Sunday, February 20, 2022

Meanings of "Travelling Horse" 驿马神煞解

"Travelling horse" is a symbolic star or shen-sha in Bazi reading, date-selection, QMDJ and many other Chinese metaphysics systems.  In Bazi, it is based on the birth year or day of one's natal chart.  

If a person was born in:

  • shen, zi or chen year/ day:  travelling horse is yin-tiger
  • yin, wu or xu year/ day:  travelling horse is shen-monkey
  • hai, mao or wei year/ day:  travelling horse is si-snake
  • si, you or chou year/ day:  travelling horse is hai-pig

MEANINGS OF TRAVELLING HORSE IN A CHART

1.  Chart with 2+ travelling horses: This person is likely leaving hometown or country to make a living.

2.  During his/ her travelling horse year, this person will be hectic or toiling to make ends meet.

3. "Travelling horse galloping in wealth region":  If by chance the travelling horse is also the wealth star of this chart and running into travelling horse luck period or staying in the horse direction-- this person may make major wealth during this luck period.

4. Travelling horse with "peach blossom":  If by chance the travelling horse is also the peach blossom star of this chart, it means this person is likely unfaithful in relationship with unstable marriage.

5Travelling horse with zheng-guan (+power):  If by chance the travelling horse is also the zheng-guan (+power) star of this chart, it means this person is likely be a reputable government official working outside his hometown.

6Travelling horse with qi-sha (-power):  If by chance the travelling horse is also the qi-sha (-power) star of this chart, it means this person is likely a monk, priest or Mafia type person.

7. Strong daymaster (DM) with travelling horse is likely auspicious (intelligent and sociable) whereas weak DM with travelling horse is inauspicious (toiling/ hectic life)

8Travelling horse is favorable element brings prosperity and wealth to the person.  It brings poverty and obstacles if unfavorable.

9.  Female with numerous travelling horses, regardless of being favorable or unfavorable, implies problems in marital relationship.

10.  Yin, shen, si and hai are generally called "horse stars".  People with 2+ of any of these 4 branches in their natal chart cannot sit still and are good for sales professions. 

11. Pillar location and travelling horse: 

  • in year pillar: leaving hometown in teen/ youth 
  • in month/ day pillar:  leaving hometown in middle-age
  • in hour pillar:  leaving hometown in old age (alone or with adult children)

If you want to know more about Bazi, you may want to check this out:  


Travelling horse is also used as enhancement in QMDJ and Feng Shui.  This could be another story.

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