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Seven Killings in BaziMeaning, personality, pillars and the years it rules

Updated October 15, 2026

Seven Killings (七殺, Qi Sha, also called Indirect Officer 偏官) is the ten god of the element that controls your Day Master, with the same yin or yang. It is pressure without mercy: challenge, danger and discipline, and the courage, decisiveness and authority that come from meeting them.

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Quick facts

Characters
七殺 qī shā
Group
Power
Formula
The element that controls you, same yin/yang
Also called
Indirect Officer (偏官), Qi Sha (七煞)
Paired with
Direct Officer
Family (men)
Sons, rivals
Family (women)
Lover, a forceful partner
Keywords
Decisive, brave, commanding, forceful
Structure
Seven Killings structure (七殺格)
In short
Courage, pressure and the power to command.

Seven Killings personality: strengths and shadow side

Strengths

  • Brave and decisive
  • Leads under pressure
  • Ambitious and driven
  • Fiercely protective

Shadow side

  • Impatient and forceful
  • Takes on too much stress
  • Can be harsh or controlling
  • Rebels when cornered

Pressure is your forge; choose the fights that make you stronger.

Which stem is your Seven Killings?

Seven Killings depends on your Day Master. Find yours in the first column to see the stem that is your Seven Killings, the branches where it is rooted, and the next year it rules.

  • Your Day Master甲Jia WoodSeven Killings stem庚GēngRooted in申巳Next year2030庚戌
  • Your Day Master乙Yi WoodSeven Killings stem辛XīnRooted in酉丑戌Next year2031辛亥
  • Your Day Master丙Bing FireSeven Killings stem壬RénRooted in亥申Next year2032壬子
  • Your Day Master丁Ding FireSeven Killings stem癸GuǐRooted in子丑辰Next year2033癸丑
  • Your Day Master戊Wu EarthSeven Killings stem甲JiǎRooted in寅亥Next year2034甲寅
  • Your Day Master己Ji EarthSeven Killings stem乙YǐRooted in卯辰未Next year2035乙卯
  • Your Day Master庚Geng MetalSeven Killings stem丙BǐngRooted in巳寅Next year2036丙辰
  • Your Day Master辛Xin MetalSeven Killings stem丁DīngRooted in午未戌Next year2027丁未
  • Your Day Master壬Ren WaterSeven Killings stem戊WùRooted in辰戌寅巳申Next year2028戊申
  • Your Day Master癸Gui WaterSeven Killings stem己JǐRooted in丑未午Next year2029己酉

A Bazi year starts at the Start of Spring (立春), around 4 February.

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Seven Killings in the year, month, day and hour pillars

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Month · Seven Killings

About 17–32

Parents and siblings, career, society

Seven Killings in the month pillar means heavy pressure and competition at work, and the best training ground for leadership: military, police, law, surgery, management, high-stakes industries. Restrained by Eating God or transformed by Resource, it marks a commander.

Seven Killings in career, money, love and family

Career

Seven Killings suits military, police, surgery, law, sport, crisis management and leadership in hard environments. It rises fastest where the stakes are high and someone has to decide.

Money

Money comes through power and risk: promotions won under pressure, ventures others won't attempt. Without restraint the same energy brings conflict or loss, so strategy matters more than speed.

Love

Intense and passionate. For a woman's chart Seven Killings is the classic star of a powerful or unconventional partner, magnetic but demanding; mutual respect keeps the heat from turning into struggle.

Family and people

In the classics Seven Killings stands for a woman's lover or a strong-willed partner, and for a man's children, especially sons. More broadly it is anyone who puts you under pressure: rivals, bosses, opponents.

Seven Killings in a man's chart and a woman's chart

Men

In a man's chart Seven Killings is sons, rivals and work pressure, the star of power. Men whose Seven Killings is restrained are decisive leaders; unrestrained, it brings stress and rash moves, so moderation and support matter.

Women

In a woman's chart Seven Killings is a lover or a forceful partner, and tradition sees Officer and Seven Killings together as complicated love. Women with strong Seven Killings are independent and powerful; a partner who respects you matters more than a 'strong' one.

When Seven Killings helps, and when it hurts

Helps when

Controlled Seven Killings is the mark of commanders. Restrained by Eating God (食神制殺) or transformed by Resource (殺印相生), it turns pressure into authority and achievement.

Hurts when

Uncontrolled, with a weak Day Master, it brings stress, accidents, conflict and illness in the classical view, the feeling of being attacked from all sides.

How to balance an unfavorable Seven Killings

Three classic remedies: 'Seven Killings and Resource produce each other' (study, find backing, join a structured organization); 'Eating God restrains Seven Killings' (master pressure with skill); and Peers to stand beside you. Avoid needless risks and rest when the pressure peaks.

Too much Seven Killings, or none at all

Too much Seven Killings

Too much Seven Killings with a weak Day Master brings pressure from every side: overwork, rivals, accidents, health problems, and turbulent love for women. Resource to transform it, Eating God to restrain it, or Peers to stand against it are the remedies.

No Seven Killings in the chart

With no Seven Killings (and no Direct Officer) life is freer and less constrained, but discipline and a sense of urgency may be lacking, and high-pressure arenas may overlook you. Choose demanding goals on purpose: Seven Killings luck pillars and years often bring promotion or reinvention.

Seven Killings with the other nine gods

Ten gods work in pairs. Here is how Seven Killings relates to each of the others, with the combinations the classics name.

What is the Seven Killings structure (七殺格)?

The Seven Killings structure (七殺格, Qi Sha Ge, also 偏官格) forms when Seven Killings leads the month branch. It is a fierce structure: restrained by Eating God or transformed by Resource it produces generals and leaders; left unchecked it makes for a hard life.

About the Seven Killings structure (七殺格)

In the classics

殺印相生

Sha Yin Xiang Sheng, "Seven Killings and Resource produce each other": pressure feeds learning and protection, which in turn strengthen the self. The classics read it as authority earned through knowledge, typical of officials and leaders.

A Seven Killings year or luck pillar

A Seven Killings year is a year of challenge: pressure at work, a tough competitor, a test of nerves, and the chance to rise by meeting it. Strengthen your support, pace yourself and avoid needless risks.

Seven Killings: common questions

Classical sources

The definitions and combinations on this page follow these classics of Zi Ping astrology, rewritten in plain language.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 03《三命通會》Compiled by Wan Minying (Ming dynasty); the great compendium of ten gods, structures and symbolic stars.
  4. 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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