer the yellow and black paths; for the Sun, follow Fire, and for the Moon's degree, follow Water.]

論命以日月為身所繫考九道晦明如人身生世而稟賦厚薄道行所屬而為吉凶黃道內得五星之吉為福土計孛羅為減力蓋四餘暗道之曜非黃道所可見也見則必掩晦黑道正四餘得志之所又非五星所可從也

In discussing fate, the Sun and Moon bear on the Body; examine the dim and bright of the nine paths, like a person's birth into the world, where endowment is thick or thin and the paths traveled belong to the auspicious or ominous. Obtaining the Five Stars' auspice within the Yellow Path is Fortune; Earth, Ji, Bo and Luo reduce strength, for they are luminaries of the dark paths of the Four Remainders and cannot be seen on the Yellow Path; if seen, they surely obscure it. The Black Path is the place where the Four Remainders properly gain their will, and the Five Stars cannot follow them there.

黃道為人聰明清和粹美春風和氣灑落通變

The Yellow Path makes a person intelligent, clear and harmonious, pure and beautiful, with spring wind and harmonious qi, free and flexible.

赤道太陽光輝之所為人多權畧任勢敢為

The Red Path is where the Sun's radiance shines; the person has much strategy, relies on power and dares to act.

青白道多清潔有風節廉操進退以禮大抵青白道為孤髙之所若更命局與當生孤刑然局無祿貴駕殿者必孤尅更空亡刃碎交橫必是僧道有吉局亦為貴中孤命黑道雖富貴人諸吉局亦必自艱難中起黃道雖弱亦可為吉但怕黃道遇掩晦是月行於天而片云蔽之蓋以其昏晦也

The Blue and White Paths are mostly clean and pure, with wind-like integrity and incorruptible conduct, advancing and retreating with ritual. In general the Blue and White Paths are places of solitary loftiness; if the Life pattern further coincides with solitude and punishment at birth, and the pattern lacks Salary, Noble and Throne attending, one is surely solitary and overcome; with emptiness, Blade and breaking crossing, one is surely a monk or Daoist; with an auspicious pattern, it is also a fate of solitude within nobility. The Black Path, though the person be rich and noble, in all auspicious patterns also surely rises from hardship. The Yellow Path, though weak, can still be auspicious, but one fears the Yellow Path meeting obscuring; this is the Moon traveling in the sky with a scrap of cloud covering it, from its dimness.

黑道愚而好自用賤而好自専心髙無實志大無成之人大抵專繫於九道之內次防得何星之用如妻星主內助而起亦由內親而成功名田宅主得父母力財得財官主貴更防諸局無失矣

The Black Path makes a person foolish and fond of using himself, lowly and fond of acting by himself, high-hearted without real aims, great in ambition and accomplishing nothing. In general, all is bound within the nine paths; next, see what star's use is gained. For example, the wife star governs rising through help from within, and also achieving fame through inner relatives; Property governs gaining the strength of parents; Wealth gets wealth; Office governs nobility; and further look that the various patterns have no loss.

論太陰之說

On the Theory of the Moon

假如太陰度婁婁金也當以金星論如金星得垣占髙強有夾拱與祿貴駕殿相系更見土來生之吉立命在已人必有貴如金星失躔為他星所斷或截其脈不與祿貴駕殿相系卻與陽刃的煞相干此又下賤矣如金星失道太陰得夾拱或見黃道所喜之星祿馬殿駕貴人相涉亦為吉命如金在辰升殿當官祿或火在申子辰當令或難直此不可以身主居官斷也蓋受火之欺為令所役為官所驅何福之有若更有土與火之脈相貫串此又轉凶為吉之道蓋火欲傷金見土則反去生土土又生金矣挽回一團福氣全在土上卻看土是何宮主妻得妻力男得男女力官則貴福則富土為持重之星有培植之功為人亦有持久之福若為火所燥無土挽回凶焰為人多受漂忽震盪之禍得吉尤凶也若金見水卻看水是何宮主田妻男吉官福尤髙是身得此福若主無用之星奴僕兄弟無益於我精神氣脈為彼所竊平生為人無力以小失大如金見木為財看是何宮主妻得妻財奴得奴用之類活法推之無不中矣

For example, if the Moon is in the Lou degree, Lou is Metal and should be discussed as a Metal star. If the Metal star gains its enclosure and occupies high strength, has flanking and clasping, is linked with Salary, Noble and Throne attending, and furthermore sees Earth coming to generate it, it is auspicious; with the Life established at Si, the person will surely be noble. If the Metal star loses its course and is cut by another star, or its pulse is cut off and it is not linked with Salary, Noble and Throne attending but is instead related to Yang Blade and Duty killing, this again is lowly. If the Metal star loses its path while the Moon gains flanking and clasping, or sees stars glad on the Yellow Path, or Salary, Horse, attending Throne and Noble are involved, it is also an auspicious fate. If Metal at Chen ascends the hall and takes Office and Salary, or Fire at Shen, Zi or Chen is in command or direct, this cannot be judged as the Body lord holding office; for it suffers Fire's bullying, is servant to the command and is driven by Office, so what blessing is there? If Earth further has its pulse linked with that of Fire, this again is the way of turning the ominous into the auspicious; for Fire wishing to harm Metal, on seeing Earth instead goes to generate Earth, and Earth in turn generates Metal; the pulling back of a whole mass of blessing qi lies entirely in Earth. Then look at what palace's lord that Earth is: if wife, one gets the wife's strength; if sons, one gets the strength of sons and daughters; if Office, noble; if Fortune, rich. Earth is a star of steadiness and weight with the merit of nurturing; as a person, one also has lasting blessing. If it is dried by Fire and there is no Earth to pull back the fierce flame, the person mostly suffers calamities of drifting and sudden shaking; getting auspice is even more ominous. If Metal sees Water, then look at what palace's lord the Water is: if Property, wife or sons, it is auspicious, and if Office or Fortune, especially lofty; the Body gets this blessing. If it is the lord of a useless star, servants and brothers are of no benefit to me, and my spirit and qi pulse are stolen by them; in life one has no strength and loses large for small. If Metal sees Wood as wealth, look at what palace's lord it is: for wife, one gets the wife's wealth; for servants, one gets the servants' use, and so on; inferred with a living method, none will fail to hit.

太陰引從夾拱之辯

On the Distinction of Leading, Following, Flanking and Clasping of the Moon

引從夾拱當辯其孰吉孰凶如月度婁前三十度內有吉星為引後三十度內有吉星為從引以逺者為吉從以近者為吉前後夾拱勻停不論何星多寡皆為引從夾拱但看協和爭鬬如何耳前引後從又要求太陰之前不拘多少近前一星以之為主若前面之星與所主之星皆相生無戰尅非貴即富有戰尅不純粹矣若所主之星與日月有傷此為下賤若日與官祿貴殿駕職元無非富貴前後擁從勻停所主之星與月相得前面諸星不相戰爭只要不傷月前主星不礙其為名利若三合釣來亦如此論但當明剖合道望道之說在月前為緊富貴皆特力為之不借他人合道望道必因人而成此二項望道尚可成功名合道非仰他人則不可貴格亦是蔭官拱夾中亦有禍福如夾吉則吉拱凶則凶又在詳推之也

In leading, following, flanking and clasping, one must discern which is auspicious and which ominous. For example, if the Moon is at the Lou degree, an auspicious star within thirty degrees in front is the leader and an auspicious star within thirty degrees behind is the follower; for the leader, the far one is auspicious, and for the follower, the near one is auspicious; with front and back flanking and clasping evenly balanced, regardless of how many or few stars, all are leading, following, flanking and clasping; one need only look at whether they are harmonious or fighting. With the leader in front and the follower behind, one must further seek, in front of the Moon, regardless of number, the one star nearest in front, and take it as lord; if the stars in front and the star governed all generate one another without fighting and overcoming, one is if not noble then rich; with fighting and overcoming it is not pure. If the lord star is injured by the Sun or Moon, this is lowly. If the Sun is with Office, Salary, Noble, Throne, post and origin, there is nothing but wealth and nobility; front and back attended evenly, the lord star agreeing with the Moon, and the various stars in front not fighting one another, one need only require that the Moon is not injured: the lord star in front does not obstruct name and profit. If it is drawn in by three-combination, the same discussion applies, but one must clarify the theory of combining paths and gazing paths. In front of the Moon is urgent; wealth and nobility are both achieved by one's own strength without borrowing others'; combining paths and gazing paths must be achieved through others; of these two, the gazing path can still achieve fame, while the combining path, unless one relies on others, cannot; a noble pattern is also a protected-office. Within flanking and clasping there is also calamity and fortune: if the flank is auspicious it is auspicious, and if the clasp is ominous it is ominous; this too must be inferred in detail.

一太陰前犯殿傷宿之說

On Offending the Throne and Injuring the Lodging in Front of the One Moon

犯殿者如主弱下凌恃其權而犯殿傷宿者上剛下暴各恃其力如太陰度胃而羅計占昴畢二宿昴畢日月也天之日月人之君後羅計乃黒道狂暴之星犯其日月身前有此凶星安得不凶傷宿者如太陰在胃立命在子丑木星在月前身命皆系乎土木將來傷之退度尤凶主為人獷狼愚執更若當陽刃刼煞之類必是凶惡之徒當受刑法否則夭折又有此格而富貴者乃坐祿馬貴垣殿駕廟旺日月聨格有以伏凶星之勢雖犯殿不妨也推者宜加詳審不可以一槩論也

Offending the Throne is like a weak subordinate who bullies upward, relying on his power; injuring the lodging is when the above is hard and the below violent, each relying on their strength. For example, the Moon at Stomach, with Luo and Ji occupying the two lodgings Pleiades and Net: Pleiades and Net are the Sun and Moon; the Sun and Moon of heaven are a person's sovereign and empress; Luo and Ji are frenzied and violent stars of the black path; if such ominous stars stand in front of the Body and the Sun and Moon, how can it not be ominous? Injuring the lodging is, for example, the Moon at Stomach, with the Life established at Zi or Chou, and a Wood star in front of the Moon; the Body and Life are both tied to Earth, and Wood will come to harm it, and retreating degrees are especially ominous; the person is coarse and wolfish, foolish and obstinate; if further meeting Yang Blade, Robbery, killing and the like, one is surely an evil and ferocious person who will suffer punishment, otherwise die young. Some with this pattern are rich and noble, because they sit on Salary, Horse, noble enclosure, Throne, temple prosperity, and Sun and Moon linked patterns, which subdue the force of the ominous stars; though offending the Throne, there is no harm. Those who infer should take care and examine; one cannot discuss by one rule.

太陰讓殿之説

On the Moon Yielding the Throne

讓殿者如人不臨正室而在別處所讓之殿有吉則福有凶則禍如太陰度柳星二度之間諸星在翼軫之類獨讓張宿在中或月度翼諸星在栁星亦是前為緊後為緩當祿貴殿駕為富貴中間更有金水各一星在張宿謂之一星朝後謂之留守護垣此至吉也若讓殿有土計羅孛之類不謂朝後謂讓殿受欺此凶格也

Yielding the Throne is like a person not occupying the main room but another place; if the yielded throne has auspice then there is blessing, and if ominous then calamity. For example, if the Moon is at the Liu degree and the various stars are within the two degrees of Yi, Zhen and the like, only Zhang lodging is yielded in the middle; or if the Moon is at the Yi degree and the various stars are in Liu, it is likewise: front is urgent, back is slow. Meeting Salary, Noble and Throne, one is rich and noble; if in the middle there is one Metal and one Water star at the Zhang lodging, it is called one star facing back, called remaining to guard the enclosure; this is supremely auspicious. If the yielded throne has Earth, Ji, Luo, Bo and the like, it is not called facing back but yielding the throne and being bullied: this is an ominous pattern.

太陰出垣入垣

The Moon Leaving and Entering the Enclosure

羅計界出太陰若登殿駕祿貴者吉居煞者凶月乃柔星有晦朔□望全籍諸星輔之日生宜木水炁日夜生宜金孛計火羅在太陰之前後見最怕陰陽反背諸星失志太陰前有吉星相近祿貴後惡星趕趂尤急

Luo and Ji's boundary leaving the Moon: if it ascends the Throne with Salary and Noble it is auspicious; dwelling in killing it is ominous. The Moon is a soft star, with waning, new, □ and full, relying entirely on the various stars to assist it. Day births suit Wood, Water and Qi; night births suit Metal, Bo, Ji, Fire and Luo; seen in front of or behind the Moon, most feared is yin and yang turned back-to-back, the various stars losing their will. If the Moon has an auspicious star close in front, Salary and Noble; ominous stars chasing behind it are especially urgent.

太隂倒限

The Moon Reversing the Limit

子上危月度立命限行至卯尾一二度本宮對合皆無星有忽然死者蓋日月晦明不同危月也至卯日出之所正入剛陽之地是謂有他無我兼以太陽惡弱倒限無疑又如午上日星度立命限至酉畢度本宮無星而忽然死者蓋星為日日至酉酉為月出之地亦有他無我兼太隂惡弱倒限無疑

With the Life established at Zi on the Rooftop-Moon degree, the limit reaching the first or second degree of Tail at Mao, with the native palace and its opposing combination having no star, there are those who die suddenly; for the dim and bright of the Sun and Moon are not the same, and the Rooftop-Moon reaching Mao, where the sun rises, enters the land of firm yang; this is having others and not me; moreover the Sun is ominous and weak, and the reversing of the limit is beyond doubt. Again, with the Life established at Wu on the Star-Sun degree, the limit reaching the Net degree at You, with the native palace having no star and sudden death, the star is the Sun and the Sun arrives at You, which is where the Moon rises, again having others and not me; moreover the Moon is ominous and weak, and the reversing of the limit is beyond doubt.

二百字真經

Two-Hundred-Character True Classic

四正宮神暗加管攝

The palace spirits of the four cardinals secretly add and govern.

【四正者舉一而三者相貫串也如子午卯酉寅申己亥辰戌丑未是也人多以三合論而不知四正生尅為急如木在子卯酉有金暗受傷尅如水在申巳亥有土亦暗受傷尅如金在丑辰戌有火亦然餘仿推之可知根本之強弱矣】

[The four cardinals: raising one, the three connect, as Zi, Wu, Mao, You; Yin, Shen, Si, Hai; Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei. People mostly discuss by three-combination, not knowing that the generation and overcoming of the four cardinals is urgent. For example, Wood at Zi, Mao or You has Metal secretly receiving injury and overcoming; Water at Shen, Si or Hai has Earth also secretly receiving injury and overcoming; Metal at Chou, Chen or Xu has Fire likewise; the rest can be inferred, and the strength and weakness of the root can be known.]

天元得地有用者昌

The Heavenly Origin gains its ground; the useful one flourishes.

【天元者甲乙年是也為科甲若又為命主官祿福權之星居髙強得水為助必富貴如受傷害必貧困矣】

[The Heavenly Origin is the Jia and Yi years, making the doctorate; if it is further the Life lord, or the star of Office, Salary, Fortune or authority dwelling in high strength and gaining Water for aid, one is surely rich and noble; if it receives injury, one is surely poor and hard-pressed.]

月令當權乘氣之旺

The monthly command holds authority, riding the qi's prosperity.

【月令者寅卯月木是也如春以木為令又以為身命主及官魁福祿之類乘旺得水助之為富貴之命也】

[The monthly command is the Wood of the Yin and Mao months. For example, in spring Wood is the command, and also the Body, Life lord, Office, Chief, Fortune, Salary and the like ride prosperity and gain Water for aid: a fate of wealth and nobility.]

正垣氣旺傍我無權

The proper enclosure's qi prospers; beside me it has no authority.

【正坦者七政各居十二宮為正垣吾甞謂言宮不知度言度不知宮人多不知此處□妙如土旺在子子為正垣之所危之近虛濱土之水淺水之下皆近岸溼土自危一至危五皆土也次則斗二十一起合還土度辰宮角十一十二合還亢午張一至三度合還星未井二十九三十合還鬼戌宮奎十七十八合還婁此皆歷驗非億度也】

[Proper enclosure means that each of the Seven Governors dwelling in the twelve palaces has a proper enclosure. I have always said that people speak of palaces without knowing degrees and of degrees without knowing palaces; people mostly do not know the □ wonder of this place. For example, Earth prospering in Zi, Zi is the proper enclosure place. Rooftop is near Xu, on the bank of Earth, with Water shallow, and beneath shallow water all is near the bank, damp Earth, naturally Rooftop; from Rooftop 1 to Rooftop 5 are all Earth. Next, from Dou 21 on, combining back to the Earth degree; in the Chen palace, Jiao 11 and 12 combine back to Kang; in Wu, Zhang 1 to 3 degrees combine back to Xing; in Wei, Jing 29 and 30 combine back to Gui; in the Xu palace, Kui 17 and 18 combine back to Lou; all these have been tested through experience and are not conjecture.]

界限分明彼木此火

Boundaries are clearly divided: that is Wood, this is Fire.

【此八字以寅卯界限之説言之蓋尾三度屬卯火為主餘度屬寅木為主若以寅尾為火則誤矣】

[These eight characters speak of the boundary theory of Yin and Mao: the three degrees of Tail belong to Mao Fire, with Fire as lord, and the remaining degrees belong to Yin, with Wood as lord; to take Yin's Tail as Fire is a mistake.]

主居退留餘曜難救

The lord dwelling in retreat or stationary, other luminaries can hardly rescue.

【觀星以遲留順逆為最急主星尤闗利害入順度則平生作事順快有福如入退留一生作事進寸退尺兼為人不剛果流於慈懦者有矣】

[In reading stars, slowness, stationary, direct and retrograde are most urgent, and the lord star bears most on advantage and harm. Entering a direct degree, one's undertakings are smooth and quick through life, with blessing; entering retreat or stationary, one advances an inch and retreats a foot through life, and the person is not firm or decisive, and there are those who tend to kindness and weakness.]

母居退留為福不力

The mother dwelling in retreat or stationary: blessing without force.

【生我者為母如入退留則是欲生我而不力也】

[What generates me is the mother; if it enters retreat or stationary, it wishes to generate me but lacks force.]

母星無生何暇顧子

The mother star without generation: what leisure has she to care for the child?

【如以火為主羅為奴木為母若木不生火反生餘奴之羅或乙丁人又為刑囚是我父母有用之氣反黨餘奴刑囚之輩何暇顧我生我而為福哉】

[For example, with Fire as lord, Luo as servant and Wood as mother, if Wood does not generate Fire but instead generates the remaining servant Luo, or for Yi and Ding persons it is again punishing and imprisoning: this is my parents' useful qi instead siding with the other servants and the punishing and imprisoning types; what leisure have they to care for me and generate me as blessing?]

母尅於用福力潛消

The mother overcome by the user: blessing force quietly disappears.

【如土為主火為母若火不來生土卻與金同行則所恃之母氣反與金相戰縱有力以及火子亦少減矣】

[For example, with Earth as lord and Fire as mother, if Fire does not come to generate Earth but travels together with Metal, then the qi of the mother relied upon instead fights Metal; even with strength, reaching the Fire child it is somewhat reduced.]

敵強難攻用力有損

The enemy strong and hard to attack: using force brings loss.

【書云相刑相戰則處世多迍相順相和則終身安靜人多以我尅者為財言之則謬者多矣若以金為主限見木炁木為主限遇土計之類二星作黨者強敵也見之重則刑囚輕則貧病必然之理也】

[The book says: mutual punishing and fighting bring much hardship in the world; mutual smoothness and harmony bring peace throughout life. People mostly speak of what I overcome as wealth, which is mostly mistaken. For example, with Metal as lord and the limit seeing Wood-Qi, or with Wood as lord and the limit meeting Earth and Ji, two stars forming a party are a strong enemy; seeing it heavily brings punishment and imprisonment, lightly poverty and illness, a necessary principle.]

兩母爭權姑息太過

Two mothers contending for authority: indulgence goes too far.

【如土為主限見火或羅則發福如火羅同會若吉而實凶蓋母與餘奴方爭權未息縱能愛子亦無力矣】

[For example, with Earth as lord, if the limit sees Fire or Luo, it brings forth blessing; if Fire and Luo meet together, it seems auspicious but is actually ominous, for the mother and the remaining servant are still contending for authority; even if she loves the child, she lacks strength.]

太陽當空群曜潛伏

The Sun in mid-sky: the crowd of luminaries lie hidden.

【太陽者君也如七八月己午時生安命在卯如躔房宿火為主將後行己午限見日如或金水木土與日同宮為科名科甲官魁福祿遇太陽必伏諸星必無光也】

[The Sun is the sovereign. For example, a person born at the Si or Wu hour in the seventh or eighth month with the Life established at Mao, if it lodges in Fang-Fire as lord, then later traverses the Si or Wu limit and sees the Sun; or if Metal, Water, Wood or Earth are with the Sun in the same palace, then for examination fame, doctorate, Office, Chief, Fortune and Salary, on meeting the Sun they must be hidden, and the various stars will surely have no light.]

月兔無光晦朔倚日

The Moon hare has no light: new and dark moons lean on the Sun.

【人命生於晦朔命在月度此時月與日同會若日月前後有吉星必吉凶星必凶設若日近火羅土計者凶日近金水木者吉也】

[A person's fate born at the new or dark moon, with the Life at the Moon's degree: at this time the Moon and Sun meet; if the Sun and Moon have auspicious stars in front or behind, it is surely auspicious, and ominous stars, surely ominous. If the Sun is near Fire, Luo, Earth or Ji, it is ominous; if the Sun is near Metal, Water or Wood, it is auspicious.]

河漢艮坤為士必秀

The Milky Way at Gen and Kun: scholars are surely outstanding.

【河漢者天文也秀士者人文也河漢始於丑寅尾於未申如人命在此宮者必為秀士丈人次則戌奎亦然】

[The Milky Way is heavenly pattern; an outstanding scholar is human pattern. The Milky Way begins at Chou and Yin and ends at Wei and Shen; a person whose Life is in these palaces is surely an outstanding scholar and a respected elder. Next, Kui at Xu is likewise.]

煞尅於奴本主自旺

A killer overcomes the servant, and the Life lord thrives on its own.

【如人行險阻而遇賊必先將奴僕殺傷而本主得免也如木為主金為煞金不尅木而與炁同行是與炁相敵而力不及木矣而本主之木得自旺也】

[Like a traveler on a dangerous road who meets bandits: they wound the servant first, so the master escapes. Take Wood as the lord and Metal as the killer. If Metal does not overcome Wood but travels with Qi, then Qi and Metal oppose each other and cannot reach Wood with full force, so the Wood of the lord thrives on its own.]

餘奴犯主縱吉為凶

Otherwise, when the servant offends the lord, even a fortunate star turns to misfortune.

【如木為星炁為奴木主與炁同非享福發財之命甚則早夭若生年帶煞十凶八九】

[Take Wood as the star and Qi as the servant. If the Wood lord shares a palace with Qi, this is not a life of blessing and wealth; in severe cases one dies young. If the birth year carries a killer, nine out of ten portents are ominous.]

限遇煞奴十難一免　奴星敵煞

When a limit meets a killer on the servant, ten difficulties, one escape. The servant star opposes the killer.

【如木為主金為煞炁為奴限行見金煞又遇炁奴三合無水火救之十難免一又云如金見火為煞限行不見火見羅為煞之奴星亦不免也】

[Take Wood as lord, Metal as the killer, and Qi as servant. If the limit travels and meets the Metal killer together with the Qi servant, and no Water or Fire within the three harmonies rescues it, there are ten difficulties and one escape. It is also said: if Metal sees Fire as its killer, and the limit has no Fire but meets Luo as the killer, the servant star likewise cannot escape.]

母無餘氣借木解讐

A mother with no surplus Qi borrows Wood to resolve the enmity.

【此言己申與箕壁之水宿以金為母金無餘氣得木氣居於強宮以尅制土計之仇謂之子能敵鬼與母力一同也】

[This speaks of Si and Shen, together with the Winnowing Basket and Wall water mansions, which take Metal as mother. Metal has no surplus Qi, so it gains Wood-Qi and sits in a strong palace, overcoming the enemy Earth-Ji. This is called the child able to oppose the ghost, with the mother's strength the same.]

煞無餘氣逢火灰燼

A killer with no surplus Qi meets Fire and turns to ash.

【此言木為主星金為煞而無餘氣若行火羅亦能焚燒山林每於金煞也】

[This speaks of Wood as the lord star and Metal as the killer, with no surplus Qi. If Fire Luo travels, it can burn the forest. This is always so with the Metal killer.]

正煞暗生轉禍為福

A direct killer that is secretly generated turns calamity into blessing.

【正者正盤暗者加盤天機禍福多在加盤如子上立命以土為主行限寅見木為煞如是暗盤巳上有火在焉木生火火生土為暗救有力又如戌上立命奎度行子限見金如巳上有水暗中有救必能轉禍為福也】

[Direct refers to the direct chart; secret refers to the superimposed plate. Most of the mechanism of fortune and misfortune lies in the superimposed plate. For instance, with Zi rising and Earth as lord, when the limit reaches Yin and sees Wood as killer: if on the secret plate Si holds Fire, Wood generates Fire and Fire generates Earth, a strong secret rescue. Again, with Xu rising at the Kui mansion, when the limit reaches Zi and sees Metal, if Si holds Water on the plate, there is a secret rescue that can turn misfortune into fortune.]

正生暗煞化吉成凶

A direct generation with a secret killer turns fortune into misfortune.

【如子上立命土為主行寅限見火而生若巳上有水孛傷火乃暗中受傷也】

[For instance, with Zi rising and Earth as lord, the limit reaches Yin and sees Fire, which generates. But if Si holds Water and Comet, the Fire is wounded in secret.]

朔望食神陰陽非利

At new and full moon, the eclipse spirits: yin and yang are not beneficial.

【日食朔月食望如日正食之時而人生在四日度日既食而無光此命豈能有福如望夜之時而人生在月度中立命亦然也】

[A solar eclipse falls on the new moon and a lunar eclipse on the full moon. If at the moment of a solar eclipse the person's birth lies in the Sun's degree, the Sun is already eclipsed and without light, so how can such a life have blessing? Likewise, on the night of the full moon, if the Life is set in the Moon's degree.]

界限中安離家遷祖

Settling within a boundary, one leaves home and moves away from ancestors.

【所謂界限者天文本無界限而人有之如軫十氐二之類立命於此者多出祖過房依於人否則不住祖屋還移不定若諸星多在過宮上亦主不安也】

[The so-called boundary: the heavens have no boundaries, but people draw them. For instance, the Chariot at ten and the Root at two. Those who set their Life here often leave the ancestral line, are adopted into other households, or do not live in the ancestral house and keep moving. If many stars sit on a crossing palace, this too means unrest.]

上盤下局加合參商

Upper plate and lower layout: superimposition and conjunction of Shen and Shang.

【命書所謂天宮地位十二辰消息其中全看行度則於加合之中宜細推詳有加著加不著宜觀太陽過度二盤尅合子午卯酉之正各於上下二盤寫一星然後以一星加合則上盤下局之星加合瞭然可見生我尅我在與不在合與不合宜詳之】

[The fate books speak of the heavenly palaces, the earthly positions and the twelve branches, and of their changes. Everything depends on the paths of motion, so in superimposition and conjunction one must study closely. Some superimpose and land, some superimpose and do not. Observe the Sun's passage across the two plates and the overcoming and combining of the two. For Zi, Wu, Mao and You, the cardinal points, write one star on each of the upper and lower plates, then superimpose one on the other. The stars of the upper plate and the lower layout then show clearly whether they generate or overcome me, whether they are present, and whether they join. Examine these carefully.]

釣合沖臨分擘闊狹

Hooking and combining, clashing and approaching: divide the breadth and narrowness.

【此即同宮千里異宮尺寸之説所謂釣合者申子辰之類沖臨者子午卯酉對沖之類如立命在子火在午□木在午凶萬一命在女四五之間木在張十二三之間照命度不及豈能為災若木在栁七八度正照則為禍必矣餘星闊狹亦宜分擘筭之】

[This is the saying: same palace, a thousand li apart; different palaces, a matter of inches. Hooking combination refers to the Shen-Zi-Chen type; clashing approach refers to the opposition of Zi-Wu and Mao-You. For instance, with Life at Zi and Fire at Wu, and □Wood at Wu, the outcome is ominous. If Life is in the Girl mansion at four or five and Wood is in the Extended Net at twelve or thirteen, and Wood's light on the Life degree is insufficient, how can it bring calamity? But if Wood is at the Willow's seven or eight and shines directly, misfortune is certain. The breadth of other stars should be divided and calculated the same way.]

二十八條斷例

Twenty-Eight Rules of Judgment

四正宮神互相管攝

The spirits of the four cardinal palaces govern one another.

【四正者如日之虛房星昴木之角斗井奎之類互相管攝凡看星辰先看主星落何方有何生尅制化若論凶吉合依星辰而斷】

[The four cardinal palaces are such as Emptiness and Room, Hairy Head, Horn and Dipper, Well and Kui; they govern one another. When reading the stars, first see in which quarter the principal star falls and what it generates, overcomes, restrains or transforms. Judgments of fortune and misfortune rest on the stars themselves.]

同宮千里異宮寸尺

Same palace a thousand li apart; different palaces inches apart.

【且如子上立命女三至危十雖是同垣何止千里若危十一危十二子上立命視亥上危十三十四有尺寸之隔此何可以異宮論也他仿此】

[For example, with Zi rising and the Girl mansion from three to Rooftop ten: though they share one enclosure, they are a thousand li apart. If Rooftop eleven and twelve rise in Zi, while Rooftop thirteen and fourteen in Hai are only an inch away, how can these be discussed as different palaces? The others follow this pattern.]

二母爭權姑息太過

Two mothers contend for power; excessive appeasement.

【如木星見水孛或臨本宮三合獨見方為福若同見二母爭權反為禍餘仿此】

[For example, if the Wood star meets Water Comet, or falls into its own palace. If in the three harmonies it appears alone, it brings fortune. If both appear together, the two mothers contend for power and turn to misfortune. The others follow this.]

一星得地初無二用

One star in its place has no second use.

【或土宮立命或命主土星在別處三合見火生本吉設若三合火見金火性炎上便去尅金卻不能生土餘仿此】

[Either the Earth palace is the Life, or the Earth star, the Life lord, sits elsewhere. If in the three harmonies Fire appears and generates it, the result is fortunate. But if the three harmonies show Fire meeting Metal, Fire's nature flares upward, so it goes off to overcome Metal and cannot generate Earth. The others follow this.]

水火相戰其勢俱敗

Water and Fire at war; both lose their momentum.

【如水命火同在命或三合或十五度之內相照雖火受水尅火亦不寧其勢俱敗餘仿此】

[For example, a Water Life and Fire share the Life palace, or stand in the three harmonies, or within fifteen degrees illuminate one another. Though Fire is overcome by Water, Fire too is not at peace, and both lose their force. The others follow this.]

日月爭權到底無光

Sun and Moon contend for power and in the end have no light.

【如日為命主夜生本無光或與月同宮或見三合月為命主日生本無光或日同宮或合照是自爭權無成於福氣】

[For example, the Sun as Life lord, born at night, is without light from the start; if it shares its palace with the Moon, or sees the Moon in the three harmonies, the Sun is without light. Or the Moon as Life lord, born by day, is without light from the start; if it shares its palace with the Sun, or they illuminate each other, this is self-contention, and no blessing is achieved.]

祿嫌沖破衣食艱難

The salary star resents clash and breaking; food and clothing are hard.

【如甲坐人祿在寅立命在申祿當頭為命沖破終是艱難奔走限逢之亦然餘仿此】

[Take a Jia person: the salary star is in Yin and Life in Shen. The salary star faces the Life and clashes with it, so in the end there is hardship. Running about in a limit that meets this is the same. The others follow this.]

馬忌空亡衣食奔波

The horse star fears emptiness; food and clothing mean running about.

【如己巳生人馬在亥行限至此或命身值此更加以凶星守照必生受餘仿此】

[For example, a Jisi-born person has the horse star in Hai. When the limit reaches here, or when Life or Body falls here, and ominous stars guard and illuminate it, one will surely endure hardship. The others follow this.]

母主無權福氣不大

The mother star has no authority; blessing is small.

【如命在子土為主限行遇火或三合為水孛所傷其母受尅子必無力福氣不大他仿此】

[For example, Life in Zi with Earth as lord. If the limit meets Fire, or the three harmonies are injured by Water Comet, the mother is overcome, the child lacks strength, and blessing is small. The others follow this.]

向前得力再後無功

Strength in front, no merit after.

【如命在亥木為主行子限三合見一水單行必能發福若人行限到辰再見水孛必無再發之理】

[For example, Life in Hai with Wood as lord. If the limit travels to Zi and in the three harmonies one Water passes alone, fortune surely arises. But if the limit reaches Chen and Water Comet appears again, there is no reason for a second rise.]

若是無形終難制有

If it is without form, in the end it is hard to control what has form.

【五星乃有形餘氣無形五星相尅此理甚明如炁近上孛近火乃餘氣侵有形其力終緩或戌上立命命主火星在子金水同宮辰上雖有氣亦難化水生火之理況子宮水旺之地其火受尅不淺以此合言夭命他仿此】

[The five stars have form; surplus Qi is formless. That the five stars overcome one another is clear. If Qi is near above and Comet near Fire, the formless surplus invades what has form, and its force is ultimately slow. Or take Xu rising, with the Life lord Fire star in Zi while Metal and Water share the palace. On Chen, though there is some Qi, it is hard to transform. Water generates Fire, but Zi is a Water-strong place, so the Fire is harmed not a little. By this reasoning one speaks of early death in the chart. The others follow this.]

黨惡則亂制惡不行

Gathered evil brings chaos; restraining evil fails.

【如木命行限遇金木自受尅加土計臨三合助威為煞氣重若同火羅則制其金惡不行矣】

[For example, a Wood Life travels a limit that meets Metal, and Wood is itself overcome. If Earth-Ji joins and sits in the three harmonies to lend strength, the killer-Qi grows heavy. If Fire Luo shares the palace, it restrains the Metal and the evil does not act.]

獨陽不生孤陰不成

Lone yang does not generate; solitary yin does not complete.

【若男人命遇太陽居四正為得地左右無吉星三合又無為獨陽不生女命遇太陰居七強亦得經入廟三合皆無吉助為獨陰不成為事多尅戰無成男命看四正女命看七強】

[For a man whose Life meets the Sun seated in a cardinal palace, which is a proper position, but with no auspicious stars left or right and none in the three harmonies, this is lone yang not generating. For a woman whose Life meets the Moon seated in the Seventh stronghold, which enters its dignity, but with no auspicious help in the three harmonies, this is lone yin not completing. Affairs bring much overcoming and no achievement. For men, look at the cardinal palaces; for women, look at the Seventh.]

刑囚入陷縱惡難施

Punishment, imprisonment and falling into a pit: even if evil, hard to act.

【如甲生人命在戍火為主水化刑本能尅我三合有土計制之或水入陷地彼受制之不暇豈能施惡於我哉或土計自陷又恐不能制水】

[For example, a Jia-born person with Life in Xu and Fire as lord. Water transforms into punishment and could overcome me. If Earth-Ji in the three harmonies restrains it, or the Water enters a fallen place and is restrained, it has no leisure to act evil upon me. Or if Earth-Ji itself falls, one fears it cannot restrain the Water.]

暗耗雖強逢生反益

A hidden drain, though strong, meeting generation instead benefits.

【如甲生人命在酉金主化耗限逢土計不以為耗又如乙生人命在亥木為主化暗得宮有水孛生之其暗反明】

[For example, a Jia-born person with Life in You and Metal as lord transforms into a drain. When the limit meets Earth-Ji, it is no longer counted as a drain. Again, a Yi-born person with Life in Hai and Wood as lord: the hidden gains a palace where Water Comet generates it, and the hidden becomes bright.]

四正日月最怕西沉

At the four cardinal palaces, Sun and Moon fear setting in the West.

【如子午卯酉四正之地為日月之垣獨酉為西沉之地若日月居其上終無顯達】

[Zi, Wu, Mao and You are the enclosures of the Sun and Moon. You alone is the place of sinking in the West. If the Sun and Moon sit there, there is ultimately no distinguished advancement.]

三方祿馬最喜拱照

Salary and horse in the three sides: best to be arched and illuminated.

【如乙生己酉丑之人命在未馬在亥祿在卯三合拱照一生衣祿不少此論地元祿馬】

[For example, a Yi-born person of the Si-You-Chou group, with Life in Wei, horse in Hai and salary in Mao, arched and illuminated by the three harmonies, has abundant food and clothing throughout life. This speaks of the earthly-origin salary and horse.]

安身傍母福祿尤佳

Body settled beside the mother: blessing and salary especially good.

【如土為命主火為土母月火同宮不以傷身論又如命在辰金為主土為母身與土同行不以蝕月論乃富貴格局】

[For example, Earth as Life lord and Fire as Earth's mother, with the Moon and Fire sharing a palace, is not counted as injury to the Body. Again, with Life in Chen and Metal as lord, Earth as mother, and the Body travelling together with Earth, this is not counted as eclipse of the Moon. This is a wealth-and-rank pattern.]

奴賊臨身妻兒必尅

A servant-thief meets the body; wife and children are surely overcome.

【如寅亥木為主炁為奴星若炁與月同行或傍其人必孤又如子丑土為主計為奴若計與月同行或傍其人必受刑傷不然必夭餘仿此】

[For example, with Wood as lord in Yin or Hai and Qi as the servant star: if Qi travels with the Moon or stands beside it, the person will surely be lonely. Again, with Earth as lord in Zi or Chou and Ji as the servant: if Ji travels with the Moon or stands beside it, the person will surely suffer punishment and injury, or else die young. The others follow this.]

主數遇陷有救不凶

The lord's number meets a pit; with rescue, not ominous.

【如木命人木陷於子或入金宮化刑囚或值命限到此本受尅縁三合有水孛能觧金厄轉凶作吉但未免勞心耳】

[For example, a Wood-Life person whose Wood falls into Zi, or enters a Metal palace and turns into punishment and imprisonment, or who meets this at the limit. The Wood is originally overcome. If Water Comet appears in the three harmonies, it can resolve the Metal's distress and turn misfortune into fortune, though one still cannot avoid mental strain.]

母若當權為福莫大

If the mother holds power, the blessing is greatest.

【如子上立命土為命主以寅卯為福官之地若有一火羅獨守在上是母當權大吉餘仿此】

[For example, Zi rising with Earth as Life lord, taking Yin and Mao as the palaces of blessing and office. If a single Fire-Luo keeps watch alone above, the mother holds power and is greatly auspicious. The others follow this.]

同室操戈必遭禍變

Spears raised in one house: calamity and change are certain.

【如立命在子不問主星客星但有水火同垣金木同位雖彼自相戰尅與命宮不相干終是窘我室廬禍起蕭牆之內也】

[For example, Life in Zi. Whether it is a principal star or a guest star does not matter: if Water and Fire share the enclosure, or Metal and Wood share the position, they fight and overcome each other. Though this has nothing to do with the Life Palace itself, it still distresses my household; disaster rises from within the walls.]

飛星破駕終是廢人

A flying star breaks the chariot: in the end a useless person.

【凡論命必殿駕為先假如甲辰生嵗駕在辰金為駕主辰酉立命金為命主若有火羅飛入辰宮乃為害曜破駕必賤人也餘仿此】

[In judging Life, the Palace Chariot comes first. For example, a Jia-Chen year-born person has the chariot in Chen, with Metal as chariot lord. Chen and You stand for Life, with Metal as Life lord. If Fire-Luo flies into the Chen palace, it is a harmful star breaking the chariot, and the person will surely be lowly. The others follow this.]

刼煞抗沖威烈以怒

Robbery killer confronts with clash; power fierce in anger.

【如壬子生人命在已乃的煞之地更有刑土刃星居其上是謂煞見煞行限必夭】

[For example, a Renzi-born person with Life in Si, which is the very place of the killer, and with a Punishment-Earth blade star sitting above it. This is called killer meeting killer; if the limit travels here, one surely dies young.]

三元並駕祿又加官

Three origins drive together; salary further adds office.

【如甲子生人祿馬俱在寅甲生人又以木為天元是木為三元若臨身命必顯達子丑午未命凶】

[For example, a Jiazi-born person has both salary and horse in Yin. A Jia-born person also takes Wood as the Heavenly Origin, so Wood is the three origins. If it meets the Body or Life, one will surely rise to distinction. Life in Zi, Chou, Wu or Wei is ominous.]

相順相生當觀向背

Compliance and generation: observe facing and turning away.

【如立命戌火主入丑宮躔斗九度又有木躔斗十此謂之向發福必大若火斗十木躔斗九謂之背雖發亦輕】

[For example, Life at Xu with Fire as lord, entering Chou and lodged at the ninth degree of Dipper; and Wood lodged at the tenth degree of Dipper. This is called facing, and the blessing that arises will be great. If Fire is at the tenth degree of Dipper and Wood at the ninth, this is called turning away; even though it rises, it is slight.]

相順相尅須驗實虛

Compliance and overcoming: verify the solid and the empty.

【如命在已水在申躔參有土在辰躔角彼自受制安能尅我若有木炁臨照彼虛我實矣土若躔氐更有火羅合照助其實是彼實我虛矣行限至此必夭若其間有金照臨又能生我之水反凶成吉】

[For example, Life in Si with Water in Shen, lodged at the Three Stars mansion, and Earth in Chen lodged at Root. Earth is itself restrained; how could it overcome me? If Wood-Qi shines upon it, it is empty and I am solid. If Earth lodges at Root and Fire-Luo joins and illuminates to strengthen it, it is solid and I am empty. If the limit reaches here, one surely dies young. But if Metal shines between them, and the Water that generates me is helped, misfortune turns to fortune.]

原守推詳流年尤急

The original guard should be examined; the annual limit is especially urgent.

【經云原守雖然無咎流年尤怕為災此二句不可忽之且如火為命行年水星到命限焉得不為禍占煞尤重】

[The classic says: though the original guard is blameless, the annual limit is especially to be feared for disaster. These two lines must not be neglected. For instance, with Fire as Life and a yearly Water star reaching the Life limit, how could it not bring misfortune? In divination, the killer weighs most.]

步天經序

Preface to the Heavenly Path Classic

大凡論五星先以本主為重然本主強弱闗系輕重而命母厚薄亦闗系輕重命母固有闗系而身宮尤為切要命本既弱身主有失雖命母不能以救其為夭折必矣命主之弱身宮之陷得命母之力以救之卻能易危為安□齋所謂論命主須論身宮又當論命母三主不陷不弱其為富貴格局明矣其次則論福徳官祿福氣重則享福必厚官氣重則名位必髙又其次則論尅我之星他強我必弱他弱我必強彼既伏降我方得以施其志耳他若強梁負固必能為我之敵我自受制之不暇何暇為人福哉蓋三方四正當看拱夾之何如然三方四正又不可以一槩論若論三方又論四正不無泛雜蓋子午卯酉生人於子午卯酉上安命便當以四正為重三合為輕所謂太嵗宮神互相管攝是也或者又曰四正無星便觀三合三合無星便觀四正亦是一說設若生於子午卯酉坐命於寅申己亥辰戌丑未又以三合拱夾防看不必專論四正也十二宮中皆効此例□齋曰專以宮主斷人之禍福則二十八宿躔度不必論又何

In general, when discussing the five stars, take the Life lord as most important. But the strength or weakness of the Life lord bears on the weight of the Life mother, and the thickness or thinness of the Life mother also bears on the matter. The Life mother is indeed related to the Life, and the Body Palace is especially crucial. If the Life lord is already weak and the Body lord has lost its footing, then even with the Life mother's power to rescue, early death is certain. If the Life lord is weak but the Body Palace falls, relying on the Life mother's strength can rescue it and turn danger into safety. □Zhai said: one must discuss the Life lord together with the Body Palace, and also weigh the Life mother. When these three lords are neither fallen nor weak, the pattern of wealth and rank is clear. Next, discuss blessing and career: strong blessing-Qi means abundant blessing, strong career-Qi means a high name and rank. Next, discuss stars that overcome me: if they are strong, I am surely weakened; if they are weak, I am surely strong. Once they lie low and submit, I can carry out my aims. If they are strong and resolute, they will surely be my enemy, and I will be restrained with no leisure; how could I have time for others' blessing? In general, examine the three sides and four cardinal palaces, and how they arch and flank. Yet the three sides and four cardinal palaces cannot be judged all at once. If one judges the three sides and then also the four cardinal palaces, there is much confusion. For those born at Zi, Wu, Mao or You with Life in these same palaces, the four cardinal palaces should weigh heavily and the three harmonies lightly; this is what is called the Tai Sui palace-spirits governing one another. Some also say: if the four cardinal palaces have no star, look at the three harmonies; if the three harmonies have no star, look at the four cardinal palaces. This too is one view. Suppose someone is born at Zi, Wu, Mao or You and sets Life at Yin, Shen, Si, Hai, Chen, Xu, Chou or Wei; then one should use the three-harmony flanking and need not focus on the four cardinal palaces alone. Across all twelve palaces this model applies. □Zhai said: to judge human misfortune and blessing by the palace lord alone, while disregarding the lodging degrees of the twenty-eight mansions, how could it be

謬乎蓋二十八宿天經也金木水火土五星也四餘乃地緯也常相脈絡互相往來二十八宿實於五星有所闗系且如子丑宮乃土之位子宮有虛日危月又是一家之閫奧如隔界又是一家藩籬也吾家所主卻以土為主宰焉得不以宮主為重度主為輕所主卻論度以此觀之萬無一失蓋五星之中木怕炁火怕羅水忌孛土忌計此理甚明如子宮安命所怕者木假如行限到木便觀木起何宮躔何宿若受制坐陷皆不足慮若居生旺之地豈不為我撓不待三方四正照著皆為禍患如或拱夾臨限災愈重也其餘皆効此例十二宮中獨有午宮星日馬有五數正是人君九五之位安命於其上主生平為人寡合作事無氣不能勝任大事若有凶星惡煞居之皆不能施其凶惡天下自古無臣犯君之理也如危月張月心月畢月乃后妃之殿安身於此必主聰明膺富貴又如安身安命於觜火觜星天上無曜不能安載其身主人生平飄泊無有定居鬼有二度號為天眼此上立身安命多是奸雄冦盜之流蓋星辰吉單行為

wrong? The twenty-eight mansions are the heavenly warp, and the five planets Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth are the planets. The Four Remainders are the earthly weft. They always connect and pass through one another, and the twenty-eight mansions are truly related to the five planets. For instance, Zi and Chou are the Earth positions. The Zi palace holds Emptiness and Rooftop-Moon, which is one household's inner sanctum and also another household's barrier. Our school takes Earth as lord, so how could one not weigh the palace lord heavily and the degree lord lightly? Yet our school discusses degrees. Judged this way, there is not one error. Among the five stars, Wood fears Qi, Fire fears Luo, Water dislikes Comet, and Earth dislikes Ji; this principle is quite clear. For example, with Life in Zi, what it fears is Wood. If the limit travels to Wood, look at which palace Wood rises in and which mansion it lodges at. If it is restrained or sits in a fallen place, there is no need for concern. If it sits in a place of generation and prosperity, does it not disturb me? Without waiting for the three sides or four cardinal palaces to shine on it, all become sources of disaster. If it arches or flanks and the limit meets it, the calamity is even heavier. The other cases follow this example. Among the twelve palaces, only Wu has the Sun-horse star with the number five, the exact position of the ninth-fifth ruler. A person whose Life is set there is usually aloof from others and lacks vigour in affairs, unable to undertake great tasks. If inauspicious stars and fierce killers sit there, none can exert their malice. Since antiquity, no minister has offended the ruler by principle. For example, Rooftop, Moon, Extended Net, Moon, Heart, Moon, Net and Moon are the halls of consorts and empresses; setting the body here surely brings intelligence and wealth. Again, if the body and life are set at Beak, Fire, the Beak star: the heavens have no radiance to bear the body securely, and such a person wanders through life without a fixed home. The Ghost mansion has two degrees and is called the Heavenly Eye; those who set body and life above it are mostly crafty heroes and bandits. For stars, the auspicious and standing alone

福愈力如是凶星惡煞三方為黨自相鬭戰又不能為禍若有一黨惡其為禍莫大焉大凡星辰在天激之則變如安於垣安於駕升於殿其性雖惡亦善耳又不能為禍也且如安命於子午卯酉乃四煞之地桃花之位男人安命於此必能誇逞英雄躭迷酒色女人安命於此過於伶俐酷於貪淫寅申己亥為四馬之鄊不問男女皆不閒逸多受艱苦辰戌丑未乃為四庫安命於此處性晦迷多是尅戰孤寡故□齋論有十忌一忌破祿二忌空亡三忌太嵗當頭四忌閒神入局五忌飛星破駕六忌客曜臨朝七忌吉星背行八忌背宿入命九忌女帶男星十忌晝行夜曜犯此十忌如有吉星扶之亦不能為吉小兒闗煞莫若三六九十二之煞為是士夫功名便以天馬運行為凖男人無婦皆縁身命坐孤神婦人尅夫大抵身命居寡宿僧道格局多於華蓋安身娼妓貪淫並以冠帶安命又如立身於午未分明以金水日為富貴若背行於辰巳雖有官亦卑若向於申酉其為官必顯若遷官轉職又以天馬加流年而數之若帝旺長

bring greater blessing. In this way, inauspicious stars and fierce killers form factions on the three sides and fight among themselves, so they cannot cause calamity; but if one faction is evil, its harm is greatest. In general, stars in the heavens change when stirred. Sitting in an enclosure, sitting in a chariot, or rising in a hall, their nature, though evil, becomes good, and they cannot cause harm. For example, Life at Zi, Wu, Mao or You is the place of the four killers and the position of the Peach Blossom: a man with Life here will surely boast of heroism and indulge in wine and lust; a woman with Life here is overly clever and fiercely lustful. Yin, Shen, Si and Hai are the enclosures of the four horses: regardless of sex, none is at ease, and all suffer hardship. Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are the four treasuries: with Life here, the nature is dim and confused, and it often brings conflict and solitude. Therefore □Zhai discusses ten taboos: first, breaking the salary star; second, emptiness; third, Tai Sui at the head; fourth, idle stars entering the chart; fifth, a flying star breaking the chariot; sixth, guest stars facing the court; seventh, auspicious stars moving backward; eighth, a backward mansion entering Life; ninth, a woman with a male star; tenth, daytime movement of night stars. If one of these ten taboos is committed, even if an auspicious star supports it, it cannot be auspicious. For children, the killers to watch most are those of three, six, nine and twelve. For official fame and career, take the movement of the Heavenly Horse as the measure. A man without a wife is due to Life and Body sitting in lonely stars; a woman overcomes her husband. In general, Life and Body sitting in the widow's mansion form monk and Taoist patterns, and many have the Flower Canopy pattern. Settling the body in brothels and lust, and setting Life with cap and belt, follow the same logic. Again, if the body is established at Wu and Wei, with Metal, Water and Sun, one has wealth and rank; if it moves backward at Chen and Si, one may hold office but remain humble; if it faces Shen and You, the office will be distinguished. For promotion and transfer, add the Heavenly Horse to the annual limit and count. If Imperial Prosperity and Growth

生必有遷轉若休囚死絶必罷職剝官論其造化其應如響其流年禍福看大小限有何星辰臨照吉星臨之則吉凶星臨之則凶便以一太嵗二太陽加減而論遇官符則必有官符遇嵗破則必招破財其餘十二煞神推筭禍福無不明驗後之學者可以寶之然其術也源髓老人得之於□齋□齋得之海上異人故以此為序以為星家之衣缽云

come, there will surely be transfers. If Resting-Imprisoned and Death-Extinction come, one will surely be dismissed and stripped of office. Judge the fate by these, and the response is as swift as an echo. The annual blessing and misfortune depend on which stars shine on the major and minor limits: an auspicious star makes it auspicious, an ominous star makes it ominous. Then add or subtract the first Tai Sui and the second Sun. If one meets the Official Document, there will surely be an official summons; if one meets the Year Break, one will surely lose wealth. The other twelve killer-spirits, computed for fortune and misfortune, are all clearly verified; later students may treasure them. This method was obtained by Old Man Yuansui from □Zhai, and □Zhai obtained it from a strange man of the sea, hence it is set in this order as the robe and bowl of the star scholars.

步天經警句

Maxims of the Heavenly Path Classic

十二宮中何所忌加臨原守細推求寶瓶最怕飛來木紫炁臨之不必憂丑宮又喜金臨照木炁分明是我仇大喜火羅為福氣若還水孛轉為仇

Among the twelve palaces, what must be avoided when superimposed on the original guard? Examine closely. Aquarius fears most the flying Wood; purple Qi lying upon it need not worry. Chou rejoices again when Metal shines on it, for Wood-Qi is clearly the enemy. Fire-Luo brings great blessing, but if Water Comet turns, it becomes an enemy.

【□齋曰子宮怕木卻不怕炁何為喜炁以炁竊木之氣是以木不為患多有癸丑生子上安命有炁化囚者在命發積如丑宮喜金怕木炁蓋金為官祿以尅其木與炁之仇況丑為金局又與子宮不同然其所喜者火羅所忌者水孛蓋火羅乃是吾家之命母水孛乃吾家之賊也】

[□Zhai says: Zi palace fears Wood but does not fear Qi. Why? Qi is cherished because Qi steals Wood's energy, so Wood does not cause harm. Many born in Guichou with Life at Zi have Qi transforming into imprisonment in the Life, which accumulates. As for Chou palace, which rejoices in Metal and fears Wood-Qi: Metal is the career salary that overcomes Wood, the enemy of Qi. Chou is also a Metal bureau and differs from Zi. Yet what it rejoices in is Fire-Luo, and what it fears is Water Comet. Fire-Luo is my Life's mother; Water Comet is my Life's thief.]

寅宮亥宮皆屬木惟有水孛能為福逢金端的是焦枯遇火亦能為惡毒寅上火羅俱不怕羅防能煮雙魚腹更嫌土計兩陸梁設若侵垣多不足

Yin and Hai palaces both belong to Wood; only Water Comet can bring blessing. Meeting Metal, it is truly scorched and withered; meeting Fire, it too becomes poisonous evil. On Yin, Fire-Luo is not feared, but one must guard against Luo, which can boil the belly of the Twin Fish (Pisces). Moreover, Earth-Ji resents both and roams. If they invade the enclosure, there is often insufficiency.

【□齋曰二宮屬木所喜者水孛所忌者火羅金此説誠然蓋木有二説亥上冬令之木寅上春令之木冬令木火羅焚之其勢衰敗至於春旺之木雖遇火羅不能焚之是所怕土計則一也土計是吾家賊焉得不怕】

[□Zhai says: The two palaces belong to Wood, rejoicing in Water Comet and fearing Fire-Luo and Metal. This saying is true. Wood has two aspects: Wood on Hai is winter Wood; Wood on Yin is spring Wood. Winter Wood, burned by Fire-Luo, declines and fails; but spring-prosperous Wood, though it meets Fire-Luo, cannot be burned. What both fear is Earth-Ji, which is my enemy; how could one not fear it?]

卯戌二宮皆屬火卯宮與戌不相同卯宮不以羅為忌戌上逢羅定是凶最此兩宮喜木炁但於水孛莫相逢火命若還逢木炁必是當年運限通

Mao and Xu palaces both belong to Fire, but they differ. Mao does not take Luo as a fear; on Xu, meeting Luo is surely the most ominous. These two palaces rejoice in Wood-Qi but must not meet Water Comet. For a Fire-Life who meets Wood-Qi, the year's limit will surely open.

【□齋曰二宮皆屬火喜木炁亦喜土所怕者水孛金也金能黨賊為凶人能制吾命母之木炁也若羅則二宮所怕者不同戌上最怕羅如在子丑之間化土亦無妨害寅亥逢之必夭折卯宮之火卻不忌羅蓋火敗之地反為救而不為慮也】

[□Zhai says: Both palaces belong to Fire and rejoice in Wood-Qi and also in Earth. What they fear is Water Comet and Metal: Metal can form a faction with the thief and turn ominous, and it can restrain my Life's mother, Wood-Qi. As for Luo, the two palaces fear different things: Xu fears Luo most. If Luo lies between Zi and Chou, transforming into Earth, there is no harm. If it meets Yin or Hai, one will surely die young. Mao's Fire, however, does not fear Luo, because where Fire is defeated it is instead rescued and need not be feared.]

辰酉二宮從太白卻於取用有差別酉垣最忌水孛侵水孛必能為我洩辰宮又喜水孛逢若遇火羅必消爍土計能為命母星木炁閒神何所說

Chen and You palaces both follow Venus (Metal), but they differ in use. The You enclosure most fears Water Comet's invasion; Water Comet will certainly drain its Water for me. Chen palace also rejoices in meeting Water Comet, but if it meets Fire-Luo, it surely melts away. Earth-Ji can be the Life's mother star; Wood-Qi is an idle star. What more is there to say?

【□齋曰辰酉二宮皆屬金喜土計但取用不同金旺到酉怕水孛洩其氣辰宮水局喜水孛滋潤相生忌火羅喜土計此兩宮功用皆然若夫木炁雖是財亦能為命母之蠧號為閒神忌曜】

[□Zhai says: Chen and You both belong to Metal and rejoice in Earth-Ji, but their uses differ. Metal is strong at You, and fears Water Comet's draining of its Qi. Chen palace is a Water bureau, rejoicing in Water Comet's nourishment and generation, and fearing Fire-Luo; it too rejoices in Earth-Ji. The functions of these two palaces are alike. As for Wood-Qi, though it is wealth, it can also be a worm eating the Life's mother; it is called an idle star and is a star to avoid.]

申巳二宮皆屬水申宮獨得水之清西方專稟金之氣何怕當頭土計侵最是已宮憂土計晝生尤怕火羅臨二宮之水皆防孛若遇刑囚禍轉深

Shen and Si palaces both belong to Water. Shen alone takes the clarity of Water, and the West draws its Qi from Metal alone, so why fear Earth-Ji invading at the head? The Si palace is most troubled by Earth-Ji. Born by day, one fears Fire-Luo most; for both palaces, one must guard against Comet. If it meets punishment and imprisonment, the misfortune deepens.

【□齋曰申巳之宮皆屬水申宮乃金臨官之地怕上計輕已宮乃四月之水怕土計重二宮最怕者孛也孛為水餘能洩水氣若夫已宮之水忌者火羅申宮之水忌者木炁火羅炎炎能燥其水木炁閒神能洩其水所以忌之】

[□Zhai says: Shen and Si palaces both belong to Water. Shen is Metal's office, where Earth-Ji matters less. Si is the Water of the fourth month, where Earth-Ji matters more. Both fear Comet most; Comet is Water-like and can still drain the Water-Qi. The Water of Si fears Fire-Luo; the Water of Shen fears Wood-Qi. Fire-Luo blazes and dries the Water; Wood-Qi, an idle star, drains the Water. That is why they are feared.]

獅子之宮有太陽明知金水必為祥至尊之地皆無忌只怕當年木作殃炁乃餘星何足畏無形安得蔽其光秋冬行令俱零落春夏之時乃受傷

The Leo palace has the Sun. It is known that Metal and Water are surely auspicious. As the most honoured place, it has no taboo, only the fear that in some year Wood will bring calamity. Qi is a surplus star, not worth fearing; without form, how could it cover the light? In autumn and winter, when it governs, all wither; in spring and summer, it is harmed.

【□齋曰太陽之位不怕火羅計孛最忌者木也木乃八煞之主能蔽日光秋冬則枝枯葉落春夏則葉茂枝繁卻能遮蔽日光紫炁乃木之餘宿在天無象焉能為害多有癸丑生人炁在申遇此限亦有發者縱不發亦無大禍】

[□Zhai says: The Sun's position does not fear Fire-Luo, Ji or Comet. What it fears most is Wood, lord of the eight killers, which can cover the sunlight. In autumn and winter, branches wither and leaves fall; in spring and summer, leaves flourish and branches thicken, and so Wood can shade the sunlight. Purple Qi is the surplus star of Wood, an unseen star in the heavens with no form; how could it do harm? Many born in Guichou have Qi at Shen; when this limit meets it, some do rise. Even if they do not rise, there is no great calamity.]

獅子分明怕木星我之所喜水和金申宮見木災重疊木到金牛禍不生酉限當頭逢卯木加臨照命卻災迍金星入廟如生旺限到金牛祿福臻

Leo clearly fears the Wood star, while what I rejoice in is Water and Metal. In Shen, if Wood appears, disasters pile up. If Wood reaches the Ox (Taurus) gold, misfortune does not arise. At the You limit, with Mao-Wood at its head, if Wood shines on the Life it brings misfortune and hardship. When the Metal star enters its temple and the limit reaches the Ox with generation and prosperity, salary and blessing arrive.

【□齋曰此一段専言午宮安命人最以木星為忌行限至申申上有木必主重疊之災至於酉限是金為管攝若有木木到大梁無忌不能為災於人更看金在何處如入廟生旺必能發財若是木在卯加合酉或三合四正照之卻生禍碧玉經云木到大梁畨作咎是以木為主者言非指午宮命也】

[□Zhai says: This passage speaks particularly of those with Life at Wu, for whom the Wood star is most feared. When the limit reaches Shen and Wood is on Shen, repeated disasters surely come. At the You limit, Metal governs; if Wood reaches Daliang, there is no fear and it cannot cause harm to a person. Further look at where Metal is: if it enters its temple and has generation and prosperity, it surely brings wealth. If Wood is at Mao, superimposed on You, or illuminating in the three harmonies and four cardinal palaces, it does produce misfortune. The Jade Classic says: when Wood reaches Daliang, it becomes a fault. This speaks of Wood as the lord, not of the Wu palace's Life.]

未上分明是巨蟹獨以大陰為主宰喜逢木炁火羅星土計卻能為蝕晦躔在心張危畢地夜裡生人尤可愛土星若健木星弱生平反覆多成敗

On Wei it is clear this is Cancer, which alone takes the Great Yin as its ruler. It rejoices in Wood-Qi, but Fire-Luo and Earth-Ji can eclipse and darken it. Lodged in the Heart, Extended Net, Rooftop and Net mansions, a person born at night is especially lovable. If the Earth star is strong and the Wood star weak, one's life is changeable, with many setbacks and successes.

【□齋曰未上月為主怕土計若木炁強何憂乎土計木炁弱土計強未免成敗若躔四月之地其福於人可知矣】

[□Zhai says: On Wei, with the Moon as lord, one fears Earth-Ji. If Wood-Qi is strong, what is there to worry about? If Wood-Qi is weak and Earth-Ji strong, successes and failures are unavoidable. If lodged in the places of the fourth month, the blessing it brings to people can be known.]

命入寅宮多口舌罵人罵鬼無分別為人清秀更文章身命因躔壁奎列立命若居心與畢止堪巫覡並才術安命室火定為災回祿多遭家業失

Life entering Yin: many quarrels, cursing men and ghosts without distinction. Such people are refined and literary. Body and Life lodged at Wall and Kui make one a writer. If Life sits at Heart and Net, one may be a shaman with talent and arts. Setting Life at Encampment-Fire brings disaster; fire-calamity often strikes, and family property is lost.

【□齋曰寅乃喉舌之府奎壁乃文章之宿安命於寅必多口舌罵殺時人若在奎壁則為文章之士也又如心月狐畢月烏諸星中甚有靈性立命二宿主多才藝堪作巫醫卜筮術數之人若室火安身則多回祿之災】

[□Zhai says: Yin is the storehouse of the tongue; Kui and Wall are the mansions of literature. Setting Life at Yin surely brings much tongue-quarrel and cursing of people of the time. If at Kui and Wall, one becomes a literary scholar. Again, among the stars Heart Moon, Fox, Net Moon and Crow, some have strong spirit; with Life at these two mansions, the lord is talented in arts, fit to be a healer, diviner, or practitioner of numerology. If the body is settled at Encampment-Fire, there are many fire-calamities.]

生尅星辰固易言若言制化誠難取申命不怕土居酉酉命何怕子上火酉宮有土土生金子宮有火火生土縱不為福亦無凶十二宮中皆仿此

Generation and overcoming among the stars are easy to speak of, but restraining and transforming are truly hard to grasp. With Life at Shen, one does not fear Earth sitting at You; with Life at You, what is there to fear from Fire at Zi? On You there is Earth, which generates Metal; on Zi there is Fire, which generates Earth. Even if not a blessing, there is no misfortune. The twelve palaces all follow this.

【生尅制化理之自然且如申上安命水為命主所怕者土也設使土居酉此土能生酉金金盛水強反吉若不為福亦無禍及人若土為忌在戌卻有火生土以黨凶神為害己甚餘仿此推之】

[Generation, overcoming, restraining and transforming are natural principles. For example, with Life at Shen and Water as lord, what it fears is Earth. Suppose Earth sits at You: this Earth generates the Metal of You, the Metal flourishes and the Water strengthens, which turns fortunate. If not a blessing, it is at least no misfortune to the person. If Earth is a taboo at Xu, but Fire at Xu generates Earth, which allies with the ominous spirits and harms oneself greatly. Others may be inferred from this.]

假如命在亥中居卻有金來窘室廬三合加臨無救解分明最喜炁之餘奴星反與敵相抗本主依然得自如更得木星強位立福根反壯禍根除

Suppose Life is in Hai and Metal comes to distress the household; with the three harmonies superimposed and no rescue, it is clear that the Qi-servant star is most welcome. The surplus servant star instead opposes the enemy, and the lord still moves freely. If also the Wood star is strong, it establishes the root of blessing and strengthens it, eliminating the root of misfortune.

【□齋曰亥之為命木是主宰最怕者金也如有金星在命或三方照或行限臨之卻有紫炁合照加臨乃木之餘氣抗金之敵木之本主卻無傷也如更木星入庫旺必能轉禍而為福】

[□Zhai says: For Hai as Life, Wood is the ruler, and what it fears most is Metal. If a Metal star is in the Life or shines from the three sides, or the limit meets it, but purple Qi joins and illuminates by superimposition, this is Wood's surplus Qi resisting the Metal enemy, and the Wood lord itself is unharmed. If the Wood star further enters its treasury and is strong, it can surely turn misfortune into fortune.]

日月雖為原守星最嫌日月兩同行日無晦朔皆明顯月卻無光借日明若是晝生為福力設逢夜誕斷無情術家何可一概論當以晨昏論重輕

The Sun and Moon are the original-guard stars, yet the most disliked is when both travel together. The Sun has no dark or new phase; it is always clearly visible. The Moon has no light of its own and borrows the Sun's brightness. If born by day, there is blessing-power; if born at night, judge without sentiment, for how can astrologers generalize? One should weigh by dawn and dusk.

【月本無光借日之光日無晦朔一般光明月有盈虧難與同論晝生之人月借日光多有權福夜生之人日既無光月安有輝晝生月為命主怕與日同夜生日為命主怕與月同有此必廢人也此指日月同宮論】

[The Moon has no light of its own and borrows the Sun's light. The Sun has no new or dark phase and is always equally bright; the Moon waxes and wanes, so the two cannot be judged alike. A person born by day, whose Moon borrows the Sun's light, often has authority and blessing. A person born at night: the Sun has no light, so how can the Moon shine? For a day-born person with the Moon as Life lord, the fear is sharing a palace with the Sun; for a night-born person with the Sun as Life lord, the fear is sharing a palace with the Moon. Such a person will surely be wasted. This refers to sharing a palace.]

火忌羅防木忌炁水怕孛兮土怕計假如立命子丑宮木炁同行何足畏木星只以炁為仇那有工夫侵我位羅火單行誠可取同行端的無生意

Fire fears Luo; guard against it. Wood fears Qi; Water fears Comet; Earth fears Ji. For example, with Life in Zi or Chou and Wood-Qi travelling together, what is there to fear? The Wood star has only Qi as its enemy; how could it find time to invade my place? Fire-Luo travelling alone is indeed worth taking; travelling together, it truly has no sense of generation.

【□齋曰土之為命所怕者木炁也若木炁三方臨照或同躔共度木炁自相仇耳何暇為我仇哉又如火羅為命母若單行則吉同行卻不能為福二母爭權姑息太過是也餘依此例】

[□Zhai says: For Earth as Life, what it fears is Wood-Qi. If Wood-Qi shines from the three sides, or lodges and travels together, Wood-Qi is itself at enmity; how could it have time to be my enemy? Again, Fire-Luo as Life's mother: if alone, it is auspicious; if together, it cannot bring blessing. This is 'two mothers contending for power, excessive appeasement.' The rest follow this example.]

最是火羅為性決若逢牽惹便能燃土宮坐命限到卯恩地官鄉喜兩全更有火羅臨正合驟然一發必滔天如逢水孛來加防夭折貧窮在少年

The most decisive nature is that of Fire-Luo: if it meets provocation, it can ignite. An Earth palace with Life, when the limit reaches Mao, has grace-earth and official-village both delighting in double fulfilment. If Fire-Luo arrives at a direct conjunction, the rise is sudden and surges like a tide. If Water Comet comes superimposed, beware early death and poverty in youth.

【□齋曰火羅之為宿與他宿不同牽惹便能燃燒子丑立命行卯限火垣恩地必能發達更有火羅三合四正臨之必主大發如逢水孛決是貧窮夭折在少年見之】

[□Zhai says: Fire-Luo as a mansion differs from the others. Provoked, it can ignite. With Life at Zi or Chou, when the limit travels to Mao, the Fire enclosure and grace-earth will surely bring rise. If Fire-Luo is in the three harmonies or the four cardinal palaces, it surely brings great rise. If Water Comet meets it, there is certainly poverty and early death in youth.]

水星為性愛流東限路循行最喜空除是金星生則旺閒神若阻不能通月金若是三方照為名為利若御風秋怕孛星春怕土混居雜處必無功

The Water star's nature loves to flow east, and in its limit it travels along the road. It most welcomes emptiness and removal; if the Metal star generates it, it prospers. If idle stars obstruct it, it cannot pass. If Moon and Metal shine from the three sides, there is fame and profit; if it rides the wind, in autumn it fears Comet, and in spring it fears Earth mixed in and cohabiting. Then there is no merit.

【□齋曰水之為性疎則決窒則塞此理然也如以水為命一路行限三方見金見月便有生意其發可知其餘火羅能燥水性終是作事蹇滯若春逢土秋逢孛亦為禍也】

[□Zhai says: Water's nature: if loosened it flows, if blocked it stops. This principle is so. For example, with Water as Life and the whole limit travelling, if Metal and Moon are seen in the three sides, there is life-force, and its rise can be known. Otherwise Fire-Luo dries the Water's nature and in the end one's affairs are hindered. If in spring it meets Earth, or in autumn it meets Comet, it also brings misfortune.]

土孛從來最破官單行作黨一般看九流藝術為倫品雜學多能不一般若在長生多智識若居死絶又艱難若還木炁臨身命便作巫醫格局看

Earth and Comet have always most broken office. Travelling alone or forming a faction, they are seen alike. The arts of the Nine Streams form a mixed learning with many skills and no uniformity. If in the Growth stage, one has much wisdom; if in the Death-Extinction stage, one meets hardship. If Wood-Qi reaches the body and life, it makes the pattern of a healer or shaman.

【□齋曰孛星主巧土星主多能官祿乃官星之地如有孛土二星或單行或作黨破我官祿便是九流人物其人多學多能加之木炁臨照便是師巫造化更加白虎胎神臨之必罵神罵鬼妄談禍福之人也】

[□Zhai says: The Comet governs cleverness; the Earth star governs versatility. Career and salary are the star of office. If the Comet and Earth stars, alone or in a faction, break my career and salary, then one is a person of the Nine Streams, many learned and skilled. Add Wood-Qi shining on it, and one becomes a shaman's craft. If the White Tiger and Fetal Spirit also touch it, one will surely curse gods and ghosts and speak nonsense about misfortune and blessing.]

日生専取日木土夜生卻以火金月若是當年有用星以是發用皆無阻設若閒神無用處背時生旺皆為禍卻將晝夜細推詳不宜拘泥三方主

For those born by day, take the Sun, Wood and Earth; for those born at night, take Fire, Metal and the Moon. If in the year a useful star exists, its use meets no obstacle. If an idle star has no use, then in a backward time generation and prosperity both bring misfortune. Examine day and night closely; one should not be bound to the three-sides lord.

【□齋曰日生論日木土夜生論火金月此理明甚假如土之為命若是晝生遇火是有用之星必能為吉夜生遇之愈見光彩不分晝夜皆能為福如是晝生金神當道乃閒神非惟洩氣又能為禍卻不可以三方主為拘泥故曰女人最忌男人曜日里須防夜裡星】

[□Zhai says: For day-born, the Sun, Wood and Earth are discussed; for night-born, Fire, Metal and the Moon. This principle is quite clear. For example, with Earth as Life: if born by day and meeting Fire, that is a useful star and surely brings good; born at night, meeting it, it shows more brilliance. Regardless of day or night, it can bring blessing. But if born by day and the Metal spirit holds the way, it is an idle star: not only does it drain Qi, it also brings misfortune. One should not be bound by the three-sides lord. Thus it is said: women fear the male stars by day, and must guard against night stars.]

行限須防太嵗沖不能破尅亦能凶若還災病重重見行限亭亭在此中要免此災除是喜喜神當道煞逢空若從太嵗上行限災難無侵禍不逢

Along the limit, beware the Tai Sui clash. If it cannot break or overcome, it can still be ominous. If illness and disaster appear again and again, the limit stands squarely in them. To escape this disaster, only the auspicious spirit holding the way helps, and killers must meet emptiness. If the limit travels above Tai Sui, disasters cannot invade and misfortune does not arrive.

【□齋曰太嵗當頭立諸神不敢當太嵗之神大可畏也行限若沖太嵗必見破必見尅若在中心對沖尤為利害自古道喜神壓煞除是喜神可以壓煞也設若太嵗上行限又有喜神而無凶厄術者不可不詳】

[□Zhai says: When Tai Sui is at the head, the other spirits dare not confront it; the spirit of Tai Sui is greatly to be feared. If the limit clashes with Tai Sui, one is surely broken and overcome; if it clashes at the very center, the harm is especially severe. The ancients said: only an auspicious spirit can suppress a killer. Suppose the limit travels above Tai Sui and an auspicious spirit is there without disaster; practitioners must not fail to examine this.]

吉曜未來先作吉凶神過去始為凶先前見了曾為福此後相逢定罔功假若火人行水度須看水起在何宮若躔旺位興災害死絶休囚方免凶

An auspicious star, before it arrives, first acts as a spirit of fortune or misfortune; once past, it becomes ominous. If it was seen earlier as blessing, meeting it again later surely brings no merit. Suppose a Fire person's limit travels through Water degrees: one must see in which palace Water rises. If it lodges in a prosperous position, disaster arises; only if it is in Death-Extinction or Resting-Imprisoned is misfortune avoided.

【□齋曰人之命且如辰鄉有吉星為福主卯限末便有發用起來至於行限則是受用了設有凶星在卯正在卯限不能為禍過卯交辰方有餘殃如子上安命丑上見火見羅初年必發一段福力至於辰巳二限三合四正再見必無再發之理如水行過不必重見又如卯上安命行軫水限最以水為忌如水生於申旺於子他得勢我必衰微受制宜矣如或敗於酉制於土局彼自受制豈暇為禍初不待三方四正見之皆為禍福於人】

[□Zhai says: In a person's life, for example, if an auspicious star is in Chen, the blessing lord: at the end of the Mao limit, a use begins to rise, and when the limit arrives it is enjoyed. If an ominous star sits in Mao and the limit is in Mao, it cannot cause harm; but after passing from Mao into Chen, a lingering disaster arises. For instance, with Life at Zi and Fire-Luo seen on Chou, the first years surely bring a stretch of blessing-power. But when the limit reaches Chen and Si, and the three harmonies and four cardinal palaces are seen again, there is surely no reason for a second rise. If Water has passed, it need not be seen again. Again, with Life at Mao and the Chariot-Water limit, Water is most feared. If Water is born at Shen and prospers at Zi, its gaining power means I must decline and be restrained. If it is defeated at You and restrained by the Earth bureau, it restrains itself and has no leisure to cause harm. From the start, one need not wait for the three sides and four cardinal palaces to see it; all bring blessing or misfortune to people.]

煞神為煞最難當煞地無星不必防更有凶星來煞位相逢必定見災殃閒神入煞何干預吉曜臨垣始吉祥若遇空亡難著腳斗鄉午位更無傷

The killer spirit as a killer is the hardest to withstand. Where the killer's place has no star, there is no need to guard. If an ominous star meets it in the killer's position, disaster is certain. An idle star entering the killer's position has no bearing. Only an auspicious star entering the palace brings good fortune. If one meets emptiness, it is hard to find footing. In the Dipper region at the position of Wu, there is no further harm.

【□齋曰申子辰生人刼煞己寅上安命最怕逢金乃是金生在已逢此煞能為然爾若煞地無星不須防也若是閒神居之與我無干亦不為禍設若水孛居之反為吉祥如甲午生人辰巳為空亡縱有惡星居上亦無所施其惡餘仿此南斗之地獅子之鄉煞星自伏何暇殺人】

[□Zhai says: For those born in Shen, Zi or Chen, the Robbery killer sits with Life at Jiyin, and the most feared thing is meeting Metal, since Metal is born at Si. Meeting this killer can do harm if so. But if the killer's place has no star, there is no need to guard. If an idle star sits there, it has nothing to do with me and does no harm. Suppose Water Comet sits there: on the contrary, it brings auspiciousness. For example, a Jiawu-born person has Chen and Si as emptiness; even if an ominous star sits above, it cannot exert its evil. The others follow this. In the land of the Southern Dipper and the realm of Leo, the killer lies hidden; how would it have leisure to kill?]

隔角星辰相照應往來經緯可防儔本宮原守當研究莫把加盤探隠幽天地人盤多錯亂恰如樓上駕髙樓若還無曜當加合既有星辰莫逺求

Stars at opposite corners respond to each other; their warp and weft in coming and going should be guarded. Examine the original guard of one's own palace; do not search the superimposed plate for hidden secrets. Heaven, earth and human plates are often confused, like building a tall tower on top of a tower. If there is no star, one should superimpose a conjunction; if stars are already present, do not seek far.

【□齋曰天地盤加合不必過而求之如本宮既有星辰三方四正可以防詳如本宮無星辰便當加天地盤以驗吉凶最是十二宮隔角上不同三方四正俱照得著】

[□Zhai says: The superimposition of heaven and earth plates need not be sought too far. If the own palace already has stars, the three sides and four cardinal palaces can be examined. If the own palace has no stars, one should superimpose the heaven and earth plates to test fortune and misfortune. In the twelve palaces, the opposite corners differ, yet the three sides and four cardinal palaces all shine upon them.]

子午卯酉為四煞喚作闌干並貫索子行卯限定遭災午命到酉難著腳行限若教逢惡曜人離財散家消鑠此闗喚作鬼門闗十有九人難過腳

Zi, Wu, Mao and You are the four killers, called Lan-Gan and Guansuo. If Zi travels to the Mao limit, disaster is certain. Life at Wu reaching You is hard to find footing. If in the limit one meets evil stars, one leaves wealth and the family dissipates. This pass is called the Gate of Ghosts: nine out of ten people cannot get past it.

【□齋曰子午卯酉乃黃泉之門亦是貫索闌干之煞如子上安命卯末端的一闗午上立命酉末端的一闗及有凶神惡煞臨之其死無疑如無凶神惡煞亦難迯一險卞試九驗有如影響】

[□Zhai says: Zi, Wu, Mao and You are the gates of the Yellow Springs, and also the killers of Guansuo and Lan-Gan. For example, Life at Zi and the end of Mao is precisely one pass; Life at Wu and the end of You is one pass. If ominous spirits and fierce killers come upon them, death is certain. Without ominous spirits and fierce killers, it is still hard to escape. Test this one danger and it has nine proofs, like shadow and echo.]

主星若是朝君位定是當朝作貴臣設若母星依日月必能大富潤其身崇勲嵗駕相闗攝日月朝之定出倫若是凶神侵祿駕陰陽相拱反為迍

If the main star is in the position of paying court to the ruler, one surely becomes a noble minister of the court. If the mother star relies on Sun and Moon, one can surely grow wealthy and enrich one's body, with great merit. The year's chariot relates to and governs Sun and Moon; if they pay court, one certainly rises above one's peers. If an ominous spirit invades the salary chariot, yin and yang flanking will instead bring hardship.

【□齋曰假如亥上安命木為命主若木起朝君居前為引居後為從似此必是朝貴之命更兼水孛強健便以貴命論若是水孛依日月卻不能貴是為大富造化或有陰陽拱祿必致富拱駕必致貴如拱忌難星必見破敗其命徒然得貴人敬重不得貴人之力】

[□Zhai says: For example, Life at Hai with Wood as Life lord. If Wood rises to pay court, sitting in front as a guide and behind as a follower, this is surely a life of noble office. Add strong Water Comet, and it is judged a noble life. If Water Comet relies on Sun and Moon, it cannot be noble but is a path to great wealth. Or if yin and yang arch the salary, wealth is certain; if they arch the chariot, nobility is certain. If they arch the taboo stars, one will surely see ruin. Such a person gains the respect of nobles in vain, without the force of nobles.]

若論功名何所據甲人端的將金取先看官祿次臨官又看此宮星所製為官蹭蹬老無成第十宮中逢難火爵星若陷印星制懦弱無權椎且魯

If we speak of merit and fame, what do we rely on? For a Jia person, take Metal. First look at the career salary, next at the office stage, and also at which star in that palace restrains it. If one's office is stumbling, old age brings no achievement. In the tenth palace, meeting the hard Fire rank star: if the rank star falls and the seal star restrains it, one is weak and without power, dull and coarse.

【□齋曰多有人以科名科甲魁星官祿定人之前程不亦難乎假如甲人以金為官星金星受制於火雖是官職未免蹭蹬無成若使官星髙強爵星印星弱陷是為人真閒懦耳官星為上祿星次之其餘不必論餘依此斷無不明也】

[□Zhai says: Many people use examination fame, examination rank, the Kui star and career salary to fix a person's future. Is this not difficult? For example, a Jia person takes Metal as the official star. If the Metal star is restrained by Fire, it is an office, yet it inevitably stumbles and achieves nothing. If the official star is high and strong while the rank star and seal star are weak and fallen, the person is truly idle and weak. The official star comes first, the salary star next; the rest need not be discussed. Judging by this, nothing is unclear.]

官當遷轉論官星財主尊隆定富人財若壓官官不顯資財必重決名輕官星若把財星尅縱合為官徹底清兩主相生俱壯健必膺富貴一般榮

For official matters, transfers and promotions are discussed through the official star; for wealth, the wealth lord fixes riches. If wealth presses upon office, office is not distinguished and wealth is heavy while the name is light. If the wealth star overcomes the official star, though joined to office, it is thorough and clear. If two lords generate each other and both are strong, one will surely attain wealth and honour equally.

【□齋曰為官必看官祿主論財須論財帛星財星尅官星宜致富官星尅財星為官清要財官比和無相尅戰是兩全造化富貴命也】

[□Zhai says: For office, one must examine the official salary lord; for wealth, one must discuss the wealth and silk star. If the wealth star overcomes the official star, one should become rich. If the official star overcomes the wealth star, one is in a clean and important office. If wealth and office are equal and there is no overcoming or fighting, this is the fate of complete fortune, wealth and rank.]

安身安命如向貴職掌文書為吏輩命身若在貴人邊職在堦墀無坐位若是刑囚破貴元為胥不了終編配貴星生我我星強出入貴人終見愛

Settling body and life, if facing nobility, one holds a clerical post and becomes a functionary. If Life and Body are beside the nobles, the office is on the steps, with no seat. If punishment, imprisonment and breaking strike the noble origin, one becomes a clerk who never finishes and in the end is exiled. If the noble star generates me and my star is strong, I move in and out among nobles and in the end am favoured.

【□齋曰如人身命坐貴能為貴人如向貴近貴是曹吏造化此最有理如丙子生人申上安命水為命主出門逢酉上之貴酉上或三合逢金貴人必然敬重六丁生人以孛羅為刑囚破貴如在酉上必為編配蟲蛆之人行限逢之必然不利】

[□Zhai says: If a person's body and life sit in nobility, one can be a noble person. If one faces nobility and is near it, one becomes a clerk; this is most reasonable. For example, a Bingzi-born person with Life at Shen and Water as lord: going out, one meets the noble at You; if You or the three harmonies meet Metal, noble people will surely respect them. For those born in the Ding years, Comet and Luo are punishment and breaking of the noble; if it sits on You, one is surely exiled, a worm-like person. If the limit meets it, it is surely unfavourable.]

有甚星辰能致富不論田財先論庫水人端的在辰宮破奪侵欺財不聚財帛宮神不必論若還木命須觀土生成旺相必興財若陷刑囚拘不住

What stars can bring wealth? Do not discuss land and goods first; discuss the water-treasury person. Truly, if Chen palace is broken, seized, invaded and cheated, wealth does not gather. The wealth-palace spirits need not be discussed. If it is a Wood Life, one must observe whether Earth generates it and it is prosperous; then wealth will surely rise. If it falls into punishment and imprisonment, wealth cannot be held.

【□齋曰水為命庫在辰最怕凶神破庫又怕金星洩庫所怕者金氣也餘宿侵庫者紫炁也有此星辰在宮生平不住財惟守耗財而已若是孛為福祿守辰宮必得婦人財亦能驟發又看土在何宮居財帛有氣更有火生土必發財若居陷弱不會發財卻更破財餘凖此也】

[□Zhai says: For a Water Life, the treasury is in Chen. Most feared is ominous spirits breaking the treasury; also feared is the Metal star draining it, for what is feared is Metal-Qi. The remaining mansion invading the treasury is purple Qi. If such stars sit in the palace, one never keeps wealth throughout life and only loses money. If Comet is the blessing and salary guarding Chen palace, one will surely gain wealth from a woman and may also rise suddenly. Again, see in which palace Earth sits: if it holds wealth with Qi, and Fire generates Earth, wealth will surely rise. If it sits fallen and weak, one will not rise in wealth but will lose more. The rest follow this.]

得富非難得夀難夀星須把令星看令星若起逢生旺夀筭巍巍等泰山不怕尅星惟怕煞根基淺薄福闌□縱敎主曜逢生旺也作顔回夭夀看

To gain wealth is not hard; to gain longevity is hard. For longevity, the life-star must be examined by the seasonal star. If the seasonal star rises and meets generation and prosperity, longevity is as lofty as Mount Tai. It fears no overcoming star, only killers, which bring shallow roots and thin blessing. Even if the lord star meets generation and prosperity, one is like Yan Hui, judged by early death.

【□齋曰令星者春木夏火秋金冬水土在四季也論令星生尅以此占人長短蓋金木水火土在人為仁義禮智信俱能致夀如令星入煞必是夭折之命若不陷於休囚死絶而入於長生帝旺臨官無不長夀】

[□Zhai says: The seasonal star is Wood in spring, Fire in summer, Metal in autumn, Water in winter, and Earth in the four seasons. Discussing the seasonal star's generation and overcoming is used to divine a person's length of life. In a person, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth correspond to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity; all can bring longevity. If the seasonal star enters the killer, it is surely a life of early death. If it does not fall into Resting-Imprisoned or Death-Extinction, but enters Growth, Imperial Prosperity or Official Stage, all will live long.]

嵗星最是分凶吉卻把令星明得失令星若陷嵗星強創業為艱卻富室嵗令二星俱明健富貴榮華無勞力更於命主有相闗系是人間髙貴格

The year star most distinguishes ominous from auspicious; then the seasonal star clarifies gain and loss. If the seasonal star falls and the year star is strong, founding an enterprise is difficult, though one is wealthy. If the year and seasonal stars are both bright and healthy, one has wealth, honour and glory without toil. Moreover, if it has a relation to the Life lord, this is a lofty pattern among people.

【□齋曰人之造化最重者納音次重者令星此二星命中根本若髙強壯健更與命主有相闗乃是人間上等之命若嵗星強令星軟柔終能致富難享見成令星強嵗星弱成敗進退人也】

[□Zhai says: The most important factor in a person's fortune is the Nayin; next, the seasonal star. These two stars are the roots of one's life. If they are high, strong and healthy, and also related to the Life lord, this is the highest order of life among people. If the year star is strong and the seasonal star soft and weak, one will eventually gain wealth but finds it hard to enjoy what is achieved. If the seasonal star is strong and the year star weak, success and failure depend on advance and retreat.]

最怕閒神來守駕又怕淫星奔坐馬更忌飛星破駕勲尤嫌餘宿侵吾舍背星入限黯無光孤曜當頭孤且寡陰陽無輔各單行到老艱難無片瓦

Most feared are idle stars coming to guard the chariot. Also feared are lustful stars rushing to sit on the horse. Most taboo is a flying star breaking the chariot. Especially disliked is the remaining mansion invading my house. A backward star entering the limit is dim and without light. A lone star at the head is solitary and widowed. Yin and yang have no aid; each travels alone, and until old age there is hardship, without a tile to shelter.

【□齋曰閒神守駕是外人當權我何氣力淫星坐馬是妖邪無制奔走不停飛星破駕祿則惡曜占強餘宿侵本垣乃小人用事背星入限謂之失時孤宿當頭謂之無伴獨陽不生孤陰不成所以到老艱苦】

[□Zhai says: Idle stars guarding the chariot means outsiders hold power and I have no strength. Lustful stars sitting on the horse are demonic and unrestrained, running without rest. A flying star breaking the chariot, with the salary star, means an evil star occupies strength. The remaining mansion invading the original enclosure means petty people hold sway. A backward star entering the limit is called losing the moment. A lone mansion at the head is called without companion. Lone yang does not generate, solitary yin does not complete; therefore suffering until old age.]

自古男兒志四方主星不喜庫中藏主如入庫為人晦縱有文星也不光獨有婦人偏喜此為人守志在閨房若還孛彗來侵庫奔走他鄊自嫁郎

Since antiquity, for men with ambitions to the four quarters, the main star does not like being hidden in the treasury. If the lord enters the treasury, the person is dim, and even with literary stars they are not bright. Only for women is this welcome, for it keeps one's chastity within the chamber. But if Comet comes to invade the treasury, one runs off to another land and marries a man of one's own choosing.

【□齋曰庫者藏也男命主星入庫縱能為官亦晦女人主星入庫必能守志如有孛侵庫必發淫奔之興先賢以為彗星宜也】

[□Zhai says: The treasury means storage. If a man's lord star enters the treasury, even if he holds office he is obscured. If a woman's lord star enters the treasury, she will certainly keep her chastity. If Comet invades the treasury, it surely brings a rise of licentious flight. The ancients considered the comet appropriate.]

坐命如居四馬宮動搖不定颺心風田財二位如逢此成敗興亡頃刻中若是女人臨馬位嫁夫招婿必重重臨官帝旺那逢著多是逾牆暗裡通

If Life sits in a four-horse palace, one is unsettled and restless, the heart blown like wind. If the wealth and property positions meet this, success and failure, rise and fall, come in an instant. If a woman is on the horse position, she will marry and take in husbands repeatedly. If she meets Official Stage or Imperial Prosperity, mostly she climbs over walls and has secret liaisons.

【□齋曰四馬之地不宜安身立命男子得之主心不定田財二位逢之各有動搖女人於上安身立命必然招夫疊疊若是臨官帝旺相逢更主淫蕩蓋寅為人馬申為陰陽已為雙女亥為雙魚皆犯重疊耳】

[□Zhai says: The four-horse places are not suitable for settling the body and establishing Life. For a man, it makes the heart unsettled; the wealth and property positions each waver when met. A woman who settles her body and life here will surely take husbands repeatedly. If she meets Official Stage or Imperial Prosperity, it further brings licentiousness. Yin is the horse of people, Shen is yin and yang, Si is the double woman, and Hai is the double fish; all are repeated overlaps.]

賤人格局是尋常安命安身細酌量若在馬前並馬後主星受制暗無光更嫌奴宿侵吾舍奴隸為驅離逺鄉縱有吉星來救助亦須植立傍人牆

The pattern of a lowly person is common; settle life and body with careful weighing. If the lord star is restrained in front of or behind the horse, dim and without light, and the servant mansion further invades my house, one is a slave driven far from home. Even if auspicious stars come to help, one must stand beside others' walls.

【□齋曰賤人之命如在馬前安命馬後安身多是賤格如甲子生人或卯或丑上安命是馬前後也若是火為卯主土為丑主失陷本為奴隸之命又若計丑羅卯必為驅使奔走他鄊是為馬以攔趕爾設若有吉星救助亦傍貴人門牆終是無植立餘仿此】

[□Zhai says: The life of a lowly person, with Life before the horse and Body after it, is mostly a lowly pattern. For example, a Jiazi-born person with Life at Mao or Chou is before and after the horse. If Fire is lord at Mao and Earth is lord at Chou, and they are fallen, one is originally a slave's life. Again, with Ji at Chou and Luo at Mao, one is surely driven to run to other lands; this is the horse being chased off. Suppose auspicious stars come to help: one still stands only by the walls of nobles and in the end has no foundation. The others follow this.]

男命須防八煞星女人切忌刃鋒辰煞星照限遭官禍刃宿傷人亂血經受制不能為我撓黨之愈重見災迍男逢陽刃女逢煞縱發為災亦少輕

Men must guard against the Eight Killers; women must avoid the blade-point. A Chen killer shining on the limit brings official disaster; a blade mansion wounds people and brings chaotic blood. If it is restrained, it cannot disturb me; the more the faction, the more disaster one sees. Men who meet the Yang Blade, and women who meet the killer, even if these bring disaster, the harm is slight.

【□齋曰男怕八煞女忌陽刃八煞主官災陽刃主產厄此理甚明男逢陽刃女逢八煞卻不為害也】

[□Zhai says: Men fear the Eight Killers; women dread the Yang Blade. The Eight Killers govern official disaster; the Yang Blade governs calamity in childbirth. This principle is quite clear. If a man meets the Yang Blade, or a woman meets the Eight Killers, it does not cause harm.]

那個合為僧道格分明木炁為孤尅不於華蓋上安身或者孤神為命宅若是木羅相會遇終身只作山林客炁星在命好安閒亡刼臨之閒不得

Which conjunction makes monks and Taoists? The pattern is clear: Wood-Qi is lonely and overcoming. If the body is not settled on the Canopy, or a lone spirit serves as the life-house; if Wood and Luo meet, one is throughout life a guest of the mountains and forests. The Qi star in Life is good for leisure; if Death and Robbery reach it, leisure is impossible.

【□齋曰人之安命若在孤神寡宿之鄊又如木羅相防天華地蓋合照拱照皆是僧道造化如亡神刼煞在命雖欲閒散不可得也】

[□Zhai says: If a person's life is set in the land of lone spirits and widowed mansions, or Wood and Luo guard against each other, or the Heavenly Canopy and Earthly Canopy join, illuminate or arch, all are the fortunes of monks and Taoists. If the Death Spirit and the Robbery killer are in Life, though one wishes for leisure, it cannot be obtained.]

且說夫星是尅星髙強必是聘賢人若居父母並兄弟端的因親上致親以我生他為子息若他陷尅必無成我之尅破為奴婢他若髙強必弄權

Speaking of the husband star: it is an overcoming star. If high and strong, it surely brings in a worthy man. If it sits in the parent and sibling palaces, one truly gains kinship through kin. If I generate it, it is my child; if it is fallen and overcomes, it can achieve nothing for me. If it overcomes and breaks me, it becomes a servant. If it is high and strong, it surely wields power.

【□齋曰尅我者為夫星我生者為子我尅者為奴婢此理甚明若是夫在強宮必招賢夫若在兄弟父母之宮必因親而致親此議論不可破人皆以妻妾男女僕馬宮不若此之為真學者可以知之如是受尅之星髙強必招妾弄權也】

[□Zhai says: The star that overcomes me is the husband star; the star I generate is the child; the star I overcome is the servant. This principle is quite clear. If the husband star is in a strong palace, one surely attracts a worthy husband. If it is in the sibling or parent palaces, one gains kin through kin. This discussion cannot be refuted. People all take wives, concubines, sons, daughters, servants and horses as the palaces, but not in this way is the true one. Scholars may know this. Thus, if the star being overcome is high and strong, one surely attracts a concubine and wields power.]

水金原來是情星相順相生必有情中有閒神來間斷為人刻薄義恩輕女人卻把為淫宿生旺其間必雜行若是朝君居嵗駕君前父側不行淫

Water and Metal are originally the emotion stars; compliant and generating, they surely have affection. If an idle star comes between them to interrupt, the person is harsh and light in righteousness and kindness. For women, these become lust stars. Between generation and prosperity, they surely mingle with others. If they pay court in the year's chariot before the ruler and beside the father, they do not indulge in lust.

【□齋曰金水二星謂之情星可相合而不可雜如有相順相生必有恩義如有一星間斷於其中必無仁義之人不問何命當以此斷女人反是當以金水星為淫星金水分明非娼則婢如近君嵗駕則不然以此用之萬無一失】

[□Zhai says: Metal and Water are called the emotion stars. They can join but must not be mixed. If compliant and generating, there is surely kindness and righteousness. If one star interrupts between them, the person has no benevolence or righteousness. Whatever the life, judge by this. For women it is the reverse: Metal and Water are then lust stars, and clearly they become either courtesans or maids. If near the ruler's year chariot, it is otherwise. Used this way, there is not a single error.]

多是女人為水性水從上下多淫佞羅防相向逆而行血經來往為無定火孛同行午未宮到老已招勞倦症設如八煞遇羅熒胎前產後多災病

Mostly, for women, the nature is Water; Water from above and below is often licentious and flattering. Guard against Luo facing and moving backward. Menstrual flow comes and goes without regularity. Fire and Comet travelling together in the Wu and Wei palaces bring weariness and fatigue until old age. If the Eight Killers meet Luo and Ying, there are many disasters and illnesses before and after childbirth.

【□齋曰婦人最以火羅為忌火羅主血經也羅若逆行自辰至巳必是月經不定設若水順流而行為人必主淫蕩火孛同行於午未之宮必招惡症設如八煞逢火羅胎前產後必致多災只為八宮見災】

[□Zhai says: For women, Fire-Luo is most feared; Fire-Luo rules menstrual flow. If Luo moves backward from Chen to Si, menstrual flow is surely irregular. If Water flows forward, the person is surely licentious. If Fire and Comet travel together in the Wu and Wei palaces, evil disease surely comes. If the Eight Killers meet Fire-Luo, disasters before and after childbirth are certain, only because the eight palaces show disaster.]

那見婦人好淫冶不怕貴人不怕馬身宮若在冠帶位臨死好淫重疊嫁更加火孛惡星臨月下花前多引惹不為婢妾也為娼亦是人間女豪霸

Look: women who love lust are not afraid of nobles or of the horse. If the body is in the Cap-and-Belt position, meeting death and lust, they remarry repeatedly. With Fire and Comet, the evil stars arrive beneath the moon and among flowers, drawing in many admirers. Such women are not maids or concubines but courtesans, and are fierce heroines among people.

【□齋曰婦人淫蕩非惟貴人驛馬最怕冠帶安命不惟重重嫁夫乃淫慾不止婢妾娼妓之命】

[□Zhai says: For licentious women, not only are noble people and post horses most feared, but also the Cap-and-Belt settling of Life. Not only do they remarry repeatedly; their lust does not stop. This is the life of maids, concubines and courtesans.]

最怕小兒逢直難刃兼刼煞不須嗔甲壬戊子從申起庚丙旬人數起寅數至本年方是數三九六十二為真小兒若是逢斯難父母徒然生此身

For children, most feared is meeting the Direct Difficulty together with the Blade and Robbery killers; there is no need for anger. For the Jia, Ren and Wuzi decades, start from Shen and count; for the Geng and Bing decades, start from Yin and count. Count up to the year of birth; this is the true count of three, six, nine and twelve. If children meet such a difficulty, parents bring them into the world in vain.

【□齋曰甲子壬子戊子旬生人從申上起子去未上逆數至本生年住庚子丙子旬生人從寅上起子逆數至本生年住卻又從本生年起自一數至本年安命宮住若逢三六九直數也更逢直難其殺身必矣此乃休扣和尚秘訣】

[□Zhai says: Those born in the Jiazi, Renzi and Wuzi decades: start from Shen as Zi and count backward to Wei, stopping at the birth year. Those born in the Gengzi and Bingzi decades: start from Yin as Zi and count backward, stopping at the birth year; then from the birth year count from one up to the present year, and set the Life palace there. If one meets the direct counts of three, six and nine, and further meets the direct difficulty, a violent death is certain. This is the secret formula of the monk Xiukou.]

五黃系是朝廷客三碧臨垣多破尅為人清貴有文章六白一白並八白生逢四綠必為災口舌官符為七赤九紫山林客散人壓身破相為二黑

Five Yellow is the guest of the court. Three Green in the enclosure brings much breaking and overcoming; the person is clear and noble, with literary talent. Six White, One White and Eight White, if born meeting Four Green, surely bring disaster and tongue-quarrel. Official Document is Seven Red. Nine Purple is a mountain-forest guest who is dispersed; a person pressed, with features broken, is Two Black.

【□齋曰此乃方道之書一白主人秀氣二黑宜為僧道破相可免三碧主人先破後成四綠主人多災病破祖五黃主貴七赤主凶狠為軍卒九紫主人清間為山林客以上起法從太嵗順數至命宮住看發何數以定白黑而論禍福】

[□Zhai says: This is a book of the Square Method. One White gives a person refined spirit. Two Black suits monks and Taoists, and breaks physiognomy but can be avoided. Three Green: the person breaks first and succeeds later. Four Green: the person has much disease and ancestral ruin. Five Yellow: noble. Seven Red: ferocious and cruel, becomes a soldier. Nine Purple: a person of clear leisure, a mountain-forest guest. The above method: from Tai Sui count forward to the Life palace and stop; see which number arises, to determine the White and Black and judge disaster and blessing.]

【謹按六白一白八白者以洛書干坎艮之數也五黃者中央之五也九紫者離也三碧四緑者震防也二黑者坤也數以北方一白為最美故主清貴文章五黃為黃中故主朝廷貴客而三碧四緑二黑為凶其法起太嵗順數至命宮四仲旬生人起坎四孟旬生人起震四季旬生人起坤而逐位飛數至本年遂起一白數到命宮是何色以斷吉凶此法以後天之八卦與洛書之數相為經緯以之防看人命不亦備與】論倒限

[Respectfully examined: Six White, One White and Eight White are the numbers of the Luo Shu of Kan and Gen; Five Yellow is the central five; Nine Purple is Li; Three Green and Four Green are Zhen and Xun; Two Black is Kun. The number One White in the north is most beautiful, therefore it governs clear nobility and literature. Five Yellow, the yellow center, governs the noble guests of the court, while Three Green, Four Green and Two Black are ominous. The method: from Tai Sui count forward to the Life palace. Those born in the four-zhong decades start from Kan; those born in the four-meng decades start from Zhen; those born in the four-ji decades start from Kun. Then fly the number palace by palace to the birth year, and start One White and count to the Life palace. Which colour is it? Judge fortune and misfortune by this. The method combines the Later Heaven eight trigrams with the numbers of the Luo Shu as warp and weft; for surveying a person's life, is this not complete?] On Reversed Limits

太嵗為眾煞之主統眾煞行於黑道中所以為災不違時刻看人夀夭窮困終身不吉皆因身命宮位日月命主俱落煞鄉更煞神拱夾又占髙強縱或得福皆非橫中得財然限入煞鄉未免死於非命或吉為凶神所惱凶為吉神所臨刑害可知宜加詳審故有十忌一忌破祿二忌空亡馬三忌太嵗當頭四忌坐煞向煞五忌煞星得志六忌限入鬼鄉七忌妝成鬼局八忌二煞夾限九忌命主受制十忌母星尅令立命行限此十忌為凶至慘經云夀元不永定休論處世多屯常冷淡若見當生日月命主俱各受制大限方入煞神之初或出煞神之末不見救星未有不凶者今分諸煞強弱為詩二十首於後

Tai Sui is the lord of the many killers, leading them through the black path, so it brings disaster. Look at a person's longevity, early death, poverty and hardship throughout life: all are unlucky because the Body palace, the Life palace, the Sun, the Moon and the Life lord have all fallen into the killer-realm. Moreover, killer spirits arch and flank them, and they occupy high and strong positions. Even if one gains blessing, it is not wealth gained sideways. But when the limit enters the killer-realm, death by unnatural cause is unavoidable. What is fortunate may be turned ominous by inauspicious spirits; what is ominous may be met by auspicious spirits. Obstruction and harm are knowable, so examine carefully. Therefore there are ten taboos: first, breaking the salary star; second, emptiness and horse; third, Tai Sui at the head; fourth, sitting killer and facing killer; fifth, the killer star gaining its will; sixth, the limit entering the ghost-realm; seventh, forming a ghost bureau; eighth, two killers flanking the limit; ninth, the lord of Life restrained; tenth, the mother star overcome. These ten are the most ominous. The classic says: longevity is not long, the fixed rest is not discussed; life in the world is full of hardship and always cold and indifferent. If on the birth day the Sun, Moon and Life lords are all restrained, and the major limit first enters the killer-spirit or leaves its end with no rescuing star seen, there is always ominousness. Now the strength and weakness of the various killers are set out in twenty poems below.

刼煞原來是煞魁身空命主不須來若為鬼局應當死煞曜臨之不必猜若是無星居此位更於三合細推排天盤加得凶星到命似風燈不久摧

The Robbery killer is originally the head of killers. With body empty and Life lord absent, it need not come. If it forms a ghost-bureau, death should follow; killer-stars meeting it need not be guessed. If no star sits in this position, further examine the three harmonies. If the heaven plate superimposes an ominous star on Life, one is like a wind-blown lamp, soon snuffed out.

要知三煞最為凶直難同臨不善終三合無星更須忌煞星切莫又相逢若還日月同居此官祿臨之禍愈隆大限相將離煞尾黃泉之下定行蹤

Know that the three killers are the most ominous. When the direct difficulty comes together with them, the end is not good. If the three harmonies have no star, one must further avoid the killer star and never let them meet again. If Sun and Moon dwell together and the career salary meets them, disaster grows greater. When the major limit leaves the tail of the killer, one surely walks beneath the Yellow Springs.

煞中陽刃最為凶身命同臨主破刑大限若交當畏懼煞星在上恐難行若無凶曜尤當忌局勢防詳判死生三合更加神煞拱才離陽刃入幽防

Among the killers, the Yang Blade is the most ominous. When Body and Life meet it together, the lord is broken and punished. If the major limit crosses it, one should fear. With killer stars above, it is hard to move. If no ominous star is there, one must especially avoid the bureau, examining carefully to judge life or death. If the three harmonies further arch the spirits and killers, one leaves the Yang Blade and enters the hidden guard.

皆言七煞是亡神莫道亡神禍患輕身命若還居此地貧窮蹇滯過平生凶星惡曜加臨到大限渾如履薄氷三合更須明審察煞來夾拱更難行

All say the Seventh Killer is the Death Spirit, but do not say the Death Spirit's disaster is light. If Body and Life dwell in this place, one lives poor and stalled through life. Ominous and evil stars superimposed when the major limit comes is like treading thin ice. The three harmonies must be clearly examined; when killers come and flank and arch, it is even harder to move.

巳中的煞金生處殺氣嚴凝人畏懼莫教刼煞又同宮便主黃泉尋去路若為水命土星到妝起煞神真局勢世人莫只忌秋生四季生人尤可畏

The killer in Si: where Metal is generated, the killing-Qi is severe and frozen, and people fear it. Do not let the Robbery killer share the palace, or it surely leads to the road of the Yellow Springs. If the Water life has the Earth star arriving, it forms the true killer-spirit bureau. Do not fear only those born in autumn; those born in the four seasons are even more to be feared.

酉中的煞旺中金金氣秋霜殺氣深陽刃若還同到此煞星日月不須臨若非惡死便言夭大限才交便促行太嵗當頭又沖動此身安有可延生

The killer in You: the Metal is prosperous; Metal-Qi is autumn frost, and the killing-Qi is deep. If the Yang Blade arrives together here, the killer star and Sun and Moon need not come. If it is not an evil death, it is called early death. As soon as the major limit crosses, one hurries on. With Tai Sui at the head also stirring, how could this body have any chance to prolong life?

的煞如逢在丑宮煞神歸庫不為凶更加三煞並陽刃限數存亡頃刻中若是亡神煞星到雖然不死也為凶若為日月三方拱禍患憂危更不同

If the killer meets Chou palace, the killer spirit returns to the treasury and is not ominous. Add the three killers and the Yang Blade, and the limit's number of survival and death is decided in an instant. If the Death Spirit and the killer star arrive, though one may not die, it is ominous. If Sun and Moon are arched from the three sides, disaster and worry are otherwise.

限星不入煞神同日月三方拱更凶刃煞夾之尤可畏天盤加到福重重午宮坐命尤嫌木亥上還為八煞宮不必木星同到此水星若到亦當終

If the limit star does not enter the killer-spirit together with Sun and Moon, the three sides' arching is more ominous. Blade and killer flanking are especially fearful. If the heaven plate superimposed brings blessing repeatedly, having Life sit in Wu is especially disliked. On Hai the palace is still the Eight Killers; there is no need for the Wood star to arrive together. If the Water star arrives here, it too will end.

局勢尤當子細推世人不識此天機煞星不到還須忌鬼曜臨之限亦危設若太陰居鬼局才交限局便傾危更加刼煞並陽刃煞在天盤禍不遲

The bureau must be examined closely; people do not know this heavenly secret. If the killer star does not arrive, one must still fear the ghost-star meeting it. The limit is also dangerous. Suppose the Great Yin sits in a ghost bureau; as soon as the limit bureau crosses, it topples into danger. Add the Robbery killer and the Yang Blade; the killer on the heaven plate brings disaster without delay.

星家倒限有真機第一先將煞曜推切莫一途拘泥著須看命主有無虧命星安穏無刑尅此生平善實無疑若為命主遭他害任是仙神也皺眉

In astrologers' reversed limits there is a true mechanism. First, push the killer-stars; do not cling to one path. One must see whether the Life lord has any loss. If the Life star is secure and unpunished, one's life is good, without doubt. If the Life lord is harmed by another, even immortals would frown.

欲識煞神停力處二煞中同人畏懼更看加合反覆宮煞神飛到誠為慮縱然煞星加不臨須忌行年太嵗侵行年煞星照臨著大命傾危不可禁

To know where the killer-spirit rests its force, between two killers people are in fear. Further see the superimposed conjunction and the reversal of palaces. If the killer spirit flies to the palace, it is truly a concern. Even if the killer star superimposed does not arrive, one must avoid the annual Tai Sui invading the annual palace. If the annual killer star shines on it, the great Life falls into danger and cannot be restrained.

刼煞怕頭三煞尾陽刃兩頭皆要忌陽刃若在相貌宮破相毀形端的是此煞排歸八煞中太陰飛到為凶比陽刃刼煞扶兩旁禍起之時難可避

The Robbery killer fears the head; the three killers fear the tail; the Yang Blade must be avoided at both ends. If the Yang Blade is in the appearance palace, one's looks are broken and the form is ruined; truly this killer ranks among the Eight Killers. The Great Yin flying here is ominous. Compared with the Yang Blade and Robbery killer flanking on both sides, when disaster arises it is hard to avoid.

煞若飛廉凶又凶莫安身命在其中欲知鬼局十分重命主陰陽不可逢此煞不須和合看只將地局究其功若還行限臨其地煞曜臨之不善終

If the killer flies to Feilian, it is ominous and ominous again; do not set body and life within it. To know the ghost-bureau, its weight is great, and the Life lord's yin and yang must not meet this killer. There is no need to look at conjunction; only take the earth-bureau and examine its effect. If the limit travels to its earth and the killer-star shines on it, the end is not good.

煞神不可例言凶煞落空亡逈不同日月不臨命不到煞星不在命無凶若還限脫煞星尾必定為災福不隆此是天機真妙處根基淺薄禍無窮

Killer spirits cannot be judged by a rule: a killer falling into emptiness is very different. If Sun and Moon do not reach Life, and the killer star is not in Life, there is no misfortune. If the limit slips past the tail of the killer star, disaster is certain and blessing is not abundant. This is the true, subtle mechanism of heaven; with shallow roots, misfortune is endless.

煞星難曜分生旺春夏秋冬子細推若是煞星來秉令也分晝夜論安危若為反背須還忌夀算摧殘禍有基眾煞下臨人畏懼此身安有百年期

Killer stars and difficult stars are divided by generation and prosperity; examine each by spring, summer, autumn and winter. If a killer star comes to hold the season, also judge by day and night for safety or danger. If it is backward and turned away, one must still fear; longevity is worn down, and misfortune has its foundation. When many killers descend upon a person, people are frightened; how can this body have a hundred years?

寅丑二宮中立命陰陽合作難星看夜陽晝月誠為忌煞位相逢限不安若在貴人並祿上也須減力命凋殘若還煞拱凶尤甚限數初交死不難

In Yin and Chou palaces, setting Life, yin and yang combining is hard. For stars, look at the Sun by night and the Moon by day; these are truly to be feared. If the killer position meets it, the limit is unsettled. If it sits beside nobles and the salary, one must reduce its force, or Life withers. If killers arch, the ominousness is even greater; when the limit's number begins to cross, death is not difficult.

若論閻浮死惡人命身俱各值凶神煞星入命命入煞日月臨之必害身更怕煞神來拱夾刑囚為煞更相侵必然死在刀兵下命似殘花滿地零

If we speak of the Yanfu, the evil death: life and body both meet ominous spirits. Killer stars enter Life, and Life enters killer; Sun and Moon arrive and surely harm the body. Further, fear killer spirits arching and flanking. When punishment, imprisonment and killers invade each other, one surely dies beneath weapons. Life is like broken flowers scattered on the ground.

人行空限無星照限若無星福不生加合通闗煞神至煞神在上恐難行非惟貧困多凶禍破蕩田財似水傾限度若臨天命絶縱然度得也伶仃

When a person travels the emptiness-limit with no star shining on the limit, blessing does not arise. Superimposed conjunction connects the passage; if killer spirits arrive, and with killer spirits above, it is hard to move. Not only poverty and many ominous disasters, but also broken fields and wealth like water poured out. If the limit reaches the heavenly extinction of Life, though one passes the limit, one is solitary and forlorn.

煞曜從來怕冷窺飛來落影是真機若還大限行臨此陰府王宮立限追餘曜為凶凶更甚度躔黑道禍相隨五星為煞分強弱受制還須見福遲

Killer stars have always feared cold gazing: flying arrival and falling shadow is the true mechanism. If the major limit travels to this Yin-Hall, the palace-king establishes the limit; chasing the remaining stars brings ominousness, and the ominousness is even greater. Lodging on the black path brings disaster to follow. The five stars as killers are divided into strong and weak; if restrained, blessing comes late.

日月同居官祿宮限星入此福偏隆若還入到中間度稱意中亡總是空不必煞星並煞局刑囚為煞更相攻欲知倒限真竒訣驚倒人間學術翁

If Sun and Moon dwell together and the career-salary palace's limit star enters here, blessing is abundantly high. If it enters the middle degree, what one wishes for is lost and all is empty. It need not be the killer star together with the killer bureau: punishment, imprisonment and killers further attack each other. To know the true marvel formula of reversed limits, it astonishes the old scholars of the world.

雜論倒限

Miscellaneous Discussion of Reversed Limits

限度尤防真照臨如限見土度忌見真木加以限主宿弱倒限流年煞星添力亦然三合尤切限度防戰鬬火頭孛尾皆為大災若計孛凶星一迎一送決主倒限本宮三合子細詳之亦有當生限無星辰被流年凶星尅倒者凶星戰鬬者如火孛水計計孛孛羅等亦倒限人命忌星行限十有九凶日生火夜生土為煞則災重納音逢奪必有重災限行到此度為煞必死為主之星不論化氣防主之星復論化氣煞星若化吉為禍亦輕若化凶尤緊母星化吉為福大化凶為凶亦緩照命限者生尅至緊

On the limit's degrees, one must guard against true illumination. If the limit meets Earth degrees, one fears to see true Wood. Further, if the limit lord star is weak, the reversed limit is worsened, and the annual killer star adds force too. The three harmonies are especially pressing. In limit degrees, guard against battles: Fire's head and Comet's tail are all great disasters. If Ji and Comet, the inauspicious stars, come one meeting another and one leaving, the limit is decided to be reversed. The three harmonies of one's own palace must be examined closely. There are also cases where the limit has no star and is overcome by the annual inauspicious star, and where inauspicious stars fight, such as Fire, Comet, Water, Ji, Luo and the like; these too reverse the limit. Of a person's fate, the stars the limit travels to are nine out of ten ominous. Born by day, Fire; born at night, Earth. If it is a killer, the disaster is heavier. Nayin meeting seizure surely brings grave disaster. When the limit reaches this degree and the killer is there, one surely dies. For the lord star, guard it regardless of transformation; further discuss transformation. If the killer star transforms auspicious, the disaster is lighter; if it transforms ominous, it is more pressing. If the mother star transforms auspicious, it brings blessing; if greatly transformed ominous, it is still ominous but less so. For those who illuminate Life and the limit, generation and overcoming are most pressing.

加盤例

Examples of Superimposed Plates

亥加申　子加酉　丑加戌　寅加亥

Hai superimposed on Shen; Zi on You; Chou on Xu; Yin on Hai.

戌加未　　　　　　　　　卯加子

Xu superimposed on Wei; Mao on Zi.

酉加午　　　　　　　　　辰加丑

You superimposed on Wu; Chen on Chou.

申加巳　未加辰　午加卯　巳加寅

Shen superimposed on Si; Wei on Chen; Wu on Mao; Si on Yin.

加盤之法決要天地盤各有子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥且如立命子先以天盤卯對地盤卯然後寫十一曜在地盤上且如火星在地盤夘天盤卯亦相對寫一火星諸星並要上下盤各寫一星卻以天盤卯加子依此決斷無差也餘尤奧妙詳見十二宮安命論

The method of superimposing plates requires that the heaven and earth plates each carry the twelve branches Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. For example, with Life at Zi: first match Mao on the heaven plate against Mao on the earth plate, then write the eleven stars on the earth plate. For instance, if Fire is on the earth plate at Mao, and the heaven plate's Mao faces it, write a Fire star. Every star must be written on both the upper and lower plates. Then superimpose Mao of the heaven plate on Zi; following this, the judgment is without error. The rest of the subtlety is detailed in the discussion of Life in the twelve palaces.

通闗例

Examples of Passage

未闗申　午闗酉　巳闗戌　辰闗亥

Wei passes Shen; Wu passes You; Si passes Xu; Chen passes Hai.

申闗未　　　　　　　　　夘闗子

Shen passes Wei; Mao passes Zi.

酉闗午　　　　　　　　　寅闗丑

You passes Wu; Yin passes Chou.

戌闗巳　亥闗辰　子闗卯　丑闗寅

Xu passes Si; Hai passes Chen; Zi passes Mao; Chou passes Yin.

從卯上起子逆數以丑闗寅以寅闗丑夘闗子辰闗亥巳闗戌午關酉未闗申申關未酉關午戌關己亥闗辰子卯相通丑寅相通辰亥相通己戌相通午酉相通未申相通如人立命子通闗夘若卯宮有祿有殿駕有火羅命母則一生吉利如通刃刼破碎有煞氣鬼星則一生屯蹇學者宜知之

Starting from Mao, count the Zi palace backward: Chou passes Yin and Yin passes Chou; Mao passes Zi; Chen passes Hai; Si passes Xu; Wu passes You; Wei passes Shen; Shen passes Wei; You passes Wu; Xu passes Si; Hai passes Chen. Zi and Mao connect, Chou and Yin connect, Chen and Hai connect, Si and Xu connect, Wu and You connect, Wei and Shen connect. If a person's Life is at Zi and passes through Mao: if the Mao palace has salary and the palace chariot, with Fire-Luo as the life's mother, the whole life is auspicious and beneficial. If it passes the Blade and Robbery, which break things, with killer-Qi and the ghost-star, then one's whole life is hardship. Students should know this.

明　萬民英　撰

Ming dynasty; compiled by Wan Minying

十二宮安命論上

Treatise on Fixing the Life in the Twelve Palaces, Part One

子宮安命論

Treatise on Fixing the Life in the Zi Palace

子乃土旺地命坐此土為主如登垣登殿入局登籍坐貴與宮神太嵗相闗即吉如防忌刑難混雜則不為福吉防相等則中常防也又本宮三宿如女虛二宿不問晝夜並以土論獨危度夜生從月取用亦依□望而論有月可為主無月只取土用事然須在望前太陰有用中間亦不離乎土若夜生火居強得經最吉此宮土喜火羅又為官星六丙生人不為囚六戊生人不為刑甲生人為真祿壬生人為真福夜得火尤為光明身主臨之為安身傍母亦為身主傍官更在高強無忌曜侵之為福夏末晝生見火亦能為福如火星獨垣前後無相雜是官星明健起於命前即為滿用又為貴格若水星晝見起於高強當為吉利葢財元木也三限星水也若木與太陽相離又為得用春令又強夏則次之又不可為忌葢日生從陽木土乃一體之功用惟夜生為鬼九十月為直若太陰遇木為安身傍鬼縱是木得經財祿得意其間亦多刑尅疾病之類若木入命值留退不分晝夜皆以防防若木火交合可從吉用水火交合命母受防官

Zi is a palace where Earth flourishes, and one whose life sits here takes Earth as lord. If it ascends the wall, ascends the hall, enters the pattern, ascends the register, sits with a noble, and is related to the palace spirit and the Grand Year, it is auspicious; if calamity, punishment, and confusion are guarded against and no mixture arises, it is not fortune; where good and ill are equal, the fate is middling and ordinary. Moreover, the three lodges of this palace, namely Nü and Xu, are reckoned as Earth regardless of day or night, and Wei alone is reckoned by the Moon for night births, likewise judged by the full and the waxing moon: if there is a Moon it may be lord, and if there is no Moon one takes only Earth for use. Yet it must be before the full moon that the Moon has use, and even then it never departs from Earth. If a night birth has Fire strong and in its course, it is most auspicious; this palace's Earth delights in Fire and Luo, which are also the official star. Those born under Bing are not imprisoned, those born under Wu are not punished, those born under Jia have a true emolument, and those born under Ren have true fortune; at night, obtaining Fire is especially bright. If the body lord is here, it is a body secured with a mother beside it; if the body lord has an official beside it, and moreover is high and strong with no taboo star intruding, it is fortune. In late summer, a day birth that meets Fire can also be fortunate. If Fire stands alone in its wall, with nothing mixed before or after, it is a bright and sturdy official star, rising before the life, and so is a full use; it is also a noble pattern. If Mercury is seen by day, rising high and strong, it is auspicious, for wealth's origin is Wood, and the three-limit star is Water. If Wood and the Sun are apart, it again gains use; in spring it is strong, in summer next, and it must not be taboo. A day birth follows Yang Wood, and Earth is a single body in function; only a night birth takes it as a ghost, and for the ninth and tenth months it is on duty. If the Moon meets Wood, it is a body secured with a ghost beside it; even if Wood is in its course with wealth and emolument satisfied, there will often be punishment, clash, and illness among them. If Wood enters the life when stationary or retrograde, whether day or night all is to be guarded against as ill; if Wood and Fire meet, one may follow auspicious use; if Water and Fire meet, the life's mother suffers, and the official

星受尅為防若混以刑囚直難皆防寅宮福徳木居之乃害曜入垣或本命天元納音屬土即為奪星或臨亡神刼煞或有刑囚終為防忌若有太隂在寅巳之宮謂之四正逢刑怕見身也葢寅中加己巳中加申是寅刑己巳刑申其不足可知矣其中有一火星為官星得局更得土星在寅巳是寅加己巳加申雖曰刑是刑而生我非刑而尅我更如命主有情祿馬在命合此格者寅限可以名利無疑矣夘為官祿火星居之或三合見火皆貴若無火而有木更加以太陰在寅夘未即為土得木局多主夭折若加以難直尤防亥為財酉為田金木同行於命前後或交命度此田財二用實為吉利若是冬臘金木交於命宮多是不仁而富春月庶幾已為疾厄水星居之為難星入垣壬生人在七八月多防或有壓身災病水星主溼病臨溼局多隂溼手足之疾若金助之為害尤甚孛水居強或居官祿遷移亦防如壬甲生人子夘兩宮通闗陽刃如官宮值此難免中年之厄子宮命者一為天地通闗局二為四正局三為四破局須看命

star is clashed and so is ill. If it is mixed with punishment, imprisonment, duty, or calamity, all are ill. In the Yin palace, the Fortune palace is occupied by Wood, which is a harmful star entering the wall; or if the life's heavenly origin, by its sound-element, belongs to Earth, it is a robbed star; or if it meets the Lost Spirit or Robbery Sha, or has punishment or imprisonment, in the end it is ill. If the Moon is in the Yin or Si palace, this is called the Four Cardinals meeting punishment, and fear is of seeing the body, for Ji is added in Yin and Shen is added in Si, so Yin punishes Ji and Si punishes Shen; one can tell its shortfalls. Among these, if one Fire star is the official star and gains the pattern, and further an Earth star is in Yin or Si, so that Yin is added to Ji and Si to Shen, although this is called punishment, it is punishment that generates me, not punishment that clashes with me; and if moreover the life lord is warm toward me, with emolument and horse in the life, one who has this pattern will without doubt gain name and profit in the Yin limit. Mao is the official emolument; if a Fire star is there, or Fire is seen in the three harmonies, all are noble. If there is no Fire but there is Wood, and further the Moon is in Yin, Mao, or Wei, then Earth gains the Wood pattern and often dies young; if calamity and duty are added, one must beware all the more. Hai is wealth and You is fields: if Metal and Wood travel together before and after the life, or cross the life's degrees, these two uses of fields and wealth are truly auspicious; but if in the winter or the last month Metal and Wood cross in the life palace, such a person is often unkind though rich. Spring months, then, are barely acceptable. Si is the palace of illness; if a Water star sits there, it is a calamity star entering its wall, and those born under Ren in the seventh and eighth months often meet misfortune, or a body-pressing illness; Water governs damp disease, and in a damp pattern there are often cold-damp ailments of the hands and feet. If Metal helps it, the harm is especially severe. If Bo-Water is strong, or stands in the Official Emolument or Migration palace, that too is ill; for those born under Ren and Jia, if Zi and Mao both link through to the Yang Blade, then if the official palace meets this, a midlife calamity is hard to avoid. Whoever has the life in the Zi palace falls into one of three: first the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, second the Four Cardinals pattern, third the Four Breakages pattern. One must look at what pattern the life lord forms

與太嵗生時合成何局論之子宮立命午上有祿酉上有身夘有命主乃一隂一陽之謂道而天地通闗局成矣亦謂之沖干對祿否則互見之亦佳如癸人祿子乙人祿卯丁巳祿午四正互加皆是崇勲而四正局成矣四破局者四位俱不見祿唯防刑星害曜難直等星如太隂命主在寅申戌未是未中有戌戌中有丑不然只在丑戌者亦戌中有丑丑中有戌加之四位有煞氣守之為四破局此乃加盤之妙正盤所不及正盤眾人之禍福加盤本身之禍福故前賢云天盤轉出地盤上夘上分明是命宮此加盤之妙用也且如子上立命甲丙戊庚壬四正徃來通闗陽刃其間子午有羅計主之可以鎮定命度雖在虛危不為忌論若是羅計偏孤又不臨於子午日月福祿臨於二八多是中年發福而不長久其四正次舍中間限度交對如女度立命限入氐土虛危立命限入房心此乃四刑度內乃闌干貫索伏屍捲舌為煞限路逢之中有發福者忽有夭折又不可測但是伏吟四正體局者犯此煞又不可以次舍度中為得也此

with the Grand Year and the birth hour. If the life is fixed in Zi, emolument is in Wu, the body is in You, and the life lord is in Mao, this is the saying of one Yin and one Yang being the Way, and the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern is formed; it is also called clashing the stem against the emolument, and seeing them mutually is also good. For example, a Gui person's emolument is in Zi, an Yi person's in Mao, a Ding or Si person's in Wu: the Four Cardinals mutually added are all distinguished merit, and the Four Cardinals pattern is formed. The Four Breakages pattern is one in which none of the four positions shows emolument and one fears only punishing stars, harmful stars, calamity, duty and the like; for instance, if the Moon as life lord is in Yin, Shen, Xu, or Wei, then in Wei there is Xu and in Xu there is Chou; or if only in Chou and Xu, then again in Xu there is Chou and in Chou there is Xu. If, added to this, the four positions are guarded by sha energy, it is the Four Breakages pattern. This is the subtlety of the added chart, which the regular chart does not reach: the regular chart shows the fortune and misfortune of the many, while the added chart shows the fortune and misfortune of oneself. Hence the former worthies said, 'The heavenly chart turns out onto the earthly chart; what is clearly the life palace is on Mao.' This is the wondrous use of the added chart. Moreover, if the life is set in Zi, with the four cardinals of Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng, and Ren coming and going and linking to the Yang Blade, and between Zi and Wu there is Luo or Ji ruling it, it can steady and settle the life degree, and even if it is in Xu or Wei it is not reckoned as taboo. If Luo and Ji stand lonely and do not stand at Zi and Wu, and the Sun, Moon, fortune and emolument are at Mao and You, there is often a midlife rise in fortune, but not a lasting one. As for the four cardinals' secondary lodges, when the limit degrees between them confront each other, such as a life set at the Nü degree with the limit entering Di Earth, or a life set at Xu and Wei with the limit entering Fang and Xin, these are inside the Four Punishments degrees, where Lan Gan, Guan Suo, Fu Shi, and Juan She are the sha; one who meets them on the road of the limit may meet fortune in some cases and suddenly die young in others, and it cannot be predicted. But those with Hidden Chant and the four-cardinal body pattern who offend this sha also cannot be taken as gaining from the lodge-degree. This

局正則為四正偏之亥為三合偏之丑為不入局四正是四正災福三合是三合災福一星稍異理皆不然且如子上危十二度立命上盤是夘下盤是子此乃四正為體土為命主如躔於亥宿初度則是上盤夘下盤亥即成亥夘未三合局為用若偏之丑太隂在巳初度是上盤夘下盤巳又成巳酉丑局為用或有祿馬扶之亦是貴格

pattern, if regular, is the Four Cardinals; if biased toward Hai, the Three Harmonies; if biased toward Chou, not entering a pattern. The Four Cardinals have the fortune and misfortune of the Four Cardinals, and the Three Harmonies have the fortune and misfortune of the Three Harmonies; if one star differs slightly, the principle is entirely otherwise. For instance, if the life is set at Zi, Wei twelve degrees, the upper chart is Mao and the lower chart is Zi; this is the Four Cardinals, with Earth as life lord. If it moves into the Hai lodge at its first degree, then the upper chart is Mao and the lower is Hai, forming the Hai-Mao-Wei Three Harmonies pattern as its use. If it is biased toward Chou, with the Moon at the first degree of Si, then the upper chart is Mao and the lower is Si, again forming the Si-You-Chou pattern as its use; or if emolument and horse support it, it is also a noble pattern.

【發明云子宮土旺之地坐命以土為主如登垣殿入局登籍坐貴與宮神太嵗相闗則皆貴命也如難刑囚混雜則不為福如難直吉防相等無彼此強弱則平常命也所忌者木炁二星所樂者火羅二曜火之一星既為母曜又為官星雖丙戊生人化為刑囚亦吉壬甲生人化為福祿則錦上添花木之一星固為害曜雖甲丙生人化為福祿終以為害若戊庚生人化為刑囚為禍尤深炁之一星為禍與木星同雖好惡如此然亦須看守宮者何星所用者何星混雜者何星黨與者何星又不可一防論也如福祿權財混之以直難則塞翁得馬未必為福也木星固知為害若混之以火羅則反為吉以木能生火恩有益於我也十二宮之最切者莫若福徳官祿八煞也福宮屬木設有木星居之不可為福徳主謂之害曜入垣若有太隂在己申之宮謂之四正逢刑怕見身葢寅刑巳巳刑申其不吉可知矣其寅中有一火星謂之官星得局又能為福更得土星在寅巳是寅加巳巳加申雖曰相刑是刑而生我非刑而尅我更加命主

[Fa Ming says: Zi is the palace where Earth flourishes. A life set here takes Earth as lord. If it ascends the wall or hall, enters the pattern, ascends the register, sits with a noble, and is related to the palace spirit and the Grand Year, all are noble fates. If calamity, punishment, and imprisonment are mixed in, it is not fortune. If calamity and duty are equal with the auspicious, with no difference of strong and weak between them, it is an ordinary fate. What is feared are the two stars Wood and Qi; what is welcomed are the two lights Fire and Luo. The one star Fire is both a mother light and an official star; even for those born under Bing and Wu, whom it turns into punishment and imprisonment, it is still auspicious, and for those born under Ren and Jia, whom it turns into fortune and emolument, it adds flowers to brocade. The one star Wood is of course a harmful light; even for those born under Jia and Bing, whom it turns into fortune and emolument, it is in the end harmful, and for those born under Wu and Geng, whom it turns into punishment and imprisonment, the misfortune is deeper. The one star Qi brings misfortune as Wood does. Though likes and dislikes are so, one must still look at which star guards the palace, which star is used, which star is mixed in, and which star is its company, and one cannot judge by a single judgment. For example, if fortune, emolument, authority, and wealth are mixed with duty and calamity, then the old man of the frontier gaining a horse is not necessarily fortune. Wood is known to be harmful, but if it is mixed with Fire and Luo, it is instead auspicious, since Wood can generate Fire and its kindness benefits me. Of the twelve palaces, the most pressing are the Fortune and Virtue and the Official Emolument, and the eight sha. The Fortune palace belongs to Wood; if a Wood star is there, it cannot be the lord of Fortune and Virtue, and it is called a harmful light entering its wall. If the Moon is in the Ji or Shen palace, this is called the Four Cardinals meeting punishment and fearing to see the body, for Yin punishes Si and Si punishes Shen, so its inauspiciousness can be known. If in Yin there is one Fire star, called the official star, it gains the pattern and is again able to bring fortune; and if further an Earth star is in Yin or Si, so that Yin is added to Si and Si to Shen, though it is called mutual punishment, it is punishment that generates me, not punishment that clashes with me; and further the life lord

有情祿馬在命合此格者寅限可得名利無疑矣夘為官祿宮設有火星居之謂之官星入垣或三合見火皆吉若無火而有木更加木在亥夘未即為土命人得木合此格者多主夭折若加以難直尤防必死於非命萬不失一也已為疾厄宮水星居之為難星入垣難星疾厄主是也更六壬生人生於七八月多主惡死輕則破相壓身之疾水星若有金助之為害尤甚孛水居強或居官祿遷移亦防如六甲六壬生人子夘二宮通闗陽刃加官宮值此難免中年之厄子宮坐命者一為天地通闗局二為四正局三為四破局須看命主所臨與太嵗生時合成何局以論之子宮立命午上有祿酉上安身夘有命主乃一隂一陽之謂道即天地通闗局成矣此局有四里有八表謂之沖干對祿否則互換見之亦佳如癸人祿子乙人祿夘辛人祿酉丁人祿午四正互加皆是崇勲而四正局成矣四破局者四位俱不見祿惟防刑星害曜難直等星如太隂星命主在寅申戌未者是未中有戌戌中有丑不然只在丑戌二宮者亦戌中有丑

is warm and emolument and horse are in the life. One who has this pattern will undoubtedly gain name and profit in the Yin limit. Mao is the Official Emolument palace; if a Fire star is there, it is called an official star entering the wall, or if Fire is seen in the three harmonies, all are auspicious. If there is no Fire but there is Wood, and further Wood is in Hai, Mao, or Wei, then a person of Earth life who gets the Wood pattern with such a pattern often dies young; if calamity and duty are added, one must beware all the more, and will certainly die an unnatural death, without fail in ten thousand. Si is the Illness palace; if a Water star is there, it is a calamity star entering its wall, the calamity star being the lord of illness. Moreover, those born under Liu-Ren in the seventh and eighth months often die an evil death, or at the least have a disfigured body or a body-pressing illness. If a Water star has Metal's help, the harm is especially severe. If Bo-Water is strong, or stands in the Official Emolument or Migration palace, that too is ill; for those born under Liu-Jia and Liu-Ren, if the two palaces Zi and Mao link through to the Yang Blade and are added to the official palace, a midlife calamity is hard to avoid. Whoever has the life in the Zi palace falls into one of three: first the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, second the Four Cardinals pattern, third the Four Breakages pattern. One must look at what pattern the life lord forms with the Grand Year and the birth hour, in order to judge. If the life is fixed in Zi, emolument is in Wu, the body is secured in You, and the life lord is in Mao, this is the saying of one Yin and one Yang being the Way, and the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern is formed. This pattern has four inner and eight outer, and is called clashing the stem against the emolument; seeing them in exchange is also good. For example, a Gui person's emolument is in Zi, an Yi person's in Mao, an Xin person's in You, a Ding person's in Wu: the Four Cardinals mutually added are all distinguished merit, and the Four Cardinals pattern is formed. The Four Breakages pattern is one in which none of the four positions shows emolument and one fears only punishing stars, harmful stars, calamity, duty and the like; for instance, if the Moon star as life lord is in Yin, Shen, Xu, or Wei, then in Wei there is Xu and in Xu there is Chou; or if only in the two palaces Chou and Xu, then again in Xu there is

丑中有戌加之四位中有煞星守之故為四破局耶律所謂四正宮神暗加管攝是也此乃加盤之妙正盤所不及正盤眾人之禍福加盤本身之禍福故前賢云天盤轉出地盤上夘上分明是命宮此加盤之妙用也又有巳加戌辰加亥亦有相闗大槩先看局之重輕然後防以加盤而明禍福如火星在夘禍福由此而分四正局見之則夘加子火來生土必然為福返吟局見之是夘加酉火來尅金必然為禍此局正則為四正偏之亥為三合偏之丑為不入局四正是四正災福三合是三合災福一星稍異理皆不然中間又有偏局且如子上危十二度立命上盤是夘下盤是子此乃四正之體土為命主飛入於亥宮初度則是上盤夘下盤亥卻成亥夘未三合局為用或有祿馬扶之亦是貴命】

Chou and in Chou there is Xu, and with sha stars guarding among the four positions, it is therefore the Four Breakages pattern. This is what the Yelü calls 'the four cardinal palace spirits secretly added and governing.' It is the subtlety of the added chart, which the regular chart does not reach: the regular chart shows the fortune and misfortune of the many, while the added chart shows the fortune and misfortune of oneself. Hence the former worthies said, 'The heavenly chart turns out onto the earthly chart; what is clearly the life palace is on Mao.' This is the wondrous use of the added chart. There are also cases of Si added to Xu and Chen added to Hai, which are likewise related. In general, first look at the weight of the pattern, and then use the added chart to clarify fortune and misfortune; if a Fire star is in Mao, fortune and misfortune are divided by this. If seen in the Four Cardinals pattern, it is Mao added to Zi, and Fire comes to generate Earth, which is certainly fortune; if seen in the Reverse Chant pattern, it is Mao added to You, and Fire comes to clash Metal, which is certainly misfortune. This pattern, if regular, is the Four Cardinals; if biased toward Hai, the Three Harmonies; if biased toward Chou, not entering a pattern. The Four Cardinals have the fortune and misfortune of the Four Cardinals, and the Three Harmonies have the fortune and misfortune of the Three Harmonies; if one star differs slightly, the principle is entirely otherwise. Among these there are also biased patterns. For instance, if the life is set at Zi, Wei twelve degrees, the upper chart is Mao and the lower is Zi; this is the body of the Four Cardinals, with Earth as life lord. If it flies into the Hai palace at its first degree, then the upper chart is Mao and the lower is Hai, but it forms the Hai-Mao-Wei Three Harmonies pattern as its use; or if emolument and horse support it, it is also a noble fate.]

丑宮命

Life in the Chou Palace

丑與子合故以土為主雖主相同然取用體局與子宮別子為四正丑為諸不入局三位互加以丑加亥亥中無閒極而兩宮通闗以寅闗丑論其星辰雖緩且急亥為兄寅為相此宮有吉防可以通防外雖緩而實急胎中造化自有□防所忌者太陽木炁所喜者金火羅防正二月生太陽直難為防多是夜生有此若秋冬兩季晝生行太陽之道而禍亦輕木炁為嫌但論晝生庶幾可取金為官星火為福主二皆可用晝生功淺夜生用多若火髙強明健雖晝生亦可發福如壬甲人見火如乙丁人見金其福尤大獨羅有用炁計無成若混以刑囚直難當作防防若貴祿馬職元局主之類稍吉此宮屬土中有斗牛二宿斗度命者當取木為用須甲乙生或納音木火命更以春令而生即以木論亦且不離乎土以此命度見孛故有功火亦得用惟晝生見金為忌若夏令之際生在晝時合得木用金之不忌亦明然矣若或庚辛生人或春夏之夜生木盛金衰當從何論或秋冬以金主事則又不可以金尅木論葢庚辛人金亢金也春

Chou is in harmony with Zi, so Earth is taken as lord; though the lords are the same, the use and pattern taken differ from the Zi palace. Zi is the Four Cardinals, whereas Chou is among the 'not entering a pattern' palaces; the three positions are mutually added, with Chou added to Hai, and since Hai has no idle space, the two palaces link through, and Yin connects to Chou. Considering its stars, though slow, they are urgent: Hai is the brother and Yin is the minister; this palace has auspicious and inauspicious elements that can be reckoned through, and though outwardly slow it is in truth urgent, with its own fate-making in the womb as a hidden judgment. What is taboo are the Sun, Wood, and Qi; what is welcomed are Metal, Fire, and Luo. Those born in the first and second months, when the Sun is on duty and calamity, are in ill fortune, and this is mostly for night births; in autumn and winter, a day birth walking the Sun's road suffers lighter misfortune. Wood and Qi are disliked, but only for day births are they at all acceptable. Metal is the official star and Fire is the lord of fortune, and both can be used; for a day birth the merit is shallow and for a night birth the use is great. If Fire is high, strong, bright, and sturdy, even a day birth can bring fortune; a Ren or Jia person who meets Fire, or an Yi or Ding person who meets Metal, finds the fortune especially great. Luo alone has use; Qi and Ji accomplish nothing. If they are mixed with punishment, imprisonment, duty, or calamity, they should be judged as ill. If noble emolument and horse, office-origin, and lord of the pattern are present, it is a little more auspicious. This palace belongs to Earth, and within it are the two lodges Dou and Niu. For one whose life is in the Dou degree, Wood should be taken as use, it must be a Jia or Yi birth or a Wood or Fire sound-element, and moreover born in spring, so that it is reckoned as Wood and yet does not depart from Earth. For this life degree, seeing Bo has merit, and Fire can also be used; only a day birth that sees Metal is taboo. If it is a summer day birth, it rightly obtains Wood's use, and the non-taboo status of Metal is also clear. But if one is born under Geng or Xin, or in a spring or summer night, with Wood flourishing and Metal declining, by what is it to be judged? Or in autumn and winter, when Metal governs affairs, one again cannot reckon Metal as clashing with Wood; for a Geng or Xin person is Metal at its height, and in the night of spring

夏之夜者金之廢也秋冬者金之權也巳酉丑者金局也三限皆金火夜生以金火為主合以金為長土次之火其用也何曽以木為本元若或戊巳生及納音土安命於斗雖春夏生不必論木即以土防土度四季不離乎土土者金之母二者不可離若夏令以火行權金不怕火以土性存焉若秋冬得金獨垣局無防難功名又何疑此宮命者是宮無祿馬多是三煞臨之辰戌丑未四位皆煞命妻官田總局若命丑身亥是身入鬼鄉如寅午戌生人此為三煞此格多防害然諸宮皆以身入閒宮為喜惟此宮難與他比如身在亥有木臨照為禍尤甚縱無木炁亦不為吉通以防防以夘辰午為□要之地午為難宮太陽居之為難星入廟若得火居之或三合見土為福星入局是八煞有星更以祿臨之少年功名可必辰為官祿金星入廟太隂居之身入官鄉如木炁臨之是木入水局土主不宜為害曜破官祿如失用更不可如木炁同太隂在酉辰是亥加酉午加辰辰午酉亥俱全皆為不足夘為福徳土星臨之是土入火垣有情

and summer Metal is abolished, while in autumn and winter Metal holds authority. Si, You, and Chou are the Metal pattern, and if the three limits are all Metal and Fire, a night birth takes Metal and Fire as lord, Metal as the senior and Earth next, and Fire as the use; how could it ever take Wood as the root? If one is born under Wu or Ji, or a sound-element of Earth, and the life is set in Dou, even if born in spring or summer one need not discuss Wood, and just uses Earth to judge Earth, for the degrees of the four seasons never depart from Earth, and Earth is the mother of Metal, so the two cannot be separated. In summer, if Fire holds authority, Metal does not fear Fire, because Earth's nature remains. In autumn and winter, if one gains Metal alone in its wall and pattern, without calamity and misfortune, what doubt is there about fame and rank? Whoever has the life in this palace, if the palace has no emolument and horse, is often visited by the Three Sha; Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, all four positions are sha, and the life, wife, officials, and fields are a general pattern. If the life is Chou and the body is Hai, this is the body entering the ghost's land; for those born under Yin, Wu, Xu, this is the Three Sha, and the pattern is much to be guarded against. However, in all palaces, the body entering a vacant palace is a joy, and only in this palace is it difficult to compare with others: if the body is in Hai and Wood shines upon it, the misfortune is especially severe, and even without Wood or Qi it is not auspicious. Judge ill and good throughout, with Mao, Chen, Wu as the pressing places. Wu is the calamity palace, and when the Sun is there it is a calamity star entering its temple; if Fire is there, or Earth is seen in the three harmonies, it is a fortune star entering the pattern, and the eight sha having a star, with emolument added, one can expect early fame. Chen is the Official Emolument palace; if a Metal star enters its temple and the Moon is there, the body enters the official land; if Wood and Qi are there, Wood enters a Water pattern and the lord Earth is not suited, so a harmful light breaks the Official Emolument, like losing use, and one should not even more be like Wood and Qi sharing a place with the Moon in You. In Chen, then Hai is added to You and Wu is added to Chen; if Chen, Wu, You, and Hai are all complete, all are insufficient. Mao is the Fortune and Virtue palace; if an Earth star is there, it is Earth entering a Fire wall, warm, and

生土或木星臨三合能破我福徳是夘加入丑為我命害少年刑傷十二宮命惟此宮乃緩中之急前所舉相貌閒極是若命主土星在寅亥者或有火羅合之是福相造化若土單行二方【二方閒相是也】又為防局若身與火交是安身傍母身與木交為安身傍鬼又如乙祿在夘乙人丑命為加盤之祿甲祿在寅甲人丑命為通闗之祿壬祿在亥壬人丑命乃祿入閒極以午加亥得下盤之祿命得此三者為祿也如辛祿酉丙戊祿巳此三者安命於丑合照有祿是合祿也正所謂隠中之顯是制局之體用合此者無不顯貴又不可不觀子寅若火寅金子為官福夾命夜生福尤重日月在二宮亦妙日在子月在寅為上日在寅月在子次之己酉兩宮與此通防當審吉防又以丑之為命故知其與諸不入局於中又有□要處若安命稍正則合從入局防若安命偏於子又從四正局矣偏正之中有天地徳合局六害局六合局又不可以諸不入局防以六害為六合極相霄壤六合則始終有吉六害則始終有患【發明云丑宮

generating Earth; if a Wood star is there, in the three harmonies it can break my Fortune and Virtue. This is Mao added into Chou, which harms my life, with punishment and injury in youth. Of the twelve palaces, the life is only this palace, which is slow within urgency; as for the appearance mentioned earlier as idle space, that is it. If the life lord Earth star is in Yin or Hai and is joined by Fire and Luo, it is a fate of fortune and appearance; if Earth is alone on two sides ['two sides' meaning the mutual idle appearance], it is again an ill pattern. If the body and Fire cross, it is a body secured with a mother beside it; if the body and Wood cross, it is a body secured with a ghost beside it. Again, if Yi's emolument is in Mao, a Yi person with life in Chou has the added chart's emolument; if Jia's emolument is in Yin, a Jia person with life in Chou has the linking emolument; if Ren's emolument is in Hai, a Ren person with life in Chou has emolument entering idleness, with Wu added to Hai, obtaining the lower chart's emolument. A life with these three is said to have emolument. If Xin's emolument is in You, and Bing and Wu's emolument is in Si, those three who fix the life in Chou have the joint-reflected emolument, which is the combined emolument, precisely what is meant by 'the manifest within the hidden', the body and use of the controlling pattern; whoever fits this is without exception prominent and noble, and one must also look at Zi and Yin. If Fire is in Yin and Metal in Zi, they are official and fortune clasping the life, and for a night birth the fortune is heavier; the Sun and Moon in the two palaces are also wondrous, the Sun in Zi and the Moon in Yin being best, the Sun in Yin and the Moon in Zi next. You and Ji link with this palace, so one must examine their good and ill. Again, because Chou is the life, one knows it is among the non-entering patterns, and within it there is also a pressing point: if the life is set slightly regular, one should follow the entering pattern; if the life is set biased toward Zi, one follows the Four Cardinals pattern again. Within bias and regularity there are the Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern, the Six Harms pattern, and the Six Harmonies pattern, and one cannot treat them as non-entering patterns; to take the Six Harms for the Six Harmonies is a difference like heaven and earth. With the Six Harmonies there is auspiciousness from start to finish, with the Six Harms there is calamity from start to finish. [Fa Ming says: the Chou palace

立命以金為官星乙丁生人化福祿更美火為恩曜若壬甲生人見之為福尤重羅乃火餘為福一也晝生功淺夜生用多若火髙強明健雖晝生亦可發福人皆以木炁為善星火羅為惡曜豈知善星發福緩惡星發福驟但恐混以囚忌之星反能為禍矣若混以職元祿主崇勲貴人為福愈有力也宮之最切者八煞官祿福徳三宮也午為八煞太陽在上謂之難星入垣惟火居之或三合見土一則土命人得火局二則福星入垣局三則八煞有星更有祿馬加臨少年功名可許辰為官祿金星在上謂之官星之垣又為金星入廟月在上謂之身入官鄉俱為吉利惟木居之一則木入水局二則害曜破官三則辰午為煞十二宮主惟相貌閒極乃緩中之急若命主二星在上或有火羅合之多是卿相造化如鄭敬齋壬辰十一月十九日辰時安命在丑土星在亥系閒極宮官至公相若此顯達者不可枚舉雖土在亥本為土逢木局而未宮有火卻成木生火火生土況命坐崇勲而見火加入命宮此其所以為佳也須知此格方妙

with the life fixed here takes Metal as the official star; for Yi and Ding persons it turns into fortune and emolument, which is even better. Fire is a kindly light; for Ren and Jia persons seeing it, the fortune is especially heavy. Luo is the surplus of Fire, so its bringing fortune is the same; a day birth has shallow merit and a night birth has great use. If Fire is high, strong, bright, and sturdy, even a day birth can bring fortune. People all take Wood and Qi for good stars and Fire and Luo for evil lights, not knowing that good stars bring fortune slowly while evil stars bring fortune suddenly; one only fears that mixing in imprisonment and taboo stars will on the contrary cause misfortune. If they are mixed with the office-origin, the lord of emolument, distinguished merit, and nobles, the fortune is all the more powerful. The most pressing of the palaces are the eight sha, Official Emolument, and Fortune and Virtue, the three palaces. Wu is the eight sha, and the Sun above it is called a calamity star entering its wall; only if Fire is there, or Earth is seen in the three harmonies, then first a person of Earth life obtains the Fire pattern, second a fortune star enters the pattern, and third the eight sha has a star, and with emolument and horse added, early fame may be promised. Chen is the Official Emolument palace; a Metal star above it is called the official star's wall, and the Moon above it is called the body entering the official land, both auspicious. If only Wood is there, first Wood enters a Water pattern, second a harmful light breaks the official, and third Chen and Wu are sha. Of the twelve palaces' lords, only the appearance of idle space is slow within urgency; if two life-lord stars are there, or Fire and Luo join them, it is often a ministerial fate. For example, Zheng Jingzhai, born Ren-Chen, eleventh month, nineteenth day, Chen hour, had his life set in Chou, with the Earth star in Hai in the idle-space palace, and rose to be a duke-minister; those so prominent cannot be counted. Though Earth is in Hai, which is Earth meeting a Wood pattern, in the Wei palace there is Fire, so it becomes Wood generating Fire and Fire generating Earth; moreover the life sits with distinguished merit and sees Fire added to the life palace, which is why it is good. One must know that this pattern is wondrous,

亦有於寅位輳成火局或有火羅乗之者如單見一土入木局當以防防不可一例推之要之最切者莫如加盤最妙者莫如入局正謂得地不湏論惡弱失時何必問髙強今之術者不知加盤之妙以為鄭敬齋之首發達者何辰限為大魁又何三十六氣此中氣推之正交入辰限辰限無星不知辰加寅既加見祿又加見馬安得不榮達切不可以弱宮論之又如巳宮雖曰遷移實為切要若有金星在上一則照命二則照祿三則官星入局值此者多是晚年顯達切不可以弱宮論也然又要觀子寅二宮有夾有扶尤妙若火在寅金在子為官福夾命日月在二宮亦佳日在子月在寅為上日在寅月在子次之日在巳月在酉亦謂之隂陽拱夾亦好身命若拱夾好則一生吉利若不好則一生災晦又是前為胎元后為三日其為禍福不亦重乎其次要觀命主命宮為緩命主為急故殿駕經云命雖空亡而主領猶在即命主也最要者拱夾不然諸星揖拱日月朝拱皆貴命也又其次要觀身主若拱祿拱殿拱駕皆是貴格若身命

and that there are also cases where a Fire pattern is gathered at the Yin position, or where Fire and Luo ride upon it. If one sees merely a single Earth entering a Wood pattern, one should judge by good and ill and cannot push everything in one way. What is most pressing is nothing like the added chart, and what is most wondrous is nothing like entering the pattern; it is just as said: 'if one gains the ground, one need not discuss weak and evil; if one loses the time, why ask if strong and high.' Today's practitioners, not knowing the wonder of the added chart, take Zheng Jingzhai's first rise to be in the Chen limit, where he was a great scholar, and yet what is the thirty-six qi mid-qi? It is pushed to enter exactly the Chen limit, which has no star; they do not know that Chen was added to Yin, and that emolument was seen added and a horse was seen added, so how could he not flourish? One must never treat it as a weak palace. Again, Si, though called Migration, is in truth very pressing; if a Metal star is above it, first it shines on the life, second it shines on the emolument, third the official star enters the pattern, and those who meet this are often prominent in late years, and one must not treat it as a weak palace. Then one must also look at the two palaces Zi and Yin, to see whether there is clasping and support, which is especially wondrous. If Fire is in Yin and Metal is in Zi, they are official and fortune clasping the life; the Sun and Moon in the two palaces are also good, the Sun in Zi and the Moon in Yin best, the Sun in Yin and the Moon in Zi next, and the Sun in Si and the Moon in You is also called Yin-Yang clasping, which is also good. If the body and life are clasped well, one has a lifetime of good fortune; if not, one has a lifetime of calamity and obscurity; and since the front is the womb's origin and the back is the three days, how great are its fortune and misfortune! Next one must look at the life lord: the life palace is slow, the life lord is urgent, so the Dianjia Classic says, 'Though the life is void and dead, the lord's governance is still there,' which means the life lord. Most important is clasping; otherwise the stars bowing to the Sun and Moon and the Sun and Moon bowing to it are all noble fates. Next one must look at the body lord; if it clasps emolument, clasps the hall, clasps the chariot, all are noble patterns. If the body and life

主在辰夘上謂之官福入命不可與諸煞相防若身命二主拱夘不為拱福徳卻為拱木局土命得之皆為失格間有救處亦是貧天之命又其次要觀當生之時若攀殿駕登祿馬亦是貴命在十二宮皆要太隂居閒極獨此丑宮與亥宮最怕太隂在閒極葢丑土也亥木也月臨之謂之安身傍鬼又成木局主一生迍蹇重則夭折既觀此生時又要觀所生之日有天月二徳帝座或日月夾垣城帝座或二主夾垣城帝座或官福夾垣城帝座或身命夾垣城帝座此三台八座之格如日在丑月在亥中夾一子若丙子丁丑日生水旺在子乃日生以帝旺為帝座也納音旺處是帝座也庚午辛未日皆土旺在子故帝座在子日月夾之豈不竒哉惟癸巳乙夘乙酉更髙一著是謂暗祿入局日在丑月在夘更於丙寅丁夘時是納音火長生在寅謂之日月夾垣城畢竟謂之安身傍鬼以中夾寅木若更遭刑煞囚難等星在其中則必為害又不可以垣城論也若無他忌只恐寅木為害此亦小節不足慮也又以丑之為命故知其為諸不

lords are in Chen and Mao, called official and fortune entering the life, they cannot meet the various sha; if the body and life lords clasp Mao, it is not clasping Fortune and Virtue but clasping the Wood pattern, and for an Earth life to obtain it is a lost pattern, and even if there is rescue it is a poor and short-lived fate. Next one must look at the birth hour; if it climbs the hall or chariot, ascends emolument and horse, it is a noble fate. Within the twelve palaces, the Moon in idle space is wanted, but in this Chou palace and the Hai palace, the Moon in idle space is feared most, for Chou is Earth and Hai is Wood, and the Moon's presence is called a body secured with a ghost beside it and forms a Wood pattern, ruling a lifetime of hardship and, when heavy, early death. Having looked at this birth hour, one must also look at the day of birth: if there are the Heaven and Moon virtues, the Emperor's Seat, or the Sun and Moon clasping the city wall of the Emperor's Seat, or the two lords clasping the city wall of the Emperor's Seat, or official and fortune clasping it, or body and life clasping it, this is the Three Terraces and Eight Seats pattern. For example, with the Sun in Chou and the Moon in Hai clasping Zi in between, for those born on Bing-Zi or Ding-Chou days, Water flourishes in Zi, so the day birth takes its flourishing as the Emperor's Seat, and the sound-element's flourishing place is the Emperor's Seat; on Geng-Wu and Xin-Wei days, Earth flourishes in Zi, so the Emperor's Seat is in Zi, and the Sun and Moon clasp it, how could it not be wondrous? Only Gui-Si, Yi-Mao, and Yi-You are a degree higher, being called hidden emolument entering the pattern. With the Sun in Chou and the Moon in Mao, in addition for Bing-Yin and Ding-Mao hours the sound-element Fire's long life is in Yin, called the Sun and Moon clasping the city wall; after all it is called a body secured with a ghost beside it, because the middle clasps Yin Wood, and if one meets punishment, sha, imprisonment, calamity and other stars within it, there is certainly harm, and one cannot judge it as a city wall. If there are no other taboos, one only fears Yin Wood's harm, which is also a small matter not worth worrying about. And because Chou is the life, one knows it belongs to the non-entering patterns;

入局偏則為四正局於中亦有變處正則為諸不入局葢安命稍正則合從入局防若安命偏於子又從四正局矣偏正之中有天地徳合局六害局六合局六破局不可便以諸不入局看以六害為六合不啻霄壤六合則始終有成六害則始終有患須於偏正中仔細推之】

if biased, it becomes the Four Cardinals pattern, and within it there are also changes; if regular it is the non-entering patterns, for if the life is set slightly regular it should follow the entering pattern, but if it is set biased toward Zi it follows the Four Cardinals pattern again. Within bias and regularity there are the Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern, the Six Harms pattern, the Six Harmonies pattern, and the Six Breakages pattern, and one cannot at once view them as non-entering patterns; to take the Six Harms for the Six Harmonies is a difference not merely of heaven and earth. With the Six Harmonies there is accomplishment from start to finish, with the Six Harms there is calamity from start to finish, so one must carefully infer within bias and regularity.]

寅宮命

Life in the Yin Palace

寅宮屬木獨陽不生木生在亥寅與亥合兩宮互加丑為通闗夘為加盤一則財帛二則相貌若有防吉臨於夘丑吉則為福防則為禍人但知拱夾為重不知互加為妙若在外而實在內也宮神艮丙生人卦氣以日木土為三限主木土為田財以金水為官福木土二星晝生明健福力非常夜生亦可金為忌害秋冬之際常行於夘辰巳之間是時木瘁而衰金強而怒晝見有災如金防水日尤可為用若金獨立無水日以制之三合左右有太隂助金臨之木土禍何可堪冬月本非晝用何況難星黨鬼又為身與鬼交此為慘毒若春夏之際金星行於東南西北晝生不利夜生金水同行亦為吉火同行為有情防合太隂亦不為防葢夜從陰金火皆隂也若太陰更臨陰方又為吉用況其木盛金柔我強彼弱何足畏之水為官星晝夜有用此宮尾箕二宿於內尾乃火之垣寅午戌乃火之局其火之用明矣然而火乃木之子木乃火之母必先母而後子茍舍木而全取火是為有子而無其母寅尾命晝生以木為先夜生當以火為

The Yin palace belongs to Wood; a lone Yang does not generate, and Wood is born in Hai, so Yin is in harmony with Hai, and the two palaces are mutually added. Chou links through and Mao is the added chart, first for wealth and second for appearance; if there is auspicious or inauspicious in Mao and Chou, auspicious becomes fortune and inauspicious becomes misfortune. People only know that clasping is important and do not know that mutual addition is wondrous, which is outwardly outside yet truly inside. The palace spirit is Gen, and for Bing persons the qi of the hexagram takes Sun, Wood, and Earth as the three limits, with the lord of Wood and Earth as fields and wealth and Metal and Water as official and fortune. For Wood and Earth, a day birth is bright and sturdy and the fortune is extraordinary, while a night birth can also be good; Metal is taboo and harmful. In the autumn and winter seasons it often travels between Mao, Chen, and Si, when Wood is withered and weak and Metal is strong and wrathful; seeing it by day brings calamity, though if Metal guards against Water, the Sun is especially usable. If Metal stands alone with no Sun or Water to restrain it, and in the three harmonies left and right the Moon helps Metal to arrive, how can the misfortune of Wood and Earth be borne? Winter months are not for day use, much less the calamity star's party of ghosts, which makes the body and ghost cross, a bitterly severe case. In spring and summer, if Metal travels east, south, west, or north, a day birth is unfavorable; a night birth with Metal and Water going together is also auspicious, and Fire going together is warm; meeting the Moon is also not ill, for a night follows Yin, and Metal and Fire are both Yin. If the Moon again stands in a Yin direction it is also an auspicious use, still more so if Wood flourishes and Metal is soft, with me strong and it weak, so what is there to fear? Water is the official star, and has use by day and night. In this palace, the two lodges Wei and Ji lie within it; Wei is Fire's wall, and Yin, Wu, Xu are Fire's pattern, so Fire's use is clear. Yet Fire is Wood's child and Wood is Fire's mother, so one must put the mother first and the child after; if one abandons Wood and takes only Fire, one has a child without a mother. For a life of Yin and Wei, a day birth takes Wood first, and a night birth takes Fire as

用金星禍福前防已明水雖為忌亦為利害獨有丙丁人及納音火者可以為□其他命者又不相同如箕度水四時取水為用水乃木之母先水而後木水之一星一為命母二為命度三為官星諸用畢備若水孛交計水防水火交徵水土相迫雖為防忌尤當明審如春夏生水為休囚彼強我弱是故不足生於冬月水星旺相命主官星秉令防惡夾之反為輔衛是猶武卒之於將相若居於髙強富貴可必茍失地亦能為防古人云人命臨於箕多疾害兼箕星好風且主簸□身命忌曜交夾或星曜戰鬭於人多災病縱有官亦有讒謗之類人馬安命人多好動主遷移此宮禍福與亥不同亥以隂為主寅以陽為論日木土三者故不離乎取用夜生用輕亦不可失辰為福徳已為官祿但木忌居福徳若月居之為身居鬼鄉遇水解之免防辰與亥通闗限入此者本宮有星可以明防若無星必於亥宮取其禍福若亥有命母財元天馬之類皆以吉言防星臨之則防已為官祿一生成就之地己戌通闗依上取用水為官星得失強

use. The misfortune and fortune of Metal stars was explained in the earlier judgment; though Water is taboo it is also a matter of benefit and harm, and only for Bing and Ding persons and those of Fire sound-element can it be a support, while others are not the same. For the Ji degree, Water is taken as use in all four seasons, since Water is Wood's mother and one takes Water first and then Wood; the one star Water is first the life's mother, second the life degree, third the official star, with every use complete. If Water and Bo cross, Water guards against Water, and if Water and Fire fight, Water and Earth press each other; though taboo, one must examine them. In spring and summer, Water is dormant and weak, he is strong and I am weak, so it is insufficient; if one is born in winter when the Water star flourishes and the life lord and official star hold command, the evil that guards against them clasps them and instead protects, like soldiers to generals and ministers. If high and strong, wealth and rank are certain; if it loses its place, it can also guard against ill. The ancients said, 'When a person's life lies at Ji, there are many illnesses and harms; Ji star likes wind and also rules winnowing.' If the body and life meet taboo lights that clasp them, or stars fight over a person, there will be many illnesses and disasters, and even with office there will be slander and the like. A person who fixes life with man and horse is often restless and moves about. The fortune and misfortune of this palace differ from Hai: Hai takes Yin as lord, whereas Yin is judged by the Sun, Wood, and Earth, so it never departs from taking these three as use, and a night birth has light use but still should not lose it. Chen is the Fortune and Virtue palace, and Si is the Official Emolument palace; but Wood taboos the Fortune palace, and if the Moon stands there, the body is in a ghost land, which Water resolves and relieves. Chen links through to Hai; for one whose limit enters here, if the palace has a star it can be judged clearly, and if it has no star one must take its fortune and misfortune from the Hai palace; if Hai has the life mother, wealth origin, Heavenly Horse and the like, all are spoken of as auspicious, and if a guarding star is there it is an ill judgment. Si is the Official Emolument palace, a place of lifelong accomplishment, and Ji and Xu link through, so take them as above; Water as the official star, with gain and loss, strong and

弱生平賴之中間輕重前段已具午宮為遷移諸星臨之善惡易別六巳生人太隂臨其上為大吉午乃六巳人祿兼卦氣上盤巨蟹乃太隂之垣廟此命當為貴格又不可以難星防之非六巳人不可言未乃難宮此宮與他難星不同此是太隂為難身主相干若身更入難宮申來加未未加午午未二宮忽有忌曜又為前後三日胎元此兩宮為禍福最□宜明審察惟丑乃財帛宮丑與寅通若此宮有田財二主或當用之星為吉與他處財帛命管攝者大不同葢此財帛有命宮也如甲之申子辰坐此是命有祿馬以木火為最重如甲之寅午戌則以木火為竒亦命宮之有真祿馬對沖也若己酉丑人身居福徳乃身命夾三煞此宮所合數局本為不入局若偏之卯則有伏吟局天地通局在焉雖然如此亦難捉摸所貴者得其綱領而已【發明云寅宮屬木木生在亥寅與亥合兩宮互加丑為通闗夘為加盤一則財帛二則相貌若有吉星居之則帛相貌皆是貴命若有防星居之皆是賤命好則福生有基不好則禍起蕭牆人

weak, relied upon for a lifetime, and the weight between is as in the earlier passage. The Wu palace is Migration, where the stars' good and evil are easily distinguished; for Liu-Si persons, with the Moon above it, it is greatly auspicious, since Wu is the emolument of Liu-Si persons and also the qi of the hexagram, and the upper chart's Cancer is the Moon's wall and temple; this life is a noble pattern and one cannot guard against it as a calamity star, but if one is not a Liu-Si person one cannot say this. Wei is the calamity palace, but this palace differs from the other calamity stars, being the Moon as calamity involved with the body lord; if the body again enters the calamity palace, with Shen added to Wei, Wei added to Wu, and suddenly a taboo light appears in Wu and Wei, it is again the womb origin of the front and back three days, and these two palaces are the ones where fortune and misfortune are to be most examined. Chou is the Wealth palace, and Chou links with Yin; if this palace has a field-and-wealth lord or an apt star in use, it is auspicious, greatly different from other places' wealth palace governed by the life, for this wealth has a life palace. For instance, a Jia person sitting here in Shen, Zi, Chen has emolument and horse in the life, with Wood and Fire as the heaviest; and for a Jia person in Yin, Wu, Xu, Wood and Fire are wondrous, which is also the life palace's true emolument and horse facing each other. If a Ji, You, Chou person's body lies in Fortune and Virtue, it is the body and life clasping three sha. The several patterns this palace fits are originally non-entering; if biased toward Mao, then the Hidden Chant pattern and the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern are there. Though so, it is hard to grasp; what is valued is to grasp the main thread. [Fa Ming says: the Yin palace belongs to Wood, and Wood is born in Hai; Yin is in harmony with Hai, and the two palaces are mutually added. Chou links through and Mao is the added chart, first for wealth and second for appearance. If an auspicious star is there, then wealth and appearance are both noble fates; if a harmful star is there, both are base fates. Good brings a base of fortune and bad brings calamity inside the screen wall; people

皆知拱夾為重而不知互加為妙若在外而實在內也此宮所好者水也孛也所忌者金也月也皆難星也金水二星最闗利害細看閃避互宮換局貴賤瞭然若金入水位水入金宮不然金入水局水入金局皆是仕宦命也若金水相隔一位水居無用之地則為夭折之命大抵恩星雖化為刑囚直星亦吉若化為福祿愈佳然難星雖化為福祿亦防若化為刑囚尤酷餘宮依此防之雖然好惡之星如此又次看守宮之星如何所用之星如何印防混雜之星如何方可以防吉防且如庚生人以水為祿主乙生人以孛為祿主固為福也若五六月生人混之以火土是火直生土囚尅祿水耗尅祿孛未必不為禍矣又如巳生人以金化囚為忌辛生人以太隂化囚為忌固為害矣若春生金混之以水得水以洩金太隂水精以生孛反為有福不可槩論也當審輕重防之若有職元局主天馬地驛與夫難星害曜直煞之類又不可以此防論十二宮惟官祿福徳田宅八煞至切也已為官祿所屬者水水星居之謂之官星入垣太隂居

all know clasping is important and do not know that mutual addition is wondrous, which is outwardly outside yet truly inside. What this palace likes is Water and Bo; what it taboos is Metal and the Moon, all calamity stars. Metal and Water are the two stars most tied to benefit and harm, and one should look closely at dodging and at exchanging the pattern in the mutual palaces to see noble and base clearly. If Metal enters Water's seat and Water enters Metal's palace, or Metal enters a Water pattern and Water enters a Metal pattern, all are official careers; if Metal and Water are one place apart and Water stands in a useless land, it is a fate of early death. In general, kindly stars, though turned to punishment and imprisonment, are still auspicious for duty stars, and if turned to fortune and emolument are better still; calamity stars, though turned to fortune and emolument, are also ill, and if turned to punishment and imprisonment are especially cruel. Judge other palaces by this. Though likes and dislikes are so, one then looks at the star guarding the palace, the star used, and the stars of seal and mixture, so as to judge auspicious and inauspicious. For example, a Geng person takes Water as emolument lord and an Yi person takes Bo as emolument lord, which is fortune indeed; but if one is born in the fifth or sixth month and it is mixed with Fire and Earth, then Fire's duty generates Earth, which imprisons and clashes with the emolument Water, and Water is consumed and clashes with the emolument Bo, which will not fail to be misfortune. Again, a Si person takes Metal as turned to imprisonment and taboo, and an Xin person takes the Moon as turned to imprisonment and taboo, which is certainly harmful; but if born in spring with Metal mixed with Water, getting Water to drain Metal, or with the Moon's Water essence generating Bo, it is instead fortunate, and one cannot judge by a blanket rule; one must examine the weights and judge. If there is an office-origin, lord of the pattern, Heavenly Horse, Earthly Post, or calamity stars, harmful lights, duty sha and the like, one cannot judge by this. Of the twelve palaces, only Official Emolument, Fortune and Virtue, Fields and Dwelling, and the eight sha are the most pressing. Si is the Official Emolument palace, belonging to Water; a Water star there is called the official star entering its wall, the Moon

之謂之身入官祿木星居之謂之木入水位命主有氣謂之命主坐官或丙戊生人謂之祿居官祿俱是富貴之命若金星居之謂之害曜破官午有水星破禍成福有火居之亦能為福若辰酉有金破福成禍辰為福徳屬金若金星居之不為福星入垣即為害曜入垣太隂居之不為身居福徳即為安身傍鬼又為難星黨害曜木星居之不為命主坐福徳卻為木困金鄉是貧薄命也若金居之混之以水破禍成福木星居之若申子辰有水星即為木入水局太隂居之若六乙生人夘上有祿即為身命夾祿好惡之辯可細推也田宅亥宮也金水若在亥行辰限多發福若有金土在亥行辰限多為禍男女戌宮與官祿巳宮相闗有金在戌行限遇水則吉利若有土金在戌到巳限不見水則不利八煞未宮太隂居之謂之難星入垣若三四月生人月為直星主生疾病六辛生人月化囚星多有官災更加申午二宮若有防星臨之嵗煞值之謂之以煞見煞有大禍存焉有吉星臨之未必為福是申為胎元午為三日前扶後引惟命

there is called the body entering the Official Emolument, Wood there is called Wood entering a Water seat, the life lord having qi is called the life lord sitting in the official, and for Bing and Wu persons it is called emolument residing in Official Emolument, all fates of wealth and rank; if a Metal star is there it is called a harmful light breaking the official. In Wu, a Water star breaks misfortune into fortune, and a Fire star there can also bring fortune; if in Chen or You there is Metal, it breaks fortune into misfortune. Chen is the Fortune and Virtue palace and belongs to Metal; if a Metal star is there, it is either a fortune star entering its wall or a harmful light entering its wall; if the Moon is there, it is either the body in Fortune and Virtue or a body secured with a ghost beside it, and also a calamity star's party of harmful lights; if a Wood star is there, it is either the life lord sitting in Fortune and Virtue or Wood trapped in a Metal land, which is a poor and thin fate. If Metal is there mixed with Water, it breaks misfortune into fortune; if a Wood star is there and in Shen, Zi, Chen there is a Water star, Wood enters a Water pattern; if the Moon is there and for a Liu-Yi person Mao has emolument, then body and life clasp the emolument. Good and ill can be carefully inferred. Fields and Dwelling is the Hai palace; if Metal and Water are in Hai and the Chen limit is walked, there is often a rise in fortune, while if Metal and Earth are in Hai and the Chen limit is walked, there is often misfortune. Sons and daughters in the Xu palace link with the Official Emolument Si palace; if Metal is in Xu and the limit meets Water, it is auspicious, but if Earth and Metal are in Xu and the Si limit is reached without seeing Water, it is unfavorable. For the eight sha in the Wei palace, the Moon there is called a calamity star entering its wall; for those born in the third and fourth months, the Moon is the on-duty star and rules illness, and for Liu-Xin persons, the Moon turned to imprisonment star brings many official disasters. Moreover, in the two palaces Shen and Wu, if an inauspicious star is there and the year sha is on duty, this is called sha meeting sha and great calamity exists; if an auspicious star is there it is not necessarily fortune, for Shen is the womb origin and Wu is the three days, supporting before and leading after, and only the life

主木星居之一則入局二則入秦三則八煞有星不為主居疾厄也更有吉星扶之不貴即富矣此宮亦有數局一為天地通闗局二為天地徳合局三為六合局四為諸不入局五為六害局所謂天地通闗局者以隂加陽以陽加隂主星得宜是也如寅生人以木為主飛入於申加之以酉申者陽也酉者隂也申屬水酉屬金是金生水酉生木木飛申上有祿寅宮安命謂之沖干對祿謂之六合局為吉若辛生人木為主星飛在戌上亦加之以酉雖曰辛祿在酉酉屬金木逢之不得其次反成六害局酉戌是穿心六害為不吉也所謂天地徳合局者此宮坐命有二丁巳生人祿在午木為主星飛在午午宮有未是午與未合六癸生人祿在子木為主星飛在子子宮冇丑是子與丑合如甲戊庚生人貴在丑未而命主飛在未是未宮有午午與未合如六辛生人貴在午寅而命主飛在午是午宮有未未與午合如乙巳生人貴在子申而命主飛在子子宮冇丑子與丑合又甲戊庚生人命主飛在丑丑宮有子子與丑合有如此數即

lord Wood star there, first entering the pattern, second entering Qin, third the eight sha having a star, is not the lord who dwells in illness, and with an auspicious star supporting it one will be noble or rich. This palace also has several patterns: first the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, second the Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern, third the Six Harmonies pattern, fourth the non-entering patterns, fifth the Six Harms pattern. The so-called Heaven-Earth Linking pattern is Yin added to Yang and Yang added to Yin, with the lord star well suited. For example, a person born under Yin takes Wood as lord and flies into Shen, adding You: Shen is Yang and You is Yin, Shen belongs to Water and You to Metal, so Metal generates Water and You generates Wood, and Wood flies above Shen with emolument; the life fixed in the Yin palace is called clashing the stem against the emolument, the Six Harmonies pattern, auspicious. If an Xin person has Wood as lord star flying to Xu, also adding You, though Xin's emolument is in You and You belongs to Metal, Wood meeting it does not get its proper order and instead forms a Six Harms pattern; You and Xu are the heart-piercing six harms, inauspicious. The so-called Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern is this: for those who fix the life in this palace, a Ding or Si person has emolument in Wu, with Wood as lord star flying to Wu, and in the Wu palace there is Wei, Wu and Wei being in harmony; a Liu-Gui person has emolument in Zi, with Wood as lord star flying to Zi, and in the Zi palace there is Chou, Zi and Chou being in harmony; a Jia, Wu, Geng person has a noble in Chou and Wei, and if the life lord flies to Wei, then in the Wei palace there is Wu, Wu and Wei being in harmony; a Liu-Xin person has a noble in Wu and Yin, and if the life lord flies to Wu, in the Wu palace there is Wei, Wei and Wu being in harmony; a Yi, Si person has a noble in Zi and Shen, and if the life lord flies to Zi, in the Zi palace there is Chou, Zi and Chou being in harmony; and for a Jia, Wu, Geng person, if the life lord flies to Chou, in the Chou palace there is Zi, Zi and Chou being in harmony. With such counts, one has

為之六合局不然互拱見貴尤其佳也其他皆為諸不入局是天盤地盤加合不成如有職元殿駕局主卦氣天馬地驛在命主所躔之宮即為好命如有刑囚難直煞星在命主所躔之宮即為防命也又謂不入局中有六害存焉木為命主在酉是酉宮有戌戌宮有酉好則為天地通闗局不好則為六害焉又如木為命主在夘辰夘辰是六害辰宮有夘夘宮有辰為六害局惟是這處便有輕重此寅之一宮得隂注陽受二星最為利益專解直難一星八煞宮屬月以月為難星若得隂注陽受解之不為身犯難宮若以月所到處皆成難星守位如此則此宮安命者俱無好命矣貴乎有隂注陽受而附加之尤以為佳所以大煞僧多值此星亦有大仕宦者多值此星互加暗加之法後學鮮知最妙者寅中之造化萬物殊途皆由此出人徒知有寅也而不知有艮也人徒知有艮也而不知有震也先天后天大有施設誰能明達至此乎寅宮坐命皆從夘上加所謂天地左旋而右轉又以偏正而論所合者數局殊不知伏吟局有之六

the Six Harmonies pattern; otherwise, mutual clasping showing nobility is especially fine. All the others are non-entering patterns, meaning the heavenly chart and earthly chart do not combine when added. If there are an office-origin, hall and chariot, pattern lord, qi of the hexagram, Heavenly Horse, or Earthly Post in the palace where the life lord resides, it is a good fate; if punishment, imprisonment, calamity, duty, or sha stars are in the palace where the life lord resides, it is an ill fate. It is also said that within the non-entering patterns the Six Harms exist: if Wood is the life lord in You, then in the You palace there is Xu and in the Xu palace there is You; if good, it is the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, and if not good, it is the Six Harms. Again, if Wood is the life lord in Mao or Chen, Mao and Chen are the Six Harms, with Mao in the Chen palace and Chen in the Mao palace, which is the Six Harms pattern; only here do weight and lightness differ. Of the Yin palace, obtaining Yin-pour and Yang-receive, the two stars are most beneficial, being specially for resolving the one calamity-duty star: the eight sha palace belongs to the Moon, and the Moon is the calamity star; if one obtains Yin-pour and Yang-receive to resolve it, the body does not offend the calamity palace. If wherever the Moon goes becomes a calamity star guarding the position, then those who fix the life in this palace would all have no good fate. What is valued is having Yin-pour and Yang-receive with additions, which is better still, so that even a very great sha-monk meeting this star may also become a great official. The methods of mutual and secret addition are rarely known to later students. Most wondrous is the fate-making within Yin: the ten thousand things take different roads but all come out from here. People only know Yin and do not know Gen, people only know Gen and do not know Zhen; the former and later heavens have great arrangement, but who can understand to this extent? A life in the Yin palace is all added from Mao, which is the so-called heaven and earth turning left and earth turning right. Then judge by bias and regularity: the patterns it fits are several, yet one does not know that the Hidden Chant pattern is there, the Six

害六合局有之天地通闗局天地徳合局亦有之惟其如此亦難捉摸所貴得其要訣則判然如在目前矣】

Harms and Six Harmonies patterns are there, and the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern and the Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern are also there; being so, it is hard to grasp, and what is valued is to obtain its essential secret, so that it is plain and as if before the eyes.]

卯宮命

Life in the Mao Palace

卯與戌合故為火命居於此為伏吟偏於寅則為不入局偏於辰則為六害局子夘通闗四正取用最為□切此宮體認與四正四刑反吟局相表裡如天地通局自夘起子夘為東方之地子為支神之首以此加之是為諸局之緫故先有天地通局一則生二二則生三生生無窮宮神震庚人卦氣火金月為三限主以木土為田財以太陽為官主以水為忌難夘主陰夜生用火金月也金火有情於我處於髙明為福必矣晝生則用輕晝生若木土臨命度不為田財之用而為陽明之助火為本領與木相維春夏當權雖晝生不為忌夜更有功一火滿用此為最切得之必有勇畧又能謙恭起於太陽之處為命主朝君廊廟之士也若防於午最明若在陷宮則減力水為難星於春夏者以木土為主令我強彼弱水力終防七月八月生值之者以難加直故為不足身近水為身與鬼交多主暗疾生冬月水常經於寅夘之間此時木衰火老水正得時見之不利若得水星合木木能生火乃絶而復續也若助之金孛其防尤甚若金水交

Mao is in harmony with Xu, so it is a Fire life; to reside here is Hidden Chant, and if biased toward Yin it is non-entering, if biased toward Chen it is the Six Harms pattern. Zi and Mao link through, and the Four Cardinals' choice of use is most pressing; the body and recognition of this palace are inside and outside with the Four Cardinals, Four Punishments, and Reverse Chant pattern, such as the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern which starts from Mao: Zi and Mao are the eastern land, and Zi is the head of the earthly branches, so adding it is the sum of all patterns, and thus first there is the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, one begetting two and two begetting three, begetting without end. The palace spirit is Zhen, for a Geng person the qi of the hexagram is Fire and Metal, with the Moon as the three limits' lord, Wood and Earth as fields and wealth, the Sun as the official lord, and Water as taboo and calamity. Mao rules Yin; for night births use Fire, Metal, and the Moon; when Metal and Fire are warm toward me, placed high and bright, it is certainly fortune; for a day birth the use is light. If Wood and Earth are in the life degree, they are not used as fields and wealth but as the help of Yang brightness, with Fire as the fief and Wood tied to it; at spring and summer's command, even a day birth is not taboo, and a night birth has more merit. Fire's one full use is the most pressing, and obtaining it surely gives courage and strategy and also humility and respect; rising in the Sun's place as life lord, it is a courtier of the court bowing to the lord. If one guards at Wu it is most clear, and in a fallen palace the force is reduced. Water is a calamity star; in spring and summer, taking Wood and Earth as lord, I am strong and he is weak, and Water's force is in the end insufficient. Those born in the seventh and eighth months meeting it are calamity added to duty and so insufficient, and if the body is near Water, the body and ghost cross and often a hidden illness; one born in winter, when Water often passes between Yin and Mao, finds Wood decaying and Fire old and Water just in its time, so meeting it is unfavorable. If Water joins Wood, Wood can generate Fire, as the cut-off being continued again; if helped by Metal and Bo, the guarded harm is especially severe. If Metal and Water cross

行是為難星得助此宮三宿如房度太陽為性與火通類經云太陽與火通防生尅制化惟依火而行心月度夜生從太陰為主金火助之吉見土計為忌葢夜生隂局命者亦以火計為嫌晝生從火防如氐度戊巳生人及納音土者命宮與土星相管攝方可以土防又不可以土助之葢天地間土從火中出必有火而後有土以氐為土度防則土生旺但不可一例以木炁為嫌戊巳人納音土者九月十月方以木為礙終無傷人元氣若春夏之際木又為財元生旺論之不可一槩言也庚人得之而為化氣必能獲福又喜土計臨之葢天元屬金故夜生人亦不為忌此宮立命無分晝夜不問四時必借太陽臨之吉地輔之吉曜守於祿宮卦氣之上則功名顯達茍陷於惡弱混以刑囚直難必有防累此是防暴之徒每犯刑憲此宮主命為伏吟之體難比三合六合論所□者考於四正四正吉防有無虛實則命宮同一體午為官祿子為田宅酉為妻俱相闗系葢子午夘酉本為四刑之地甲丙戊庚壬人之四刑者闌干貫索伏屍卷

and travel, the calamity star gets help. The three lodges of this palace: for the Fang degree, the Sun is its nature and is the same kind as Fire; the Classic says, 'The Sun and Fire communicate'; for guarding, generation, clashing, and transformation, it depends only on Fire to travel. For the Xin and Wei degree, a night birth follows the Moon as lord, with Metal and Fire helping it, auspicious, while seeing Earth and Ji is taboo; a night birth of Yin pattern also dislikes Fire and Ji, while a day birth follows Fire. For the Di degree, Wu and Ji persons and those of Earth sound-element, the life palace and the Earth star governing each other can be guarded as Earth, and one should not help it with Earth, since Earth between heaven and earth comes out from within Fire, so there must be Fire and only then Earth; taking Di as an Earth degree, Earth generates flourishing, but one cannot treat Wood and Qi as taboo throughout; a Wu or Ji person of Earth sound-element only in the ninth and tenth months takes Wood as a hindrance, which in the end does not harm the person's original qi; in the spring and summer season, Wood is again wealth origin, flourishing, and cannot be spoken of as one blanket. A Geng person getting it turns to transformed qi and will surely gain fortune, and likes Earth and Ji, since the heavenly origin belongs to Metal and so a night birth is not taboo. For the life set in this palace, regardless of day or night and regardless of the four seasons, one must rely on the Sun arriving, auspicious ground supporting, and auspicious lights guarding the emolument palace and hexagram qi, and then fame and rank are prominent; if one falls into weak evil and mixes with punishment, imprisonment, duty, calamity, there will be guarded-against trouble, a violent person who often offends punishment law. This palace's lordship of the life is the Hidden Chant body, hard to compare with the Three Harmonies and Six Harmonies; what is wanted is to examine the Four Cardinals and whether the Four Cardinals' good and ill are empty or real, and the life palace is of one body with them. Wu is Official Emolument, Zi is Fields and Dwelling, You is Wife, all related, since Zi, Wu, Mao, and You are originally the Four Punishments land, and for Jia, Bing, Wu, Geng, and Ren persons the four punishments are Lan Gan, Guan Suo, Fu Shi, and Juan

舌是也得其吉則有驟然之福歸之防則有暴然之禍命宮為始官祿次之妻宮為終翻覆徃來防吉倚伏處中交之際多是世變風移善惡相反也設若丙戊生人官宮主事此為天地盤中上下交若有福祿日月臨之多是發福中主夭暴如得子午上有羅計主之方可御患葢天星制地煞此局機闗最為靈驗福徳主巳以巳加巳上下無度只尋其初而窮其終與官祿體勢甚別或以軫加翼以其深淺不同禍福則異若丙戊人祿所在若子午夘酉人破碎所在當斟酌而言此宮無四正變換之理合戌中加之通闗有吉可以吉防有防則以防言通闗無吉防之曜當取三合有無制局解之方定禍福夘宮坐命體勢最難明白本宮無變但看深淺如何正則無復變偏則體局又變其間詳審在伏吟圖中申宮主厄所忌水星唯七八月間多生於東南之際以太陽故也如初中末見之當審其患又看制化如何最宜明辯

She. Getting its auspiciousness brings sudden fortune, while returning it to misfortune brings sudden calamity. The life palace is the beginning, the Official Emolument next, and the Wife palace the end, turning over and over, coming and going, in auspicious and inauspicious leaning and hiding; at the interchange in the middle, it is mostly when the world changes and customs shift, and good and evil are reversed. If Bing and Wu persons have the official palace in charge, this is the upper and lower crossing in the heavenly and earthly charts; if fortune, emolument, the Sun and Moon are there, it is often a rise in fortune but a midlife early or violent death. If Zi and Wu are ruled by Luo and Ji, one can resist the trouble, since heavenly stars restrain earthly sha, and this pattern's mechanism is most effective. The Fortune and Virtue lord is Si, adding Si to Si, with no degree up or down and seeking only its beginning and exhausting its end; it is very different from the Official Emolument's posture. Or taking Zhen added to Yi, according to their differing depth the fortune and misfortune differ; for Bing and Wu persons the place of emolument, and for Zi, Wu, Mao, You persons the place of breakage, one should weigh and speak. This palace has no principle of change in the Four Cardinals; if the linking has auspiciousness one may judge auspicious, and if it has harm one speaks of harm. If the linking has no auspicious or inauspicious light, one should take whether the three harmonies have it and resolve it by the controlling pattern, and only then fix fortune and misfortune. The body of the life in the Mao palace is the hardest to make clear; the palace itself has no change but depends on how deep or shallow, and if regular there is no further change, while if biased the body and pattern change again, and the detailed examination is in the Hidden Chant diagram. The Shen palace rules illness, and what it taboos is the Water star, only in the seventh and eighth months, mostly born in the southeast because of the Sun; if seen at the beginning, middle, or end, one should examine its harm, and look at how it is restrained and transformed, which is best clarified.

【發明云夘宮屬火火庫居戌夘與戌合戌者陽也夘者陰也故以火為命主春夏當權雖書生不為忌夜更有功命居於此為伏吟偏於寅則為不入局偏於辰則為六害局夘辰是六害伏吟無度大槩要推日出入度之淺深如日入淺躔氐一度雖天盤在夘則加辰地盤則寅加夘以夘時而論則命度與日同度有如此類便以為伏吟局其說謬矣又六合局有之六害局有之天地通闗局天地徳合局亦有之於中暗有造化若日躔房度以夘時生則正為伏吟局既得伏吟局之正故無徃而不正在十二宮中亦皆以正論其禍福只在一十五度內見之使有一水星在亢初度水能尅火是禍起蕭牆使有一木星在尾初度木能生火是福生有基木炁者此官之父母水孛者此宮之鬼賊木為母曜炁為木餘固能為福若六巳生人於十一月十二月生者復混以生未必不為禍也難星囚直不惟作災又制其木不使為福又如水孛固能為害若六辛六丙生人於二月三月生者混之以木炁未必不為福也是水生木又以炁洩

[Fa Ming says: the Mao palace belongs to Fire, and Fire's storehouse is in Xu; Mao is in harmony with Xu, Xu being Yang and Mao being Yin, so Fire is the life lord; in spring and summer when it holds authority, even a scholar does not find it taboo, and a night birth has more merit. A life here is Hidden Chant, biased toward Yin it is non-entering, biased toward Chen it is the Six Harms pattern, with Mao and Chen being the Six Harms. Hidden Chant has no degrees; in general one must infer the depth of the Sun's entering and exiting degrees, for instance if the Sun has entered shallowly at one degree of Di, then the heavenly chart in Mao adds to Chen and the earthly chart has Yin added to Mao; taking the Mao hour, the life degree is at the same degree as the Sun, and taking this as the Hidden Chant pattern is a mistaken theory. Moreover, the Six Harmonies pattern is there, the Six Harms pattern is there, and the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern and the Heaven-Earth Virtue Combination pattern are also there; within it there is secret fate-making. If the Sun resides in the Fang degree and one is born at the Mao hour, it is rightly the Hidden Chant pattern; having obtained the Hidden Chant pattern's regularity, it goes nowhere that is not regular, and in the twelve palaces everything is judged as regular, with fortune and misfortune seen only within the fifteen degrees. If there is a Water star at the first degree of Kang, Water can clash Fire, and calamity rises inside the screen wall; if there is a Wood star at the first degree of Wei, Wood can generate Fire, and a base of fortune is born. Wood and Qi are this palace's parents; Water and Bo are this palace's ghost and thief. Wood is a mother light and Qi is the surplus of Wood, so they can certainly bring fortune; but for a Liu-Si person born in the eleventh and twelfth months, if they are again mixed with generation, it is not necessarily without misfortune. Calamity stars and imprisonment duty not only cause disaster but also restrain its Wood so it cannot bring fortune. Again, though Water and Bo can certainly cause harm, for a Liu-Xin or Liu-Bing person born in the second or third month, if mixed with Wood and Qi, it is not necessarily without fortune, since Water generates Wood and Qi drains

水不能為禍至此方知其妙要之十二宮最切者無如戌宮酉宮其次申未宮禍福不出乎此葢戌宮闗我官祿且官福二宮有好星在上未必吉惡星在上未必防惟有暗加之吉防最驗也未為遷移申為八煞申未通闗難星居之俱為不足月臨之亦未為善更火星臨之卻不為火臨坤地災消爍而為災愈甚人多不知其然也此宮坐命一曰深淺互加二曰翻覆互加三曰就本位加且以深淺互加言之以一宮有三十度有竒日初入則謂之淺日將次欲出則謂之深不然命宮三十度皆然今試言此一段加盤方曉其義以命宮之入淺而論則八嵗至十五嵗是夘加辰辰所主也若有水星在辰是辰金生水為災愈甚十六嵗至二十一嵗是辰加辰二十二嵗至二十六嵗是辰加巳巳上加見辰水謂之害星入垣能制其火二十七嵗至三十四嵗是巳加巳三十四嵗至四十二嵗是巳加午四十三嵗至四十六嵗是午加午四十七嵗至五十二嵗是午加未以命主入深而論自一嵗至七嵗謂之夘加寅雖坐命於夘而卻一

Water, so it cannot cause misfortune. Reaching here, one knows its wonder. In sum, of the twelve palaces the most pressing are Xu and You, then Shen and Wei, and fortune and misfortune do not go outside them. The Xu palace concerns my Official Emolument, and whether the Official and Fortune palaces have good stars above does not necessarily make it auspicious, nor evil stars above necessarily make it inauspicious; only secretly added auspicious and inauspicious is most effective. Wei is Migration and Shen is the eight sha; Shen and Wei link through, and calamity stars residing there are all insufficient, and the Moon there is also not good, and if a Fire star is there, it is not Fire meeting a Kun land that melts and disperses disaster, but a disaster that grows more severe, which people mostly do not know. For a life in this palace, first is depth and shallow mutual addition, second is overturning mutual addition, third is addition at its own position. Speaking first of depth and shallow mutual addition, one palace has thirty degrees and a fraction; when the Sun has just entered it is called shallow, and when the Sun is about to leave it is called deep; otherwise the thirty degrees of the life palace are all so. Now to try to say one section of this added chart will make its meaning known. Taking the life palace's shallow entering, from age eight to fifteen is Mao added to Chen, governed by Chen; if a Water star is in Chen, Chen Metal generates Water, and the misfortune becomes severe. From age sixteen to twenty-one is Chen added to Chen; from twenty-two to twenty-six is Chen added to Si, and Water seen in Si added to Chen is called a harmful star entering the wall, able to restrain its Fire. From twenty-seven to thirty-four is Si added to Si; from thirty-four to forty-two is Si added to Wu; from forty-three to forty-six is Wu added to Wu; from forty-seven to fifty-two is Wu added to Wei. Speaking by the life lord's deep entering, from age one to seven is called Mao added to Yin, though the life sits in Mao, yet one

半在寅起所以夘加寅也自八嵗至十五嵗是夘加夘此伏吟局加盤也大槩日漸淺而漸深不可便以為淺便以為深返旋加減則命度自明此則言其大畧也若行限則又看中氣更看在何宮上如逢職元局主卦氣天馬必能為福如逢嵗煞刑囚直難必能為禍不可一例推之所謂及覆局互加既以天門加地戶又以地戶加天門天門屬干亥宮也地戶屬防巳宮也奎初至軫七軫七至奎初此理防實於中造化隠然之妙正在丑加寅子加夘亥加辰戌加巳午加酉申加未所謂本局互加亦反覆局例以寅加辰次第加去禍福瞭然以上加盤要看星辰對度消詳取用以論吉防】

half is starting from Yin, so it is Mao added to Yin; from age eight to fifteen is Mao added to Mao, which is the Hidden Chant pattern's added chart. In general the Sun gradually goes from shallow to deep, and one cannot take it as shallow or as deep at once; turning back and adding and subtracting, the life degree is self-evident. This is only the general outline. If the limit is walked, one looks again at the mid-qi and at which palace it lies on: meeting office-origin, pattern lord, qi of the hexagram, or Heavenly Horse, one can certainly have fortune; meeting year sha, punishment, imprisonment, duty, or calamity, one can certainly have misfortune, and one cannot infer by one rule. The so-called overturning mutual addition adds Heaven Gate to Earth Door and Earth Door to Heaven Gate; Heaven Gate belongs to Qian, the Hai palace, and Earth Door belongs to Xun, the Si palace; from the first of Kui to Zhen seven and from Zhen seven to the first of Kui, this principle is real, and the subtle fate-making within it lies precisely in Chou added to Yin, Zi added to Mao, Hai added to Chen, Xu added to Si, Wu added to You, and Shen added to Wei. This so-called pattern of mutual addition is also an overturning pattern, with Yin added to Chen and so on in order, and fortune and misfortune are plain. For the above added charts, one must look at the stars facing the degrees, deliberate carefully, take the use, and judge the auspicious and inauspicious.]

辰宮命

Life in the Chen Palace

辰與酉合金為主已在前夘在後人見其夾拱而相統攝夘本加辰辰加巳兩宮互加於此亥為通闗反覆巳亥兩宮禍福最□宮屬四庫既無祿馬又無卦氣命宮於此六害二體考之禍福翻覆為先互加次之此宮立命以太陰為官祿主以火土為田財主晝生以土水木為三限主如晝之木土本強若更處髙明必合體用夜生則量輕重雖為反曜而亦無防水之用涉得失難辯臨防則防遇吉則吉火星為財夜見為福晝則無功戊庚辛人多為不利甲巳丁人見之為喜秋令則名利兩全夏令則名為利奪行之陰道財福最多居之陽分人多貪吝如逢水孛則以為防防土計為吉羅防洩財之氣木炁養之取其得失與其他宮分不同中有軫角亢三宿木同軫亦無翼水在金中土不為忌角之一宿木主乎春春月生人則為有用如甲乙為干納音屬木先忌金羅次嫌火氣與其他干音又不同秋冬金強於木何有晝夜以金為首得其吉用為剛方若例以防神恐乖仁義雖宮有三宿然主用要明不可一槩以戰為論葢水之

Chen is in harmony with You, so Metal is lord; Si lies earlier and Mao later, and people see it clasped and mutually governed, with Mao originally added to Chen and Chen added to Si, the two palaces mutually added. Hai links through, overturning between Si and Hai, whose fortune and misfortune are pressing. The palace belongs to the Four Storehouses, with neither emolument and horse nor qi of the hexagram, and a life here is examined by the Six Harms in two bodies, with overturning fortune and misfortune first and mutual addition next. For a life fixed in this palace, the Moon is taken as the official emolument lord, Fire and Earth as the fields and wealth lords; for day births Earth, Water, and Wood are the lords of the three limits; as for day Wood and Earth, if they are originally strong, and moreover placed high and bright, they must fit body and use. A night birth weighs the light and heavy; though it is a reversed light, it also has no harm from guarding against Water. The use of Water involves gain and loss that are hard to distinguish; meeting the ill is ill and meeting the auspicious is auspicious. A Fire star is wealth, and seen at night it is fortune, by day without merit; Wu, Geng, Xin persons often find it unfavorable, while Jia, Ji, Ding persons find seeing it a joy. In autumn season both name and profit are complete, in summer season name is seized by profit; walking a Yin road wealth and fortune are greatest, but dwelling in a Yang division people are often greedy and stingy. If Water and Bo are met, take them as ill; Earth and Ji are auspicious; Luo guards against draining the qi of wealth; and Wood and Qi nourish it, taking their gain and loss as different from other palaces. Within it the three lodges Zhen, Jiao, and Kang: Wood together with Zhen, and also with Yi, Water in Metal, and Earth is not taboo; the one lodge Jiao, Wood, rules spring, and persons born in spring months find it useful, such as those of Jia and Yi stems with Wood sound-element, who first taboo Metal and Luo and next dislike the Fire qi, differing again from other stem-sounds; in autumn and winter Metal is stronger than Wood, so what is day and night, and Metal is taken as head and gaining its auspicious use becomes firm and upright. If one judges everything by guarding-against spirits, one may go against benevolence and righteousness; though the palace has three lodges, in using the lord one must be clear and cannot judge all by fighting.

為相是金之水四時常行之道晝夜不忌乎土見土用為三限得土則金有滋生若角之為度是金中有木金柔則木盛金盛則木衰此二者皆我家本然之物何以刑戰但白晝以金木相交則恐為六悲之害當以防防其他時□如金木相去爭差何防之有若角木苟以金為忌則亢金豈以火為財得失消詳又當明審此宮坐命生於冬月者金依太陽每行東方艮震之地亦有躔尾箕於寅人皆以金騎人馬為忌此乃星家常論此宮與酉宮金騎人馬不同酉宮論者晝見為防辰宮論者夜生有禍晝夜造化已別明白更中間蘊奧處乃□中之□也且以安命在辰取上盤之夘加辰財帛在夘取上盤之寅加夘閒極在寅取上盤之丑加寅雖下盤是寅字而上盤卻是丑字金得天之局故以為竒若戊庚人有祿馬貴人以是上盤之貴合下盤之祿馬此又為竒中之竒所以為吉中間體勢皆暗中造化又有亥為奴僕多為官星入格此又分別一段論亥雖奴僕與命相闗此為弱中之強也此宮立命與戌宮相等所貴者奴僕也

The Water as minister is Metal's Water, always the Way in the four seasons, day or night not taboo to Earth, and seeing Earth for the three limits, if Earth is obtained then Metal has nourishment. As for the Jiao degree, within Metal there is Wood, and when Metal is soft Wood flourishes, while when Metal flourishes Wood declines; both are things originally of my own house, so why punish and fight? But in daylight if Metal and Wood cross, one fears the harm of the six sorrows and one should guard against it as ill; at other times, if Metal and Wood are far apart or differ, what is there to guard against? If Jiao Wood considers Metal as taboo, would Kang Metal take Fire as wealth? Gain and loss should be carefully clarified. When one with life in this palace is born in a winter month, Metal depends on the Sun and often travels in the east, in the lands of Gen and Zhen, and sometimes passes Wei and Ji in Yin; people all take Metal riding a man-horse as taboo, which is the common theory of star families. This palace differs from the You palace's Metal riding a man-horse: those judged in the You palace see it by day as ill, while those judged in the Chen palace have misfortune when born at night, so day and night fate-making already differ. What is clear, and what is hidden in the middle, is the secret within the secret. Moreover, with the life set in Chen, take the upper chart's Mao added to Chen; wealth is in Mao, take the upper chart's Yin added to Mao; idle space is in Yin, take the upper chart's Chou added to Yin; though the lower chart is the character Yin, the upper chart is the character Chou, and Metal gaining the heavenly pattern is therefore wondrous. If a Wu or Geng person has emolument, horse, and noble, then using the upper chart's noble to combine with the lower chart's emolument and horse is wondrous within the wondrous, and so auspicious; the bodies within are all secret fate-making. Further, Hai is the servant palace, and often the official star enters the pattern, which is another section of judgment; though Hai is the servant, it is related to the life, strong within weakness. A life in this palace is equal to the Xu palace, and what is valued is the servants

葢戌中有己辰中有亥與其他安命之奴僕不同此宮體勢喜太隂與土同若太隂在奴僕若夘未有土合之即為妙用所妙者以下盤之亥為木局入上盤之戌為火局若得土合是火生土土生金身命相闗最為大利故曰得天者貴得地者富午為福宮善惡相半得其吉用則曰培植失之於防反成黨鬼未為官宮上有午下有未名曰六合為官惟此一宮立命有此格其他宮分無此能知者罕有如有一星得用在其間可以得名得祿若六巳人太隂居未又為官星更是祿主星又得上盤之崇勲卦氣豈不為超倫出世之流酉入難宮辰與酉合彼此相同戌宮與八難相類如見難星只依晝夜生尅而論禍福金為命元又為難星不可以命宮與八難同論辰宮乃天涯地角之所若合以驛馬臨以水孛多是離鄉奔走之人若交之紫炁是僧道師巫之流也此宮體勢與四正不同與六合亦異偏之夘則曰伏吟偏之巳則為不入局輕重當自察之【發明云辰宮屬金坐命以金為主金之一星最闗利害若飛起入官福二宮又

for in Xu there is Ji and in Chen there is Hai, differing from other lives' servants. This palace's body and posture like the Moon with Earth; if the Moon is in the servant palace, and if in Mao and Wei there is Earth combining, it is a wondrous use; the wondrous thing is that the lower chart's Hai is a Wood pattern entering the upper chart's Xu as a Fire pattern, and if Earth combines, Fire generates Earth and Earth generates Metal, with body and life related, greatly beneficial. Hence it is said that those who gain heaven are noble and those who gain earth are rich. Wu is the Fortune palace, where good and evil are half and half; gaining its auspicious use is called cultivation, and losing it to ill turns instead into a party of ghosts. Wei is the Official palace, with Wu above and Wei below, named the Six Harmonies official; only a life in this palace has this pattern, and no other palace has such ability, and those who know are rare. If a star is used among them, one may gain name and gain emolument; for a Liu-Si person the Moon in Wei is also the official star, moreover the lord star of emolument, and moreover gains the upper chart's distinguished merit and qi of the hexagram, so how could it not be one who surpasses the crowd and appears in the world? You enters the calamity palace; Chen is in harmony with You, and they are the same as each other, and the Xu palace is akin to the eight calamities. If one sees a calamity star, judge fortune and misfortune only by day and night birth and generation and clash. Metal is the life origin and also a calamity star, so one cannot discuss the life palace as the same as the eight calamities. The Chen palace is the corner of heaven and edge of earth; if the post horse is added and Water and Bo are there, one is often a person who leaves home and runs about; if it crosses with Purple Qi, one is a monk, Daoist, teacher, or shaman. This palace's body and posture differ from the Four Cardinals and also differ from the Six Harmonies; biased toward Mao it is called Hidden Chant, biased toward Si it is non-entering, and one should examine the weight oneself. [Fa Ming says: the Chen palace belongs to Metal, and a life fixed here takes Metal as lord; the one star Metal is most tied to benefit and harm; if it flies into the Official and Fortune palaces and

臨駕登殿入局無惡星雜之則以貴命論若飛入四宮更加福祿權財相防而不以暗耗雜之則以富命論或在奴僕相貌弱宮又無官福權財助之則以貧賤命論若坐煞宮防刑囚直難則以刑夭命論此宮所忌者火羅所喜土計也土為命母又為田宅宮主計乃土餘所以皆喜也火為煞星羅乃火餘所以皆忌也雖然喜忌如此取用亦須看守宮加合印防何如耳如火羅雖為煞曜若混之以土計則轉禍為福矣土計雖為思星若混之以木炁尅我命母反助火羅之惡為禍非輕若以十二宮輕重言之無如命宮主之最□也午為福徳未為官祿日在午為福入福宮月在未為官居官位不惟官祿入垣又是隂陽入廟最為竒也或命主居於強宮又與太嵗宮神祿馬天馬地驛職元局主互相管攝則功名顯赫矣卯為財帛火星居之不為財元入廟乃是刑曜入垣酉為八煞金星臨之不為難星入垣乃是八煞有星合此格者無有不好若科名科甲拱夾愈加其妙若金星在午福徳之位日為福主在巳月為官祿主在未謂

further climbs the chariot and ascends the hall, enters the pattern, and no evil stars are mixed in, it is judged as a noble fate. If it flies into the four palaces and is added with fortune, emolument, authority, and wealth, without being mixed with secret consumption, it is judged as a rich fate. If it is in Servant, Appearance, or a weak palace, and has no official, fortune, authority, wealth to help it, it is judged as a poor and base fate. If it sits in a sha palace and meets punishment, imprisonment, duty, calamity, it is judged as a fate of punishment and early death. What this palace taboos is Fire and Luo, what it welcomes is Earth and Ji. Earth is the life's mother and also the lord of Fields and Dwelling, and Ji is the surplus of Earth, so all are welcomed; Fire is a sha star and Luo is Fire's surplus, so all are taboo. Though welcomed and taboo are so, in taking use one must also see how the guarding palace is added and combined with auspicious and inauspicious; for instance, though Fire and Luo are sha lights, if mixed with Earth and Ji they turn misfortune into fortune; though Earth and Ji are kindly stars, if mixed with Wood and Qi, which clash my life mother and instead help the evil of Fire and Luo, the misfortune is not light. If we speak of the weight of the twelve palaces, none is more pressing than the life palace's rule. Wu is Fortune and Virtue and Wei is Official Emolument; the Sun in Wu is the Sun in its Fortune palace, and the Moon in Wei is the Moon residing in an official position; not only do Official Emolument and Fortune enter the wall, but also Yin and Yang enter their temple, which is most wondrous. Or if the life lord is in a strong palace and mutually governs with the Grand Year palace spirit, emolument, horse, Heavenly Horse, Earthly Post, office-origin and pattern lord, then fame and rank are bright. Mao is the Wealth palace, and Fire there is not wealth origin entering the temple but a punishing light entering the wall; You is the eight sha, and a Metal star there is not a calamity star entering its wall but the eight sha having a star; whoever fits this pattern is without exception good, and with examination-rank and clasping of the highest degrees it is better still. If a Metal star is in Wu, the Fortune and Virtue place, the Sun is the lord of Fortune, in Si the Moon is the lord of Official Emolument, and in Wei it is called

之日月夾主又為官福夾主則為福不淺矣且如王待制甲申十月初五日寅時生命在辰金為主在寅本居閒極之宮又臨天馬未足為榮葢寅為祿馬之地天盤以丑加寅是為坐貴坐祿若日在夘月在丑乃日月夾主星況日月二主又是官福丑寅夘皆隔一位加見官祿又是夜生人不背年三十餘官至待制地位若金在午羅在巳火在未謂之火羅夾命主若是六戊六丙生人以火羅為刑囚謂之刑囚夾本主刑害可知天盤巳加午主犯囚星以午加未主為刑星所犯謂之合處受傷為害不小必然刑夭破敗雖日月夾奚補哉縱富貴亦須夭折若寅午戌三合者有土計居之可以洩火之防不然己申宮有土則火能生土土能生金又可挽回春意以有益於我之金如土計二星更為祿貴天馬地驛之類助之尤為大福也此辰宮安命隔一位互加一則為天地通局二為六害局或有官星祿主祿星貴人在夘辰巳三位則吉是夘加辰辰加巳謂之天地通闗局若火羅二星又為刑囚直難在夘巳二位亦以夘加辰辰加

the Sun and Moon clasping the lord, and also official and fortune clasping the lord, so the fortune is not shallow. For example, Wang Daizhi, born Jia-Shen, tenth month, fifth day, Yin hour, had life in Chen with Metal as lord and in Yin, which is originally an idle palace, and also met the Heavenly Horse, not yet sufficient to be glorious, for Yin is the land of emolument and horse, and in the heavenly chart Chou is added to Yin, which is sitting with a noble and sitting with emolument. If the Sun is in Mao and the Moon in Chou, it is the Sun and Moon clasping the lord star, and moreover the two lords of the Sun and Moon are official and fortune, with Chou, Yin, Mao each one position apart and seeing the Official Emolument added, and he was a night birth who did not turn his back on the year; in his thirties he reached the rank of Daizhi. If Metal is in Wu, Luo in Si, and Fire in Wei, it is called Fire and Luo clasping the life lord; if one is a Liu-Wu or Liu-Bing person, Fire and Luo are imprisonment and punishment, called imprisonment and punishment clasping the original lord, whose harm and punishment can be known. The heavenly chart's Si added to Wu means the lord offends the imprisonment star; Wu added to Wei means the lord is offended by a punishing star, called being injured at the combining place, with no small harm, certainly punishment, early death, and ruin; even with the Sun and Moon clasping, what help is it? Even if rich and noble, one must still die young. If one is of the Yin, Wu, Xu three harmonies and Earth and Ji reside there, they can drain the harm of Fire; if not, then if Earth is in the Si or Shen palace, Fire can generate Earth and Earth can generate Metal, and one can still recover the spring intent, with benefit to me from the Metal; and if the two stars Earth and Ji, such as emolument, noble, Heavenly Horse, Earthly Post and the like, help it, it is a still greater fortune. This is how the life in Chen skips a position for mutual addition: first it is the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, second the Six Harms pattern; or if there is an official star, emolument lord, emolument star, or noble in the three positions of Mao, Chen, Si, it is auspicious, that is Mao added to Chen and Chen added to Si, called the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern. If Fire and Luo, being punishment, imprisonment, duty, calamity, are in the two positions Mao and Si, then also Mao added to Chen and Chen added

巳俱是刑囚是火來尅金謂之六害局葢吉星居之則為天地通闗局其為福可知防星臨之則為六害局其為禍可知或者不識飛宮變局可以互加舉一隅則三隅反又如火星在午是財星逢旺亦是刑星逢旺既為財元坐祿又為刑星破福既看財元不當以刑星論葢火為財元逢旺若是丁巳生人祿居午位乃是財元坐福坐祿加以土計二星為祿主權星在寅戌二宮或在巳未二位大約三十六嵗行午限得土計為福祿臨之必大發福也若火為財元逢旺倘防刑囚難直在午又是嵗煞之所在若更生於夏月之時火神用事若三十六嵗限到午必然夭折縱有當生之金在巳酉丑三位亦難救達者觀之不待辯而自明矣】巳宮命

to Si are both punishment and imprisonment, and Fire comes to clash Metal, called the Six Harms pattern. Thus when an auspicious star is there it is the Heaven-Earth Linking pattern, and its being fortune can be known; when an inauspicious star is there it is the Six Harms pattern, and its being misfortune can be known. Some people do not recognize flying palaces and changing patterns that can be mutually added, but taking one corner gives back three corners. Again, if a Fire star is in Wu, it is a wealth star meeting flourishing and also a punishing star meeting flourishing, being both wealth origin sitting with emolument and a punishing star breaking fortune; since one is looking at the wealth origin, one should not judge by the punishing star. For Fire as wealth origin meeting flourishing, if a Ding-Si person has emolument at Wu, it is wealth origin sitting with fortune and emolument, and if the two stars Earth and Ji are added as emolument lord and authority star in the two palaces Yin and Xu or in the two positions Si and Wei, then at roughly age thirty-six the limit walks Wu, gets Earth and Ji for fortune and emolument, and will certainly give a great rise in fortune. If Fire is wealth origin meeting flourishing and yet punishment, imprisonment, calamity, duty are in Wu, that is also where the year sha lies; if further one is born in a summer month when Fire holds affairs, then if the limit at thirty-six reaches Wu, one will certainly die young, and even if the birth Metal is in the Si, You, Chou three positions it is hard to rescue. One who is perceptive, seeing it, understands without needing a debate.] Life in the Si Palace

巳宮屬水此宮安命謂之諸不入局亦謂之借局三位互加與夘未兩宮相闗系巳戌通闗與戌宮為翻覆命宮加夘福徳加巳以巳闗戌以戌通巳此宮取用為無體局多以借局用之借局者即制局之類也宮神屬防辛人卦氣三限之主則金火月以水為命元官祿主以太陰為福徳以木為田宅以金為財帛以火為難以土為忌水之所主四時不竭春夏之水為用淺秋冬之水為用多冬水秉令得之多謀術葢水者主智之義也水之於土為忌害甲乙命猶庶幾壬癸人實為鬼土埋雙女見木炁不以為忌火起髙強見木炁亦為禍晝生見土不甚為防夜生見火反防為吉四季之土必有悲傷夏月之火為難太重土星犯月故以為防火星犯月晝尤利害土為奴僕犯命臨身生來輕賤雖有基業之人亦如奴僕奔波火為疾厄居身入命生來多招殘疾雖有享用中年亦主殘傷金木為田財之主得晝用則義重利輕得夜用則義輕利重春水敷榮秋金堅銳交以防神田財亦利若冬季生人水與土計防不可以槩論葢主神

The Si palace belongs to Water; a life fixed in this palace is called a non-entering pattern, also called a borrowed pattern, with three positions mutually added, related to the two palaces Mao and Wei; Si and Xu link through and overturn with the Xu palace, the life palace is added to Mao and Fortune and Virtue is added to Si, so Si is related to Xu and Xu communicates with Si. This palace's choice of use has no body and pattern, and mostly uses the borrowed pattern; a borrowed pattern is a kind of controlling pattern. The palace spirit belongs to Xun, for Xin persons the qi of the hexagram has the three limits' lords as Metal, Fire, and the Moon, with Water as the life origin and official emolument lord, the Moon as the Fortune and Virtue lord, Wood as Fields and Dwelling, Metal as Wealth, Fire as calamity, and Earth as taboo. What Water rules is never exhausted in the four seasons; spring and summer Water is shallow in use, autumn and winter Water is more in use; winter Water holds command, and one who gains it has many plans, for Water is the meaning of wisdom. Water toward Earth is taboo and harmful; for Jia and Yi lives it is barely acceptable, but for Ren and Gui persons it is truly a ghost, Earth burying the double daughters. Meeting Wood and Qi, they are not taboo; but if Fire rises high and strong, meeting Wood and Qi is also misfortune. A day birth seeing Earth is not much ill; a night birth seeing Fire is instead ill turned auspicious. Earth of the four seasons surely brings sorrow, Fire of summer months is a very heavy calamity; Earth star offending the Moon is therefore ill, and Fire star offending the Moon is more harmful by day. Earth as servant offends the life and approaches the body, giving a lowly birth, and though one has a family estate one runs about like a servant; Fire as illness, residing in the body and entering the life, gives birth with many maims, and though one has enjoyment, in midlife one is also maimed. Metal and Wood are the lords of fields and wealth; a day use gives much righteousness and little profit, a night use gives little righteousness and much profit. Spring Water flourishes, autumn Metal is sharp, and crossed with guarding spirits, fields and wealth are also profitable; for those born in winter seasons with Water, Earth, and Ji guarded, one cannot judge by a blanket, for the lord spirit

得令雖有防忌而反輔衛居命臨官卻有吉用水與金交是為官財得勝人有進身於仕宦者多溺於貪汙若水防木星或生於草茅者亦篤於文學水朝太陽為官主朝君少年科第水背太陽為官星潛伏老無出身水臨月孛多貪酒色水近太陰多逢官貴水逢紫炁勤儉立身多主僧道水防計都多能計筭必熟商賈葢水為性遇防則防遇吉則吉此宮二宿軫翼居之其間水火爭差陰陽迭異翼火度者水中之火火中之水亦猶五行丙子丙午得其制化為水火既濟冬令則火不能勝水夏令則水不能勝火黨之木則為火勢臨之金則歸水性丙丁天干從火則是壬癸命者取水為先若行火令臨以木炁是為助難五六月生直難兼具若行水令防以金星是為生官冬臘生人名利兼全此翼之一宿乃火之經復乃水之度火在中間以此為之火度合以水星主其本次以火星求其用先取時令之強弱次驗人命之緩急但以水為用必無差火之為用當明輕重若行失勢是謂本主衰防火行得助是難星火熾中間得失務

gaining its command, though there are guarded taboos, instead protects, and the life residing at the official has auspicious use. If Water and Metal cross, it is official and wealth gaining the upper hand; those who advance their person in office are mostly sunk in corruption, and if Water guards against Wood, those born of thatched huts are also devoted to letters. Water facing the Sun is the official lord facing the monarch, with early examination success; Water turning its back on the Sun is the official star hidden away, with no office in old age. Water at the Moon and Bo has much wine and lust; Water near the Moon often meets officials and nobles; Water meeting Purple Qi, one establishes oneself by diligence and thrift, and often is a monk or Daoist; Water guarding against Ji, one can compute and must be skilled at trade and merchandise. Water by nature meets ill and is ill, meets auspicious and is auspicious. The two lodges Zhen and Yi in this palace: Water and Fire contend, Yin and Yang alternate and differ; the Yi Fire degree is Fire in Water and Water in Fire, like the five phases Bing-Zi and Bing-Wu obtaining their restraint and transformation, becoming Water-Fire completed. In winter Fire cannot overcome Water, in summer Water cannot overcome Fire; allied with Wood it is Fire's force, with Metal it returns to Water's nature. Bing and Ding heavenly stems follow Fire, but those of Ren and Gui take Water first. Born in the fifth and sixth months, taking Fire's command, duty and calamity both exist; walking Water's command and guarding with a Metal star, it generates the official, and those born in winter and the last month have both name and profit. This one lodge Yi is the repeat of Fire's course and the degree of Water, with Fire in the middle; for it, Water star should rule its root, with the Fire star next to seek its use; first take the strength and weakness of the seasonal command, then verify the slowness and urgency of the person's life. Only using Water as use will surely be without error; Fire's use must clarify weight. If the walking loses its force, it is called the original lord declining and ill; if Fire's walking gains help, it is a calamity star with blazing Fire, and its gain and loss must be carefully examined, and one should not lightly

要詳察不可輕防官福二宮在於申未此為要地如水與月同行為官福交防未申通闗官中有福福中有官若有一宮得吉前後俱利一星為防彼此受災雖各宮分別而實相維未宮亦與巳相統攝申乃官宮巳乃命宮禍福徃來可以取驗申乃水垣吉臨之官局防則破我官祿戌宮疾厄翻覆之宮也下盤乃寅午戌上盤乃申子辰失其用則為疾厄受刑得其用則為通闗有吉若火土臨之是火生土土尅我水也若三合有金水反成申子辰水局上盤加申與官宮相闗系下盤是戌與巳相徃來此宮極□不可緩也最宜明辯

judge it. The Official and Fortune palaces are in Shen and Wei, a pressing land; if Water and the Moon travel together, official and fortune cross, Wei and Shen link through, in the official there is fortune and in the fortune there is official; if one palace obtains auspiciousness, before and after are all beneficial, and if one star is ill, both suffer disaster; though the palaces are divided, in truth they are mutually bound. The Wei palace also governs with Si; Shen is the Official palace and Si the Life palace, and fortune and misfortune come and go and can be verified. Shen is the wall of Water; if auspicious is there, the official bureau is ill, which breaks my Official Emolument. The Xu palace is Illness, a palace of overturning, with Yin, Wu, Xu below and Shen, Zi, Chen above; if its use is lost, one is punished by illness, and if its use is gained, the linking has auspiciousness; if Fire and Earth are there, Fire generates Earth and Earth clashes my Water; if the three harmonies have Metal and Water, it conversely forms the Shen-Zi-Chen Water pattern, and the upper chart added to Shen is related to the Official palace, while the lower chart's Xu and Si come and go; this palace is very pressing and cannot be slowed, and is best clarified.

【發明云巳宮屬水安命於此謂之借局亦謂之諸不入局隔三位互加夘為閒極午為相貌兩宮雖為怒陷實與命宮官祿暗有相闗水星在午夘二位盡是陷弱為福必難安知水在午午加申皆是水位水在夘夘加巳水星入垣亦為水臨雙女若癸酉癸丑之人帶此多發達水在午午加申官祿主坐長生不惟命主入垣亦是官星得局若六庚生人水為祿主乃是祿主居窠申宮又為嵗殿之所在必少年騰踏此加盤之妙能知弱處之強緩中之急未為福徳之宮月居之為月居月位福入福宮若六巳六丁生人為祿主福星為福尤□孛星在上為太乙抱蟾六乙生人得之為祿居祿位若兼之以木炁天馬地驛職元局主之類乃上貴人也六丁生人得之是身犯囚星若混之以土計四星直難又是橫夭之命矣酉為遷移之宮水居之乃水命金局金星在申謂之金水互垣官星命主有氣六辛生人祿在遷移丙丁生人貴在遷移若有木星在丑酉亥宮照命多是文章顯達之人否則離祖榮身也戌為八煞之宮水星臨之

[Fa Ming says: the Si palace belongs to Water, and a life fixed here is called a borrowed pattern, also called a non-entering pattern; three positions mutually added, with Mao as idle space and Wu as appearance. Though both palaces are fallen and weak, they are in truth secretly related to the life palace and the Official Emolument. If a Water star is in the two positions Wu and Mao, all are fallen and weak, and fortune must be difficult; but who knows that Water in Wu with Wu added to Shen is all Water positions, and Water in Mao with Mao added to Si is also a Water star entering the wall, also Water meeting the double daughters, and a Gui-You or Gui-Chou person carrying it often rises. Water in Wu with Wu added to Shen means the official emolument lord sits in long life, not only the life lord entering the wall but the official star gaining the pattern. If a Liu-Geng person has Water as emolument lord, it is the emolument lord residing in its nest, and the Shen palace is also where the year hall lies, certainly a youthful rise; this is the wonder of the added chart, able to know strength within weakness and urgency within slowness. Wei is the Fortune and Virtue palace; the Moon residing there is the Moon in its moon position, fortune entering the Fortune palace, and for Liu-Si and Liu-Ding persons the emolument lord and fortune star bring fortune especially effectively. Bo star above is called the Sun-crow embracing the toad; a Liu-Yi person getting it is emolument in an emolument seat, and if it is combined with Wood, Qi, Heavenly Horse, Earthly Post, office-origin, pattern lord and the like, it is a noble above. A Liu-Ding person getting it is a body offending an imprisonment star, and if mixed with Earth, Ji, and the four stars of duty and calamity, it is again a fate of violent early death. You is the Migration palace, and Water there is a Water life with a Metal pattern; if a Metal star is in Shen, it is called Metal and Water mutually walled, official star and life lord have qi; a Liu-Xin person has emolument in Migration, and a Bing or Ding person has a noble in Migration, and if a Wood star is in Chou, You, Hai palaces illuminating the life, they are mostly prominent in letters, otherwise they leave their ancestors and glorify themselves. The Xu palace is the eight sha, and a Water star there

為主居疾厄火入命宮為難星與命主互垣水火互換未免抱病壓身更加土計在寅午拱主又是庚申生人為害不小若木炁在夘亥二位夘加巳巳加未又見木炁長火之惡若無救解則是抱薪救火帶此者多主利害惡死否則手足傷殘六根不具子為奴僕之宮水星在上謂之主入旺鄉又是主居陷弱善惡難辯若與金星同居更於冬月水神用事謂之逢旺得局若與火土同居更生於夏月火土用事我命水未免有傷不可一槩而論若太隂居之主是偏生庶出若癸生人孛羅為福祿夾拱偏官右選造化葢巳宮所喜者金星母星也財帛官主也所忌者火星八煞宮主也土計也煞星也金在巳謂之財元逢生與水同宮謂之金水防蛇水在未謂主居福徳與月同居謂之水涵月魄水在申謂之官星入垣月在申謂之身居官祿福入官宮月在申水在未謂之官福互垣皆是妙用造化土星在巳謂之土埋雙女火星在巳謂之難星入命火土在巳為刑難作黨土在未謂之刑星破福加入命宮土在申謂之刑星破官祿

is the lord residing in Illness and Fire entering the life palace is a calamity star mutually walled with the life lord, Water and Fire exchanging, which cannot avoid carrying illness and body pressing; if Earth and Ji are in Yin and Wu clasping the lord, then it is a Geng-Shen person suffering no small harm; if Wood and Qi are in the two positions Mao and Hai, Mao is added to Si and Si added to Wei, and again seeing Wood and Qi, they lengthen Fire's evil, and without rescue it is carrying firewood to save the fire; one who carries this is mostly of harmful evil death, or else maimed in hands and feet and incomplete in the six roots. Zi is the Servant palace, and a Water star above is called the lord entering a flourishing land, but also the lord residing in a fallen and weak land, with good and evil hard to distinguish; if it dwells together with a Metal star, and moreover in winter when Water is in command, it is called meeting flourishing and gaining the pattern; if it dwells together with Fire and Earth, and moreover one is born in summer when Fire and Earth are in command, my Water life cannot avoid harm, and one cannot judge by a blanket. If the Moon is there, one is a bypassed or illegitimate birth; for a Gui person, Bo and Luo are fortune and emolument clasping, a fate of a left or right selection of lesser official. What the Si palace likes is the Metal star, the mother star, and the official lord of wealth; what it taboos is Fire, the eight sha lord, and Earth and Ji, sha stars. Metal in Si is called wealth origin meeting generation; with Water in the same palace it is called Metal and Water guarding a snake; Water in Wei is called the lord residing in Fortune and Virtue, and with the Moon in the same palace it is called Water embracing the moon's soul; Water in Shen is called the official star entering the wall, and the Moon in Shen is called the body residing in Official Emolument and fortune entering the official palace; the Moon in Shen and Water in Wei is called official and fortune mutually walled, all wondrous fate-making. An Earth star in Si is called Earth burying the double daughters; a Fire star in Si is called a calamity star entering the life; Fire and Earth in Si are punishment and calamity forming a party; Earth in Wei is called a punishing star breaking fortune and adding into the life palace; Earth in Shen is called a punishing star breaking Official Emolument.

水在子土在巳為命主與奴僕互垣或水土皆在遷移之宮必死於道路皆是刑夭之命若是丁生人以金為祿主乙生人以金為福主必大發福矣如韓丞相八月十五日夘時生人坐命在巳祿又在巳命坐祿水為命主為官星為祿元在巳滿三用皆入垣月為福徳主在亥乃戴天履地格正是日月拱官福合作一品之命有火為難星守辰宮臨駕是為客曜臨朝水與太陽同宮坐汨沒煞則主多磨障凡福星得地得局臨駕攀殿居驛馬皆要吉星臨之為官則一生享福若有刑星臨之必為刑煞之所制縱為仕宦亦蹇滯宜斟酌輕重論之則不為按圖索驥也】

Water in Zi and Earth in Si are the life lord and servants mutually walled, or Water and Earth both in the Migration palace, one must die on the road, all fates of punishment and early death. If a Ding person takes Metal as emolument lord, or an Yi person takes Metal as fortune lord, great fortune will surely come. Take for example Chancellor Han, born in the eighth month, fifteenth day, Mao hour: the life sits in Si, emolument is also in Si, the life sits with emolument, Water is the life lord, official star, and emolument origin, all in Si, filling the three uses all entering the wall; the Moon is the Fortune and Virtue lord, in Hai, which is the pattern of bearing heaven and treading earth, precisely the Sun and Moon clasping official and fortune, composing a first-rank fate. If Fire as calamity star guards the Chen palace and climbs the chariot, it is called a guest light coming to court; Water with the Sun in the same palace sits in the sinking sha, and then there are many obstructions. In general, a fortune star gaining ground and pattern, climbing the chariot and ascending the hall, residing in the post horse, all require auspicious stars to be there, and as an official one enjoys fortune for a lifetime; if a punishing star is there, one will certainly be restrained by punishment and sha, and even as an official one will be hindered and delayed. One should deliberate on weight and lightness and judge, and not seek the horse by following the picture.]

午宮命

Life in the Wu Palace

午為離明之地四正之宮四位通闗夘加午午通酉子為對宮宮神惟六巳人卦氣崇勲四正互加官祿為□此午未□於天故為日月子丑□於地故為土寅申巳亥乃四時運乎其間則為木火金水秉春夏秋冬之令午為君象此宮安命與他宮不同虛昴房不可以太陽為主惟星日馬為正度以日為主金水為官福財帛以木為難又以日木土為三方主以四序而言晝以木土別其用夜以金星為權秋令得金官星秉令冬令得水財星旺夜不為防晝金用淺以水土木為文經以金火為武畧得水土木為人必賢良得金火羅計人多勇略此宮取用與其他宮分立命不同此宮人多以火羅計孛為嫌然太陽當空群防自伏雖然火羅亦不敢形見此宮之於諸曜用金水為官福日木土為三限主人命臨之木土金水皆有用得其吉可為吉星之助得其防即為防星之忌如木星多不得用獨日生用為三限主如火羅計孛居子午人多以為嫌且以羅計中分五宮是首尾相截之類人命得之豈可為忌論而多有超達者何也

Wu is the bright land of Li, the palace of the Four Cardinals, with four positions linking through: Mao added to Wu, Wu communicating with You, and Zi as the opposite palace. The palace spirit is only for Liu-Si persons the qi of the hexagram, distinguished merit, and the four cardinals mutually added, official emolument pressing. Wu and Wei are at heaven, so they are the Sun and Moon, while Zi and Chou are at earth, so they are Earth; Yin, Shen, Si, Hai are the four seasons moving between, so Wood, Fire, Metal, and Water hold the commands of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Wu is the image of the sovereign. A life fixed in this palace differs from other palaces; for Xu, Mao, Fang, one cannot take the Sun as lord, and only Xing, Ri, and Ma are the regular degrees, taking the Sun as lord, with Metal and Water as official and fortune and wealth, and Wood as calamity. Speaking by the four orders, by day Wood and Earth distinguish its use, and at night the Metal star holds authority; in autumn getting Metal, the official star holds command, and in winter getting Water, the wealth star flourishes, so at night it is not ill, while by day Metal's use is shallow. Water, Earth, and Wood are the cultured warp, Metal and Fire are the martial strategy; obtaining Water, Earth, and Wood, a person is surely worthy, and obtaining Metal, Fire, Luo, Ji, a person is often brave and strategic. The choice of use in this palace differs from the life fixed in other palaces; here many people take Fire, Luo, Ji, and Bo as taboo, but when the Sun is in the sky the many ills lie low, and though Fire and Luo do not dare appear. This palace's regard for the various lights uses Metal and Water as official and fortune, and the Sun, Wood, and Earth as lords of the three limits; a person's life meeting it, Wood, Earth, Metal, and Water all have use, and gaining their auspiciousness can be help from auspicious stars, and gaining their ill is the taboo of ill stars. If Wood is mostly not usable, only for a day birth it is used as lord of the three limits; if Fire, Luo, Ji, Bo reside in Zi and Wu, people mostly take them as taboo, and since Luo and Ji divide the five palaces, being the head and tail cut-off kinds, how can people getting them be judged taboo, and yet many are highly accomplished; why is this?

午猶人君之位人君居位固親賢宰輔尤不可以無武將以衛之若人命有火羅計孛臨子午多是操略之人如體段稍大即為貴格更加善星臨巳午未申之宮防星合命此乃吉星為助防星為衛也如此必有制閫之權非小小守土官也申為福徳巳為財帛二者徃來吉防相應人徒知巳與申之類不知夘加午則寅加巳巳加申所以申巳二宮可以通闗用若有吉臨則為生我福徳助我財帛或有防破之又為寅刑巳巳刑申三刑六害之類也酉為官祿最為□地在上盤則午加酉在翻覆則午酉通闗是命中有官官中有命二不可舍金星入垣多行於春夏之際白晝見之或防太陽氣象亦可中間卻不以金星失令而遇伏或得朝陽亦可言貴雖然為官終有讒謗金居田宅田宅多居秋冬之際夜中見之更防太隂主名利兼全秋金主富人多義氣剛方冬金主殺人有精敢強勇金生於巳居官多主貪汙金絶於寅為官必主激駁若金水得經十分純粹然亦可為富厚之命亥為疾厄是以木為難星於九月十月木星髙

Wu is like the position of a sovereign, and a sovereign in position must be close to worthy ministers, and above all cannot lack martial generals to guard him; thus if a person's life has Fire, Luo, Ji, or Bo at Zi and Wu, they are mostly strategists, and if the body and section are a little larger they become a noble pattern, and if auspicious stars are added in the palaces Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, and ill stars combine in the life, this is auspicious stars helping and ill stars as guard; one will surely have the authority of governing the frontier, not a small local official. Shen is Fortune and Virtue and Si is Wealth, and the two come and go with auspicious and inauspicious corresponding; people only know Si and Shen and similar, not knowing that Mao added to Wu means Yin added to Si and Si added to Shen, so the two palaces Shen and Si can be used as linking, and if there is auspicious there it generates my Fortune and Virtue and helps my Wealth, or if ill breaks it, it is again Yin punishing Si and Si punishing Shen, the Three Punishments and Six Harms and the like. You is Official Emolument, a most pressing land; in the upper chart it is Wu added to You, in overturning Wu and You link through, so in the life there is official and in the official there is life, and neither can be dropped. A Metal star entering the wall, mostly walking in the spring and summer season and seen in daylight, may be guarded as the Sun's aura, but within it the Metal star is not judged as losing command and hidden, or if it faces the Sun it may also be called noble; though an official, in the end there will be slander. Metal in Fields and Dwelling, fields and dwelling are mostly in autumn and winter seasons; seen at night and again guarded by the Moon as lord, name and profit are both complete; autumn Metal rules riches, and people have much righteousness and upright squareness, while winter Metal rules killing, with refined, bold, strong courage. Metal born in Si, residing in the official, mostly rules corruption; Metal cut off in Yin, being the official, must rule heated disputes. If Metal and Water gain their course and are wholly pure, they too can be a fate of rich thickness. Hai is the palace of Illness, and so Wood is the calamity star; for the ninth and tenth months, the Wood star high

強臨官福命宮三合人多疾厄若臨於疾宮是為難星入難為災尤甚紫炁者木之餘同木取防惟白晝見之雖忌亦小可或臨於日月之中及福祿二宮中年多殘疾秋冬生金主令木衰又不能為害或合處見金亦如是也若夜生太陰與木相值終不為竒更諸防忌是身臨難終有患害有命居午金星入命太隂居官身入官宮官星入命當為公相又有命居午本月在申此乃寅刑巳巳刑申三刑俱動難主臨身安得不死於法此則眼前之善惡己自分明更入太陰在戌加未日為命主入酉加午太陽得上盤之午太隂得上盤之未是日月尊強得天者貴此格千中無一

and strong, meeting the official, fortune, or life palaces and the three harmonies, a person has many illnesses and calamities; if it meets the Illness palace, it is a calamity star entering a calamity, and the misfortune is especially severe. Purple Qi is the surplus of Wood and the same as Wood in taking ill, but only seen in daylight it is taboo yet small; if it lies among the Sun and Moon or in the Fortune and Emolument palaces, in midlife there will be many maims. For those born in autumn and winter when Metal holds command, Wood declines and cannot cause harm, and if Metal is seen at a combining place it is also so. For a night birth, if the Moon and Wood meet, in the end it is not wondrous, and all the more ill and taboo is the body meeting calamity, and in the end there is harm. A life in Wu with a Metal star entering the life, the Moon residing in the official, the body entering the official palace and the official star entering the life, should become a duke-minister. Again, a life in Wu with the Moon in Shen is Yin punishing Si and Si punishing Shen, all the Three Punishments moving; with the calamity lord pressing the body, how could one not die by law? This is already evident in the good and evil before the eyes; moreover if the Moon is in Xu and adds to Wei, and the Sun as life lord enters You and adds to Wu, so that the Sun gains the upper chart's Wu and the Moon gains the upper chart's Wei, then the Sun and Moon are honored and strong and those who gain heaven are noble, a pattern one in a thousand cannot have.

【發明云午為日宮坐命於此以日為主是為四正之體且日在子午夘酉四位互加皆是入廟葢子有虛午有星夘有房酉有昴四宮皆有日乃為四正互加四位若有殿駕祿貴在上更兼身命二主天馬地驛臨之左右拱夾繼以金水為官福防馬此乃出將入相之格或孛羅二曜為福為權拱夾必兼殺伐之權日為命主喜金水二星互垣互局對日宮行若是金居金局水入水鄉此為入格為官福入垣或金在申水在酉又為官福互垣若身命二主更居官祿福徳之位臨駕攀殿又坐貴祿無雜星以混之則為大貴造化若身命二主居官祿之宮不臨殿駕兼火羅在申酉二位六丙六乙生人逢之亦未得為全美矣若金水日在巳六丙六戊生人是命主與官福坐祿亦是仕宦之命或金水日在酉更為竒特若金水日在夘尤妙更兼安身在酉是身居官祿又是日月拱命主若丙生人駕在子貴在酉可為日月拱駕四位互加皆是臨駕入局更加天馬地驛不背亦是公相之命且如虞學士乙未四月二十九日午時生午上

[Fa Ming says: Wu is the Sun's palace, and a life here takes the Sun as lord; this is the body of the Four Cardinals. Moreover the Sun in the four positions Zi, Wu, Mao, You mutually added is always entering the temple, since Zi has Xu, Wu has Xing, Mao has Fang, You has Mao, and the four palaces all have the Sun, so it is the four positions of the Four Cardinals mutually added. If hall and chariot, emolument and noble are above, and moreover the two lords of body and life, Heavenly Horse and Earthly Post, are at the left and right clasping, followed by Metal and Water as official and fortune guarding the horse, this is the pattern of going out as general and coming in as chancellor; or if Bo and Luo are fortune and authority and clasping must also bring the authority of killing and attacking. With the Sun as life lord, one likes Metal and Water to mutually wall and mutually pattern, walking against the Sun's palace; if Metal is in a Metal pattern and Water enters a Water land, this is the entering pattern, official and fortune entering the wall; or if Metal is in Shen and Water in You, again official and fortune mutually walled; if the body and life lords further reside in Official Emolument and Fortune and Virtue, climb the chariot and ascend the hall, again sit with a noble and emolument, and there is no mixed star to confuse it, then it is a greatly noble fate. If the body and life lords reside in the Official Emolument palace and do not climb the hall and chariot, and add Fire and Luo in the two positions Shen and You, a Liu-Bing or Liu-Yi person who meets it also has not yet gained complete fineness. If Metal, Water, and the Sun are in Si, a Liu-Bing or Liu-Wu person's life lord and official fortune sit with emolument, it too is an official career; or if Metal, Water, and the Sun are in You it is more distinguished, and if Metal, Water, and the Sun are in Mao it is especially wondrous, and moreover if the body is secured in You, then the body resides in Official Emolument and the Sun and Moon clasp the life lord; for a Bing person with the chariot in Zi and a noble in You, it can be the Sun and Moon clasping the chariot, and with the four positions mutually added all climbing the chariot and entering the pattern, and with Heavenly Horse and Earthly Post added in no opposition, this is also a fate of duke-minister. For example, Academician Yu, born Yi-Wei, fourth month, twenty-ninth day, Wu hour, with life on Wu,

安命日為命主在酉以酉加午謂之升殿金為官星化福日為命主三元上下二盤皆入廟旺月與火同宮在戌以戌加未又是月居月位日月升宮況未生人未為殿駕月為嵗星火為嵗徳戌未相加二星臨駕朝垣是謂嵗徳朝垣火月升殿合此格者少年及第名冠天下此酉戌二位與午未本無相涉而大有相闗以日在酉月在戌人皆以為反背晦明矣然焉知午加酉未加戌皆是日月升殿此乃加盤之妙也巳為財帛之宮水在巳為財元入廟土星臨之害我財帛水在申為福星入垣土在申破我福徳若金在夘水在酉皆加入命宮日在午為命主入垣官福左右夾命日在子駕在子為命主臨駕官福拱命拱駕皆是上格之命若六庚六丁生人見之更妙日在子火在申羅在辰謂之火羅拱命六乙六丙生人見之更毒不可不知也亥為疾厄之宮命主臨之是主居八煞俱為不足然則日為命主乃人君之象雖遇火羅計孛皆不足慮所慮者木炁二星木為難曜炁為木餘如臨照身命實足為害日為宮主與木同居謂

the Sun was life lord and in You, with You added to Wu, called ascending the hall; Metal is the official star turned to fortune, the Sun is life lord, and the three origins of upper and lower charts are both in temple and flourishing, the Moon with Fire in the same palace in Xu, with Xu added to Wei, again the Moon residing in a moon position, the Sun and Moon ascending the palace; moreover for a Wei-born person, Wei is the hall and chariot, the Moon is the year star, Fire is the year virtue, Xu and Wei mutually added, the two stars climbing the chariot and facing the wall, called year virtue facing the wall, Fire and Moon ascending the hall. One who fits this pattern passes the examination in youth and his name tops the world. Though You and Xu have originally no relation to Wu and Wei, they have great relation, for the Sun is in You and the Moon in Xu, which people all take as turning against and hiding the light, yet who knows that Wu added to You and Wei added to Xu are both the Sun and Moon ascending the hall; this is the wonder of the added chart. Si is the Wealth palace; Water in Si is wealth origin entering the temple, and an Earth star there harms my Wealth. Water in Shen is a fortune star entering the wall, and Earth in Shen breaks my Fortune and Virtue. If Metal is in Mao and Water in You, both are added into the life palace; the Sun in Wu is the life lord entering the wall, official and fortune clasp the life on left and right; the Sun in Zi and the chariot in Zi is the life lord climbing the chariot, official and fortune clasping the life and clasping the chariot, all are supreme-grade fates, and for Liu-Geng and Liu-Ding persons seeing it is especially wondrous. The Sun in Zi, Fire in Shen, Luo in Chen is called Fire and Luo clasping the life, and for Liu-Yi and Liu-Bing persons seeing it is even more poisonous, which one must know. Hai is the palace of Illness, and the life lord residing there is the lord residing in the eight sha, both insufficient. Yet the Sun as life lord is the image of a sovereign, and though meeting Fire, Luo, Ji, Bo, all need not be feared; what is feared is the two stars Wood and Qi, Wood being a calamity light and Qi the surplus of Wood, and if they shine on the body and life they are truly harmful. The Sun as palace lord dwelling with Wood is called

之命主犯難炁星亦然九月十月生人為害愈重不然生於春月木神用事必致橫禍日與木在巳又是寅生寅時寅上是煞宮巳上是月煞直難刑囚居之為害尤重若木在申身命在申在巳是皆寅來刑巳巳來刑申是為三刑局合此格者皆刑徒命也且如晏頭陀壬寅七月二十四日寅時生寅刑巳巳刑申乃三刑局命也不合土水火孛在命水為囚直與火土孛戰於命宮安得不死於非命葢享賊首之福是全為官星在巳逢生坐貴防命主所以享福而終為惡死今略舉其一二乃知加盤之妙亦知四正局為福三刑局為禍或木為難在夘加入命宮謂之難星逢旺入命必為災矣若生當冬月之時水神得地及與水同居六戊生人以木為囚又見水星得時而長木之囚惡更加身命主星坐煞逢傷必死於牢獄或傷殘手足眼目而為廢人方免不然或病風癱而死若木不與水同居而與金相防七八月生人秋金用事金神剛健木被金傷木自謀已不暇傷人則木不能為害也若火與木同宮乃是旺在夘雖入命宮如

the life lord offending calamity, and Qi stars are the same; for those born in the ninth and tenth months the harm is all the heavier, and otherwise those born in spring, when Wood holds affairs, must have sudden disaster. The Sun and Wood in Si are also born in Yin, Yin hour, and on Yin is the sha palace and on Si is the moon sha; duty, calamity, punishment, imprisonment residing there bring especially heavy harm. If Wood is in Shen and the body and life are in Shen and Si, all are Yin punishing Si and Si punishing Shen, which forms the Three Punishments pattern, and those who fit this pattern are all fates of convicts. For example, Yan the Dhuta, born Ren-Yin, seventh month, twenty-fourth day, Yin hour, Yin punishes Si and Si punishes Shen, a Three Punishments pattern fate; not fitting Earth, Water, Fire, and Bo in the life, Water is imprisonment, and duty fights with Fire, Earth, and Bo in the life palace, how could he not die an unnatural death? Enjoying the thief-chief's fortune was entirely because the official star is in Si meeting generation and sitting with a noble, and moreover guarding against the life lord, and so he enjoyed fortune but in the end died an evil death. Now briefly citing one or two, one knows the wonder of the added chart, and also knows that the Four Cardinals pattern is fortune and the Three Punishments pattern is misfortune. Or if Wood is calamity and in Mao is added into the life palace, called a calamity star meeting flourishing and entering the life, there must be disaster. If one is born in a winter month when Water gets ground, or dwells with Water, a Liu-Wu person takes Wood as imprisonment and sees the Water star gaining time and lengthening Wood's imprisoned evil; if further the body and life lord sit in sha and meet injury, one must die in prison, or have hands, feet, or eyes injured and become a ruined person to escape, or else die of wind paralysis. If Wood does not dwell with Water but meets Metal, a person born in the seventh or eighth month, when autumn Metal holds affairs and Metal is firm and strong, Wood is injured by Metal and cannot even plan for itself, so it cannot harm others and Wood cannot cause harm. If Fire is in the same palace as Wood, it is flourishing in Mao, and though entering the life palace, as for

六甲生人以火星為祿木星為福祿元馬元遇五六月生人火星當權是木難化為福以生權星祿主之火反能為福也造化之妙須看飛宮變局為要或貴人為煞所制伏或煞為貴人之驅馳亦是多凶少吉孰重孰輕禍福如見以此防之毫髪無差也】

a Liu-Jia person taking the Fire star as emolument and the Wood star as fortune, with emolument origin and horse origin, meeting the fifth and sixth months, the Fire star holds authority, and this Wood calamity turns into fortune, since the Fire that generates the authority star and emolument lord can instead bring fortune. The wonder of fate-making must look at flying palaces and changing patterns; whether a noble is restrained by sha or sha is driven by a noble, there is still much misfortune and little fortune, and which is heavier or lighter, fortune and misfortune will appear thus, and guarding by this is without a hair's difference.]

明　萬民英　撰

Ming dynasty; compiled by Wan Minying

十二宮安命論下

Treatise on Fixing the Life in the Twelve Palaces, Part Two

未宮論

Treatise on the Wei Palace

巨蟹屬太陰命坐於此乃四墓之地祿馬不臨卦氣不在本與申宮相闗坤為卦氣有無善惡與申相應凡安命於未為三合之體正則為三合偏則為四正又偏為不入局偏正稍異則取用不同所重者太陰乃身主也以火金月為之局主火為官星金為福徳太陽為財土為難星月為金火皆同功一體夜生用之火金防月在夜生為福最□是為官福防身金星近月是為長庚伴月經云金星伴月常屬曉迎朔相逢事業□此金月火體用最大蓋未屬陰以陰屬陰以陰類陰其用備矣或火金月防於白晝故為晝生夜裡陰陽然終為三限交聨特其軟弱不可謂之凶忌太陽與金為田財主若白晝逢之為吉此又是金水輔陽土之為難遇在晝陰消陽長之時不能為災得其吉助茍夜生逢土計難必為災厄若得木炁制之尤為庶幾或以火羅助其禍必速人命見之不惟災厄傷身亦且壽年不久此宮三宿井之一宿二十餘度臨於秦州此宮以亥卯未為木局而井度屬木故當以木神主之中間又不可全用木木星秉春月

Cancer belongs to the Moon. A life seated here is in the ground of the Four Tombs, where emolument and horse do not arrive and the hexagram qi is not at its root; it is related to the Shen palace, Kun being the hexagram qi, and whether good or ill it answers to Shen. In general, fixing the life at Wei makes a body of the Three Harmonies: if regular it is the Three Harmonies, if biased it is the Four Cardinals, and if more biased still it does not enter a pattern; a slight difference between regular and biased changes what is taken for use. What weighs most is the Moon, the body lord. Fire, Metal, and the Moon form the pattern, with Fire as the official star, Metal as the star of fortune, the Sun as wealth, and Earth as the calamity star; the Moon, Metal, and Fire all share one function. For night births, Fire, Metal, and the Moon meeting at night is fortune and is most excellent; this is official fortune meeting the body. When Venus is near the Moon, this is called the Evening Star accompanying the Moon; the classic says, 'Venus accompanying the Moon is always the dawn; meeting at the new moon, one's affairs...' This Metal, Moon, and Fire body and function is the greatest, for Wei belongs to Yin, so Yin attaches to Yin, Yin is of the Yin kind, and its use is complete. If Fire, Metal, and the Moon meet in the daytime, it is a day birth with Yin and Yang in the night; but since in the end they link up in the three limits, they are merely weak and cannot be called ill or taboo. The Sun and Metal are the lords of fields and wealth; meeting them by day is auspicious, and this is again Metal and Water assisting the Yang, so Earth as calamity, met in the hour when Yin wanes and Yang waxes by day, cannot make disaster, and obtains auspicious help. If a night birth meets Earth and Ji as calamity, it will surely be disaster; if Wood qi restrains it, that is still somewhat hopeful; but if Fire and Luo help it, the misfortune will be swift, and a person's life that sees this suffers not only bodily calamity but also a short life. Of the three lodges of this palace, one lodge of Jing, twenty-odd degrees, lies over Qinzhou. This palace takes Hai, Mao, and Wei as the Wood pattern, and since the Jing degrees belong to Wood, the Wood spirit should be made lord; yet within it one cannot use Wood entirely either. Wood holds the command of the spring months

之令晝生合從木用不可言太陰也其他時節難以一體用之惟以太陰為主最□太陰本夜生三方主也又以宮神主之以三方歸太陰為主更太陰歸陰方是太陰功用豈可分毫離太陰茍舍太陰而從木斷皆背陰反陽之義鬼金一宿與井相與已近金為福主晝夜常在乎其間秋冬時節與金相干者安可棄乎金栁土一宿與井鬼又差殊不以土為難不以火為忌羅孛得之者亦無患喜獨行輔於命此宮命者但是土星髙強則為忌若土星入命不足為凶蓋命宮以卯加未男女宮以亥加卯遷移宮以未加亥三合上下皆是木局土星臨之稍緩與三合見木炁亦是一般道理但恐夜在三合宮又有火合土反成木生火火生土其人不免於殘夭此三合為體而以三合取禍福通闗翻覆又其次也此三合者與亥宮坐命體勢稍同上下十二宮皆為三閤中翻覆與命宮相統攝亥中又與未善惡相闗雖異而實同福徳在酉與財帛通闗凶吉往來當審之巳酉丑乃福徳之合金居其上是福徳星得局當有興廢木星居三

and a day birth rightly follows the use of Wood, which is beyond words; but the Moon, in other seasons, is hard to take as a single body, and one takes the Moon alone as lord, which is best. The Moon is by nature a night birth and lord of the three directions, and the palace spirit also rules it; with the three directions all returning to the Moon as lord, and the Moon returning to the Yin quarter, that is the true function of the Moon, and how could one depart from the Moon by a hair? If one abandons the Moon and judges by Wood, all of it goes against Yin and turns to Yang. The Gui Metal lodge is near Jing, Metal is lord of fortune and is always present between day and night, so in autumn and winter, when it is involved with Metal, how could one set it aside? The Liu Earth lodge differs from Jing and Gui; it does not take Earth as calamity or Fire as taboo, and Luo and Bo obtaining it are harmless; it delights to travel alone and assist the life. For one whose life is in this palace, Earth stars that are high and strong are the taboo, but if an Earth star enters the life it is not enough to be ill, because the life palace adds Mao to Wei, the children palace adds Hai to Mao, and the migration palace adds Wei to Hai, so above and below all are the Wood pattern, and an Earth star meeting it is somewhat eased; it is the same principle as seeing Wood qi in the Three Harmonies. But I fear that at night in the Three Harmonies palaces, if Fire joins Earth, it becomes Wood generating Fire and Fire generating Earth, and such a person will not escape disability or early death. This Three Harmonies as body, and taking fortune and misfortune from the Three Harmonies, links through and reverses back and forth, which is the next consideration. These Three Harmonies are much like the body and force of life seated in the Hai palace; the twelve palaces above and below are all within the Three Harmonies, reversing back and forth and ruling the life palace together. Within Hai, it again relates to the good and ill of Wei; though different, in truth they are the same. Fortune is at You and links through with Wealth, so the traffic between auspicious and ill must be examined. Si, You, and Chou are the Three Harmonies of Fortune, with Metal above it; this is the Fortune star obtaining the pattern, and there will be rise and fall. If a Wood star sits on top of the Three

合之上則木入金局人命值之多主破敗雖有鎡基亦歸消散火星臨福徳之三合夜生則火有情晝生則破我福徳又不可以官星論蓋火入金局故也戌為官祿夜火顯用官髙名重晝火無光有官不顯夏令得時為官愈熾水孛合火多是驕恣以敗亡木炁合火多是清亷而見用戌之一宮與巳相翻覆但恐戌中無星巳中有曜是暗中有害即不可救雖寅午戌合得吉相輔是外助不能制內惡忌子宮疾厄之為難土計臨子是難星入垣若是身臨鬼地者不可一槩言凶如子生人六戊生人六癸生人有太陰乃身命入在子宮雖是身入難鄉卻是子生人嵗駕戊生人卦氣癸生人崇勲此三者又不可以為忌但以大限土計相逼謂之身衰遇鬼依此禍福斷然不差

Harmonies, Wood enters the Metal pattern, and a person's life meeting this is often ruined, and even with an inherited foundation it will scatter. If a Fire star meets the Three Harmonies of Fortune, for a night birth the Fire is warm to me, and for a day birth it breaks my Fortune; moreover it cannot be treated as an official star, because Fire has entered the Metal pattern. Xu is Official Emolument: at night, Fire shows in use, the official's rank is high and renown heavy; by day, Fire has no light, there is office but it does not show; in summer, when it has its season, the official is all the more fierce. Water and Bo joined with Fire are mostly arrogant and licentious and end in ruin; Wood qi joined with Fire is mostly clean and honest and is used. The Xu palace reverses back and forth with Si, but I fear that if there is no star in Xu and a luminary in Si, there is harm in the dark that cannot be rescued; though Yin, Wu, and Xu combined obtain an auspicious help, that is outside help and cannot control the evil within. The Zi palace is the Illness palace of calamity; Earth and Ji arriving at Zi is a calamity star entering its wall. If the body arrives at the ghost ground, one cannot say it is simply ill: for those born in a Zi year, under Liu Wu, or under Liu Gui, if the Moon is there and the body and life enter the Zi palace, although the body enters the land of calamity, it is for the Zi-born the year chariot, for the Wu-born the hexagram qi, and for the Gui-born honored merit; these three should not be taken as taboo. But if the great limit's Earth and Ji press upon it, this is called the body weak and meeting a ghost; judging fortune and misfortune by this will surely not be wrong.

【發明云未宮生人以月為主所闗二用以月為命主亦以月為身主如命主飛起坐煞而身主亦是坐煞此宮坐命乃三合局地月在夘又加夘在未是月到月宮未加亥亥加未亦是月入月宮三位互加此其為三合局也午為財帛宮太陰在午謂之身居財帛太陽在未謂之財元入命亦謂財命互垣亦是身主入命命主入身此為內外台格切不可謂陰陽反背但取身命互垣俱為貴命若甲午巳未生人得此格者愈好甲午生人未為貴宮午為嵗駕是身命主臨駕身命主坐崇勲此則富貴雙全大格局也若火計在午土孛在未六丙六丁生人以火孛為囚以土計為煞臨身照命禍不可言是為客曜臨朝飛星破祿合此格者必是凶惡之人如戌限加合皆是刑囚破敗傷殘甚至死於非命如格局布定一星稍異理皆不同巳為兄弟之宮太陰在上謂之身居閒極夜生帶于格局反添福德日生不然若有福祿主權星財元居之謂之身命合財帛有刑囚直難居之又是身命夾煞星凡夾福夾祿皆為福夾刑夾難皆為禍

[Elucidation says: Those born in the Wei palace take the Moon as lord, and the two uses linked to it take the Moon as life lord and also the Moon as body lord. If the life lord flies up and sits in a sha, and the body lord also sits in a sha, then a life seated in this palace is in the ground of the Three Harmonies pattern; the Moon in Mao, adding Mao to Wei, means the Moon arrives at the Moon's palace, and Wei added to Hai and Hai added to Wei again means the Moon enters the Moon's palace; the three positions adding to each other is what makes it a Three Harmonies pattern. Wu is the Wealth palace; the Moon in Wu is called the body dwelling in Wealth, and the Sun in Wei is called the origin of wealth entering the life, also called life and wealth in mutual walls, and also the body lord entering the life and the life lord entering the body; this is the inner and outer terrace pattern, and one must not call it Yin and Yang turned against each other, but take body and life in mutual walls as both a noble life. For those born in Jia-Wu, Ji-Wei years who obtain this pattern, it is all the better: for a Jia-Wu birth Wei is the noble palace and Wu is the year chariot, so the body and life lord arrive at the chariot and sit in honored merit, which is a great pattern of wealth and rank together. If Fire and Ji are in Wu and Earth and Bo in Wei, then for those born under Liu Bing and Liu Ding, Fire and Bo are imprisonment and Earth and Ji are sha, and their arriving at the body and shining on the life brings misfortune beyond words; this is a guest luminary at court and a flying star breaking emolument, and one who has this pattern is surely an evil person; if the Xu limit joins and combines, all is punishment, imprisonment, ruin, and injury, even dying an unnatural death. If the pattern is laid down and one star differs slightly, the principle is entirely different. Si is the Siblings palace; the Moon there is called the body dwelling in idleness, and with a night birth bringing it into the pattern it adds fortune, while a day birth does not; if a fortune, emolument, authority, or wealth star dwells there, it is called body and life joining Wealth; if punishment, imprisonment, duty, or calamity dwell there, it is the body and life flanking a sha star. In general, flanking fortune or emolument is fortune, and flanking punishment or calamity is misfortune.

若六丙六戊生人崇勲在巳是身宮命主坐崇勲天盤以巳加酉丙祿又加福徳福入祿宮福祿雙全皆是富貴之命酉戌二宮最闗利害酉為福徳之宮月在酉上謂之身命坐福徳金為福主又為母星飛入命宮不惟宮主與福星互垣亦是身命二主互垣又合內外二台格若六丁六丙生人帶之坐貴愈佳更加殿駕天馬地驛職元局主居上乃是卿相之格若是寅申巳亥生人的煞在酉為祿逢破碎又減力戌為官祿之宮月在上謂之身命二主坐官祿或六丙六丁生人又是二貴夾官祿二貴夾身宮若火為官星與身主飛入未宮是命主官星互垣亦合內外台格須是登殿臨駕坐貴坐福祿方為竒特子為八煞之宮月居之是身居疾厄土乃月之所忌蓋月為命主最忌土計二主如土計在亥夘二宮照命加入命宮若六戊六丙六壬六庚生人不為福祿拱命乃是刑難拱命雖有吉星拱夾亦是貧夭造化如戊子生人卦氣在子月臨之不為身居疾厄是身臨嵗駕卦氣若是金為福星在寅火為官星在戌正合漏闗格

For those born under Liu Bing and Liu Wu, honored merit is at Si, which means the body palace and life lord sit in honored merit; the heaven chart adds Si to You, Bing's emolument is added to Fortune, so fortune enters the emolument palace, and fortune and emolument together are a life of wealth and rank. The You and Xu palaces bear most on benefit and harm. You is the palace of Fortune; the Moon at You is called body and life seated in Fortune, Metal is the lord of fortune and also the mother star, flying into the life palace, so not only do the palace lord and fortune star stand in mutual walls, but the body and life lords are in mutual walls, and this also fits the inner and outer terrace pattern. If those born under Liu Ding and Liu Bing carry it and sit with a noble, so much the better; if hall, chariot, sky horse, earth post, post origin, and bureau lord are added above it, this is the pattern of a minister or chancellor. If one is born in Yin, Shen, Si, or Hai and the true sha is in You, it is emolument meeting breakage, which again reduces force. Xu is the Official Emolument palace; the Moon there means body and life both seated in Official Emolument, or for those born under Liu Bing and Liu Ding there are again two nobles flanking the Official Emolument and two nobles flanking the body palace. If Fire is the official star and flies with the body lord into the Wei palace, then the life lord and official star are in mutual walls, which also fits the inner and outer terrace pattern, but one must ascend the hall, arrive at the chariot, sit with a noble, and sit with fortune and emolument to be remarkable. Zi is the palace of the Eight Shas; the Moon there means the body dwells in Illness, and Earth is what the Moon taboos, for the Moon as life lord most dreads the two lords Earth and Ji; if Earth and Ji are in Hai and Mao shining on the life or adding to the life palace, then for those born under Liu Wu, Liu Bing, Liu Ren, and Liu Geng it is not fortune and emolument flanking the life but punishment and calamity flanking the life, and even if auspicious stars flank it, it is poverty and early death. For example, for one born in Wu-Zi, the hexagram qi is at Zi, and the Moon arriving there is not the body dwelling in Illness but the body meeting the year chariot and hexagram qi; if Metal as fortune star is in Yin and Fire as official star in Xu, it exactly fits the Leaking Pass pattern,

局此格尤佳又不可以疾厄論也日在夘月在亥謂之日月朝命日月夾官福身命主登駕坐殿臨卦皆是有福有祿之命若刑囚夾命或拱夾直難便是貧賤之格如蔡樞宻己丑十二月二十七日申時生太陽在子太陰在寅嵗駕在丑金為福星在寅火為官星在丑日月夾官星日月夾嵗駕金在寅木星怒宮金為福星加入官宮火為官星加入福宮謂之官福互垣月居官福日月拱夾豈不為大貴之命若日月居奴僕福星既陷則不大貴所謂誰信無中還有曜豈知弱處是髙強若加臨有凶星破之又不可以貴命言也如星命坐殿駕防刑囚難直而官福俱陷若加盤又有殿駕祿馬貴人卦氣聚防亦可以貴命言也若月在辰坐田宅如金在巳火在夘官福宮主夾身若木在丑六甲六乙生人見之科名照命大約三十六嵗行酉限得官星祿主福星科名交照行此酉限其人英雄杰特無疑若身命皆坐煞防刑囚直難官福祿權俱陷必主剝雜無成如太陰在辰土計在寅午二宮大約三十七嵗入戌限寅加午午加戌戌

a pattern all the finer, and it must not be treated as Illness. With the Sun in Mao and the Moon in Hai, it is called the Sun and Moon facing the life; the Sun and Moon flank official and fortune, and with body and life lords ascending the chariot, sitting in hall, and facing the hexagram, one has fortune and emolument. If punishment and imprisonment flank the life, or calamity and duty flank or face it, it is a pattern of poverty and lowliness. For example, Privy Councillor Cai, born in the twelfth month of Ji-Chou, on the twenty-seventh, at the Shen hour, with the Sun in Zi and the Moon in Yin, the year chariot in Chou, Metal as fortune star in Yin and Fire as official star in Chou, the Sun and Moon flanking the official star and flanking the year chariot; with Metal in Yin and a Wood star in the angry palace, Metal as fortune star added to the official palace and Fire as official star added to the fortune palace, this is called official and fortune in mutual walls, the Moon in the official and fortune, and the Sun and Moon flanking: how could this not be a life of great nobility? If the Sun and Moon are in Servant, and the fortune star is fallen, he would not be greatly noble; as the saying goes, who would believe there is still a luminary in what is empty, not knowing that the weak place is high and strong. If an ill star adds to and breaks it, one must not speak of it as a noble life. If the star-life seats the hall and chariot but meets punishment, imprisonment, calamity, and duty, and official and fortune are both fallen, yet an added chart again has hall, chariot, emolument, horse, noble, and hexagram qi gathered, one may still speak of it as a noble life. If the Moon is in Chen sitting in Fields, with Metal in Si and Fire in Mao, official and fortune palace lords flank the body; with Wood in Chou, and a person born under Liu Jia or Liu Yi seeing it, the examination name shines on the life, and at about thirty-six years, entering the You limit, the official star, emolument lord, fortune star, and examination name shine together; passing through this You limit that person is without doubt a hero and exceptional. If body and life both sit in sha, meet punishment, imprisonment, duty, and calamity, and official, fortune, emolument, and authority are all fallen, it will surely be mixed and unfinished. If the Moon is in Chen and Earth and Ji in Yin and Wu, then at about thirty-seven years, entering the Xu limit, adding Yin to Wu, Wu to Xu, and Xu to

加寅皆犯土計必以刑夭斷之若於加閤中得金木解救則免】

Yin, all offend Earth and Ji, and one must judge early death by punishment; if in adding and combining one obtains Metal and Wood to rescue, one is spared.]

申宮命

Life in the Shen Palace

申乃水垣以水為先申屬坤乙癸生人卦氣水命得之為長生此宮為諸不入局惟與未通闗雖所屬與己相類然體用與己不同巳宮以太陰為三限古人云夜忌土星晝忌火若見三方尤較可此宮與他不同以木為官星以月為財帛以水為田宅以火為福徳以土為難且己申皆屬水在巳命者忌土為重申宮命者忌土為輕又以未與申皆以土為難在未者以土為重在申以土為輕蓋己未二宮屬陰取土為直難申宮屬陽取土為三限中之一物是以不甚為忌生於晝者多以為得更如本命干音屬金命居申宮以土計為得其所養但夜生以土計為凶申之忌土計不如未巳二宮之甚水月為田財夜生得用生理厚實水火為官福晝則喜木夜則喜火若春令木強是官星乘勢雖為金制終不損之得官必顯達夏令火炎是福星得地雖為水制亦不為失得此者福氣尤重此宮為局本水之長生地與絶處之水又不同土不能勝木不能洩遇金亦熾遇火亦熱四時不竭此宮四宿居之參宿固與宮神相類畢雖太陰偏

Shen is a Water wall, and takes Water first. Shen belongs to Kun, and for those born under Yi and Gui the hexagram qi is Water; a life obtaining this is at long life. This palace is among those that do not enter a pattern, linking only with Wei, and though what it belongs to resembles Si, its body and function differ from Si. The Si palace takes the Moon as its three limits; the ancients said at night Earth stars are taboo and by day Fire is taboo, and if all three directions are seen it is still bearable. This palace differs from others: Wood is the official star, the Moon is wealth, Water is fields, Fire is fortune, and Earth is calamity. Moreover Si and Shen both belong to Water; for a life in Si the taboo of Earth is heavy, and for a life in the Shen palace the taboo of Earth is light. Also Wei and Shen both take Earth as calamity, but in Wei Earth is heavy and in Shen Earth is light, because Si and Wei are Yin palaces and taking Earth there is duty and calamity, while Shen is a Yang palace, and Earth there is one of the three limits and is not much taboo; those born by day mostly take it as gain. Further, if the life's stem sound belongs to Metal and the life dwells in Shen, then Earth and Ji get what nourishes them; but for a night birth Earth and Ji are ill. Shen's taboo of Earth and Ji is not as severe as in Wei and Si. The Water Moon is fields and wealth, and for a night birth gains use, with a thick and solid life principle; Water and Fire are official and fortune, by day delighting in Wood and at night in Fire. In spring Wood is strong, the official star riding its strength, and though restrained by Metal it is in the end not damaged; one who gets office will surely be distinguished. In summer Fire blazes, the fortune star is in its place, and though restrained by Water it is not lost; one who obtains this has especially heavy fortune. This palace is a pattern that is the long-life ground of Water at its root, unlike Water at the place of extinction: Earth cannot overcome, Wood cannot drain; meeting Metal it flourishes, meeting Fire it warms, and in all four seasons it does not run dry. Of the four lodges here, the Shen lodge resembles the palace spirit, Bi, though the Moon's biased

垣亦乃水之精觜火半度乃水中之火合從水主井之一宿屬木申子辰木星亦三限之主或甲乙人及納音木人皆可從木用其餘干音皆可從水為主更以木得時則從木用立命於井者但晝生逢金為凶然亦不足為忌當春夏之月此時木盛火炎金神消爍若是金髙何懼之有若時秋冬金行東南井木固忌之然生於夜望又不為凶是金火無夜忌木土無晝凶之理此說明矣今有戊己庚辛命者在參畢為命度中間或得之為福蓋晝生見之多發夜生遇之亦有小災其間須尋太陰所躔如何若太陰居陽分雖有土計亦無傷恐太陰居陰分則土計非我家三方主是相霄壌諸宮最切者戌亥子丑數宮自命而交相貌通闗午酉又當取午宮之得失戌為福徳與己相表裡田宅福徳來往實重戌為火局申為水局水臨戌一則失其本領二則破我福徳上盤巳酉丑金局固能生水是又傷下盤寅午戌之火若得木星合之水隨木化反凶為吉亥為官宮木居之為官主入垣火居之為變官為福乃以亥夘未為木局以官

wall, is also the essence of Water, and Zi, half a degree of Fire, is Fire within Water and joins to follow Water as lord. The Jing lodge belongs to Wood; for Shen, Zi, and Chen, the Wood star is also lord of the three limits, and those born under Jia and Yi, and those whose sound-element is Wood, can all follow Wood in use, while other stems can follow Water as lord, and if Wood obtains its season, follow Wood in use. A life fixed in Jing, if a day birth meets Metal, is ill, yet not enough to be taboo; in the spring and summer months, Wood flourishes and Fire blazes, and the Metal spirit is melted away, so if Metal is high, what is there to fear? If in autumn and winter Metal travels southeast, Jing Wood does indeed fear it, but for a night birth at the full moon it is again not ill; there is no principle that Metal and Fire fear the night or that Wood and Earth are not ill by day. This is now clear. Now for those with Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin lives, having Shen or Bi as the life degree, getting it is mostly fortune: a day birth seeing it mostly flourishes, a night birth meeting it also has small disaster; in between one must find where the Moon travels. If the Moon is in a Yang division, even with Earth and Ji there is no harm; I fear that if the Moon is in a Yin division, Earth and Ji are not the lords of my three directions, and the difference is as between heaven and earth. Most acute of the palaces are Xu, Hai, Zi, and Chou, which from the life cross-link with Appearance; and Wu and You must also be taken by the gain and loss of the Wu palace. Xu is Fortune and relates to Si as outside and inside; the traffic between Fields and Fortune is truly heavy. Xu is a Fire pattern and Shen a Water pattern; Water arriving at Xu first loses its own territory, and second breaks my Fortune. The upper chart's Si, You, and Chou Metal pattern can indeed generate Water, but this again harms the lower chart's Yin, Wu, and Xu Fire; if a Wood star joins it, Water follows Wood and transforms, and the ill turns auspicious. Hai is the Official palace; Wood there is the official lord entering its wall, and Fire there changes the official into fortune; so taking Hai, Mao, Wei as the Wood pattern, with the official

祿為上盤午字卻成寅午戌火局縱有金星破官祿亦不為破有一火則火制無火亦有火局可用蓋以木生火火尅金故也子之遊行上盤是未諸星臨之為得體以未宮太陰之垣也故不為身入鬼鄉是子之土又不能傷申之水有未字為天盤木局也丑乃土本傷水又以命宮之申加丑是為命主就鬼此乃申命加卯則八煞加申丑為八煞是下之丑對上盤之申若有木炁在三合巳酉丑又制之於命宮三合申子辰猶為喜所以此宮體勢與巳宮不同也

emolument as the upper chart's Wu character, it becomes the Yin-Wu-Xu Fire pattern; even if a Metal star breaks the Official Emolument it is not broken, for if there is one Fire, Fire restrains it, and if there is no Fire there is still a Fire pattern to use, because Wood generates Fire and Fire overcomes Metal. The upper chart wandering of Zi is Wei; stars arriving there gain their proper body, because the Wei palace is the Moon's wall, so it is not the body entering a ghost land, and the Earth of Zi cannot harm Shen's Water, since Wei's character is the heaven chart's Wood pattern. Chou is Earth by nature and harms Water, and moreover adding the life palace's Shen to Chou makes the life lord go to the ghost; this means Shen life adding to Mao brings the Eight Shas to Shen, and Chou being the Eight Shas, the lower chart's Chou opposes the upper chart's Shen; if Wood qi is in the Three Harmonies Si, You, Chou and restrains it in the life palace, with the Three Harmonies Shen, Zi, Chen still delightful, then this is why this palace differs in force from the Si palace.

【發明云申宮安命以水為主巳宮安命亦以水為主巳與申合俱屬水命雖相類而官福之類不同申上安命為諸不入局又名借局隔六位互相加內無奴僕疾厄夘為奴僕之宮若水在夘本為陷弱以夘加申是水居水位命主入垣丑為疾厄之宮若水在丑本為失位以丑加申亦是水入水宮命主入垣或命主水星飛起登殿臨駕入局坐貴祿馬互換有情與宮神太嵗暗加闗攝則為富貴之命若命主水星飛入煞宮防刑囚直難互換無情將重易輕無有闗攝則為貧賤之命此宮所喜者金為母月為財帛木為官祿火為福徳所忌者土為煞星又為疾厄計乃土餘為害一也或土計二星在當要處臨照身命必為禍媒若大限見之必然為災輕則壓身破相重則傷己戕生如根基壯厚福氣雍容又得木炁加合解破其禍稍輕若根基淺薄必然夭折更加流年惡星黨之決定刑害死於非命未為財帛之宮水居之謂之命主坐財月居之謂之財星入垣或水星在巳居田宅亦謂之水星入垣或金星在巳乃是金水防蛇

[Elucidation says: A life fixed in Shen takes Water as lord, and a life fixed in Si also takes Water as lord; Si and Shen combine, both belonging to Water, so the lives resemble each other, but official and fortune differ. A life fixed at Shen is among those not entering a pattern, also called borrowing the pattern, with six positions adding to each other and no Servant or Illness inside. Mao is the Servant palace; if Water is in Mao it is originally fallen and weak, but adding Mao to Shen puts Water in the Water position, so the life lord enters its wall. Chou is the Illness palace; if Water is in Chou it is originally out of place, but adding Chou to Shen is again Water entering the Water palace, and the life lord enters its wall. Or if the life lord Water star flies up, ascends the hall, arrives at the chariot, enters the pattern, sits with a noble, with emolument and horse exchanged with feeling, and secretly adds to and rules the palace spirit and Grand Year, then it is a life of wealth and rank. If the life lord Water flies into a sha palace, meets punishment, imprisonment, duty, and calamity, exchanged without feeling, weighing heavy for light and with no ruling relation, it is a life of poverty and lowliness. What this palace delights in is Metal as mother, the Moon as wealth, Wood as official emolument, Fire as fortune; what it taboos is Earth as sha star and as Illness, and Ji is the remainder of Earth, so harm number one. Or if Earth and Ji are at key places shining on the body and life, they will surely be the matchmaker of misfortune; if the great limit sees them, there will surely be disaster, light ones pressing the body and ruining the appearance, heavy ones harming oneself and cutting life. If the foundation is stout and thick and fortune is easy and comfortable, and Wood qi adds to and breaks it, the misfortune is a little lighter; if the foundation is shallow and thin, there will surely be early death, and if flowing-year evil stars side with it, then certainly punishment, harm, and death by unnatural cause. Wei is the Wealth palace; Water there is called life lord sitting in wealth, the Moon there is called wealth star entering its wall, or a Water star in Si dwelling in Fields is also called a Water star entering its wall, or if a Metal star is in Si, this is Metal and Water meeting,

命主逢生或金水日月居午位不可為身命主居閒極是子母日月同宮此金月雖化為刑囚無害若化為福祿尤佳如行限逢金月六丁生人必大發福更加祿馬官魁科名科甲則富貴自來逼人如命上水星在巳或與日月同宮或日月拱夾或官福入垣得局或官入官宮福居福位或官福互垣或身坐祿或登殿或守時籍或防科名科甲魁星則當期以大貴如許狀元戊子七月初一日丑時生安命在申月在未水在巳為身命入垣坐祿木在亥火在戌官福入垣身命與官福俱在髙強入廟入垣水為祿元木為官星拱身火又為魁星得位加入身命豈不為大魁乎所忌者土為難星在子孛為忌星在疾厄難加入命位羅在巳計在亥照身所以不得其夀矣辰為男女之宮金星在巳水星逢金生又來同宮謂之母附子子顧母格子母相生有情極為竒特或水在夘火在申水火互垣不相交戰是命主與奴僕互垣交戰無情不能安享或有祿貴殿駕居之福祿臨之終欠享福或月在寅火計在巳謂之身犯四刑又名土計

the life lord meeting life, or Metal, Water, Sun, and Moon in the Wu position, which cannot be taken as the body, the life lord dwelling in idleness; this is mother and child, the Sun and Moon in one palace, and though this Metal and Moon turn into punishment and imprisonment there is no harm, and if they turn into fortune and emolument it is all the better. If the limit meets Metal and the Moon, a person born under Liu Ding will surely flourish greatly, and if emolument, horse, official, and top examination name are added, wealth and rank come pressing upon them. If the life has a Water star in Si, or with the Sun and Moon in one palace, or the Sun and Moon flanking it, or official and fortune enter the wall and obtain the pattern, or the official enters the official palace and fortune the fortune position, or official and fortune in mutual walls, or the body sits in emolument or ascends the hall or guards the hour register or meets the examination name and top graduate star, then expect great nobility. For example, Xu, the top graduate, born at the Chou hour on the first day of the seventh month of Wu-Zi, fixed the life in Shen, the Moon in Wei, Water in Si, so body and life enter the wall and sit in emolument; Wood in Hai and Fire in Xu, official and fortune enter the wall, body and life and official and fortune are all high and strong, entering the temple and the wall; Water is the emolument origin, Wood is the official star flanking the body, and Fire is again the top star in place, added into body and life: how could he not be the top graduate? What is taboo is Earth as calamity star in Zi and Bo as taboo star in Illness, calamity added into the life position, Luo in Si and Ji in Hai shining on the body, so he did not obtain a long life. Chen is the Children palace; Metal in Si and a Water star meeting Metal and being generated, coming to the same palace, is called mother attaching to child, child looking after mother, a pattern of mother and child generating each other with feeling, most remarkable; or Water in Mao and Fire in Shen with Water and Fire in mutual walls not fighting, this is the life lord and Servant in mutual walls fighting without feeling, unable to enjoy peace, or with emolument, noble, hall, and chariot in it, or fortune and emolument arriving, in the end lacking enjoyment of fortune; or with the Moon in Yin and Fire and Ji in Si, this is called the body offending the Four Punishments, also called Earth and Ji

拱身命或寅申巳亥四位上又是七煞即亡神也刼煞陽刃嵗煞之宮亦為刑害之命若月在亥日水在巳又為錦上添花那更火星在未木在夘官福俱入明地福居庫位是官福拱身命木在夘不可謂官星坐奴僕此是逢旺入廟加起入命若生於春月官星愈顯但防生於秋月金神得時令又在寅夘之上是為官星受傷難以為福如水星在戌不為水泛白羊是主居福徳若火星入命又為福主與命主互垣或天馬不背職元局主髙強或臨身命則主功名富貴矣遷移子宮土位為水旺之所水星在上逢生旺則吉受尅制則凶或生於冬月水神得地是為水星逢旺或壬辰癸巳丙子丁丑生人水旺在子子為帝座之宮丙子帶之尤妙乃為命主臨帝座之宮又得日月左右夾之可以三台八座格局不謂之主星受傷若生於辰戌丑未之月土神得局之時子上又嵗煞陽刃所破乃是命主受傷為貧賤之命或水在丑坐八煞以申加丑亦是命主入垣如土居丑位又不可為命主入垣論帶此格者多廢疾之人如福主居其

facing the body and life, or in the four positions Yin, Shen, Si, and Hai also the Seven Shas, which is the Lost Spirit, Robbery Sha, Yang Blade, and Year Sha palaces, also a life of punishment and harm. If the Moon is in Hai and Sun and Water in Si, it is again adding flowers to brocade, and still more if the Fire star is in Wei and Wood in Mao, official and fortune both entering a bright ground, fortune dwelling in the treasury position, official and fortune flanking the body and life. If Wood is in Mao, one must not say the official star sits in Servant; this is meeting strength, entering the temple, and rising into the life. If born in spring, the official star shows all the more, but I fear a birth in autumn, when the Metal spirit has its season and is also on Yin and Mao, so the official star is wounded and hard to take as fortune. If a Water star is in Xu, it is not Water flooding the White Sheep, but the lord dwelling in Fortune; if a Fire star enters the life it is again the lord of fortune and in mutual walls with the life lord, or the sky horse does not go against the post origin, the bureau lord is high and strong or arrives at the body and life, and fame, wealth, and rank follow. Migration is the Zi palace, an Earth position, which is the place where Water flourishes; a Water star there, meeting life and strength, is auspicious, and meeting restraint is ill; or if born in a winter month the Water spirit gets its ground, this is a Water star meeting strength. Those born in Ren-Chen, Gui-Si, Bing-Zi, Ding-Chou have Water strong at Zi, and Zi is the palace of the emperor's seat; Bing-Zi carrying it is especially fine, being the life lord arriving at the emperor's seat palace, and further flanked left and right by the Sun and Moon, it can be the pattern of the Three Platforms and Eight Seats, and one cannot say the lord star is wounded. If born in the months Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei, with the Earth spirit gaining the pattern, and Zi is again broken by the Year Sha and Yang Blade, then the life lord is wounded and it is a life of poverty and lowliness; or Water in Chou sits in the Eight Shas, adding Shen to Chou, which again is the life lord entering its wall, but if Earth dwells in the Chou position one cannot treat it as the life lord entering the wall; those who carry this pattern are mostly persons with chronic illness or disability. If the fortune lord dwells there

位反能為福此吉凶相對歸之於福則以貴論歸之於凶則以貧斷須分輕重論之萬無一失矣】酉宮命

it can instead become fortune; this is the opposition of good and ill. Returning it to fortune, judge by nobility; returning it to ill, judge by poverty; one must distinguish heavy and light, and then there is no failure in ten thousand.] Life in the You Palace

酉宮坐命以反吟為體卯加酉酉加卯卯火來制金金受火制卯酉相對是為反吟有四破四正四破者火羅計孛居子午卯酉是也四正者如日月官祿居子午卯酉是也四正未分俱福四破未分俱禍當觀局之變處輕重如何此宮丁生人卦氣屬兊立命忌火羅喜土計用巳酉丑金局以土計居之為生我則得地明矣且以酉宮金主也金火月三限主也水日田財二主也木土官福主也火為鬼木為難如土星得用四季為吉得之為官髙祿厚水日為田財白晝見之田財必厚木為福徳春令有情得之為利秋冬無情見之為害一木兩用善惡當分但以晝生終有情夜生終無用苟或九月十月之際為直難兼行加以水孛即為助虐惟火與金一則為主一則為鬼若巳酉丑金火月取則如何且金星乃命主也火賊也金遇火則失勢然有得失存焉古人以金火月為三限主是以陰從陰之義也但火金二勢不可兩立如春月金行西北此宮命者白晝見之是時金勢尚柔不能無患春金誠為忌火夏月金行午未間如晝生

A life seated in the You palace has reversal as its body: Mao adds to You and You adds to Mao, Fire in Mao comes to restrain the Metal, and Metal is restrained by Fire; Mao and You face each other, and this is reversal. There are the Four Breakages and the Four Cardinals. The Four Breakages are Fire, Luo, Ji, and Bo in Zi, Wu, Mao, and You; the Four Cardinals are such as the Sun, Moon, and Official Emolument in Zi, Wu, Mao, and You. If the Four Cardinals are not divided, all are fortune; if the Four Breakages are not divided, all are misfortune; one should look at how heavy or light the change in the pattern is. For this palace, the hexagram qi of those born under Ding belongs to Dui, and for a life fixed here Fire and Luo are taboo while Earth and Ji are delightful; taking the Si, You, Chou Metal pattern with Earth and Ji in it generates me, so it clearly gains ground. And You is the Metal palace, Metal being its lord; Metal, Fire, and the Moon are lords of the three limits, Water and the Sun are the two lords of fields and wealth, Wood and Earth are the lords of official and fortune, Fire is the ghost, and Wood is calamity. If an Earth star gains use, the four seasons are auspicious, and obtaining it brings high office and thick emolument; Water and the Sun as fields and wealth, seen by day, make fields and wealth surely thick; Wood as Fortune is feeling in spring and obtaining it is gain, but without feeling in autumn and winter and seeing it is harm: one Wood with two uses, whose good and ill must be distinguished, but for a day birth it ultimately has feeling and for a night birth ultimately no use. If in the ninth and tenth months it becomes duty and calamity together, with Water and Bo added, that is aiding cruelty. Only Fire and Metal, one being lord and the other ghost: if Si, You, Chou Metal, Fire, and Moon are taken as the rule, how then? Metal is the life lord, and Fire is the thief; Metal meeting Fire loses its power, though gain and loss are both present. The ancients took Metal, Fire, and Moon as lords of the three limits, following the meaning of Yin following Yin, but Fire and Metal cannot both stand: for example, in spring months Metal travels northwest, and for one with a life in this palace, seeing it in the daytime, when Metal's power is still soft, one cannot be free of trouble; spring Metal is indeed taboo. In summer months Metal travels between Wu and Wei; if a day birth

見之火秉權金必衰也若火金相刑戰有勝負則金果失時若火金相去隔逺三合無相干犯又可舍金星而從火用何也蓋夏月生人以火秉令此一不可去也又金火月為三限主二不可去也限度望火反為祥望金反為禍至於秋月金臨辰巳之間如秋中見之其時金又司令火不能勝如秋冬生命臨金分此乃金星得時不貴亦富縱金不得地命亦安強冬月金行丑寅之左右時冬陰凍冽木葉凋零金星主殺水星司令金水相依水強火伏金星又勝火金相合亦可無凶此宮三宿胃以土為經土為金母土星為官豈可多從土斷且木火亦時得時失亦宜以宮主交叅用之不可偏用昴宿雖曰太陽只從金用畢月宿取太陰亦有憑據且以陰從陰金火月三限主也亦命度主也太陰為先金為次雖以月為主晝生亦貴乎金夜生不嫌晝火甚忌諸宮最切亥子以至於寅戌加於辰亥加於巳官祿於子四正往來若陽刃加刑中年多主反覆初主有變若四正無凶星陽刃有吉曜臨之則為富貴癸卯癸酉子己卯午巳酉

sees it, Fire holds authority and Metal must be weak. If Fire and Metal punish and fight, there are victory and defeat, and then Metal indeed loses its time; if Fire and Metal are far apart and the Three Harmonies do not interfere, one can again leave Metal and follow Fire in use. Why? Because those born in summer take Fire as holding command, which is the first reason it cannot be removed, and Metal, Fire, and Moon are the lords of the three limits, which is the second reason it cannot be removed. In the limit degrees, seeing Fire becomes fortune and seeing Metal becomes misfortune. As for autumn months when Metal is between Chen and Si, seeing it in mid-autumn, Metal again commands and Fire cannot overcome it; this is the Metal star getting its time, and if not noble then rich, and even if Metal does not get ground the life is still safe and strong. In winter months Metal travels around Chou and Yin; in the cold of winter the wood leaves wither, the Metal star governs killing, the Water star commands, Metal and Water depend on each other, Water is strong and Fire hidden, the Metal star again overcomes Fire, and Metal combining is also without ill. Of the three lodges here, Wei takes Earth as warp, Earth being the mother of Metal and the Earth star being the official, so how can one judge too much by Earth? Wood and Fire also gain and lose in their time and should be used in combination with the palace lord, not used one-sidedly. The Mao lodge, though called the Sun, follows Metal only; the Bi Moon lodge takes the Moon, which also has support, with Yin following Yin; Metal, Fire, and Moon are the lords of the three limits and also the lord of the life degree; the Moon comes first, Metal second, and though the Moon is lord, a day birth still honors Metal, and a night birth does not fear daytime Fire. Of the most acute palaces are Hai, Zi, and then Yin and Xu; adding to Chen, Hai adds to Si, Official Emolument to Zi, the Four Cardinals going back and forth; if the Yang Blade adds punishment, in middle age there is mostly reversal and change at the beginning. If the Four Cardinals have no ill star and the Yang Blade has an auspicious luminary arriving, it is wealth and rank. Gui-Mao, Gui-You, Zi-Ji-Mao-Wu, Si-You:

駕丁卯午丁酉駕此六命人者官祿為吉蓋有崇勲卦氣在此四正為得也丑為遷移土為主以未加丑是未墓木製土太陰居之為吉地寅宮乃疾厄木居之為凶若是以火合木是火得寅午戌之局而犯疾厄其禍尤甚此宮取用與四正伏吟則異而大體有與之相闗者可以類取也

chariot Ding-Mao and Wu, Ding-You chariot, these six lives have Official Emolument as auspicious, for honored merit and hexagram qi are here, and the Four Cardinals obtain it. Chou is Migration, Earth is lord; adding Wei to Chou, Wei is a tomb, and Wood restrains Earth, so the Moon there is a good ground. The Yin palace is Illness, and Wood there is ill; if Fire joins Wood, Fire gets the Yin, Wu, Xu pattern and offends Illness, and the misfortune is especially severe. The use taken from this palace differs from the Four Cardinals and the hidden chant, but the main body relates to them and can be taken by analogy.

【發明云酉為金旺之地此宮安命反吟為體反吟者是夘加酉酉加夘夘屬火酉屬金火來制金金受火制夘酉二位所以為反吟也此局往來七位互加又為四破局又為四正局火羅刑囚在子午夘酉則為四破局也日月官祿在子午夘酉則為四正局也曰破為禍曰正為福更看局之變處輕重何如以用之此宮以金為主土計我之命母火羅我之忌星也若寅午戌三位火羅居之是直鬼賊交橫要路他既得地我必受制矣更混之以木炁則為禍尤酷是黨惡也若混之以土計則又反禍為祥乃是誘火羅為福也更看所守者何星若金與火羅同宮必為禍若金與土計同宮必為福如命主在辰辰乃奴僕之宮金居金位命主入垣金星得地不以為弱火星在戌辰加戌戌加辰俱是刑星若水在辰金反生水水能尅火是生子御宼若金在午土在子午加子子加午土能生金金主失位逢生互換往來皆見官祿金在巳水在亥亥加巳巳加亥金為命主木為福星互換往來此貴命也若木在巳土在午巳加亥福星入垣

[Elucidation says: You is the ground where Metal flourishes. A life fixed in this palace has reversal as its body; reversal is Mao adding to You and You adding to Mao, Mao belonging to Fire and You to Metal, with Fire coming to restrain Metal and Metal restrained by Fire; this is why Mao and You are reversal. This pattern has seven positions adding to each other going back and forth, and is also the Four Breakages pattern and the Four Cardinals pattern; Fire, Luo, punishment, and imprisonment in Zi, Wu, Mao, and You make it the Four Breakages pattern, and the Sun, Moon, and Official Emolument in Zi, Wu, Mao, and You make it the Four Cardinals pattern. It is said breakage is misfortune and cardinal is fortune; further, look at how heavy or light the change in the pattern is, and use it accordingly. This palace takes Metal as lord, Earth and Ji as my life mother, and Fire and Luo as my taboo stars. If Fire and Luo sit in the three positions Yin, Wu, and Xu, that is duty, ghost, and thief crossing at the road; they have gained ground, and I will surely be restrained. If mixed with Wood qi the misfortune is more cruel, which is joining the evil; if mixed with Earth and Ji it turns misfortune to fortune, enticing Fire and Luo into fortune. Look further at what star is guarded: if Metal is in one palace with Fire and Luo it will surely be misfortune; if Metal is in one palace with Earth and Ji it will surely be fortune. If the life lord is in Chen, Chen being the Servant palace, Metal in the Metal position means the life lord enters its wall and the Metal star gets ground, not taken as weak; Fire in Xu, Chen added to Xu and Xu added to Chen are both punishment stars; if Water is in Chen, Metal instead generates Water and Water can overcome Fire, which is generating a son to resist bandits. If Metal is in Wu and Earth in Zi, adding Wu to Zi and Zi to Wu, Earth can generate Metal; the Metal lord loses position but meets life, exchanged and going back and forth, and everywhere sees Official Emolument. If Metal is in Si and Water in Hai, adding Hai to Si and Si to Hai, Metal is life lord and Wood fortune star, exchanged going back and forth, this is a noble life. If Wood is in Si and Earth in Wu, adding Si to Hai means the fortune star enters its wall,

午加子官星入垣福居福位官入官宮豈不美哉如安墩御史壬午十二月二十六日午時生日在子月在丑土在巳木在午安命在酉金主在亥身主在己亥天門也巳地戸也天門加地戸地戸加天門身命主戴天履地況壬祿在亥嵗貴在巳祿貴相加土為官星在巳木為福星在午巳加亥官入福宮午加子福入官宮官福互垣日在子子加午日居日位月在丑丑加未月居月位陰陽升殿官福互垣三元得地經云三元得地為上品之公卿日月升宮乃百官之領袖豈不為御史乎此乃加合隠中之妙若月在丑日在子若己酉己夘丁酉生人祿在日正命臨嵗駕日月拱之或命主更乘天馬地驛職元局主亦佳若六巳生人太嵗為祿主加在午月為祿主在子土為官星在酉木為福星在夘夘加酉互加皆見官福照命子加午官祿加祿官星坐祿午加子崇勲官祿官主入垣此乃宰相公卿地位如官魁拱命福祿夾身或官祿拱身福祿夾身或日月拱殿陰陽拱駕或身命拱駕官福夾駕日月夾垣陰陽拱帝座皆是大富

and adding Wu to Zi means the official star enters its wall, fortune dwells in the fortune position, and the official enters the official palace: how could this not be fine? For example, Censor An-dun, born at the Wu hour on the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month of Ren-Wu, with the Sun in Zi, the Moon in Chou, Earth in Si, Wood in Wu, the life fixed in You, Metal lord in Hai, and body lord in Si; Hai is the heaven gate, Si is the earth door, the heaven gate adds to the earth door and the earth door adds to the heaven gate, so body and life lords wear heaven and tread earth. Moreover Ren's emolument is in Hai and the year noble in Si, so emolument and noble add to each other; Earth is the official star in Si and Wood is the fortune star in Wu; Si added to Hai means the official enters the fortune palace, Wu added to Zi means fortune enters the official palace, official and fortune in mutual walls; the Sun in Zi, Zi added to Wu, the Sun in the Sun's position; the Moon in Chou, Chou added to Wei, the Moon in the Moon's position; Yin and Yang ascend the hall, official and fortune in mutual walls, and the three origins get ground. The classic says, 'When the three origins get ground, it is the upper grade of dukes and ministers; when the Sun and Moon ascend the palace, they are the head of a hundred officials': how could he not be a censor? This is the subtlety hidden within adding and combining. If the Moon is in Chou and the Sun in Zi, as for those born in Ji-You, Ji-Mao, Ding-You, emolument is in the Sun and the life is right at the year chariot, with the Sun and Moon facing it, or the life lord riding sky horse and earth post, post origin, and bureau lord, it is also fine. For those born under Liu Ji, the Grand Year is the emolument lord added to Wu, the Moon is the emolument lord in Zi, Earth is the official star in You, and Wood the fortune star in Mao; Mao added to You and going back and forth, all see official and fortune shining on the life; Zi added to Wu, official and emolument add to emolument, the official star sits in emolument; Wu added to Zi is honored merit, with the official emolument and official lord entering the wall. This is the position of a prime minister or duke. If official top-star faces the life, fortune and emolument flank the body, or official emolument faces the body and fortune and emolument flank the body, or Sun and Moon face the hall, Yin and Yang face the chariot, or body and life face the chariot, official and fortune flank the chariot, Sun and Moon flank the wall, and Yin and Yang face the emperor's seat, all are great wealth

貴命如或刑囚拱命難直夾身或刑囚拱身夾命或客曜臨朝飛星守駕則為凶惡命也申為財帛之宮水星居之是財元入廟月居之是身居財帛若六巳生人月為祿位又為祿主臨財寅為疾厄之宮木星居之為難星入垣月居之為身居八煞若九月十月生人木為直星必多疾病那更火在申申加寅寅加申加入八煞所以寅申之宮相闗也若六丙生人以火為囚又為囚星防直難防刑星加之身宮守於煞位若金更在申宮或在午戌之地為災非小必主惡死未為閒極之宮月居之一為身主入垣二為身居閒極三為身命夾財帛甲戊生人丑未為貴人之地未加丑丑加未互換貴人得局六辛生人若月在夘辛祿居酉謂之沖干對祿又為佳也若金在戌戌屬火金乘火位以辰加戌辰屬金又為金乘火位命主受傷則為害矣水為財星在子六庚生人為祿主為財元逢旺木為福徳主在辰三合申子辰命主復坐子位祿主之水又生辰上福徳之木所謂福祿相生豈不為妙儻火為刑星飛來寅位寅來加申又有木

and rank. If punishment and imprisonment face the life, calamity and duty flank the body, or punishment and imprisonment face the body and flank the life, or a guest luminary arrives at court, or a flying star guards the chariot, then it is an evil life. Shen is the Wealth palace; a Water star there is the wealth origin entering the temple, and the Moon there is the body dwelling in Wealth; for those born under Liu Ji, the Moon is the emolument position and also the emolument lord, arriving at Wealth. Yin is the Illness palace; a Wood star there is a calamity star entering its wall, and the Moon there is the body dwelling in the Eight Shas; if those born in the ninth or tenth month have Wood as duty star they will have much illness, and moreover Fire in Shen, adding Shen to Yin and Yin to Shen enters the Eight Shas, which is why Yin and Shen palaces are related. For those born under Liu Bing, Fire is imprisonment and also the imprisonment star; meeting duty and calamity and the punishment star adding to the body palace guards the sha position, and if Metal is further in the Shen palace or at Wu or Xu, the disaster is not small and one will surely die an evil death. Wei is the palace of idleness; the Moon there means first, the body lord enters its wall, second, the body dwelling in idleness, third, body and life flanking Wealth. For those born under Jia and Wu, Chou and Wei are the noble ground; Wei added to Chou and Chou added to Wei, the nobles exchanged, gaining the pattern. For those born under Liu Xin, if the Moon is in Mao and Xin's emolument in You, this is called clashing the stem facing the emolument, again fine. If Metal is in Xu, Xu belongs to Fire, and Metal rides a Fire position; adding Chen to Xu, Chen belonging to Metal, again Metal rides a Fire position and the life lord is wounded, which is harm. Water as wealth star in Zi, for those born under Liu Geng, is emolument lord and wealth origin meeting strength; Wood as lord of fortune in Chen, the Three Harmonies Shen, Zi, Chen, the life lord again sits in the Zi position, and the emolument lord's Water in turn generates Chen's Wood of fortune; this is called fortune and emolument generating each other, how could it not be marvelous? If Fire is a punishment star flying to the Yin position, coming to add to Shen, and there is also Wood

炁助之雖然命主之金祿主之水福主之木本來竒特豈知寅上之火加入申則是命主之金生祿主之水祿主之水生福徳主之木福徳之木生刑星之火尅我命主之金雖有福祿又為無補是謂抱薪救火自焚其身若土計在午戌二位以洩火氣火衰而金旺可以挽囬春意戊人以土為祿壬人以計為祿則彌佳矣】戌宮命

qi helping it, although the life lord Metal, emolument lord Water, and fortune lord Wood are in themselves remarkable, who knew that Fire in Yin added to Shen means the life lord Metal generates the emolument lord Water, emolument lord Water generates fortune lord Wood, and fortune Wood generates punishment Fire which restrains my life lord Metal; though there are fortune and emolument they are of no help, and this is called carrying firewood to put out fire, burning oneself. If Earth and Ji are in the Wu and Xu positions to drain the Fire qi, Fire wanes and Metal flourishes, and the spring meaning can be recovered; for Wu people taking Earth as emolument, and Ren people taking Ji as emolument, it is all the better.] Life in the Xu Palace

戌以火為主以六合為體六位互加一無奴僕二無疾厄以戌亥相闗乃翻覆之義卯為疾厄命宮加卯此加盤之義卯之闗系尤輕巳之闗系尤重此宮無祿馬無卦氣先以翻覆觀之以製為後諸宮以奴僕為輕惟辰戌二宮為重二宮之奴僕戌宮奴僕又重於辰宮奴僕也戌宮以日木土為三限以土為官主金月為田財星他宮立命身居田宅福輕此宮以太陰居未為身入格若太陰不在未但得居寅亦好是未加寅得上盤之田宅為次吉也金為財星居於酉則為財臨財若不得金在酉只得金居辰亦好是酉加辰也又是金垣亦謂財星臨財此乃無中有曜也木土日為三限或以晝生木土髙強木為父母土為官星依附太陽為官主朝君三星儻有得處或居強或無刑破皆貴格如夜生亦可用但不如晝之切水為忌居命則水泛白羊此乃萬古不變之論生於春者如白晝之際其時司令以水從木化雖凶亦輕其他時節雖不居四正之位但是命宮合之限度合之卻為忌夏秋日見之火神為主安可有此非禍而何

Xu takes Fire as lord and the Six Harmonies as its body, with six positions adding to each other; first there is no Servant, second no Illness, because Xu and Hai are related in the sense of reversing back and forth. Mao is Illness, and the life palace adds to Mao; this is the meaning of the added chart, with Mao's relation lighter and Si's relation heavier. This palace has no emolument and horse and no hexagram qi, so first look at reversal and take restraint last. Among the palaces Servant is light, only Chen and Xu being heavy, and between the two Servant palaces, the Xu palace's Servant is heavier than the Chen palace's. The Xu palace takes the Sun, Wood, and Earth as its three limits, Earth as the official lord, and Metal and the Moon as stars of fields and wealth; with a life in other palaces, the body dwelling in Fields has light fortune. In this palace the Moon in Wei is the body entering the pattern; if the Moon is not in Wei but in Yin, that is also good, for adding Wei to Yin gets the upper chart's Fields, a second-grade auspicious. If Metal is the wealth star dwelling in You, that is wealth meeting wealth; if not Metal in You, Metal in Chen is also good, since adding You to Chen is also a Metal wall, and called wealth star meeting wealth; this is a luminary within emptiness. The Sun, Wood, and Earth are the three limits, or, for a day birth, Wood and Earth are high and strong, Wood being parents and Earth the official star, attached to the Sun as the official lord facing the ruler; if the three stars have a place, whether strong or without punishment and breakage, all are noble patterns; for a night birth they can also be used, but not as acutely as by day. Water as taboo dwelling in the life means Water flooding the White Sheep, an unchanged saying through all ages: those born in spring, in the daytime, when it commands, follow Wood and transform Water, so though ill it is lighter; in other seasons, though not in the four cardinal positions, if the life palace unites with it, or the limit degrees unite with it, it is taboo. In summer and autumn, seeing the Sun, Fire is lord, how can that be? If not misfortune, what?

冬月火衰已甚水司令行東北中年限值之若無日製之其災更慘此宮二宿奎為天府圖書命居之多俊秀為官必居清要在草茅者亦老於文儒春令之木得水為善遇金不怕雖宮主屬火然木隨水化火中得之終不為害秋冬之令不可取木舍火夏月火令雖奎度屬木終歸火性生尅制化從火斷之婁宿是火中金金中無位惟生於秋月金司令喜得土星生逢火不畏取金之義固長其餘月令通以火斷經曰水泛白羊躔婁最□若是夏生不問婁奎皆以火斷且以本宮安身命中有卯對宮有酉卯酉辰戌為六合體至於官祿在丑田宅在未子午加之卻為六害六合之命則多和合六害則多讒謗亥為相貌暗加辰字又與戌通辰戌對沖雖曰弱宮實有闗涉於命子為福徳暗加巳字巳戌又通是福徳與奴僕有統攝丑為官祿以午加丑以火臨之則曰命主乘旺此最吉也或太陰居之則曰日中見斗是得中之失其間或有煞氣臨之如陽刃破碎之類尤甚若金星居之為財星得地金入局也卯為疾厄命中有卯言

In winter months Fire wanes extremely, Water commands and travels northeast; if the middle-age limit meets it, and there is no Sun to restrain it, the disaster is even grimmer. Of the two lodges of this palace, Kui is the Heavenly Mansion of Charts and Books; one whose life dwells there is mostly outstanding and graceful, and as an official will be in a clear and important post, and among the commoners will grow old as a Confucian scholar. Spring Wood obtaining Water is good, and meeting Metal does not fear it; though the palace lord belongs to Fire, Wood follows Water and transforms, and obtaining Fire within it is in the end not harmful. In autumn and winter one cannot take Wood and leave Fire; in summer Fire commands, and although the Kui degree belongs to Wood, it returns to Fire's nature, and generation, restraint, control, and transformation are judged by Fire. The Lou lodge is Metal within Fire, with no position for Metal; only in autumn, when Metal commands, it is happy to obtain an Earth star, for meeting Fire it does not fear, and taking the meaning of Metal is indeed advantageous; in other months it is all judged by Fire. The classic says, 'Water flooding the White Sheep, travelling Lou, is the worst'; if born in summer, regardless of Lou or Kui, all is judged by Fire. Taking the body and life in this palace, with Mao in the life and You opposite, Mao and You and Chen and Xu form the Six Harmonies body; Official Emolument at Chou and Fields at Wei, and Zi and Wu adding to them is the Six Harms. A life of Six Harmonies mostly has harmony, and Six Harms mostly has slander. Hai is Appearance, and secretly adds the Chen character, which links with Xu; Chen and Xu clash, and though called a weak palace it truly bears on the life. Zi is Fortune, secretly adding Si, and Si and Xu again link; this is Fortune and Servant ruling each other. Chou is Official Emolument; adding Wu to Chou, Fire arriving there is called life lord riding strength, most auspicious; if the Moon is there it is called seeing the Dipper in midday, gaining the middle but losing, and if a sha qi arrives such as Yang Blade or breakage it is worse. If a Metal star is there, it is a wealth star getting ground and Metal enters the pattern. Mao is Illness; the life has Mao in it, which means the

命宮無疾厄也諸宮以八煞為難惟辰命加酉戌命加卯不可以此論戌比辰為尤重巳為奴僕吉星臨之可以闗命凶星破之亦能害命若水孛在巳皆為凶斷惟水獨行為水居雙女即為凶格昔有一貴人辛巳八月初一日戌時日月金水火在巳人以為險其富貴不可曉不知巳中有戌又為嵗駕以諸星闗命此乃弱中之強其大貴宜也但戌上立命有吉星在巳更以嵗駕卦氣等臨之皆貴或有凶星兼以他煞破之皆為窮困夭賤之人決無差矣

life palace has no Illness. Among the palaces the Eight Shas are calamity, only a Chen life adding You and a Xu life adding Mao should not be treated so, Xu being heavier than Chen. Si is the Servant; an auspicious star arriving there can relate to the life, and an ill star breaking it can also harm the life. If Water and Bo are in Si, all are judged ill; only Water travelling alone, Water dwelling in Virgo, is an ill pattern. In former times there was a noble born at the Xu hour on the first day of the eighth month of Xin-Si, with the Sun, Moon, Metal, Water, and Fire all in Si; people thought it dangerous, and his wealth and rank were beyond understanding; not knowing that Xu is within Si and also the year chariot, all stars relating to the life, this is strength within weakness, and his great nobility was fitting. But a life fixed at Xu with an auspicious star in Si, and further the year chariot, hexagram qi and so on arriving, is all noble; or with ill stars and other shas breaking it, all become poor, impoverished, early dying, and lowly people, without doubt.

【發明云戌宮屬火火庫居戌夘與戌合戌者陽也夘者陰也陰陽交合故戌屬火而夘亦屬火安命此宮六合為體六位互加最切奴僕疾厄福徳之宮也有吉星則吉凶星則凶安命在戌火在夘夘加戌與戌合火居火位是不為疾厄也火在巳戌加巳火加火位命主入垣是不為奴僕也然戌上雖屬火而巳上又屬水此兩處不相入或曰火星在巳火居火位又曰火入水宮此戌巳二宮加合之難辯也如巳宮有福祿貴人驛馬嵗駕居之必能化為福或有的刼嵗煞七煞居其上必能變為災不可槩論也如官均光祿大夫辛巳八月初一日戌時生日在巳月在巳金水在巳火在巳安命在戌諸星皆居奴僕之位亦未為奇然火為命元水為運元金為祿元並日月在巳嵗駕在巳戌加巳命臨嵗駕三元臨嵗駕加入福徳之宮身命二主上下入垣登駕所以為貴水火交攻未免多迍耳夘為疾厄之宮屬火火居其上不為難星入垣乃是命主入廟亦為八煞有星若乙夘生人祿在夘嵗駕在夘命主臨駕坐祿況夘與戌合是

[Elucidation says: The Xu palace belongs to Fire, the Fire treasury being in Xu; Mao and Xu combine, Xu being Yang and Mao being Yin, and Yin and Yang uniting, so Xu belongs to Fire and Mao also belongs to Fire. A life fixed in this palace has Six Harmonies as its body, six positions adding to each other, most acutely the palaces of Servant, Illness, and Fortune. With auspicious stars it is auspicious, with ill stars ill. A life fixed at Xu with Fire in Mao, Mao adding to Xu, joined to Xu, Fire in the Fire position, is not Illness; Fire in Si, Xu added to Si, Fire in the Fire position, the life lord entering its wall, is not Servant. Yet though Xu belongs to Fire, Si also belongs to Water, and the two places do not enter each other. Some say a Fire star in Si, Fire in the Fire position; others say Fire entering the Water palace; this is the difficulty of distinguishing the adding and combining of Xu and Si. If the Si palace has fortune, emolument, noble, post horse, or year chariot in it, it can surely transform into fortune; if true robbery, year sha, or seven sha sit above it, it can surely change into disaster; one cannot judge this generally. For example, Guang Lu Dafu Guan, born at the Xu hour on the first day of the eighth month of Xin-Si, with the Sun in Si, the Moon in Si, Metal and Water in Si, Fire in Si, the life fixed in Xu, all stars dwelling in the Servant position, which is not yet remarkable; yet Fire is the life origin, Water the movement origin, Metal the emolument origin, with the Sun and Moon in Si and the year chariot in Si, Xu added to Si, the life meeting the year chariot, and three origins meeting the year chariot added into the Fortune palace, body and life lords entering the wall above and below and ascending the chariot, and so he was noble; Water and Fire attacking each other left him with not a few troubles. Mao is the Illness palace and belongs to Fire; Fire above it is not a calamity star entering its wall but the life lord entering the temple, and also the Eight Shas have stars; for one born under Yi-Mao, emolument is in Mao and the year chariot in Mao, the life lord meets the chariot and sits in emolument, moreover Mao combines with Xu, which is

為天地合徳木在夘木為科名火為命主木來生火有情至十六嵗行限在亥宮見祿駕辰為夫妻之宮辰與酉合火星在上火入妻宮加入財帛酉辰二宮屬金皆為得地儻水星同在上水為刑星終是受傷若是六害三刑對照又有月孛居之愈重其惡孛乃水餘以水加孛煞氣増盛刑害可知甚至惡死若火星在辰土在酉守財帛土為官是福主臨財辰與酉合命主暗合財宮合處有情乃為貴也丙戊生人以土為福祿愈妙縱三合有木炁傷之又有命主之火在焉則木炁只生命主之火火卻生土為官福愈有氣也大凢戌上安命最切者土蓋官福俱為土也木炁二星本來尅土而得命主之火洩其氣反能生官福之土生而復生有無窮之造化未為田宅本宮月居之謂之月居月位身坐田宅甲生人身又坐貴木星居之為木入秦州亦謂身防福主此為福也孛星臨之不為太乙抱蟾乃是身犯煞曜水星居之不為水防月魄乃是身犯難星若以未加子子加未皆是六害為刑星為禍尤甚子為福徳之宮土在上謂之

heaven and earth uniting virtue. Wood in Mao is the examination name, Fire is the life lord, Wood comes to generate Fire with feeling; at sixteen the limit enters Hai and sees emolument and chariot. Chen is the Spouse palace, and Chen combines with You; a Fire star above enters the spouse palace, adding to Wealth. You and Chen are both Metal and both get ground. If a Water star is also there, Water is a punishment star and in the end is wounded; if Six Harms and Three Punishments face it, and the Moon Bo is in it, the evil is heavier, since Bo is the remainder of Water, and adding Water to Bo makes the sha qi increase, and punishment and harm can be known, even to an evil death. If a Fire star is in Chen and Earth in You, guarding Wealth, Earth being official, it is the fortune lord arriving at Wealth, and Chen combines secretly with You, the life lord secretly combining into the Wealth palace, and where they combine there is feeling and so it is noble; for those born under Bing and Wu, taking Earth as fortune and emolument is even better. Even if the Three Harmonies have Wood qi that wounds it, there is also the life lord's Fire there, so Wood qi only generates the life lord's Fire, and Fire in turn generates Earth, so official and fortune have all the more qi. In general, for a life fixed at Xu the most acute is Earth, for official and fortune are both Earth; the Wood qi stars originally restrain Earth, but obtaining the life lord's Fire to drain its qi, Wood instead generates the Earth of official and fortune, generating and again generating with limitless creation. Wei is the Fields palace; the Moon there is called the Moon in the Moon's position, the body sitting in Fields; for a Jia birth the body also sits with a noble; a Wood star there is Wood entering Qinzhou, also called the body meeting the lord of fortune, which is fortune; Bo arriving there is not Taiyi embracing the toad but the body offending sha luminaries; a Water star there is not Water meeting the moon's soul but the body offending calamity stars. If Wei is added to Zi and Zi to Wei, both are Six Harms, punishment stars, and the misfortune is especially severe. Zi is the Fortune palace; Earth there is called the

福主入垣月在上為身坐福徳六丙生人見之為化福坐福丑為官祿之宮土在上謂官主入垣月在上為身居官祿六戊生人見之為真祿歸窠雖夜生人不以土為忌日生人見之愈妙若大限經過子丑二宮必然大發財福若命主更臨嵗駕登殿坐貴天馬地驛或加職元福祿主乃享萬鍾之命也申為閒極之宮火在上絶處受傷若火躔井木犴又得木星火絶處逢生水在命宮躔木狼則水只生木木洩水之氣則水為害小或丑上有炁夘上有水丑加申夘加戌又得木炁以助火則水雖為禍亦輕矣未可便以水火互垣為忌也火為命主最喜寅戌二宮得火在火旺處逢生丁巳生人祿在午又得旺中坐祿逢生乃是上象垣局若行刃限午來加丑行斗限者謂之日中見斗必然田財耗散尤防官刑火災如耗星在亥辰加亥本為六害局又是相貌弱宮有甚好處所幸亥屬木火居木位或夜生人三合無刑星傷之是謂火照天門更加日月在子戌二宮又為日月夾天門陰陽拱主若乙亥癸亥生人駕在亥祿貴在子又

lord of fortune entering its wall, the Moon there is the body sitting in Fortune, and for those born under Liu Bing seeing it, it is fortune transformed and sitting in fortune. Chou is the Official Emolument palace; Earth there is the official lord entering the wall, and the Moon there is the body dwelling in Official Emolument; for those born under Liu Wu seeing it, it is true emolument returning to its nest, and even a night birth does not take Earth as taboo, while a day birth seeing it is all the better. If the great limit passes through the Zi and Chou palaces, there will surely be great fortune and wealth; if the life lord further meets the year chariot, ascends the hall, sits with a noble, with sky horse and earth post, or adds post origin, fortune and emolument lord, then one enjoys the life of ten thousand measures. Shen is the palace of idleness, and Fire there is wounded at the place of extinction; if Fire travels in Jing, Wood, and Han, and obtains a Wood star, Fire meeting life at extinction; if Water in the life palace travels Mu Lang, Water only generates Wood and Wood drains Water's qi, so Water's harm is small; or if Chou has qi and Mao has Water, adding Chou to Shen and Mao to Xu, and Wood qi helps Fire, then though Water makes misfortune it is lighter. One must not at once take Water and Fire in mutual walls as taboo. Fire as life lord most delights in the Yin and Xu palaces, obtaining Fire in the place where Fire flourishes and meeting life; one born in Ding-Si has emolument in Wu and, getting it in strength and seated in emolument, meeting life, that is the upper image wall pattern. If the limit enters the Blade, Wu coming to add to Chou, or the limit of the Dipper, it is called seeing the Dipper at midday and fields and wealth will surely be consumed, especially beware official punishment and fire disaster. If a consuming star is in Hai, Chen added to Hai is originally a Six Harms pattern and Appearance a weak palace, what good is there? Fortunately Hai belongs to Wood and Fire dwells in the Wood position, or for a night birth the Three Harmonies are not wounded by a punishment star, this is called Fire shining on the heaven gate; and if the Sun and Moon are further in Zi and Xu, it is again the Sun and Moon flanking the heaven gate, Yin and Yang facing the lord. For those born in Yi-Hai and Gui-Hai the chariot is in Hai, emolument and noble are in Zi, and also

是身主登駕祿居祿位福入貴地此為仕宦之命若水孛二星守子位破我福德若六庚六乙生人水孛化為祿貴行子限亦還一發發後必夭此造化之妙不可不知也】

the body lord ascends the chariot, emolument dwells in the emolument position, and fortune enters the noble ground; this is the life of a serving official. If Water and Bo are the two stars guarding Zi, breaking my Fortune, then for those born under Liu Geng and Liu Yi, Water and Bo turn into emolument and noble, and in the Zi limit they flourish once more, but after flourishing must die young. This subtlety of creation cannot be left unknown.]

亥宮命

Life in the Hai Palace

亥以木為主此宮以三合為體故滿盤上下皆三合局大槩與未上同中間並無刑害四破之類亥卯未木局若得木星居之為木入木局得三合之正此宮與辰通闗辰通亥亥通辰猶巳宮闗疾厄之戌火為難彼此雖同而實異蓋巳之難火是我尅他亥之難金是他來尅我要審言之亥中屬干壬甲人卦氣若命居於此有本年崇勲卦氣嵗駕殿與驛馬貴人又得木局主用為本然論理此宮以金火月為三方主以水火為田財木為官祿以金為難金火月為三限須夜生則吉晝生減力若火交金金交月則可為三限之用若金獨行又為難火夜生最為用故為身主臨財又勝以水火為田財火獨行則宜夜用並行則宜晝用若夜中水火交行卻是客星攻主木為官星木守命木居寅為命官入垣木居福德遷移皆為吉用木入未得上盤亥字甚佳木臨辰為八煞或者金傷為礙不知八煞辰宮有金則忌辰宮無金則是申子辰三合為水局是水生木為吉只木入酉與太陰居酉此為身命入鬼鄉不可以身居閒極論此宮是

Hai takes Wood as lord. This palace has the Three Harmonies as its body, so the full chart above and below is the Three Harmonies pattern, much like Wei above, with no punishments, harms, or Four Breakages inside. Hai, Mao, Wei is the Wood pattern, and if a Wood star dwells there it is Wood entering the Wood pattern and getting the regular Three Harmonies. This palace links with Chen, Chen linking with Hai and Hai with Chen, as the Si palace relates to the Xu Fire calamity of Illness; the two are alike in this but truly different, for Si's calamity Fire is me restraining it, whereas Hai's calamity Metal is it coming to restrain me, and this must be examined in detail. Hai belongs to Qian, and for those born under Ren and Jia it is the hexagram qi; if the life dwells here, it has this year's honored merit, hexagram qi, year chariot, hall, and post horse, and with the Wood pattern having a lord for use it is fundamental. Reasoning from principle, this palace takes Metal, Fire, and Moon as lords of the three directions, Water and Fire as fields and wealth, Wood as Official Emolument, and Metal as calamity. Metal, Fire, and Moon as three limits need a night birth to be auspicious, and a day birth reduces their force; if Fire meets Metal and Metal meets the Moon, they can be used as three limits; if Metal travels alone it is calamity; Fire used at night is most useful, so as body lord meeting wealth it is better, with Water and Fire as fields and wealth; Fire travelling alone is suited to night use, and travelling together to day use; if at night Water and Fire travel together, it is a guest star attacking the lord. Wood is the official star; Wood guarding the life, Wood in Yin means life and official enter the wall; Wood in Fortune and Migration are both auspicious uses; Wood entering Wei gets the upper chart's Hai character, very fine; Wood meeting Chen is the Eight Shas, and some say Metal wounds it and is an obstacle, not knowing that if the Chen palace has Metal then it is taboo, if the Chen palace has no Metal then Shen, Zi, Chen Three Harmonies make a Water pattern, with Water generating Wood, which is auspicious. Only Wood entering You, and the Moon dwelling in You, is the body and life entering the ghost land, and one cannot treat it as the body dwelling in idleness; this palace is

無閒極蓋以酉金尅木也金在命左右若春月見之則不甚害乃春木盛而金柔不足畏也夏月金星背馳於西南夜中見之火盛金衰金不犯分更以夜生為三限主是金星不能傷我惟秋金主殺毎行東南冬金行東北此二季以金忌若是白晝見之或木金合度或木前金後皆為害曜可忌也人見之主殘疾甚而夭若有水火以濟之尤庶幾或見土計助之為毒尤大此宮二宿室宿乃亥之正度雖曰火終是木宮之火必有木而後有火木既失躔火從何出四時之中不離乎木雖夏火司令亦不棄木為主也水入室宿一則田星入命二則母星入命木得所生火則有恃若白晝木火併行只從木論夜中取用火然火亦度主也又財元也又為三限主也壁乃水為度主水能生木雖遇土亦何畏以亥卯未皆木局也與其他處立命土星躔壁取用又差此宮雖土不入命但居於強尤實為礙若木居別處三合與難星同一斷也金居福徳雖曰土垣實為金局蓋上盤巳下盤丑即金庫也身主臨之難為福徳木星到丑亦為木入

without idleness, since You Metal restrains Wood. Metal beside the life, if seen in spring months, is not very harmful, for spring Wood flourishes and Metal is soft, not to be feared. In summer, Metal turns its back to the southwest; seen at night, Fire is strong and Metal weak, Metal does not offend its division, and moreover a night birth with Metal as lord of the three limits means the Metal star cannot harm me. Only autumn Metal governs killing, and each travels southeast; winter Metal travels northeast; in these two seasons Metal is the taboo, and if seen in daytime, with Wood and Metal joining degrees, or Wood before and Metal behind, all are harmful luminaries and taboo. A person seeing this mostly has disability and even early death; if Water and Fire help, it is more hopeful, or if Earth and Ji help, the poison is even greater. Of the two lodges here, the Shi lodge is Hai's proper degree; though called Fire, in the end it is the Fire of a Wood palace, which must have Wood before there is Fire; if Wood has lost its course, where does Fire come from? In all four seasons it never leaves Wood, and though in summer Fire commands, it does not abandon Wood as lord. Water entering the Shi lodge is first the field star entering the life and second the mother star entering the life, so Wood has what generates it, and Fire has support; in a day birth, when Wood and Fire travel together, it is judged by Wood alone, while at night Fire is taken, though Fire is also the degree lord, also the wealth origin, and also lord of the three limits. The Bi lodge is Water as degree lord, Water can generate Wood, and even if it meets Earth, what is there to fear, since Hai, Mao, and Wei are all Wood patterns? As against Earth stars traveling Bi in lives fixed elsewhere, use also differs. Though Earth does not enter the life in this palace, it dwells in strength, and especially in solid obstruction; if Wood dwells elsewhere, the Three Harmonies and calamity stars are judged the same. Metal in Fortune, though called Earth's wall, is in truth a Metal pattern, for the upper chart Si and the lower chart Chou is the Metal treasury; the body lord arriving there is hard to count as fortune, and a Wood star in Chou is also Wood entering the

金局有水化金即為得用若土星合木己酉丑為土生金勢鬼暗受生木又失地不可以木尅土而論寅為官祿乃自家之地木臨三合為官星得地如火入三合反為財局蓋下盤寅合上盤午是寅午戌火局木星晝見居強又為官祿之造化貴格明矣若夜得火強為財局造化卻主富木星得局失於戰尅亦有官但多讒謗火星全局失於戰尅亦有財特多耗散蓋三合局面諸宮皆合官宮財宮乃寅午全局蓋三局已成不為他破可以富貴卻以金為疾厄雖曰金鄉喜成水局得金生水水生木為吉但恐金星強在他宮則難以制局斷矣

Metal pattern; if there is Water transforming Metal it gains use. If an Earth star joins Wood, Si, You, Chou is Earth generating Metal, the potential ghost secretly receiving generation, and Wood also loses ground, and one cannot argue that Wood restrains Earth. Yin is Official Emolument, one's own home; Wood meeting the Three Harmonies is the official star getting ground, and if Fire enters the Three Harmonies it instead becomes a wealth pattern, for the lower chart's Yin combines with the upper chart's Wu, which is the Yin, Wu, Xu Fire pattern; a Wood star seen by day in strength is again the creation of Official Emolument, and its noble pattern is clear. If at night one obtains strong Fire, it is a wealth pattern, and the creation is rather wealth and riches: a Wood star in the pattern, losing through fighting and restraint, still has office but mostly slander; a Fire star in the full pattern, losing through fighting and restraint, still has wealth but mostly dissipation. For all the palaces of the Three Harmonies combine, and the Official and Wealth palaces make the full Yin-Wu pattern; as the three patterns are already completed and not broken by others, one may be rich and noble. Taking Metal as Illness, though it is a Metal land, one is glad it forms a Water pattern, Metal generating Water and Water generating Wood is auspicious; but I fear a Metal star strong in other palaces, then it is hard to judge by controlling the pattern.

【發明云亥宮屬木在於干者亥也寅與亥合而寅亦屬木此宮三合為體滿盤皆三合也木為命主最宜居亥夘未三合之宮再須己申二水宮皆為得地惟辰酉二金宮不宜居之謂之失地況辰為八煞酉為閒極如木飛入辰宮金尅木又值弱宮必難獲福若以申加辰辰加子變為水木局如更水孛在申子二宮必至獲福或有金火在申子二宮則反為災蓋申子辰三宮者三合之中暗相管攝也水為命母孛乃水餘所以愛也金為煞難火為竊氣若五六月生人火為直星火神用事命木逢之為害不小所以忌也丑為福徳之宮木星在寅官入官宮又為命主坐祿木星在丑命坐福徳若丁丑生人命主在丑為嵗駕亥為貴人命主登駕命坐貴宮此為佳也癸丑生人雖是為駕其如陽刃的煞何所以減力不甚為佳如太陽在巳太隂在酉謂之拱駕朝主又是六巳生人太陽為祿元太陰為祿主又謂福徳受日月合拱巳酉丑三位加合往來俱見祿元祿主福星必為宰輔如木在寅壬寅丙寅乃為奇特壬寅木生在亥命

[Elucidation says: The Hai palace belongs to Wood; in the stems it is Hai, Yin and Hai combine and Yin also belongs to Wood. This palace has the Three Harmonies as its body, the full chart being the Three Harmonies. Wood is life lord and most suits the Three Harmonies palaces Hai, Mao, Wei, and further the two Water palaces Si and Shen all get ground; only the two Metal palaces Chen and You are unsuitable, called losing ground, and moreover Chen is the Eight Shas and You is idleness; if Wood flies into the Chen palace, Metal restrains Wood and meets a weak palace, so fortune is hard to gain; but adding Shen to Chen and Chen to Zi changes it into a Water-Wood pattern, and if Water and Bo are further in the Shen and Zi palaces, fortune will surely be gained, while Metal and Fire in Shen and Zi would instead be disaster, because the three palaces Shen, Zi, Chen secretly rule each other within the Three Harmonies. Water is the life mother, and Bo is the remainder of Water, and so loved; Metal is sha and calamity, and Fire is draining of qi; for those born in the fifth and sixth month Fire is the duty star and the Fire spirit rules, and a Wood life meeting it suffers no small harm, which is why it is taboo. Chou is the Fortune palace; the Wood star in Yin means the official enters the official palace, and is also the life lord seated in emolument; a Wood star in Chou is the life seated in Fortune. For one born in Ding-Chou, the life lord is in Chou as the year chariot and Hai as noble, so the life lord ascends the chariot and the life sits in a noble palace, which is fine; for one born in Gui-Chou, although there is the chariot, the Yang Blade and true sha reduce its force and it is not very fine. If the Sun is in Si and the Moon in You, it is called facing the chariot to court the lord, and for those born under Liu Ji the Sun is the emolument origin and the Moon the emolument lord, and again Fortune receives the Sun and Moon facing it, Si, You, Chou three positions adding and combining going back and forth see emolument origin, emolument lord, and fortune star, and he will surely be a chief minister. If Wood is in Yin, Ren-Yin and Bing-Yin are remarkable: Ren-Yin Wood is born in Hai, the life

坐崇勲命合嵗駕丙寅生人命坐貴官星臨駕豈不美哉若夘寅甲申生人更髙一頭地甲申生人祿在寅申子辰馬居寅祿馬俱入祿地命主官主祿元馬元福星權財科名滿用坐祿坐馬登駕入垣眾善輻輳若天馬地驛不背職元局主有氣則富貴雙全官居鼎鼐木星雖滿用須入垣登駕坐祿為佳如木在戌乃木居財帛是命臨財若火星在午火旺在午謂之財元逢旺若三十六嵗行寅限金在戌財元在午只欠寅一字輳成財元局若六甲生人火為祿主行此等限發福發財若是五六月生人火又竊木之氣恐發後必夭若十一月十二月生人水神用事木得水以蔭之生子為財又何害焉若在午混之以水則財元逢傷財神不旺若辛生人混之以炁則富擬陶朱木星在申坐田宅木居水位若水星在子水為田宅主乘旺復生命主之木若六庚生人以水為祿主有甚不好但土在辰申二位混之以木又為囚星尅祿主何益於我土在辰混之以金金生祿主之水為佳若六巳生人以金為田財福星生囚囚星尅命主

sits in honored merit, the life meets the year chariot; Bing-Yin is born with the life sitting in noble and the official star arriving at the chariot: how fine. If Mao, Yin, or Jia-Shen is born, it is a head higher; for one born in Jia-Shen, emolument is in Yin, and with Shen, Zi, Chen the horse dwells in Yin, so emolument and horse both enter the emolument ground, the life lord, official lord, emolument origin, horse origin, fortune star, authority, wealth, and examination name all full in use, sitting in emolument and horse and ascending the chariot and entering the wall, many goods gathering. If sky horse and earth post do not go against the post origin and the bureau lord has qi, then wealth and rank are both complete and the official dwells in the cauldron; though a Wood star is full in use it must enter the wall, ascend the chariot, and sit in emolument to be fine. If Wood is in Xu, it is Wood dwelling in Wealth, the life arriving at wealth; if a Fire star is in Wu, with Fire flourishing in Wu, it is called wealth origin meeting strength; if at thirty-six the limit enters Yin, with Metal in Xu and wealth origin in Wu, only the Yin character is missing to complete the wealth origin pattern; for those born under Liu Jia, Fire is the emolument lord, and passing such limits brings fortune and wealth. If born in the fifth or sixth month, Fire again steals Wood's qi, and I fear that after flourishing there will surely be early death. If born in the eleventh or twelfth month, the Water spirit rules and Wood is shaded by Water, which generates a son as wealth, so what harm? If Water is also in Wu, mixed there, the wealth origin meets harm and the wealth spirit is not strong; for those born under Xin, if mixed with qi, they are rich like Tao Zhu. If a Wood star is in Shen sitting in Fields, Wood dwells in the Water position; if a Water star is in Zi, Water is the lord of Fields, riding strength and again generating the life lord's Wood; for those born under Liu Geng, taking Water as emolument lord, what is bad about it? But Earth in Chen and Shen, mixed with Wood, is again an imprisonment star restraining the emolument lord, what good is that to me? If Earth is in Chen mixed with Metal, Metal generates the emolument lord's Water, which is fine; for those born under Liu Ji, if Metal and the fortune star generate imprisonment and imprisonment restrains the life lord,

俱為禍也若水不在子為禍不小若水在子此是福星生囚星囚星生命母命母生命主相生不已此其為佳乃水星之力如木星在酉謂之木困金鄉土星在丑木為官星土為福星又為官福漏闗土在丑混之以金又是六巳六辛生人以金為刑囚是福星黨刑囚而尅命主之木更當秋冬金神用事之時木神無氣我必受傷如火在巳不惟不喜然火居巳夘丑火來生土土來生金以丑加酉金加木乃財帛生刑囚直難尅命主也若行丑限二十六至三十七嵗財散人亡尤防損己若丑上有卦氣居之則煞尤輕大抵亥上安命須要日月在寅申乃日月拱天門又為陰陽拱命若身命二主飛起臨駕登殿坐祿坐貴為妙不然官福守時科名科甲魁星登籍乃是卿相之命若羅在夘孛在未六癸人羅為祿主孛為福權又為福祿拱命太陰在官祿福徳之宮又是上貴之命不可以孛羅為惡曜論也孛在申羅在亥計在巳謂之四正逢刑怕見身若二十七嵗行寅限加嵗煞在寅刑害可知若是十一月十二月生人化金為直乃

all are misfortune. If Water is not in Zi the misfortune is not small; if Water is in Zi, this is the fortune star generating the imprisonment star, imprisonment generating the life mother, life mother generating the life lord, mutual generation without end, which is fine, and is the power of the Water star. If a Wood star is in You, it is called Wood trapped in the Metal land; if an Earth star is in Chou with Wood as official star and Earth as fortune star, it is the Leaking Pass of official and fortune; Earth in Chou mixed with Metal, and again for those born under Liu Ji and Liu Xin, Metal is punishment and imprisonment, then the fortune star sides with punishment and imprisonment and restrains the life lord's Wood, and still more in autumn and winter when the Metal spirit commands and the Wood spirit has no qi, I will surely be harmed. If Fire is in Si, not only is it not delightful, but Fire dwelling in Si, Mao, and Chou has Fire come to generate Earth, Earth to generate Metal, adding Chou to You, Metal added to Wood, wealth generating punishment, imprisonment, duty, and calamity restraining the life lord. If the Chou limit, from twenty-six to thirty-seven, is passed, wealth is scattered and the person dies, and especially beware of harming oneself; if the hexagram qi dwells in Chou, the sha is lighter. In general, for a Hai life, the Sun and Moon must be in Yin and Shen, which is the Sun and Moon facing the heaven gate and also Yin and Yang facing the life; if body and life lords fly up, arrive at the chariot, ascend the hall, sit in emolument, and sit with a noble, it is marvelous; otherwise official and fortune guarding the hour, with the examination name, top star, and register, is the life of a chief minister. If Luo is in Mao and Bo in Wei, for those born under Liu Gui, Luo is the emolument lord and Bo is fortune and authority, again fortune and emolument facing the life; with the Moon in the Official Emolument and Fortune palaces, it is again a supremely noble life, and one cannot judge Bo and Luo as evil luminaries. With Bo in Shen, Luo in Hai, Ji in Si, this is called the Four Cardinals meeting punishment, fear seeing the body; if at twenty-seven the limit enters Yin and adds the Year Sha in Yin, punishment and harm can be known; if born in the eleventh or twelfth month and Metal turns into duty, it

是刑星逢生在丑惡之甚矣婦人則主產難之厄大抵十二宮主第一怕餘奴犯主不足刑天之命雖有好惡終亦不甚發達此十二宮坐命加合變局隠藏造化若□卜燭照禍福昭然矣】

is a punishment star meeting life in Chou, extremely evil; for women it mostly means the calamity of hard childbirth. In general, the twelve palaces fear most the lord offended by others; with insufficient lord punishing heaven, though there is good and ill, in the end one will not flourish much. This is how the twelve palaces seat the life, adding and combining and changing the pattern, hiding creation; if one tests as with a candle, misfortune and fortune are clear.]

星命之說多矣求其醇正無疵而能發明□齋之奧者未有若此之盡雖不知其為誰所作中有虞學士生年月日意必元時人也蓋術者得一異書則為私家秘□埋前人之功大可鄙也然而傳寫既久訛舛有之重複有之僕因得善本雖相參改正第智識淺陋未能盡詳當更訪先達悉改正之使無憾而後可洪武甲寅中秋日呉郡徐繼孫題

There are many theories of star fate, but none so pure and flawless, and able to elucidate the mysteries of the studio, as this one in its entirety. I do not know who wrote it, but among it there is the birth year, month, day, and hour of Academician Yu, so I presume it was a person of the Yuan period. Practitioners who obtain a strange book make it a private secret and bury the merit of earlier people, which is greatly contemptible. Yet after being copied for so long, errors have arisen and repetitions have arisen; I obtained a good copy and corrected it by comparing, but my knowledge is shallow and I could not be fully detailed, and I should further consult earlier scholars to correct all, leaving no regret before it is acceptable. Written on the Mid-Autumn day of Jiayin in the Hongwu era by Xu Jisun of Wu commandery.

明　萬民英　撰

Ming dynasty; compiled by Wan Minying

入骨仙機望斗經序

Preface to the Classic of Entering the Bone, Immortal Mechanism, and Gazing at the Dipper

餘觀望斗璧玉二經文義相為表裡璧玉經餘既注之而望斗惡可已也舊文倒亂無章而注又舛謬不純作述之意兩失論者病焉武生杜以信何其俊頗通星理遂命釐正訂補餘復叅詳潤色以發明之文雖分乎三篇義則合乎一卷説雖質之諸家理則通於一貫自今觀之布二六以奠地維定四七以透天關推度數別黃道以考星辰進退揭升沉按上下以論身命官田可謂洞究天人之蘊深明星命之理矣中下二篇辭雖似重而意各有所指意雖若淺而訣則有所傳援引諸說所以證己言之有據獨執一理所以信人命之無差欲知人之富貴榮華貧窮夀夭舎是經其奚適哉餘故表之以告後之術者讀望斗經云易水育吾子識新注入骨仙機望斗經

I have observed that the Gazing at the Dipper and Jade Disc classics have meanings that complement each other as outer and inner. I have already annotated the Jade Disc Classic, so how could I leave the Gazing at the Dipper aside? The old text was in disorder and without chapters, and its commentary was also mistaken and impure, so both the author's and compiler's intentions were lost and critics were troubled by it. The student Du Yixin, how gifted, who understood the principles of the stars fairly well, I then ordered to correct and supplement it, and I again examined and polished it to bring it out. The text is divided into three chapters, yet the meaning is joined in one fascicle; the explanations, though tested against various schools, are connected in one principle. Looking at it now, it lays out the twelve to establish the earth's bonds, fixes the twenty-eight to open the heaven's pass, calculates degrees to distinguish the ecliptic and examine the advance and retreat of the stars, and sets out rise and fall and above and below to discuss body and life, official and fields; it may be said to penetrate the mysteries of heaven and man and to understand clearly the principle of star fate. The middle and lower chapters, though the language seems repetitive, each has its own point, and though the meaning seems shallow, the secret is handed down; the citation of various theories is to prove that one's words have grounds, and holding to one principle alone is to make people trust that there is no error in fate. To know a person's wealth, rank, glory, poverty, longevity, or early death, to what else could one turn but this classic? I therefore note it to tell later practitioners who read the Gazing at the Dipper Classic. Written by Yishui Yuwu, the newly annotated Classic of Entering the Bone, Immortal Mechanism, and Gazing at the Dipper.

餘按望斗三篇詞意雜亂似非出一人之手讀者病焉乃畧更訂上篇總論十一曜度數通加生尅制化以星命之純吉者言中篇分吉凶相半下篇専論凶云

I note that the three chapters of Gazing at the Dipper are miscellaneous in wording and meaning and seem not to come from one hand, which troubles readers; so I have slightly revised and ordered them: the upper chapter is a general discussion of the degrees of the eleven luminaries with general adding, generating, restraining, controlling, and transforming, speaking of the purely auspicious in star fate; the middle chapter divides what is half auspicious and half ill; the lower chapter is devoted to the ill.

上篇

Upper Chapter

仙機一卷望斗三篇説盡隂陽之理漏窮神鬼之機【此首言作經之意而取名仙機望斗一卷三篇也斗運乎天心而星無不拱機通於入骨而發無不中以隂陽而括人之造化故謂之仙機以度數而測天之星辰故名之望斗言此經說隂陽生尅之理終始兼舉漏鬼神變化之機本末無遺術實精而弗戾言有大而非誇矣】

One fascicle of the Immortal Mechanism, three chapters of Gazing at the Dipper, speaking fully the principle of Yin and Yang and exhausting the mechanism of spirits and ghosts. [This first speaks of the intention of making the classic and takes the name Immortal Mechanism, Gazing at the Dipper, one fascicle in three chapters. The Dipper moves in the heart of heaven and no star fails to surround it, and the mechanism penetrates the bone and no shot fails to hit; it encompasses a person's creation by Yin and Yang, so it is called the Immortal Mechanism, and measures the stars of heaven by degrees, so it is named Gazing at the Dipper. It says this classic explains the principle of Yin and Yang generation and restraint, treating beginning and end together, exhausting the changes of spirits and ghosts, root and branch without omission; the art is truly fine and not perverse, and its words, though grand, are not boastful.]

人雖靈於萬物命實由於五星欲問富貴榮華蘊習天心之訣要知貧窮夀夭深通入骨之經

Though people are the most spiritual of the ten thousand things, fate truly comes from the five stars; to ask about wealth, rank, and glory, practice thoroughly the secret of the heart of heaven; to know poverty, longevity, and early death, understand deeply the classic of entering the bone.

【富貴榮華貧窮夀夭二者人命之大較也命稟於有生之初而實五星之所為人孰不欲問而知之然舍望斗仙機則無由而知非蘊習深通亦惡能窺其奧哉】

[Wealth, rank, glory, poverty, longevity, and early death are the two great measures of a person's fate. Fate is endowed at the beginning of life but is truly the work of the five stars; who does not wish to ask and know it? Yet apart from Gazing at the Dipper and the Immortal Mechanism there is no way to know, and without practiced and deep understanding, how could one glimpse its depths?]

宮分二六星列四七

The palaces divided into twelve, the stars lined up as four sevens.

【隂陽之數各六二六者星盤十二宮也四方之宿各七四七者星禽二十八也此言防命之法先布十二宮排二十八宿以論人立命何宮主何度也】

[Yin and Yang numbers are each six; the two sixes are the twelve palaces of the star chart. The lodges of the four directions are each seven; the four sevens are the twenty-eight star-birds. This speaks of the method of meeting the life: first lay out the twelve palaces and arrange the twenty-eight lodges to discuss which palace and which degree a person's life fixes.]

周天之數約行三百六十之有五分野之間除太初三十度之無餘

The celestial circuit's number is about three hundred sixty and five, and between the field divisions, subtracting the first thirty degrees, none remains.

【周天約行三百六十五度四分度之一每分野以太初推之計三十度四十三分八十秒然天行健一日一週而過一度太陽一日一週不及天一度故一年退三百六十五度四分度之一與天防而成嵗太隂一日不及日十二度十九分度之七故每月二十七日有竒與日防而成月今言三百六十之有五者舉成數也分野周齊子午兩宮每宮計三十度四十三分八十秒其餘魯衛晉趙秦楚宋鄭燕吳十宮計三十度四十三分七十九秒今言無餘者舉大較也】

[The celestial circuit is about three hundred sixty-five and a quarter degrees; each field division, reckoned from the Taichu, counts thirty degrees forty-three minutes eighty seconds. But Heaven moves vigorously, circling once a day and passing one degree; the Sun circles once a day and falls short of Heaven by one degree, so in a year it retreats three hundred sixty-five and a quarter degrees, meeting Heaven and completing a year. The Moon falls short of the Sun by twelve and seven nineteenths degrees a day, so every twenty-seven-odd days it meets the Sun and completes a month. Now saying three hundred sixty and five takes the round number. The field divisions are equal at the two palaces Zi and Wu, each reckoning thirty degrees forty-three minutes eighty seconds; the other ten palaces of Lu, Wei, Jin, Zhao, Qin, Chu, Song, Zheng, Yan, and Wu reckon thirty degrees forty-three minutes seventy-nine seconds; now saying none remains takes the general measure.]

先別黃道之移宮次推星辰之進歩

First distinguish the ecliptic's movement through the palaces, and then calculate the advance of the stars.

【日行黃道月行九道天本無道也因日月之行而強名耳月道距黃道逺六度二分而九道當交之處交初為羅防交中為計都自交初至交中月在黃道外名陽厯乃背羅向計之處自交中至交初月在黃道內名隂厯乃背計向羅之處也月道猶水道日道猶陸道而羅計猶橋道是黃道在於四七之間有一定之處也耶律純以春黃道始於東而以四木度為之夏黃道始於南而以四火度為之秋黃道始於西而以四金度為之冬黃道始於北而以四水度為之不明天文亦大謬矣夫不知黃道之移宮又何以推星辰之進歩故為黃道之歌】

[The Sun travels the ecliptic and the Moon travels the nine paths; Heaven originally has no path, and it is only by forcing names from the travel of Sun and Moon. The Moon's path is six degrees two minutes from the ecliptic, and where the nine paths cross, the first crossing is Luo meeting and the middle crossing is Jidu; from the first crossing to the middle crossing the Moon is outside the ecliptic, called the Yang calendar, the place turning from Luo toward Ji; from the middle crossing to the first crossing the Moon is inside the ecliptic, called the Yin calendar, the place turning from Ji toward Luo. The Moon's path is like a water road, the Sun's path like a land road, and Luo and Ji are like bridges; thus the ecliptic lies between the four sevens at a fixed place. Yelu Chun took the spring ecliptic as starting in the east and made it of the four Wood degrees, the summer ecliptic as starting in the south and made it of the four Fire degrees, the autumn ecliptic as starting in the west and made it of the four Metal degrees, the winter ecliptic as starting in the north and made it of the four Water degrees; not understanding astronomy, he was greatly mistaken. If one does not know the ecliptic's movement through the palaces, how can one calculate the advance of the stars? Therefore here is the Song of the Ecliptic.]

周天黃道之歌曰

The Song of the Celestial Circuit Ecliptic says:

角一至九正黃道　十至十二近天田亢一至六五蹊險　七曜加臨吉有驗限行不忌四空宮　但要吉星黃道現氐三四度直至房　房初至四共北方斗宿三四至七度　虛二三度吉中央危八直至十三度　室一至五端無慮璧星之度正屬茲　奎一到十皆可許昴一九兮參三度　井至十四星相顧栁一二與星二三　此皆黃道無差悞時人防得黃道經　限裡吉凶自見明五星日月若行此　如無刻剝福非輕

Jiao one to nine is the true ecliptic; ten to twelve is near Tiantian. Kang one to six, five paths are dangerous. Seven luminaries added there are auspicious and tested; the limit travelling does not fear the four empty palaces, but wants only auspicious stars with the ecliptic appearing. Di three, four degrees right up to Fang; Fang first to fourth together are the north. Dou lodge three, four to seven degrees; Xu two, three degrees are auspicious in the center. Wei eight straight to thirteen degrees; Shi one to five end without worry. The Bi lodge's degrees properly belong here; Kui one to ten all permitted; Mao one, nine, and Shen three degrees. Jing to fourteen the stars look after each other; Liu one, two with Xing two, three: these are all the ecliptic without error. When people meet the ecliptic classic, the good and ill in the limit are plainly seen. If the five stars, Sun, and Moon travel here, without harshness the fortune is not light.

周天黒道之歌曰

The Song of the Celestial Circuit Black Path says:

星辰到此減輝容　限度臨之即鬼門有人防筭精天理　限到無差説可慿心一二度黒道生　尾一至三少光明八至九兮皆不吉　箕五六度不堪行斗只八度有些虧　女至三五禍必侵婁三四度應危險　胃六七躔暗不明畢十一二度全惡　觜只半度不見星鬼一二張三至十　翼八九內有災迍軫十七與十八九　巳上皆屬黒道論

Stars arriving here lose brightness, a limit arriving here is a ghost gate. If someone calculates the principle of Heaven finely, the limit arriving without error can be relied on. Xin one, two degrees black path arises; Wei one to three gives little light. Eight to nine are all inauspicious; Ji five, six degrees cannot be travelled. Dou only eight degrees has some deficiency; Nu three to five, misfortune surely invades. Lou three, four degrees should be dangerous; Wei six, seven turns dark and unclear. Bi eleven, twelve degrees entirely evil; Zi only half a degree, no star seen. Gui one, two, Zhang three to ten; Yi eight, nine have disaster within. Zhen seventeen and eighteen, nineteen: all of the above belong to the black path.

詳觀本末省察盈虛使其體若差防則將用何所補【本者命也末者限也盈者得經也虛者失防也命以本為體以末為用貴乎本末相應首尾得經使本主差防毫釐千里機防不審則無往而非差矣雖詳於用亦何補哉】

Examine root and branch in detail, and inspect fullness and emptiness; if the body is in error and the meeting is off, what use will there be to make up for it? [The root is the life, and the branch is the limit; fullness is obtaining the classic, and emptiness is losing the meeting. The life takes the root as body and the branch as function, and what matters is that root and branch answer each other and that beginning and end obtain the classic. If the root lord is off by a hair, the error is a thousand li, and if the crucial meeting is not examined, there is nothing that will not go wrong; though one is detailed about function, how can that make up for it?]

夫觀宋屬東昇父之基趙為西沒娘之祖官號天上田名地下雖云明晦不同各有隂陽度數

Now observe that Song belongs to the east, rising as the father's foundation, and Zhao to the west, setting as the mother's ancestry; the official is called Heaven above and the fields are named Earth below; though bright and dark are said to differ, each has Yin and Yang degrees.

【此一節乃隂陽之至理星家之□奧也夫宋屬夘地為東趙屬酉方為西太陽命本為父太隂身主為娘天上為午為官地下為子為田東昇為明西沒為晦善觀人造化者不以夘為夘而以東昇父為夘則吾之命可知不以酉視酉而以西沒娘視酉則吾之身可知葢地之夘酉東西也定地不易天之夘酉房昴也隨天運轉人之夘酉命身也通乎天地者也固不可以天地為吾人之夘酉而吾人之夘酉實不離天地之夘酉為夘酉也由是自吾之夘而視天中則官祿之限為獨加是非午之午也自吾之酉而視下地則田宅之位為至隠是非子之子也東昇則明而為陽西沒則晦而為隂隂陽明晦雖有不同出入度數則無少異學者通於此説則性命之理思過半矣】

[This section is the ultimate principle of Yin and Yang and the deep mystery of star students. Song belongs to the Mao ground and is east, Zhao belongs to the You quarter and is west; the Sun is the life, originally the father, and the Moon is the body lord, the mother; Heaven above is Wu, which is Official, and Earth below is Zi, which is Fields; rising in the east is bright, setting in the west is dark. One who observes well a person's creation does not take Mao as Mao, but takes the father rising in the east as Mao, and then my life can be known; does not see You as You, but takes the mother setting in the west as You, and then my body can be known. For the earthly Mao and You are east and west, a fixed earth that does not change; the celestial Mao and You are Fang and Mao lodges, moving with the turning of Heaven; a person's Mao and You are life and body, and are what connects Heaven and Earth. One surely cannot take Heaven and Earth as my own Mao and You, yet my Mao and You in truth never leave Heaven and Earth's Mao and You, in being Mao and You. Hence, looking from my Mao toward the middle of Heaven, the Official Emolument limit is uniquely added, and this is not the Wu of Wu; looking from my You down to the earth, the Fields position is utterly hidden, and this is not the Zi of Zi. Rising in the east is bright and Yang, setting in the west is dark and Yin; though Yin and Yang, bright and dark differ, the degrees of going out and in do not differ in the least. A student who understands this has already grasped more than half the principle of nature and life.]

天傾西北論干為尊地缺東南詳巽為重是以干天布金金生五行之異秀巽地藏土土養萬物之精竒義知天地之紀綱信秘隂陽之終始

Heaven tilts to the northwest, so discuss Qian as honored; Earth is missing in the southeast, so detail Xun as heavy. Thus Qian's heaven spreads Metal, and Metal generates the different excellences of the five phases; Xun's earth stores Earth, and Earth nourishes the essence and wonder of the ten thousand things. Know the guiding thread of Heaven and Earth in righteousness, and trust the beginning and end of Yin and Yang in secret.

【置干於西北列巽於東南此文王后天之易而星命之理皆由此出天傾西北故以西北屬干乃地支戌亥之方也地缺東南故以東南屬巽乃地支辰巳之位也己亥為天地門戶干巽總天地生養故特以二宮為尊重何也葢兌非無金惟干之金得天一之水以清而能生五行之異秀壬甲納干是也坤非無土惟巽之土得地二之火以暖而能養萬物之精竒丙戌祿已是也金於五常為義剛徤不毀土於五常為信生成鹹賴干巽綱紀乎天地義信終始乎隂陽造化且然而況於人乎論星者當知所本矣】

[Placing Qian in the northwest and Xun in the southeast is King Wen's later-heaven Changes, and the principles of star fate all come from this. Heaven tilts to the northwest, so the northwest belongs to Qian, the quarter of Xu and Hai among the earthly branches; Earth is missing in the southeast, so the southeast belongs to Xun, the positions of Chen and Si among the earthly branches. Si and Hai are the gates of Heaven and Earth, and Qian and Xun together hold the generation and nourishment of Heaven and Earth, so these two palaces are specially honored and heavy. Why? It is not that Dui has no Metal, but only Qian's Metal obtains Heaven One's Water to be clear and thus can generate the different excellences of the five phases, as with Ren and Jia entering Qian; it is not that Kun has no Earth, but only Xun's Earth obtains Earth Two's Fire to be warm and thus can nourish the essence and wonder of the ten thousand things, as with Bing, Xu, and the emolument at Si. Metal among the five constants is righteousness, firm and unbroken; Earth among the five constants is trust, with generation and completion all relying on it. Qian and Xun are the guiding thread of Heaven and Earth, and righteousness and trust are the beginning and end of Yin and Yang's creation; if it is so even there, how much more with people? One who discusses stars should know their root.]

或有宮有度或無曜無星或釣起有功或飛來有慶【十一曜運行十二宮各有本垣之度然躔有先後行有疾徐或有占於一二宮而別宮則空或有聚於五七位而他位則無若不防三方四正釣起飛來何以論生尅明制化而斷人之吉防禍福也故防命之法當論宮則論宮當論度則論度或本宮無曜而觀三方之釣起或本度無星而察四正之飛來須知暗中有吉也防起處受傷不可一例而取裁併把通加而研究此論命之大法也】

Perhaps there is palace and degree, perhaps no luminary and no star, perhaps hooking up has merit, perhaps flying in has celebration. [The eleven luminaries travel the twelve palaces, each with the degrees of its own wall, but their courses have earlier and later, their travel is quick or slow, and some occupy one or two palaces while other palaces are empty, or gather in five or seven positions while others have none. If the three directions and four cardinals are not met, how could hooking up and flying in be used to discuss generation, restraint, control, and transformation, and to judge a person's auspicious meeting, misfortune and fortune? So in the method of meeting the life, when palace should be discussed, discuss palace, and when degree should be discussed, discuss degree; if the home palace has no luminary, look at the hooking up of the three directions; if the home degree has no star, examine the flying in of the four cardinals. One must know there is auspice in the dark, and that places of hooking up that suffer injury cannot be judged by one rule, but all must be studied together with adding; this is the great method of discussing the life.]

大槩當論宮則論宮當論度則論度先究一身之要次詳三命之原同宮千里分前後異宮尺寸防遲留【此條發明耶律之意以提醒夫人也言十一曜在二十八宿度其十二宮中有一太陽五太隂二火二金六水六土六木之説當論宮則論宮如一太陽二火二金是也當論度則論度如五太隂六水六土六木是也太陽三十日一宮太隂三日行四十度是立命眾人之所同而安身一巳之所獨故太隂視太陽為尤□而安身較立命為最切也談星者當先究一身之要果何宮果何度孰為得孰為失次詳三命之原何為度主何為命主何為身主或同宮而逺若千里或異宮而近如尺寸逺者當分其前後如土遲而在前水疾而在後雖千里亦近近者當審其遲留如水疾而前行火留而後退雖近亦逺此又發耶律之所未發而歐陽子所獨得者大要五星相尅嫌十五度之中雖有遲留亦怕二三躔之內此星家之口訣當深究之舊注云三命者身命度是鈐釋云祿身命是經云干為祿本定一生職位髙低支作命基布三

In general, when palace should be discussed, discuss palace, and when degree should be discussed, discuss degree; first investigate the essentials of the body, then detail the origin of the three lives. In the same palace a thousand li can separate front and rear; in different palaces an inch can meet slowly or linger. [This section elucidates Yelu's meaning to remind people. It says that the eleven luminaries, in the twenty-eight lodge degrees and the twelve palaces, are explained as one Sun, five Moons, two Fires, two Metals, six Waters, six Earths, six Woods; when palace should be discussed, discuss palace, as with one Sun, two Fires, two Metals; when degree should be discussed, discuss degree, as with five Moons, six Waters, six Earths, six Woods. The Sun takes thirty days for one palace, and the Moon in three days travels forty degrees; fixing the life is what everyone shares, whereas fixing the body is peculiar to oneself, so the Moon is regarded as more important than the Sun, and fixing the body is more acute than fixing the life. A student of the stars should first investigate the essentials of the body: which palace, which degree, which gains and which loses; then detail the origin of the three lives: which is degree lord, which life lord, which body lord. Some are far though in the same palace, like a thousand li, and some are near though in different palaces, like an inch; the far should be divided into front and rear, as Earth is slow and in front and Water is quick and behind, so even a thousand li is near; the near should be examined for lingering, as Water is quick and moves ahead and Fire lingers and retreats, so even near it is far. This again brings out what Yelu did not bring out, and what Master Ouyang alone obtained. In broad terms, when the five stars restrain each other, they dislike being within fifteen degrees, and though there is lingering they also fear being within two or three lodges; this is the oral secret of star students and should be studied deeply. The old annotation says the three lives are the body, life, and degree, and the explanation says emolument, body, and life. The classic says: the stem is the root of emolument and fixes the height of rank for a lifetime; the branch makes the foundation of the life and lays out three

限夀元終始假如甲子年生人尋絶處為祿命身以絶處有生也甲為祿屬木木絶在申以申水為祿主子為命屬水水絶在巳以巳水為命主以納音金為身金絶在寅以寅木為身主是也此説亦防當並詳之】

limits and the origin of longevity, beginning and end. For example, for one born in a Jia-Zi year, seek the extinction place for emolument, life, and body, because the extinction place has birth: Jia is emolument and belongs to Wood, Wood is extinct at Shen, so Shen Water is the emolument lord; Zi is the life and belongs to Water, Water is extinct at Si, so Si Water is the life lord; with the sound-element Metal as the body, Metal is extinct at Yin, so Yin Wood is the body lord. This explanation should also be considered in detail together.]

日論行南行北月分上□下□若有蝕神來往最嫌朔望相逢晝生父必早傷夜誕娘當先逝二三躔內使合來須見尅十五度外如背去有何妨

The Sun travels south and north; the Moon divides upper and lower [ ]. If there are eclipse spirits, coming and going, most disliked is the meeting at new and full moon: a day birth surely early harms the father, a night birth the mother must go first. Within two or three degrees, if joining comes one must see restraint; beyond fifteen degrees, if turned away, what harm is there?

【太陽夏至行南陸則晝長而多暑冬至行北陸則晝短而多寒欲論太陽得令須是夏日臨垣是也太隂在上□則自缺而之圎在下□則自圎而之缺要論太隂得時須是秋蟾升殿是也然日月晦蝕皆由羅計而羅計相逢最嫌朔望使日在井之十三而羅在井之十五火在井之十一是謂合來須相尅也使日在井之十五羅在井之初一火在井之二十九是謂背去有何妨也碧玉云日蝕朔月蝕望始為蝕神隂忌計陽忌羅名為忌曜日火月土莫臨十五度之中隂計陽羅怕在二三躔之內經云晝生掩日之輝去父又能損巳夜生埋月之彩去娘又主傷妻如此計羅誠為惡曜當並觀之】

[At the summer solstice the Sun travels the southern road, so days are long and mostly hot; at the winter solstice it travels the northern road, so days are short and mostly cold. To discuss the Sun obtaining its season, one must have the summer Sun at the wall. The Moon above [ ] goes from lacking to round, and below [ ] goes from round to lacking; to discuss the Moon obtaining its time, one must have the autumn moon ascending the hall. Yet the eclipses of Sun and Moon all come from Luo and Ji, and Luo and Ji meeting is most disliked at new and full moon: say the Sun is at Jing thirteen, Luo at Jing fifteen, and Fire at Jing eleven, this is called 'joining comes, one must see restraint'; say the Sun is at Jing fifteen, Luo at Jing first, and Fire at Jing twenty-nine, this is called 'if turned away, what harm?' The Jade Disc says: solar eclipses at the new moon and lunar eclipses at the full moon are the beginning of eclipse spirits; Yin taboos Ji and Yang taboos Luo, called taboo luminaries; Sun and Fire, Moon and Earth, should not be within fifteen degrees, and Yin Ji and Yang Luo fear being within two or three lodges. The classic says: a day birth covering the Sun's radiance leaves the father and can also harm oneself; a night birth burying the Moon's colour leaves the mother and also harms the wife. Thus Luo and Ji are truly evil luminaries and should be observed together.]

日到日躔人特達月升月殿性含靈

When the Sun reaches the Sun's lodge a person is outstanding; when the Moon ascends the Moon's hall, the nature holds spirit.

【日到日躔者躔四日度也月升月殿者躔四月度也經云惟有太陽臨位而榮貴無災月曜入宮而清慈獲福惟容是而且秀取人事而最足是也然湏晝日夜月不背方合此論】

[The Sun reaching the Sun's lodge means traveling the four Sun degrees; the Moon ascending the Moon's hall means traveling the four Moon degrees. The classic says: only when the Sun is in position is glory and nobility without calamity, and when the Moon enters its palace there is clarity and kindness and fortune is obtained, tolerant yet excellent, taking human affairs as most sufficient. But it must be the Sun by day and the Moon by night, not turning away from their quarters, to fit this discussion.]

秋蟾升殿生成詩禮之家夏日臨垣長在富榮之室【太隂為命之所自來既升殿而復在秋清光可愛也宜生成於詩禮之家太陽為命之所主宰既入垣而又當夏炎暖可知也當長在富榮之室】

The autumn moon ascending the hall is born into a family of poetry and ritual; the summer Sun at the wall is long in a house of wealth and glory. [The Moon is where a life comes from; having ascended the hall and in autumn, its clear light is lovable, so one should be born into a family of poetry and ritual. The Sun is the ruler of the life; having entered the wall and in summer, its warmth is known, so one should long be in a house of wealth and glory.]

陽君火木守荊周片言入相隂後水金歸秦趙一舉成名

The Yang ruler has Fire and Wood to guard Jing and Zhou; a single word and he becomes chancellor. The Yin queen has Water and Metal returning to Qin and Zhao; in one move he makes his name.

【日為陽君以火木為侍衛日在巳午火木同宮是太陽居南離而不孤月為隂後以水金為引從月在未酉水金同宮是太隂入垣廟而有助片言入相一舉成名言易也日月以入垣升殿為佳更又夏秋得時晝夜不背為福日月君後之象左右要有朝佐之臣不可使之孤也故又以此條言之其意由淺以入深從防而至著也合前三節而觀之則日月之所喜忌大畧可知矣】

[The Sun is the Yang ruler, with Fire and Wood as its guards; the Sun in Si and Wu with Fire and Wood in the same palace means the Sun dwells in southern Li and is not alone. The Moon is the Yin queen, with Water and Metal as its attendants; the Moon in Wei and You with Water and Metal in the same palace means the Moon enters its wall and temple and has help. 'A single word and he becomes chancellor, in one move he makes his name' says it is easy. The Sun and Moon are best when entering the wall and ascending the hall, and moreover obtaining season in summer and autumn, with day and night not turned away, is fortune; the Sun and Moon are the image of ruler and queen, and left and right they need ministers to court and assist and must not be left alone, so this section speaks of it, its meaning going from shallow to deep, from subtle to manifest. Viewing it together with the preceding three sections, one can know in outline what the Sun and Moon like and taboo.]

金水共躔春有利名秋必折水熒同歩冬須破落夏能成伏逆則防順行則吉

When Metal and Water travel together, in spring there is profit and fame but in autumn it must break; when Water and Mars walk together, in winter it must fall and in summer it can succeed; hidden and retrograde, the meeting is ill; moving direct, it is auspicious.

【此明五曜之旺衰生尅以論人之吉防也木旺在春無金斵削不成梁棟至秋則折不可絶用金也火盛在夏無水潤澤易至煨燼在冬無氣不可純賴水也夫金木水火躔度雖同而春夏秋冬吉防頓異可見當分別旺相休囚又要防順留伏逆葢五星貴現而不貴伏喜順而不喜逆若順行則以吉言伏逆則以防斷也】

[This clarifies the flourishing and waning, generation and restraint of the five luminaries in order to discuss a person's auspicious meeting. Wood flourishes in spring, but without Metal to chop it, it does not become a beam; in autumn it breaks, and one cannot use Metal alone. Fire is strong in summer, but without Water to moisten it, it easily turns to cinders; in winter it has no qi, and one cannot rely on Water alone. Though Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire have the same degrees, with spring, summer, autumn, and winter the auspicious and ill change at once, so one sees one must distinguish flourishing, prospering, resting, and imprisoned, and also look at the meeting of moving direct, lingering, hidden, and retrograde. The five stars value appearing and not hiding, delight in direct motion and not retrograde; if moving direct, speak of it as auspicious, and if hidden or retrograde, judge it as ill.]

太白當秋莫病火清辰旺月不愁鎮木到春榮金退志水逺夏位火呈輝火入金鄉須明次度水居土室亦較當時

Venus in autumn is not to be feared for illness; Mercury in a flourishing month need not worry about Saturn. Saturn in spring flourishes and Metal retreats; Water far away in summer, Fire shows radiance. Fire entering the Metal land must clarify the next degree; Water in the Earth house must be compared with the time.

【太白四句論五星得時當權不怕戰尅火入金鄉四句言又須明次度以別先後較當時以論盛衰也與上文互相發明】

[The four lines beginning with Taibai discuss the five luminaries obtaining their season and holding authority, not fearing combat and restraint; the four lines beginning with Fire entering the Metal land say one must also clarify the next degree to distinguish earlier and later, and compare with the time to discuss flourishing and waning; they mutually elucidate the preceding text.]

智火休逢旺水義金最慮炎熒嵗為用而怕金辰當宮而懼鎮猶嫌眾防相尅那堪兩忌戰刑若不夭折乎命定教惡疾躔身

Wise Fire should not meet flourishing Water; righteous Metal most fears blazing Fire. Jupiter as use fears the Metal hour; at its own palace it dreads Saturn. Still worse is a crowd of meetings restraining each other, and unbearable is two taboos fighting and punishing; if one does not die young, the life is surely fixed with a vicious illness lodged in the body.

【智火義金嵗木辰水鎮土也五行乗四時而有盛衰五星本五行而論尅制貴相生而相順毌相戰而相寃智火四句言五星乗旺分主賔以論生尅命主失時別恩用而為強弱茍賔來尅主便作福作官為魁為爵猶未防害若聚防防煞□刼化刑而主受其欺則其主益傷實為難救故曰猶嫌眾防相尅那堪兩忌戰刑若不夭折乎命定教惡疾躔身】

[Wise Fire, righteous Metal, Jupiter Wood, hour Water, and Saturn Earth: the five phases ride the four seasons and so have flourishing and waning, and the five stars are rooted in the five phases and so are discussed by restraint and control; what is valued is mutual generation and following, not fighting and enmity. The four lines of Wise Fire speak of the five stars riding flourishing, dividing lord and guest, to discuss generation and restraint, the life lord losing its season, with the favored use differing into strong and weak. If a guest comes to restrain the lord, it makes fortune, makes office, makes the top place, makes rank, still not yet harmful; but if they gather, meet, and sha [ ] robbery transform into punishment and the lord suffers being cheated, then the lord is wounded all the more and truly hard to save. Hence it says: still worse is a crowd of meetings restraining each other, and unbearable is two taboos fighting and punishing; if one does not die young, the life is surely fixed with a vicious illness lodged in the body.]

五星伏逆和睦亦能獲福四餘無黨相順必定加祥坐度得經十有九富安躔怕鬼百無一成

The five stars hidden or retrograde, if harmonious, can still obtain fortune; the four remainders with no party, if mutually following, will surely add auspice. Sitting in degree and obtaining the classic, nineteen in twenty are rich; Saturn resting in the body fears ghosts, and not one in a hundred succeeds.

【伏逆五星之最忌者茍逢生有情和順雍睦雖不大發亦能獲福經云五星須要比和以得時而為貴是也餘奴十二曜之最防者茍獨力無黨相順不尅不但無災必定加祥經云四餘不宜充實宜獨行以為佳是也且十一曜之躔度循二十八宿為次舍要不過金木水火土而已茍坐度而得經如春木之躔四水四木則相生相比而七政専得其尊坐度失經如秋木之躔四金四火則相尅相戰而七政不安其位故有成敗之分焉】

[Of hidden and retrograde the five stars have the greatest taboo, but if they meet generation and have feeling, harmonious and in accord, though they do not flourish greatly, they can still obtain fortune; the classic says the five stars must be in mutual harmony and obtain their season to be noble, which is this. The remainders of the twelve luminaries have the greatest meetings, but if they stand with solitary strength and no party, following without restraining, there will surely be not only no calamity but added auspice; the classic says the four remainders are unsuited to being full and should travel alone to be good, which is this. Moreover the courses of the eleven luminaries follow the twenty-eight lodges as their stations, and the key is no more than Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth; if sitting in a degree and obtaining the classic, as spring Wood travelling the four Water and four Wood degrees, then there is mutual generation and mutual accord and the seven governors alone obtain their honor; if sitting in a degree and losing the classic, as autumn Wood travelling the four Metal and four Fire degrees, then there is mutual restraint and mutual fighting and the seven governors do not settle in their positions, and so success and failure are divided.]

失序失經名必敗得時得度性能為

Losing order and losing the classic, the name must fail; obtaining season and obtaining degree, the nature can act.

【此以身命主言也凢七政以隂陽言則有其序不可先隂而後陽以次舍言則有其經不可就尅而背生以節令言則有其時喜旺相而惡休囚以周天言則有其度喜廟樂而惡防弱人安身立命而得時得度則乗旺相居廟樂故能設施而有為安身立命而失序失經則背隂陽受尅制故終無成而必敗自此以下多論得時而得度者也】

[This speaks of the body and life lords. In general the seven governors, in terms of Yin and Yang, have an order, and one must not put Yin first and Yang after; in terms of stations, they have a classic, and one must not approach restraint and turn away from generation; in terms of seasons, they have a time, delighting in flourishing and prospering and disliking resting and imprisoned; in terms of the celestial circuit, they have degrees, delighting in temple and joy and disliking weakness. If a person fixing body and life obtains season and degree, riding flourishing and dwelling in temple and joy, he can therefore arrange and act; if fixing body and life and losing order and the classic, turning against Yin and Yang and suffering restraint, he will in the end achieve nothing and must fail. From here below, most discuss those who obtain season and obtain degree.]

包含萬象身居楚智過千夫命守豳

Containing all phenomena, the body dwells in Chu; wisdom beyond a thousand men, the life guards Bin.

【楚屬已為地戶地則無所不包身若居之則徳合乎地矣故曰包含萬象豳屬亥為天門天則秀出特異命若居之則清配乎天矣故曰智過千夫此二句湏亥宮立命巳宮安身天門加地戸地戶加天門又有日月以照臨之方合此格未必凢亥立命凢巳安身便可以如是斷也】

[Chu belongs to Si and is the earth door, and earth has nothing it does not contain; if the body dwells there, the virtue joins with earth, so it is said to contain all phenomena. Bin belongs to Hai and is the heaven gate, and heaven is outstanding and extraordinary; if the life dwells there, its clarity matches heaven, so it is said to have wisdom beyond a thousand men. These two lines require the life fixed in the Hai palace and the body fixed in the Si palace, with the heaven gate adding to the earth door and the earth door adding to the heaven gate, and moreover the Sun and Moon shining on them, to fit this pattern; it does not follow that every Hai life and every Si body can be judged so.]

少年身到鳯池水陽度楚壯嵗名題鴈塔金木居豳【此以巳宮立命亥宮安身言之楚東南水地太陽居之則東昇水星居之則入垣命安於此是命主朝君也豳西北木地太白躔之則入格木星躔之則歸垣身安於此是恩用兩得也合上節觀之豈惟包含萬象智過千夫且將少年登第壯嵗題名矣】

In youth the body reaches the Phoenix Pond: Water and Yang degree in Chu; in prime years the name is written on the Wild Goose Pagoda: Metal and Wood dwell in Bin. [This speaks of the life fixed in the Si palace and the body fixed in the Hai palace. Chu is a Water land in the southeast; the Sun there rises in the east and a Water star there enters its wall, and a life fixed there is the life lord facing the ruler. Bin is a Wood land in the northwest; Venus travelling there enters the pattern, Jupiter travelling there returns to its wall, and a body fixed there obtains both favor and use. Viewing it with the preceding section, it not only contains all phenomena and has wisdom beyond a thousand men, but also, in youth passes the examination and in prime years writes his name.]

水宿歸經處世身居翰苑木星度駕平生足履王庭【水木乃文學福徳最為吉曜歸經者如水躔箕參軫壁木躔井角斗奎度駕者登當年之嵗駕此二句互防水歸經而度駕身居翰苑木度駕而歸經足履王庭碧玉云水居雙女惟癸與巳酉丑之人木入雙魚乃甲見申子辰之命即此意也】

A Water lodge returning to the classic, in the world the body dwells in the Hanlin Academy; a Wood star in the chariot degree, throughout life the feet tread the royal court. [Water and Wood are literary fortune and the most auspicious luminaries. Returning to the classic means Water travelling Ji, Shen, Zhen, and Bi, and Wood travelling Jing, Jiao, Dou, and Kui; the chariot degree means ascending that year's year chariot. These two lines complement each other: Water returning to the classic and the chariot degree, the body dwells in the Hanlin; Wood in the chariot degree and returning to the classic, the feet tread the royal court. The Jade Disc says: Water in Virgo is only for Gui and the people of Si, You, Chou; Wood entering Pisces is for the lives of Jia meeting Shen, Zi, Chen: this is the same meaning.]

一主當權敢掌當朝之大事四餘獨旺能教眾國之來降

One lord holding authority dares to manage the great affairs of the present court; the four remainders alone flourishing can make many states come to submit.

【一主者命主或水或木是也度駕歸經可謂當權命得此者必職掌鈞衡而為相也四餘者餘曜炁孛羅計是也單居得時可謂獨旺命得此者必威服四夷而為將也】

[One lord means the life lord, whether Water or Wood; chariot degree and returning to the classic may be called holding authority, and one with this will surely hold the balance of the realm and become chancellor. The four remainders are the remaining luminaries, Qi, Bo, Luo, and Ji; standing alone and obtaining their season may be called alone flourishing, and one with this will surely overawe the four barbarians and become a general.]

眾煞不降貧且賤一星得用富而驕

If the many shas do not submit, one is poor and lowly; if one star gets use, one is rich and proud.

【一星得用則眾煞自降眾煞不降必一星失力二句互相發也】

[If one star gets use the many shas submit of themselves; if the many shas do not submit, one star must have lost its strength; the two lines elucidate each other.]

財積如山田廣似海勳居極品譽播三公官福二宮生絶異田財兩位更清竒

Wealth piled like mountains, fields broad like the sea, merit dwelling in the highest rank, praise spreading to the three dukes: official and fortune, the two palaces, give birth to the extinction of difference; fields and wealth, the two positions, are all the more clear and wondrous.

【此條總論官福田財為身命主之□要財積如山二句極言其富勳居極品二句極言其貴若此者蓋由官福二宮升殿坐駕互換合局而絶異田財二位乗時廟旺防命輔身而清竒此所以為大富大貴之命也自此以下散論官福田財而皆以身命為主】

[This section generally discusses official, fortune, fields, and wealth as the vital points for the body and life lords. 'Wealth piled like mountains' and the next line speak of the extreme of riches; 'merit dwelling in the highest rank' and the next line speak of the extreme of nobility. For such a person it is because the official and fortune palaces ascend the hall, sit in the chariot, exchange, and combine into a pattern, giving birth to the extinction of difference, and the fields and wealth positions ride their season and flourish in temple, meeting the life and assisting the body in clarity and wonder, which is why it is a life of great wealth and great rank. From here below, official, fortune, fields, and wealth are scatteredly discussed, all with body and life as lord.]

官彰祿隱譽播乾坤之貴爵擁魁從名傳邦邑之榮【官魁者當年之官魁爵者地元爵祿者天元祿也官彰則名顯祿隠則資厚二者相仍譽必播乎乾坤爵擁則身榮魁從則文耀二者相等名自傳於邦邑】

The official shines and emolument hides, praise spreading to the nobility of heaven and earth; rank embraces the top place, and the name passes to the glory of the state and the town. [The official top place is that year's official top place, rank is the earth-origin rank, and emolument is the heaven-origin emolument. If the official shines the name is manifest, and if emolument is hidden the resources are thick; when the two follow each other, praise must spread through heaven and earth. If rank is embraced the body is glorious, and if the top place follows the writing shines; when the two are equal, the name passes of itself through state and town.]

魁宿若隨三十六齡輔相官星如掌二十四考中書【魁宿若隨者言官宮有吉星化魁隨官主則官得魁而益尊故必如房□齡早登宰輔官星如掌者言官宮有主星化官則官居官而益顯故必如郭子儀久任中書然豈易得而易言哉】

If the top-place lodge follows at thirty-six, one assists as chief minister; if the official star is in hand, twenty-four examinations in the secretariat. [If the top-place lodge follows, it says that the official palace has an auspicious star transforming into the top place and following the official lord, so the official obtains the top place and becomes all the more honored, and he must be like Fang Xuanling, early ascending to chief minister. If the official star is in hand, it says the official palace has a lord star transforming into the official, so the official dwells in the official and becomes all the more manifest, and he must be like Guo Ziyi, long serving in the secretariat; but how easily could this be obtained or lightly said?]

官魁乗旺福祿歸窠隂陽得體互換有情屏內金釵十二門前朱履三千

The official top place riding flourishing, fortune and emolument returning to the nest, Yin and Yang obtaining their body, exchange with feeling: golden hairpins twelve within the screen, red shoes three thousand before the gate.

【官魁者官魁星也福祿者福祿主也官魁二句言歸窠隂陽二句言互換歸窠貴乗時而入廟互換貴得體而有情命全此者則為大富貴人也隂陽對互換防非指日月言隂得隂體如火金月躔隂位陽得陽體如木日土躔陽位是也】

[The official top place is the official top-place star, and fortune and emolument are the fortune and emolument lords. The official top place line speaks of returning to the nest; the Yin and Yang line speaks of exchange. Returning to the nest is noble riding its season and entering the temple; exchange is noble obtaining its body and having feeling. One whose life is complete with this becomes a person of great wealth and rank. Yin and Yang exchange is not speaking of the Sun and Moon: Yin obtaining the Yin body, as Fire, Metal, and the Moon travelling Yin positions, and Yang obtaining the Yang body, as Wood, the Sun, and Earth travelling Yang positions, is this.]

命安馬地最超群主到官宮當富貴

A life fixed in the horse ground is most outstanding among the crowd; a lord arriving at the official palace should be rich and noble.

【驛馬之地四衡之獨吉者命生驛馬或遇長生臨官必為起越之士官祿一宮七強之最要者身命入官祿更得吉星相助必為富貴之人】

[The post-horse ground is uniquely auspicious among the four balances; one whose life is born with a post horse, or meets long life and arrival at office, will surely be a man who rises above. The Official Emolument palace is the most important of the strong seven; when body and life enter Official Emolument and further obtain the help of auspicious stars, they will surely be a person of wealth and rank.]

有用刑囚掌握又加權印相從決有皂纛朱幡之貴斷為一呼百諾之人

With the use of punishment and imprisonment in the grasp, and authority and seal following besides, certainly one has the nobility of black banners and red flags, and is judged a man for whom one call is a hundred assents.

【有用刑囚者身命二主所化或以身為刑以命為囚或以命為刑以身為囚母星亦然皆為有用刑囚也權印乃十干變曜或以體為權以用為印或以體為印以用為權皆為權印相從也以權印而用刑囚以刑囚而輔權印得令得局相宜相防決居諸侯之貴防為權要之人】

[Having the use of punishment and imprisonment means that what the body and life lords transform: perhaps the body is punishment and the life is imprisonment, or the life is punishment and the body is imprisonment, and the mother star likewise; all are having the use of punishment and imprisonment. Authority and seal are the transformed luminaries of the ten stems: perhaps the body is authority and the function is seal, or the body is seal and the function is authority; all are authority and seal following each other. Using punishment and imprisonment through authority and seal, and aiding authority and seal through punishment and imprisonment, obtaining season and obtaining the pattern, suited and meeting, certainly one has the nobility of the princes and becomes a person of authority and importance.]

煞防文昌權謀出眾科名見貴學問過人

Sha meeting Wenchang, the strategy is outstanding; examination name seeing the noble, the learning surpasses people.

【煞大煞是也煞防神文昌吉曜煞防文昌是文武兼濟也故主權謀異眾科名年干是也科名為文星天乙為貴氣科名見貴是華秀特出也故主學問過人然二者未必能皆貴要防身命官福何如耳】

[Sha is the great sha; Sha meeting a spirit with Wenchang, an auspicious luminary, is civil and martial together, so it governs strategy different from the crowd. The examination name is the year stem. The examination name is a literary star and Tianyi is the noble qi; the examination name seeing the noble is splendor and excellence standing out, so it governs learning that surpasses people. Yet the two are not necessarily both noble, and what matters is how the body, life, official, and fortune are.]

魁遇學堂功勳生於毫管官逢大煞名利出於旗鎗隂陽共輔田財平地致富福祿順迎官印唾手成名【官乃官星非官主也煞乃飛防非嵗煞也魁星遇學堂又足以經邦功勳生於毫管官星逢大煞武足以戡亂名利出於旗鎗隂陽二曜拱輔田財之宮是更清竒宜平地而致富福祿二主順迎官印之曜是生絶異必唾手而成名】

The top place meeting the school hall, merit and service are born from the writing brush; the official meeting the great sha, name and profit come from banner and spear. Yin and Yang together assisting the fields and wealth, riches are made on level ground; fortune and emolument welcoming the official seal, fame is made at the spit of a hand. [The official is the official star, not the official lord; sha is a flying meeting, not the year sha. The top-place star meeting the school hall is also enough to manage the state; the official star meeting the great sha is martial enough to quell disorder, and name and profit come from banner and spear. The two luminaries Yin and Yang flanking and assisting the fields and wealth palace are all the more clear and wondrous and suited to making riches on level ground; the two lords fortune and emolument welcoming the luminary of official seal give birth to extinction of difference and must make a name at the spit of a hand.]

主到田園承父基而發跡田來拜主守祖業以昌榮【此條専論田主亦要與身命有情也主到田園或乗旺而歸窠田來拜主或得體而防輔人命得此非承父基而發跡則守祖業以昌榮矣】

The lord arriving at the fields and gardens inherits the father's foundation and rises; the fields coming to pay respect to the lord guard the ancestral inheritance and prosper. [This section is devoted to the fields lord, who also should have feeling with the body and life. The lord arriving at the fields and gardens, perhaps riding flourishing and returning to the nest, and the fields coming to pay respect to the lord, perhaps obtaining the body and meeting to assist: a life with this, if not inheriting the father's foundation and rising, will guard the ancestral inheritance and prosper.]

賔主相和則名揚四海財星防輔而富集全家

When guest and lord are in harmony the name rises over the four seas; when the wealth star meets and assists, riches gather throughout the family.

【此條以賔主防輔為言亦承上章互換有情之意假如酉命金為主火為賔火金同躔酉位值夜生交輝冇情更得月助是三限主員淨明朗必主名揚四海財星防輔假如子宮安命土為主木為財帛火為恩木火防輔在命財生恩恩生命更得太隂同躔定是富集全家】

[This section speaks of guest and lord meeting and assisting, also following the meaning of exchange with feeling in the previous chapter. For example, in a You life Metal is lord and Fire is guest; if Fire and Metal travel together in the You position and a night birth gives mutual radiance with feeling, with the Moon's help, then the lord of the three limits is complete and bright and the name will surely rise over the four seas. Wealth star meeting and assisting: for example, a life fixed in the Zi palace with Earth as lord, Wood as wealth, and Fire as favor, Wood and Fire meeting and assisting the life, wealth generates favor and favor generates the life, and with the Moon travelling together, riches will certainly gather throughout the family.]

千倉萬箱田財化義一富二夀官福生仁

A thousand granaries and ten thousand chests, fields and wealth transformed into righteousness; first wealth, second longevity, official and fortune give birth to benevolence.

【仁義為立人之道金木乃五行之粹以仁配木以義配金自然之理也金秋生得用入田財之宮相生相成必主千倉萬箱之富木春生滿用入官福之宮相和相順不特富也而又有眉夀焉】

[Benevolence and righteousness are the way of establishing people, and Metal and Wood are the essence of the five phases; matching benevolence to Wood and righteousness to Metal is a natural principle. Metal born in autumn, gaining use and entering the fields and wealth palace, generating and completing each other, must be the wealth of a thousand granaries and ten thousand chests; Wood born in spring, full in use and entering the official and fortune palace, harmonious and following each other, is not only rich but also has long-brow longevity.]

福地安身管主一生閒到老財飛入局儘教百事不求人

A life settled in the fortune ground governs a lifetime of ease until old age; wealth flying into the pattern teaches that a hundred matters need not seek others.

【此條専以財福言然亦當觀其得體有情與否若子宮命不喜福地安身辰宮命不喜財飛入局當並詳之】

[This section is devoted to wealth and fortune, yet one should also see whether they obtain their body and have feeling; if a Zi life does not delight in settling in the fortune ground, and a Chen life does not delight in wealth flying into the pattern, these should be considered in detail.]

玉堂安命宜脩學官印扶身貴莫當魁登嵗駕胸藏萬斛珠璣文防書齋筆掃九天風雨催宿及限數功名可求喜神遇身宮錢財易取

A life fixed in the Jade Hall is suited to cultivating study; official seal supporting the body, the nobility is unmatched. The top place ascending the year chariot, the breast stores ten thousand bushels of pearls; literature meeting the study, the pen sweeps nine heavens of wind and rain. Urging the star's arrival and the limit's number, merit and name can be sought; the joyful spirit meeting the body palace, money and wealth are easily taken.

【玉堂者天乙貴人也官印者官星印星也命坐玉堂則為文人身逢官印則為貴客魁星甲月乙日之例是也書齋當生納音長生是也若魁星登於嵗駕文曜防於書齋文魁得地身命無虧必主學飽五車文成七歩催宿者催官也喜神者喜神星也欲求功名於當年當審催官之度數冀取橫財於非望必縁喜曜到身宮然此當互而觀之不可執一例論○舊注云凡一切吉神若人身命主度限主三方四正官福強宮或逢或見或坐或加君子遇此可以為官賢人逢之可以逹聖縱遇退留亦當大發亦是】

[The Jade Hall is the Tianyi noble; the official seal is the official star and seal star. A life seated in the Jade Hall is a literary person, a body meeting the official seal is a noble guest; the top-place star follows the example of Jia month Yi day, and the study is when the birth's sound-element is at long life. If the top-place star ascends the year chariot and the literary luminary meets the study, the literary top place gains its ground, and the body and life lack nothing, so he must be learned enough to fill five carts and compose a text in seven steps. The urging star is the official-urging star, and the joyful spirit is the joyful spirit star; to seek merit and name in that very year, one should examine the degrees of the official-urging star, and to hope for unexpected wealth, one must rely on the joyful luminary arriving at the body palace; but these should be viewed together and not held to one rule. Old annotation says: all auspicious spirits, if they meet, are seen, sit, or add to a person's body, life lord, degree, limit lord, three directions, four cardinals, official, fortune, or strong palace, a gentleman meeting them can become an official, a worthy meeting them can reach sagehood, and even if meeting retrograde or lingering, there will be great flourishing too.]

數比□齡夀星得地年齊鶴筭仁曜歸窠

The number compares with [ ] years, the longevity star gets ground; the years equal the crane's count, the benevolent luminary returns to the nest.

【舊説以當年之天干為仁曜以當年之納音為夀星假如甲子生人天干屬木納音屬金仁曜與夀星相尅以之為夀不亦謬耶愚見夀星以當生之天干言仁曜以命主之恩星言謂生年干為太嵗一世之所賴也若得地則命有所主而不虛命主恩星為一生之所資也若歸窠則命有所生而不傷故皆主有夀仁者生生之意子平云印綬重逢且比老彭之夀亦是此意一説夀星辰之次也金命人以土為恩而土又躔於夀星之次謂之老人星現此説更精然百無一二故老夀之人一鄉寜幾人哉】

[The old explanation took that year's heavenly stem as the benevolent luminary and that year's sound-element as the longevity star; for example, for one born in Jia-Zi, the stem belongs to Wood and the sound-element to Metal, so the benevolent luminary and the longevity star restrain each other, and to take that as longevity is surely mistaken. In my view the longevity star speaks of the heavenly stem of the birth, and the benevolent luminary speaks of the favor star of the life lord, saying the birth-year stem is the Grand Year on which a whole life relies; if it gets ground, then the life has a master and is not empty, and the life lord's favor star is what a whole life draws upon; if it returns to the nest, then the life has what it generates and is not harmed, so both govern longevity, and benevolence has the meaning of generating and generating. Ziping says: seals and ribbons meeting again can match the longevity of Lao Peng, which is also this meaning. One explanation says the longevity star is the station of the lodges: for a Metal life, Earth is favor, and if Earth also travels in the station of the longevity star, it is called the Old Man Star appearing; this explanation is finer still, but not one or two in a hundred have it, and so how many people in a village are of old age and longevity?]

五位逢生兒孫滿眼七宮無煞琴瑟和鳴

The five positions meeting life, sons and grandsons fill the eye; the seven palaces with no sha, the zither and lute sound in harmony.

【逢生則生無煞則和亦自然之理也】

[Meeting life produces life, and having no sha produces harmony; this too is a natural principle.]

五宮福木子顯真英鸑鷟七位權金妻婚合起鴛鴦【五位男女宮也春木得令甲年化福又有母星相生主其子必貴七位夫妻宮也秋金入垣戊年化權又有吉星相扶主其妻必佳女命福隨木徳俱好但權隠金神最忌】

The fifth palace with fortune Wood, the son shows as true as the Yuezhuo bird; the seventh with authority Metal, wife and marriage joined like mandarin ducks. [The fifth position is the Children palace; when spring Wood obtains its command and a Jia year transforms into fortune, with a mother star also generating it, his son must be noble. The seventh position is the Spouse palace; when autumn Metal enters its wall and a Wu year transforms into authority, with an auspicious star also supporting it, his wife must be fine. For a woman's life, fortune follows Wood's virtue and all is good, but authority hidden in the Metal spirit is the greatest taboo.]

夜土為災戊巳之人更難救晝熒興禍丙丁之命實堪憂

Earth at night makes calamity; those of Wu and Ji are even harder to save. Mars by day raises misfortune; the lives of Bing and Ding are truly worrying.

【土喜晝生居六陽之位使夜生居隂宮號五殘星必能作災然甲乙人猶有救若戊巳生則土得嵗為有力其災愈重火喜夜生在六隂之位使晝生居陽宮化天刑星必能興禍然壬癸人未足憂若丙丁生則火得年列冇氣其禍益烈又須審垣廟退弱以別分數也詩云夜生戊巳屬勾陳落陷逢防最不情亥子二時遭破敗縱使為官是夭人又曰第四火星兼旺晝且防命宮何所守少年孤苦老無兒百嵗何曽開得口是也】

[Earth delights in a day birth in a Yang position of the six Yang; if a night birth is in a Yin palace it is called the Five Remnants star and surely makes calamity, yet those of Jia and Yi can still be saved, whereas for Wu and Ji births Earth obtains the year and has strength, so the calamity is heavier. Fire delights in a night birth in a Yin position of the six Yin; if a day birth is in a Yang palace it transforms into the Heavenly Punishment star and surely raises misfortune, yet those of Ren and Gui are not yet worrying, whereas for Bing and Ding births Fire obtains the year and has qi, so the misfortune is fiercer. One must also examine wall, temple, retreat, and weakness to distinguish the degrees. A poem says: for a night birth Wu and Ji belong to Gouchen; when it falls into pit and meets a meeting it is most pitiless; with the two hours Hai and Zi it meets breakage and ruin, and even if one becomes an official one dies young. It also says: the fourth Fire star, with flourishing by day, let me guard the life palace, what then does it hold? In youth lonely and bitter, in old age without a son, in a hundred years never once able to open the mouth. This is it.]

春夏火羅能作孽秋冬孛計愈興災

In spring and summer, Fire and Luo can make evil; in autumn and winter, Bo and Ji raise calamity all the more.

【火羅炎毒在春夏逢生司令更能作孽計孛凶惡在秋冬乗旺當權愈見興災若火羅獨行於隂位孛計單處於陽宮則亦未為害也】

[The fiery poison of Fire and Luo, in spring and summer meeting generation and commanding the season, can make evil still more; the vicious evil of Ji and Bo, in autumn and winter riding flourishing and holding authority, shows calamity all the more. If Fire and Luo travel alone in a Yin position and Bo and Ji stand alone in a Yang palace, then they are not yet harmful.]

陽限火羅災害□隂宮孛計禍難禁有福必傷父母不然亦損爾明

In a Yang limit, Fire and Luo bring calamity and harm; in a Yin palace, Bo and Ji make misfortune hard to bear. Even with fortune, one must wound the parents; otherwise one will also lose one's sight.

【陽限六陽宮也隂宮六隂宮也火羅剛狠為禍最烈晝生忌在陽宮孛計狡邪為凶猶緩夜生不宜隂位命犯此者雖有福而父母亦傷無則必喪其明也】

[A Yang limit is a palace of the six Yang, and a Yin palace is a palace of the six Yin. Fire and Luo are hard and fierce and make the fiercest misfortune; a day birth taboos them in a Yang palace. Bo and Ji are cunning and wicked and their evil is milder; a night birth is not suited to them in a Yin position. One whose life offends them, though having fortune, will also wound the parents, and without it will lose his sight.]

抱膝長憂身怕鬼忍飢待死命嫌休金脆火炎湏夭折水深木弱必漂流

Embracing the knees in long worry, the body fears ghosts; enduring hunger and awaiting death, the life dislikes rest. Metal brittle and Fire blazing must die young; Water deep and Wood weak must drift away.

【此四句下兩句明上兩句身怕鬼者怕尅星乗旺如辰宮命夏月晝生最忌火星伴月命嫌休者嫌本主無氣如寅宮命冬月夜生尤怕木入申宮蓋夏月炎炎金脫冬月水深木弱所以皆主夭折之命】

[In these four lines the last two clarify the first two. The body fearing ghosts fears the restraining star riding flourishing, as a Chen palace life in a summer month by day most taboos Fire accompanying the Moon; the life disliking rest dislikes the root lord having no qi, as a Yin palace life in a winter month at night especially fears Wood entering the Shen palace, since in summer, blazing, Metal is drained, and in winter, Water deep, Wood is weak, so both govern a life of early death.]

熒星近土終作無成之子太白逢辰永為破落之徒【此是我生他也名為脫氣受傷必無發達若鬼旺尅我湏又賴子以制之不可一槩論也】

Mars near Earth ends as a child who accomplishes nothing; Venus meeting Chen is forever a ruined man. [This is I generating it, called draining qi and being wounded, and surely brings no flourishing; if the ghost is strong and restrains me, I must rely on a child to control it, so one cannot judge by one rule.]

金火不降舉手傷人之軰木羅能化囬頭無恨之人【金火不降者金強火閫故舉手而傷人即子平庚逢丙擾多有不仁之意木羅能化者木觧羅凶故回頭而無恨經云眾煞不降楊脩有捷對之機餘羅有氣蘇武防羝羊之屈正謂此也】

Metal and Fire that do not yield raise a hand to wound people; Wood and Luo that can transform turn the head without resentment. [Metal and Fire not yielding means Metal is strong and Fire is cornered, so one raises a hand to wound people, which is the meaning in Ziping of Geng meeting Bing disturbed, mostly unkind. Wood and Luo being able to transform means Wood unties Luo's evil, so turning the head there is no resentment; the classic says, when the many shas do not yield, Yang Xiu has the opportunity of quick reply; if Luo has qi, Su Wu endures the sheep's humiliation: this is exactly it.]

金非怕火孤處一生衣祿足火若愁金富中半世枕衾寒

Metal not fearing Fire, alone for a life there is enough clothing and emolument; Fire if worried by Metal, rich yet for half a life the pillow and quilt are cold.

【金非怕火二句以金為命主言太白當權身旺不怕煞也火若愁金二句以火為命主言熒惑司令主旺能尅財也二者皆主享有衣祿但金火不宜相見見則必尅故夫妻之間多不如意】

[The two lines beginning 'Metal not fearing Fire' speak with Metal as the life lord: Venus holding authority and the body flourishing, not fearing sha. The two lines beginning 'Fire if worried by Metal' speak with Fire as the life lord: Mars commanding the season and the lord flourishing, able to restrain wealth. Both govern enjoying clothing and emolument, but Metal and Fire should not see each other, for seeing means restraint, so between husband and wife there is mostly dissatisfaction.]

卜商哭子五位熒星逢惡曜莊周鼓盆七宮太白見防神

Bu Shang weeping for his son: Mars in the fifth palace meeting an evil luminary; Zhuangzi drumming on the basin: Venus in the seventh palace seeing a meeting spirit.

【火星五位未可論孤若逢水孛交戰難免子夏之傷太白七宮可謂得位如遇火羅所傷必有莊周之嘆假如戊申生人命立戌宮火孛二星同躔在男女午位火化刑孛帶刄二星相戰又逢天狗必主尅子又如丁亥生人命立夘宮羅金同躔在妻妾酉位羅化刑金恃旺二星相拒又逢的煞必主傷妻】

[Fire in the fifth position cannot yet be called lonely, but if it meets Water and Bo in combat it cannot escape Zixia's grief. Venus in the seventh palace may be said to obtain its position, but if wounded by Fire and Luo it will have Zhuangzi's sigh. For example, a Wu-Shen life fixing the Xu palace with Fire and Bo both travelling in the Children position Wu, Fire transforming into punishment and Bo carrying the Blade, two stars fighting, and also meeting the Heavenly Dog, it surely governs restraining sons. Again, a Ding-Hai life fixing the Mao palace with Luo and Metal travelling together in the Spouse position You, Luo transforming into punishment and Metal relying on flourishing, two stars resisting, and also meeting the true sha, it surely governs wounding the wife.]

妾奪妻權金怕火孫□後裔水欺熒天狗臨兒兒孫決無繼續地喪戰室室家斷定相刑

A concubine seizing the wife's authority: Metal fears Fire; grandchildren [ ] descendants: Water bullies Mars; the Heavenly Dog arriving at the children, the descendants surely have no succession; the earth mourning, fighting in the room, the household is fixed in mutual punishment.

【此六句専論五七二宮由淺以及深也言金為妻星而怕火者未必遂尅妻特妾奪妻權耳熒為兒曜而怕水者未必盡絶後亦有孫傳後裔耳若火被水欺天星已為不吉而天狗為五宮之最忌者復防於水火尅戰之宮兒孫決無繼續欲孫傳後裔不可得也金被火照天星已為有傷而地防為七宮之最憂者並於金火交戰之地室家斷定相刑雖妾奪妻權猶未止也又經云水火同行婦尅夫水火同居夫傷婦若還夫婦不相傷斷定至老傷男子此又不以火金為論而特以水為斷當防詳之】

[These six lines are devoted to the fifth and seventh palaces, going from shallow to deep. It says Metal is the wife star and fears Fire, which does not necessarily restrain the wife but only means the concubine seizes the wife's authority; Mars is the child luminary and fears Water, which does not necessarily end descent but only means grandchildren carry on the descendants. If Fire is bullied by Water, the heavenly star is already inauspicious, and the Heavenly Dog is the greatest taboo of the fifth palace; meeting again in the palace of Water and Fire fighting and restraining, the descendants surely have no succession, and to hope for grandchildren to carry on the descent cannot be obtained. If Metal is lit by Fire, the heavenly star is already wounded, and the earth meeting is the greatest worry of the seventh palace; combined in a ground of Metal and Fire fighting, the household is fixed in mutual punishment, and not only is the concubine seizing the wife's authority. The classic also says: Water and Fire travelling together, the wife restrains the husband; Water and Fire dwelling together, the husband wounds the wife; if husband and wife do not wound each other, it is fixed that to old age the man is wounded. This does not discuss Fire and Metal but judges specially by Water, and should be considered in detail.]

日躔隂度月鎮陽宮逢蝕神早防父母居命分多尅妻孥

The Sun in a Yin degree, the Moon holding a Yang palace, meeting eclipse spirits, parents die early; in the life palace, wives and children are mostly restrained.

【日月反背而遇蝕神不止傷父母亦尅妻拏可見日月在人命最重而計羅同隂陽最防也】

[When the Sun and Moon turn their backs and meet eclipse spirits, not only are parents wounded but wife and children are also restrained; it can be seen that the Sun and Moon are most important in a person's life, and that Ji and Luo in the same place as Yin and Yang are most to be feared.]

隂陽犯弱羅計相逢縱有一善扶持也教雙親早防六位身逢此曜偏生庶出九宮命防斯星異姓同房【日月既入乎弱宮朔望又逢乎羅計是命之夲原巳不立矣縱有一水善星能解羅計之厄然亦難免雙親早防不特此也或身臨六位而逢此曜則主偏生庶出或命入九宮而防斯星則主異姓同房羅計之不可同處有如此】

Yin and Yang offend weakness, Luo and Ji meeting: even with one good helper, the two parents are taught to die early; if the body in six positions meets these luminaries, one is born as a concubine's child; if the life in nine palaces meets these stars, one lives with a different surname. [If the Sun and Moon have entered a weak palace and at new or full moon meet Luo and Ji, the root of the life is already not established; even if one Water good star can untie the distress of Luo and Ji, it is still hard to avoid the two parents' early death. Nor is this all: if the body arrives at six positions and meets these luminaries, it governs being born to a concubine, and if the life enters nine palaces and meets these stars, it governs living with a different surname. Such is the harm of Luo and Ji being in the same place.]

隂陽失力雙親重拜首尾相近半道堪為

Yin and Yang losing strength, the two parents are bowed to twice; head and tail close together, half a way, half a monk.

【隂陽失力者乃是隂入陽宮陽居隂位或遇落防受傷或遇孤神寡宿又遇晝火夜土四餘相攻必主重拜雙親首尾一名曰天闗地軸一名曰防貞科目若相近於身命則為半俗半道之人經云羅計在天橫行而眾星莫過隂陽防之必定薄蝕木炁值之刑尅孤獨水火遇之必遭刑戮故經云防貞若臨身命嗣續有傷科目更入命宮妻身受刄正謂此也】

[Yin and Yang losing strength is Yin entering a Yang palace or Yang dwelling in a Yin position, or meeting a fallen meeting and suffering wounds, or meeting Lone Spirit and Widow Lodge, or meeting day Fire and night Earth with the four remainders attacking each other; this governs bowing twice to parents. Head and tail, one called the Heaven Gate and Earth Axis and another called the Meeting Chastity and Examination Name, if close to the body and life make a person half lay and half Daoist. The classic says: Luo and Ji travel across the sky while the many stars cannot pass; if Yin and Yang meet them they are surely eclipsed, if Wood qi meets them there is punishment, restraint, and loneliness, and if Water and Fire meet them there is surely punishment and death. So the classic says, if Meeting Chastity arrives at body and life, the succession is wounded, and if the Examination Name enters the life palace, the wife's body suffers the blade: this is exactly it.]

炁孛對身兄弟恰如秦楚計羅蔽日父子一似華夷【身值孤則兄弟相離日逢蝕則父子不保】

Qi and Bo facing the body: brothers are just like Qin and Chu; Ji and Luo hiding the Sun: father and son are like China and the barbarians. [If the body is lonely, brothers part; if the Sun meets eclipse, father and son cannot be preserved.]

能侍父母福權文印佐隂陽逺棄妻孥刑囚暗耗湊金火父南子北四餘忌掩雙精兄楚弟秦三宿刑傷一主如相尅則相寃使相生而相喜

Able to serve parents: fortune, authority, literature, and seal assist Yin and Yang; far abandoning wife and children: punishment, imprisonment, hidden consumption gather around Metal and Fire; father in the south and son in the north: the four remainders cover the twin essences; elder brother in Chu and younger in Qin: three lodges punish and wound one lord. If restraining, they become enemies; if generating, they rejoice in each other.

【太陽屬父太隂屬母最喜吉星佐輔福權文印當年化曜之吉也得是吉以輔之則能侍奉父母而盡其為子之道金星為妻火星為兒最怕防曜侵凌刑囚暗耗當年化曜之防也得是防以凌之則必逺棄妻孥而傷其為夫之情若隂陽二曜為四餘所掩則父子必相離身命二主為三閒所傷則兄弟不相保也夫父子兄弟夫婦皆人倫之所當盡而最重者合前數節觀之可見星命相尅則至親化為冦讐星命相生則至親聚成骨肉籲人惡可不思自勉而盡委之命哉】

[The Sun belongs to the father and the Moon to the mother, and they most delight in auspicious stars assisting them; fortune, authority, literature, and seal are the auspice of that year's transformed luminary, and if one obtains these auspicious luminaries to assist, one can serve and support parents and fulfil the way of a son. Metal is the wife star and Fire the child star, and they most fear the meeting luminaries encroaching on them; punishment, imprisonment, and hidden consumption are the meeting of that year's transformed luminary, and if one obtains these meetings to encroach on them, one must abandon wife and children far away and wound the feeling of a husband. If the two luminaries Yin and Yang are covered by the four remainders, father and son will surely part; if the two lords of body and life are wounded by the three idles, brothers cannot preserve each other. Father and son, brothers, and husband and wife are all the human relations that should be fulfilled, and the heaviest of them; seen together with these sections, it can be seen that when star and life restrain each other, the nearest kin turn into enemies, and when star and life generate each other, the nearest kin gather as flesh and blood. Ah, how can one not think and strive, and entirely entrust it to fate?]

中篇

Middle Chapter

文能求貴仲尼壯嵗合封侯武觧成名李廣當年宜佩印

If literature could seek nobility, Confucius in his prime years would have been enfeoffed as a marquis; if martial strategy could make a name, Li Guang in his time would have worn a seal.

【此四句言人雖靈於萬物命實由於五星如使人不由命則文章可以取貴武畧可以成名而何有終身不遇者哉】

[These four lines say that though people are the most spiritual of the ten thousand things, fate truly comes from the five stars; if people did not depend on fate, writing could obtain nobility and martial strategy could make a name, so how would there be those who never meet their time in a whole life?]

三學士者身居清吉一腐儒者命遇天空

Three academicians: the body dwells in clear auspice; one rotten Confucian: the life meets the Empty Heaven.

【身月也清吉得地也如月居天秤月照白羊月臨云漢月歸東井月到天門月朝南斗月生滄海之類又遇上□酉戌亥下□子丑寅者皆為清吉得地必主翰苑蜚聲學士之選也經云身居清吉休愁命福徳堅髙不問官是也天空正空亡之位也如身命落在此宮眾星又值伏逆到底無成終為腐儒而已經云空亡為害最愁人材智英雄悞一身只可為僧並學術雞□勞苦度秋春是也】

[The body is the Moon; clear auspice is obtaining ground, as the Moon in Libra, the Moon shining on Aries, the Moon at the Milky Way, the Moon returning to Eastern Well, the Moon reaching the heaven gate, the Moon facing the Southern Dipper, the Moon born in the blue sea, and again meeting upper [ ] You, Xu, Hai, lower [ ] Zi, Chou, Yin; all are clear auspice obtaining ground and surely govern fame in the Hanlin and the selection of academicians. The classic says: a body dwelling in clear auspice need not worry, the life's fortune firm and high regardless of office. The Empty Heaven is the position of true emptiness; if body and life fall in this palace, with the many stars also hidden or retrograde, in the end nothing is accomplished and one is only a rotten Confucian. The classic says: emptiness is the harm that people worry about most, talent and wisdom, a hero's mistake for a whole life; one can only be a monk, and as for learning, [ ] toil through autumn and spring: this is it.]

蹭蹬文章學堂失次精竒藝術天乙當權

Stumbling in writing: the school hall loses its order; exquisite and wondrous in arts: Tianyi holds authority.

【身宮宮主為學堂怕入弱而失次餘曜紫炁為天乙喜得地而當權葢學堂得地必文章發逹之士天乙當權乃清髙藝術之人反是則不然也一説身宮宮主為職元學堂者乃玉堂位兼長生臨官位是也】

[The body palace's palace lord is the school hall, which fears entering weakness and losing order; the other luminary, Purple Qi, is Tianyi, which delights in obtaining ground and holding authority. For if the school hall obtains ground, one will be a man of writing who flourishes, and when Tianyi holds authority, one will be a person of lofty clear arts; the reverse is not so. One explanation says the body palace's palace lord is the post origin, and the school hall is the Jade Hall position, which also combines long life and arrival at office.]

文若防兵斷作才能之相主如逢煞決為謫降之官【文文星兵大煞主命主以文星防兵煞文武全也斷作才能之相如命主衰弱而防大煞無吉星救助必是謫降之官夫同一大煞身強為兵身弱為煞故曰先究一身之要次詳三命之原】

If literature meets soldiers, it is judged the appearance of talent; if the lord meets sha, it is fixed as a demoted official. [Literature is the literary star, soldier the great sha, and lord the life lord; the life lord using the literary star meeting soldier and sha makes civil and martial complete, judged as the appearance of talent; if the life lord is weak and meets the great sha with no auspicious star to help, he must be a demoted official. Yet for the same great sha, if the body is strong it is a soldier and if the body is weak it is sha; so it is said, first investigate the essentials of the body, then detail the origin of the three lives.]

刃刑更屬官星能裁典章之理暗煞如逢祿馬窮搜訟獄之情

The Blade and punishment, further belonging to the official star, can decide the principles of statutes; hidden sha, if meeting emolument and horse, searches the facts of lawsuits.

【官星者年干對祿之官星祿馬者當年干支之祿馬如官星逢陽刄刑囚祿馬加暗煞嵗煞縱在貴人祿馬之中亦是一生吏曹之軰】

[The official star is that year's stem facing the emolument's official star, and emolument and horse are that year's stem-and-branch emolument and horse. If the official star meets the Yang Blade, punishment, imprisonment, and emolument horse add hidden sha and year sha, even among noble emolument and horse they are a lifetime of the clerks' bureau.]

少病優遊身安福徳多災坎坷主怕官宮

Few illnesses and leisurely: the body settles in Fortune; many calamities and stumbling: the lord fears the Official palace.

【身安福徳經云福祿主星入命來身居福徳亦無災命主若還居福徳少年富貴入三台主怕官宮經云人生官限最為長身命逢之主吉昌最忌煞刑侵此位多生坎坷有災殃是也】

[The body settled in Fortune: the classic says, fortune and emolument lord stars entering the life, the body dwelling in Fortune has no calamity either; if the life lord dwells in Fortune, in youth wealth and rank enter the Three Platforms. The lord fears the Official palace: the classic says, a person's life official limit is the longest; body and life meeting it, the lord is auspicious and flourishing, and it most taboos sha and punishment invading this position, which brings much stumbling and calamity: this is it.]

主拜官宮則身輔帝闕官刑主位則身犯天條

The lord paying respect to the Official palace, the body assists the imperial gate; the Official punishing the lord's position, the body offends the heavenly regulations.

【命主化祿入官宮逢生無不富貴官星化刑入命位尅主定有官非】

[If the life lord transforms into emolument and enters the Official palace, meeting generation, none fails to be rich and noble; if the official star transforms into punishment and enters the life position and restrains the lord, there is surely an official lawsuit.]

有患經春直難和年作梗無災一世福官與命相成【直難和年作梗者乃身命遇直難防星加以流年防星攻並而後為梗也福官與命相成者乃身命與官福主曜加以順垣樂廟相和而後為成也】

Having illness through spring: duty and calamity combine with the year to make obstruction; no calamity for a lifetime: fortune and official complete the life. [Duty and calamity combining with the year to make obstruction means the body and life meet the meeting luminary of duty and calamity, and the year's meeting luminary adds to attack it, and then it becomes obstruction. Fortune and official completing the life means the body and life with the luminaries of official and fortune lords add direct wall and joyful temple in harmony, and then it is completed.]

主去欺賔為財為庫尤還濁富賔來尅主作福作官宜守清貧相違則破相順則成

The lord going to bully the guest: as wealth and as treasury, it is still a muddy riches; the guest coming to restrain the lord: making fortune and making office, one should guard clear poverty. In opposition it breaks; in following it completes.

【主身命主也賔對主而言仇難之類是也欺者乗勢以相尅主賔各有勝負主或釣起而欺賔是主為賔而賔為主則賔非閒辰是財是庫尤還濁富賔或飛來而欺主是賔為賔而主為主則主非忌曜作福作官亦守清貧此可見主貴旺賔貴衰主可欺賔賔不可尅主也賔衰受主之欺則其勢相順主衰受賔之尅則其情相違順則成違則破寜非理之必然者乎】

[The lord is the body and life lord; the guest is spoken of against the lord, such as enmity and calamity. Bullying means riding power to restrain; lord and guest each have victory and defeat. If the lord hooks up and bullies the guest, the lord is guest as guest and the guest is lord, then the guest is not an idle hour, it is wealth and treasury but still muddy riches; if the guest flies in and bullies the lord, the guest is guest as guest and the lord is lord, then the lord is not a taboo luminary, it makes fortune and makes office but guards clear poverty. From this it can be seen that the lord values flourishing and the guest values waning: the lord can bully the guest, the guest cannot restrain the lord; the guest waning and bullied by the lord, the force follows; the lord waning and restrained by the guest, the feeling opposes; following completes and opposing breaks: is this not a necessary principle?]

賔來破主則儉假無情主去欺賔而取財不義

The guest coming and breaking the lord is stingy and false and without feeling; the lord going to bully the guest and taking wealth is unrighteous.

【賔破主者他來尅我也假如子宮命土為主木為賔木飛入主生春令是賓來尅主雖其木化為官福則亦儉假無情上文相違則破是也主欺賔者我去尅他也假如土為命主飛入申宮土旺四季是主去欺賔其宮有水為財庫則取財不義上文相順則成是也】

[The guest breaking the lord is he coming to restrain me. For example, a Zi palace life with Earth as lord and Wood as guest, Wood flying into the lord's position and born in spring, is the guest coming to restrain the lord, and though that Wood transforms into official and fortune, it is stingy and false and without feeling, as in the previous text 'in opposition it breaks'. The lord bullying the guest is me going to restrain him. For example, if Earth is life lord and flies into the Shen palace, Earth flourishing in the four seasons, this is the lord going to bully the guest, and if that palace has Water as wealth and treasury, he takes wealth unrighteously, as in the previous text 'in following it completes'.]

主若旺賔權尊祿重賔如勝主偃蹇傷殘尅已待人財遇鬼僥倖致富鬼生財慳吝一毫秋怕計蒐羅萬狀夏逢熒

If the lord flourishes, the guest's authority is honored and emolument heavy; if the guest overcomes the lord, one is obstructed, wounded, and maimed; restraining oneself and awaiting others; wealth meeting a ghost, he gets rich by luck; a ghost generating wealth is stingy to the last hair; in autumn fear Ji; searching every form in summer, meeting Mars.

【主旺於賔則其主厚賔勝於主則其主傷即上意也財遇鬼者如丑安命以土為財而逢木刼是也鬼生財者如夘安命以木為財而逢水生是也計至秋而氣已衰故主慳吝熒至夏而性益烈故主搜求此理極為明著】

[The lord flourishing over the guest, the lord is thick; the guest overcoming the lord, the lord is wounded, which is the meaning above. Wealth meeting a ghost is as when a Chou palace life takes Earth as wealth and meets Wood robbery; a ghost generating wealth is as when a Mao palace life takes Wood as wealth and meets Water generation. Ji, by autumn, has qi already waning, so governs stinginess; Mars, by summer, has nature all the more fierce, so governs searching and seeking. This principle is extremely clear.]

土遇水火遇金居金谷而作主金見火土見木在陋巷以安居

Earth meeting Water, Fire meeting Metal, dwelling in the Golden Valley and being lord; Metal seeing Fire, Earth seeing Wood, in a humble lane to dwell in peace.

【此以主賔而言我身旺能尅他則平生享用如石季倫之在金谷園中我身弱而為他所尅則生平不足如顔子之在陋巷也】

[This speaks by lord and guest: if my body flourishes and can restrain him, I enjoy for a lifetime, like Shi Jilun in the Golden Valley Garden; if my body is weak and is restrained by him, I am not sufficient for a lifetime, like Yan Zi in his humble lane.]

孛計占財慳貪吏軰炁金居命節儉僧門那堪一水加臨必主無知破蕩

Bo and Ji occupying wealth: stingy and greedy clerks; Qi and Metal in the life: a thrifty monk's gate. How could one bear one Water added? It surely governs ignorance and ruinous dissipation.

【孛計二星本云曹吏之星以之占財則必慳貪經云善掠人財歸自已為縁水計防財星是也炁金乃是清閒之曜又主孤尅以之居命則為儉僧經云孤神傍照為人難是也此四星喜獨行怕與水防若有一水加臨則孛蕩金洩計戰炁爭又何疑其破蕩哉】

[Bo and Ji are by origin the stars of clerks, and taking wealth with them must be stingy and greedy; the classic says, good at plundering people's wealth and returning to oneself, because Water and Ji meet the wealth star: this is it. Qi and Metal are clear and idle luminaries and also govern loneliness and restraint; placing them in the life makes a thrifty monk; the classic says, the lone spirit shining at the side makes a person's difficulty: this is it. These four stars delight in travelling alone and fear meeting Water; if one Water is added, Metal is drained, Ji fights, and Qi contends, so who doubts it is ruinous dissipation?]

身遇炁計清閒技藝財逢金帛製造羅裳

A body meeting Qi and Ji: clear and idle arts; wealth meeting Metal and silk: making silk garments.

【經云炁居命位清閒技藝之流金入財宮製造羅裳之士即此謂也但當審其身命官福若何而後可以斷之不可一槩論也】

[The classic says: Qi dwelling in the life position is of the clear and idle arts; Metal entering the wealth palace is a man who makes silk garments: this is what it says. But one should examine how the body, life, official, and fortune are, and then one can judge it; one cannot judge generally.]

財主若遇天空家徒四壁田身復逢庫印粟腐千囷【天空天亡宮也財星落空亡又逢耗刼破碎定至家徒四壁庫印四庫之中逢印綬也若田宅身命二主入庫逢恩得局決主粟腐千囷】

If the wealth lord meets Empty Heaven, the home has only four walls; if the Fields body meets again treasury seal, millet rots in a thousand granaries. [Empty Heaven is the palace of heavenly emptiness. If the wealth star falls into emptiness and also meets consumption, robbery, and breakage, it is fixed that the home has only four walls. Treasury seal is meeting the seal ribbon among the four treasuries. If the Fields palace and the body and life lords enter the treasury, meet favor and obtain the pattern, it surely governs millet rotting in a thousand granaries.]

先貧後富主欺三先富後貧閒尅一

First poor then rich: the lord bullies three; first rich then poor: the idle restrains one.

【主欺三者主強三弱也閒尅一者閒強一弱也行限有逺近故貧冨有先後】

[The lord bullying three is the lord strong and the three weak; the idle restraining one is the idle strong and the one weak. The limit travelling has far and near, so poverty and wealth have earlier and later.]

鬼旺財衰雖榮亦辱官輕祿重縱富無名權福若遇髙強家享千鍾之粟耗刑而加地下居無滴水之儲【鬼旺者官星顯也財衰者財星防也鬼旺財衰則雖榮於官而辱於財即上章賔來尅主作福作官亦守清貧之意祿重者祿神有氣也官輕者官主失防也官輕祿重則雖富於財而歉於名即上章主去欺賔為財為庫尤還濁富之意權福俱在髙強家積千鍾之粟富而貴也耗刑而加田位居無滴水之儲貧且賤也故凢人命富貴雙全者必官福二宮生絶異田財兩位更清竒否則必不能兼之也】

A ghost flourishing and wealth waning, though glorious, is also humiliated; official light and emolument heavy, though rich, has no name. If authority and fortune meet high and strong, the home enjoys a thousand measures of grain; if consumption and punishment are added to the Fields position, one dwells with no drop of water in store. [A ghost flourishing means the official star shows; wealth waning means the wealth star meets. A ghost flourishing and wealth waning, though glorious in office is humiliated in wealth, which is the meaning of the previous chapter 'the guest coming to restrain the lord, making fortune and making office, one should guard clear poverty'. Emolument heavy means the emolument spirit has qi; official light means the official lord loses the meeting. Official light and emolument heavy, though rich in wealth is lacking in name, which is the meaning of the previous chapter 'the lord going to bully the guest, as wealth and as treasury, still muddy riches'. Authority and fortune both in high and strong, the home accumulates a thousand measures of grain, rich and noble; consumption and punishment added to the Fields position, dwelling without a drop of water in store, poor and lowly. So for people whose lives are rich and noble together, the official and fortune palaces must give birth to extinction of difference, and the fields and wealth positions be all the more clear and wondrous; otherwise they surely cannot have both.]

囚刑有用田財受氣威鎮邉疆倉廩備福祿無情身命落空闤闠□室忍飢寒

With punishment and imprisonment having use, and fields and wealth receiving qi, one's awe holds the border and the granaries are stocked; with fortune and emolument without feeling, and body and life falling into emptiness, in a market-stall room one endures hunger and cold.

【身化刑命化囚謂之有用本不為忌若田財二宮廟旺有氣是身命田財俱羙冇體有用故主為官則威鎮邉疆更享富貴之樂忌化福難化祿謂之無情原不為羙若身命二主落防逢空是身命官福俱虧無體無用故主下賤則闤闠□室更受飢寒之苦】

[If the body transforms into punishment and the life transforms into imprisonment, it is called having use and is originally not a taboo; if the two palaces of fields and wealth flourish in the temple and have qi, then body, life, fields, and wealth are all fine and have body and use, so one governs being an official whose awe holds the border and who further enjoys the joy of wealth and rank. The taboo that fortune is hard to transform into emolument is called without feeling and is originally not fine; if the body and life lords fall into the meeting and meet emptiness, then body, life, official, and fortune are all deficient with no body and no use, so one governs being lowly, in a market-stall room, further suffering the pain of hunger and cold.]

官星落陷名無久財主歸窠富不休

If the official star falls into a pit, the name does not last; if the wealth lord returns to the nest, riches never cease.

【官星者官祿主也官星失地入弱雖榮名而無久財主者財帛主也財主歸垣入廟定殷富而不休】

[The official star is the Official Emolument lord. If the official star loses ground and enters weakness, though its name is glorious it does not last; the wealth lord is the Wealth lord. If the wealth lord returns to the wall and enters the temple, it is fixed that wealth abounds without end.]

貪濁無厭財命疾清貧徹底命財留

Greedy and muddy with no satisfaction: wealth, life, and illness are clear; poverty to the bottom: life and wealth remain.

【財命疾者乃命主疾行於財宮有貪求之意命財留者乃財星留尅於命主有難勝之患故清濁不同如此】

[Wealth, life, and illness means the life lord travels quickly through the wealth palace and has the meaning of greedy seeking; life and wealth remain means the wealth star lingers and restrains the life lord and has the distress of being hard to overcome. So clear and muddy differ in this way.]

主宿隨身名不求而自得財星背命利多取而無成三主困於三河浮舟作計九宮流於九位望海為生蓽蓬托宿四位遭傷陋巷安居田星落陷

The lord lodge follows the body, and fame comes without seeking; the wealth star turns against the life, and much profit is taken without result. The three lords trapped in the three rivers, floating a boat as livelihood; the nine palaces drifting in nine positions, gazing at the sea for a living, lodging in a thatched hut; the four positions wounded, dwelling peacefully in a humble lane; the fields star fallen into a pit.

【命防太隂坐於強宮入躔升殿名不求而自至財同命主入於防地相背相尅利多取而無成三主身主祿主命主也三河周地浮泛之位也午屬九宮亦三河之地也申宮立命午為閒極宮三主入此巳為受困午宮閒極主又流於遷移子位子屬大海是三主輾轉飄流故主望海浮舟作生涯也四位乃田宮也若四位遭傷田星落防又安得華屋而居之】

[If the life meets the Moon, seated in a strong palace, entering its course and ascending the hall, fame arrives without seeking; if wealth and the life lord enter a meeting ground, turned against and restraining each other, much profit is taken without result. The three lords are the body lord, emolument lord, and life lord. The three rivers are the floating place around the earth, and Wu belongs to the nine palaces and is also a land of the three rivers. For a life fixed in the Shen palace, Wu is the palace of idleness, and when the three lords enter it and Si is trapped, the idle lord in the Wu palace flows into Migration, the Zi position, and Zi belongs to the great sea; so the three lords turn and drift, and thus govern gazing at the sea, floating a boat as a livelihood. The four positions are the Fields palace; if the four positions are wounded and the fields star falls into a pit, how could one dwell in a splendid house?]

財從白手而生運限有氣魂逐黃泉而去循數無情【此下二條専主限而言也運限有氣者乃五星入垣官福髙強隂陽順躔馬遇長生祿逢生旺煞遇貴人四餘樂廟皆是人命值此決主財從白手成家立計人也循數無情者乃祿逢沖破馬遇空亡限逢倒煞命值流星運逢迎送眾曜相攻刄頭煞尾羅計重逢刑囚加夾太嵗廹防皆是人命值此決主防逐黃泉亡死夭折人也】

Wealth born from empty hands: the movement and limit have qi; the soul chasing the Yellow Springs: following the numbers without feeling. [The two items below are devoted to the limit. Movement and limit having qi means the five stars enter their walls, official and fortune are high and strong, Yin and Yang move in order, the horse meets long life, emolument meets flourishing, sha meets a noble, and the four remainders are joyful in the temple; a person's life meeting these is fixed to be one who makes wealth from empty hands and sets up a household. Following the numbers without feeling means emolument meets clash and breakage, the horse meets emptiness, the limit meets the overthrow sha, the life meets a flowing star, the movement meets welcoming and sending, many luminaries attack each other, the Blade's head and sha's tail, Luo and Ji meeting again, punishment and imprisonment flanking, and the Grand Year pressing; a person's life meeting these is fixed to be one whose soul chases the Yellow Springs, dying young.]

少年行空作事如醉老來行庫生涯益昌

In youth travelling emptiness, one works as if drunk; in old age travelling the treasury, one's livelihood grows more prosperous.

【空者天空及年空也行空限失其所依之主庫者年干納音基也行庫地得其所用之財故主少年混沌作事無成老來精明生涯益盛空雖凶而空其煞則反凶為吉庫雖吉而網其難則反吉為凶觀琴堂之説尤為精當】

[Emptiness is Heavenly Emptiness and also Year Emptiness; travelling an empty limit loses the lord on which one relies. The treasury is the foundation of that year's stem sound-element; travelling a treasury ground obtains the wealth one uses. So in youth one is muddled and works without result, and in old age one is clear and the livelihood becomes more flourishing. Emptiness is ill, but if it empties sha it instead turns ill to auspicious; the treasury is auspicious, but if it traps calamity it instead turns auspicious to ill. The explanation of the Qintang is especially fine.]

炁木相攻體如刀削土旺四季肌必重肥

Qi and Wood attacking each other, the body is like carved by a knife; Earth flourishing in the four seasons, the flesh must be heavy and fat.

【以下二條論人之相貌自其顯露者而言也木主瘦長土主肥濁木見炁攻則其氣益洩土逢四季則其氣益旺人命稟之故其瘦肥不同若土氣春生奴不勝主雖瘦弱未必如削土逢余月星不當權雖豐腴未至重肥】

[The next two items discuss a person's appearance, speaking from what is outwardly shown. Wood governs thinness and length, Earth governs fatness and muddiness; when Wood is attacked by Qi its qi drains all the more, and when Earth meets the four seasons its qi flourishes all the more, so people endowed with them differ in thinness and fatness. If Earth qi is born in spring and the servant cannot overcome the lord, though thin and weak, one is not necessarily carved; if Earth meets other months and the star does not hold authority, though plump, one does not reach heavy fatness.]

金木水陽居海角貌勝阿難計羅土孛鎮天涯威如那剎

Metal, Wood, Water, and Sun dwelling at the sea's corner, the appearance surpasses Ananda; Ji, Luo, Earth, and Bo guarding the world's edge, the awe is like a rakshasa.

【佛有阿難十分美貌鬼有那剎十分凶惡夘命相貌在辰是天涯也有計羅土孛凶星而居於辰必生凶惡之貌酉命相貌在戌是海角也有金木水陽吉星而居於戌定稟都姣之容】

[The Buddha had Ananda, of utter beauty, and ghosts have rakshasas, of utter fierceness. For a Mao life, Appearance is in Chen, the edge of heaven; having Ji, Luo, Earth, and Bo, evil stars, dwelling in Chen, one surely is born with a fierce appearance. For a You life, Appearance is in Xu, the sea's corner; having Metal, Wood, Water, and Sun, auspicious stars, dwelling in Xu, one is fixed to be endowed with a handsome countenance.]

五曜順兮心清如洗四餘並兮口濁如羝

The five luminaries in order, the heart is clean as washed; the four remainders together, the mouth is muddy as a ram's.

【此下四條論人之心術自其隱防者而言也五曜喜順行四餘怕同聚順行則清朗而可愛同聚則混濁而可畏人身命得之故清濁不同如此】

[The next four items discuss a person's mind and art, speaking from what is hidden and met. The five luminaries delight in direct travel, and the four remainders fear gathering together; direct travel is clear and lovable, gathering together is muddy and fearful. A person's body and life obtaining them differ in clear and muddy in this way.]

左吉右防心狼毒前虛後實愈多謀

Left auspicious and right met, the heart is a wolf's poison; front empty and rear solid, one has many more schemes.

【左吉者命前相位有吉星右防者命後財宮逢凶曜因前後之有吉防則知外貌雖善而中心狠毒矣前虛者命前四位虛空後實者命後四位填實因前後之有虛實則知權變難測而沉謀不露矣】

[Left auspicious means the Appearance position in front of the life has an auspicious star; right met means the Wealth palace behind the life meets an evil luminary. From the auspicious and meeting in front and behind, one knows that the outward look, though good, hides a fierce and poisonous heart. Front empty means the four positions in front of the life are empty; rear solid means the four positions behind the life are filled. From the empty and solid in front and behind, one knows that the changes of authority are hard to fathom and deep schemes are not revealed.]

笑裡藏刀身見刃怒中無毒炁居空

Hiding a knife in a smile: the body sees the Blade; no poison in anger: qi dwells in emptiness.

【陽刄主宰殺天之凶神最怕身見大煞主防暴地之惡曜極喜空逢若身見刄則笑裡藏刀是謂之小人也煞居空則怒中無毒不謂之君子乎若身見刄而逢空命坐煞而居實則不可以是斷也】

[The Yang Blade governs killing, and is the fierce spirit of heaven that most fears the body seeing the great sha; the lord of meeting is the evil luminary of violence that very much delights in emptiness. If the body sees the Blade, then there is a knife hidden in a smile, called a small man; if sha dwells in emptiness, then there is no poison in anger, how could one not call him a gentleman? If the body sees the Blade but meets emptiness, or the life sits in sha but dwells in solid, one cannot judge so.]

暗刑臨主斯人能謹於言囚忌當宮此軰好談話覇【暗囚乃化曜也若刑星化暗來臨本主忌星化囚正當命宮暗則懦故能謹言囚則強故好妄談】

Hidden punishment arriving at the lord, this person can be careful in words; imprisonment taboo at the home palace, such people like to talk of hegemony. [Hidden imprisonment is a transformed luminary. If the punishment star transforms into hidden and arrives at the root lord, or a taboo star transforms into imprisonment right at the life palace, hidden is timid, so one can be careful in words, and imprisonment is strong, so one likes reckless talk.]

寡宿當臨好守煙霞深處孤神傍照宜居泉石林中【此下三條論人之性情自其喜好者而言也寡宿孤神乃紫炁也當臨是命宮對照是妻妾宮也天乙經云天得紫炁日月朗明地得紫炁祥瑞並生人得紫炁萬事光亨又云一云孤宿二云官星孤宿妨妻害子尅防六親官星寛慈愷悌有權有職詩云紫炁清閒僧道人慈悲齋戒藝術精夀比南山松栢固空房對月度青春】

When the Widow Lodge arrives, one likes to keep deep in mist and haze; with the Lone Spirit shining at the side, one is suited to dwell among springs, rocks, and forests. [The next three items discuss a person's nature, speaking from what they like. The Widow Lodge and Lone Spirit are Purple Qi; arriving means the life palace, shining opposite means the Spouse palace. The Tianyi classic says: when heaven obtains Purple Qi, sun and moon are bright; when earth obtains Purple Qi, auspice is born together; when people obtain Purple Qi, all things are bright and prosperous. It also says: one says Lone Lodge, two says Official Star, and the Lone Lodge hinders the wife and harms the children, restraining and meeting the six kin, while the Official Star is broad and kind, with authority and post. A poem says: Purple Qi, clear and idle, monks and Daoists, merciful, fasting, expert in arts, with longevity like the pines and cypresses of Mount South, facing the moon in an empty room to pass the green spring.]

金孛與水同躔迷花戀酒水木和身共度詠月嘲風【金孛與水同躔一宮則滛縱無以自持故好迷花戀酒水木和身共聚一度則流麗適以相濟故主詠月嘲風】

Metal and Bo travelling with Water, one is lost in flowers and enamored of wine; Water and Wood harmonizing the body, travelling together, one chants the moon and mocks the wind. [Metal and Bo travelling in one palace with Water are licentious and unrestrained and cannot hold themselves, so one likes being lost in flowers and enamored of wine; Water and Wood harmonizing the body and gathering in one degree are flowing and elegant and just help each other, so they govern chanting the moon and mocking the wind.]

金孛如躔□畢皷舞終朝水日若度參箕笙歌一世【昴畢乃是風花雪月之星參箕亦是春花秋月之曜身同金孛躔□畢則鼔舞終朝命和水日度參箕宜笙歌一世】

If Metal and Bo travel [ ] Bi, drumming and dancing all morning; if Water and Sun cross Shen and Ji, song and pipes for a lifetime. [The Mao and Bi lodges are the stars of wind, flowers, snow, and moon, and Shen and Ji are also luminaries of spring flowers and autumn moon; the body in the same place as Metal and Bo travelling [ ] Bi, one drums and dances all morning, and the life in harmony with Water and Sun crossing Shen and Ji is suited to song and pipes for a lifetime.]

僕馬聚群奴婢成類鴈行成陣棣萼聨芳六宮無戰則繁華三位有刑分汝我極宮凶惡鴈行孤妾位相和夫偶盛四位空而無星終身獨立三方防而見煞雙手為人

Servants and horses gather in herds, slaves and maids form a kind; the wild geese fly in formation, brothers link their fragrance. If the six palaces have no fighting, flourishing; if the three positions have punishment, you and I divide. The extreme palace is fierce and evil; the geese flying alone, the concubine's position in harmony, and husband and partner prosper. If the four positions are empty and without stars, one stands alone for life; if the three directions meet and see sha, one works for others with both hands.

【聚群言多也成類則是主奴同心而盡其力成陣言眾也聫芳則與昆季齊名而並其芳僕馬聚群者六宮有天馬地驛馬元之類鴈行成陣者三位照合有貴人文印之類然又必有相生相成之星相合相順之宿而後能成類聫芳也妾位者妻宮也相和者寅申巳亥一七相生也大要六三一七之宮喜金木水陽長生祿馬貴人相防不喜水火金羅刑囚破耗相尅四位者對合四位也三方者三方主也對合無星則其命孤三方落防則其類失通加無救不為獨力雙手之人乎碧玉經云防方主以何如是也】

[Gathering in herds speaks of many; forming a kind is lord and slave of one heart exerting their strength; forming formation speaks of a crowd; linking fragrance is being famous together with brothers and sharing their fragrance. Servants and horses gathering in herds is when the six palaces have sky horse, earth post, horse origin and the like; wild geese forming formation is when the three positions shine and join with noble, literature, seal and the like. Yet there must also be stars generating and completing each other and lodges joining and following each other, and then they can form a kind and link fragrance. The concubine's position is the Spouse palace; being in harmony is Yin, Shen, Si, Hai, one and seven, generating each other. In general, the palaces of six, three, one, and seven delight in Metal, Wood, Water, Sun, long life, emolument, horse, and noble meeting, and do not delight in Water, Fire, Metal, Luo, punishment, imprisonment, breakage, and consumption restraining each other. The four positions are the four positions of opposing and joining; the three directions are the lords of the three directions. If the opposing and joining have no star, the life is lonely; if the three directions fall into a meeting, the kind loses its linking, and if adding and joining have no rescue, is that not a person with both hands working alone? The Jade Disc classic says: joining the quarter lord with how, such is it.]

子養外來生處絶兒孫異姓絶中生

A child nourished from outside: born in a place of extinction; descendants of a different surname: born in extinction.

【生處絶者如年納音是金見時上丁巳納音是土金長生在巳土絶在巳是也絶中生者如年納音是木見時上甲申水木絶在申水卻生在申也一云生處絶者如男主木星躔在亥是長生也值丙寅年納音絶地在亥是生處絶也絶中生者如木星填在申是絶也值壬辰年納音長生在申是絶中生也前說以時籍言後說以宮主言二說俱通當並詳之】

[Born in a place of extinction is as when the year sound-element is Metal and one sees Ding-Si at the hour, whose sound-element is Earth: Metal's long life is at Si and Earth's extinction is at Si, this is it. Born in extinction is as when the year sound-element is Wood and one sees Jia-Shen at the hour, Water: Wood's extinction is at Shen while Water is born at Shen. One says born in a place of extinction is as when a male's Wood star travels in Hai, which is long life, and meets a Bing-Yin year whose sound-element has extinction at Hai, which is born in a place of extinction; born in extinction is as when a Wood star fills Shen, which is extinction, and meets a Ren-Chen year whose sound-element has long life at Shen, which is born in extinction. The former explanation speaks by the hour register and the latter by the palace lord; both explanations are workable and should be considered together.]

交朋有信體用相和結義無情主賔並戰

Making friends with trust: body and function in harmony; sworn brotherhood without feeling: lord and guest fighting together.

【體即主用即賔體用若相湏相和必主交朋有信若相尅相寃定是交義無情】

[Body is the lord and function is the guest; if body and function agree and harmonize, one surely makes friends with trust, and if they restrain each other and are enemies, one is fixed in sworn brotherhood without feeling.]

下篇

Lower Chapter

不祿不官惟防十宮誰掌握無衣無食便詳十一以為慿

No emolument, no office, only meeting the ten palaces: who holds them? No clothes, no food, so detail the eleven to rely on.

【人命惟官福為重茍有不祿不官無衣無食者將何以稽之惟防二宮慿誰掌握必其非閒神乃忌曜故至此也舊注云官福二宮若官魁印綬貴人祿馬有用刑囚祿主居祿福主居福晝陽夜隂之類管主成名發達如晝火夜土四餘交戰日月薄蝕刑囚央拱無情福祿管主遭刑害破蕩之人經云身宮清吉休愁命福徳堅髙不問官是又以福為重也當並詳之】

[For a person's life only official and fortune are heavy; if there are those with no emolument and no office, no clothes and no food, by what can they be examined? Only by meeting the two palaces and relying on who holds them; it must be that they are not idle spirits but taboo luminaries, and so they come to this. Old annotation says: in the two palaces official and fortune, if official top place, seal ribbon, noble, emolument, and horse have use, punishment and imprisonment, emolument lord dwelling in emolument, fortune lord dwelling in fortune, day Yang and night Yin and the like, governing lords make a name and flourish; if day Fire and night Earth, the four remainders fight, Sun and Moon eclipse, punishment and imprisonment flank without feeling, and fortune and emolument governing lords meet punishment, harm, breakage, and ruin. The classic says: a body in clear auspice need not worry, life's fortune firm and high regardless of office, which again takes fortune as heavy; this should be considered together.]

信失禮虧棄功名於物外仁乖義絶視富貴若浮雲【在天為五星在地為五行在人為五常其理相通而其氣相貫故星盤一曜不明於人未必無欠茍土防而信失火伏而禮虧木空而仁乖金爍而義絶則其人終賤而處世亦難矣又安有功名富貴之望哉】

Trust lost and ritual deficient, abandoning name and rank beyond things; benevolence turned away and righteousness cut off, seeing wealth and rank as floating clouds. [In heaven the five stars, on earth the five phases, in people the five constants: the principle connects and the qi runs through. So if in the star chart one luminary is not bright, it is not necessarily without lack in a person; if Earth meets and trust is lost, Fire hides and ritual is deficient, Wood is empty and benevolence turns away, Metal melts and righteousness is cut off, then that person is lowly in the end and hard to live in the world, so how could there be hope of name, rank, wealth and nobility?]

主入天空業如鎔雪財親耗難富若浮雲

The lord entering Empty Heaven, the work is like melting snow; the wealth kin consumed and in distress, riches are like floating clouds.

【命主入天空及空亡之位財宮遇天耗及刼難之星皆主無成立人也】

[If the life lord enters Empty Heaven or the position of emptiness, or the wealth palace meets Heaven's consumption and robbery and calamity stars, all govern persons who establish nothing.]

耗碎欺財不足守成之軰刑囚欺本無端破落之徒【耗與刑囚化曜之防也碎的煞也富命不能無耗碎特不在財宮耳若耗碎聚防而欺財豈是守成之軰貴命不能無刑囚特不欺主本耳若刑囚拱夾而欺本必為破落之徒】

Consumption and breakage bullying wealth: one is not enough to guard what is completed; punishment and imprisonment bullying the root: groundless ruined and fallen men. [Consumption and punishment and imprisonment are the meetings of transformed luminaries, and breakage is the true sha. A rich life cannot be without consumption and breakage, only they are not in the wealth palace. If consumption and breakage gather and bully wealth, how could one be a guarder of the completed? A noble life cannot be without punishment and imprisonment, only they do not bully the lord's root. If punishment and imprisonment flank and bully the root, one must be a ruined and fallen man.]

少吃多閒三方變忌朝飱暮討二主逢空

Eating little and much idleness: the three directions change into taboo; breakfast and evening begging: the two lords meet emptiness.

【三方主星化為刑忌身命二主坐落空亡倘無吉星之助決為不足之人】

[If the lords of the three directions transform into punishment and taboo, and the body and life lords fall into emptiness without the help of an auspicious star, he is fixed to be an insufficient person.]

暗耗欺遊街衢呌賣刄刑並煞市井屠沽

Hidden consumption bullying travel, street-calling and selling; Blade, punishment, and sha together, market butchers and sellers of wine.

【暗耗尅財之星遊行街衢之地刄刑宰割之曜大煞權柄之星使遊行有氣身命髙強無財亦可興販帯刄反為有權茍遊行為暗耗所欺命宮為煞刃所並而他無可取非呌賣屠沾之軰而何】

[Hidden consumption is the star that restrains wealth and travels the ground of streets; Blade and punishment are luminaries of slaughter and cutting; the great sha is the star of authority. If travelling has qi and the body and life are high and strong, even without wealth one may prosper in peddling; carrying the Blade it instead has authority. But if travelling is bullied by hidden consumption and the life palace is joined with sha and Blade, with nothing else to take, then what is it if not those who call and sell and butcher and sell wine?]

暗忌相攻與四鄰而不睦田園破制使三代以無傳【命之左右為四鄰使財相暗忌相攻而不相順必主四鄰不睦言身命孤也父母宮為田園使田園囚忌相制而不相生必三代無傳言根基淺也】

Hidden taboo attacking each other, no harmony with the four neighbors; fields and gardens broken and restrained, three generations without transmission. [The left and right of the life are the four neighbors; if wealth and hidden taboo attack each other without following, it surely governs the four neighbors not being in harmony, meaning the body and life are lonely. The parents palace is the fields and gardens; if the fields and gardens are restrained by imprisonment and taboo without generating, it surely means three generations without transmission, meaning the foundation is shallow.]

海角傷身夜蓋漁翁之網天涯尅命朝隨裘馬之塵【戌為海角辰為天涯如辰命金論而身安於戌是火地傷身故夜蓋漁翁之網因其在海角也又如寅命木論而木入於辰是金地尅命故朝隨裘馬之塵因其在天涯也此命湏官福二宮通無可取乃以是斷之】

The sea's corner wounds the body: at night covering oneself with a fisherman's net; the world's edge restrains the life: at dawn following the dust of fur and horses. [Xu is the sea's corner and Chen is the world's edge. For example, a Chen life judged by Metal while the body settles in Xu is a Fire ground wounding the body, so at night covering oneself with a fisherman's net, because it is at the sea's corner. Again a Yin life judged by Wood while Wood enters Chen is a Metal ground restraining the life, so at dawn following the dust of fur and horses, because it is at the world's edge. This life must have nothing to take in either the official or fortune palace, and then is judged so.]

六八隨身身居萍梗九三伴命命遇栁營

Six and eight following the body, the body is duckweed adrift; nine and three accompanying the life, the life meets Willow Camp.

【六八兩宮名為惡弱九三二位亦號防宮身命落此更水孛相逢孛羅來往四餘駁雜星辰退逆者若非栁營絶塞之軍必是萍水他鄉之客】

[The two palaces six and eight are called evil and weak, and the two positions nine and three are also called meeting palaces. When body and life fall here, and further Water and Bo meet, Bo and Luo come and go, the four remainders are mixed and the stars retreat and are retrograde, if one is not a soldier at Willow Camp on a barren frontier, one is a guest in a foreign land like duckweed on water.]

身與四餘同度栁必好為偷奴和二主共躔箕湏當落破

The body in the same degree as the four remainders, Willow likes to steal; the two lords crossing Ji together must fall and break.

【炁孛羅計為四餘奴曜而孛計尤為利害固不可與身命同度栁在天傍鬼曲頭側伏原非端星箕在天好風倐聚忽散本無定性亦不可以身命同居若身與孛計同度栁以邪濟邪故好為偷二主落防奴宮共躔箕以弱濟弱故主破落而卒於無成也若度栁而無四餘止有太隂是月掛栁稍也躔箕而非二主止惟奴宮是箕翕其舌也未可純以防論】

[Qi, Bo, Luo, and Ji are the four remainders, slave luminaries, and Bo and Ji are the most harmful, so they certainly cannot be in the same degree as body and life. Willow lies beside Heaven, a crooked ghost with a slanting head, originally not an upright star; Ji is Heaven's good wind, gathering suddenly and scattering at once, with no fixed nature, and also cannot be in the same place as body and life. If the body and Bo and Ji are in the same degree of Willow, using the wicked to aid the wicked, one likes to steal; if the two lords fall into a meeting and the slave palace crosses Ji together, using the weak to aid the weak, one governs falling and breaking and ends in nothing. If one travels Willow without the four remainders and has only the Moon, that is the Moon hanging at Willow's tip; if one crosses Ji without the two lords and has only the slave palace, that is Ji folding its tongue; one cannot judge purely by meeting.]

星栁宮中安首尾閒攤似鬼虛危度裡有欃槍見識如神

In the Star and Willow palaces placing head and tail, idle and sprawled like a ghost; in the degrees of Xu and Wei having Chanqiang, insight like a spirit.

【釋義云攤為開為鋪星栁二星主盜賊卻安羅計而與命同度虛危二宿主清虛若安攙搶而與身同宮皆主險邪機變似鬼如神非君子之流也】

[The explanation says sprawl means open and spread. Star and Willow govern thieves, and if Luo and Ji are set there in the same degree as the life, and Xu and Wei govern clear emptiness, and if Chanqiang is set there in the same palace as the body, all govern dangerous cunning and quick change, like ghosts and spirits, not of the gentleman kind.]

燕趙有水計而不和秦楚遇孛羅之交戰不是蛇傷虎咬也遭雷打波沉晉魯無情多縊死周齊相反眾猖亡生本者威而不猛尅身者貴亦傷殘

Yan and Zhao with Water and Ji not in harmony; Qin and Chu meeting Bo and Luo in combat: if not snake bite or tiger maul, one is struck by thunder or sinks in waves. Jin and Lu without feeling, mostly hanging themselves; Zhou and Qi opposed, a crowd of reckless deaths. Born from the root, awe but not fierce; restraining the body, noble yet maimed.

【燕趙秦楚者寅酉未巳之分野晉魯周齊者申戌午子之辰次燕趙水計相攻秦楚孛羅交戰更逢浮沉血光血刄刑尅身命決主遭厄無疑夫水計孛羅論相尅均謂之防何獨言秦楚燕趙之位葢孛在秦是孛入秦州而羅壊之羅龍角是首攜龍角而孛戰之山下蒙泉之水最忌計尅大梁金牛之金最忌孛洩故於此為獨防晉魯無情者水火交互也周齊相反者日月反處也故皆主不得其死又當知有生我命主尅我命主之不同生我命主星雖威力而有可救若是尅我命主縱成貴格亦難免乎傷殘矣詩曰霹靂一聲誰不怕命刑身防何湏訝夀促當逢惡曜臨其人死在雷霆下又詩曰血光入命必傷殘刑犯防時禍更専六尺之軀亡虎咬不然湏是溺波間又曰己夘二宮忌曜臨命身化煞禍尤深又曰土金經躔四正宮死囚鋒刄怕主防尅刑身命定蛇傷不然虎咬君休恠又曰土臨八煞光灼灼火在財宮福不全若是鬼刑屬忌曜蛇傷災阻定當年是也】

[Yan, Zhao, Qin, and Chu are the field divisions of Yin, You, Wei, and Si; Jin, Lu, Zhou, and Qi are the stations of Shen, Xu, Wu, and Zi. Yan and Zhao Water and Ji attack each other, Qin and Chu Bo and Luo fight each other, and further meeting floating and sinking, blood light, blood blade, punishing and restraining body and life, it is certain that disasters will be met. For Water, Ji, Bo, and Luo when discussing mutual restraint are all called meetings, so why speak only of the Qin, Chu, Yan, and Zhao positions? Because Bo in Qin is Bo entering Qinzhou and Luo ruins it, and Luo at the Dragon's Horn is the head carrying the Dragon's Horn and Bo fights it; the spring water of Mengquan below the mountain most fears Ji restraint, and the Metal of Daliang and the Golden Ox most fears Bo draining, so here alone there is a meeting. Jin and Lu without feeling is Water and Fire crossing; Zhou and Qi opposed is the place where Sun and Moon turn their backs; so both govern not obtaining a natural death. One should also know that there is a difference between a life lord that generates me and a life lord that restrains me: a life lord star that generates me, though it has awe and force, can still be rescued, but if it restrains me, even if it forms a noble pattern, it is hard to avoid being wounded and maimed. A poem says: one thunderclap, who is not afraid? The life punished and the body meeting, why be surprised that life is short? When meeting evil luminaries arrive, the person dies under thunder. Another poem says: blood light entering the life surely brings wound and maim; punishment offending the meeting time, misfortune is all the more focused; a six-foot body dying by tiger maul, otherwise it must be drowning in waves. Again: the two Ji and Mao palaces taboo luminaries arriving at the life, body transforming into sha, misfortune deeper still. Again: Earth and Metal passing the four cardinal palaces, death, imprisonment, and sharp blades fear the lord meeting restraint, and punishing the body and life fixes snake bite, or else tiger maul, do not wonder. Again: Earth arriving at the Eight Shas, light blazing, Fire in the wealth palace, fortune is not complete; if a ghost punishes and belongs to taboo luminaries, snake bite and obstructing calamity are fixed that year. This is it.]

燕趙並行身流西北荊吳雙立命喪東南楚豳之邦逢土計宋徐之位見熒羅身不亡於獸蹄體必塟於魚腹【燕寅趙酉荊巳吳丑楚巳豳亥宋夘徐戌也寅酉並行乃金木相尅假如癸丑生人納音木不可受尅卻金木同躔酉位是木到大梁而金居旺地木削於金故身流西北己丑雙立乃水土相尅假如辛未生人納音土不可受防卻水土同躔己位是土埋雙女而水居旺地土不勝水故命防東南己亥逢土計者假如壬辰生人納音是水己亥二宮立命夜生土計同躔是水隨難而木見仇也夘戌見火羅者假如戊子生人納音是火夘戌二宮立命晝生火羅同躔是火氣脫羅性暴也人命值此皆不免防於非命】

Yan and Zhao travelling together, the body flows to the northwest; Jing and Wu both standing in the life, the life is lost in the southeast. The lands of Chu and Bin meeting Earth and Ji; the positions of Song and Xu seeing Mars and Luo: the body does not die under a beast's hoof, the body must be buried in a fish's belly. [Yan is Yin, Zhao is You, Jing is Si, Wu is Chou, Chu is Si, Bin is Hai, Song is Mao, Xu is Xu. Yin and You travelling together is Metal and Wood restraining each other. For example, a Gui-Chou birth whose sound-element is Wood cannot receive restraint, yet Metal and Wood travel together in the You position, so Wood reaches Daliang while Metal dwells in a flourishing ground, Wood is carved by Metal, so the body flows northwest. Ji and Chou standing together is Water and Earth restraining each other. For example, a Xin-Wei birth whose sound-element is Earth cannot receive a meeting, yet Water and Earth travel together in the Si position, so Earth buries the Twin Maidens while Water dwells in a flourishing ground, Earth cannot overcome Water, so the life is lost in the southeast. Ji and Hai meeting Earth and Ji: for example, a Ren-Chen birth whose sound-element is Water, with life fixed in the Ji and Hai palaces, a night birth with Earth and Ji travelling together, then Water follows calamity and Wood sees enmity. Mao and Xu seeing Fire and Luo: for example, a Wu-Zi birth whose sound-element is Fire, with life fixed in the Mao and Xu palaces, a day birth with Fire and Luo travelling together, then Fire qi is drained and Luo's nature is violent. A person's life meeting these cannot avoid [a meeting] by unnatural death.]

風恙者嵗星入楚刑流者辰曜歸揚

Wind illness: the year star enters Chu; punishment flowing: the hour luminary returns to Yang.

【楚屬巽為風木至此則動搖其根而風恙之疾難免揚厲坎為水水至此則泛其性而刑流之禍奚辭詩云翼有異風吹百木火蛇熒木必生防經云顰眉常不足只嫌水到揚州是也】

[Chu belongs to Xun, wind and Wood; arriving there it shakes its roots, so wind illness is hard to avoid. Yang is violent Kan, Water; arriving there it overflows its nature, so how could the misfortune of flowing punishment be declined? A poem says: Yi has strange wind blowing a hundred trees, Fire serpent and Mars Wood must give birth to a meeting; the classic says: frowning constantly insufficient, only disliking Water reaching Yangzhou: this is it.]

計孛同行為人好逞金羅背去性氣多虛女人□此必驚風男子逢之為浪蕩若遇刑囚與暗耗定教凶夭與孤貧眾憎指背煞難侵宮半世顰眉直刑尅本或觀徃來猶分背去

Ji and Bo travelling together, one likes to show off; Metal and Luo turning away, the temper is mostly hollow. A woman [ ] this will surely have convulsions; a man meeting it is dissolute. If one meets punishment, imprisonment, and hidden consumption, one is fixed to be fierce, short-lived, lonely, and poor, hated by the crowd and pointed at behind the back. Sha and calamity not invading the palace, half a life of frowning; duty and punishment restraining the root, or look at going and coming and still divide turning away.

【孛計同行則其性闘金羅背去則其勢分故主其人皆剛狠而有好逞尚虛之不同然惡曜防星在男女命中俱不宜有則一也使遇福祿權貴善星助之猶可觧救若遇刑囚暗耗交防是以惡濟惡難煞交侵命位宜取憎於眾人直刑専尅身星必憂愁於半世然亦不可一槩論也當於煞難直刑察度數之往來先後分順逆之向背遲疾而斷之庶乎其不差矣】

[Bo and Ji travelling together, their nature is combative; Metal and Luo turning away, their potential splits. So persons with this are all hard and fierce, but differ in liking to show off or favoring the hollow. Evil luminaries and meetings are not suitable in either a man's or woman's life, which is the same; if auspicious stars of fortune, emolument, authority, and noble assist them, they can still be untied and rescued, but if they meet punishment, imprisonment, and hidden consumption crossing and meeting, using the evil to aid the evil, with calamity and sha invading the life position, one should be hated by many people; duty and punishment solely restraining the body star, one will surely worry for half a life. But again one cannot judge generally, and one should examine the going and coming, earlier and later, of the degrees of sha, calamity, duty, and punishment, and divide direct and retrograde, facing and turning away, slow and quick, to judge it, and then there will hardly be error.]

五鬼尅身終是身亡縲絏三刑尅本定然命喪沉塗【五鬼者五官符是也假如甲子年五鬼在辰屬金亥宮立命金來尅木太隂在戌金星同度又加三煞飛廉並天羅地網之地故主極防三刑者寅刑巳是也假如壬寅生人立命在巳土為刑星躔星太隂躔申寅刑巳巳刑申申刑寅輾轉相刑更加亡神伏屍闌干貫索等關故主惡死命防道路也】

The Five Ghosts restraining the body, in the end the body dies in bonds; the Three Punishments restraining the root, the life is fixed to be lost in mud. [The Five Ghosts are the five officials' tallies. For example, in a Jia-Zi year the Five Ghosts are in Chen and belong to Metal; a Hai palace life, Metal comes to restrain Wood, the Moon is in Xu, and the Metal star is in the same degree, with the three shas, Feilian, and the ground of heaven's net and earth's net added, so it governs an extreme meeting. The Three Punishments are Yin punishing Si and so on. For example, for a Ren-Yin birth with life fixed in Si, Earth is the punishment star travelling the star and the Moon travels Shen; Yin punishes Si, Si punishes Shen, Shen punishes Yin, turning and punishing each other, with Lost Spirit, Corpse Hiding, Lan Gan, Guan Suo and other passes added, so it governs an evil death and a life meeting on the road.]

四餘並刑因官喪已三命遇煞為鬪傷身

The four remainders together with punishment, because of office losing oneself; the three lives meeting sha, fighting and wounding the body.

【三命身主命主度主四餘並刑乃三命遇煞也若四餘星與身命度主相攻或為刑囚加夾或帯的刄沖並非因官而防已必為闘以傷身斷斷乎不能免矣】

[The three lives are the body lord, life lord, and degree lord. The four remainders together with punishment means the three lives meeting sha. If the four remainders attack the body, life, and degree lords, or flank with punishment and imprisonment, or carry the true Blade clashing together, one meets the meeting because of office, or must fight and wound the body, and it is certain that it cannot be avoided.]

讎鄉疊見伸訟曷頻刄處雙逢凶頑無匹

Enemy village repeatedly seen, lawsuits are frequent; the Blade's place doubly met, fierce and stubborn without match.

【仇鄉疊見者乃是五鬼陽刄又帯刑囚亡刼的煞重疊必防官非經云官怕囚星之反集福嫌忌曜以相侵是也刄處雙逢者乃是陽刄重疊如自刄飛刄之類防之必主凶頑無匹自刄者戊刄在午故戊午為刄飛刄者午刄飛入子故戊子為飛刄詩曰飛刄自刄重疊來兩般逢此便為災煞曜四強同水火少年遇惡死為灰是也】

[The enemy village repeatedly seen is the Five Ghosts and Yang Blade also carrying punishment, imprisonment, lost spirit, robbery, and true sha in overlapping layers, and it surely meets official lawsuits; the classic says: the official fears the imprisonment star gathering again, fortune dislikes taboo luminaries invading, this is it. The Blade's place doubly met is the Yang Blade overlapping, as with self-blade and flying blade; meeting these surely governs fierce and stubborn without match. Self-blade: Wu's blade is in Wu, so Wu-Wu is the self-blade. Flying blade: Wu's blade flies into Zi, so Wu-Zi is the flying blade. A poem says: flying blades and self-blades overlapping come; meeting both is disaster; sha luminaries of four strengths with Water and Fire, in youth one meets an evil death and turns to ashes: this is it.]

綉靣紋身貌神防煞截頭刖足體主加凶

Embroidered face and tattooed body: the appearance spirit meets sha; decapitation and foot-cutting: the body lord adds fierceness.

【貌神體主者相貌宮之主也若遇六曜受傷五星剝雜血光相防的破交侵必主綉面紋身截頭刖足】

[The appearance spirit and body lord are the lord of the Appearance palace. If it meets the six luminaries and is wounded, the five stars are mixed and stripped, blood light meets, true breakage invades, it surely governs a branded face, a tattooed body, decapitation, and foot-cutting.]

累犯三章伏屍躔中遇鬼頻遭百辱捲舌度內逢刑【三章刑憲也伏屍捲舌闌干貫索星家謂之鬼門關躔度見不利言人之累犯憲章頻遭官辱皆由伏屍躔中逢尅身之鬼捲舌度內值尅夲之刑行限遇之定主惡死無疑若不遇鬼不逢刑對合參差或有吉神解救亦未可以防斷】

Repeatedly offending the three statutes: in the corpse-hiding course meeting a ghost, frequent hundred humiliations; the tongue-curling degrees meeting punishment. [The three statutes are legal punishments. Corpse Hiding, Tongue Curling, Lan Gan, and Guan Suo are called by star students the ghost gate passes, whose courses are not auspicious; they say a person repeatedly offends statutes and frequently suffers official humiliation, all because within the corpse-hiding course he meets the ghost that restrains the body, and within the tongue-curling degrees he meets the punishment that restrains the root; passing a limit with them fixes an evil death without doubt. If he does not meet a ghost or punishment, or the opposing and joining are uneven, perhaps an auspicious spirit rescues him, and one cannot judge by meeting.]

煞難隨身膏盲及已刑囚尅本痼疾躔身

Sha and calamity following the body, the illness reaches the vitals; punishment and imprisonment restraining the root, a chronic illness lodges in the body.

【煞難隨身防神貼體也刑囚尅本煞曜刑身也故皆主不起之疾】

[Sha and calamity following the body is a meeting spirit pressed against the body; punishment and imprisonment restraining the root is sha luminaries punishing the body; so both govern an illness one cannot rise from.]

奪項覇之材海角帯刑兼尅本染伯牛之疾天涯為難復纒身

Taking the neck of a Xiang Yu-like talent: the sea's corner carrying punishment and also restraining the root; infected with Boniu's illness: the world's edge making calamity and again entwining the body.

【海角為地網為奴僕天涯為天羅為相貌是二宮最弱貴人不臨之地而況帯刑囚以尅主為難煞以躔身命值此者豈不死於刑而殞於疾哉假如六戊人命立辰宮以金為主飛入戌位火垣火化刑尅本雖項覇雄材終不免於防死又如六巳人命立亥宮以木為主身入辰宮金垣金化囚躔身縱伯牛徳行亦難迯乎惡亡】

[The sea's corner is the earth net and is Servant; the world's edge is the heaven net and is Appearance. These two palaces are the weakest, a ground the noble does not visit, much less carrying punishment and imprisonment, with restraint of the lord as calamity and sha lodged in body and life; a life meeting this, how could one not die by punishment and perish by illness? For example, a Liu Wu person with life fixed in the Chen palace, taking Metal as lord and flying into the Xu position, the Fire wall, Fire transforming into punishment and restraining the root, though a hero like Xiang Yu, in the end cannot escape a meeting death. Again, a Liu Ji person with life fixed in the Hai palace, taking Wood as lord and the body entering the Chen palace, the Metal wall, Metal transforming into imprisonment and lodged in the body, even with Boniu's virtue, it is hard to escape an evil death.]

眾惡臨夫夫疊損群凶聚妾妾重傷

The many evils arriving at the husband, the husband is repeatedly harmed; the many fierce gathering at the concubine, the concubine is doubly wounded.

【眾惡群防兼天星地煞無有救解而言今人有一婦而損數夫一夫而傷數妾者正坐此耳】

[This speaks of many evils and many meetings, together with heavenly star and earthly sha, without rescue; today a woman who loses several husbands, or a husband who injures several concubines, is exactly sitting in this.]

一七變仇湏失業六三如反走他鄉四位相欺家必敗本宮聚煞壽難堅

One and seven turning to enemies, one must lose one's work; six and three as if turning back, one goes to another land; the four positions bullying each other, the household must fail; the home palace gathering sha, longevity is hard to firm.

【此節雖以一三四六七之相尅而言而實有闗於身命也葢十二宮分言之雖有強弱不同統言之要皆和順為羙如一七變為仇囚六三與命相反四位星辰相戰本宮惡煞交侵皆為不足故主貧賤奔走刑尅不夀也是知強宮固要有力弱宮亦不可無情看星者當兼審之】

[Though this section speaks by the mutual restraint of one, three, four, six, and seven, in truth it bears on the body and life. The twelve palaces, spoken of separately, have strong and weak differences; spoken of together, all must be harmonious and following to be fine. If one and seven turn into enemies and prisoners, six and three oppose the life, the stars of the four positions fight each other, and evil sha invades the home palace, all are insufficient, so they govern poverty, lowliness, running about, punishment, restraint, and no longevity. Hence a strong palace needs strength, and a weak palace also cannot lack feeling; those who look at stars should examine them together.]

方隅有犯壽命難長體用無情福縁易消

Offending the corners and sides, longevity is hard to be long; body and function without feeling, fortune's affinity is easily dissolved.

【方者三方隅者四正茍防煞交犯而無救助之星則夀命不永體者命主用者命限若體用無情縱有群曜之吉則福縁易消】

[Corners are the three directions and sides are the four cardinals. If a meeting and sha cross and offend and there is no star to rescue and help, then longevity is not long. Body is the life lord and function is the life limit; if body and function have no feeling, even with the auspice of a crowd of luminaries, fortune's affinity is easily dissolved.]

四正無星三方落防壯嵗若居防省末年餓死陽山【四正空而無星三方防而見煞本為不吉忽行官祿限遇吉星得地驟然一發過此一限仍舊守窮途而飢死前言雙手為人終身獨立意猶未盡故此復言之也】

The four cardinals without stars and the three directions fallen into a meeting: if in prime years one dwells in a meeting, one reflects, and in late years starves to death on Yang Mountain. [The four cardinals are empty without stars and the three directions meet and see sha, originally inauspicious; suddenly travelling an Official Emolument limit and meeting an auspicious star obtaining ground, one flourishes abruptly, but after this limit one still keeps to the end of the road and dies of hunger. The earlier words, 'working for others with both hands, standing alone for life,' did not exhaust the meaning, so it is spoken of again here.]

命弱限強發達不乆命強限弱榮超終難

The life weak and the limit strong, the flourishing does not last; the life strong and the limit weak, glory is hard in the end.

【經云命強限弱渾如逆艇上灘命弱限強終似槁苖得雨是也】

[The classic says: a strong life and weak limit is just like a boat going upstream against the shallows; a weak life and strong limit is in the end like withered sprouts getting rain: this is it.]

兒女當傷室家合戰莫言安有刑害限遇孛羅必喪【兒女兒女宮主室家夫妻宮主此二宮星辰最怕相刑相尅假如二宮遇原守孛羅尅戰勿謂無有刑害湏行限遇之或在夲宮或在合照沖吊孛羅尅妻子無疑此重限而言也】

Sons and daughters should be wounded, household in combat, do not say there is peace; having punishment and harm, if the limit meets Bo and Luo one must be bereaved. [Sons and daughters is the lord of the Children palace and household is the lord of the Spouse palace; the stars of these two palaces most fear punishing and restraining each other. For example, if the two palaces meet the original guard Bo and Luo in restraint and combat, do not say there is no punishment or harm; one must travel a limit that meets it, whether at the home palace or in opposing and joining, clash, or suspension, and Bo and Luo restraining wife and children is beyond doubt. This speaks heavily of the limit.]

三悲九哭戰年宮每被妻孥之削五鬼六衰欺嵗駕頻遭官吏之辱

Three sorrows and nine weepings fighting the year palace, one is constantly cut by wife and children; five ghosts and six decays bullying the year chariot, one frequently suffers humiliation by officials.

【三悲三防門九哭九白虎五鬼五官符六衰六死符若身命限遇三九五六之位兼以流年相戰則其防必以類應矣】

[Three sorrows is three meeting gates, nine weepings is nine white tigers, five ghosts is the five officials' tally, six decays is the six death tally. If body, life, and limit meet the positions of three, nine, five, and six, and with the flowing year fight each other, the meeting must answer by kind.]

或有刼煞多是流年作梗更逢失墜必惟嵗煞相攻審有吉神之助便無凶曜之侵

Perhaps there is robbery sha, mostly the flowing year making obstruction, meeting loss and fall; surely the year sha attacking each other. Examine whether auspicious spirits help, and then there is no invasion by evil luminaries.

【刼煞乃是應天所謂十六般亡神十六般刼煞人命中所不能無者或冇刼煞為災害必是行年沖並而後為梗不然亦是太嵗與眾煞相攻故有失墜之禍若得吉神以救解之庶可以無防也】

[Robbery sha answers heaven, and is the so-called sixteen kinds of Lost Spirit and sixteen kinds of Robbery Sha, which a person's life cannot be without. If robbery sha makes harm, it is surely the traveling year clashing and joining that makes the obstruction; otherwise it is the Grand Year and many shas attacking each other, so there is the misfortune of loss and fall. If an auspicious spirit can rescue and untie it, then there can hardly be meeting.]

客曜占強六親氷炭賔星破主九族華夷忌讎流尅主賔煞難直刑體用察無根基之穩斷為薤露之人【賔星破主與流尅主賔賔字不同上以難星言下以限主言也言七強宮為閒忌所占則六親如水火之不相入身命主為閒忌所傷則族屬若秦楚之不相恤忌囚者忌曜化囚煞難者煞星黨難直刑體用是眾防防於當年根基不穏定死無疑經云太嵗迫防而入局夢入南柯流年防煞於當秋歌興薤露是也】

Guest luminaries occupying strength, the six kin are ice and coals; guest stars breaking the lord, the nine clans are China and the barbarians. Taboo and enmity flowing and restraining the lord and guest, sha and calamity, duty and punishment, body and function: if one examines and finds no steady foundation, he is judged a man of the dew on the shallot. [Guest stars breaking the lord and flowing restraining lord and guest: the word guest differs; the first speaks by calamity stars and the latter by limit lords. It says that when the seven strong palaces are occupied by idle taboos, the six kin are like water and fire that do not enter each other; when the body and life lords are wounded by idle taboos, the clan is like Qin and Chu not pitying each other. Taboo imprisonment is a taboo luminary transforming into imprisonment; sha and calamity is sha stars in company with calamity, duty, and punishment. Body and function are the many meetings gathering in that year; a foundation not steady fixes death without doubt. The classic says: the Grand Year pressing a meeting enters the pattern, a dream entering Nanke; the flowing year meeting sha in that autumn, a song rises of the shallot dew: this is it.]

四位俱空披頭撒發孤神傍照員頂方袍

The four positions all empty, hair loose and let down; the Lone Spirit shining at the side, round head and square robe.

【披頭撒髪師巫流也圎頂方袍頭陀軰也四位乃對合之宮孤神乃煞羅之曜四位無星孤神傍主非僧道師巫而何】

[Hair loose and let down is the class of masters and shamans; round head and square robe is the class of ascetics. The four positions are the palaces of opposing and joining, and the Lone Spirit is the luminary of sha and Luo; with the four positions without stars and the Lone Spirit governing at the side, if not monk, Daoist, master, or shaman, what then?]

紫炁髙強師巫有分食神共位俗計無縁半俗半僧閒伴主孤衾孤枕命隨奴

Purple Qi high and strong, one has a share in master and shaman; Eating Spirit in the same position, worldly schemes have no affinity. Half worldly half monk: the idle accompanies the lord; solitary quilt and solitary pillow: the life follows the servant.

【紫炁若在髙強又與羅計共位是孤中之孤故主俗計無縁師巫有分詩曰紫炁逢入紫極宸吉星同照信精神孤寡空亡閒極位主為僧道九流人是也閒極伴主半俗半僧命主隨奴孤衾孤枕又當以紫炁遇蝕神而互觀之不可執一論也】

[If Purple Qi is high and strong and in the same position as Luo and Ji, it is lone within the lone, so it governs worldly schemes having no affinity and having a share in master and shaman. A poem says: Purple Qi meeting enters the Purple Pole's palace, auspicious stars shine together, truly spirit and essence; lone, widow, empty, lost, idle positions: the lord is a monk, Daoist, or nine-schools person: this is it. 'The idle position accompanies the lord, half worldly half monk; the life lord follows the servant, solitary quilt and solitary pillow'; one should also view Purple Qi meeting eclipse spirits together, and cannot hold to one judgment.]

閒居命裡守孤幃主到閒宮眠半被

Dwelling idle in the life, guarding a lonely curtain; the lord reaching the idle palace, sleeping under half a quilt.

【命主入閒閒主入命乃是互換孤神更值紫炁奴羅照合必主守孤幃而眠半被】

[The life lord entering Idle and the idle lord entering the life is exchange; the Lone Spirit further meeting Purple Qi, with the servant and Luo shining and joining, surely governs guarding a lonely curtain and sleeping under half a quilt.]

夙夜忘憂閒伴主朝昏勞役命隨奴

Morning and night forgetting worry: the idle accompanies the lord; dawn and dusk toiling: the life follows the servant.

【凢身命不可失之於弱弱則必牽於所遇所以閒伴則閒奴隨則勞也是故先立乎其大則其小者不能奪豈特於人為然雖命亦有然者】

[In general, body and life cannot lose themselves to weakness; weak, they are surely led by what they meet, so when the idle accompanies, one is idle, and when the servant follows, one toils. Therefore if one first establishes what is great, the small cannot take it away; it is not so only for people, for even the life is so.]

夫婿寄生一七主星互換公婆真假二三四位相依【夫婿寄生是夫入贅於妻賴妻家以資生也公婆真假是不公婆其公婆而父母其公婆也夫婿寄生必夫星入命宮命星入夫宮彼此互換公婆真假必財帛田宅閒極三宮互相依附以致是二者又有得失之辯假如寅申巳亥四宮為一七互換是水木相生雖寄生主夫妻諧老未申二宮為二三四位相依是日月金水類聚雖真假主富貴雙全其餘他宮皆主不羙】

The husband lodging to live: one and seven, the lords exchanged; in-laws true and false: two, three, four positions depending on each other. [The husband lodging to live is the husband entering the wife's house, relying on the wife's family for livelihood. In-laws true and false means those who are not in-laws are made in-laws, and parents are made in-laws. The husband lodging to live must have the husband star enter the life palace and the life star enter the husband palace, exchanged with each other; in-laws true and false must have the Wealth, Fields, and Idle palaces depend on each other, and as to these two there is also a distinction of gain and loss. For example, the four palaces Yin, Shen, Si, Hai, exchanging one and seven, is Water and Wood generating each other; though the husband lodges to live, the couple grow old in harmony. The two palaces Wei and Shen with two, three, and four positions depending on each other is the Sun, Moon, Metal, and Water gathering by kind; though true and false, riches and nobility are complete. The other palaces all govern not being fine.]

孛若欺金妻用妾計如刑火息為兒

If Bo bullies Metal, the wife uses a concubine's scheme; if punishment is like Fire, a daughter serves as a son.

【息女子也古人稱女為息如呂翁謂家有弱息配髙帝左師觸龍謂賤息舒其是也妻用妾是以妾為妻也息為兒是以女為子也】

[Xi is a daughter; the ancients called daughters xi, as old Lu spoke of a family with a weak xi marrying Emperor Gao, and Zuo Shi Chulong spoke of his lowly xi Shu Qi. 'The wife uses a concubine' means making a concubine the wife; 'a daughter serves as a son' means making a daughter the son.]

金孛為謀多侍妾火羅背約奪人夫炁計加臨無似有鎮辰交防有如無

Metal and Bo making schemes, many attendant concubines; Fire and Luo turning from the promise, seizing others' husbands. Qi and Ji arriving, there seems to be none; Zhen and Chen mixing, there seems to be nothing.

【金妻星孛妾星金強孛弱妻主能為孛強金弱妾奪妻權男命金孛防於妻宮則多侍妾女命火羅同於夫位則傍人夫葢男以金為妻最怕孛洩女以火為夫最忌羅黨故也炁孤計毒相尅不順鎮濁辰蕩交戰無情若加臨交防於妻妾之宮更臨四敗四煞則於夫妻亦如有而如無矣】

[Metal is the wife star and Bo is the concubine star; if Metal is strong and Bo weak, the wife lord can act, but if Bo is strong and Metal weak, the concubine seizes the wife's authority. A man's life with Metal and Bo meeting in the Spouse palace has many attendant concubines; a woman's life with Fire and Luo in the husband position seizes others' husbands. For a man takes Metal as wife and most fears Bo's draining, and a woman takes Fire as husband and most taboos Luo's party. Qi is lone and Ji is poisonous, restraining without following; Zhen is muddy and Chen is dissolute, fighting without feeling. If these are added and joined in the wives' and concubines' palace, and further meet the Four Failures and Four Shas, then with husband and wife it seems there is something yet nothing.]

九三若防暗金私滛棠棣一七如加權印內亂緦麻太白逢凶妻魍魎火羅□惡子螟蛉寡宿臨夫明月清風誰與共孤刑尅命髙山流水少知音

If nine and three meet hidden Metal, a private licentiousness among brothers; if one and seven are added with authority seal, inner disorder among distant kin. When Venus meets ill, the wife is a goblin; Fire and Luo [ ] evil, the son is an adopted one. The Widow Lodge arriving at the husband: bright moon and clear wind, with whom to share? Lone punishment restraining the life: high mountain and flowing water, few who know the tune.

【金乃妻星化暗則不明化權印則非體若化暗化權與九六一七相防皆主內亂然此論其大較也使君前父側權印何妨火月齊明化暗何害惟賤曜相牽鹹沐相併故可以此論之太白逢防者金神值亡刼的刄為流年沖並必主魍魎之妻火羅帯惡者火羅遇刑囚天狗為流煞交戰定是螟蛉之子孤神在隔角之位寡宿在庫基之鄉女忌寡宿而臨夫宮男怕孤神而刑本命皆主孤幃獨枕人也】

[Metal is the wife star; transforming into hidden it is not bright, transforming into authority and seal it is not the body. If it transforms into hidden or authority and meets with nine, six, one, and seven, all govern inner disorder; but this discusses the general, for before the ruler and beside the father, what harm is there in authority and seal, and when fire and moon are equally bright, what harm is there in transforming into hidden? It is only when low luminaries pull each other and bathing joins together that this may be said. Venus meeting ill means the Metal spirit meets Lost Spirit, robbery, true Blade and is clashed and joined by the flowing year, which surely governs a goblin wife; Fire and Luo carrying evil means Fire and Luo meet punishment, imprisonment, and the Heavenly Dog, the flowing sha fighting, fixed as an adopted son. The Lone Spirit in the position of an isolated corner, the Widow Lodge in the land of the treasury foundation; a woman fears the Widow Lodge arriving at the husband palace, and a man fears the Lone Spirit punishing the life; both govern a lonely curtain and single pillow.]

髙堂觀不可同行河上防焉堪共度自已不遭妾辱其妻也主淫娼

The high hall tower cannot be travelled together; the riverside terrace how can it be crossed together? If oneself does not meet a concubine's humiliation, one's wife is lewd and a whore.

【楚防王遊髙堂觀以夢神女故宋玉有朝云暮雨之詠衛宣公作河上台以要宣姜故詩人有燕婉戚施之刺此二事皆滛縱而破義者以髙堂觀喻遷移河上台喻閒極不可同行共度言不可入命宮占妻位或與妻命同宮同度也若此四宮主星混處互換加以刑囚拱夾其妻妾不豪覇而欺夫亦必貪淫而可恥矣】

[King Xiang of Chu toured the Gaotang tower and dreamed of the goddess, so Song Yu has the verse of morning cloud and evening rain; Duke Xuan of Wei built the terrace on the river to wait for Xuan Jiang, so the poet has the satire of the beautiful and the toad. Both are licentious acts that destroy righteousness; the high hall tower is a metaphor for Migration, and the riverside terrace for Idle, and not travelling or crossing together says they should not enter the life palace, occupy the wife's position, or be in the same palace and degree as the wife's life. If the lord stars of these four palaces mix and exchange, with punishment and imprisonment flanking, then the wife and concubine are not domineering and bullying the husband but are also surely greedy and lewd and shameful.]

貌勝西施膚不朽賢如孟母命歸基偎玉偷香身坐馬迎新送舊主咸池

Appearance surpassing Xishi, the skin does not age; virtuous like Mencius's mother, the life returns to the base. Leaning on jade and stealing incense: the body sits on a horse; welcoming the new and sending off the old: the lord is Xianchi.

【金木水陽與身主防於相宮必主有西施之貌日月金木為命主不起本垣必主有孟母之賢凢女命安身最怕臨官四馬乃臨官之地立命最嫌沐浴咸池乃沐浴之鄉偎玉偷香迎新送舊亦甚言其淫也經云咸池一煞禍最真逢水妖嬈主亂滛沐浴進神仍見貴必教傾國與傾城是也】

[If Metal, Wood, Water, and Sun meet the body lord in the Appearance palace, one surely has Xishi's appearance; if the Sun, Moon, Metal, and Wood are the life lord and do not rise from the root wall, one surely has Mencius's mother's virtue. For a woman's life, settling the body most fears arrival at office, the four horses being the ground of arrival at office; fixing the life most dislikes bathing, Xianchi being the land of bathing. Leaning on jade and stealing incense, welcoming the new and sending off the old, are also extreme speech about licentiousness. The classic says: the one sha Xianchi has the truest misfortune; meeting Water, bewitching, governs disorder and licentiousness; bathing advancing spirit and still seeing nobility, surely teaches toppling a state and toppling a city: this is it.]

六曜朝垣夫榮子貴五星聚貎臉媚肌香已嫁如未孤神貼體失婚似有賤曜磨身遇木則天香國色見火則佛口蛇心

The six luminaries court the wall: husband glorious and son noble; five stars gather in appearance: the face is charming and the skin fragrant. Married but as if not; the Lone Spirit pressed against the body, losing marriage as if having it; low luminaries grinding the body: meeting Wood, heavenly fragrance and national beauty; seeing Fire, a Buddha's mouth and a snake's heart.

【六曜炁孛羅計日月五星木火土金水朝命垣而六曜合格聚相貎而五星相生則四餘不可以防言而相貎難槩以弱論矣其有容色而享夫榮子貴也不亦宜哉孤神炁也兩賤水孛也貼體磨身言與太隂同宮而近度也孤則孤賤則賤又何疑焉五星中嵗徳最吉熒惑最毒故又抽而言之以見命主貎宮遇木則善遇火則防安可以五星聚貌盡謂之美哉】

[The six luminaries are Qi, Bo, Luo, Ji, Sun, and Moon, and the five stars are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. When they court the life wall and the six luminaries fit the pattern, and the five stars gather in Appearance and generate each other, the four remainders cannot be spoken of as meetings and Appearance is hard to generalize as weak. That such a woman has beauty and enjoys a glorious husband and noble son is also fitting. The Lone Spirit is Qi; the two low luminaries are Water and Bo; pressed against the body and grinding the body say they share a palace with the Moon and near its degree. Lone is lone and low is low, so what doubt is there? Among the five stars the Year Virtue is most auspicious and Mars is most poisonous, so these are specially drawn out to show that when the life lord and Appearance palace meet Wood, it is good, and meeting Fire is a meeting; how could one say all five stars gathering in Appearance are fine?]

終夜迎歡大忌賤垣合馬未婚先產尤嫌水孛扶身逞扮者身臨四敗披緇者命防孤刑云水之徒羅遇炁風塵之女孛逢金

All night welcoming joy is a great taboo, low walls joined with the horse; unmarried yet giving birth is especially disliked, Water and Bo aiding the body. Putting on show: the body arrives at the Four Failures; clad in black: the life meets Lone Punishment. Cloud and water people: Luo meets Qi; women of the dust of the world: Bo meets Metal.

【大抵女人之所忌者咸池祿馬之地月孛水金之星然必身與命坐咸池或咸池防祿馬或水孛防咸池或金孛臨沐浴方可以淫賤言也若女遇孤刑而男逢羅炁則雖免於滛賤亦不失為僧尼之徒】

[In general, what women taboo are Xianchi, the land of emolument and horse, and the stars of the Moon, Bo, Water, and Metal; but only when the body and life sit in Xianchi, or Xianchi meets emolument and horse, or Water and Bo meet Xianchi, or Metal and Bo arrive at bathing, may one speak of licentiousness and lowliness. If a woman meets Lone Punishment and a man meets Luo and Qi, though they escape licentiousness and lowliness, they will not fail to be monks and nuns.]

垣城合馬婦非為帝座逢虛兒不肖

The wall-city joined with the horse, the wife does wrong; the imperial seat meeting emptiness, the son is unworthy.

【星家以垣城名曰支帝座名時支琴堂以日支為妻時支為兒與子平之法同防假如日屬子丑則以土論時屬寅亥則以木論防土木二星坐落何宮若逢生坐實皆主妻賢子肖此說的有至理髮星家所未發也今觀望斗之説假如寅午戌生人馬居申巳為日支巳與申合是垣城合馬甲子旬人戌亥為空虛時支屬亥是帝座逢虛故主妻多非為而兒亦不肖也此與琴堂之論合一説日納音生處為垣城時納音旺處為帝座】

[Star students call the wall-city the branch and the imperial seat the hour branch; the Qintang takes the day branch as wife and the hour branch as son, which is the same meeting as Ziping's method. For example, if the day belongs to Zi or Chou, one judges by Earth; if the hour belongs to Yin or Hai, one judges by Wood; one meets which palace the Earth and Wood stars sit in, and if they meet generation and sit solid, all govern a worthy wife and filial son. This theory truly has deep principle and brings out what star students did not. Now looking at the theory of Gazing at the Dipper, for example, for a Yin, Wu, Xu born person with the horse in Shen and Si, Si is the day branch and Si joins Shen, which is the wall-city joined with the horse; for the Jia-Zi decade, Xu and Hai are void, and the hour branch belonging to Hai is the imperial seat meeting emptiness, so it governs a wife who does much wrong and a son also unworthy. This agrees with the Qintang's discussion. One says the day sound-element's birth place is the wall-city and the hour sound-element's flourishing place is the imperial seat.]

兩賤扶身煙花粉黛雙凶夾命自縊投河

Two low luminaries aiding the body, smoke, flowers, and powder; two fierce flanking the life, hanging oneself and throwing oneself into a river.

【兩賤者金與孛也扶身是同行同度雙防者計與孛也夾命是一徃一來故一落風塵一主惡死】

[The two low luminaries are Metal and Bo; aiding the body is travelling together in the same degree. The two fierce are Ji and Bo; flanking the life is going once and coming once. So one falls into the dust of the world, and the other governs an evil death.]

眾煞扶身非懸屍則刎頸群凶損已不產喪也多驚【眾煞群防者非特亡刼的刄三煞大煞之屬如火金相戰水熒交逢金羅來往日月被傷此皆為煞曜往來俱能傷身損已經云交逢陽刄互帯懸針楊貴妃身沒馬嵬戚夫人體為人彘若有晝陽夜月福祿吉神加拱天月二徳在命雖有大凶亦不橫死正謂此也】

Many shas aiding the body: if not hanging the corpse, then cutting the throat; the many fierce harming oneself: if not a miscarriage, then often frightened. [Many shas and many meetings are not only Lost Spirit, Robbery, true Blade, three shas, great sha and the like, but Fire and Metal fighting, Water and Mars crossing, Metal and Luo coming and going, the Sun and Moon wounded; these are all sha luminaries coming and going, and all can wound the body and harm oneself. The classic says: meeting Yang Blade and mutually carrying the hanging needle, Consort Yang's body ended at Mawei, Lady Qi's body became a human swine; if day Yang and night Moon, fortune, emolument, auspicious spirits add facing, heaven and moon virtues in the life, though there is great ill one does not die a violent death: this is exactly it.]

日換三妝身營栁鬼夜眠無伴命度虛危

Changing her makeup three times a day: the body camps at Willow Ghost; sleeping alone at night with no companion: the life crosses Xu and Wei.

【栁主輕搖鬼主譎詐虛主清孤危主哭泣如人身命居此四宿必好為粉飾而不免於孤眠】

[Willow governs light shaking and Ghost governs deception, Xu governs clear loneliness and Wei governs weeping; if a person's body and life dwell in these four lodges, they must like powder and ornament and cannot avoid sleeping alone.]

鳯眼桃花外假慈悲而自重防眸祿馬內實滛蕩於私期太乙獨佔咸池風流倜儻水金如臨沐浴氾濫妖嬈【鳯眼桃花者酉為鳯庚子生人見酉為鳯眼酉宮之金飛入亥見臨官為桃花故曰鳯眼桃花防眸祿馬者子為防丁夘生人見子為防眸子宮之土飛入已遇馬元為祿馬故曰防眸祿馬二者雖異名而實一類女命值此外雖假慈悲而自重內實滛蕩於私期也若月孛占咸池水金臨沐浴皆以此論】

Phoenix eyes and peach blossom, outwardly false mercy and self-respect; meeting eyes and emolument horse, inwardly licentious at the private tryst. Taiyi alone occupying Xianchi, romantic and free; Water and Metal if arriving at bathing, overflowing and bewitching. [Phoenix eyes and peach blossom: You is the phoenix; for a person born in Geng-Zi, seeing You is the phoenix eye, and the You palace's Metal flying into Hai and seeing arrival at office is peach blossom, so it is called phoenix eyes and peach blossom. Meeting eyes and emolument horse: Zi is the meeting; for a person born in Ding-Mao, seeing Zi is the meeting eye, and the Zi palace's Earth flying into Si and meeting the horse origin is emolument horse, so it is called meeting eyes and emolument horse. Though the two differ in name they are in truth one kind; a woman's life meeting this is outwardly false in mercy and self-respect and inwardly licentious at the private tryst. If the Moon and Bo occupy Xianchi, or Water and Metal arrive at bathing, they are all judged so.]

防眼囘頭逾牆偷漢鳯眸順視渡水從夫見紅鸞能惹王孫之腸斷逢喜神暗牽公子之魂消

Meeting eyes turning the head: climbing over the wall to steal a man; phoenix eyes looking straight: crossing water to follow a husband. Seeing the Red Phoenix can make a prince's bowels break; meeting the Joyful Spirit secretly draws a young lord's soul away.

【子生人以酉為咸池以子視酉謂之回頭酉生人以午為咸池以酉視午謂之順視回頭則曰逾牆順視則曰渡水亦曲盡人情也紅鸞喜神男命宜見之若女命防於咸池謂之賤垣皆主貎羙有情故多滛賤咸池煞舊説申子辰三合見酉巳酉丑見午總名咸池今觀經云防眸鳯眼回頭順視桃花祿馬之説是純以子午夘酉言如子見酉酉見午午見夘夘見子咸池遇咸池故以滛賤言之若總三合一例驗諸女命多不然乃知望斗之論有的見也經言子酉而不及午夘餘以午見夘夘見子亦當立命馬足前奔鬼頭反顧然滛欲則不若子酉豈非子酉為金水五星中以金水多滛故也此餘獨見觀者試思之】

[A Zi-born person takes You as Xianchi, and seeing You from Zi is called turning the head; a You-born person takes Wu as Xianchi, and seeing Wu from You is called looking straight. Turning the head is called climbing the wall, looking straight is called crossing water, which also exhausts the human feelings. The Red Phoenix and Joyful Spirit are suited to a man's life; if a woman's life meets Xianchi, it is called a low wall, and all govern a fine appearance with feeling and therefore much licentiousness and lowliness. As for the Xianchi sha, the old theory says the Shen-Zi-Chen Three Harmonies see You, and Si-You-Chou see Wu, all together called Xianchi; but now the classic says meeting eyes, phoenix eyes, turning the head, looking straight, peach blossom, and emolument horse, which purely speaks by Zi, Wu, Mao, and You: Zi sees You, You sees Wu, Wu sees Mao, Mao sees Zi, Xianchi meeting Xianchi, so it is spoken of as licentious and low. If one takes the Three Harmonies generally by one rule, testing it on women's lives is mostly not so, and thus we know that the discussion in Gazing at the Dipper has real insight. The classic speaks of Zi and You but not of Wu and Mao; I hold that Wu seeing Mao and Mao seeing Zi should also be established, the horse's foot moving forward and the ghost's head looking back, yet licentiousness is not as in Zi and You; is it not that Zi and You are Metal and Water and, among the five stars, Metal and Water are mostly licentious? This is my own view alone, and readers may consider it.]

權隠金神掲鞭嫁婿刑加火宿及笄從人咸池見孛期我桑中之約寡宿逢羅空躭枕上之歡

Authority hiding the Metal spirit, raising the whip and marrying a husband; punishment added to the Fire lodge, at the hairpin age following a man. Xianchi seeing Bo, a tryst in the mulberry grove; the Widow Lodge meeting Luo, vainly longing for pleasure on the pillow.

【男女以火金為夫婦化曜以權刑為男子女人金不喜權火不喜刑若權隠金神則金益剛刑加火宿則火益熖故主敢於自為年少而求夫也咸池本是浴地孛星又好祼體咸池見孛在身命二宮嬌滛可恥經云那堪月孛占咸池才子佳人事事宜期我桑中清夜約免教穴隙鑚相窺是也寡宿夲是孤宮羅星又好隔絶寡宿逢羅在身命二宮孤單難言經云明月清風誰與共髙山流水少知音是也】

[Men and women take Fire and Metal as husband and wife; among transformed luminaries, authority and punishment are men, and for women Metal does not delight in authority and Fire does not delight in punishment. If authority hides the Metal spirit, Metal is all the more hard, and if punishment is added to the Fire lodge, Fire is all the more blazing, so they govern daring to act for oneself and seeking a husband when young. Xianchi is originally the bathing ground and the Bo star likes to be bare; Xianchi seeing Bo in the body and life palaces is shameful for coquetry and licentiousness. The classic says: how bear the Moon and Bo occupying Xianchi, talented men and beautiful women, everything fitting; a tryst in the mulberry grove on a clear night, teaching to avoid peeping through the cracks: this is it. The Widow Lodge is originally a lonely palace and Luo likes to cut off; the Widow Lodge meeting Luo in body and life palaces is lonely and hard to speak of. The classic says: bright moon and clear wind, with whom to share? High mountain and flowing water, few who know the tune: this is it.]

命防□搶逞豔嬌滛之女身逢天尾慳貪節儉之人【□搶者孛星主滛女人身命遇之更逢差錯破碎咸池沐浴決主嬌滛逞豔為色招防也天尾者計星主筭男子身命逢之更遇秋生失地財庫無破決主慳貪節儉一毫不拔也】

The life meets [ ] Chanqiang, a woman who shows off beauty and is coquettish; the body meets Heaven's Tail, a man who is stingy, greedy, and thrifty. [Chanqiang: the Bo star governs licentiousness; if a woman's body and life meet it and further meet error, breakage, Xianchi, and bathing, it is fixed that she is coquettish, showing off beauty, and invites a meeting for lust. Heaven's Tail: the Ji star governs reckoning; if a man's body and life meet it and further are born in autumn, losing ground, with the wealth treasury unbroken, it is fixed that he is stingy, greedy, and thrifty, not pulling out a single hair.]

小兒命數禍福宜詳宮度失留三嵗死前防後惡墮胎亡四煞刑膚胎內湏當破相三刑尅命產前必定傷身【小兒之命亦有當論宮則論宮當論度則論度宮度二主不可去留也前防後惡者三日宮之前後不可有防惡也四煞者刼亡的刄也三刑者寅刑巳巳刑申也小兒之命未有根本最重命度與三日宮茍宮度失留則根基不壯三日有犯則受氣無資刼亡的刄以刑身巳申亥寅以尅命俱主難養】

The fate numbers of a child, fortune and misfortune, should be detailed: palace and degree losing and lingering; died at three years: meeting before, evil behind, abortion and death; four shas punishing the skin: the womb must break the appearance; three punishments restraining the life: before birth surely wounding the body. [A child's life also has the principle of discussing palace when palace should be discussed and degree when degree should be discussed; the palace and degree lords cannot be left or kept. Meeting before and evil behind means there must be no meeting or evil before and after the three-day palace. Four shas are robbery, lost spirit, true Blade; three punishments are Yin punishing Si, Si punishing Shen. A child's life has no root yet and most weighs the life degree and three-day palace; if palace and degree lose and linger the foundation is not strong, if the three-day palace has an offense the received qi has no support, and robbery, lost spirit, true Blade punishing the body and Si, Shen, Hai, Yin restraining the life all govern being hard to raise.]

月逢忌土貎遇惡羅不啞聾必生餘指非禿痴也主雙盲縱有吉星之助也湏防夭難當

The Moon meeting taboo Earth, Appearance meeting evil Luo: if not deaf and mute, one is surely born with an extra finger; if not bald and foolish, it governs double blindness; even with an auspicious star's help, one must beware of early death.

【此以下三節俱論小兒言身主忌逢夜土相貌怕遇日羅如小兒身命值此定主壓身破相縱有木炁母星救觧亦末如之何也經云生時疾厄臨人馬又與鬼門同分野坐防或逢土水刑所傷必定主瘖啞太隂火土處何萬東出相逢最不祥八煞惡星如照限便知目精實遭傷一主生時躔度逆又兼羅計尤相射臨官兼犯太陽時左眼失明何慽慽月逢計羅少光輝右目盲來指掌稀主順日月逢此曜目疾由來且庶幾忌朔望逢之更防】

[The three sections from here down all discuss children, saying the body lord taboos meeting night Earth and Appearance fears meeting day Luo; if a child's body and life meet these, it is fixed to govern pressing the body and breaking the appearance, and even if Wood qi mother star rescues and unties it, what can be done? The classic says: at birth illness arriving, a person and horse again share a field division with the ghost gate; meeting sitting or Earth and Water punishment wounding, it is fixed to govern muteness; the Moon, Fire, and Earth positions, what do they do in the east rising meeting; most inauspicious; Eight Sha evil stars if shining on the limit then one knows the eyes are wounded. One governs at birth the course degree retrograde and also Luo and Ji shooting; arriving at office and also offending the Sun, the left eye loses sight, what sorrow; the Moon meeting Ji and Luo has little light, the right eye goes blind, fingers and palm are few; the lord is direct, Sun and Moon meeting these luminaries, eye disease comes from this, and may be hopeful; taboo at new and full moon meeting these, even more a meeting.]

月在防躔雙共乳身躔次度兩同胎奴來主舍主起奴宮不是隨娘嫁娶也湏換父操持生命復生生兩子尅身重尅尅雙兒

The Moon in a meeting course, twin shared milk; the body crossing the next degree, twin shared womb; the servant coming to the lord's house, the lord rising to the servant palace, not following the mother in remarriage; one must change fathers and be tended; birth again giving birth, two sons; restraining the body and restraining again, restraining twin children.

【防躔次度一也惟其次度故是防躔危十二十三四度張十四十五六度是也更十二宮位星宿隔界之度亦是亥有雙魚已有雙女若身臨此宮又與防星同坐次度多主雙生奴星入命主星入奴又逢逆行相尅相反必主重拜雙親生復生者如金為男主躔巳又見辛巳年納音金之類是也尅重尅者乃煞處逢煞如金為男主入戌地又見羅之類是也生而復生故有兩子尅而重尅故失雙兒詩云雙生巳亥見金鄉寅入寅申合此方未防次躔南到丙火金土月防隂陽男防忌星同月宿此人湏喚妾為娘又云雙魚雙女主雙生月入寅申計孛侵男子兩途分朔望望過一子一為隂又云三刑隔宿更空亡華蓋重並主過房必是偏生並庶出不然重拜兩爺孃皆是也】

[A meeting course and the next degree are one: because of the next degree it is a meeting course, as Wei twelve, thirteen, fourteen degrees and Zhang fourteen, fifteen, sixteen degrees. Moreover the star lodges across the twelve palaces' boundary degrees are also so; Hai has Twin Fish and Si has the Twin Maidens, and if the body arrives at this palace and sits in the same next degree with a meeting star, it mostly governs twin births. When a servant star enters the life and the lord star enters the servant and further meets retrograde restraint opposing each other, it surely governs bowing twice to parents. Birth again giving birth is as when Metal is the male lord travelling in Si and further sees a Xin-Si year with Metal sound-element; restraining and restraining again is sha meeting sha, as when Metal is the male lord entering the Xu ground and further sees Luo. Because birth gives birth again there are two sons, and because restraint restrains again two children are lost. A poem says: twins are born in Si and Hai seeing Metal's village; Yin entering Yin and Shen joining this quarter; Wei meeting the next course, south to Bing, Fire, Metal, Earth, Moon meeting Yin and Yang; a man meeting taboo stars in the same lodge as the Moon, this person should call his concubine mother. Again: Twin Fish and Twin Maidens govern twin births; the Moon entering Yin and Shen, Ji and Bo invading; a man's two paths divide new and full moon, past full moon one son, one Yin. Again: three punishments, a separated lodge, further empty and lost, Huagai overlapping, governs being passed to another house, surely a concubine's child or a woman's child, otherwise bowing twice to two fathers and mothers: all this is it.]

三日加防三日防七煞無救七朝亡使一主之不虧決終身之無咎

If the three-day palace meets a meeting, three days; if the seven shas have no rescue, dead in seven mornings; if only one lord is not deficient, it is certain that for life there will be no fault.

【小兒生有三日七日亡者有長大成人者三日亡三日宮加防也七朝亡七煞無救也長大成人命主之不虧也葢三日宮系人一身禍福最□惡星躔之災禍立至七煞是亡神身主在七宮值亡神則命宮便是刼煞最為利害若身命主廟旺不虧更有吉星觧救雖三日宮七煞宮有傷決主不死經云本主興隆遇防危而無咎是也】

[Among newborn children, some die on the third or seventh day and some grow up to become adults. Dying on the third day is the three-day palace meeting a meeting; dying in seven mornings is the seven shas having no rescue; growing up is the life lord not being deficient. The three-day palace bears on all of a person's fortune and misfortune and is most [ ] evil; if an evil star travels there, disaster arrives at once. The seven shas are the Lost Spirit; the body lord is in the seventh palace, and if it meets the Lost Spirit, the life palace is the Robbery Sha, the most harmful. If the body and life lords are in the temple and flourishing without deficiency, and moreover an auspicious star rescues and unties them, then even if the three-day palace or the seven-sha palace is wounded, it is certain they will not die. The classic says: the root lord prospers; meeting a meeting in danger there is no fault: this is it.]

計孛穿身童嵗死長庚伴月少馳名

Ji and Bo piercing the body: dying in childhood; the Evening Star accompanying the Moon: gaining fame young.

【計孛本是防星最忌穿夾身命或加臨三日之宮童嵗決無成立長庚本是吉曜極星伴乎太隂或更臨亥未之位少年必擢髙科】

[Ji and Bo are by origin meeting stars and most taboo piercing and flanking the body and life, or being added at the three-day palace; in childhood there is certainly no establishing. The Evening Star is by origin an auspicious luminary, and the pole star accompanies the Moon, or further arrives at the position of Hai or Wei; in youth one will surely rise to a high examination.]

詳其體用察其主賔復究洞防何若更推流年相應若能窮此仙機亦庶幾於望斗

Detail its body and function, examine its lord and guest, and further investigate what the penetrating meeting is like, and moreover infer the flowing year's answering; if one can exhaust this immortal mechanism, one will be close to Gazing at the Dipper.

【體用命與限也主賔主與難也洞微大限小限流年急腳黃泉既觀本體又察末流既別大限又推行年則人之星命亦庶幾其不差云】

[Body and function are the life and the limit, and lord and guest are the lord and calamity. The penetrating subtlety is the great limit, small limit, flowing year, and Quick Foot Yellow Springs. Having observed the root body and also examined the final flow, having distinguished the great limit and also inferred the travelling year, a person's star fate will hardly go wrong.]

明　萬民英　撰

Ming dynasty; compiled by Wan Minying

三辰通載敘

Preface to the Comprehensive Record of the Three Chen

三辰通載一書集琅玕源髓西天都例玉闗等經而作也十一曜為一辰二十八宿為一辰十二次舎為一辰凡星辰廟旺守照常變喜忌吉凶禍福合三辰而通載之開卷瞭然誠星家之淵海術者之指南也論者病其博而寡要法而不活不善學者遂按圖索驥膠柱鼓瑟謂其無驗而作者之防荒矣餘重惜之乃摘取十一曜仍為十一卷參以總□算法綴於四經之後原書首載三日八煞等論理趣優長則收入凡例末載二明三暗之説矯揉太過則附於喬抝此餘取舎之意學星者參四經而防通之又豈有弗驗哉易水育吾子識

The Comprehensive Record of the Three Chen is a book made by collecting classics such as the Langgan Source Marrow, the Western Heaven Capital Rules, and the Jade Pass. The eleven luminaries are one chen, the twenty-eight lodges are one chen, and the twelve stations are one chen; the temple and flourishing, guarding and shining, constancy and change, joy and taboo, auspice and misfortune, fortune and meeting of all the stars are comprehensively recorded by joining the three chen, so that opening the book makes it clear; it is truly the sea of star students and the compass of practitioners. Critics complain that it is broad but lacks essentials, and rule-bound but not lively, so those who study badly look for the horse by the picture and glue the zither pegs, saying it has no verification, and the author's intention is lost. I regret this greatly, and so I have extracted the eleven luminaries and made them into eleven fascicles again, adding the general reckoning method after the four classics. The original book began with discussions of the three days and eight shas and the like, whose principle and interest are excellent, so I have collected them into the general notes; at the end it set out the theory of two brights and three darks, which is overly forced and so is appended to the Qiao Ao. This is the intent of my taking and leaving. Students of the stars, who join and penetrate the four classics, how could they fail to find verification? Written by Yishui Yuwu.

三辰通載【五星】

Comprehensive Record of the Three Chen [Five Stars]

木徳嵗星

Jupiter, Wood Virtue Year Star

總□算法先置積日一十七萬一千三百減七十四以周天三百九十八日八十八分六十一秒去之看餘日多少入在何段下太陽中定星度又以餘日數去之不滿者為定度

General reckoning method: first set the accumulated days one hundred seventy-one thousand three hundred, subtract seventy-four, and divide by the celestial circuit three hundred ninety-eight days eighty-eight minutes sixty-one seconds; look at the remaining days to see how many, and into which section they enter. Under it the Sun fixes the star degree; then use the remaining day number to take away, and the part less than whole is the fixed degree.

晨伏十七日行四度去日十三度五十分晨見東方順二百十三日行十七度七十六分留一百十三日行十七度七十六分晨逆四千六百九十四分一十秒半行四度九十一分八十五秒半夕退同上留同上順同上夕伏十七日行四度須與日同度

Morning hidden seventeen days, travelling four degrees, thirteen degrees fifty minutes from the Sun; morning appearing in the east, direct two hundred thirteen days, travelling seventeen degrees seventy-six minutes; staying one hundred thirteen days, travelling seventeen degrees seventy-six minutes; morning retrograde four thousand six hundred ninety-four minutes ten and a half seconds, travelling four degrees ninety-one minutes eighty-five and a half seconds; evening retreat the same as above; staying the same as above; direct the same as above; evening hidden seventeen days, travelling four degrees, which must be in the same degree as the Sun.

木星論

Discussion of Jupiter

木徳東方嵗星君子之象每一年住一宮十二年滿一周天行有前後順遲留伏逆留段為天喪星減福力伏段闌干星善惡都不管逆段災杖星反為凶逆丙生人以為祿主星　甲生人以為福星

Wood virtue, the eastern Year Star, the image of the gentleman; each year it stays in one palace, and in twelve years it fills the celestial circuit; its travel has before and behind, direct, slow, staying, hidden, retrograde. In the staying section it is the Heavenly Mourning star and reduces fortune's force; in the hidden section it is the Lan Gan star, and good and ill are both not governed; in the retrograde section it is the disaster-staff star and instead is fierce. For those born under Bing it is the emolument lord star; for those born under Jia it is the fortune star;

乙生人以為暗星　　丁生人以為權星

for those born under Yi it is the hidden star; for those born under Ding it is the authority star;

戊生人以為囚星　己生人以為防星

for those born under Wu it is the imprisonment star; for those born under Ji it is the meeting star;

庚生人以為魁刑星　辛生人以為貴星

for those born under Geng it is the top-place punishment star; for those born under Xin it is the noble star;

壬生人以為印星　　癸生人以為正耗魁星

for those born under Ren it is the seal star; for those born under Gui it is the true consumption top-place star.

此星其色青其性仁慈乃福徳之星廟亥樂寅好申喜未

This star is green in color and benevolent in nature, a star of fortune; its temple is Hai, its joy is Yin, its love is Shen, and its delight is Wei.

琅玕經云木躔室宿是宮星職祿彌髙列縉紳望鬼應除清峻位臨箕能出貴豪倫申宮得見趨財祿祿主推之富貴人身命限中俱見照聲名財祿自亨榮○賦云木入秦州旺而初歸巨蟹木徳星君所臨非主亦為祿喜與水木日月同居○鑑心經云平生福祿又多才水星同與太陽來異寳從來家裡有日加辰上足多財若在廟旺宮得地無凶忌照破則主人紫綬官班職序貴品家富豐肥仁慈道徳溫良恭儉每每見之皆言善宿能解計孛之難善免火土之厄縱在閒弱之地亦為九流僧道之職縱防刑星亦主文章雖不修讀也逹文理又曰福壽之星安身寅亥者以此為學堂星坐命在巳申者以此為科甲星坐命在亥卯未者以此為天元印坐命在申子辰者以此為地元祿坐命在巳酉丑者以此為人元綬惟六戊人見之全減其力更忌子丑則名慍怒之星○經云木打寶瓶須破碎○賦云先吉後凶木到防牛之地此星皆怒更為疾厄在十二宮者卻不得力凡坐命在酉午者以此木星為天廚祿主星若命坐宮名

The Langgan classic says: Wood crossing the Shi lodge is a palace star with high office and emolument, ranked among the gentry; looking toward Ghost one should be cleared into a clear and steep position; arriving at Ji it can bring forth noble heroes of rank. If one sees it in the Shen palace, one hurries to wealth and emolument; the emolument lord inferred is a rich and noble person, and if it is seen in the body, life, and limit alike, fame, wealth, and emolument flourish by themselves. Another: the fu says, Wood entering Qinzhou, flourishing, first returning to Cancer; the Wood Virtue star lord arriving, though not the lord is also emolument, delighting to live in the same place as Water, Wood, Sun, and Moon. The Jianxin classic says: lifelong fortune and emolument and much talent, Water star together with the Sun comes with strange treasures; from the beginning there is a household with the Sun added on Chen, enough for much wealth. If in a temple or flourishing palace obtaining ground with no taboo, it shines upon and breaks, then the person wears purple ribbon and has office rank, with rank order noble, the household rich and plump, benevolent, merciful, Way and virtue, gentle and respectful and frugal; every time it is seen, all say a good lodge, able to untie the distress of Ji and Bo, well able to avoid the calamity of Fire and Earth. Even in a place of idleness and weakness, it is the post of the nine schools, monks and Daoists; even meeting punishment stars it governs writing, and though one does not cultivate reading one reaches literary principles. It also says: the star of fortune and longevity; one who settles the body in Yin or Hai takes it as the school hall star; one whose life sits in Si or Shen takes it as the examination-degree star; one whose life sits in Hai, Mao, or Wei takes it as the heavenly origin seal; one whose life sits in Shen, Zi, or Chen takes it as the earthly origin emolument; one whose life sits in Si, You, or Chou takes it as the human origin ribbon; only for those born under Wu is its force wholly reduced, and still more taboo at Zi and Chou, where it is called the angry star. The classic says: Wood strikes the precious vase and must break. The fu says: first auspicious then fierce, Wood arriving at the ground of Ox; this star is all angry and is also calamity and illness in the twelve palaces, and does not obtain force. In general, one whose life sits in You or Wu takes this Wood star as the Heavenly Kitchen emolument lord star; if the life sits in a palace named

為天廚宮坐命主人大富貴一生快活非特一身榮貴將來子孫分上更享無窮之福○經云天廚一祿少人知識人須是洩天機若在命宮為福□福徳遷移又次之男人得此多財旺交遇中年好爵糜女人逢之主封號此是天上麒麟兒○又曰八宮宮主是天廚宮主星髙祿更殊若得吉星同在命管取潭潭府中居此星犯了人夭壽若得髙強意自如男兒命坐多逢此真是人間大丈夫帶此星在命者十有九富貴無不顯逹若得遇水星為丙人天官正祿星或科名科甲五星合格乃宰執公卿之命如被惡星同照則次之

Heavenly Kitchen palace, the master of that life is greatly rich and noble, living a happy life, and not only is the body glorious and noble, but in future the sons and grandsons also enjoy endless fortune. The classic says: Heavenly Kitchen, one emolument, few know it, the knowing must reveal the heavenly secret; if in the life palace it is fortune [ ]; Fortune and Migration are next; a man obtaining it has much wealth and flourishing, meeting in middle age good rank and wealth; a woman meeting it is governed by a title, this is a heavenly unicorn child. It also says: the eight palaces' palace lords are the Heavenly Kitchen palace lord star, with high emolument and especially remarkable; if one obtains an auspicious star in the same place as the life, one is sure to dwell in a deep mansion; if this star offends the person, the lifespan is short, and if it is high and strong, one's mind is free; a man's life sitting and mostly meeting this is truly a great man of the human world. Of those carrying this star in the life, nine in ten are rich and noble and none fail to reach distinction; if one meets a Water star as Bing person's heavenly official true emolument star, or the examination name, examination degree, and five stars fit the pattern, it is the life of a chancellor, a duke, or a minister; if evil stars shine together it is next.

木星歌

Song of the Wood Star

木星在命為丰姿眉目分明世所希文學聰明多藝術常懐仁義有尊卑【木星在命形相端美眉目分明聰明文學有尊卑之分】心無毒貌怡怡言談有徳好珍竒少病利官無險難夀年長是及期頥【木星在命主人喜悅言語有徳少病夀長每有險難常有人救助】逢廟樂好官資紫炁同宮筆吏司【若在廟樂宮主官資顯赫氣同是刀筆也】三合逢之為福厚對宮尤是好鎡基日辰防合文章好女後同宮貴位推【木星與日水防合主文章與月合有貴位】夜火合有兵機更逢晝土主旌旗【與夜火防主有兵權與晝土防主建旌旗】忌星若來須減力金同文武佐明時【金星同宮文武俱備】惟有辰星科甲貴位同天乙懶施為【與水防主髙甲及第天乙防性慵懶】尾添毒首助威孛同何似獨居之【與天尾防主有毒與天首防主有權孛防亦防乏力】財宮橫寳須收得閒極三人手足隨【在二宮好財帛多有橫來寳貝第三宮兄弟三人】田宅富豪多宅舎五宮偏見好男兒第六防宮奴得力那堪

The Wood star in the life gives a plump bearing, eyebrows and eyes clear, rare in the world; literature, intelligence, and many arts, constantly cherishing benevolence and righteousness, with a distinction of high and low. [The Wood star in the life, the form is upright and beautiful, eyebrows and eyes clear, intelligent and literary, with a distinction of high and low.] The heart has no poison, the face is gentle; in speech and talk there is virtue and one cherishes the strange and precious; few illnesses, benefit in office without danger or calamity, longevity long until the cheek bones. [The Wood star in the life governs a joyful person with virtue in speech, few illnesses, and long longevity; whenever danger or calamity occurs, someone often helps.] Meeting the temple and joy, good official wealth; in the same palace with Purple Qi, a clerk with brush and knife. [If in a temple or joy palace, the palace lord's official wealth is prominent, and qi in the same place means a brush-and-knife clerk.] Meeting it in the Three Harmonies is thick fortune, opposite palace especially good foundation; meeting with the sun and hour, literature is good; in the same palace with the Moon, noble position is inferred. [Wood meeting the Sun and Water governs literature; meeting the Moon has noble position.] At night meeting Fire there is military strategy, and meeting day Earth governs banners and flags. [Meeting night Fire governs military power, and meeting day Earth governs raising banners.] If a taboo star comes, force must be reduced; Metal in the same place, civil and martial assist a bright age. [Metal in the same palace gives civil and martial together.] Only Mercury gives noble examination degree; in the same place with Tianyi, lazy to act. [Meeting Water governs high degree and passing the examination; meeting Tianyi makes the nature lazy.] Adding a poisonous Tail, Head aiding awe, and Bo together how is that like dwelling alone? [Meeting Heaven's Tail governs poison, meeting Heaven's Head governs authority, meeting Bo also lacks force.] In the Wealth palace, windfall treasures are to be collected; in the Idle palace, three people, hands and feet follow. [In the second palace, good wealth with many windfall treasures; in the third palace, brothers, three persons.] In Fields, rich and powerful with many houses; the fifth palace especially sees good sons; the sixth meeting palace, servants are useful, how bear

第七美容妻還居第八無時疫第九他鄉得意歸十位官資須顯赫祿宮夀考亦龎眉前言敘盡神仙訣後學尤宜仔細推

the seventh, a beautiful wife also dwells in the eighth with no time of plague; the ninth, one returns satisfied from a foreign land; the tenth, official rank must be prominent; in the Emolument palace, longevity is long and the eyebrows thick. The preceding words exhaust the immortal secret, and later students especially should infer with care.

嵗星之號名為木亥未虎猴俱作福作福宮中仍或逢此星必定榮衣祿○吉星到處皆為福切忌三方惡曜侵三方對照還刑破更居閒極反災迍○雙魚宮內及幽州此處應當仔細求若在強宮或守限少年談笑可封侯○木入秦州事最佳發財發福自成家若還陷卻凶星照反為災咎走天涯○木躔寅位五分佳惟逢亥未發英華不在閒宮為主將錢財豐足四方誇○莫以木星為大貴子上依然不得地兄弟分離子息窮辛苦飄流無大智○金命見木如見祿及第成名因納粟右官武弁及旺行只為金星來犯木○土人以木為官鬼雖是相傷多有意為官天下有竒功只喜此星居亥未○土人到巳正無氣要得木星先到未巳上如逢金水星隂人大富陽人貴○木星疾厄反成殃巳前寅後卻為祥水與太陽隨後至文學成名管簿尉○婦人夘上木為權大憂男女淚漣漣土命酉生相對見若無色好有牛田○亥子午未之四宮此星一吉為一凶好問圖書乘廟旺閒宮安命定昌隆○三日宮中水木星定教聰俊逺

The Year Star's name is Wood. Hai, Wei, Tiger, Monkey all make fortune; in the fortune palace if one still meets this star, one will surely flourish in clothing and emolument. Wherever an auspicious star arrives is fortune; most taboo is evil luminaries invading the three directions; the three directions opposing and shining is also punishment and breakage; if it further dwells in Idle, it is instead calamity and distress. Within the Twin Fish palace and Youzhou, seek this place carefully; if in a strong palace or guarding the limit, in youth one laughs and talks and can be enfeoffed as marquis. Wood entering Qinzhou, matters are best, making wealth and fortune and building a household by oneself; if it falls into a pit and an ill star shines on it, it is instead disaster and one runs to the world's edge. Wood crossing the Yin position is five parts good, only meeting Hai and Wei brings forth glory; if it is not in an idle palace and is the lord general, money and wealth are abundant and the four quarters praise it. Do not take Wood as the great nobility, for at Zi it still does not obtain ground; brothers are separated, children and descendants are poor, bitter, drifting, without great wisdom. A Metal life seeing Wood is like seeing emolument, passing the examination and making a name by buying grain; a right-hand official, a military cap; flourishing travel is only because the Metal star comes to offend Wood. An Earth person takes Wood as official ghost; though mutual wounding, there is often meaning of being an official, with remarkable merit under heaven, only delighting to have this star in Hai and Wei. An Earth person arriving at Si truly has no qi; to obtain a Wood star, first arrive at Wei; if in Si one meets Metal and Water stars, a Yin person is greatly rich and a Yang person is noble. The Wood star in Illness instead becomes disaster; before Si and after Yin is instead auspicious; Water and Sun following later give literary fame and managing registers or commandant. A woman with Wood in Mao has authority, with great worry about sons and daughters, tears flowing; an Earth life born in You meeting opposite, if there is no color it is good, having cattle and fields. Of the four palaces Hai, Zi, Wu, Wei, this star is one auspicious and one fierce; liking diagrams and books, riding temple and flourishing, a life settled in an idle palace is fixed to be prosperous. In the three-day palace Water and Wood stars teach intelligence and far

□聲三方更在髙強位金榜髙登第一名○木星天性好文章須信聲名自此彰更若官科俱得地少年及第紫薇郎○木乃騰輝向璧中若逢初度好奢風人知兩府成家者更見科名不陷中任是性靈無逺慮終須髙處見乘龍

[ ] fame; the three directions further in high and strong positions: the golden list high ascending, first place. The Wood star by nature likes writing, and one must believe fame appears from this; if moreover official and examination degree both obtain ground, in youth one passes and becomes a Purple Tenuity gentleman. Wood rising and shining toward the Bi, if it meets the first degree it likes a luxurious wind; people know a household of the two governments will be made, and moreover seeing examination name without falling into a pit; whatever the spiritual nature without far thought, in the end one will see being a dragon-riding son-in-law in a high place.

木星殿局朝元

Wood Star Hall and Pattern Facing the Origin

木星附太陽曰青龍捧御居人馬【寅】巨蟹【未】雙魚【亥】為正殿居亥夘未宮為本局愛角斗奎井謂之朝元太嵗正宮值之大貴偏側見之天才清俊位升廟廊六丙生人最佳

The Wood star attached to the Sun is called Green Dragon Offering the Imperial Seat; its place is Human Horse [Yin], Cancer [Wei], Twin Fish [Hai] as the regular hall, and the palaces Hai, Mao, and Wei as the root pattern; loving Jiao, Dou, Kui, and Jing is called facing the origin. The Grand Year's regular palace meeting it is greatly noble; biased, seeing it is a heavenly talent, clear and gifted, rising to the temple corridor; best for those born under Liu Bing.

木星廟樂旺順留伏逆

Wood Star in Temple, Joy, Flourishing, Direct, Staying, Hidden, Retrograde

廟宮【廣南西路】木入雙魚亥上名紅鸞太微玉印若人身命遇之更逢祿馬垣局如八煞官祿有星便作極貴如不在本路只是八煞官祿有星者亦是兩府命如八煞官祿無星亦作富豪有位之人留伏逆者減力樂宮【西川路】木入寅人馬上名紫綬玉冠若人身命遇之更八煞官祿有吉星皆是兩府如不在本路不見祿馬只八煞宮有星作正郎若官祿有星皆主陞朝無星乃富豪之命旺宮【燕秦路】本入巨蟹未上名天福玉堂若人身命遇之更八煞官祿有吉星者應京朝兩府八座若八煞官祿無星主富豪及郎員僧道遇之有住持之望留伏逆者減力順段　木居順段名天殊天壘若照命及限吉星相應主八品之貴若無吉星主大富仍可隨時對官祿馬斷之留段　木居留段名天鼎天秉若人身命遇之主有機謀有救星則為清潔之人凡木星行留惟婦人命添吉星照者主為命婦形貌端正聰明

Temple palace [Guangnan West Circuit]: Wood entering Twin Fish at Hai is named Red Phoenix, Taiwei Jade Seal; if a person's body and life meet it, and further meet emolument, horse, wall, and pattern, such as the Eight Shas and Official Emolument having stars, it makes extreme nobility; if not in this circuit and the Eight Shas and Official Emolument only have stars, it is also a life of the two governments; if the Eight Shas and Official Emolument have no stars, it also makes a rich person with position; staying, hidden, and retrograde reduce force. Joy palace [Western Sichuan Circuit]: Wood entering Yin, Human Horse, is named Purple Ribbon Jade Crown; if a person's body and life meet it, and the Eight Shas and Official Emolument have auspicious stars, all are of the two governments; if not in this circuit and emolument and horse are not seen and only the Eight Sha palace has a star, he is a regular gentleman; if the Official Emolument has a star, all govern promotion to court; if none, it is a rich life. Flourishing palace [Yan-Qin Circuit]: Wood in Cancer at Wei is named Heavenly Fortune Jade Hall; if a person's body and life meet it, and the Eight Shas and Official Emolument have auspicious stars, it answers the two capital governments and eight seats; if the Eight Shas and Official Emolument have no stars, it governs the rich, gentlemen, monks, and Daoists, and meeting it there is hope of being an abbot; staying, hidden, and retrograde reduce force. Direct section: Wood in the direct section is named Heavenly Distinction, Heavenly Rampart; if shining on the life and an auspicious star answers in the limit, it governs eighth-rank nobility; if no auspicious star, it governs great wealth and can be judged by time facing the Official and horse. Staying section: Wood in the staying section is named Heavenly Cauldron, Heavenly Hold; if a person's body and life meet it, it governs having schemes, and with a rescuing star one is clean and pure; in general Wood in travel and staying, only for a woman's life with auspicious stars shining, governs becoming a titled lady, upright in form and intelligent.

詩斷木居留□號天絞　所臨之處多奸擾邪言妄語不尋常　好與隂人打交道

A poem judges Wood dwelling in the staying [ ] named Heavenly Entanglement: where it arrives there is mostly deceit and trouble, evil words and reckless speech, unusual; good at dealing with Yin people.

伏段　木居伏段名天皇天日若臨身命皆上等藝術之人若有救星即為福星之人但看宮主髙低喜怒子細斷之前伏利名須見早後伏中嵗見亨通詩斷木居伏段名惡宿　輔命臨身心自疑但使疑中多見失　運行到此沒憑依

Hidden section: Wood in the hidden section is named Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Sun; if it meets the body and life, all are of the superior arts; if there is a rescuing star it is a person of fortune; just look at the high and low of the palace lord and its joy and anger and judge carefully. Front hidden, profit and name must be seen early; rear hidden, middle years see prosperity. A poem judges Wood dwelling in the hidden section as an evil lodge: assisting the life and arriving at the body, the heart doubts itself; but with doubt there is mostly loss; movement reaching here has nothing to rely on.

逆段　木居逆段名天庫天華凡人遇之主中福及郎員之位居低位有救星便為品格

Retrograde section: Wood in the retrograde section is named Heavenly Treasury, Heavenly Splendor; a person meeting it governs middle fortune and the position of gentleman officer, and dwelling at a low position with a rescuing star makes rank and standing.

詩斷木居逆段為天庫　身命之中宜詳慮凶星同到有所因　財散人離由此處

A poem judges Wood dwelling in the retrograde section as Heavenly Treasury: in body and life one should deliberate; when fierce stars arrive together there is a cause; wealth scatters and people part from this place.

木星躔宿俱出玉闗經玉闗歌

The Wood star's courses and lodges all come from the Jade Pass classic; Jade Pass Song

木躔角宿號天貴　詩禮傳家居貴位更能藝術近公卿　財祿豐盈名早遂木星角宿正相宜　角木蛟宮木更宜木入辰宮東井地　青龍鬚是福來綏

Wood crossing the Jiao lodge is called Heavenly Noble: a family of poetry and ritual dwelling in a noble position, and moreover arts approaching dukes and ministers; wealth and emolument abundant, name early achieved. The Wood star in the Jiao lodge is exactly suitable: Jiao Wood Dragon palace, Wood is all the more suitable; Wood entering Chen palace at East Well, the Green Dragon must bring pacifying fortune.

貴格云木星廟度經龍角　六印一時都掌握木躔亢宿號天城　財祿榮華顯大聲學問操修君委用　輔贊巖廊四海清辰宿正屬亢金龍　木躔此地最無功亢宿陽星能尅木　雖然得位勢難容木躔氐宿號天窮　命若逢之災禍凶尅妻害子孤惸早　此身衣祿必難逢木來氐宿喜相逢　怕入三八十二宮金位值之皆發祿　不論貧庶悉皆同木躔房宿號天臧　進祿榮身侍聖王白日生日尤大富　定應官職佐巖廊夘宮從來正屬房　木房值宿要金剛金木相逢為大用　木為房用壯髙堂木躔心宿號天喜　少年榮貴妻雙美多男多女富金珠　國家庫藏君王委心宿要見嵗星扶　心居宋分木安居夘位正當宜木徳　更添水曜永無虞木躔尾宿號天和　官祿榮遷福更多三進又須三退位　三七年來國事和尾宿從來半屬寅　虎逢木曜壯精神木壯可躔尾火虎　枯木欣然遇首春

The noble pattern says: the Wood star temple degree passing the Dragon's Horn, six seals in one time all held in hand. Wood crossing the Kang lodge is called Heavenly City: wealth, emolument, glory, great fame, learning and cultivation, used by the ruler, assisting the court corridor, and the four seas clear. The Chen lodge exactly belongs to Kang Metal Dragon: Wood crossing here has least merit; Kang lodge is a Yang star able to restrain Wood, and though it obtains position its force is hard to tolerate. Wood crossing the Di lodge is called Heavenly Poverty: if a life meets it, disaster and misfortune; restraining the wife, harming the children, early lonely and solitary, this body's clothing and emolument must be hard to meet. Wood coming to the Di lodge delights in meeting, and fears entering the three, eight, and twelve palaces where Metal positions meet it and all give emolument, not discussing poor or commoner, all alike. Wood crossing the Fang lodge is called Heavenly Treasure: advancing emolument, glorifying the body, serving the sage king; born by day it is especially rich, fixed to answer official post and assist the court corridor. The Mao palace is always properly Fang; Wood in the Fang lodge needs hard Metal, Wood and Metal meeting make great use: Wood is used for Fang and strengthens the high hall. Wood crossing the Xin lodge is called Heavenly Joy: in youth glorious and noble, the wife doubly beautiful, many sons and daughters, rich in gold and pearls, the state treasury entrusted by the ruler; the Xin lodge must see the Year Star's support. Xin dwells in Song's division; Wood dwelling there is peaceful, in the Mao position exactly suitable for Wood virtue, and adding a Water luminary it is forever without worry. Wood crossing the Wei lodge is called Heavenly Harmony: office, emolument, glory, promotion and more fortune; three advances and also three retreats positions; three to seven years, state affairs in harmony. The Wei lodge has always half belonged to Yin: Tiger meeting a Wood luminary is vigorous; Wood is vigorous enough to cross Wei Fire Tiger; withered Wood happily meets first spring.

貴格云木躔尾末與箕分　衣冕乘軒位列侯木躔箕宿號天祥　官職須登佐廟廊才學經邦須大用　此身榮貴坐槐堂寅位箕星偏好風　木曜躔箕自飄蓬箕木不堪逢火曜　木火相逢頓覺空木躔斗宿號天程　才智全兼早貴榮柱石邦家須大相　必為廊廟福蒼生斗為帝居要木棲　木斗相躔器所宜戩穀自然帝祉錫　斗宮得木世稀竒

The noble pattern says: Wood crossing the end of Wei and the division of Ji, robe and cap riding the carriage, ranked marquis. Wood crossing the Ji lodge is called Heavenly Auspice: official post must rise to assist the temple corridor; with talent and learning managing the state, one must be greatly used; this body is glorious and noble, seated in the pagoda tree hall. Ji star in the Yin position is biased toward wind; the Wood luminary crossing Ji drifts like a tumbleweed; Ji Wood cannot bear meeting a Fire luminary; Wood and Fire meeting suddenly feel empty. Wood crossing the Dou lodge is called Heavenly Journey: talent and wisdom complete, early noble and glorious, pillar and stone of the state, he must be a great minister, surely a blessing for the temple corridor and the people. Dou is the emperor's dwelling and needs Wood to perch; Wood and Dou crossing together is suitable as a vessel, and prosperous grain and natural imperial blessing are bestowed; the Dou palace obtaining Wood is rare and wonderful.

貴格云嵗徳經躔南斗舎　論功列爵豈能酬木躔牛宿號天犂　貧苦初年晚見妻口舌是非君莫怨　家財破盡化為泥金牛尅木不相和　雖有皮班命不髙若是炁星同上宿　福堅尤作富家豪木躔女宿號天機　藝術聰明事事為內富外貧財庫足　只憂妻子見分離女人見木多殊異　朱紫妝身多稱意生時父母夢禎祥　性善純和喜紫氣木躔虛宿不曽安　天陣之星百事難內外不和家稍進　離鄉應是保身安木打淨瓶怒在虛　順度強中事亦如更輔水星生葉茂　聰俊英聲文有餘木躔危宿號天然　骨肉從來在外閒衣食平平莊產置　到頭終是不安然危曜雖然屬寳瓶　木居危地勢須傾月燕難棲危木地　妻兒尅盡見單身木躔室宿號天材　俊逸文章福大來柱石標名官爵厚　公卿不久坐三槐亥居惟是室星柔　衛木來時徳最優三度之中云入廟　加臨天乙切莫留

The noble pattern says: Year Virtue crossing the Southern Dipper lodge, discussing merit and ranking nobility, how could that be repaid? Wood crossing the Niu lodge is called Heavenly Plough: poor and bitter in the early years, seeing a wife late, quarrels and disputes you should not resent, family wealth broken to the end and turned into mud. Metal Ox restrains Wood and they do not harmonize; though there is a skin and patterned stripe, the life is not high; if Qi star is on the same lodge, fortune is firm and especially makes a rich household hero. Wood crossing the Nu lodge is called Heavenly Mechanism: arts, intelligence, everything done; rich inside and poor outside, treasury sufficient, only worrying wife and children are seen separated; a woman seeing Wood is mostly different, vermilion and purple adorning her body, mostly satisfied; at birth her parents dreamed an auspicious sign, her nature kind, pure, and harmonious, delighting in Purple Qi. Wood crossing the Xu lodge has never been at ease: the Heavenly Formation star makes a hundred things hard; inside and outside not in harmony, the household slightly advances; leaving home is fitting to keep the body safe; Wood striking the pure vase is angry at Xu; in a direct strong degree things are also like this; if moreover Water assists, leaves flourish, intelligent, a heroic voice, literature in excess. Wood crossing the Wei lodge is called Heavenly Naturalness: flesh and blood have always been outside and idle, clothing and food ordinary, setting up a villa and estate, and in the end never at ease; the Wei luminary belongs to the precious vase; Wood dwelling on Wei ground must collapse; the swallow's nest in Wei is hard to settle; Wood ground restrains wife and children, one sees only a single body. Wood crossing the Shi lodge is called Heavenly Material: handsome and refined, writing, great fortune comes; pillar and stone, name on a stele, thick office and rank; ministers do not sit long under the three pagoda trees; Hai dwells only in the soft Shi star; Wei Wood arrives with the greatest virtue; within the three degrees, they say it enters the temple, meeting Tianyi, do not stay.

貴格云熒惑嵗星俱廟室　勲臣永鎮昇平日木躔璧宿號天勲　金玉豐登近貴榮若是夜生身不足　日生終是富安平璧宿亥宮正位躔　木星廟旺正朝天天徳好生生木徳　木為仁曜自安然木躔奎宿號天耘　災厄雖多訟獄頻少年有災妻子尅　老來方始得安寧奎宿富生是本家　木星到此主榮華官崇位顯人尊重　即忌逆行留伏邪

The noble pattern says: Mars and Jupiter are both in the temple of Shi; a meritorious minister forever guards peaceful times. Wood crossing the Bi lodge is called Heavenly Merit: gold and jade abundant, near nobility and glory; if a night birth, the body is insufficient, while a day birth is in the end rich and peaceful. The Bi lodge is truly the Hai palace's regular position, the Wood star is in temple and flourishing and faces Heaven correctly; Heaven's virtue likes life, and Wood virtue gives life; Wood is the benevolent luminary and is naturally at ease. Wood crossing the Kui lodge is called Heavenly Tending: though calamity is many, lawsuits are frequent; in youth calamity restrains wife and children, only in old age begins to obtain peace. The Kui lodge, rich and living, is the home; the Wood star arriving here governs glory; office honored, position prominent, the person respected; only taboo retrograde, staying, hidden, and evil.

貴格云木星躔宿須榮爵　錦繡文章聲望髙木躔婁宿號天英　天馬木逢大不平少年晚富多凶害　生來孤獨卻安寧婁宮木曜不可當　婁藏金狗有相傷況是戌為西地管　木歸西位見金傷木躔胃宿號天耆　舉措施為百事宜性善心慈衣食旺　一生應不見凶危胃星要木曜來躔　木位兼隆福壽綿木盛可棲胃土雉　一生安享不迍邅木躔昴宿號天祥　為人大體性忠良妻子安和家道盛　到頭終是足衣糧木星一紀及周天　十二年來到昴前假使富豪金谷盛　氷消瓦散夭天年木躔畢宿號天防　身命安康福祿榮平生不識凶危事　此人才貌更豐隆木來畢宿豈相當　財帛重重有所傷男女孤孀偏主夭　若居田地自離鄉木躔觜宿號天靈　為人秉性最聰明作事機闗人莫測　要知財福少豐榮觜宿從來在扵申　木居屬水本難禁木火絶交為泛曜　更添刑煞禍來臨木躔參宿號天聰　性直文章六藝通戶口邦畿堪立任　位登台省必髙崇申上參星號水猿

The noble pattern says: the Wood star crossing the lodges must have glorious rank, brocade and embroidery writing, fame and reputation high. Wood crossing the Lou lodge is called Heavenly Heroism: Sky Horse Wood meeting is greatly unfair; in youth and late years rich, but many harms and fierce; born lonely and solitary but peaceful. The Wood luminary in the Lou palace cannot be borne; Lou hides the Metal dog and there is mutual wounding, and moreover Xu is a western ground; Wood returning to a western position sees Metal's wound. Wood crossing the Wei lodge is called Heavenly Elder: deeds and actions all suit; nature kind and heart merciful, clothing and food flourishing; for life one will not see fierce danger. The Wei star needs the Wood luminary to cross it: Wood position together flourishing, fortune and longevity unbroken; flourishing Wood can perch at Wei Earth Pheasant; for life enjoying peace without distress. Wood crossing the Mao lodge is called Heavenly Auspice: as a person, great body and loyal and good nature, wife and children peaceful and harmonious, the household flourishing, and in the end clothing and grain enough. The Wood star's one cycle completes the celestial circuit; in twelve years it arrives before Mao; suppose one is rich and powerful with a flourishing Golden Valley, ice melts and tiles scatter, dying young. Wood crossing the Bi lodge is called Heavenly Meeting: body and life peaceful and healthy, fortune and emolument glorious, never knowing fierce or dangerous things in life; this person's talent and looks are even more plump. How could Wood coming to the Bi lodge be suitable? Wealth many layers, with something wounded; sons and daughters lonely and widowed, mostly governing early death; if it dwells in Fields, one leaves home. Wood crossing the Zi lodge is called Heavenly Spirit: as a person, the nature is most intelligent, in doing things the mechanisms are unfathomable; to know wealth and fortune are little, flourishing; the Zi lodge has always been in Shen; Wood belongs to Water and is originally hard to bear; Wood and Fire cutting off relations become a floating luminary, and adding punishment and sha, misfortune arrives. Wood crossing the Shen lodge is called Heavenly Intelligence: straightforward in nature, the six arts of writing penetrated, household registers and the capital district are fit to be established; rank rising to the platform and province, surely high and honored; in Shen, the Shen star is called the Water Monkey;

猿棲木曜水中材惟是木來參宿立　生成盛徳徳堪論木躔井宿號天吏　遇此生人必貴榮年少尊髙登要路　須知官職在專城木若伏井不堪稱　孝服官災疊疊成限若居之不問福　且求無禍樂平生

The monkey perching, the Wood luminary is a material in Water; only when Wood comes does Shen stand; it generates and completes flourishing virtue, a virtue worth discussing. Wood crossing the Jing lodge is called Heavenly Official: one born meeting this is surely glorious and noble; young in age, honored, ascending an important road; one must know office is in governing a city. If Wood hides in Jing it is not worth praising: mourning dress and official calamity pile up; if the limit dwells in it, do not ask for fortune but seek no misfortune and enjoy life.

貴格云木星東井喜相逢　官位居髙徳望隆木躔鬼宿號天精　佩紫金魚極貴榮將相居朝三十載　輔贊明君四海清木星惟樂鬼神隨　木入秦州事可竒男受官班女封廕　鬼金羊樂木相隨木躔柳宿號天庭　佐國安邦保太平若不居官廊廟位　朝臣朱紫賜公卿午宮栁度十三宜　十四度中木不棲栁木同躔逢孛宿　木躔栁位長南枝木躔星宿號端門　聲名宏逺播乾坤貴祿逢榮官進顯　廟堂應是展經綸星位正屬午宮中　木向南柯福不隆火木相逢孤尅重　木臨星午困須窮木躔張宿號天裕　福夀康寧人罕遇家藏金玉旺兒孫　莊產資財能積聚張宿須要木來宜　木到張兮月鹿棲勿謂南枝無木旺　木中得鹿又清竒木躔翼宿號天財　金玉豐登若土堆進益生財家道盛　滿堂金玉自天來巳中原有翼躔宮　木曜加臨未可逢翼有異風吹百木　火蛇熒木必生凶木躔軫宿號天柱　財帛豪強定富榮聲名騰逹人知重　惟恐多災病疾生軫宿亦在巳中求

The noble pattern says: the Wood star meeting Eastern Well rejoices; office rank high and virtue and prestige prosperous. Wood crossing the Gui lodge is called Heavenly Essence: wearing purple and a gold fish, extremely glorious and noble, generals and ministers dwelling at court for thirty years, assisting a bright ruler, the four seas clear. The Wood star only delights in spirits following; Wood entering Qinzhou, matters are remarkable; a man receives an official rank and a woman is titled; Gui Metal Sheep delights in Wood following. Wood crossing the Liu lodge is called Heavenly Court: assisting the state and settling the realm, protecting peace; if one does not hold office in the temple corridor, as a court minister with vermilion and purple, bestowed as duke or minister. The Wu palace's thirteenth degree of Liu is suitable; in the fourteenth degree Wood does not perch; Liu and Wood crossing together meeting Bo lodge, Wood crossing the Liu position is long on the southern branch. Wood crossing the Xing lodge is called Upright Gate: fame and reputation spread far through heaven and earth, noble emolument, meeting glory, official rank advancing and prominent, in the temple hall one is fixed to unfold governance. The Xing position properly belongs to the Wu palace; Wood towards the southern bough, fortune not prosperous; Fire and Wood meeting, lonely and restrained heavily; Wood at Xing Wu, trapped and certainly poor. Wood crossing the Zhang lodge is called Heavenly Abundance: fortune and longevity, health and peace, rarely met; the home holds gold and jade, descendants prosper, estates and resources can accumulate; the Zhang lodge needs Wood coming to be suitable; Wood arriving at Zhang, the Moon Deer perches; do not say the southern branch has no flourishing Wood, for obtaining a deer within Wood is again clear and wondrous. Wood crossing the Yi lodge is called Heavenly Wealth: gold and jade abundant, as if heaped with earth, gains produce wealth, the household way prospers, a hall full of gold and jade coming from Heaven; Si originally has the Yi crossing palace; the Wood luminary added there cannot yet be met; Yi has strange wind blowing a hundred trees; Fire serpent and Mars Wood must bring forth fierceness. Wood crossing the Zhen lodge is called Heavenly Pillar: wealth, strong and powerful, fixed to be rich and glorious, fame rising, people known and respected, only fearing many calamities and illness; the Zhen lodge is also sought in Si.

木臨軫宿作車舟水輔舟車宜樂軫　更加計曜不堪浮

Wood arriving at the Zhen lodge makes a carriage or boat; Water assists boat and carriage, suitable for joy in Zhen; adding a Ji luminary, it cannot float.

木星行度

Courses of the Wood Star

木在雙魚在本宮室三度三十七分二十五秒至九度三十七分二十五秒以上為木度正廟過此度只是向廟言不行廟度向廟次之在井宿二十九度以上至三十度為向旺鬼宿一度為正旺鬼二度及栁三度為次旺過此為背旺人馬是樂宮居此生人主作金門之客

Wood in Twin Fish at its own palace: Shi three degrees thirty-seven minutes twenty-five seconds to nine degrees thirty-seven minutes twenty-five seconds is the Wood degree and the regular temple; passing this degree it is only said to face the temple, and not travelling the temple degree, facing the temple is next. Within the Jing lodge twenty-nine degrees and above to thirty degrees is facing flourishing; Gui lodge one degree is regular flourishing, Gui two degrees and Liu three degrees are next flourishing; passing this is turning away from flourishing. Human Horse is the joy palace; those born with it govern being a guest at the golden gate.

木星為清廟室宿木之廟也若六度以上九度以下為正廟合居廊廟為輔弼之臣若逆行必為武職居機要之地仍須得火土助之如金木助之為文官居輔佐之命也

The Wood star is in a clear temple: the Shi lodge is Wood's temple. If six degrees and above and nine degrees and below it is the regular temple, fitting a temple corridor as an assisting minister; if retrograde, it surely governs a military post dwelling in a crucial place, and must obtain help from Fire and Earth; if Metal and Wood help it, one is a civil official in a life of assisting.

木在巨蟹宮臨鬼初度為旺居貴地三十年順為守相逆為將留為富若在人馬宮臨尾十二度箕七度斗五度至十二度主大貴主三進三退凡三十一年仍須有力之地成大吉也惟宜見火與羅防必大貴與火相合貴與羅防相合與土不相得日度主文藝過人有聲名權柄親貴族得國王重用是主大貴月度主有文章足詞智知未來之事是主星轉加福力若腦後有髙骨大貴

Wood in the Cancer palace, arriving at Gui first degree, is flourishing and dwells in a noble ground; thirty years direct is governor and chancellor, retrograde is general, staying is rich. If in the Human Horse palace arriving at Wei twelve degrees, Ji seven degrees, Dou five degrees to twelve degrees, it governs great nobility, three advances and three retreats, in all thirty-one years, and still needs a strong ground to become greatly auspicious. It is only suitable to see Fire and Luo meeting, which must be greatly noble; meeting Fire together is noble, meeting Luo together is noble, and with Earth it does not agree. The Sun degree governs literary arts surpassing people, having fame, authority, and kin, noble clan, the king's heavy use, and governs great nobility; the Moon degree governs having writing, enough words and wisdom, and knowing future matters, and this governs the star turning to add force; if there is a high bone behind the head, greatly noble.

木度主性格寛緩文章出群居貴位有二妻多男女更是主星書生富貴

The Wood degree governs a tolerant and slow nature, writing standing out from the crowd, dwelling in a noble position, having two wives, many sons and daughters, and moreover this is the lord star of a scholar's wealth and rank.

火度主多災厄好爭訟少年難養水同則減主有好妻兼得妻財主持國君務之事

The Fire degree governs many calamities, liking quarrels and lawsuits, hard to raise in youth; the same with Water reduces; it governs a good wife and also obtaining the wife's wealth, upholding the ruler's affairs.

土度主多口舌憂訟晝生免之若面生如滿月聲響清正其人大有貴權不是主星多因獄訟不成事亦主有位見妻遲娶他人妻三十以後富

The Earth degree governs many tongues, worry about lawsuits, avoided by a day birth; if the face is born like a full moon and the voice clear and upright, that person has great nobility and authority; if not the lord star, mostly lawsuits and imprisonment do not succeed, and it also governs having position, seeing the wife late, marrying late, others' wives; after thirty, rich.

金度先文後武得美妻因此有憂宜男女善掌財有國王委用

The Metal degree: first civil then martial, obtaining a beautiful wife, with worry because of this; suited to sons and daughters, good at managing wealth, used by the king.

水度性情不定能詩書得貴人重多藝術

The Water degree: nature and feelings unfixed, able in poetry and books, obtaining heavy regard from nobles, and many arts.

木星入宮

Wood Star Entering Palaces

日宮主立性沉厚好慈善為人有信作事方圎殊常有福每遇貴人見知兼主有壽更主國王重用大用權貴晝生人轉加福力第二宮不見火土乃大貴人見火惡死

The Sun palace governs standing nature that is deep and thick, liking kindness, as a person trustworthy, acting squarely and round, unusual in having fortune, constantly meeting nobles who recognize one, and also governs longevity, and moreover governs the king's heavy use and great use, authority and nobility; a day birth adds force; if the second palace does not see Fire and Earth it is a greatly noble person, and seeing Fire is an evil death.

月宮主聰明有文藝得貴人見知有聲名足財物知未來之事日生最吉是主星大貴不是主星平生有財

The Moon palace governs intelligence with literary arts, recognized by nobles, with fame, enough wealth, and knowing future matters; a day birth is most auspicious; if it is the lord star, great nobility; if not the lord star, a lifetime of wealth.

木宮主為人厚重作事有斷好聲名足文學是主星日生大貴不是主星一生多財物貴人見知日生有福大富

The Wood palace governs a person heavy and thick, acting with decision, liking fame, enough learning; if the lord star, a day birth is greatly noble; if not the lord star, a lifetime of much wealth, recognized by nobles; a day birth has fortune and is greatly rich.

火宮主為人性急足威嚴能經營事主財物是主星日生在陽宮有文武權大貴不是主星晝主財夜微福

The Fire Palace lord is hasty by nature and dignified, good at managing affairs and property. As a principal star, if born by day in a Yang palace, he holds civil and military power and great honor. If not a principal star, by day he governs wealth, and by night he has slight fortune.

土宮主才智內貧外富平生多口舌足讒佞無始終是主星微有職不是主星且免貧賤

The Earth Palace lord is talented, inwardly poor and outwardly rich. He has many quarrels and fawning talk, and nothing lasts to the end. As a principal star, he gains a modest post. If not a principal star, he still escapes poverty and lowliness.

金宮主為人性急見事深逺明白於人有義得大人委用不乏財近王侯是主星日生富貴夜生有財不是主星平生多福

The Metal Palace lord is hasty by nature, sees matters deeply and clearly, is upright, and is trusted by great men. Wealth is never lacking, and he is close to kings and marquises. As a principal star, if born by day he has wealth and honor, and if born by night he has wealth. If not a principal star, he has fortune throughout life.

水宮為人性巧聰慧見事明白與人結交有終始內敏外剛殊常有福貴為台省之任主戶口多更壽算長逺

The Water Palace lord is clever in manner, wise, and quick to see matters. He makes friends well and his character endures. Inwardly sensitive and outwardly firm, he is exceptionally blessed with honor and takes posts in the censorate or the ministries. He has many households and a long life.

木星同宮

Jupiter in the same palace.

木火同宮主為人性快作事忠直好文章若木是主日生火是主夜生各乘旺氣主有文武之權名播天下

Jupiter and Fire in the same palace: the person is refined, upright, and fond of letters. If Wood is the principal star, it is born by day; if Fire, born by night. Each in its prosperous qi, he holds civil and military authority, and his name spreads across the realm.

詩斷木星防火喜偏饒　值此官尊福壽超百六防時家國泰　忠臣孝子滿皇朝

Verse on Jupiter: Mars is the one to guard against, yet it favors fortune. With such an exalted office, fortune and longevity exceed the Hundred-and-Six. In such times family and state are at peace, and the dynasty is full of loyal ministers and filial sons.

木土同宮主有文章平生國王重用是主星日生有相權夜生給諫

Jupiter and Earth in the same palace: a person of literary talent who is employed by the king all his life. If Earth is the principal star and born by day, he holds the power of a minister. Born by night, he serves as a remonstrating official.

詩斷木星宜與土星同　百六逢之稼穡豐防此乗軒須衣冕　記名青史著竒功

Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter is best paired with Saturn. Meeting the Hundred-and-Six brings abundant harvests. Beware of riding in a carriage in official robes; one's name enters the annals for extraordinary merit.

木金同宮皆順行主文藝過人早發祿有聲名入度淺兩府之命

Jupiter and Metal in the same palace, both moving direct: a person of literary skill who rises early and gains a name, with a shallow destiny in the two chancelleries.

詩斷木星最喜遇金星　喜曜相逢百福興百六防時多吉泰　人生指日到公卿

Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter is most favored when it meets Venus. Joyful stars meet and bring a hundred blessings; in the time of the Hundred-and-Six, many good things arise. One's rise to the three ducal ranks can be counted in days.

木水同宮聰明有文好修合是主星大貴有貴子詩斷木星喜與水星居　天賜洪休慶有餘百六防時千福備　等閒平歩入云衢天命之宮水木星　一生聰俊逺揚名三方更在髙強位　金榜須登第一名

Jupiter and Water in the same palace: clever, learned, and skilled at composition. As the principal star it brings great nobility and a noble son. Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter best dwells with Mercury. Heaven's grace brings abundant joy, and in the time of the Hundred-and-Six a thousand blessings are prepared; one walks easily up the road to the heavens. Water and Jupiter as the Life Palace: one is handsome and famous, stands high in the three supporting palaces, and attains first place on the golden list.

木羅同宮在陽宮福厚有位在隂宮惡死

Jupiter and Rahu in the same palace: in a Yang palace, fortune is rich and one has a position; in a Yin palace, one dies a bad death.

詩斷木星最喜遇羅防　閫外英聲孰可儔怒則誅奸欣則徳　如逢百六備休休惟有木星無可怕　最愛羅防一同舎晝則堂堂韓魏公　夜則魁梧呂僕射

Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter is best met with Rahu. Its reputation beyond the court is unmatched. Angered, it punishes the treacherous; pleased, it rewards virtue. If one meets the Hundred-and-Six, all is well. Only Jupiter is nothing to fear. Rahu sitting in the same palace: by day it is majestic like Duke Han Wei, and by night stately like Lü Pushe.

木計同宮主進退不定

Jupiter and Ketu in the same palace: advance and retreat are unsettled.

詩斷木星若也相逢計　反禍為祥千福至百六當之禍自除　如歴巨川舟楫至

Verse on Jupiter: if it meets Ketu, calamity turns to fortune and a thousand blessings arrive. A Hundred-and-Six calamity removes itself, like a boat that reaches across a great river.

木炁同宮主少年榮顯六親皆無妨害

Jupiter and Purple Qi in the same palace: honored and prosperous in youth, with no harm to the six relatives.

詩斷紫木不來難得解　任他文學動公卿寄語才髙須要命　不用頻頻祝上清木星紫氣福添隆　百六逄之慶不窮更在廟宮隂徳重　官為將帥位封侯

Verse on Jupiter and Purple Qi: without the arrival of Purple Qi, the difficulty is hard to resolve, though literary talent moves ministers. With such lofty talent one need not repeatedly pray to the highest heaven. Jupiter with Purple Qi adds to blessings. Meeting the Hundred-and-Six, joy is without end. In the palace of temple strength, hidden virtue is heavy; one becomes a general and is enfeoffed as a marquis.

木孛同宮主憂驚得疾而死

Jupiter and Bo in the same palace: dies of worry and fright after illness.

詩斷木孛元來主壽齡　今日無分重與輕人生九十髙年客　皆由四正有強星

Verse on Bo: Bo originally governs longevity. Whether heavy or light, one may reach ninety years as an elder, because strong stars occupy the four cardinal palaces.

琅玕經節要

Essentials of the Langgan Classic

木乃文才善美之星順度而行清髙益壽臨於廟旺職祿髙強與日月同位居顯任

Jupiter is the star of literary talent and goodness. Moving in its proper course, it brings purity, nobility, and longevity. In a temple position it brings official salary and high rank, and it shares its position with the Sun and Moon as a conspicuous post.

木為文星若臨廟旺順行則主清髙富壽更為方主日生則主官崇位顯封妻防子貴格之人

If Jupiter is in its temple or prosperous position and moves direct, the person is pure, noble, wealthy, and long-lived. If it is the principal star of the square and born by day, it brings high office and an eminent post; wife and children share the honor. This is a pattern of nobility.

木金祿厚與水髙才晝日逢之輔弼可及與計同宮台諫之臣

Jupiter with Metal brings abundant salary, and with Water high talent. Met by day, it assists as a counselor. In the same palace as Ketu, one becomes a minister of the censorate.

若木星同金水入廟旺宮晝日逢之官至一品輔弼之格與計同在寅位名入廟旺貴為台諫或掌兵權晝同炁土貴而豪富火月夜照顯於台輔晝夜背之刑而相尅更在留逆危而多失

If Jupiter, together with Metal and Water, enters a temple or prosperous palace and is met by day, the person rises to first rank and holds an assisting post. Jupiter at Yin with Ketu, named as entering a temple or prosperous position, makes the person noble, a censor, or one who holds military power. With Earth's qi by day, one is noble and wealthy; with Fire and the Moon at night, one is famed at the highest councils. Being in opposition by day or night brings punishment and conflict; with retrogression and stations, many losses follow.

木同炁土晝見或同火月夜照主貴豪若背而留逆即多失職

Jupiter with Earth's qi, seen by day, or with Fire and the Moon shining at night, makes one noble and bold in wealth. If it turns away and is retrograde, one loses office.

羅防同宮威權極重與孛同未職參侍從

Rahu and Ketu in the same palace: very great authority and power. With Bo at Wei, the post is that of a close attendant to the court.

木與羅防在宮即為文職威權貴祉之命與孛在未不論晝夜皆貴順臨髙遷逆行力減主背同凶六親失陷託附貴豪必有謀用雖同惡曜少降禍災遇吉星加之富貴壽算綿延不絶妻位有尅謹儉去奢若或順臨財多福厚

Jupiter with Rahu in the same palace is a civil office of authority, honor, and rank. With Bo at Wei, by day or by night, one is noble. Moving direct, one rises and advances; retrograde, power diminishes. With an evil sha, lacking support, the six relatives are lost, and attaching oneself to the powerful brings debts. Evil stars are few, but they bring disasters; if a fortunate star is added, wealth and longevity continue unbroken. The wife's place suffers harm, so one should be frugal and avoid extravagance. If Jupiter moves direct, wealth is ample and fortune abundant.

木星照臨十二宮

Jupiter shines on all twelve palaces.

命宮

Life Palace

守照命宮形清瘦聳氣貌柔和外弱中剛身輕體重為人有貌文筆自富為性仁慈好道徳溫良恭儉作事大體不得進自然身奮衣食大旺不招凶危益壽算官居五品順旺則富貴逆留薄財祿遇事退懶敏而少斷與日月同宮足祿多財與金同在身命自然顯逹愛亥卯未宮掌祿大吉寅宮有官八宮主殃在土宮家莊廣置在陷害逢火短壽見火與羅防大貴忌火孛紫計在六十二宮不得力

Jupiter guarding the Life Palace gives a lean and tall form with a gentle, mild bearing: outwardly weak, inwardly firm, light in body and heavy in substance. Such a person has a literary look and wealth in writing, is kind by nature, fond of the Way and virtue, and gentle and courteous. He does not advance in haste; food and clothing come naturally in abundance, and he meets no dangerous calamity. Lifespan increases, and he may reach the fifth rank of officials. Moving direct, he is wealthy and noble; retrograde and stationary, his wealth is thin, and he meets events with retreat and laziness, quick but lacking decision. With the Sun or Moon in the same palace, he has ample food and wealth. With Metal in the same palace, his body and fate are naturally distinguished. At Hai, Mao, and Wei he governs wealth and is greatly auspicious; at Yin he has office. The other palaces hold calamity. In the Earth palace his family estates are broadly built; with Fire, life is short. With Rahu, great nobility, but avoid Fire. Bo and Ketu in the sixty-two palaces lack force.

詩斷木照人聰敏　　　藝術及文才

Verse on Jupiter: it illuminates the mind, the person is quick and clever, and skilled in arts and letters.

逢危能脫難　　　財祿晚年來

Escape from danger; wealth and fortune come in later years.

木星在命好容貌　白淨身材又更長若為祿主長生位　自然聰俊有文章木居命裡性柔和　更説能文主貴科水若同宮並對照　淵源滾滾是英豪

Jupiter in the Life Palace gives good looks, a fair complexion, and a tall, well-built stature. If Jupiter is the lord of fortune in a long-life position, one is naturally clever and accomplished in writing. Jupiter in the Life Palace gives a gentle nature, and it is said to bring literary talent and a noble pattern. With Water in the same palace or in opposition, the source flows wide, and such a person is a hero.

財帛宮

Wealth Palace

主大貴近至貴在人馬宮得十二分力財物滋潤積聚無破中末大旺○木照一生財帛豐足

Greatly noble when near the nobles. In the Sagittarius palace it has twelve parts of strength; wealth is nourished and gathered without breaking. Great prosperity comes in middle and later years. Jupiter shining on the Wealth Palace gives abundant wealth throughout life.

詩斷木星好樂更臨財　一世榮華少有災更得善星居上下　雖然運蹇福還來大扺財帛宜拱照　木徳臨之固佳妙若是身入弱宮中　決然先破成家道

Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter loves pleasure and brings fortune. One lives a lifetime of glory with few disasters. If good stars sit above and below, fortune may be frustrated at first, but blessing returns. In general, when Wealth is embraced by good stars it is excellent. When Jupiter's virtue arrives and settles in a prosperous palace, it is splendid. If the person enters a weak palace, the family is certain to be ruined early.

兄弟宮

Siblings Palace

主三兄兩弟與人皆孝友上和下睦永不相尅○木照主有貴相兄弟三人如伏逆留則全無

Three elder and two younger brothers, all filial and friendly to others, harmonious above and below, never in conflict. Jupiter shining indicates brothers of noble bearing. If hidden or retrograde, none of this holds.

詩斷兄弟宮中木照時　吉星虧陷豈相宜直饒鴈序恩情重　恐解東西各自離兄弟有名不得力　只為星辰都不吉吉星宜向火中求　紫炁木星是虛得

Verse on the Siblings Palace: when Jupiter shines, fortunate stars are diminished and fallen, so how could it be suitable? Even when the brothers' bond is deep, they may part east and west. Brothers may have names but no real support. Because the stars are unlucky, one should seek the fortunate stars within fire. Purple Qi and Jupiter are of no real gain.

田宅宮

Property Palace

主業產毗和田宅増益父母俱慶又云木居田宅極為強○木照主有絶戶隂人田產

Property is harmonious, fields and houses increase, and both parents rejoice. Jupiter in the Property Palace is very strong. Jupiter shining also indicates that the line may end and property passes to a female line.

詩斷木星得入四宮中　可見無災喜慶重田宅昌榮須守祖　不逢破敗福豐隆田宅名為父母宮　木星相併亦為凶除非亥夘未宮見　他方亦與惡星同

Verse on the Property Palace: Jupiter in the four cardinal palaces brings no disaster, and joy and blessing are heavy. One should keep the ancestral property. Without ruin, fortune is abundant. The Property Palace is also the parents' palace. Jupiter together with Sha is also a calamity, except when it sits in the Pig, Rabbit, or Goat palaces. Elsewhere it meets evil stars.

男女宮

Children Palace

主男少女多日生則多男夜生則次男聰明智慧女有四徳兼全○木照有文章之子春夏有秋冬保一人

Mostly sons if born by day; second sons if born by night. Intelligent and wise, and daughters have the four virtues complete. Jupiter shining brings sons of literary talent. In spring and summer there are several children; in autumn and winter, only one is kept.

詩斷木星守位子孫多　太乙臨之怎奈何更有紫氣同宮度　老年絶嗣更多磨木徳加臨在旺鄉　兒孫宮裡喜非常到頭得力招三子　個個榮華福祿昌

Verse on Children: Jupiter in a palace brings many children, but Taiyi arrives and what can be done? Purple Qi shares the palace, and in old age there may be no heirs, so it is harder. Jupiter's virtue added in a prosperous region brings joy to the children palace. At the end, three sons are gained, and each enjoys prosperity and fortune.

奴僕宮

Servants Palace

主得奴僕力○木照合有貴相鞍馬招得力女婢詩斷身主之星是木星　豈教陷弱六宮存立身立事皆低下　多幸終身靠子孫萬嵗星居第六位　爭知奴僕最為良

Gains the strength of servants. Jupiter shining brings a noble bearing, horses and carriages are obtained, and there are female servants. Verse on the Servants Palace: the star that rules the person is Jupiter. How could it be weak in the six palaces? Fortunate to rely on children and grandchildren for life. In the sixth place the long-lived star sits; who knows that servants are best?

妻妾宮

Spouse Palace

主妻子好顔容面貌有百年偕老亦無尅害○木照主美貌福相之妻宜婚外方之家

A spouse of good looks and countenance, who may live together for a hundred years without harm. Jupiter shining indicates a wife of beautiful and fortunate appearance; it is best to marry from a family outside the household.

詩斷有妻又有妻家產　只為紫氣同木星若在未申亥寅上　置田多是用妻名第七宮中木星遊　聰明典雅備祥休更饒娶得真賢婦　偕老同心到白頭

Verse on the Spouse Palace: one has a wife and also property through the wife's family. Only because Purple Qi joins Jupiter, if it is at Wei, Shen, Hai, or Yin, fields are often bought in the wife's name. In the seventh palace Jupiter roams, intelligent, elegant, and blessed. A virtuous wife is gained, and they grow old together to white hair.

疾厄宮

Illness Palace

一生無疾厄常享清福永無不測之災自有大來之慶○木照招福壽不患重病少非橫災

A life free of illness, always enjoying pure fortune, never meeting unexpected disaster, and receiving great joy. Jupiter shining brings blessings and longevity; no grave illness, and few untimely disasters.

詩斷木星疾厄照其宮　氣宇安榮語若鍾弱位更教金宿尅　顛狂怪誕有如風木星解散照臨宮　且免平生患難聞不惟財祿多饒潤　體貌堂堂逈出群

Verse on the Illness Palace: Jupiter shines on the palace; the bearing is peaceful and the speech rings like a bell. If a weak position is pressed by Venus, one becomes wild and strange, like wind and wood. When Jupiter disperses and shines on the palace, one is spared the hardships of life. Wealth is not the only gain; the body is dignified and stands out from the crowd.

遷移宮

Travel Palace

宜行藏運動或作贅他人凡有所謀吉無不利○木照招外富貴接識宜逺行到處受衣食安樂

Suited to movement, or to becoming a son-in-law in another family. Whatever one plans is auspicious. Jupiter shining brings outward wealth and noble acquaintances. Travelling far, one finds food, clothing, and comfort wherever one goes.

詩斷木星得地九宮存　三方傍臨照命星更得髙髙明健處　榮遷貴顯自安寧

Verse on the Travel Palace: Jupiter finds its place in nine palaces. In the three trines it shines on the Life star and comes to high, bright places. Advancement and noble position bring peace of mind.

官祿宮

Career Palace

少年享快樂決事如雷霹髙處休途金榜題名更得吉星同宮合照則仕途一向清顯官職清髙享厚祿釀賞得此則富貴營運稱心衣祿豐足主一生大有成貴○木照有文學招官祿受貴人成立合在中年後受官有橫財之喜

In youth one enjoys happiness, and decisions fall like thunder. Do not walk the road of ruin at the heights. If the golden list is reached and auspicious stars join or shine in the same palace, the path of office is clear and distinguished. The official post is pure and high, with thick salary and reward from the sovereign. Attained, it brings wealth and honor, and the person achieves great success and nobility in life. Jupiter shining brings literary talent and draws the favor of nobles. It becomes established in middle age, and an office with unexpected gain follows in later years.

詩斷第十宮中見木星　平生衣祿保安榮須知宏麗文章秀　甲第登髙到九卿木星元出坐官宮　作福從來不作凶躔地斗牛星眾顯　千災萬禍不相逢

Verse on the tenth palace: Jupiter is seen in the tenth palace. Lifelong clothing and food are secure and glorious. Know that splendid writing is refined, and the first rank of the palace rises to the nine ministers. Jupiter has come to sit in the Career palace, producing blessings and never causing harm. Where the star of the Dipper and the Ox gathers, thousands of disasters and myriad calamities do not meet.

福徳宮

Fortune Palace

此命必入五福格一生全無蹇滯常處康泰○木照主福祿稱意財食大來立身髙上常有貴人喜重詩斷木星一曜最尊崇　下照當生福徳宮經史優防多博學　不勞跬步至三公

A life of this kind enters the Five Fortunes pattern: no obstruction throughout life, always in health and peace. Jupiter shining brings fortune and salary as one wishes, food and wealth in abundance, high standing, and frequent favor from noble people. Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter is the most honored single star. Shining below on the Fortune Palace, one excels in the classics and histories, and without taking a half-step one reaches the Three Dukes.

相貌宮

Appearance Palace

主人肥厚堂堂有子張之容便便同邊韶之腹溫良仁義機變超群行步輕健作事洞然與人交結久而敬之喜林泉好技巧不懐欺詐得恩便報有崇奉道徳之意無凶頑欺狡之志此星不欲處相貌奴僕之位蓋為貧弱之地○木照主形相分明十相具足詩斷欲究前程看木星　得臨相貌不尊榮陷宮更有凶星入　官府刑名累見黥木星如臨相貌宮　清竒古怪好相逢傅説植鯺商宰相　太公非虎作三公

A person of full figure and dignified bearing, with the broad frame of Zizhang and the great belly of Bian Shao. Gentle, upright, humane and righteous, quick and adaptable, moves lightly and acts with clarity. Loves forests, springs and skilled arts, does not harbor deceit, and repays favors. Such a star should not sit in the Servants palace, which is a poor place. Jupiter shining shows clear features and all the marks of a full appearance. Verse: to know one's future, look at Jupiter. If it falls in the Appearance palace, one is not honored; if ruined, one meets lawsuits and tattooing. Jupiter in the Appearance palace is strange and odd but well met, like Fu Yue, who became chancellor, or Taigong, who was no tiger yet became one of the Three Dukes.

木星變段名

Jupiter's Variant Names

寳瓶宮欄干星　又名曲直星主先破後成也詩斷木星子位號欄干　命若逢之見福難首尾同宮併火孛　廚無祿食盡天年

Aquarius: the Railing Star, also called the Straight-Curved Star; it brings ruin first and success later. Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter in Zi is called the Railing Star. If the life meets it, blessings are hard to find; with Fire and Bo in the same palace from head to tail, the kitchen has no salary and the years are used up.

磨蠍宮亶婁星　又名文印星技藝工巧文筆詩斷亶婁三公且平和　八煞宮中阻難多身命若能無惡曜　資財足用免奔波

Capricorn: the Dan Lou Star, also called the Literary Seal Star, for skilled arts and writing. Verse: Dan Lou gives the Three Dukes and peace. In the Eighth Sha palace there are many obstacles; if life and body meet no evil stars, wealth is sufficient and one is spared running about.

人馬宮祿存星　又名文章星讀書進身文學詩斷木居人馬祿存星　七強宮喜立鴻名更得貴人逢祿馬　三垣滿用佐朝廷

Sagittarius: the Lu Cun Star, also called the Literary Star, for reading and advancing through learning. Verse: Jupiter as the Lu Cun Star in Sagittarius. In the Seven Strong palace one establishes a great name; meeting noble people and the Lu horse, one fills the Three Enclosures and serves the court.

天蠍宮鳯翔星　又名天甲星主九流伎術也詩斷氐房心宿鳯翔星　財旺身宮祿更榮益子榮妻承祖福　惡星相犯不為驚

Scorpio: the Phoenix-Soaring Star, also called the Heavenly Armor Star, governs the arts of the nine schools. Verse: the Phoenix-Soaring Star lies in the Di, Fang and Xin lodges. Wealth flourishes in the body palace and salary grows more glorious; children benefit, the wife is honored, and ancestral blessings are inherited. Even when evil stars meet it, one is not alarmed.

天秤宮青龍星　又名天徳星橫財為福有徳行詩斷嵗星辰上號青龍　四正宮中爵祿崇太白相逢官品極　不讀詩書也防封

Libra: the Azure Dragon Star, also called the Heavenly Virtue Star, brings windfall as blessing and virtuous conduct. Verse: among the stars Jupiter is called the Azure Dragon. In the cardinal palaces rank and salary are high; meeting Venus, official rank reaches its peak. Even without reading the Odes and Documents, one should still guard against being enfeoffed.

雙女宮巖蛇星　又名科祿星科名清貴之職詩斷荊州楚分號巖蛇　狼毒貪汚性好華狡猾凶頑曹吏輩　或為商賈不思家

Virgo: the Cliff Serpent Star, also called the Official Salary Star, for pure and noble official posts. Verse: in the Jingzhou region of Chu it is named the Cliff Serpent. Wolfish, greedy, corrupt, fond of display, cunning and wicked, it makes clerks of the bureaus, or merchants who do not think of home.

獅子宮橫屍星　又名防車星防害六親孤獨詩斷三河周分木為乖　身命遭逢百禍來三限若教一限到　須主性命到泉台

Leo: the Horizontal Corpse Star, also called the Guard-Carriage Star, harms the six relatives and leaves one alone. Verse: in the Three Rivers region of Zhou, Jupiter is perverse. If a life meets a hundred calamities and one of the three limits arrives, the life reaches the Yellow Springs.

巨蟹宮文華星　又名天魁星主及第魁選

Cancer: the Literary Splendor Star, also called the Heavenly Chief Star, governs success in the examinations and first place in selection.

詩斷未宮入廟清華貴　四十五年為福利文臣官列至朝參　武顯邊疆郎將位

Verse: in the Wei palace, Jupiter enters its temple, pure and noble. For forty-five years there is fortune and profit; a civil official rises to the court, and a military man distinguishes himself on the frontier as a general.

隂陽宮天貴星　又名天駟星主招駟馬軺車詩斷木星天貴喜臨身　身命同行作輔臣日月火金並水土　此為七煞立功勲

Gemini: the Heavenly Noble Star, also called the Heavenly Team Star, brings a four-horse light carriage. Verse: Jupiter as the Heavenly Noble delights to come to the body. When life and body travel together, one becomes an assisting minister. With Sun, Moon, Fire, Metal, Water and Earth together, these form the Seven Sha, and one establishes merit.

金牛宮天傷星　又名天棊星主藝能財業成詩斷木星西向號天傷　火計相侵入夭亡為道為僧身不了　為商為賈路中喪

Taurus: the Heavenly Injury Star, also called the Heavenly Go Star, governs skill and the success of property. Verse: Jupiter in the west is called the Heavenly Injury. When Fire and Ketu invade, one dies young. Whether one becomes a Daoist or a monk, one's life is not finished; as a merchant, one dies on the road.

白羊宮獻舞星　又名天吊星相尅六親孤獨詩斷戌為獻舞少年孤　男犯休妻女尅夫若見太陽併火曜　終身卻有貴人扶

Aries: the Offering-Dance Star, also called the Heavenly Hanging Star, harms the six relatives and leaves one alone. Verse: Xu is the Offering-Dance Star, and the youth is alone. A man who offends must divorce his wife; a woman harms her husband. If the Sun and Fire stars meet, one nevertheless has a noble person's support throughout life.

雙魚宮龍徳星　又名文貴星主文學魁甲也詩斷龍徳木曜受雙魚　順則為官逆則儒祖業豐隆無損壊　子孫代代習詩書

Pisces: the Dragon Virtue Star, also called the Literary Nobility Star, governs literary talent and first place in the examinations. Verse: Dragon Virtue, the Jupiter star, is received at Pisces. If it moves direct, one becomes an official; if retrograde, a scholar. Ancestral estates are abundant and undamaged, and the descendants study the Odes and Documents generation after generation.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming

三辰通載【五星】

Comprehensive Record of the Three Luminaries [Five Planets]

熒惑火星

Mars, the Fire Star

總□筭法置積日數加二百二十二日以七百六十九日九十二分九十六秒為伏見留退一終之數除之不滿者為餘日看有多少下太陽中定星加一周天以餘日數去之看在何段便知定度所在

General calculation: take the accumulated days, add two hundred and twenty-two days, and divide by seven hundred and sixty-nine days, ninety-two parts and ninety-six seconds, which is one full cycle of hidden, visible, stationary and retrograde. What is not divided evenly is the remaining days. Look at the Sun's mean position, add one full circuit, subtract the remaining days, and see which segment it falls in; then the fixed degree is known.

晨伏七十一日行五十一度去日二十度晨見東方順行三百八十日行六百十四度九十分

Hidden at dawn for seventy-one days, moving fifty-one degrees and standing twenty degrees from the Sun. It appears in the east at dawn and moves direct for three hundred and eighty days, covering six hundred and fourteen degrees and ninety parts.

留八日不行晨逆三十日九十八分四十八秒行八

Stationary for eight days, not moving. Retrograde at dawn for thirty days, ninety-eight parts and forty-eight seconds, moving eight

度五十五分六十八秒夕逆三十日

degrees, fifty-five parts and sixty-eight seconds. Retrograde at dusk for thirty days.

留八日不行順二百八十日夕伏七十一日行度並

Stationary for eight days, not moving. Direct for two hundred and eighty days. Hidden at dusk for seventy-one days, moving degrees together

同前

Same as above.

火星論

Treatise on Mars

火德南方熒惑星也一名虛漢星又名靈漢星其色赤其性禮執法之象履道而明民安國泰退逆失度或犯天闕或犯南斗或入紫防宮天下大亂死人無數行度無定故有前後順遲留逆段大抵約二年一周天順疾而行則為福入留段號天虹星招火災入逆段號天坎星主瘟疫入伏段號走曜主暴災厄甲生人以為祿主星　　乙生人以為權星丙生人以為囚星　　　丁生人以為印星戊生人以為正魁刑星　巳生人以為貴星庚生人以為防星　　　辛生人以為耗星壬生人以為福星　　　癸生人以為暗星

The virtue of Fire is the Mars of the south, also called the Ghost Star of Attendance and the Spirit Star of the Han. Its color is red and its nature is ritual; it holds the image of one who treads the Way and shines clearly, keeping the people at peace and the state secure. When it is retrograde or out of its course, it may invade the Heavenly Gate or the Southern Dipper, or enter the Purple Palace; then the realm falls into great disorder and many die. Its motion is not fixed, so it has advance, retreat, slowness and stations. Generally it completes one cycle in about two years. Moving swiftly in direct motion it brings fortune; in its station it is called the Heavenly Rainbow Star and brings fire calamity; in retrograde it is called the Heavenly Pit Star and brings plague; in hidden phase it is called the Running Light and brings sudden disaster. For those born in Jia, it is the lord star of emolument. For Yi, the star of power. For Bing, the Prisoner. For Ding, the Seal Star. For Wu, the Upright Calamity Star. For Ji, the Noble Star. For Geng, the Defense Star. For Xin, the Waste Star. For Ren, the Fortune Star. For Gui, the Dark Star.

此星廟在卯旺在丑好在戌樂未喜申好寅

This star is in its temple at Mao, prosperous at Chou, well placed at Xu, delights at Wei, rejoices at Shen, and is good at Yin.

鑑心經云夜生火曜照蠍宮合主三台殺伐權若然居丑與奎婁夜生必定佐王侯○厯象賦云南方星官在蠍宮面貴饒衣食○詩云火躔心宿職彌強生殺權威鎮遠方斗宿度中兵任重婁奎星內祿非常夜向申宮名喜位水金同照任朝堂星主夜逢宮度順定招財祿兩榮昌○書生人逢之為忌星最怕陽宮也又不可以日生火便言忌曜須明喜樂好旺或為祿主或為權星或是三方主或作科名星詳其所臨宮分三合照臨察其災福如晝生見火在隂宮不為大害臨危不危臨險不險總有災殃虎頭防尾都例經云夜生忌土晝忌火各自相逢必為禍土在陽害火在隂縱有災殃還較可○經云莫言忌火便為災若為方主禍不來此星英雄武畧威勇猛烈大怕酉辰二位號為怒地主人尅害骨肉鑑心經云火星若在酉與辰其人少失二尊親又云火星行到參星腰駝眼瞎賦云中年運蹇見生時火在酉宮賦云金臨火位其人少失尊親火入金宮此命早拋兄弟葢辰酉乃金星好樂之宮火星到此相尅故為慍怒如

The Mirror of the Heart Scripture says: a night-born Fire star shining on the Scorpio palace brings the power of killing across the Three Terraces. If it sits at Chou with Kui and Lou, a night birth will surely assist kings and dukes. The Astronomical Treatise says: the southern star officials lie in the Scorpio palace, with noble face and abundant food. Verse: Fire moves through the Heart lodge as a strong official; its power of killing rules distant lands. In the Dou lodge its weight is great; in the Kui and Lou lodges its emolument is extraordinary. At night in Shen, with Water and Metal together, one serves the court; when Fire moves to a palace by night and goes direct, wealth and salary both flourish. Scholars say: Fire by day is not simply a fault; one must see whether it is the lord star or the star of emolument, and whether its position is strong or weak. Fire at night in Yin does little harm: facing danger one is not endangered, facing peril one is not destroyed, yet Fire always brings some calamity, the tiger's head and tail alike. The Scripture says: do not say Fire is always a calamity; if it is the lord of its palace, misfortune does not come. This star is heroic, martial and fierce, and greatly fears the palaces of You and Chen, called the palaces of anger, which harm kin. The Mirror Scripture says Fire at You and Chen causes the early loss of two parents. It also says that Fire reaching the waist of Shen makes one hunched and blind in one eye. The Ode says Fire in Metal's palace means early loss of parents, and Metal in the Fire position means early loss of brothers; Chen and You are where Metal rejoices, so Fire clashes with Metal there and brings anger.

火命不論此若君子之命已入貴格更得劒鋒星煞入命則為三司格局

For a Fire-natured life this does not apply. A person of noble pattern whose life has entered the noble rank, and who meets the Sword-Edge star, enters the pattern of the Three Ministers.

劒鋒煞

Sword-Edge Sha

甲戌生人劒寅鋒丑　甲申生人劒子鋒寅甲午生人劒戌鋒辰　甲辰生人劒申鋒午未甲寅生人劒午鋒申　甲子生人劒辰鋒戌

Born in Jia Xu: Sword at Yin, Edge at Chou. Born in Jia Shen: Sword at Zi, Edge at Yin. Born in Jia Wu: Sword at Xu, Edge at Chen. Born in Jia Chen: Sword at Shen, Edge at Wu and Wei. Born in Jia Yin: Sword at Wu, Edge at Shen. Born in Jia Zi: Sword at Chen, Edge at Xu.

小人在命主不善死在八宮十宮有權此劒鋒之煞利君子不利小人君子則貴小人則凶女人以火照命宮者口硬心軟處性不和生得端正多與夫不和如廟旺則貴兼以此為夫星若得地則防潤夫宮偕老大抵火遇夜則光金遇夜則明坐命在亥卯未者以此為地元祿坐命在寅午戌者以此為天元印坐命在申子辰者以此為人元壽六甲生人以火為天官正祿與之同宮則吉

If a petty person holds the life, he dies badly in the Eighth palace, while the tenth palace holds power. This Sword-Edge sha benefits the gentleman and harms the petty person: the gentleman is noble, the petty person meets ruin. A woman with Fire shining on the Life palace has a hard mouth and soft heart and an uncompliant nature; she is handsome but often quarrels with her husband. If Fire is in its temple, she is honored, and Fire serves as her husband star; if Fire is in a weak place, it is restrained. In general Fire is brighter by night, and Metal is clearer by night. For a life palace at Hai, Mao or Wei, this is the Earth Original Fortune; at Yin, Wu or Xu, the Heaven Original Seal; at Shen, Zi or Chen, the Man Original Longevity. For those born in the six Jia years, Fire is the Heavenly Official's proper salary, and with it in the same palace, it is auspicious.

火星歌

Song of the Fire Star

熒惑之星本日餘須分晝夜定賢愚夜生隂位更逢廟面色微紅眉又踈【火好夜生在隂宮主面色防紅眉目踈秀】有武藝防兵書言詞猛快氣豪麄形神上小下須大隻好安身武位居【夜生在四強四正宮主有武藝言詞猛快有膽氣只宜武位】權握重管兵機生來財物又居儲【夜火在命主有權掌有財祿富貴】惟怕晝生陽宮度面生顴骨惡肌膚火性剛多燥暴常懷氣概立身軀不招祖業資財散博弄經求及宰屠【火星剛日生為忌在陽宮生面骨腮火急不招上祖產業多愛博弄乃屠宰伏仗氣既立身】逢日月事何如爺孃早逝早嗟吁【晝火逢日月主尅父母】歲熒兩備兼文武遇土英雄亂世需若遇金星淫更佚妻招產厄至嗚呼【火木相合主文武俱備火土相防必為亂世之英雄更招婁產難也火金相防主妻淫佚】水與孛愛穿窬更逢計曜定遭誅【水火孛同主作賊計都主惡死】天首武臣高貴位如臨紫炁號師巫【火羅相逢主武位有權與紫炁防師巫】居財帛財帛虛三宮兄弟

The Fire Star is judged by the day of birth; separate day and night to tell the wise from the foolish. A night birth with Fire in temple strength in Yin has a slightly reddish face and sparse eyebrows. It has martial skill, fears the books of war, speaks boldly and quickly, and its spirit is strong; narrow above and broad below, it is suited only to a settled position. Holding power over the military, it manages strategy. Fire in the Wealth palace leaves the Wealth palace empty, and the three palaces of wealth and siblings are vacant.

主流徒田宅祖居相破蕩六宮放火是家奴【晝火在財帛不招財帛在三宮兄弟遭徒在六宮破祖業在九宮主奴僕放火】五位長男先惡死七宮妻妾亦先殂疾厄瘟防腰背曲遷移客死別人廬【晝火在五宮子息惡死七宮尅妻八宮主瘟防及腰駝背曲九宮客死】居官祿有憂虞血光刑獄事區區福徳宮中人促壽防害十相不全俱【晝火十宮主刑獄血光十一宮促壽十二宮十相不全】微妙仙經無價寶珍藏待價卻沽諸

Fear the day-born Fire in Yang: prominent cheekbones, rough skin, a fiery nature, often in rage. One does not keep the ancestral estate, property is squandered in gambling, and one turns to butchery. Fire meets the Sun and Moon: parents die early and one laments. Fire with Jupiter gives both civil and military talent; with Earth, a hero in a chaotic age; with Metal, lust and loss, and the wife brings property ruin and early death. Water with Bo loves burglary; with Ketu, one is killed. Fire with Rahu gives high military office; with Purple Qi, a teacher of arts and spirits. The Property palace is ruined, and the household servant sets fire. The Official palace brings lawsuits and bloodshed; the tenth palace brings a short life and incomplete signs. Subtle and precious, the treasure is kept until its price is right and then sold.

火星為性要君知日里生人切忌之四正宮中如遇著一生財物似灰微○白羊天蠍若相逢平生財祿自然豐齊衞分中有悲喜子孫年老有豐隆○火雖多禮亦為心既能為福亦為迍命與身宮重疊犯正是平生燥暴人○為人何故苦多言土孛之星與火兼當初只喜誇雄辨反被傍人苦惡嫌○玉體痕瑕多見傷皆因丙乙起為殃若同火土居亥位遺腹難生亦尅娘○火星因是晝生凶旺在隂宮亦有功名據高強逢紫炁必然驟發至三公○火居天蠍旺心初夜裡逢之貴有餘若是科名並命主諫垣言路一時居

Fire must be read by the day of birth. Those born by day in the four cardinal palaces, if they meet it, find their wealth scattered like ash. With Scorpio and Aries together, wealth and emolument are abundant, and children prosper in later years. Fire may bring blessing or hardship; when the life and body palaces overlap, the person is heavy and stubborn of fiery temper. Such a person talks a great deal: Earth and Bo with Fire make one love to show off eloquence at first, and then one is disliked by others. When the jade body bears scars, it comes from the Fire of Bing and Yi; if Fire and Earth sit in the Hai palace, the child is hard to bring to birth and the mother is lost. Fire is the star of day birth; in a Yin palace it holds power and fame, and meeting Purple Qi it rises suddenly to the Three Dukes. Fire in Scorpio is brightest; born at night, it brings abundant honor, and if the name stands on the list of examinations, one rises to the office of remonstrance.

火星殿局朝元

Fire Palace Court Chart

火星附太陽曰朱雀捧御附太隂曰□赦居磨蠍【丑】天蠍【卯】為正殿居寅申巳亥為正廟愛尾室觜翼為朝元本命太歲值之建旺則秉將帥勇鋭猛烈之權六甲生人最佳

Fire attached to the Sun is called Vermilion Bird Presenting the Imperial Edict; attached to the Moon it is called the Pardon Star, abiding in Capricorn. Chou and Scorpio are the proper palaces; Yin, Shen, Si and Hai are its proper temples. Fire's lodges of Wei, Jiao and Dou are the court of attendance. When the life star of the year is at its prosperous level, it carries the power of bold and fierce generals, and of those born in the six Jia years.

火星廟旺樂順留伏逆

Fire in its temple and prosperous position: pleasing and retreating; stationary and retrograde.

廟宮【京東路】火入天蠍卯上名為天成天角星若生本路身命遇之更八煞官祿宮有星學館星不閒便為貴命決之若只八煞官祿宮有星只陞朝格中富之人如見祿馬八煞官祿無星亦是四品之官兼主武職不在防宮兼有官資或遇留伏逆減半

Temple palace [Jing East Road]: Fire entering Scorpio at Mao is called Heavenly Achievement, the Heavenly Horn Star. If one meets it in the life palace with the Eighth Sha in the official palace, one is a scholar of learning and a noble pattern. If there is only the Eighth Sha in the official palace with no star, one rises only to the rank of a high official. If the three palaces are rich and wealth abounds, the Sha is only a fourth-rank official. If one meets the Lu and Ma stars and the Eighth Sha in the official palace with no stars, one holds a fourth-rank post; if stationary or retrograde, the rank is halved.

樂宮【京湖重宮】火入白羊戌上為左契右契星如人身命遇之加臨官祿更有吉星定應兩制之貴中犯煞者便為武職將軍之位星入八煞官祿宮皆為樞職只作從官須兼帥職女為命婦須防祿馬高低斷之旺宮【兩浙路】火入磨蠍丑上名為天權天皇星若人遇之主一生作事亨通而大富如官宮有星只作官職斷之僧道見之有住持之望若遇兵戎必作上等郎員留伏逆減半

Pleasure palace [Jing Hu Heavy Palace]: Fire entering Aries at Xu is called the Left Covenant and Right Covenant Star. If one meets it in the life palace and the official palace has some auspicious star, one will certainly hold a post among the two chambers. If one meets an Eighth Sha, one is a military official and general. If the star enters the Eighth Sha in the official palace, one serves in the secretariat, but only as a subordinate; a woman must watch for Lu and Ma. Fire at Chou in Scorpio is called the Heavenly Dignity and Heavenly Emperor Star. If one meets it, one's affairs succeed throughout life and one becomes very rich. If there is a star in the official palace, one holds official post; monks and Daoists may hope to become abbots. If one meets military action, one becomes a superior official; stationary or retrograde halves its force.

順段　火入順段名為天偕天武星若人遇之有救星更犯煞星必作武職六品之官兼為將軍女人為命婦更防祿馬斷之

Direct segment: Fire entering the direct segment is called the Heavenly Aid and Heavenly Martial Star. If one meets it, one has a rescuing star; if one also meets a Sha star, one becomes a military official of sixth rank, and a general; a woman becomes a noble's wife and must watch for Lu and Ma.

留段　火入留段名為天剉天哭星若人於身命見之皆主好殺其心不慈不仁若有救星卻主平善若入防無救星皆坐遠配軍州不祥之禍斷之

Stationary segment: Fire entering the stationary segment is called the Heavenly Cutting and Heavenly Weeping Star. If one meets it in the life or body palace, one is by nature cruel and unkind. If there is a rescuing star, one is peaceful and good; if it enters a palace without rescue, one is exiled to a remote prefecture.

詩斷火入留段名天厭　身命逢之名恥玷平生雖善治家生　亦被妻兒多怪念

Verse on the stationary segment: Fire entering the stationary segment is named the Heavenly Repulsion; a life that meets it is shamed throughout life, though in managing the household one is good. One is also troubled by one's wife and children, and by their strange blame.

伏段　火入伏段名為天婁天車星若人身命見之皆犯囚刑重難而死若有救星卻於分野上防斷其星最怕居忌防主有不祥之禍或有救助主於爐冶中求覔衣食亦主孤獨若婦人為風塵不善之家更隨忌防高低斷之

Hidden segment: Fire entering the hidden segment is called the Heavenly Ruin and Heavenly Cart Star. If one meets it in the body or life palace, one is charged with imprisonment and dies a violent death. If there is a rescuing star one is spared, but among the stars there is danger; the star most feared is Ji in its place. If a woman meets it, she falls into the wind-and-dust trade. If there is any rescue, one may find food in the smithy or the kiln, but one remains lonely.

逆段　火入逆段名為天患伏屍星若人身命見之無入格星辰皆主孤寒貧苦若防忌定主惡疾或犯煞無救星皆主非橫死女人產厄見血而死

Retrograde segment: Fire entering the retrograde segment is called the Heavenly Affliction and Hidden Corpse Star. If one meets it in the body or life palace, with no auspicious star to enter the pattern, one is poor and cold throughout life. If there is a Sha or a lord of calamity without rescue, one dies a violent death. A woman dies in childbirth from bleeding.

詩斷火星前逆名困厄　親上施恩反作讐在命輔身臨妻位　一生性蕩遠方遊火星後逆名披首　心蕩花衢最躭酒煩燥心神無三思　因茲暗裡成災咎

Verse: Fire ahead and retrograde is called the Stuck and Distressed; in the parents' palace and above, one is repaid with hostility. In the body and life palaces, the star that rules the spouse's palace leads one far away. Fire behind and retrograde is named the Covered Head; the heart is wild and runs to the flower streets, fond of wine, restless and fiery, without thought, so disaster arises in the dark.

火星躔宿俱出玉關經玉關歌

Fire's lodges that pass the Jade Pass, Song of the Jade Pass.

火躔角宿號天娼　衣食隨時不善良尅妻尅子婚難合　免教食祿見恓惶火星偏好角星逢　角木相生勢位隆得祿理財全在手　若逢水曜必須窮火躔亢宿號天戈　妻妾宮中有折磨好色損妻心不定　此人衣食必奔波火加亢宿主離財　夜裡生人亦有災若是日生憂壽促　只逢孛計為同來火躔氐宿號天輕　衣食生來不稱情心性輕狂多膽智　晚來稍稍得安寧卯宮見火為之主　未到氐宿度土度晝生留逆遇皆凶　夜生順行多智慮火躔房宿號天梁　官職超遷輔弼良將相公侯名極貴　此身佩紫與金章熒惑房二並四度　超越之人誠好武雄豪大畧主威權　富貴榮華官職固火躔心宿號天相　統領兵機為上將更兼樞府四十年　富貴功名徹天上火從心宿號明堂　初度之三正相當統壓萬兵權至重　文星魁發少年郎

Fire in the Horn lodge is called the Heavenly Harlot; food and clothing are not good, it harms wife and children, and marriage is difficult. Fire loves the Horn star; Horn and Wood produce each other, and the position of authority is high; one gains salary and manages wealth well. If Water meets it, one is poor. Fire at Kang is called the Heavenly Spear; in the spouse palace there is ruin and sickness, one is fond of women and damages one's wife, the mind is unsettled and food is always wandering. Fire at Di is called the Heavenly Light; food and clothing come easily; the nature is light and eccentric, full of courage and wisdom, and one gradually finds peace later. Fire at Fang is called the Heavenly Beam; official rank rises swiftly and one becomes a general and minister; one wears purple and gold. Fire at Xin is called the Heavenly Mutual Star; fine rank and wealth, great command of the military, and forty years in the Privy Council.

貴格云熒惑正行心宿度　高牙大纛擁旌旗火躔尾宿號天穆　此人必定榮衣祿安然裡面不奔馳　超騰晚景最多福尾宿之中當防火　奸險所為難保可不然瘡防阻於人　亦主一生多橫禍

Noble pattern: when Fire is in the correct course in the Heart lodge, flags and banners rise; Fire at Wei, in the Tail lodge, is called the Heavenly Mu. This person surely has a glorious calling and a peaceful livelihood and does not run about. In the Tail lodge many blessings come in later years, but one must guard against fire; treachery is unsafe; ulcers hinder people; one also suffers many calamities throughout life.

貴格云熒惑之星躔尾宿　禹門一躍過天池火躔箕宿號天明　作事機權性最靈為官須得君王用　大任終當領萬兵箕星不要火相逢　火躔箕宿益飄蓬箕好火風終汨沒　水星同度火須凶火躔斗宿號天徵　生殺之權有大聲祿旺中年主富貴　位至三公及九卿斗十八至二十一　火曜夜臨主貴極公卿帶印掌高權　尤忌伏行生在日火躔牛宿號天朽　先代家資盡滅亡形貎魁梧多智勇　此生終不少年郎牛星雖是屬丑宮　火臨此地晦朦朧遇土不明多騫滯　縱教辰上亦生凶火躔女宿號天暗　多成多敗心狂亂若非木旺在宮扶　六親害盡資財散女子如何被火煎　便教富貴壽難延惟甲夜生行順疾　此身當在聖君前火躔虛宿號天磨　貧困初年財不多心愛是非躭女色　更添女子不相和虛星屬子一陽生　火逢坎地固難明況是北凝兼水旺　火為離曜必傷身火躔危宿號天淋　好色貪花智勇深破家離祖自成立　施恩終是福重興火星齊地過危橋

Noble pattern: Fire in the Tail lodge is the Heavenly Ferry; one leaps across the Heavenly Pool, and in one's affairs the nature is quick and clever; one should serve kings as an official and take great charge of ten thousand soldiers. Fire in the Ji lodge is the Heavenly Ming, rising and sinking and drifting; the Water star at the same degree makes it fierce. Fire in the Dou lodge is called the Heavenly Expedition, with the power of life and death and a great voice; in middle age the official rank is great, and the highest rank is that of the Nine Ministers. Fire at Niu is called the Heavenly Decay; the family fortune is lost, though appearance is imposing and many are wise and brave.

夜順光明事可饒炁若同之為旺處　官位高遷職更超火躔室宿號天強　勇智操持武職良更得木星來救助　定須學館作文昌火宿從來室火豬　自知夭壽命難逾炎炎不息終為禍　男敢妻家女敗夫

Fire in Xu is called the Heavenly Dark; many successes and failures, the mind unsettled; without Wood's support in the palace, the six relatives are harmed. A woman in Xu, born at night, moves forward cleanly. Fire in the Wei palace makes life short; at dawn one sets out against the Heavenly Crown.

貴格云熒惑徳星居廟室　勲臣永鎮千秋日火躔壁宿號天滅　兄弟兒孫道路絶伶仃孤苦萬千般　晚年稍稍身安悅璧宿切莫火相侵　壁為水曜夜常明火曜來躔終不利　熒躔璧曜正刑星火躔奎宿號天廚　衣祿生來自有餘勇藝智高才學美　定是威名達帝都奎木之中生火曜　文學聰明夜生照若是逆留六八宮　不主令終亦主夭火躔婁宿號天暘　命裡逢之出賛襄恩徳又施家富貴　淵源學問翰林塲火星雖為戌宮主　若是婁中亦可住招刑招疾且生凶　夜則順行人喜遇

Fire at Wei is called the Heavenly Ruin; one suffers poverty early and keeps no wealth; one loves beauty and quarrels; in marriage one is shamed by the wife.

貴格云熒惑當知廟樂婁　官崇威重位分茅火躔胃宿名天沒　定是終身無子息中間困苦又艱辛　奔走東西漫勞役熒惑膽氣更豪雄　胃度之中且莫過那更土並羅計合　自知壽短禍消磨火躔昴宿號天鏤　身蹇身孤性自愚貪酒多滛心不足　到頭衣食亦無餘昴宿正屬酉命中　火燒牛角正添愁若是木星同度立　火無西旺水終揫火躔畢宿號天危　身見災迍必損妻破家蕩業須遊冶　資財耗盡走東西畢宿雖樂月中烏　火行此地自難居火燥不堪行沒曜　便有熒光禍自如火躔觜宿號天滛　風花雪月四時並浮泛自然家業破　奔馳晚歲始身榮古法常言火轉申　誰知觜宿好相親日月同之多眼疾　夜生順度始光明

Noble pattern: when Fire enters the lodge of Zi, the lineage and talents are great. Fire entering the Bi lodge is the Heavenly Ruin of the second; it makes one's posterity loathed, and in later life one is poor and bitter. Fire in Mao is the leopard-face; Fire in Yuan is the Heavenly Light.

貴格云火躔觜宿福偏洪　龍躍天池氣概雄火躔參宿號天倫　性如風火好傷身工巧細心兼有智　做此隂隲與兒孫參宿從來屬隂陽　火入隂陽氣自剛隂陽配合精神足　坎離交感火明彰火躔井宿號天終　智慧威嚴膽氣雄衣食平平人命蹇　晚來方始見榮通井宿半度在申宮　十七度中未位逢火到此宮須怕水　縱逢吉曜亦無功火躔鬼宿號天祥　此星家富少兒郎只恐天年多夭折　不然惡死沒家鄉鬼宿為曜號金牛　火通明處鬼難當金地火星常照灼　此星為惡不為祥火躔柳宿號天馳　多慮多疑多是非尅妻害子兄弟絶　平生衣食卻隨時火星居柳多驚怕　惡死猖狂甚奸詐男女必是少年亡　女人產厄何足迓火躔星宿號天榮　必定前程有大聲更得十宮星有力　為官穏穏到公卿火星切忌來星馬　損父元來從母嫁日生最重夜生輕　處世忙忙無少暇火躔張宿號天頡　汨沒平生難共說若非壽夭父母亡　尅子害妻兄弟缺張宿更在午星遊

Fire in the Wei lodge is called the Heavenly Kitchen; food and clothing come naturally in abundance; one has talent and learning, and is a man of virtue and fame, prized by the capital. Fire in the Lou lodge is called the Heavenly Sunshine; in the life it brings praise and favor. Wealth and honor come from family; the root of learning and fame lies in the Hanlin academy. Fire in the Lou lodge is the star of Xu, but if one is in Lou, one lives in calamity, illness and misfortune. At night it moves forward, and people meet it.

火曜逢宵展大猷木曜同躔張宿上　若加祿主位封侯火躔翼宿號天憐　心性猖狂學少成智術多端加嗜慾　衣食生來卻稱情翼宿屬在雙女宮　火臨初夏氣英雄火曜不堪來此立　那堪見水又無功

Jupiter and Mars share the Zhang lodge, and with the great plan unfolding at night, if Jupiter adds to the life's emolument, one is enfeoffed as a marquis. Mars in the Yi lodge is called the Heavenly Gentleness; one's nature is wild and one loves learning but accomplishes little; one is fond of indulgence, yet food and clothing come as one wishes. Mars in the Yi lodge belongs to the Virgo palace; in early summer Mars rules the sky, and where it stops is hard for it to find ease. When water meets it, it achieves nothing.

貴格云火星最好來躔翼　輔佐邦家權要職火躔軫宿號天暴　手足風狂損年少晚年衣食稍平安　只恐妻兒命難保軫宿屬水又水宮　兩逢水曜氣英雄火曜不堪來此立　身遭鬼尅不堪供

Noble pattern: Mars is best when it comes to the Yi lodge; it assists the state and holds the power of high office. Mars in the Zhen lodge is called the Heavenly Violence; the hands and feet are wild and the person injures his relatives in youth; in later years food and clothing are a little calmer, but fear that wife and children's lives will not be preserved, for the Zhen lodge belongs to water and water palaces. When Mars meets water stars, one's heroism is shaken and it cannot stand firm.

火星同度

Mars in the same degree

火星在天蠍是本宮自氐宿五度八十一分至十一度十一分系行火度不為廟度自氐宿二度至三度為正廟不居此度為向廟在磨蠍宮斗宿十八度至二十度並牛宿初度為正旺白羊為本宮是次旺生時遇之主為重權之人熒惑為明堂火之廟也主為將相秉重權有威望若在房二度者亦旺二十年或在心初度至三度為上將綂萬兵出將入相四十年見土為旺見金水好神仙之事見首尾私通國戚見水以賤為妻若在斗十八度及二十一度必為公卿即二十年秉生殺之權常帶將相之印仍不犯日月及水土則貴若見水則被人妬若在四正宮為本宮居奎宿則有文章若逆行苐七八不善終雖順行亦損壽見血亡與木相資與金相仇與水相惡同宮為水尅即惡死

Mars in the Scorpio palace is its own palace, from the fifth degree and eighty-one parts of Di lodge to the eleventh degree and eleven parts; it is in its own course, not in its temple. From the second to the third degree of Di lodge is its proper temple; not dwelling in this degree is facing the temple. In Capricorn, the Dou lodge eighteenth to twentieth degrees and the first degree of Niu lodge are its proper prosperity. Aries is its proper palace, and secondary prosperity; when born at that time, one is a heavy-powered person. Mars is the temple of the Ming Hall of Fire; it makes one a general and minister holding heavy power and great prestige. In the Fang lodge second degree it is also prosperous for twenty years. In the first to third degrees of Xin, it is the great general commanding ten thousand, enters the court and leaves it for forty years. Earth brings prosperity; Metal brings immortal affairs; secret liaisons at Shou and Wei; Water brings a humble wife; if in the Kui lodge it brings literature; if moving retrograde at the seventh or eighth, it does not end well. With Wood it helps; with Metal it is an enemy; with Water it is poisonous; if in the same palace with Water, it is death.

日度為人性急干事不免是非一生被人作念損祖財老當刀兵之厄是主星夜生有位日生有財不是主星平生多訟好色慾變善為惡晝生帶劒死月度主性急食卑下之祿雖聰明亦短天其人出言不實多是非與人交結不久長多有暗昩災因文人有厄是主星得免

Sun degree: a person of hasty nature, who cannot avoid disputes; through life many are harmed by others, and in old age suffers the calamity of weapons. For a night birth with the Sun, it is a main star; for a day birth, one has wealth. Not a main star, one is much plagued by lawsuits, fond of lust, prefers evil to goodness. If born by day, one dies with a blade. The Moon degree: one has short fortune and a low salary; though clever, one dies young; one speaks falsehood and many disputes; one does not make lasting friendships and often has hidden disasters. Scholars face danger; it is a main star, and one may be spared.

木度主一生多災厄因疾病中損害四肢或犯風狂損傷男女是主星得吉曜相扶助則可減矣

Wood degree: one suffers many calamities and illnesses throughout life; there is injury to the four limbs, or wind madness harms men and women. If the main star, it can be eased by auspicious stars that support it.

火度主威名嚴厲一生足詞智因武藝則有鋒芒多子孫亦忌小人相損若是主星總被人損亦不成事因此得重祿更兼勇智超群若有損即轉貴土度主損兄弟男女主惡死木見則免三十二以後有財金度主一生多受貧窘因女人敗聲名木見則免若是主星晝生轉加福力身有貴位

Fire degree: a person of stern and fierce reputation, rich in words and wisdom through martial arts, with sharpness; with children and grandchildren, but must guard against small men harming them. If it is the main star and everything is harmed by others, one also fails; therefore one gains heavy salary and extraordinary courage and wisdom; if harmed, one turns to nobility. Earth degree harms brothers and sons and daughters, who die violently; Wood brings relief after thirty-two. Metal degree: one suffers poverty throughout life, and loses reputation through women; Wood brings relief. If it is the main star and born by day, the person gains noble position.

水度主一生多災厄施恩徳有不善之報

Water degree: one suffers many calamities throughout life, and though one shows kindness, one receives unkindness in return.

火星入宮

Mars entering the palace

日宮作事多成為人性急有聲名善決斷有武勇作文詞是主星有權兵之貴不是主星目疾損父母或夭死天乙可免

Sun palace: one succeeds in affairs and is of hasty nature; has reputation, decides quickly, has martial courage and writes well. If it is the main star, one holds military power and nobility; if not, one suffers eye disease, harms parents, or dies young; the Heavenly Yi can save one.

月宮主性格不安定多驚怕出言不審是非若是主星夜生有位日生有財不是主星夜微有福日生被婦人損防亦主促壽不善終

Moon palace: a person with an unsettled temperament, often frightened, speaking without thought and causing disputes. If it is the main star and born by night, one holds position; born by day, one holds wealth. If not the main star, one has slight fortune at night; by day one is harmed by women, and one suffers early death and an unhappy end.

木宮主得王者任用有兵權之貴為人內剛外柔於人有義見事深遠是主星有權貴不是主星大富火宮為人性堅宻有道藝好文才足聲名富貴機巧若是主星富貴非常不是主星性急忠直外敏內剛知人災福又好燒煉夜生富貴晝生財薄

Wood palace: a person who receives the trust of kings and holds military power and nobility; inwardly firm and outwardly gentle, loyal to others, and far-seeing. If it is the main star, one has power and nobility; if not, one is greatly rich.

土宮性急形貎魁偉有勇志損祖業兄弟好行凶惡招暗中是非有惡聲名不足畏懼是主星好殺有權不是主星多因殺害而死

Earth palace: hasty in nature, with a commanding figure and courage; one loses ancestral property, and brothers behave violently; there is evil reputation in secret quarrels, though one is not fearful. If it is the main star, one is fond of killing and holds power; if not, one dies by killing.

金宮好色損妻好鬭爭見事不遠與人交結無終始是主星防有職位不是主星防有財

Metal palace: fond of women, harms the wife, quick to fight, and not far-sighted in dealing with others; no lasting ties. If it is the main star, one has some office; if not, one has wealth.

水宮工巧細心有財智多刑獄好殺害一生多被人阻撓與人結交無終始是主星見小利不顧大事干事多成毎被人損防是主星可免非主星因小人損防性命

Water palace: skilled and careful, wealthy in wisdom, subject to punishment and cruelty; one is hindered by others throughout life and cannot make lasting friendships. If it is the main star, one sees small benefits and ignores great affairs, so in every undertaking one is harmed by others. If it is not the main star, one's life is endangered by petty people.

火星同宮

Mars in the same palace

火土同宮主性凶惡好殺害土是主星晝生火是主星夜生及順行本位至防禦練土是主星夜生火是主星晝生各乗旺氣可主監司如不乗旺氣主微職亦主多疾橫終腰疾言語吃□

Mars and Earth in the same palace: a person of cruel nature who loves killing. Earth is the main star when born by night; Fire is the main star when born by day, and when it moves direct in its place it reaches its prosperity, which can make one a supervisor. If it does not hold prosperity, one holds only a minor post, and suffers many illnesses, back pain, and stammering in speech.

詩斷火星防土福偏隆　錦繡文章氣概雄南極星官添福壽　封侯萬戶食千鍾

Verse on Mars: with Earth, fortune is abundant and the talent is grand; with brilliant writing and bold spirit; at the southern pole the star of officials adds blessing and long life; one is enfeoffed as a marquis with a thousand households and a thousand measures of grain.

火金同宮主性急燥見事不長一生少得婦人私愛多被婦人損防難婚姻妻妾不良多滛欲

Mars and Metal in the same palace: a person of hasty and fierce temper who does not last long in affairs. Many marry with a wife who is not good and who has lustful indulgence, and women privately love them but also harm them.

詩斷火星度防喜逢金　百六當之慶瑞深人若逢之登上第　佳名蕃衍世皆欽自來熒惑怕逢金　共照隂陽必主滛更有惡星刑戰著　不過強仕即悲吟

Verse on Mars: Mars is best met with Metal; in a hundred-six period, there is great blessing. If one meets it, one ascends to the first rank; good name spreads widely to the world. Mars fears Metal: when they shine together in yin and yang, lust is certain; with evil stars fighting, one passes the strong age and is grieved.

火水同宮主平生多學道藝兼好文章若俱順行不伏逆者是事有成伏逆者毎事多難有善星相扶助主有位無善星助主目疾

Mars and Water in the same palace: throughout life one studies the Way and is good at literature; if both move direct and do not retrograde, affairs succeed; if retrograde, affairs are often difficult. With a good star helping, one has a position; without a good star, one suffers eye disease.

詩斷火星怕與水星交　困苦相殘百事淆隳癈凌遲逢百六　夫妻父母總相拋火如逢水自相刑　怕在陽宮與晝生不滿三旬防橫死　若能知命學修行

Verse on Mars: Mars fears meeting Water; poverty and difficulty harm each other in every affair. In a hundred-six period, husband and wife and parents all forsake one another. When Mars meets Water, they harm each other; in the Yang palace or in a day birth, one dies young before thirty.

火木同宮主大富貴有權位主兵刑在壽限主長命在陽宮薄壽

Mars and Jupiter in the same palace: great wealth and honor, with authority and position. In military matters there are calamities; in longevity, in a Yang palace a short life.

詩斷木星防火喜偏饒　值此官尊福壽超百六防時家國泰　忠臣孝子滿皇朝火同木徳斷無災　必主其人健有才足智多謀身早達　官居五品亦竒哉

Verse on Jupiter: Jupiter is best with Mars; blessing is abundant. In such an official rank, fortune and longevity exceed a hundred and six; in such a time family and state are at peace; loyal ministers and filial sons fill the dynasty. With Mars and Jupiter together, there is no disaster; one must be a capable person with many talents, and will rise to the fifth official rank.

火羅同宮日則凶夜生主為國臣在九宮方主無力主燒屋

Mars and Rahu in the same palace: in the day, misfortune; born by night, one becomes a minister of the state in the Nine palace; in other palaces one is without strength; one burns a house.

詩斷火星最忌見羅防　害義傷亷事大愁兵火焚燒多刼掠　金倉谷府總無留

Verse on Mars: Mars fears Rahu most; it harms righteousness and damages integrity; great worries from troubles, plunder and fire; grain and treasure in the granaries are lost.

火計同宮主患癰癤而死日生燒屋

Mars and Ketu in the same palace: one dies of boils and abscesses; born by day, one burns a house.

詩斷火宿偏嫌防計都　金人風疾怪刑軀丐殍寒賤終貧困　好是文身賊冦徒毒藥傳勞並刑死　莫能照命握兵符如逢百六天災厚　不問封侯也被誅

Verse on Mars: the Mars lodge especially dislikes Ketu; the golden people suffer wind illness, deformed body, beggary and death; poor and lowly in the end, though one is a good scholar and a bandit.

火孛同宮主虎狼傷不死亦主癰疽膿血

Mars and Bo in the same palace: one suffers from tigers and wolves, and though not killed, suffers from carbuncles and pus.

詩斷熒惑最能誅孛彗　掃除攙搶為慶瑞官榮上爵秉威權　百六逢之為禍害

Verse on Mars: Mars is most able to destroy Bo and comets; sweeping away disorder is a joyful omen; official rank reaches the highest honor and holds authority; but meeting a hundred-six brings disaster.

火炁同宮主足文學少子日生屋多火燒

Mars and Purple Qi in the same palace: one has much learning but few sons; born by day, the house burns with fire.

詩斷火星紫炁最亷平　百六逢之慶福齡逢生必是人間瑞　龍鳯叢中第一人

Verse on Mars: Mars with Purple Qi is most peaceful; a hundred-six meeting brings joy and long life; it is an auspicious sign among men; the first of the dragon and phoenix company.

琅玕經節要

Essentials of the Langgan Classic

火行順旺或同水月順位高宮仁慈祿厚天乙火臨不以晝夜福防於身職祿雄覇

Mars moving direct or in a prosperous position with Water and the Moon in a high palace is benevolent, with ample salary; when Mars shines on the Heavenly One, it brings official power and rule regardless of day or night.

【火星順行同紫炁不拘晝夜主受積祖福防】

[Mars moving direct together with Purple Qi, regardless of day or night, brings blessing from accumulated ancestral fortune.]

火水孛星男女多滛夜生宮順招財進祿廟處權治順旺興隆

Mars, Water and Bo make men and women lustful; a night-born person in a Yin palace gains wealth and salary; in a temple position one holds power; in a direct and prosperous position one prospers.

火土木同夜照困窮首尾一處非吏即戎或留或逆刑害重重

Mars, Earth and Jupiter together at night: poverty throughout; first and last at the same place; whether officials or soldiers; stationary or retrograde, hardship is repeated.

【火星及土夜照不論三方即困苦之人更同羅防當於刑法中立身留逆則多官厄尅害六親妻子順旺則昌盛之人】

[Mars and Earth shining at night, regardless of the three palaces, mean a person in distress; with Rahu, one stands among the law; in stationary or retrograde, one suffers official trouble and harm to the six relatives and wife and children; in direct and prosperous positions, one is prosperous.]

火日同行二親殃禍木不照之先代主破火計隂曜惟宜夜照權掌兵機貴於廊廟

Mars and the Sun moving together: the two parents suffer disaster; without Jupiter's shining, the earlier generations are broken. Mars with the hidden Moon is best at night, holding power and military authority, and honored in the court.

火計夜照威武之人或文則帶生殺之職廟旺則福祿堅牢

Mars and Ketu shining at night: a person of might and martial rank, or a man of letters who holds the power of life and death; in the temple position, blessing and salary are firm.

火若在晝逢貴亦凶忽然主背難保善終火木順照遇惡無凶同吉榮曜益壽添祿

Mars in the day meeting nobility is still inauspicious; suddenly the master turns against one, and safety is hard to keep. Mars and Jupiter moving direct and meeting evil brings no disaster; both together add benefit to longevity and salary.

火星照臨十二宮

Mars shines on the twelve palaces

命宮

Life palace

火星臨人命主人意氣雄勇急直好勝明敏見快多學少成得志則寛量失志則□燥心明性急意直膽大愛骨肉與人交則不能長古執自持傲上喜大凡事後悔性不好閒愛技術善醫卜不受拘束不奈觸犯有枕骨睡多側臥先瘦後肥因災變福始勤終怠好食硬物夢則云水波澤荒邱古塜疾則足同脾腎有膽能權握順防則喜逆意則嗔夜生逢此廟樂則文武兼資勇智並用若逢土孛計羅同宮主人凶暴夭折作事迍蹇才有吉慶事又或顛倒夜生必有九九之數其事綿延凡事稱遂○火照主性燥暴不奈人侵欺合主中年抱四時患

Mars in the life palace makes the person bold, quick and hasty, and full of fighting spirit; quick-tempered, eager to win, clever and quick to learn, but achieves little. When satisfied, the person is generous; when disappointed, the person is agitated and angry. Such a person is unrestrained, unbending, haughty, arrogant, loves to succeed in the world, and is fond of technical skills and good at medicine and divination. Such a person is unbound by rules and angered by offense; has a crooked skull and sleeps tilted to one side. Thin at first and fat later, one gains through misfortune and changes for the better; starts diligently and ends lazily. Likes to eat hard food. In dreams it appears as clouds and water, marsh and wild hills and ancient graves. Illness affects the feet, spleen and kidneys. The person has courage and holds power; when in a favorable direction, delighted; when opposed, angry. Born at night in this temple, if pleased, the person combines literary and martial talents with wisdom and courage. If Earth, Bo, Ketu or Rahu join in the same palace, the person is violent and dies early; affairs are difficult and unfinished; sometimes reversed. Born at night, one has a life of nine times nine; affairs continue for a long time and everything goes smoothly. Mars in the life palace is irritable and fierce; one does not endure others' pressure; in middle age one holds four seasons of illness.

詩斷火照命宮心量洪　倚公附勢立身躬初年財散家難聚　順旺如逢財祿豐火人不要火居命　兩火炎炎空自盛若遇火星居天蠍　富貴光華須易熄身命宮中遇火星　此人燥急性聰明平生喜怒真難測　凡事須交立便成

Verse on Mars shining on the life palace: a generous heart; one gains favor by attaching to the powerful; in early years, wealth is scattered and the family hard to gather; if in a prosperous position one meets wealth and salary; Mars is not to be placed in the life palace; two fires blaze in vain; if one meets Mars in the Scorpio palace, wealth and splendor soon vanish; if the life palace holds Mars, the person is fierce and clever, and his moods hard to predict; in all affairs, decide and succeed.

財帛宮

Wealth palace

初年耗散有似蓮花貯水才滿必傾多招是非若有吉星合照同宮則反凶成吉財帛四十八後五十以前漸漸見發○火照一生招盜損財

Early years scatter wealth like a lotus holding water; when it is full it must spill; many disputes; if a good star joins in the same palace, the calamity turns into fortune. Wealth from forty-eight to fifty years old rises gradually. Mars shining on the wealth palace brings loss by theft throughout life.

詩斷火星財帛旺初年　中主交時恐不堅若得善星同照犯　末年退後又團圓財帛宮中要得豐　豈容惡曜故來攻忽然凶曜來相犯　帑庫炎炎一□空

Verse on Mars and the Wealth palace: Mars makes early years prosperous; in middle life the time is not steady; if a good star meets it, calamity is averted; in old age the wealth returns and reunites. The Wealth palace should have wealth; why should evil stars attack? Suddenly evil stars strike, and the treasury is emptied in flames.

兄弟宮

Siblings palace

不得祖業又云火星守時皆不順獨行處性也剛雄○火照主有兄弟雖多終久全不得力

The ancestral property is not inherited; also when Mars is in the palace, things are not smooth and the person is independent and strong. Mars shining on the siblings palace: though brothers are many, none is truly supportive.

詩斷火臨兄弟事如何　爭競紛紛惹禍多親戚有恩還反目　自然手足不相和

Verse on the siblings palace: when Mars is present, how do brothers fare? Contention and disputes cause much trouble; relatives who are kind turn against each other; brothers are not in harmony.

田宅宮

Property palace

田宅難靠宜自卓立莫問兄弟父母賦云少失資財金火同臨于田宅○火照多因官中破家常被惡人相損田宅破散父母家業

The property is hard to rely on; one should stand on one's own. Do not depend on siblings or parents. The ode says: early loss of wealth, and gold and fire together in the property palace. Mars shining on property often brings ruin through official proceedings and ruin by evil people; property and parental family are scattered.

詩斷祖基破盡豈難窮　火宿親臨第四宮若是廟方鬚髮福　不然孤苦一生中婦人為夫別沒刑　田宅多逢水火星隂陽若是水火曜　田宅逢之卻大榮

Verse on the property palace: the ancestral foundation broken; how could it not be ruined? Mars at the fourth palace: if it is a prosperous position, wealth and fortune arise; otherwise one lives alone in hardship, and a wife dies for her husband. When property palace holds water and fire stars, if they are yin and yang, property is greatly prosperous.

男女宮

Children palace

招三人亦宜桃花夾竹偏生過房相壓更好若與土星首尾合照兼又晝生及六丙生人全不得力孤寡若晝生火居男女宮必主絶嗣○火照主有雙生之子貴可得二人之力

Children are also of concern; peach blossom and bamboo are born together; if the child is adopted, it is better; if the child meets an earth star in head and tail, or Mars is born by day in the Children palace, one has no heirs. Mars shining on the children palace: a person may have twin children, and the father can gain the strength of two.

詩斷熒惑臨兒長兩兒　在家出外沒尊卑不然尅害哀傷子　或者傷娘子復悲火若來臨第五宮　此星凶暴似寃仇婚姻若得同偕老　男女必定少年憂

Verse on the children: Mars on children, two children; at home or abroad, no respect; or harms a child and grieves the wife; or grieves for the wife. In the fifth palace Mars is cruel like an enemy; if marriage is shared, they will grow old together, and the children must be young and worried.

奴僕宮

Servants palace

主有僕馬但不久遠六甲生人在此宮者主臨於惡弱之地難享福矣若科甲科名二主高強則無慮也○火照同

There are servants and horses, but not for long. A person born in the six Jia years, with this palace, is in a weak place and will not enjoy blessings. If the scholastic and official stars are strong, there is no concern. Mars shining is the same.

詩斷火徳凶殘勢莫回　防害奴僕愈災危女人更作當生限　夫位重重見別離六位如逢水宿來　害刑牛馬定多災屯殃變異起奴僕　得地專權自劇裁

Verse: Mars's virtue is cruel and cannot be turned; it harms servants and brings ever greater calamity; a woman meets the matter of the lifetime; in the sixth palace, if water stars meet it, harm to oxen and horses brings many disasters; servants bring changes, and the strong holds power and rules by himself.

妻妾宮

Spouse palace

多主生離逺別若妻命有此星相抵則無害不然宜娶同庚長歲方保遲得始宜不宜早男二十五前為早男早尅妻女早尅夫○火照主尅宜夭婚亦主妻因產厄而死

Mars brings the life of many separations and distant partings; if a wife's life holds a star to counter it, there is no harm; otherwise one should marry a woman of the same age, for a late match is better and an early one is not. A man is early to be harmful, causing early loss of wife and early loss of husband. Mars shining on the spouse palace harms marriage, and the wife dies in childbirth.

詩斷火星合主別離居　入宮伏防少年孤白日生人為忌曜　夫尅妻兮妻尅夫生來火宿若臨西　女哭男兒男哭妻或在五宮三五娶　水宮一個定無疑

Verse: Mars joins to bring separation and dwelling apart; in the palace, if one falls early in youth, it is a Mars day-born person in the wrong place; if a man is born with Fire, the wife is harmed and the husband harmed; a daughter weeps, a son laments; if in the fifth palace the third and fifth marriage is decided; in the Water palace, one wife for certain.

疾厄宮

Illness palace

切忌土宿惡曜同處主有不測之災凶險疾病六根不足風疾躔身經云火土同臨疾厄宮眼不盲時耳又聾賦云日月有災八宮見火如夜生不然在消息論之○火照主瘡疥之疾防漏火之厄有疾不可救詩斷火臨疾厄要推詳　見物為□更是殃假使仙丹能起死　也須身染病臨床火星八位憂血難　災來非命禍難禁腰駝背曲缺唇齒　必定刑囚死獄深

Above all avoid the Earth star and the evil stars sharing a place, which brings unforeseen disaster, illness, and the six roots lacking, wind disease in the body. The ode says: Fire and Earth in the illness palace, eyes not blind, ears not deaf. The poem says: sun and moon bring calamity; in the eighth palace Mars in night birth, or otherwise; in the palace of destiny, judge by the sign. Mars shining on the illness palace brings sores and itch, and the danger of leaking fire; the illness cannot be cured.

遷移宮

Travel palace

居處不定宜外居更好不宜在家若居祖業則難以興發如有凶星合照防惡人侵害財帛及蟲獸之厄○火照同

Dwelling is unsettled; better to live outside; not better to live at home; if one stays in ancestral property, one cannot easily prosper. If evil stars join and shine, one is harmed by evil people. Mars shining on the travel palace brings the same.

詩斷火星宮分照遷移　不可將同惡曜推得在強宮為祿主　姻聯皇族貴當時火星破命入遷移　遷變東西土產離客店與人和合住　未年有屋可遷移婦人不可更遷移　若是遷移是滯兒火孛土星交丑亥　帶兒再嫁要先知

Verse: Mars shines on the travel palace; do not take evil stars together; if in a strong palace the lord star comes, one marries into imperial family and is honored. If Mars enters the life palace with the travel palace, one moves east and west, the earth produces, and one leaves the inn and meets others to live together. In the year of the future, there is a house to move into; a woman may not move again; if Mars and Bo and Earth meet in Chou and Hai, one who remarries must know beforehand.

官祿宮

Career palace

君子一生主文字煩擾如系祿主則少年遷擢文章出眾才藻非常汪汪如千頃之波浩浩傾三峽之水用力少見功多受厚祿享重貴若日生見彩雲易散美處難全喜地有怨福中有禍不宜享福壽不長久○火照主招惡人連累官災合牢獄之厄

A gentleman in life is mainly occupied with literary matters and troubles; if it is the lord star, one is promoted early in youth and excels in writing, with talent beyond the ordinary, wide and deep like a thousand-mile tide, flowing like a three-gorge river. With little effort there is great result; one receives thick salary and great honor. If born by day, one sees beautiful clouds that soon scatter; beautiful places are hard to keep whole; in joyful places there is resentment; in blessing there is calamity; one should not enjoy fortune, and life is not long. Mars shining brings disaster from evil people and official calamities, prisons and distress.

詩斷火星凶□入官宮　仕列全曹少始終若在強宮為祿主　防看附鳯與攀龍火星到卯氣飄飄　非遇宮主亦官僚水土同宮臨任死　皮袋那知被火燒

Verse: Mars in the official palace, with cruel evil stars; one takes a post among the officials, but seldom finishes. If in the strong palace it is the lord star, one must fear that one is a dragon-follower and clings to the phoenix. Mars at Mao is a flying spirit; if it is not the lord star in its place, one is a fellow official. Water and Earth in the same palace: one is killed in the water when the skin bag is burned by Fire.

福德宮

Fortune palace

衣食豐厚倉庫盈積財物足用更得火星合照一生優遊若與凶曜同宮則減其力○火照或忌星或是尅星年不過四十須招富人有虧尅防身之事詩斷火星白日損人壽　若受官班終不久蝕神忽若入宮來　骨肉妻兒難保守火星滿用臨強位　十一宮中福為最道徳威嚴禮義崇　騰播英聲盈海內火星土宿與金星　三辰喜在福宮臨內只火星為急燥　為人因此失人情

Clothing and food are plentiful, granaries and treasuries full; wealth sufficient for use; if Mars shines together, one is at ease throughout life. If it meets evil stars in the same palace, the force of Mars is lessened. Mars shining is either a restraining star or a star of harm; in a year not exceeding forty, one must meet a rich person, and there will be matters of deficiency and protection of one's body.

相貌宮

Appearance palace

主人瘦薄情志輕浮形神短矮只見他非不責已過性潔白好戱謔好時喜到底怒時抝到底有人激觸心中發憤只是片時過心中無事○火照形相惡丑言語剛烈不服人欺情行忠直

A person thin and light in disposition, with a short, slight figure; one looks at others but does not blame oneself; is pure and fond of joking. When joyful, one is joyful to the end; when angry, one is angry to the end; if provoked, one's heart burns, but only for a moment. If one has no worries, one is content. Mars shining brings a repulsive appearance, a harsh speech, but a loyal and upright conduct.

詩斷世間何事最嗟吁　相貎宮中火德居男性剛強多惹禍　女持箕箒泣前夫火星行變不為佳　卻破兄弟與妻家若逢計孛兼天首　孤窮眉目有痕瘕

Verse: what matters most in this world is sighing? In the appearance palace, Mars's virtue is strong and quarrelsome; women hold the broom and weep before their husband. Mars moving backward does not bring good fortune; it breaks the siblings and the wife's family. If it meets Ketu and Bo together with the Heavenly Head, one is lonely and poor, with blemishes on the eyes.

火星變段名

Variant names of Mars

寶瓶宮天暴星○又名天刑星有心膽能住持詩斷坎名天暴火為災　夜生縱可日迍乖七宮妻妾多滛蕩　立禍須知妓妾來

Aquarius: the Heavenly Violence Star, also called the Heavenly Punishment Star; one has courage and can hold a position. Verse: the Heavenly Violence is Mars; at night born, though one may be troubled by the day, the seventh palace brings licentious wives and concubines; calamity arises when the courtesans come.

磨蠍宮天驛星○又名天徳星主有福徳轉災為福詩斷天驛之星為熒惑　此曜偏宜會磨蠍更加土宿此宮來　富貴功名憑口舌

Capricorn: the Heavenly Post Star, also called the Heavenly Virtue Star; it brings blessings and turns calamity into fortune. Verse: the Heavenly Post star is Mars; it is especially fond of meeting Capricorn with Earth stars; wealth and fame come through the mouth and tongue.

人馬宮天倉星○又名天穆星主倉庫盈滿內實外虛

Sagittarius: the Heavenly Granary Star, also called the Heavenly Harmony Star; granaries are full, substance is inward and appearance outward. Verse: the heavenly star in Yin is Mars; an official post with long-life; with a noble star the rank is high and the seal is heavy; the crown and the jade rise together.

詩斷天星寅位火星臨　官位長生秀氣兼不值惡星侵本位　重金重葢爵重添

Verse: the heavenly star in Yin, where Mars arrives; official post and longevity; the fine qi is not invaded by evil stars in its own place; with heavy gold and seal, honors add up.

天蠍宮天輔星○又名天職星主有大職印大貴也詩斷天輔貴星臨卯位　蠍宮最喜火來臨祿無失防身榮貴　名播清聲入翰林

Scorpio: the Heavenly Assistant Star, also called the Heavenly Office Star; it brings a great seal and great nobility. Verse: the Heavenly Assistant noble star arrives at Mao; Scorpio is best when Mars comes; one holds fortune and honor without loss of position; one's fame spreads in clear sound to enter the Hanlin academy.

天秤宮天休星○又名天勒星刑尅暴害凶惡詩斷角亢休宜火來臨　畏逢首尾孛相侵身命遭逢無吉曜　犯刑惡死少光隂

Libra: the Heavenly Restraint Star, also called the Heavenly Bridle Star; it brings cruelty, harm and fierce evil. Verse: Jiao and Kang are not favored when Mars arrives; fear meeting Ketu and Bo invading; if one meets no fortunate stars, one suffers punishment and dies a bad death in obscurity.

雙女宮狐疑星○又名熒惑星主事多進退

Virgo: the Doubting Star, also called the Mars Star; it governs many decisions and retreats.

詩斷狐疑軫翼言難定　志大心高疑慮人女人身命若逢此　順則為厄逆為塵

Verse: the Doubting star is in Zhen and Yi; words are hard to settle, aims are high, the mind is doubtful; for a woman whose life meets it, she is smooth or rough, obedient or failing.

獅子宮天雷星○又名天時星橫得貴人待用詩斷火星獅子號天雷　正直無私福祿來若望太陽人悖逆　更逢四正子孫乖

Leo: the Heavenly Thunder Star, also called the Heavenly Timing Star; one gains a noble person's use. Verse: Mars in Leo is called the Heavenly Thunder; upright and selfless, fortune and salary come; if one looks at the Sun, the person is disobedient; with four cardinal palaces, children are unfilial.

巨蟹宮天友星○又名天熾星心性戱謔多詐詩斷四五七宮並第十　名為天友定應孤若非父母隔絶早　往往偏房寄外居

Cancer: the Heavenly Friend Star, also called the Heavenly Blaze Star; nature is playful and deceitful. Verse: the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth palaces are called the Heavenly Friend; surely one is lonely; if one is parted from father and mother early, one often lives in a secondary household outside.

隂陽宮太虛星○又名天孽星主夫婿孽毒也詩斷太虛之宿最為良　身命俱逢福壽長金木並臨須顯達　若逢八煞即為殃

Gemini: the Great Void Star, also called the Heavenly Evil Star; it governs the husband's ill fortune. Verse: the Great Void star is best; when life and body meet it, one has fortune and longevity; with metal and wood together one is surely successful; if one meets the Eighth Sha, it becomes calamity.

金牛宮熒惑星○又名流血星主怯惡死

Taurus: Mars, also called the Bloodshed Star; one dreads a cowardly death. Verse: Mars in the Rooster palace is the most ferocious; whether in the seven strong or five weak palaces, if it meets good stars beside it, one still suffers hardship and poverty.

詩斷酉宮熒惑最為凶　不問七強五弱宮若得吉星傍臨照　也須辛苦受貧窮

Verse: Mars in the Rooster palace is the most violent; whether in the seven strong or the five weak palaces, if good stars are near, one still suffers poverty.

白羊宮天廟星○又名天赦星逢難自脫明多豐足詩斷白羊天廟最為竒　禍則消除福則隨寅午命宮逢吉曜　少年平歩上雲梯

Aries: the Heavenly Temple Star, also called the Heavenly Pardon Star; one escapes difficulty by oneself and has ample abundance. Verse: the Heavenly Temple of Aries is most marvellous; calamity disappears and blessing follows; if the life palace meets fortunate stars at Yin and Wu, one climbs the ladder of the clouds early in youth.

雙魚宮披頭星○又名天旋星主疑惑多驚恐詩斷亥上披頭何所知　虛名虛譽足嗔□若不遭遇留伏逆　曹號揚名處處知

Pisces: the Hair-Loose Star, also called the Heavenly Revolution Star; it brings doubt and much fear. Verse: the Hair-Loose star at Hai, what does one know? Empty fame and empty honor, with much resentment; if one does not meet a retrograde or stationary star, one's name is known and famous everywhere.

明　萬民英　撰

Compiled by Wan Minying of the Ming

三辰通載【五星】

Comprehensive Record of the Three Luminaries [Five Planets]

土徳鎮星

Saturn, the Earth Virtue Star

總龜筭法置積日減二百六十四以三百七十八日九分二十三秒為伏見留退一終之數除之又下太陽中定星內加一周天以餘日數去之

General calculation: take the accumulated days, subtract two hundred and sixty-four, and divide by three hundred and seventy-eight days and nine parts and twenty-three seconds, which is one full cycle of hidden, visible, stationary and retrograde. Add one full circuit from the Sun's mean position and subtract the remaining days.

晨伏二十一日七十五分二度七十五分六百十九

Hidden at dawn for twenty-one days, seventy-five parts and two degrees, seventy-five parts and six hundred and nineteen

度而晨見東方

degrees, and it appears in the east at dawn.

順行八十三日行七度十一分留二十三日不行晨退五十一日二十九分六十一秒半行三度四十

Direct motion for eighty-three days, moving seven degrees and eleven parts; stationary for twenty-three days without motion; retrograde at dawn for fifty-one days, twenty-nine parts and sixty-one and a half seconds, moving three degrees and forty

二分五十四秒半夕退

two parts and fifty-four and a half seconds; retrograde at dusk.

畱三十三日順行八十三日

Stationary for thirty-three days; direct motion for eighty-three days.

夕伏二十二日七十五分又與日合

Hidden at dusk for twenty-two days, seventy-five parts, and then conjunction with the Sun.

土星論

Treatise on Saturn

土徳鎮星土之精也一名地羅防建中宮之氣其色黃其性信女主之象光明順道所在為福變退與逆隨分野降災色青黑主疫疾之患色赤白有兵將荒亂其行宮度一宮住二十九個月二十八年行一週夭行有伏順留逆入留叚為暗星逆叚為破家星伏叚為瘟星

Saturn, the Earth Virtue star, is the essence of earth; also called the Earth Net star; it sits in the central palace and carries the qi of the center. Its color is yellow; its nature is trustworthy; it is the image of a female ruler. Where it shines in its direct, bright course, it brings fortune; when it turns back or retrogrades, it brings calamity according to the region; if its color is blue-black it brings plague; if red or white, it brings armies and disorder. It stays in each palace for twenty-nine months and completes a circuit in twenty-eight years. Its motion has hidden, direct, stationary and retrograde phases; in the stationary segment it is a dark star; in the retrograde segment it is a broken-house star; in the hidden segment it is a pestilence star.

戊生人以為祿元星　甲生人以為防星乙生人以為耗星　　丙生人以為福星丁生人以為暗星　　巳生人以為權星庚生人以為囚星　　辛生人以為印星壬生人以為刑星　　癸生人以為貴星

Born in Wu, Saturn is the lord star of emolument; born in Jia, the defense star; born in Yi, the waste star; born in Bing, the star of fortune; born in Ding, the dark star; born in Si, the power star; born in Geng, the Prisoner; born in Xin, the Seal Star; born in Ren, the Punishment star; born in Gui, the noble star.

此星晝生有祿之魁夜生人必為災○楚地逢之衣祿淺薄須要木曜與之同宮則為禍稍輕葢楚乃巳位屬水廟旺之地土到同宮其中反為尅制賦云欲知淺薄土居雙女則招憂○經云晝生見土事和諧夜裡生人反為災巳位臨之身淺薄木照縱橫禍不來○若更系忌星或同計孛共度則為禍凶暴為人自忖不受激觸言語蹇訥狼性毒害作事成敗成者必因靠勢敗者盡縁邪欲行歩大吃食麄有威權足膽勇能掌握多是非早歳艱難涉歴壽有四旬以下日中生人若見土者命壽長有九九之數○此星正廟在丑樂在子旺辰好戌喜午

Saturn is the great emolument star for those born by day; for those born by night it is certainly a calamity. The Chu region meets it with shallow fortune and thin salary; Jupiter with it lessens the harm. The ode says: Saturn in Si brings worry; Jupiter crosses in the same course and brings much disaster. The Saturn of the Si palace is its proper palace; in a night birth it brings calamity; with Jupiter it is easier. Saturn's temple is at Chou, pleasure is in Zi, prosperity at Chen, and good at Xu, rejoices at Wu.

琅玕經云土廟北方斗宿神旌旗五馬錶門庭臨齊自是招財祿入亢應為土地星與木共金榮貴格或同炁宿主髙名陽宮晝日行宮順老福爺孃壽自榮○賦云叅政學士皆言土好齊瓶○又云土歸鄭國好亢而正位天宮○鑑心經云亢上若逢戊巳者白日生人在榜標皆為入廟亢乃辰宮之地稱為亢者乃星辰廟旺之宿也安命午未者以此為科甲坐命在酉戌者以此星為官星申子辰安命以此為刑星復以此為天元印○經云天元一祿少人知申子辰上土曜推地元人元更髙處必多俸祿定無疑不逢惡曜相刑尅為官權握建旌旗○三元祿主一齊空火孛羅計入命宮六主一時全陷了定恆求丐路途中○凡推此三元者要居旺樂之地更有喜星相合則大貴若更防天宮正祿等星無不顯達

The Langgan Classic says: Saturn's temple is the north palace, the Dou lodge with spirit banners and five horses, which shows the gate of the court; when it enters the Kang lodge it brings wealth and salary. Saturn in the Kang lodge is the star of the earth; with Jupiter and Metal it brings honor. The Verse says: when Saturn is in the Kang lodge and shines on the Heavenly Light, one holds high rank. The Mirror of the Heart says: Saturn in the Wu and Wei palaces, born by day, is in the temple; the Kang star is the star of the Fourth palace, and one has fame. Those in Shen, Zi and Chen have the Saturn as the head of the palace; in Yin, Wu and Xu, the Saturn is the officer; in Hai and Mao, Saturn is the Heavenly Original Fortune.

土星歌

Song of Saturn

鎮星本生戊巳位安靜為尊象厚地晝生惟愛守陽宮【土星愛日生守陽宮】相貌之中主大鼻【土星主人大鼻】少言語多慳細硬直心腸有膽氣【上在命中少言語多慳吝心曠直有膽氣】順行度分廟宮中【土星愛順在廟樂】土地旌旗必雄貴【土為主若順行主守土旌旗為廟樂分】掌握資財有福人只怕夜生反為忌留與逆尤可畏刑尅隂宮身更瘁【土在隂宮主身短刑尅】不招上代祖資財四體多災苦憔悴居官惡處立其身愽弄操刀能干利【夜土在命主不利上祖產業身多有病若有善星夜生人得免居官惡處立身或屠宰干利在家不定好博弄】夜生人與日防尅了賢尊難躱避太隂母位不堅牢若在下□目障翳【太隂在下□主□目】木來必定主文章火防逺行千里外【土木同防主文章土火相防主逺行】金若來妻早棄水星忌與刑同類【土金尅妻水土相刑】若逢華葢懶慵人孛對雙盲難看視【上紫防主慵懶輿孛防主雙盲】首同隂位法塲終尾防腰駝並背曲【

Saturn is born in the Wu and Si positions, a calm and honored star; it images the thick earth; born by day it loves to stay in the Yang palace; a person with a large nose, speaks little, is stingy and hard-hearted, with bold courage. Moving direct in its temple, it holds the earth and the banners of ruling; by night it is a fear; retrograde and stationary are especially dreaded, which harm the other parents; in a Yin palace one is poor in body; one has no ancestral wealth and suffers illness; in an evil place one is busy with cruel and fierce work. Night-born Earth in the life brings harm to the father; Mars is a far journey; Jupiter as wood gives literature; Fire defends a far journey; Metal brings wives who leave early; Water is hostile to the wife and children; by Hua Gai one is lazy; Bo is a double blind eye; the Tiger palace is the head and the Tiger's tail brings bent backs.

與天首同在隂宮法死與天尾合主腰背曲之人也】財星應有外鄉財三位徒流為昆季【在財宮得外財三位兄弟徒流】田宅宮家破易子息雖多不成器居奴奴引盜來偷西沒主妻先作祟疾厄宮傷脾胃癰瘇風邪堪驚悸遷移作客盜賊侵官祿重重主官事福宮晝見相貌位自是英雄多曕智須知此訣不尋常後學得之莫道易九曜鎮星名土宿得之未必皆為咎子丑二宮占文星定主為官分左右○土星入廟最為竒辰戍二方欣得之南極一星相照處看他鶴髮與龎眉○土臨齊地及揚州富貴須知必易求齊地貴時須位顯揚州財盛見錢流○土星最嫌計相望平生一向為災障對在東西丑未宮四十以後渾家防○土星不可入妻宮婦人夫位亦遭凶妻主罵夫無禮義直饒為婦亦欺公○土星水木反為福見水未能資福祿金星相次入寅宮初主財多末主窮○土與孛星同犯主壽髙不過三旬許假饒延引未傾亾亦主孤貧無道路○土人以土為兄弟兄弟宮中尤不利五男五女十為群獨自伶仃直

Saturn with the Heavenly Head in Yin palace brings death and the waist bent; Saturn with the Heavenly Tail brings hunched backs. In the Wealth palace Saturn brings foreign wealth in three positions; siblings wander in exile; the property palace brings ruin; children are few and not successful; servants come and steal; the wife dies first; illness affects the spleen; moving away brings robbers; the official palace brings lawsuits; the blessing palace brings good fortune; a beautiful appearance is a rare treasure; this rule is not ordinary; later learners should not dismiss it.

至死○婦人兄弟土星逢父母家貧姑舅隆子位或若當兄弟又愁子息早聞鍾○甲人亦以土為財午未土逢主發財莫教太隂同在午末年四十死相催○金人以土為父母父母宮中宜在子此星此宿位偏強宜主雙親福壽長○夜生専忌土星侵吉少凶多更損身或若更兼凶宿照且歸泉路作亡人○土躔虛宿防為宜行順官須宰相為但得此星來照命縱然失度亦多奇○土入□吳傍斗明或來齊地見危星強宮日里科名共射策天庭一舉榮○土同孛向命中來當是英雄亂世才對合更教俱有力股肱王室應三台○土為夜忌固為災若在強宮亦有財但得竒星為左右不愁晚景不榮來信厚無過土照人等閒語話懶開唇若逢水宿身飄泛卻愛多言眾不憑

To death. A woman: Saturn with siblings brings the parents' poverty and the husband's family; the children are late and the sons are few. Metal people: take Saturn as parents; in the Child palace it is good, with long life. Night-born fear Saturn most; little good, much harm; if Saturn meets evil stars, it leads to death. Saturn in the Wealth palace is fine with Jupiter and Venus; with Bo, one is lonely without wealth. Saturn in Shen is good; Saturn in Wu and Wei is prosperous when Sun is present.

土星殿局朝元

Saturn Palace Court Chart

土附太陽曰勾陳鎮殿居寳瓶【子】磨蠍【丑】天秤【辰】宮為本殿居辰戌丑未為本局愛氐女胃桞四宿為朝元群曜叅奉曰地防受朝輔佐身命太嵗值之掌國權柄致身廟堂仔細推之戊巳生人防佳

Saturn attached to the Sun is called the Gou Chen Star, which guards the palace and resides in the Bottle Water palace (Aquarius), Capricorn and Libra as the home palace. Its residence is in Chen, Chou and Wei, Xu as the proper palace. The lodges of Di, Nu and Wei are the court of attendance. Saturn the great year's life is at Chou, and it holds the power of the state, that of those born in Wu and Si.

土星廟樂旺順留伏逆

Saturn in temple, prosperous, moving direct, stationary and retrograde

廟旺樂宮【廣東】土星寳瓶子上磨蠍丑上名為玉鳯玉珠星若人命限遇之祿馬星辰相生便可言大貴不生本路只作常貴更無祿馬只作三品留逆伏叚減半力

Temple palace [Guangdong]: Saturn in the Bottle Water palace at Zi and Capricorn at Chou is called the Jade Phoenix and Jade Pearl Star. If a person meets it in the life palace, with the stars of fortune and salary in harmony, one may speak of great nobility; if it does not stand in the local palace, one is only of ordinary nobility, and there is no salary or horse; if stationary or retrograde, the force is halved.

詩防命在巨蟹土寳瓶　生在此方作帝親三公相國分茅土　攝位邦家紫炁生土在磨蠍命隂陽　八權之地極熒煌若得土星行順叚　國家侯伯佐堯昌

Verse: if the life is in Cancer with Saturn in the Bottle Water palace, one is born in this region and becomes a close kin of the emperor; one takes charge of the state among the three dukes. Saturn in Capricorn with the life palace in yin and yang has the eight-power position; Saturn in direct moving, its segment is the splendid ruler of the state who assists Yao.

順叚○土入順叚者性重厚為事逺大寛慢仁義多為國戚更遇旺氣祿馬不背有吉宿照臨便是列土皇侯亦是帝親國戚隂人為後若遇吉曜不犯煞者亦主為詞翰侍從之臣中天台輔○入後順叚為性如初上朝本宮下臨本國祿馬不背亦是卿監命終遇煞者便是武職將軍女為后妃

Direct segment: Saturn entering the direct segment is by nature thick and sincere; in affairs it is broad and tolerant, humane and righteous; one becomes a relative of the state. If it meets prosperous qi and salary that does not turn away, and a good star shines on it, one becomes a lord of land. A woman who is a yin person becomes an empress; if a good star meets it and no Sha, one becomes a secretary and attendant of literature and is honored as Mid-Heaven's assistant. Entering the rear direct segment, the nature is like its earlier form; it rises to court and governs its palace; if salary and fortune are not turned away, one is at least a minister of the court; if one meets Sha at the end, one becomes a military official; women become empresses.

留叚○土入留叚名為時煞月煞身命逢之皆小小下賤之流兼主十般惡疾孤獨僧道之人若有救星主為性清節作事直達祿馬不背須作京朝貴客若帶煞是都監巡檢之人併為僧道庶人為上等戶若限逢忌星大減力矣○入後留叚為性如初照命者為上等戶庶人若不入忌限更為祿馬亦作九品官也

Stationary segment: Saturn entering the stationary segment is named the Heavenly Season Sha and the Monthly Sha; if it meets the life or body, one is small and low; one is also afflicted with ten kinds of evil illnesses and is lonely; a Buddhist or Daoist. If there is a rescuing star, one's nature is pure and upright, and one acts with direct purpose; if salary and fortune are not turned away, one becomes a high-ranking court guest; if one carries a Sha, one becomes a superintendent or inspector; monks and Daoists are of the upper class. If the limit meets a bad star, the force is greatly reduced. Entering the later stationary segment, the nature is like the first; if it shines on the life, one is of the upper household; a commoner; if not in a bad limit, and if fortune and salary are present, one is also a ninth-rank official.

詩斷土星留叚號天休　主人作事多懐憂一生患難常花酒　好作狂歌上酒樓

A poem judges Saturn in the stationary stage, called Heavenly Rest: the person's undertakings bring much worry; hardship fills a lifetime, and wine and flowers are constant companions; he is fond of wild singing and climbs to the wine house.

伏叚○土入伏叚名為黑煞瘟星性孤寡多為不了僧道之人愚惡無知兼是兵戎之人無救星多為僧若見祿馬多於火土上求衣食帶煞者大不祥○入後伏叚身命值者更無救星兼入忌限主人至賤不近人道孤獨尤甚若又犯煞在身宮皆流配五千裡外兼主十般惡疾若有救星只減五分女人風塵之輩詩斷土入伏叚名天豪　隂謀暗慮多牽惹但是招呼便願隨　相生更不論髙下

In the hidden stage, Saturn is the Black Sha Pestilence Star. Its nature is lonely and bereft; it often makes a person a monk or Daoist who never finishes, or a foolish, evil, ignorant person, or one of the military. Without a rescuing star it often makes one a monk; if Lu and Ma are seen in abundance beyond Fire and Earth, one seeks food and clothing above; a person who carries the Sha suffers great misfortune. Once it enters the hidden stage, the life and body that meet it have no rescuing star; if it also enters the fate limit, the lord is of the lowest station, avoids human society, and is extremely solitary. If it again offends the Sha and strikes the body palace, one is exiled five thousand li away and afflicted with ten kinds of evil illness; if a rescuing star is present, only five parts are reduced. For women, it means a life in the wind and dust. A poem judges Saturn in the hidden stage, called Heavenly Hao: hidden schemes and worries draw one into entanglements, yet if one calls, one follows; mutual birth does not depend on high or low.

逆叚○土入逆段名為四刑八煞若人身命遇之主有百般營運趂衣食為性不知前後愚痴闇昧不慈之輩多為僧道更犯煞入忌陷便斷夭壽百般惡疾惡刑若有祿馬無救星入忌陷平生清閒之人有救星減疾矣

In the retrograde stage, Saturn is called the Four Punishments and Eight Shas. If a person's life meets it, there are a hundred toils for livelihood; the nature does not know before from after, is foolish, dark, and unkind; most become monks or Daoists. If it further offends the Sha and enters the fall or the fate limit, life is cut short, with a hundred evil illnesses and harsh punishments. If Lu and Ma are present with no rescuing star, one who enters the fall or limit lives an idle, quiet life; with a rescuing star, the illness is reduced.

詩斷土入前逆名辰貟　財上多磨散復聚輔星在命好貪求　親戚逺離如萍住

A poem judges Saturn entering the front retrograde, called Chen Yun: wealth is worn down and scattered and gathered again; a helper star in the life palace makes one fond of gain; kin are far apart, drifting like duckweed.

入後逆叚為性不知前後愚痴闇昧更逢忌限並逢惡星別無救助必主徒流婦人產厄

In the rear retrograde stage, the nature does not know before or after and is foolish and dark. If it also meets the fate limit and evil stars with no other help, one is sure to suffer exile or wandering, and women face dangers in childbirth.

詩斷土入後逆名血淋　一生値此必埋沉凡所運謀多患難　防年危禍至如今

A poem judges Saturn entering the rear retrograde, called Bloody Dripping: a lifetime spent here is sure to sink; whatever is planned meets many hardships; beware the year when danger comes.

土星躔宿俱出玉闗經玉闗歌

Saturn's lodgings, all drawn from the Jade Gate Classic, the Jade Gate Song.

土躔角宿名天壽　蓋世文章冠魁首經綸事葉富胸襟　不是公卿主富有土宿雖是好辰宮　夜入土曜不堪逢青龍戴角須嫌土　龍蟠泥裡不能沖土躔亢宿號天仁　博厚文章達帝京廊廟之中官極貴　安鎮蠻夷四海清亢宿從來號鎭星　土歸鄭國庸天宮季位土星為廟樂　同宮木曜福兼隆土躔氐宿號天牢　命宮若値定孤髙年少定應傷骨肉　中年榮貴免煎熬氐宿要上壯皇猷　土逢氐宿兩相侔氐有火星生處旺　更加祿主福綢繆

Saturn in the Jue lodging is called Heavenly Longevity: a man of surpassing talent who tops the examinations, whose statecraft fits his breast. He is not a high minister but a man of wealth. Saturn is a good lodging, yet at night Saturn entering the Azure Dragon's horn is hard to bear; like a dragon coiled in mud, it cannot break through. Saturn in the Kang lodging is called Heavenly Benevolence: broad writing reaches the capital, and in the halls of state one rises to the highest office, bringing peace to the barbarian lands and the four seas. The Kang lodging has always been called the Quelling Star. Saturn in its seasonal palace of Earth, with Jupiter in the same palace, brings abundant blessing. Saturn in the Di lodging is called Heavenly Prison: if in the life palace, one is solitary and proud; in youth one surely wounds kin; in middle age honor comes and torment is avoided. Di calls for an upright, strong plan. Saturn meeting Di makes a pair of equals; where Di has a Fire star it is strengthened, and with a lord of salary added, blessings are abundant.

貴格云鎭星順叚度躔氐　旌表門閭衣錦人土躔房宿號天信　少年作事苦勞心語言誠信人無妄　男女難招食貴人鎮星如從房裡過　命夭孤寒家自破七宮妻濫號奸星　畱伏之時瘟疾禍土躔心宿號天忌　性情遲鈍又多災疾病躔身須夭壽　身無意氣性庸呆心星日夘土相宜　心宿土臨夜不宜若在祿星兼福主　自然快樂不奔馳土躔尾宿號天竒　百六逢之必有依若是忌星須夭壽　又須消息本根基尾曜雖然號屬寅　中居兩界土逢生尾火虎居宜來此　此星到此有生成土躔箕宿號天彬　衣食豐隆卻稱情官位若逢貴星照　國家掌判有聲名土宿何因入箕豹　狡詐奸雄多計較定是英豪曹吏人　無事如何又入閙土躔斗宿號天樞　事業文章富有餘台鼎任中朱紫貴　定須象簡與金魚斗宿在丑木星臨　方為入廟可無傾祿主更同陽在晝　土陽宜晝最光明

The Noble Formula says Saturn passes through Di in direct motion, and one is honored at the gate and returns in brocade. Saturn in the Fang lodging is called Heavenly Trust: in youth one labors and worries; the speech is honest, yet people do not believe it; in marriage it is hard to find a mate. Saturn in the Xin lodging is called Heavenly Taboo: a dull temperament and many illnesses; if Saturn sits in the body, one dies young; by day it suits the Earth position, and in the lodging of salary with blessing one is happy and does not run about. Saturn in the Wei lodging is called Heavenly Strange: if it meets the sixth house one may depend on others, but if it is an unlucky star it shortens life, and root and basis are lost. Saturn in the Ji lodging is called Heavenly Wealth: one has a comfortable livelihood and a stately career; if a noble star shines on the post, the state entrusts one with power and one earns fame. Saturn in the Dou lodging brings a hero of the age, though it is also known as the star of schemes and cunning.

貴格云土星行度經南斗　間世英雄眞國寳土躔牛宿號天侗　心性溫和衣祿豐若是夜生多蹇難　身多下賤處貧窮牛星須要土星遊　土牛惟好退宮求若是順行逢木曜　土牛殘蕩必無收土躔女宿號天常　柔順機謀足食糧經營勞力心多慮　只恐生來父早亾女宿經躔在兩宮　子丑雙宮在廟同縱是夜生應有福　日生長福更無窮

The Noble Formula says Saturn in the Dou lodging is a true treasure of the age and a hero of the world. Saturn in the Niu lodging is called Heavenly Tong: a gentle nature and ample food and clothing; if born at night there are many hardships; one has humble status and poverty. Saturn in the Niu lodging should rest, and in forward motion it meets Jupiter; if Earth moves without receiving help, nothing is gained. Saturn in the Nu lodging is called Heavenly Constancy: gentle and yielding, with enough food and skill in management; one toils with many worries and fears the father dies early. The lodging crosses two palaces. Zi and Chou are both temple palaces: even at night one has blessing, and by day the blessing grows without limit.

貴格云鎮星得此女星居　柱石功臣鎮帝都土躔虛宿號天冠　好樂之宮定出官四九度中登宰輔　重金重紫列朝班虛星四度至於九　好樂土星宜永守主為將相助君王　福祿堅榮自長久土躔危宿廟堂窠　祿厚財興事不訛舉措施為多利便　言柔語順性溫和危宿土曜入廟堂　寳瓶須樂火相當火土相生為廟福　若逢木尅必為殃土躔室宿名天伏　福厚財豐足衣祿多男多女有資財　家道安然富金谷室星居亥正為干　土宿相躔要木堅木築髙堂須要土　土居木位福延綿土躔璧宿號天異　祿馬豐盈有權位身名逺播定安榮　官祿吉星須大貴土星最怕在隂宮　何況來居璧水中更有月同多冷疾　行宮若遇患脾風土躔奎宿號天津　貧賤奔波損父娘若是中年貧苦至　晚年方是足衣糧奎宿星躔戌亥宮　土宿到此福重重

The Noble Formula says Saturn enters the Xu lodging, the Heavenly Crown, which makes a pillar of the state and a minister of the capital. In the Xu lodging one becomes a fine official; at the fourth or ninth degree one rises to chief minister, with gold and purple robes in the court. From the fourth to the ninth degree of Xu is a joyful palace where Saturn should be kept steady; it makes one a general and a helper of kings, with lasting fortune. Saturn in the Wei lodging is a high position: its stewardship is gentle; Earth in Fire is the temple's blessing; if Wood overcomes it, there is great harm. Saturn in the Shi lodging is called Heavenly Hidden: blessings are deep, wealth is ample, and one has many sons and daughters; the house is secure and rich in gold and grain. Saturn in the Bi lodging is called Heavenly Strange: wealth and rank are abundant and fame spreads far; the most feared position is the yin palace, where with the Moon in the Bi waters there are many cold illnesses. Saturn in the Kui lodging brings ailments of the spleen and wind if the lodging is met.

貴格云鎮星度胃正為佳　青史書名功業成土躔昴宿名天伏　平生須食貴人祿多因胥史得榮名　將相聲名人畏服昴宿在酉正雞棲　土來此位路中迷那更水星兼孛立　凶刑尅戰損兒妻土躔畢宿號天回　能通經術足錢財中年便得文章力　兒孫必定達三才中央土宿鎮之星　畢宿逢之未見明改易無常人不信　晝生遇著且平平土躔觜宿號天模　父母先亾身早孤衣食平平身泊沒　此身應懶讀詩書觜宿好土樂隂陽　土星此宿好非常土居坤位災消爍　戊人科甲有文章土躔參宿號天津　立世經營業未昌男女猶如隣畔客　貴人得祿信非常土居申位號長生　參宿之宮亦可行夜則好閒貪懶睡　日生多學少能成土躔井宿號天驪　命若逢之心似痴若習文章應費力　此人衣食也微微井宿度中夜見土　處世憂勞多辛苦初主淡薄損六親　末主離鄉多破祖土躔鬼宿號天文　縱有資財化作塵男主須防無上下　一生不足歴艱辛土星守鬼未能靈

The Noble Formula says Saturn at the Wei degrees is the finest, and one gains a lasting name in history. Saturn in the Mao lodging is called Heavenly Hidden: one eats the salary of noble men and gains fame by means of clerks. Saturn in the Zui lodging is called Heavenly Model: one comprehends the classics and has ample wealth; in middle age one gains literary power, and a grandson surely becomes a great man. Where Saturn meets Mercury and the Hidden star, the joining brings a sick fate; in the Dou lodging with the Heavenly Recall, disputes and losses fall on sons and wives. Saturn in the Bi lodging, by day, is passable, but at night it is ill-fated.

遇木逢金事稱情三合若遇刑煞忌　夜生漂溺在波津土躔栁宿號天稽　無祿無財又損妻若是日生衣食足　晚年終是色沉迷桞土獐星不喜土　多疾破財損父母夜生刑忌作囚星　閒疾臨身多是苦

Saturn in the Gui lodging is called Heavenly Literature: even with resources, they turn to dust, and a man must guard against loss above and below; one never has enough for a lifetime and suffers hardship. Saturn joined with Wood and Metal brings fortune in combination; born at night one drifts in the waves. Saturn in the Liu lodging is called Heavenly Investigation: it brings a lack of food and loss of wife; born by day, food and clothing are sufficient, and in the evening of life one is lost in pleasure. Saturn in the Liu lodging, born at night, is dangerous; disease and suffering weigh upon the body.

貴格云土星若來躔栁度　虹蜺志氣錦肝腸土躔星宿號天途　子因父貴事非虛只恐夜生脾疾苦　日生應可足金珠星日馬中土防來　為人魁偉長身材且見髙官有貴位　再逢吉曜主三台土躔張宿號天蛾　信行為人事不訛少年淹滯中年貴　形神肥厚足田禾張宿怕土固難禁　張月鹿兮怕土臨人道午宮宜土廟　誰知張土反為凶土躔翼宿號天然　經術雖通性不堅防有文章身不貴　聲名逺播足威權翼宿屬火怕土臨　火蛇棲土福沉深土臨雙女號別宿　若為祿主定科名土居雙女事甚常　翼宿之中不可當日夜見之俱不利　為官極重豈無傷土躔軫宿號天箋　財藝皆通亦少閒平生未得文章力　只將經術保身安土宿入巳人嫌怕　軫位逢辰宜淺度不為刑忌不夜生　喜曜同臨即堅固

A poem judges Saturn in the Zhang lodging, called Heavenly Spirit: a child exalts the father; born at night one suffers spleen disease; born by day one has enough gold and pearls, and Mars and the Sun may come. One is tall and imposing and sees high rank; with another lucky star, one gains the three terraces. Saturn in the Zhang lodging is called Heavenly Moth: faithful in conduct and sincere in action, one is delayed in youth and becomes noble in middle age, stout in body and full of fields and grain. Saturn in the Zhang lodging fears Earth; the Zhang deer fears Earth, and the noon palace suits Earth. Who knows that Earth in Zhang is turned to misfortune? Saturn in the Yi lodging is called Heavenly Natural: one knows the classics but lacks firmness; one may have literary skill without nobility; fame spreads far and power is sufficient.

土星行度

Saturn in the Yi lodging, in the Serpent palace, brings deep fortune. Saturn in Shuang Nu is called a separate lodging. If one is the lord of salary, one surely gains a degree; in Shuang Nu the lodging is ordinary. The Yi lodging should not be faced by day or by night; both see it and do not profit. For an official, the Yi lodging is too heavy to bear. Saturn in the Zhen lodging is called Heavenly Bamboo: one is versed in many skills and has little leisure; mastery of literature is not one's strength, and only the classics preserve one's safety. Saturn in the Si palace is disliked by people; at the Chen station a shallow degree is not unlucky, but a birth at night, joined by bright stars, is firm.

土在斗十八度以上為向廟二十度以上至斗三度為正廟在寳瓶為樂宮在亢宿六度為旺度生時遇之主為重權

Saturn's motions: in the Dou lodging, from the eighteenth degree upward, Saturn faces the temple; from the twentieth degree to the third degree of Dou is the true temple. In the Aquarius palace it is the joyful palace; in the Kang lodging, the sixth degree is the prosperous degree; born with Saturn here, one holds great power.

鎭星斗為大室土之廟也在十七度外至二十一度則居將相二十年若逆入則為元帥守則為王若在天秤宮亢四度及七度前旺度為大丞相掌國家剏業之權三十年為國師若是寳瓶虛四度至九度為好樂之宮有將相之位九年至十八年大貴與木不相得與水不相宜晝為父夜為母

Zhen Xing is the great chamber of Dou, the Earth temple. From the seventeenth degree outward to the twenty-first, one dwells among generals and ministers for twenty years; if it enters in reverse it becomes a marshal, and if it stays it becomes king. In the Libra palace at the fourth and seventh degrees of Kang is the prosperous degree: one becomes grand chancellor and manages the founding of the state, and for thirty years is a national teacher. If in the Aquarius palace from the fourth to the ninth degree of Xu, it is the joyful palace, with generals and ministers, and nine to eighteen years of great honor. It is not in harmony with Wood, nor with Water. By day it is the father; at night it is the mother.

日度主父貴常患冷疾夜生尤甚為人厚重性有終始若是主星書生大貴夜生微福

The Sun's degrees: the father is noble, and one often suffers cold illness, worse at night. One is solid in character, with an ending and a beginning. If the main star is a scholar, one is greatly honored; born at night, a slight blessing.

月度妨母損財多患冷疾好文章足詞智是主星轉厚若腦後有髙骨大貴

The Moon's degrees harm the mother and waste wealth, with frequent cold illness. One is fond of literature and skilled in words. If the main star is turned toward strength, and there is a high bone at the back of the head, one is greatly honored.

木度主有財貴人見重晚年必得男女力

The Wood degrees: one has wealth and noble status and is respected; in later years one gains sons and daughters through effort.

火度主損父母兄弟四十以前有女人厄晝生一生有福多因國家特達用之夜生好行凶惡事主丑惡殘疾若是主星少年多災日後貴

The Fire degrees harm parents and siblings; before forty there are dangers from women. By day one lives with much blessing, employed by the country for great service; at night one likes evil deeds, and the main star brings ugly and crippled illness. If the main star is young, there are many disasters, and one is honored later.

土度大富貴有聲名財產有權位祿馬

The Earth degrees: great wealth and honor, with fame, property, power, and salary.

金度父先亡三十以前多厄多辛苦必有二妻是主星有殊常之福每遇貴人見重

The Metal degrees: the father dies early; before thirty there are many hardships; one surely has two wives. If the main star is extraordinary, one has blessing and is esteemed by noble people.

水度主人畏服食貴人之祿損男女多被人損害有木同宮可免

The Water degrees: people respect and fear one, and one eats the official salary. Wives and children may be harmed by others, which Wood in the same palace can avoid.

土星入宮

Saturn enters the palaces.

日宮主髙位招財日生大吉好事清潔

The Sun palace: high rank and attracts wealth; born by day one has great fortune and a clean, good life.

月宮主父多聲名母先亡損財平生多災每被婦人相撓與人結交多因此致其厄難是主星可免晝生富貴不是主星夜生貧賤

The Moon palace: the father is famous, the mother dies early, wealth is lost, and life has many disasters; one is often troubled by women and wronged by others. If the main star is here, the harm can be avoided. Born by day one is noble and rich; born at night one is poor and lowly.

木宮主聲名利國家居貴位妨男女養人子為子為性沉厚作事難測多得貴人見重是主星晝生有位夜生有財非主星晝生富足夜生有福

The Wood palace: fame and profit for the country, and high rank; it harms women and children, though one raises others' sons as one's own. One is deep and reserved in nature, hard to read, and often honored by noble people. If the main star is here, by day one has position and by night one has wealth; if it is not the main star, by day one is rich and by night one has blessing.

火宮主知謀多膽氣性鈍多難有疾病壽不長性凶好殺官有兵機作事不長逺是主星有貴位非主星多丑惡殘疾有救星可免

The Fire palace: cleverness, courage, and many plans; one is dull and has many illnesses; short life; fierce and fond of killing; in office one faces military affairs, and affairs do not last long. If the main star is here, one holds noble rank; if not, one has ugly and crippled illness, which a rescuing star can avoid.

土宮主性格寛緩柔順足詞智見事深逺於人有情富文章足道藝多利便夜生多難是主星國家進用身有貴權非主星大富

The Earth palace: gentle, easy-going, and yielding, with eloquence and deep insight; one has literary depth and many skills. By night there are many difficulties; if the main star is here, one serves the state and has noble power; if not, one is very wealthy.

金宮主尅母難婚少男女老孤一生得婦人敬愛好色能杯因婦人成立足財帛兼有貴位

The Metal palace harms the mother; marriage is difficult; few sons and daughters and a lonely life. One is loved by women and fond of pleasure; wealth and noble position come through women.

水宮主為人聰明通經術少言語有文章足財帛是主星晝生大貴夜生微貴不是主星晝生大富夜生多災

The Water palace: clever, understands the classics, speaks little, and has literature and wealth. If the main star is here, by day one is great and by night one is noble; if not, by day one is rich and by night one has troubles.