Ten gods combinationsTwelve classic pairings: which make a chart, which break it, and which are in yours
Updated October 15, 2026
Ten gods are read in pairs, not one by one. These are the twelve combinations the Zi Ping classics name most often: seven that make a structure work and five that break it.
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Pairings that make a chart
- +Eating God restrains Seven Killings (食神制殺)Skill and composure master pressure: the combination the classics praise most.
- +Seven Killings and Resource produce each other (殺印相生)Seven Killings feeds Resource, which feeds you: pressure turned into knowledge and authority.
- +Officer and Resource produce each other (官印相生)The Officer feeds Resource, which feeds you: rising through learning and trust.
- +Wealth and Officer both fine (財官雙美)Direct Wealth feeds the Direct Officer: money and standing support each other, best with a strong Day Master.
- +Hurting Officer paired with Resource (傷官配印)Direct Resource refines Hurting Officer: raw talent becomes recognized expertise.
- +Output produces Wealth (食傷生財)Eating God or Hurting Officer feeding Wealth: talent and skill turned into income.
- +Goat Blade rides Seven Killings (羊刃駕殺)The Goat Blade (Rob Wealth) paired with Seven Killings: force meeting force, read as a commander's chart.
Pairings that break a chart
- +Hurting Officer meets the Officer (傷官見官)Talent collides with authority; the classics warn of 'a hundred kinds of trouble'.
- +The owl steals the food (梟神奪食)Indirect Resource strikes Eating God, blocking enjoyment, health and creativity; Wealth restrains the owl.
- +Officer and Killings mixed (官殺混雜)Direct Officer and Seven Killings together: duties and pressures tangle; for women, complicated love.
- +Peers seize the Wealth (比劫奪財)Many Friend and Rob Wealth stars with weak Wealth: money and partners are taken by others. Output eases it.
- +Wealth breaks the seal (財星壞印)Wealth strikes Resource: study or reputation sacrificed for money, 'greed for wealth breaks the seal'.
Classical sources
The definitions and combinations on this page follow these classics of Zi Ping astrology, rewritten in plain language.
- 01《淵海子平》Compiled by Xu Sheng (Song dynasty); the earliest systematic reading of the ten gods and family relations from the Day Master.
- 02《子平真詮》By Shen Xiaozhan (Qing dynasty); takes the structure from the month branch and explains using the ten gods directly or by restraint.
- 03《三命通會》Compiled by Wan Minying (Ming dynasty); the great compendium of ten gods, structures and symbolic stars.
- 04《滴天髓》On the character of the stems and the momentum of the elements; best known through Ren Tieqiao's commentary.
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