The Heaven Plate Zhi Fu (相佐)

Special patterns · Tendency: Auspicious

From the classics

值符加临地盘乙丙丁三奇所在宫位，相佐临宫主事吉。——《奇门遁甲秘笈大全》

——《奇门遁甲秘笈大全》

What it means

The Heaven Plate Zhi Fu (值符) falls on the palace where the Earth Plate holds the Three Wonders 乙, 丙, Ding (乙、丙、丁).

When Xiang Zuo (相佐) is in the palace, the matter is auspicious—generally favorable, especially for documents. In battle, deploying troops and soldiers serving with effort are both favorable.

Today it usually means outside help: a noble person or capable ally quietly assisting, bringing unexpected good news and a fortunate outcome.

The Chinese source texts are in the public domain. The English readings on this page were written for this library, not machine-translated from the Chinese commentary.

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