They had learned the trade by reciting poems or "trick songs" like the ones presented below. The poems are mostly based on empirical experience in the field and not may not based on Bazi theory or logic.
These poems predict marital situations based on the day pillar of a client. The stem of a day pillar represents the daymaster or the chart owner. Day branch is the spouse palace representing the wife or husband of the daymaster.
BAZI POEM ON MARITAL SITUATIONS
男骑白马走天下，女骑白马犯桃花。Male riding a white horse travels the world. Female riding a white horse violates peach blossom. (White is metal color. This means Geng-wu day-pillar. Both male and female with this day pillar are prone to peach blossom or affairs).
男骑红马犯重婚，女骑红马要三婚。Male riding a red horse commits bigamy. Female riding a red horse will marry thrice. (Red is fire color. This means Bing-wu day-pillar. Both male and female with this day pillar are prone to marital disasters).
男骑黄马要离婚，女骑黄马犯多婚。Male riding a yellow horse will divorce. Female riding a yellow horse will marry multiple times. (Yellow is earth color. This means Wu-wu day-pillar. Both male and female with this day pillar are prone to marital disasters).
男骑青马过朝庭，女骑青马挤破门。Male riding a green horse will become a government official. Female riding a green horse breaks the family door. (Green is wood color. This means Jia-wu day-pillar).
男见青牛想情人，女见青牛多郎人。Male with a green ox thinks mistress. Female with a green ox has many lovers. (This means Yi-chou day-pillar).
男捉黄蛇恋二婚，女捉黄蛇主重婚。Male catching a yellow snake will marry twice. Female catching a yellow snake commits bigamy. (This means Ji-si day-pillar).
男打黑鼠想女人，女打黑鼠爱别人。Male beating a black rat thinks about women. Female beating a black rat loves outside men. (Black is water color. This means Ren-zi day-pillar).
男养青狗克妻子，女养青狗克丈夫。Male raising a green dog jinxes wife. Female raising a green dog jinxes husband. ( This means Jia-xu day-pillar).
男养黑鸡防婚变，女养黑鸡再嫁人。Male raising a black rooster should beware of marriage upheavals. Female raising a black rooster will marry again. (This means Gui-you day-pillar).
男养白猪情人多，女养白猪婚变多。Male raising a white pig has many lovers/ mistresses. Female raising a white pig has many marriage upheavals. (This means Xin-hai day-pillar).
男养黄猴多情人，女养黄猴没郎人。Male raising a yellow monkey has many lovers/ mistresses. Female raising a yellow monkey has no husband. (This means Wu-shen day-pillar).
男养青兔要变婚，女养青兔要离婚。 Male raising a green rabbit has marriage upheavals. Female raising a green rabbit will divorce. (This means Yi-mao day-pillar).
男养白鸡爱别人，女养白鸡爱情人。Male raising a white rooster loves outside woman. Female raising a white rooster has lovers. (This means Xin-you day-pillar).
男捉黑蛇风流人，女捉黑蛇再嫁人。Male catching a black snake is flirtatious and romantic. Female catching a black snake will marry again. (This means Gui-si day-pillar).
男养白猴难成婚，女养白猴婚难成。Male raising a white monkey has problem getting married. Female raising a white monkey is difficult to get married. (This means Geng-shen day-pillar).
男打白鼠伤妻子，女打白鼠另嫁人。Male hitting a white/metal rat hurts/jinxes wife. Female hitting a white/metal rat is difficult to get married. (This means Geng-zi day-pillar).
男驾青龙妻克夫，女驾青龙夫克妻。Male riding a green dragon gets a husband-jinxing wife. Female riding a green dragon gets a wife-jinxing husband. (This means Jia-chen day-pillar).
In general, people born with the above day pillars are more "likely" suffering marital setbacks and problems. It will be more serious if their natal chart composition is less than satisfactory, with problems like bigamy, multiple marriages, divorce, life and death separation, affairs, dumping the spouse or being dumped.
The above 17 day-pillars out of a possible 60 are mostly involving Zi, Wu, Mao and You day-branch or rat, horse, rabbit and rooster animal signs. This is because Zi, Wu, Mao and You are the peach-blossom or romance elements in Bazi.
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