The 9 patterns formed when Heaven-plate 庚 sits over each of the ten Earth-plate stems. One heaven stem, ten different outcomes — this is how the classical ten-stem reading works.
Type — 81 Geju Dictionary
Heavenly Stem on Disk — Geng (Metal Yang)
Earthly Stem on Disk — Yi (Wood Yin)
Auspiciousness — Mixed fortunes
Meaning — Yi and Geng combine yet clash, entanglements cannot be separated; when a man seeks a woman for cooperation, outcomes are favorable
类型 — 81 Configuration Dictionary
天盘干 — Geng (Metal) - Heavenly Stem
地盘干 — Bing (Fire) - Earthly Stem
吉凶 — Inauspicious (Xiong)
含义 — Thief positioned above indicates attack: risk of financial loss. Strategy: seize initiative with preemptive strike.
Category — 81 Configurations Dictionary
Heaven Stem — Geng (Metal)
Earth Stem — Ding (Fire)
Fortune — Inauspicious
Meaning — Harbors a third party; marital infidelity disputes; litigation and slander (Metal and Fire in prolonged conflict)
Type — 81 Geju Dictionary
Heaven Plate Stem — Geng (Metal)
Earth Plate Stem — Wu (Earth)
Auspiciousness — Inauspicious
Meaning — Metal overcomes Wood — money disputes lead to loss of both relationships and wealth
类型 — 81 Geju Dictionary
天盘干 — Geng (Metal, Yang)
地盘干 — Ji (Earth, Yin)
吉凶 — Inauspicious
含义 — Disputes with officials, imprisonment, physical injury, domestic violence, volatile temperament
type — 81 Configuration Dictionary
heaven_plate_stem — Geng (Metal)
earth_plate_stem — Geng (Metal)
auspiciousness — Inauspicious
meaning — Two tigers fighting—most fierce (combat configuration). When reversed for commercial strategy: whoever attacks first wins, but this requires auspicious gates and auspicious deities to launch the attack.
类型 — 81 Configuration Dictionary
天盘干 — Geng (Metal)
地盘干 — Xin (Metal)
吉凶 — Inauspicious (Mild)
含义 — One mountain cannot hold two tigers; the weak must guard against being swallowed
Category — Configuration Pattern
Pattern Type — 81 Configuration Dictionary
Heaven Plate Stem — Geng (Metal)
Earth Plate Stem — Ren (Water)
Auspiciousness — Inauspicious
Meaning — Loss of communication and disorientation; major transformation combined with major obstacles; use retreat as a form of advance
type — 81 Configuration Dictionary
heaven_plate_stem — Geng (Metal)
earth_plate_stem — Gui (Water)
auspiciousness — Inauspicious
meaning — Bai Hu (White Tiger) + Di Wang (Earth Net); hidden undercurrents of clashing and punishment within; discovery comes too late
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Yi (乙) Over the Ten Stems · Bing (丙) Over the Ten Stems · Ding (丁) Over the Ten Stems · Wu (戊) Over the Ten Stems · Ji (己) 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)