The Chart of Marrying into a Wealthy Family
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A happy, fulfilling marriage is surely what everyone hopes for. If it's happy and the spouse also comes from a wealthy family, it's all the more enviable. I happened upon the case of a woman who married into a wealthy family. What does her chart look like?
In Zi Wei Dou Shu, whenever we discuss the quality of a spouse, such as whether they're rich or how their career is going, for men we start from 太陰 (Tai Yin) and for women from 太陽 (Tai Yang). This chart centers on 太陽; let's examine its quality.
太陽 as the quality of the spouse
- 太陽 in 丑: Sun and Moon in the same palace, sitting with 左輔 and 右弼 (Zuo Fu, You Bi). 太陽 is lord of career; seeing 輔弼 means a big career. 太陰 is lord of property; seeing 輔弼 may mean much property, or a family with great influence.
- The 酉 Palace: 祿存 (Lu Cun) and 鈴星 (Ling Xing) meet. The traditional verse says: "太陰 with 火星 or 鈴星 in the same position becomes the Ten Evils instead." In fact meeting from the three sides also carries the force of the "Ten Evils pattern." But the Ten Evils pattern needs two conditions: first, 太陰 with 火 or 鈴; second, a clash of Ji and malefics. Until both are met, don't judge too fast. Also, if triggered by 化祿 ●, 化權 □ or 化科 △, this Ten Evils pattern is called a "sudden-fortune pattern," similar to 火貪 and 鈴貪.
- In the 丑 Palace, 化權 □ and 化科 △ concentrate. 化權 □ shows the spouse having an image of founding a business; 化科 △ shows a good reputation in the industry.
- The 丑 Palace's stem 辛 makes 太陽 become 化權 □, strengthening the likelihood that the husband's family owns a family business.
From this analysis we know this person's 太陽 is of very good quality. Seeing 輔弼, a big career; seeing 祿存, much property. No malefics damage it, and it's blessed by 化權 □ and 化科 △. Finding a spouse with a powerful family background is no accident.
Conclusion
After marriage, there's much a husband and wife must face together. 太陽 and 太陰 let us analyze the quality of the spouse, but 紅鸞 and 天喜 (Hong Luan, Tian Xi) govern how deep the affinity between the two runs, and 破軍 (Po Jun) governs how they get along day to day after marriage. So in a marriage, there are many more factors to consider in how husband and wife treat each other.
This case discusses only the quality of the husband. As for how 紅鸞, 天喜 and 破軍 show up, let's describe that in another article when there's a chance!