Sanming Tonghui, Volume 8: Day-Hour Combinations (Jia through Wu)

Six Jia days born at Jia-Zi hour: / In the 'bath' position, seal and official star generate and arrive. / When the month connects to wood breath, this is extraordinary; / Otherwise, only empty fame and profit. Jia day with Jia-Zi hour: although Jia is in its 'bath' position at Zi, there is a hidden Gui-Water generating breath as seal, combined with an official star generating that seal. If Ji-Earth breaks the seal, but the month breath connects to wood energy, nobility follows. Otherwise, the flower is beautiful but bears no fruit. Jia-Zi day with Jia-Zi hour: this forms the 'Zi Reaching Si's Salary' format. If the year and month contain no Geng, Xin, Shen, You, Chou binding, or Wu clashing, the person is self-made, separating from ancestral home, and becomes noble. If year and month are both Yin, encountering Shen-You cycles brings great wealth followed by loss. Jia-Yin day with Jia-Zi hour: arching the Xin hidden in Chou, noble. If year and month lack Geng, Xin, Shen, You, Chou, or Wei, great nobility. With Jia-Yin month additionally, isolation and harshness -- only suitable for monasticism. [The chapter continues systematically through all possible day-hour combinations for Jia days (12 hours x 6 day-variants), then Yi days (12 hours x 6 variants), Bing days, Ding days, and Wu days, providing specific fortune readings for each combination conditioned on various year-month scenarios.]

[Each of the twelve possible hours for Jia days receives its own analysis section:] Jia with Yi-Chou hour: Robbery-of-wealth and Sheep Blade are inauspicious; if the chart forms a fire combination, the metal spirit is controlled, bringing noble virtue and enduring position. Jia with Bing-Yin hour: The food spirit is at its long-life position; wood generates fire in sequence. Good for scholarly achievement. Jia with Ding-Mao hour: Injury-official format; if the month has metal to control Ding, conversion to nobility is possible. Jia with Wu-Chen hour: Wealth star in the earth storehouse; late-blooming fortune. Jia with Ji-Si hour: Proper wealth and proper official both present; one of the more favorable combinations. Jia with Geng-Wu hour: Partial official (Seven Killer) with wealth generating it; requires fire to control. Jia with Xin-Wei hour: Proper official in the earth storehouse; scholarly temperament. Jia with Ren-Shen hour: Partial seal at its long-life position; intellectual gifts. Jia with Gui-You hour: Proper seal meeting proper official; highly auspicious for official career. Jia with Jia-Xu hour: Arching the Hai position (Jia's long-life); meeting the Celestial Gate. Jia with Yi-Hai hour: Robbery of wealth at the long-life position; wealth is competed for but the self is strong.

[The remainder of Volume 8 covers the day-hour combinations for stems Yi through Wu, following the same structure:] Six Yi Days (12 hours x 6 combinations = 72 entries): Yi's key relationships -- Geng as proper official, Wu as proper wealth, Ding as food spirit. Each hour-pairing analyzed for how it affects these key relationships. Six Bing Days (12 hours x 6 = 72 entries): Bing's key relationships -- Gui as proper official, Geng as proper wealth, Wu as food spirit. The fire day-master's interactions with water (official/authority), metal (wealth), and earth (expression). Six Ding Days (12 hours x 6 = 72 entries): Ding as yin fire -- Ren as proper official, Geng as proper wealth, Ji as food spirit. Six Wu Days (12 hours x 6 = 72 entries): Wu as yang earth -- Yi as proper official, Ren as proper wealth, Geng as food spirit. [Total entries in Volume 8: approximately 360 individual day-hour combination readings, each with conditional variants based on year and month.]