Examining Children Information through the Eight Characters
Regarding the time information of childbirth: In general, from the Four Pillars, if the Food God or Injury Official is located in the Year Stem, pregnancy or childbirth occurs very early, or before the age of 18; if located in the Month Stem, it indicates earlier gestation, or before the age of 22; if located in the Day Stem, it indicates moderate gestation, generally before the age of 26; if located in the Hour Stem, it indicates later gestation, generally after the age of 26.
Regarding the number of children:
It is generally believed that the number of Food Gods or Injury Officials in the Eight Characters corresponds to the number of pregnancies, but the number of pregnancies does not necessarily mean the actual number of births, as it also includes miscarriages, abortions, and those who are planned to be terminated due to social or environmental factors. If the Food God or Injury Official appears hidden or falls into emptiness, it suggests some objective and subjective obstacles in pregnancy. If the Food God or Injury Official does not appear in the Eight Characters, it may indicate problems with pregnancy. However, one can look at the Major Periods (Da Yun) for clues. If the Food God or Injury Official does not appear in the birth chart, but during the marriage age, it coincides with a period where the Food God or Injury Official is strong, combined with favorable years that support them, there will be signs of pregnancy.
Regarding the relationship between parents and children:
From the combination of the zodiac signs and the Day Stem, if the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem is compatible or supportive of the parents' zodiac sign or Day Stem, the relationship is deep and harmonious. If the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem conflicts, harms, or is in mutual punishment with the parents', the relationship is shallow and poor. Therefore, when choosing to have children, it is also necessary to consider the child's zodiac sign and Day Stem. This kind of family relationship can be more harmonious and fulfilling. You cannot choose whether to have children, but you can choose the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem, even the gender, which is an adjustment or challenge to the fate-bound information, ultimately achieving the dream of “your destiny is in your hands” or “his destiny is in your hands.”
Regarding the gender of the children:
In terms of gender, it is generally believed that in a man's chart, the Food God represents a son and the Injury Official represents a daughter. For women, it is the opposite: the Injury Official represents a son and the Food God represents a daughter. However, this representation is only for reference and has some inaccuracies. Moreover, gender can also be chosen by artificial means after birth.
Regarding the quality of the children:
If the Food God or Injury Official in the Eight Characters is a favorable element and is strong and supported, or if it is an unfavorable element and weak and controlled, then the children born are usually virtuous and excellent. Conversely, if the Food God or Injury Official in the Eight Characters is a favorable element but weak and controlled, or an unfavorable element that is strong and supported, then the children may be disobedient or not virtuous.
Signs indicating the possibility of losing children:
For women, if the Hour Stem is an Indebtedness or a Benefactor, it indicates that the children may be lost, or there may be miscarriage or difficult labor, and the children may die young. If the Day Stem is strong and the Hour Branch encounters a Sword or an Indebtedness, childbirth will be difficult and require surgery. If the Day and Hour are in mutual punishment, the woman will lose her husband and children. If the Day and Hour are in mutual conflict, she may lose her children in middle or old age. If the Hour Stem is an Indebtedness, and the Year and Month Stems show Wealth, the woman may have a child who is injured or disabled. If the Hour Stem is a Government Official, there may be legal disputes or verbal conflicts with the father at the time of birth. If the Hour Stem is a Bathing, the first child may be hard to raise. If the Day and Hour are in conflict, there may be worries about losing a child in middle or old age, and the person may send their black-haired child to the grave. If the Hour Stem is an Injury Official, it indicates that a man will lose his children. If the Hour Stem is a Killer and strong without control, the children will be disrespectful and rebellious. If a man has too many Food Gods or Injury Officials, his children may not achieve much. If a woman has too many Benefactors or Indebtedness, her children may not have great development.
Signs indicating that the children will be successful:
For men, if the Hour Stem is Wealth or Government, and Wealth or Government is strong or dominant, the children will be successful and wealthy. For women, if the Hour Stem is Wealth or Food God, Injury Official, and it is strong or dominant, the children will be successful and wealthy. For men, the Government and Killer represent the children, with Killer representing sons and Government representing daughters. For women, the Food God and Injury Official represent the children, with Injury Official representing sons and Food God representing daughters. If a man lacks Government or Killer, he can refer to the Food God or Injury Official; if a woman lacks Food God or Injury Official, she can refer to the Government or Killer.
Regarding the number of children:
It is generally believed that the number of Food Gods or Injury Officials in the Eight Characters corresponds to the number of pregnancies, but the number of pregnancies does not necessarily mean the actual number of births, as it also includes miscarriages, abortions, and those who are planned to be terminated due to social or environmental factors. If the Food God or Injury Official appears hidden or falls into emptiness, it suggests some objective and subjective obstacles in pregnancy. If the Food God or Injury Official does not appear in the Eight Characters, it may indicate problems with pregnancy. However, one can look at the Major Periods (Da Yun) for clues. If the Food God or Injury Official does not appear in the birth chart, but during the marriage age, it coincides with a period where the Food God or Injury Official is strong, combined with favorable years that support them, there will be signs of pregnancy.
Regarding the relationship between parents and children:
From the combination of the zodiac signs and the Day Stem, if the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem is compatible or supportive of the parents' zodiac sign or Day Stem, the relationship is deep and harmonious. If the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem conflicts, harms, or is in mutual punishment with the parents', the relationship is shallow and poor. Therefore, when choosing to have children, it is also necessary to consider the child's zodiac sign and Day Stem. This kind of family relationship can be more harmonious and fulfilling. You cannot choose whether to have children, but you can choose the child's zodiac sign or Day Stem, even the gender, which is an adjustment or challenge to the fate-bound information, ultimately achieving the dream of “your destiny is in your hands” or “his destiny is in your hands.”
Regarding the gender of the children:
In terms of gender, it is generally believed that in a man's chart, the Food God represents a son and the Injury Official represents a daughter. For women, it is the opposite: the Injury Official represents a son and the Food God represents a daughter. However, this representation is only for reference and has some inaccuracies. Moreover, gender can also be chosen by artificial means after birth.
Regarding the quality of the children:
If the Food God or Injury Official in the Eight Characters is a favorable element and is strong and supported, or if it is an unfavorable element and weak and controlled, then the children born are usually virtuous and excellent. Conversely, if the Food God or Injury Official in the Eight Characters is a favorable element but weak and controlled, or an unfavorable element that is strong and supported, then the children may be disobedient or not virtuous.
Signs indicating the possibility of losing children:
For women, if the Hour Stem is an Indebtedness or a Benefactor, it indicates that the children may be lost, or there may be miscarriage or difficult labor, and the children may die young. If the Day Stem is strong and the Hour Branch encounters a Sword or an Indebtedness, childbirth will be difficult and require surgery. If the Day and Hour are in mutual punishment, the woman will lose her husband and children. If the Day and Hour are in mutual conflict, she may lose her children in middle or old age. If the Hour Stem is an Indebtedness, and the Year and Month Stems show Wealth, the woman may have a child who is injured or disabled. If the Hour Stem is a Government Official, there may be legal disputes or verbal conflicts with the father at the time of birth. If the Hour Stem is a Bathing, the first child may be hard to raise. If the Day and Hour are in conflict, there may be worries about losing a child in middle or old age, and the person may send their black-haired child to the grave. If the Hour Stem is an Injury Official, it indicates that a man will lose his children. If the Hour Stem is a Killer and strong without control, the children will be disrespectful and rebellious. If a man has too many Food Gods or Injury Officials, his children may not achieve much. If a woman has too many Benefactors or Indebtedness, her children may not have great development.
Signs indicating that the children will be successful:
For men, if the Hour Stem is Wealth or Government, and Wealth or Government is strong or dominant, the children will be successful and wealthy. For women, if the Hour Stem is Wealth or Food God, Injury Official, and it is strong or dominant, the children will be successful and wealthy. For men, the Government and Killer represent the children, with Killer representing sons and Government representing daughters. For women, the Food God and Injury Official represent the children, with Injury Official representing sons and Food God representing daughters. If a man lacks Government or Killer, he can refer to the Food God or Injury Official; if a woman lacks Food God or Injury Official, she can refer to the Government or Killer.
Characteristics of Unhappy Marriages in the Day Stem
1. When the spouse star is an obstacle in the birth chart, love relationships face delays
Men take the Wealth Star as their wife. If the Wealth Star is excessive and is an obstacle, or if the Wealth Star is not present in the birth chart, or if the Wealth Star is weak and inactive, and the Competitive Stars are strong, it indicates an unhappy marriage. Women take the Government and Killer Stars as their husband. If the Government and Killer Stars are excessive and are obstacles, or if they are not present in the birth chart, or if they are weak and inactive, and the Competitive Stars are strong, it also indicates an unhappy marriage. If a man’s birth chart has no Wealth Star or is purely yang or yin, it is called a monk or nun's fate. Similarly, if a woman’s birth chart has no Government or Killer Star or is purely yin or yang, it is called a monastic fate.
2. When the marital palace is in conflict or in mutual punishment, the marriage is unstable
The Day Stem is the marital palace. It is the key to analyzing the marriage. If the marital palace is in conflict or in mutual punishment, it is difficult to have a harmonious marriage. The marital palace should avoid being in conflict with the native’s own Earthly Branch, the Major Period’s Earthly Branch, or the Year’s Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch. Especially, conflicts between the Month and Day or the Day and Hour are most serious. Divorce and separation are inevitable. The marital palace should avoid the three-way punishments such as the Three Punishments of the Rat, Ox, and Dog, the Three Punishments of the Tiger, Rabbit, and Sheep, and the Two-way Punishment of the Rat and Rabbit. If either man or woman is involved in these conflicts, the marriage is likely to end in divorce.
3. Women with a Day Stem of Injury Official have unsmooth marriages
Even if the Day Stem and Branch are mutually supportive, one should not be complacent. If a woman’s Day Stem produces an Injury Official, the marriage is also difficult. The Day Stem and Branch that produce an Injury Official include Jia Wu, Yi Si, Geng Zi, and Xin Hai. According to my experience, for women with Yang Day Stems, if the Day Branch is a Food God, it should be considered as an Injury Official, such as Bing Chen, Bing Xu, Wu Shen, and Ren Yin.
Certainly, nothing in the world is absolute. Likewise, there are many reasons in the theory of fate that lead to unhappy marriages, which are also related to the era, personality, and environment. To make a more accurate prediction of marriage, a comprehensive analysis of the individual's Eight Characters is needed.
4. People born on the Yin-Yang Mismatch Day or those with the Lonely Phoenix Star have unsmooth love relationships
Whether male or female, anyone with a Day Stem of:
Bing Zi, Bing Wu, Ding Chou, Ding Wei, Wu Yin, Wu Shen, Xin Mao, Xin You, Ren Chen, Ren Xu, Gui Si, Gui Hai is considered to be born on a Yin-Yang Mismatch Day.
According to ancient texts: "Yin-Yang Mismatch Day, for women, it leads to disharmony with in-laws, lack of support from sisters-in-law, and decline of the husband's family. For men, it leads to loss of wife's family and conflicts with the wife's family. This star affects both genders, and if it appears twice or three times in the month, day, or hour, it is particularly severe. If it appears on the Day Stem, it indicates that one cannot rely on the wife's family, and even if one has wealth, it is illusory. Later, one still becomes enemies with the wife's family and stops communication." The Yin-Yang Mismatch refers to a violation of the natural balance between yin and yang, leading to an unsmooth marriage. Being born on such a day results in light issues like marital disharmony or serious ones like divorce.
Anyone whose Day Stem or Hour Stem contains any of the following combinations: Yi Si, Ding Si, Xin Hai, Wu Shen, Jia Yin, Wu Wu, Ren Zi, Bing Wu is said to be born under the Lonely Phoenix Star. The Lonely Phoenix Star brings unsmooth marriage matters. The song of the Lonely Phoenix says: "Wood and Fire meeting the Snake is extremely unlucky; Metal and Pig should not act recklessly; Earth Monkey and Wood Tiger, where is the husband? At the moment of the Lonely Phoenix, dance alone." The Lonely Phoenix Star is also described as: "Wood Tiger is a widow without a husband, Metal Pig has no husband, Red Yellow Horse lies alone, Black Mouse guards an empty room." In fact, the Lonely Phoenix Star refers to being self-sitting on Food God or Sword, and for women, if the Food God is too strong, it also has similar characteristics of the Injury Official, which can harm the main husband star, the Government Star. For men, if the Sword is too strong, it may cause harm to the wife. These are signs of unsmooth love relationships.
5. Day Stem with Sword causes damage to the spouse
Women whose Day Stem is the source of the marital palace, and men whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi, and women whose Day Stem and Branch are Ding Si or Gui Hai, have the most unsmooth marriages. If the character in the Day Branch is an obstacle in the birth chart, it may lead to divorce, or even the injury or death of the spouse. Especially for men whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi, they not only have the Sword in the Day Branch but also sit on the Competitor, making the marriage even more unsmooth.
There are also Wu Wu and Ji Si, which are also Day Branches with the Sword, but since the Sword is the secondary element, its influence is slightly weaker. However, people with these two Day Stems may also have spouses with disabilities. Women whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi are often very competitive and aggressive, and in the marital life, they often appear domineering, leading to imbalance in the relationship and affecting the marriage. If the Day Branch is the Sword, but this character is a favorable one in the birth chart, the person receives significant support from the spouse, but the spouse inevitably suffers from injuries and illnesses.
6. Day Stem with conflicting stem and branch, causing difficulties in the relationship
Since the Day Stem represents the person and the Day Branch represents the spouse, they are in the same column, interdependent, like Heaven and Earth. If the stem and branch are in conflict, it is called "Heaven and Earth do not support," indicating a lack of effective communication between the couple, leading to frequent quarrels, poor relations, short-lived happiness, cold wars, and each acting independently. Especially for people whose Day Stem is Jia Shen, Jia Xu, Yi You, Bing Shen, Ding You, Wu Yin, Ji Mao, Geng Yin, Xin Mao, Ren Xu, Gui Wei, the couple's energy is incompatible, making communication the hardest, and the relationship is difficult to get along with.
If the stem and branch of the Day Stem are in conflict, but can be secretly aligned, it means that although the couple is not very harmonious or understanding, they can still understand and tolerate each other. The combinations where the Day Stem and Day Branch are secretly aligned are Ding Gui, Wu Zi, Xin Si, Ren Wu, and there are also cases where the secondary element of the Day Branch aligns with the Day Stem, such as Ji Gui and Gui Si.
7. Day Stem sitting on the Competitive Star, making the spouse prone to infidelity
When the Day Stem sits on the Competitive Star, it means the Day Stem and Branch are Jia Yin, Yi Mao, Wu Chen, Wu Xu, Ji Wei, Ji Chou, Geng Shen, Xin You.
The Competitive Star represents someone similar to the Day Stem. For those with a weak body, the Competitive Star is a helper, while for those with a strong body, it is a competitor. The Day Branch was originally the marital palace, where the spouse resides, but now it is occupied by the Competitive Star, which implies that the spouse is living together with the Competitive Star, which is not infidelity? Among these eight combinations, especially for men whose Day Stem is Jia Yin, Wu Chen, Wu Xu, Geng Shen, and women whose Day Stem is Yi Mao, Ji Wei, Ji Chou, Xin You, because the Competitive Star in the marital palace is secretly aligned with the spouse star, it represents that someone is secretly communicating with the spouse emotionally. One must also distinguish whether the Competitive Star in the marital palace is an ally or an enemy. If the Competitive Star is a favorable element, it is an ally; if it is an obstacle, it is an enemy. As an ally, it represents a harmonious couple who can move forward together; as an enemy, it indicates that the spouse is prone to infidelity and often spends money on lovers.
Men take the Wealth Star as their wife. If the Wealth Star is excessive and is an obstacle, or if the Wealth Star is not present in the birth chart, or if the Wealth Star is weak and inactive, and the Competitive Stars are strong, it indicates an unhappy marriage. Women take the Government and Killer Stars as their husband. If the Government and Killer Stars are excessive and are obstacles, or if they are not present in the birth chart, or if they are weak and inactive, and the Competitive Stars are strong, it also indicates an unhappy marriage. If a man’s birth chart has no Wealth Star or is purely yang or yin, it is called a monk or nun's fate. Similarly, if a woman’s birth chart has no Government or Killer Star or is purely yin or yang, it is called a monastic fate.
2. When the marital palace is in conflict or in mutual punishment, the marriage is unstable
The Day Stem is the marital palace. It is the key to analyzing the marriage. If the marital palace is in conflict or in mutual punishment, it is difficult to have a harmonious marriage. The marital palace should avoid being in conflict with the native’s own Earthly Branch, the Major Period’s Earthly Branch, or the Year’s Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch. Especially, conflicts between the Month and Day or the Day and Hour are most serious. Divorce and separation are inevitable. The marital palace should avoid the three-way punishments such as the Three Punishments of the Rat, Ox, and Dog, the Three Punishments of the Tiger, Rabbit, and Sheep, and the Two-way Punishment of the Rat and Rabbit. If either man or woman is involved in these conflicts, the marriage is likely to end in divorce.
3. Women with a Day Stem of Injury Official have unsmooth marriages
Even if the Day Stem and Branch are mutually supportive, one should not be complacent. If a woman’s Day Stem produces an Injury Official, the marriage is also difficult. The Day Stem and Branch that produce an Injury Official include Jia Wu, Yi Si, Geng Zi, and Xin Hai. According to my experience, for women with Yang Day Stems, if the Day Branch is a Food God, it should be considered as an Injury Official, such as Bing Chen, Bing Xu, Wu Shen, and Ren Yin.
Certainly, nothing in the world is absolute. Likewise, there are many reasons in the theory of fate that lead to unhappy marriages, which are also related to the era, personality, and environment. To make a more accurate prediction of marriage, a comprehensive analysis of the individual's Eight Characters is needed.
4. People born on the Yin-Yang Mismatch Day or those with the Lonely Phoenix Star have unsmooth love relationships
Whether male or female, anyone with a Day Stem of:
Bing Zi, Bing Wu, Ding Chou, Ding Wei, Wu Yin, Wu Shen, Xin Mao, Xin You, Ren Chen, Ren Xu, Gui Si, Gui Hai is considered to be born on a Yin-Yang Mismatch Day.
According to ancient texts: "Yin-Yang Mismatch Day, for women, it leads to disharmony with in-laws, lack of support from sisters-in-law, and decline of the husband's family. For men, it leads to loss of wife's family and conflicts with the wife's family. This star affects both genders, and if it appears twice or three times in the month, day, or hour, it is particularly severe. If it appears on the Day Stem, it indicates that one cannot rely on the wife's family, and even if one has wealth, it is illusory. Later, one still becomes enemies with the wife's family and stops communication." The Yin-Yang Mismatch refers to a violation of the natural balance between yin and yang, leading to an unsmooth marriage. Being born on such a day results in light issues like marital disharmony or serious ones like divorce.
Anyone whose Day Stem or Hour Stem contains any of the following combinations: Yi Si, Ding Si, Xin Hai, Wu Shen, Jia Yin, Wu Wu, Ren Zi, Bing Wu is said to be born under the Lonely Phoenix Star. The Lonely Phoenix Star brings unsmooth marriage matters. The song of the Lonely Phoenix says: "Wood and Fire meeting the Snake is extremely unlucky; Metal and Pig should not act recklessly; Earth Monkey and Wood Tiger, where is the husband? At the moment of the Lonely Phoenix, dance alone." The Lonely Phoenix Star is also described as: "Wood Tiger is a widow without a husband, Metal Pig has no husband, Red Yellow Horse lies alone, Black Mouse guards an empty room." In fact, the Lonely Phoenix Star refers to being self-sitting on Food God or Sword, and for women, if the Food God is too strong, it also has similar characteristics of the Injury Official, which can harm the main husband star, the Government Star. For men, if the Sword is too strong, it may cause harm to the wife. These are signs of unsmooth love relationships.
5. Day Stem with Sword causes damage to the spouse
Women whose Day Stem is the source of the marital palace, and men whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi, and women whose Day Stem and Branch are Ding Si or Gui Hai, have the most unsmooth marriages. If the character in the Day Branch is an obstacle in the birth chart, it may lead to divorce, or even the injury or death of the spouse. Especially for men whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi, they not only have the Sword in the Day Branch but also sit on the Competitor, making the marriage even more unsmooth.
There are also Wu Wu and Ji Si, which are also Day Branches with the Sword, but since the Sword is the secondary element, its influence is slightly weaker. However, people with these two Day Stems may also have spouses with disabilities. Women whose Day Stem and Branch are Bing Wu or Ren Zi are often very competitive and aggressive, and in the marital life, they often appear domineering, leading to imbalance in the relationship and affecting the marriage. If the Day Branch is the Sword, but this character is a favorable one in the birth chart, the person receives significant support from the spouse, but the spouse inevitably suffers from injuries and illnesses.
6. Day Stem with conflicting stem and branch, causing difficulties in the relationship
Since the Day Stem represents the person and the Day Branch represents the spouse, they are in the same column, interdependent, like Heaven and Earth. If the stem and branch are in conflict, it is called "Heaven and Earth do not support," indicating a lack of effective communication between the couple, leading to frequent quarrels, poor relations, short-lived happiness, cold wars, and each acting independently. Especially for people whose Day Stem is Jia Shen, Jia Xu, Yi You, Bing Shen, Ding You, Wu Yin, Ji Mao, Geng Yin, Xin Mao, Ren Xu, Gui Wei, the couple's energy is incompatible, making communication the hardest, and the relationship is difficult to get along with.
If the stem and branch of the Day Stem are in conflict, but can be secretly aligned, it means that although the couple is not very harmonious or understanding, they can still understand and tolerate each other. The combinations where the Day Stem and Day Branch are secretly aligned are Ding Gui, Wu Zi, Xin Si, Ren Wu, and there are also cases where the secondary element of the Day Branch aligns with the Day Stem, such as Ji Gui and Gui Si.
7. Day Stem sitting on the Competitive Star, making the spouse prone to infidelity
When the Day Stem sits on the Competitive Star, it means the Day Stem and Branch are Jia Yin, Yi Mao, Wu Chen, Wu Xu, Ji Wei, Ji Chou, Geng Shen, Xin You.
The Competitive Star represents someone similar to the Day Stem. For those with a weak body, the Competitive Star is a helper, while for those with a strong body, it is a competitor. The Day Branch was originally the marital palace, where the spouse resides, but now it is occupied by the Competitive Star, which implies that the spouse is living together with the Competitive Star, which is not infidelity? Among these eight combinations, especially for men whose Day Stem is Jia Yin, Wu Chen, Wu Xu, Geng Shen, and women whose Day Stem is Yi Mao, Ji Wei, Ji Chou, Xin You, because the Competitive Star in the marital palace is secretly aligned with the spouse star, it represents that someone is secretly communicating with the spouse emotionally. One must also distinguish whether the Competitive Star in the marital palace is an ally or an enemy. If the Competitive Star is a favorable element, it is an ally; if it is an obstacle, it is an enemy. As an ally, it represents a harmonious couple who can move forward together; as an enemy, it indicates that the spouse is prone to infidelity and often spends money on lovers.
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