Your years of living dangerously? 10-Stems' failure and death luck 十干败亡运

 A special characteristic of Chinese metaphysics is using special terms involving gods, spirits, ghosts, devils, lust, indulgence, success, wealth, failure, deaths and the likes.  These terms could be anxiety-provoking if not pant-wetting to some people.  The following term could easily be included in the TOP-10 scariest terms in Bazi--  "10-Stems' failure and death luck (10-SFDL)".  Here is what the ancient Bazi classic "San Meng Tong Hui" said about this 10-SFDL:

古书《三命通会》十干败亡运的口诀: 

甲申乙酉见阎王，丙子丁亥急切防，
庚辛巳午风中烛，戊寅己卯亦重伤，
壬辰戌兼癸丑未，未别浮生入鬼乡。  

The table below is a summary of the above poem/ code.  It also contains how to find this 10-SFDL.

How to read this chart:  For example, if your daymaster (DM) is Jia-wood,  there is NO yin- or mao-wood in the branch level of your chart and you run into a 10-year-luck with a shen branch,  you may meet your death or have major disasters/ misfortunes during this 10-year luck period.

"10-Stems' failure and death luck" is based on the branch of a 10-year-luck controlling the daymaster (DM, chart owner).  The duration is 10 years and it will bring disasters, misfortunate and even death.

In general, we do not need to consider wealth/ power stars or chart profile/ structure when one enters this 10-SFDL.  Young people with strong DM can tide over this luck but could be dangerous or even life threatening for the over 60 age groups (Note: One major reason for this is that the 6th 10-year-luck of any person will fan-yin (attack) the month pillar).

The pre-requsites for this luck are:

• no root support or no peer star (bi-jian/ jie-cai) in the branch level
• DM is weak
• chart is not "follow the weakest" type

In simple Bazi terms, this luck refers to a weak DM running into power luck (zheng-guan/ qi-sha) will have serious problems.  Standard predictions would be lawsuits, career problems, losing wealth, sickness and accidents.  The term "10-Stems' failure and death luck" is to get your attention and sell more adult diapers.

Besides, if a chart has resource (zheng-yin/ pian-yin) and/or output stars (shi-shen/ shang-guan), the damage could be reduced or even turn into major benefits.

If you are a strong DM, couple with resource and output stars, this luck may actually bring you upward mobility and major wealth opportunities.

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Is the death of Kobe Bryant due to Grand Duke effect?

Professional basketball player Kobe Bryant had died of a helicopter crash on January 26, 2020 at 9am+.  Here is the chart when the crash had occurred:

Year (annual luck):  JI-HAI     

Month: DING-CHOU

Day: WU-CHEN

Hour: DING-SI

Color shows the energy distribution of the chart:  yellow is earth; blue is water; red is fire; grey is metal and green is wood

 

You may notice now is still Year of Pig even though Chinese Lunar New Year has passed.  Geng-zi or Year of Metal Rat will arrive on Feb. 4, 2020.

Kobe's birthday is August 23, 1978; hour here is estimated based on his physical appearance and personality

Year:  WU-WU

Month: GENG-SHEN

D: DING-SI

H: JIA-CHEN (estimated)

10-Year-Luck:  JIA-ZI

Annual Luck:  JI-HAI

 

Upcoming Annual Luck:  GENG-ZI

Click picture to enlarge

From the detailed color-coded Bazi charts, you can tell there are many red boxes or fire elements and few blue boxes or water elements.  However, when examine carefully, there are 3 strong water formations:

1. shen-zi-chen water 3 unities
2. hai-zi-chou water 3 meetings
3. si-shen water combination

However, these combinations are not successful because there is no transformation medium ("fa-shen") water element in the stem level. 

 

There are also two serious clashes in the branch level:

1. si-hai clash in spouse palace (day branch)
2. zi-wu clash in year branch

Could the above contribute to the crash?  Probably not because Kobe was just 7 days short of making it to the Year of Rat.

 

However, helicopter crash is clearly zi-wu clash or water clashing fire.  The helicopter flew in foggy condition and had circled a few times due to poor visibility before hitting a hill.  Fogs are water vapor.

 

Kobe was a strong Ding-si fire daymaster and had died in a Ding-si fire hour! 

The interesting thing here is:  Hai Grand Duke is about to leave and Zi Grand Duke will come in February 4.  I have observed that it is not uncommon for people suffer major mishaps when there is a switch of new Grand Duke  (annual luck) or new 10-year-luck, especially the new one is unfavorable.  It seems the changing of annual energy is not overnight but gradual---  for example,  Geng-zi year has not arrived yet but its influence is already felt.  Geng-zi is strong water energy.

 

In Kobe's case, I suspect Geng-zi energy begins entering the earth already and reinforces water energy to battle fire energy in Kobe's chart, such as two zi-water to clash one wu-fire.  Unfortunately, the helicopter had flown in strong fire hour of Ding-si which further intensified the fire-water battle.  I wonder if the accident could be avoided if the flight was in a non-fire hour.

In this example, it does not matter if fire or water is favorable or not.  When two antagonistic elements with strong intensity exist in a chart, they will battle and create hardship or even death for the chart owner.  In Kobe's case, there is a jia-wood "mediator" in the chart, so that water will nurture wood and wood nurtures fire to avert the battling  (Note:  there is a geng-metal in the natal chart, but it is surrounded by fire and rendered it ineffective).  But when Geng-zi year arrive (in this case, it has not arrived yet), geng-metal chops jia-wood, the mediator is gone resulting in fire and water battle to death.

RIP Kobe

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Bazi: Attention drawing chart reading techniques

Note:  The following is an article that I have written for my Bazi/ 4P discussion groups.  I have removed the examples to save space here. 

Many of us may have lots of 4P knowledge but do not know where to start when facing a 4P chart.  Here are 5 major techniques for uncovering a client's past and future major fortunes and misfortunes to create "shock value" (getting attention) when you read a chart.

Technique 1:  Looking for critical "element'"(stem or branch)

Many 4P charts have a critical element that could affect chart balance when it is clashed or combined away.  When this happens, DM is likely running into disaster or misfortune.

  

Technique 2:  Looking for unfavorable element

Some charts are difficult to determine the favorable element, but unfavorable one is usually much easier to find.  In standard charts, the strongest element usually is the unfavorable element.  Look for an annual luck (AL ) with the unfavorable element WITHIN the same unfavorable  luck period (10YL), DM is very likely suffering major setback or disaster due to the doubling of unfavorable elements. 

Technique 3:  Looking for the years when favorable element is clashed/ combined away

The year when favorable element is clashed or combined, DM is likely to suffer misfortune or disaster because the favorable element cannot keep the chart balance. 

Technique 4:  Looking for combinations-- if they result in transformation or not.

1.   When natal chart has combination that cannot transform to new element and runs into annual luck or period luck which brings in the transformation element, DM should have major changes in his life.  The auspiciousness of the change depends on whether the transformed element is favorable to the chart or not.  Sometimes this new addition or quantity of elements may even change the favorable element, qi-flow and balance of the chart.  These are all reasons of major changes of DM's luck and life situations.

2.  When a natal chart has potential 3-unities/ 3-meeting formation that short one element and this missing element is bought to the chart by AL or 10YL, DM's luck and life will see changes regardless if the combination is successful or not.  This is due to the structure of origin natal chart goes through major change in structure and qi-flow, similar to #1 above.

3.  Existing successful combination is "broken" by AL/ 10YL in a natal chart will likely change the structure, qi-flow, balance and even the un/favorable elements.  DM will likely have changes in luck and life situations.

Technique 5:  Looking for qi-circulation

Many natal charts have their own route/s of qi-circulation within a Bazi chart (Note: circulation route of a chart must be forward or backward based on nurturing relationship for same level element; upward or downward for different level element.  There is no diagonal movement).  When this qi-flow route/s is/are interrupted by AL or 10YL, DM is likely to have change of luck and life situations. 

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