Ding (丁) Over the Ten Stems

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The 9 patterns formed when Heaven-plate 丁 sits over each of the ten Earth-plate stems. One heaven stem, ten different outcomes — this is how the classical ten-stem reading works.

Patterns on this page

PatternHeaven / EarthFortune
Zhu Que Tou Jiang (Vermillion Phoenix Throws Itself into the River)丁 / 癸兇
Yu Nü Qi Sheng (Jade Maiden Strange Generation)丁 / 乙吉(不宜攻)
Xing Sui Yue Zhuan (Star Follows Moon)丁 / 丙半吉
Qi Ru Tai Yin (Qi into Tai Yin)丁 / 丁吉
Qing Long Zhuan Guang (Azure Dragon Transforms Light)丁 / 戊大吉
Huo Ru Gou Chen (Fire Enters Hooked Serpent)丁 / 己兇
Yu Nu Xing Sha (Jade Maiden Riding the Sha)丁 / 庚兇
Yu Nu Fu Hu (Jade Maiden Subdues Tiger)丁 / 辛兇
Five Deities Mutual Matching丁 / 壬吉(帶牽絆)

Zhu Que Tou Jiang (Vermillion Phoenix Throws Itself into the River)

Inauspicious Pattern (One of the Four Inauspicious Patterns)

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Yu Nü Qi Sheng (Jade Maiden Strange Generation)

类型 — 81 Formations Dictionary Entry

天盘干 — Ding (Fire Yin Heavenly Stem)

地盘干 — Yi (Wood Yin Earthly Stem)

吉凶 — Auspicious (not suitable for attack)

含义 — New changes/new beginnings (new collaborations, new partners); insufficient initiative from two yin elements

Xing Sui Yue Zhuan (Star Follows Moon)

类型 — 81 Configuration Dictionary

天盘干 — Ding (heavenly stem)

地盘干 — Bing (heavenly stem)

吉凶 — Half-auspicious

含义 — Star Follows Moon brings auspiciousness, yet with yin above and yang below—act within your means and do not offend superiors. Overstepping bounds brings misfortune; losing the greater for the lesser.

Qi Ru Tai Yin (Qi into Tai Yin)

类型 — 81 Configuration Dictionary

天盘干 — Ding (丁)

地盘干 — Ding (丁)

吉凶 — Auspicious

含义 — Overthinking/slow action; good fortune with women. When divining illness: inauspicious = repeated surgery (Xing Qi Fu Yin—star and oddness cover-concealed reading)

Qing Long Zhuan Guang (Azure Dragon Transforms Light)

Type: 81 Geju Dictionary

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Huo Ru Gou Chen (Fire Enters Hooked Serpent)

Category — 81 Configuration Dictionary

Heaven Plate Stem — Ding (Fire)

Earth Plate Stem — Ji (Earth)

Auspiciousness — Inauspicious

Meaning — Star tumbles into its tomb; hope grows dim. Guard against petty people laying traps; troubles arise from private desires and selfish motives.

Yu Nu Xing Sha (Jade Maiden Riding the Sha)

类型 — 81 Geju Dictionary

天盘干 — Ding (丁)

地盘干 — Geng (庚)

吉凶 — Inauspicious (凶)

含义 — Communications blocked, returning to the starting point, unable to advance even a step (Water Mountain Jian); if divining about divorce, separation cannot be finalized

Yu Nu Fu Hu (Jade Maiden Subdues Tiger)

类型 — 81 Pattern Dictionary

天盘干 — Ding (Fire Stem)

地盘干 — Xin (Metal Stem)

吉凶 — Inauspicious

含义 — Criminals are released, the noble becomes imprisoned, prone to errors and obstacles (Zhu Que/Vermilion Sparrow enters prison)

Five Deities Mutual Matching

类型 — 81 Configuration Dictionary

天盘干 — Ding (Celestial Stem 4)

地盘干 — Ren (Terrestrial Stem 9)

吉凶 — Auspicious (with entanglement/constraint)

含义 — Ding-Ren matching brings noble persons; in marriage and relationships: premarital pregnancy/illicit union; partnerships lack formality and legitimacy

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Other pattern families

Yi (乙) Over the Ten Stems · Bing (丙) Over the Ten Stems · Wu (戊) Over the Ten Stems · Ji (己) Over the Ten Stems · Geng (庚) Over the Ten Stems · Xin (辛) Over the Ten Stems · Ren (壬) Over the Ten Stems · Gui (癸) Over the Ten Stems · Three Deceptions & Five Falsehoods · The Nine Escapes (Jiu Dun)

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