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3 books · 24 lessonsZiping Zhenquan
12 lessonsBegin with the month command, then examine emergence, cooperation and the changes that preserve or damage a pattern.
Where to find the useful god Start with the month command
Understand what the useful god means in the opening of the classic, and how the month command sets the direction of a reading.
Direct use How Wealth Officer Resource and Eating God receive support
Trace how Wealth is produced, Officer protected, Resource supported and Eating God given a productive outlet.
Reverse use Restraining Seven Killings Hurting Officer peers and Yang Blade
Examine how Seven Killings, Hurting Officer, Rob Wealth and Blade can be restrained or given an effective outlet.
Emergence and roots Separating a stem's origin from its support
Separate exact emergence from root support, and see why two stems of the same element are not interchangeable.
Changes in the useful god When the monthly focus shifts
Follow how emergence and branch assemblies can change the use of the month command without erasing its original basis.
Purity mixture and secondary patterns Do the actors support each other
Determine whether several actors cooperate or obstruct one another; purity is not a count of Ten God categories.
Formation damage and rescue Finding the actor that repairs the problem
Locate the damaged relationship before asking which actor can repair it, and distinguish a pattern name from its success.
Why the assisting god matters Find what the arrangement depends on
Identify the actor on which the arrangement actually depends, rather than adding another favorable label.
Mixed qi months Taking the pattern through emergence and combinations
Read the storage months through exact emergence, assemblies and the cooperation of their different hidden stems.
Storage clashes Why an opened store does not automatically mean income
Test the claim that storage always needs a clash by examining which element is disturbed and what the chart depends on.
Established Prosperity monthly peers and Yang Blade Giving strength a purpose
When the month supports the Day Master, examine how Wealth, authority and output turn that support into an effective arrangement.
Reading luck periods Identify the relationship a period changes
Read each luck period through the original chart and the particular relationship it strengthens, weakens or changes.
Di Tian Sui Chan Wei
8 lessonsStudy strength, roots and the flow of the chart, then distinguish ordinary arrangements from following and transformation patterns.
Does a strong season always mean a strong Day Master
Season matters, but roots and support determine whether the Day Master can sustain the active arrangement.
Where the five phases begin and where they come to rest
Find where the chart's strongest flow begins, where it is interrupted and whether its destination is useful.
When does an intermediary really connect two opposing forces
An intermediate element only provides a bridge when its strength and position allow it to connect both sides.
Cold warmth dryness and moisture require more than Water and Fire
See how cold, warmth, dryness and moisture alter elemental relationships, and why a needed actor must be able to act.
Why a stem combination does not always produce transformation
Distinguish attraction and restraint from genuine transformation before changing the element used in a reading.
Following Wealth or Killings differs from following Output
Separate weakness-following from following output by tracing the Day Master, output, Wealth and Resource relationships.
How a concentrated element follows its direction and finds an outlet
Determine whether a concentrated chart can be restrained, needs an outlet or requires following its established direction.
Read luck periods through the relationship they change
Read favorable and unfavorable influences through the relationships that a luck period actually changes.
Qiong Tong Bao Jian
4 lessonsRead seasonal needs for each Day Master, keeping climate considerations distinct from month-command pattern selection.
What seasonal adjustment and pattern analysis each explain
Keep seasonal climate needs separate from pattern selection, so the same term does not conceal different questions.
Jia Wood through the seasons
Compare Jia Wood across the seasons and within individual months instead of applying one yearly element prescription.
Geng Metal through the seasons
Follow how Geng Metal's needs for shaping, moisture and an outlet change from month to month.
Ren and Gui Water through the seasons
Distinguish Ren and Gui Water's seasonal needs by examining their supply, outlets and the particular month.