What to look for What are you choosing a time for? any Opening, travelling, an office or an official, trade Meeting somebody, marriage, asking a favour, resting Money, profit, seeing a thing grow Documents, a proposal, an appointment, a banquet Keeping out of sight, avoiding, blocking a thing off Recovering a debt, competing, going after somebody A funeral, a burial, closing a thing Catching a thief, recovering what was stolen, alarm Choosing one fills in the gate below, which you can then change. It is the association the tradition makes between an undertaking and a gate — the eight gates only, and nothing further: where the rest of that doctrine is concerned the schools disagree, and this takes no side.
gate any Rest Life Harm Block View Death Shock Open star any Canopy Grain Rush Assistant Bird Heart Pillar Charge Hero spirit any Chief Snake Moon Union Hook Vermilion Bird White Tiger Dark Warrior Nine Earth Nine Heaven At least as strong as any prospering supported resting imprisoned dying
Facing
Ruling out
Whose year is to stand there
Date of birth With a date of birth, only the palaces that person's year pillar (本命 běnmìng) stands on are reported — 《遁甲演義》 has a reading consider it before anything else. It narrows what is shown and weighs nothing: what makes a palace worth standing in is what you asked for above.
These are arrangements, not recommendations. The engine reports where each one stands; whether it is a good hour to act is a reading, and it is yours to make.
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