Official Seal

In the previous class, we talked about the partial seal. In fortune - telling, wealth, official rank, and seal are of great importance. As for the peer comparison, robbery of wealth, gourmet, and hurting official, they are all ancillary elements. Among the three elements of wealth, official rank, and seal, there are also yin and yang differentiations. The proper seal emphasizes learning and nobility. Wealth refers to money. Official rank refers to power. These three elements should be integrated. If you have power but no learning, it's not perfect. If you have learning but no money, it seems a bit too hard. It's very difficult to have all three. Even having one of them is already not bad. So, what's the difference between the proper seal and the partial seal? The proper seal is about the mutual generation of yin and yang, while the partial seal is about the repulsion of the same gender, like yang generating yin or yin generating yin. This is from a theoretical perspective. If we talk about real - life situations, in today's society, for those with the proper seal pattern, they graduate from universities, have master's or doctoral degrees, are appreciated by bosses or superiors, hold positions above the section - chief level, and can keep the money they earn. This is the proper seal. For the partial seal, it's different. People with partial seal have special skills. For example, basketball stars or famous singers don't need much educational background, but they can still be well - known among the high - ranking officials and get high rewards. This is a simple analogy. The scope of the partial seal is very wide. Anyway, things that are not normal office work are all considered as the partial seal. This is about the aspect of glory, wealth, and high social status.

So, fortune - telling should be considered from three perspectives simultaneously. The first is time. Success shouldn't be too late. It's too late to achieve success after the age of fifty. Nor should it be too early. If it comes too early, you're not mature enough in life, and it's of no use. Second, personality matters. In current practical fortune - telling, wealth and honor are not given top priority. It first assumes that at most you'll become a division chief and own only three houses. It restricts you to an ordinary range, and as a result, personality and related attributes have become the mainstream concerns.

First, let's talk about people with the Zheng Yin (Positive Seal) pattern. Just like the literati we meet, you can sense their gentle, humble, and polite nature as soon as you meet them. The pattern represents a kind of courtesy! It's clearly shown. As for the courtesy of those with the Pian Yin (Negative Seal) pattern, it's different. It's a kind of politeness out of fear that you might offend or pester them. The Zheng Yin represents courtesy, which is an appreciation of one's character! But in life, relying solely on this is useless. One also has to focus on actual achievements. Well, these are the advantages. So, what about the disadvantages? They may become a bit falsely polite. What you mainly talk to them about are the advantages mentioned just now. If you talk about deeper issues, they will show a different kind of reaction.

For example, for those with the pattern of the Partial Seal, they tend to be evasive; those with the pattern of the Peer and Rob Wealth are judged from a realistic perspective, and those with the pattern of the Proper Seal are the kind of people who generally believe that it's better to do less than more. He's not afraid of you either! Nor is he afraid of trouble. He's polite, which is what ordinary people mean by "Why offend you?" Even if he doesn't agree, he won't show it openly. His fundamental motivation is: Why offend you? Then it becomes a kind of polite response like that in the officialdom. This is about his character. Well, it's very difficult to hear the truth from those with the pattern of the Proper Seal. However, if you understand those with the pattern of the Partial Seal, it's quite easy as they clearly express their characteristics. This is the personality of those with the pattern of the Partial Seal.

So, apart from personality, let's talk about his relationships with relatives. The "Direct Seal" represents what gives birth to me. In fortune - telling, there are concepts like "giving birth out", "being born into", "conquering out", and "being conquered into". Based on such formulas, they are applied to aspects of life. Where do we come from? We are born by our mothers! So the "Direct Seal" represents the mother. Well, the "Direct Seal" in the year column can be associated with the mother. However, if the "Direct Seal" appears after the month and hour columns, it is no longer associated with the mother. The matter of the mother is very important in terms of our human nature, but it doesn't have much to do with glory, wealth, and high social status. There is such a theory, and I'm just putting it here.

For example, if there is a positive seal in the year pillar, then your mother has power. As for whether it is good or bad, it needs to be viewed from various perspectives. According to the generation and restraint relationships among the ten heavenly stems, taking the positive seal as the main factor, the ratio and robbery generate the eating god and hurting officer, the eating god and hurting officer generate wealth, wealth generates the official and killing, and the official and killing generate the seal. If it is a simple positive seal pattern, generally, it represents teachers in schools. This is the positive seal pattern. If it is accompanied by the official and killing, it is different. The official and killing generate the seal. You may have seen those high - ranking officials on TV. For example, some ministers seem to be literati, but there is a kind of domineering and killing aura among these literati. Therefore, for a person with a positive seal pattern to achieve success, the official and killing must be present. This is about achieving fame. Well, in the world, one may not necessarily achieve success, but money is indispensable. This refers to wealth. According to the generation and restraint relationships of the ten heavenly stems, wealth restrains the seal. A person with a positive seal pattern needs wealth, but theoretically, they are also afraid of wealth restraining the seal. This statement may seem contradictory, but it is exactly the case in real life.

University professors are not very good at making money. People look at university professors who are very good at making money strangely. It sounds a bit odd if a university professor goes to trade stocks every day. So what should be done? Well, wealth is associated with women! Wealth restrains your proper seal. Generally speaking, a person with good knowledge probably won't beat his wife. Then these two things are in contradiction, and there is a conflict between wealth and seal! Well, in terms of fortune - telling, we should accommodate human feelings. When the proper seal meets the official - killing element, it doesn't matter whether the official - killing element comes before or after.

What if the Zheng Yin (Positive Seal) meets the Cai (Wealth)? Then it is stipulated that the Cai should come before the Yin. Why should the Cai come before the Yin? For example, if there is Cai in the year pillar and Yin in the hour pillar, it means that your family is very wealthy, you are good at making money when you are young, and you will be very noble and unsullied in your old age. This is acceptable to ordinary people. If it is the other way around, with the Yin coming before the Cai, as I just said, it is highly unlikely that your parents are very wealthy. Generally speaking, this is how life is for most people! What if the Yin comes before the Cai? You talk very nobly, but once you encounter money, you are no longer noble at all, and people will laugh at you! You can still get the money, which is like a university professor getting involved in tabloid news. It doesn't matter if a businessman gets involved in tabloid news. So, the Cai and the Yin should co - exist. For those with the Zheng Yin pattern, the Cai must come before the Yin. Wait until you have made enough money, and then talk about learning. From a general social standard, this is the issue of the Cai and the Yin.

Well, the fortune-telling book says that if wealth comes before scholarly honor, it will bring good fortune. Once I win the lottery and make a fortune, I'll act high-minded and donate money. However, if scholarly honor comes before wealth, it will bring disgrace. If one talks about being high-minded all the time but doesn't hesitate to take money, they'll be criticized. This is a general view from a moral perspective. So, in real life, how should we actually judge the relationship between wealth and scholarly honor? It should be judged according to age. What does it mean to judge by age? For example, in one's thirties, the relationship between wealth and scholarly honor is usually interpreted in terms of women. In one's fifties or sixties, it's interpreted in terms of money. This is basically how it is in terms of the fortune and fate patterns. A single scholarly honor pattern alone is useless. It's okay for getting a salary or writing books. But if you want to enter the officialdom, there must be the influence of official power and suppression, which can generate scholarly honor. However, this official power and suppression are under the control of scholarly honor. When it comes to money, there must be a sequence.

There isn't much profound knowledge when it comes to talking about the Peer, Rob Wealth, and Partial Seal. It's quite simple. When it comes to the Seal, Wealth, and Officer, it gets a bit more complicated. It emphasizes the relationships among them in the cycle of generation. In the Five - Elements theory, elements separated by one position generate each other, and separated by another position, they counteract each other. For example, Wealth generates Officer and Slayer, and Officer and Slayer generate Seal. This is a sequential explanation. If you skip one element, it means Wealth counteracts Seal. So what to do? You need Officer and Slayer. Where is Officer and Slayer? In fortune - telling, it's called the "Transitional Useful God". Once there is Officer and Slayer, Wealth won't counteract Seal. Instead, Wealth will generate Officer and Slayer, and Officer and Slayer will generate Seal. So for the Seal, the element of Officer and Slayer can both solve difficulties and increase blessings. With Officer and Slayer, you don't have to fear that Wealth will counteract Seal. If there is no Officer and Slayer, once you encounter Wealth, it will counteract Seal. This is what is called the "Transitional Useful God", which will be covered in intermediate - level命理 (the theory of fortune - telling).

If the Seal, Wealth, or Officer alone is in a prosperous position, like the position of Lu - prosperity, in modern terms, the wealth you can acquire is at most no more than ten million. This ten million doesn't mean you can only earn ten million in your whole life. It roughly means that you can get ten million within three days. If you want to acquire more than ten million, it doesn't depend on the Ten Gods. It depends on the Useful God and the Heavenly Time. That is what people say: Great wealth is determined by heaven, while small wealth is achieved through diligence.

Well, what I've just talked about is the very simple nature of the Direct Seal itself and the source of wealth and honor. As for the element that the Seal restrains, the Seal restrains the Output (Eating God and Hurting Officer). This doesn't matter much for male horoscopes. For female horoscopes, the Output represents children. People with the Direct Seal Pattern are not very good at taking care of children. We can understand this principle. I believe a female university professor probably won't deal with baby bottles and such things. They are polite, not showing a very affectionate kind of attitude. This is the basic situation. Then, the key point of the positioning of the Ten Gods lies in the permutations and combinations. The arrangements of the Year, Month, Day, and Hour Pillars are different.

First, let's talk about having wealth before seal and having seal before wealth. Usually, this is related to time! When we talk about time here, it refers to one's whole life. If one is wealthy in youth, they will be noble and unworldly in old age; if one is noble and unworldly in youth, they will be wealthy in old age. This is a very general statement! If we combine them, then it involves the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. If the Heavenly Stem is the proper seal and the Earthly Branch is wealth, wealth restrains the seal, which is the lower restraining the upper. When this occurs in the same pillar, in terms of time, it is seven and a half years. Regarding this theory, some use it to discuss money and wealth, while others use it to discuss relatives. From one to fifteen years old, if the proper seal is on the Heavenly Stem of the year and the proper wealth is on the Earthly Branch of the year, in terms of relatives, it means that initially your mother has power, and later your father has power, because wealth restrains the seal! However, for the positioning of the ten gods, as long as you know the characteristics of each character such as the peer and rival, proper wealth, and proper seal, and the relationships of mutual generation and restraint among relatives, and then apply them to the four pillars of the year, month, day, and hour, that's enough.

For example, if the Heavenly Stem of the Year Pillar is the Proper Seal, it is definitely related to one's mother. Whether it is good or bad depends on what character is below. If the Earthly Branch below represents Wealth defeating the Seal, that is, the Heavenly Stem of the Year Pillar is the Proper Seal and the Earthly Branch of the Year Pillar is the Proper Wealth, in the Year Pillar, this is related to one's father, indicating that his father will gain power. When it comes to the Six Relatives, from the perspective of wealth, his father will have good fortune. Then the family fortune of this child will improve. Once the father has good luck, of course, the mother won't have any objections! This is called Wealth defeating the Seal, the lower defeating the upper, and it has a name called "being a thief", like a petty thief! Thieves represent the lower defeating the upper.

Well, if it's not about the year but the month, it's different. Still referring to this formula, if there is the "Direct Seal" in the month column. For the person involved, in their twenties, they are high - minded in speech. If you ask them to do stock trading, they don't want to. They only want to be tutors or doctors. They have a high - minded personality. It doesn't matter! If there is "Wealth" below and the "Wealth" in the month column overcomes the "Seal", this "Wealth" is not interpreted as the father but as a woman. If we talk to the person involved, they are very high - minded in their twenties, but in their thirties, they are no longer high - minded and start to care about money. This is about the process regarding money. If it comes to the process of the "Six Relatives", it's different. They value their girlfriends, and their parents are no longer that important. They should be closer to their fathers and have less in common with their mothers. The opinions of their girlfriends and the matter of money can change their entire outlook on life. Because they can make money, it can completely change their previous ideas. They might even change their careers according to the suggestions of their girlfriends or wives. This is called "Wealth overcoming Seal". Well, if there is "Wealth overcoming Seal", it's better for husband and wife not to overcome each other. So there is a saying in the fortune - telling books: if there is "Seal" first and then "Wealth", the spouse will be harmed one after another! After all, it's a matter of overcoming. This is about the process! For a long - lasting marriage, husband and wife should not overcome each other. This is about the situation in the month column.

What if it's in the Hour Pillar? The interpretation is different again. If the Heavenly Stem of the Hour Pillar is the Proper Seal, it can be said that when you reach your fifties in your later years, people will see you as a scholar, a teacher, or a very typical civil servant. If the Earthly Branch of the Hour Pillar is the Proper Wealth, you'll have money in your later years. Well, from a human - nature perspective, if I tell you that you'll be able to save money in your later years. The Proper Wealth represents regular and limited money! To really make a fortune, one needs the Irregular Wealth. Then, if this person asks me, "I'm divorced now. Will I get married again?" The answer is definitely yes. He'll have a partner until he dies. We're just talking about a certain stage here! When I say you'll get married, I'm referring to the current woman. This person will have a partner throughout his life! So, the relationship between Wealth and Seal, as well as matters related to money, personality, and relatives, are basically like this. This is about the relationships of overcoming and being overcome. If the Proper Seal sits on Officer or Slayer, that's the best situation, no matter how the elements are arranged.

So, what about another way of putting it! There is neither "restraining" nor "generating". When the Direct Seal sits on the Direct Seal, there is an example in The Basic Outline of Ziping - the Direct Seal sitting on the Direct Seal. The method of explanation still follows the formula just mentioned. When the Direct Seal on the Year Pillar sits on the Direct Seal, it only means that your mother is in charge in your family. When the Direct Seal on the Month Pillar sits on the Direct Seal, it no longer refers to your mother, and you can make your own decisions. The Seal generates the Day Master, and the Seal generates the Companion and Robber. If the luck cycle is completely filled with the Direct Seal for fifteen years, this person will be useless. They are too self - confident and want to do everything according to their own will, so they can't achieve great things, suffering from excessive self - confidence. So, what if the Direct Seal sits on the Direct Seal in the Hour Pillar? I interpret it as this person may retire for the whole life, and they are definitely not a businessman. Even if they are an official, they are engaged in administrative work.

So, the most important associations of the Zheng Yin (Direct Seal) pattern are wealth and official-killings. Official-killings are 100% beneficial to the Direct Seal. It's best not to have them too far apart, like in the Hour Pillar. If so, your success will come too late. What about wealth? If there are no official-killings, there will be a drawback. Wealth and women will interfere with it. I've heard some officials tell me that their personalities are not at all suitable for being an official, but they still have to be one! That's because wealth restrains the seal. Well, this Direct Seal represents the mother, being noble and modest. It's the same when making friends. Some people ask me about their Bazi (Eight Characters), but it may not necessarily be about the relationship between wealth and the seal.

Asking about good or bad fortune, he asked if he could be friends with this person. Everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. If a person has a lot of Bijiens (peer stars), they are always laughing and joking, and their mood can change quickly. Those with a lot of Jiecais (rival stars) are very calculating about gains and losses. People with a lot of Pianyins (indirect seal stars), it's very hard to tell what they're thinking, and their personalities are quite strange. For those with a lot of Zhengyins (direct seal stars), as mentioned before, they are polite in terms of etiquette and prefer to avoid getting involved in unnecessary matters. The first three types might meddle in other people's business when they're in a good mood, but those with the Zhengyin pattern won't. They try their best to stay away from things that don't concern them. So, this is the difference between Zhengyin and Pianyin. What was mentioned earlier about Zhengyin is basically for male horoscopes. It's a bit different for female horoscopes. Since the theory of the Ten Gods doesn't involve very complex concepts, it should be noted here that the Seal star nourishes the Day Master. According to the generation and restraint relationship of the Ten Gods, the Seal star generates the Bijie (peer and rival stars), and Bijiens and Jiecais are the Day Master. Since the Seal star can nourish the Day Master, it means that by nature, everything has to go according to one's own wishes, but just in a more polite way. Jiecais and Yangrens are more straightforward. So, for a female with the Zhengyin pattern, by nature, if you ask her: What's the top priority for your future partner? If she has the Zhengyin pattern, obedience is the top priority, and things have to go according to her wishes. But often, this kind of obedience can be unreasonable! Her requirements are excessive. So, a female with the Zhengyin pattern will interfere with a man's way of handling things. She doesn't like those wordy things, which we all know. "Don't bring this person home next time! Don't have too much contact with this kind of person!" Her interference is completely based on intuition. Firstly, she will be too subjective and over - confident.

What about the other one? Having the Direct Seal is a bit better for children. It's quite obvious that the Indirect Seal harms children, while the harm of the Direct Seal to children is more concealed. For example, I've seen cases where those with the Indirect Seal tell their children that they should live on their own when they grow up. Those with the Direct Seal are a bit more polite. They might say, "I don't like children, but since I have them, there's nothing I can do." They're more polite. So, for women with the Seal pattern, they're overly confident and keep a certain distance from their children. As for whether it's a good or bad fate, it has nothing to do with this! Whether it's a good or bad fate depends on whether there are Officer and Seven Killings. There are differences and similarities between men and women. That is to say, the result of fortune - telling, whether it's good or bad, is different from the process of good or bad!

The direct seal basically belongs to literature and is represented by the mother. However, in fortune - telling, there is a special situation, that is, the direct and the partial are mixed together. Whether the situation of the direct and the partial being mixed is serious or not varies. For example, if the direct official and the seven - killing are mixed together, it's a big deal. It means having an open husband and a secret one! It will affect a woman's whole life. But what if the direct wealth and the partial wealth are mixed together? It's a small matter. What's the problem with doing several kinds of businesses? Then, according to this principle, when the direct seal and the partial seal are mixed together, since they are all related to the literary aspect, it's a bit different. When the direct seal and the partial seal are mixed, in terms of family members, it means the mother and the step - mother. We don't talk about this issue in fortune - telling. We've seen many cases where a father has three women, and the children know them all. It doesn't matter that they come and go! This is the situation where the direct and the partial seals are mixed in the year column.

Well, it's the same in one's career. The Direct Seal can be interpreted as a university professor or something like that, a very normal kind of expert. The Indirect Seal is also an expert! For example, both the director of a movie and the director of a Chinese opera are directors! Then there's a distinction between direct and indirect. If the Direct Seal and the Indirect Seal are mixed, this person is a literati, but his occupation is not that simple. The easiest example to understand is a university professor who also teaches at a cram school. Even in our field, there are university professors who talk about Bazi (Chinese zodiac signs and their corresponding elements), which is a mix of the Direct and Indirect Seals! In terms of occupation, they are combined. In terms of personality, this person has a dual personality. Just as we say, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" seems to be more popular than "Records of the Three Kingdoms". Well, the content of the "romance" may not be the same as that of the "records". So, a person with a mix of the Direct and Indirect Seals has a dual personality and is more practical. For example, a Western pharmacy can also sell traditional Chinese medicine, and a traditional Chinese pharmacy can also sell Western medicine. In terms of finance, it's multi - pronged. Because the Direct Seal is afraid of wealth, while the Indirect Seal wants wealth. Then it becomes two different personalities! We can see that in some temples, the incense money is donated, but they also sell incense, candles, and joss paper. Then it becomes a situation of the Direct and Indirect Seals. From the perspective of the Direct Seal, there's a bit of a flaw; it's not pure enough. From the perspective of the Indirect Seal, it can turn culture into an economic and commercial matter.

Therefore! When the proper and partial seals are mixed, one will have such a personality. One cannot fully explain it from the perspective of the proper seal, nor can one fully explain it from the perspective of the partial seal. It is incorrect to use wealth with the proper seal, while it is reasonable to use wealth with the partial seal. So, what will happen to one's career? It's both reasonable and unreasonable! In reality, it all boils down to money. When it comes to relatives, not much is said about the mother. For a female's Bazi, the seal restrains the eating gods and the hurting officers. It's best for the seal of a female's Bazi not to be in the hour branch. If it's in the year, month, or day pillars, it only affects one's personality and living state. Once the seal is in the hour branch and restrains the eating gods and the hurting officers, both the proper seal and the partial seal can do so. When the proper seal restrains the eating gods and the hurting officers, it's very refined. What does "very refined" mean? We can see a wife telling her children: "When you grow up, move out and don't make noise at home to bother me!" The partial seal is different. There will be a state of aversion. If the proper seal sits on the partial seal in the hour pillar, won't all these situations occur? For a woman, this means having no affinity with her children! She would rather live in a temple than live with her family. Even those wealthy women may choose to live in a nursing home by themselves. If one doesn't mind these things, then it doesn't matter!

However, fortune - telling is originally a very vulgar thing, and it talks about human nature. Well, from the perspective of human nature, parents don't necessarily rely on their children for a living! At least they should come and visit and have a chat during the three major festivals of the year! This is what makes sense! If the Direct Seal sits on the Indirect Seal, there are many reasons for it, which results in a person being all alone. We say this is a "mix - up". It's the same with other things. For example, when the Hurting Officer and the Gourmet God are mixed, it's about business. It's not just one kind! It's a combination of several kinds. For those who are in a "mix - up" situation, even if they succeed, it's not a very standard success! Because they are involved in too many things, and their success is also a bit chaotic! Well, this is about the influence caused by the combination of the Direct Seal and the Indirect Seal. It is divided by the year, month, day, and hour. When it comes to the year pillar, it only refers to your parents; when it comes to the month pillar, it only refers to your ideals; when it comes to the hour branch, it has a connection with your occupation and relatives.