Annotated Bone Marrow Rhapsody (Gusui Fu)
註解骨髓賦
Annotated Bone Marrow Rhapsody (Gusui Fu)
註解骨髓賦
Verse on Prosperity and Decline
榮枯訣
需知一世之榮枯。解：榮者富貴也，枯者貧賤也。定看五行之宮位。如寅申巳亥為四生之地，子午卯酉為四敗，辰戌丑未為四墓。命立四生遇衰、病、死、絕則主貧賤。
One must know a lifetime's prosperity and decline. Explanation: Prosperity means wealth and nobility; decline means poverty and lowliness. It is determined by the Five-Element palace positions. Yin-Shen-Si-Hai are the Four Birth positions; Zi-Wu-Mao-You are the Four Decline positions; Chen-Xu-Chou-Wei are the Four Tomb positions. When the Fate Palace sits in a Four Birth position but encounters Decline, Illness, Death, or Extinction: it portends poverty and lowliness.
Flanking Nobility and Flanking Salary — Few Know This
夾貴夾祿少人知
假如丙丁壬癸年生人，在寅戌二宮安命，而有魁、鉞夾命，或有紫、府夾命。安命身同於寅卯地，而有祿存星居於戌未之地是也。
For example, Bing, Ding, Ren, or Gui year births with the Fate Palace in Yin or Xu, flanked by Tiankui and Tianyue, or flanked by Ziwei and Tianfu. Or placing Fate and Body in Yin or Mao, with Lucun residing in Xu or Wei — this is the configuration.
Wuqu-Tanlang Fate: First Poor, Then Rich
武貪命先貧後富
先貧後富，只因武貪同守命宮，三方前後吉夾，三方拱照是也。假如命立丑或未宮，武曲守命金，制化為有用，故主先貧而後富。
First poor, then rich — solely because Wuqu and Tanlang jointly guard the Fate Palace, with auspicious flanking before and behind, and Three Harmony illumination. For example, with the Fate Palace in Chou or Wei, Wuqu guarding the Fate Palace (Metal): the controlling transformation is effective, hence portending poverty first followed by wealth.
Ziwei-Tianfu Sharing a Palace: Lifelong Deep Blessings
紫府同宮終生福厚
紫府同宮，終生福厚。申二宮安命，甲生人安命午宮，值天府、紫微同宮，三方有輔、弼、魁、鉞拱照。紫府朝斗一格，終生福厚。
When Ziwei and Tianfu share a palace: lifelong deep blessings. With the Fate Palace in Shen, or Jia year births with Fate in Wu palace, encountering Tianfu and Ziwei together, with Zuofu, Youbi, Tiankui, and Tianyue illuminating from the Three Harmonies. The 'Ziwei-Tianfu Facing the Dipper' configuration: lifelong deep blessings.
Meeting of Examination, Authority & Salary Portends Great Nobility
科權祿會主大貴
科權祿會主大貴，如命或身坐守一化，其大吉大利，可致大富大貴，功名顯赫揚名。
When Hua Ke, Hua Quan, and Hua Lu converge: it portends great nobility. If the Fate or Body Palace holds one of the Transformations: it is greatly auspicious and beneficial, capable of producing great wealth and great nobility, with meritorious fame that resounds far and wide.
Sun Illuminating the Thunder Gate (Ri Zhao Lei Men)
日照雷門
卯宮安命，富貴榮華。惟甲、乙、庚、辛年生人安命，為「日照雷門」，加太陽坐守，三方合格、弼、昌、曲、魁、鉞拱照，富貴不小。
With the Fate Palace in Mao: wealth, nobility, and glory. Specifically for Jia, Yi, Geng, or Xin year births — this is called 'Sun Illuminating the Thunder Gate.' Adding Taiyang as the presiding star, with Youbi, Wenqhang, Wenqu, Tiankui, and Tianyue illuminating from the Three Harmonies in proper configuration: wealth and nobility are considerable.
Moon Bright at the Celestial Gate (Yue Lang Tian Men)
月朗天門
亥宮安命，太陰坐守，更見三方四吉拱照，主大富貴。丙、丁生人主貴，壬、癸生人主富。
With the Fate Palace in Hai and Taiyin presiding, further seeing the four auspicious stars illuminating from the Three Harmonies: it portends great wealth and nobility. Bing and Ding year births are mainly noble; Ren and Gui year births are mainly wealthy.
Horse Head Bearing a Sword (Ma Tou Dai Jian)
馬頭帶劍
擎羊在午守命，非天折則刑傷。甲戌黃申生人必有凶災。訣云：「擎羊居午守命，非天折則刑傷。」
When Qingyang (Ram) guards the Fate Palace in Wu: if not early death, then punishment and injury. Those born in Jia-Xu or Huang-Shen years will certainly face calamitous disaster. The verse says: 'Qingyang residing in Wu guarding the Fate Palace — if not early death, then punishment and injury.'
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