The 10 Gods Representation

What do they mean in a BaZi chart? In BaZi interpretation, 10 Gods is often used to interpret a chart. These 10 Gods represent subject and matter. However, 10 Gods representation does not stop here as they grow together with the environment around us. In order to have a more extensive view on the 10 Gods, one has to look things from a BaZi perspective.  For most of you, these terms may seem odd but you have to remember that these terms were created during ancient time where literary purposes were emphasized.  If you have few of the 10 Gods in your chart, you will exhibit their characteristics or traits knowing & unknowingly. 

Below are the 10 Gods & their representations in our life:

1. Resource Star : Produces the Day Master. Resource is something provides energy and protects us.

l Direct Resource (正印, zheng yin) : Mother, mentor, academic pursuits, knowledge absorption, home, religious place, etc

l Indirect Resource (偏印, pian yin): Stepmother, mystical knowledge, unfruitful career, etc

2. Companion Star : Same element as the Day Master. Companion is related to social network or people with the same status as us.

l Friend (比肩, bi jian): Siblings, friends, independence, loyalty, preserverance, etc.

l Rob Wealth (劫财, jie cai): Competitor, courage, risk-taker, impulsive, passion, etc

 

3. Output Star : The Day Master produces it. Output is what we produce through our actions or thoughts

l Hurting Officer (伤官, shang guan): Extrovert, smart, creative, rebellious, variety of interest, chindren, outspoken, talents, etc.

l Eating God (食神, shi shen): Introvert, strategist, deep-thinker, philosophical, etc

 

4. Wealth Star : The Day Master controls it. Wealth is related to monetary things or things that in our control.

l Direct Wealth (正财, zheng cai) :Wife or lover (male), father (female), sincere, rational, reliable, conservative, etc.

l Indirect Wealth (偏财, pian cai) : lack of discipline, coward, sharp mind, indecisive, rash, etc

 

5. Officer/Influence Star : Controls the Day Master. Officer/Influence is related to authority or career.

l Direct Officer (正官, zheng guan) : Husband or lover (female), offspring (male), superior, honorable, law-abiding, trustworthy, etc.

l 7 Killings (七杀, qi sha) : aggressive, chivalry, firm, dictator, unreasonable, reckless, etc

Those highlighted are the 10 Gods found in a person's BaZi chart. 

(source: https://bazibz.masteryacademy.com/App/Basic/Bazi.aspx)

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How do I find my 10 Gods?

After going through few blogs about BaZi, I am sure you are wondering how to find your own 10 Gods. You must be thinking "do I need to look for masters to identify my 10 Gods?, do I need to go to places like cave to search?, etc. You do need to look for anyone to identify your 10 Gods. I will show you a simple way to find out your 10 Gods. Just follow me. 

Step 1 : 

Google https://bazibz.masteryacademy.com/App/Basic/Default.aspx

Fill in your name, gender, date of birth (western date) & time of birth then click "Plot BaZi Chart".

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Step 2 : 

Scroll down until the end of the page & you will find your 10 Gods profiling. 

Thanks to the technological advancement today, we are able to plot our own BaZi chart with just a few clicks. 

In this 10 Gods profiling, we are able to identify what are we good at or what are our hidden talents that we don't even know they exist in us. 

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How are the 10 Gods are assigned to the Day Master?

Ever feel curious how a BaZi practitioner is able to identify the opportunities a person has or problems a person is facing? It is through identifying the 10 Gods in a BaZi chart and relate back to people, matter & place of the asking person. The assignment of 10 Gods is done systematically. 

Let us use Jia (甲) Wood Day Master and the Output Star as an example.

The Output Star refers to the Fire element as Wood produces Fire. Fire element consists of Bing (丙) Fire (Yang Fire) and Ding (丁) Fire (Yin Fire). The Output Star consists of Hurting Officer and Eating God.

Here, the Day Master’s polarity is Yang. The Output element that shares the same polarity as the Jia Wood is the Bing Fire and opposite polarity to the Jia Wood is Ding Fire. The Hurting Officer always has the opposite polarity of the Day Master, the Eating God has the same polarity as the Day Master. Thus, Bing Fire is the Eating God and Ding Fire is the Hurting Officer.

Therefore, different polarities attract each other. Use this concept to assign each of the 10 Gods to the rest of the elements in the chart.

As for Yin Day Master, the concept is inverted to that of a Yang Day Master. Nevertheless, I have included an example below.

Let us see a Yi (乙) Wood Day Master and the Output Star as an example. 

The Output Star of Yi (乙) Wood is the Fire element which consists of Bing (丙) Fire and Ding (丁) Fire.

Here, the Day Master’s polarity is Yin. The Output element that shares the same polarity as the Yi Wood Day Master is the Ding Fire and opposite polarity is the Bing Fire. The Hurting Officer always has the opposite polarity of the Day Master, the Eating God has the same polarity as the Day Master. Thus, Bing Fire is the Hurting Officer and Ding Fire is the Eating God.

Below is the assignment of 10 Gods to each Day Master.

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Introduction to the 10 Gods (十神, Shi Shen)

Knowing the Five Elements alone is not enough for the interpretation of the chart. These Five Elements must somehow be translated into some kind of representative in order to have a better understanding on the relationships between the elements in a BaZi chart - The 10 Gods. These 10 Gods will be translated practically into what is happening to our life.

The 10 Gods do not associate to religion, superstition or celestial beings. They are just the terminology used in the study of BaZi with meanings behind them. Chinese philosopher prefer to use “God” rather than “Star” for literary purposes. It also sound better to use “God” as it is more poetic. However, the two are interchangeable. 

There are 10 Day Masters which are the Jia (甲) Wood, Yi (乙) Wood, Bing (丙) Fire, Ding (丁) Fire, Wu (戊) Earth, Ji (己) Earth, Geng (庚) Metal, Xin (辛) Metal, Ren (壬) Water & Gui (癸) Water. Among the 10 Gods, they represent differently based on the person’s Day Master. The 10 Gods can be assigned with reference to the particular Day Master.

To determine which elements represent which 10 Gods, the relationship between the Day Master and other elements have to be found out first. This can be categorized as:

l The element that produces the Day Master (Resource Star)

l The element that is produced by the Day Master (Output Star)

l The element that counters the Day Master (Officer/Influence Star)

l The element that the Day Master counters (Wealth Star)

l The element that is the same as the Day Master (Companion Star)

As there are Yin and Yang polarities to each of the Five Elements, the 10 Gods are made up. 

Discovering the 10 Gods

The 10 Gods are summarized as follow: 

In the Five Elements, there are Yin & Yang polarity for each element. Similarly, in 10 Gods, there are also Yin & Yang polarity.

10 Gods	Yang	Yin
Resource	Direct Resource	Indirect Resource
Companion	Friend	Rob Wealth
Output	Hurting Officer	Eating God
Wealth	Direct Wealth	Indirect Wealth
Officer/Influence	Direct Officer	7 Killing

The above are the names of each 10 God based on their polarity.

What are the usages of the 10 Gods in BaZi interpretation?  

The 10 Gods are used in BaZi Analysis such as:

l Relationship between Day Master and other Stems.

l To identify the problems that might arise in that particular luck.

l To identify opportunities or potential threats 

l Career path

l Increase or decrease in personal wealth and so on

The Production and Countering/Controlled cycle in 10 Gods

Similar to the Five Element cycle, the 10 Gods also have the production & countering/controlled cycle. 

(Source : Joey Yap's The 10 Gods)

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Combination (合) of Heavenly Stem (天干) & the 12 Earthly Branches' Interactions

There are some rules applied on how Heavenly Stems combines (合). This is more to the technical aspects in interpreting a BaZi chart and is used extensively. There are 5 possible pairs of combinations in the Heavenly Stem (天干). 

Jia (甲) Wood combines with Ji (己) Earth

Geng (庚) Metal combines with Yi (乙) Wood

Bing (丙) Fire combines with Xin (辛) Metal

Ren (壬) Water combines with Ding (丁) Fire

Wu (戊) Earth combines with Gui (癸) Water

12 Earthly Branches

The 12 Earthly Branches are represented by the 12 animal zodiacs. Each of the 12 animal zodiacs represents one of the Yang or Yin elements in the Five Elements.

12 Animal Zodiacs	Five Elements representation
Tiger:Yin (寅)	Yang Wood
Rabbit: Mao (卯)	Yin Wood
Chen: Dragon (辰)	Yang Earth
Snake: Si (巳)	Yang Fire
Horse: Wu (午)	Yin Fire
Goat: Wei (未)	Yin Earth
Monkey: Shen (申)	Yang Metal
Rooster: You (酉)	Yin Metal
Dog: Xu (戌)	Yang Earth
Pig: Hai (亥)	Yang Water
Rat: Zi (子)	Yin Water
Ox: Chou (丑)	Yin Earth

The Relationship between 12 Earthly Branches

1. Production:

Based on the principles of Yin & Yang and the production of the Five Elements, Yang produces Yin, Yin produces Yang, Yang cannot produce Yang and Yin cannot produce Yin.

Yin (寅) Wood produces Si (巳) Fire, Mao (卯) Wood produces Wu (午) Fire, Si (巳) Fire produces Chen (辰) Earth, Xu (戌) Earth; Wu (午) Fire produces Wei (未) Earth, Chou (丑) Earth; Chen (辰) Earth, Xu (戌) Earth produces You (酉) Metal, Wei (未) Earth, Chou (丑) produces Shen (申) Metal, Shen (申) Metal produces Hai (亥) Water, You (酉) Metal produces Zi (子) Water, Zi (子) Water produces Mao (卯) Wood, Hai (亥) Water produces Yin (寅) Wood.

2. Restrained or Controlled:

Based on the principle of Yin & Yang and the Controlling cycle of the Five Elements, Yang controlled Yang and Yin Controlled Yin.

Zi (子) Water controlled Wu (午) Fire, Hai (亥) Water controlled Si (巳) Fire, Si (巳) Fire controlled You (酉) Metal, Wu (午) Fire controlled Shen (申) Metal, Shen (申) Metal controlled Yin (寅) Wood, You (酉) Metal controlled Mao (卯) Wood, Yin (寅) Wood controlled Chen (辰) Earth, Xu (戌) Earth, Mao (卯) Wood controlled Wei (未) Earth, Chou (丑) Earth, Chen (辰) Earth, Xu (戌) Earth controlled Zi (子) Water, Wei (未) Earth, Chou (丑) Earth controlled Hai (亥) Water.

3. Combinations

There are 6 pair and 3 triplet of possible combinations in the Earthly Branches.

(i) 6 pair combinations

Zi (子) combines with Chou (丑)

Wu (午) combines with Wei (未)

Chen (辰) combines with You (酉)

Mao (卯) combines with Xu (戌)

Shen (申) combines with Si (巳)

Yin (寅) combines with Hai (亥)

(ii) 3 triplet combinations

Shen Zi Chen (申子辰)

Yin Wu Xu (寅午戌)

Hai Mao Wei (亥卯未)

Si You Chou (巳酉丑)

4. Clashes

There are 6 pair of possible clashes in the Earthly Branches.

Zi (子) clashes with Wu (午)

Chou (丑) clashes with Wei (未)

Yin (寅) clashes with Shen (申)

Mao (卯) clashes with You (酉)

Chen (辰) clashes with Xu (戌)

Si (巳) clashes with Hai (亥) 

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