The Direct Wealth Structure in BaZi: Wealth Needs a Source and an Outlet; Peers Splitting It and the Killings Draining It Are the Worries
Direct Wealth is the Ten God the Day Master controls, with the opposite polarity. With a Direct Wealth Structure, the point is whether helping gods on the stems support it, and whether anything there breaks it.
What is the Direct Wealth Structure?
Direct Wealth is the Ten God the Day Master controls, with the opposite polarity. It stands for steady income, practical management and a firm grip on resources. A Direct Wealth Structure is built around getting things done and bringing money in. It is a benevolent star, used by supporting it: give Wealth a source (Output producing Wealth), give it an outlet (Wealth producing the Officer), and keep the Peers from coming to split it. Wealth feeding the Officer is not the same as Wealth feeding the Seven Killings: the first makes the structure, the second breaks it, and the Zi Ping Zhen Quan keeps the two apart.
How it is taken: when the Direct Wealth hidden in the month branch shows on the year, month or hour stem, or when none of the hidden stems shows and the Main Qi is the Direct Wealth, the chart is a Direct Wealth Structure. It is a structure used by supporting it (shun yong, 順用).
How we counted: using this site's structure rules, our engine cast one chart for every day from 1960 to 2005, with the birth hour drawn by a fixed-seed random sample, 16,802 charts in all. This describes how chart structures are distributed; it says nothing about how far anyone will go.
How it is made
| Making factor | What it means |
|---|---|
| Output produces Wealth | The Eating God or Hurting Officer shows on a stem, with no Seven Killings. Skill and output keep generating Wealth. |
| Wealth produces the Officer | The Direct Officer shows on a stem. Wealth turns into standing and position, so money has a proper place to go. |
| Wealth structure wears Resource | The Day Master is not strong, Resource shows on a stem and no Peers do. Resource supports the self without Wealth and Resource getting in each other's way. |
How it is broken
| Breaking factor | What it means |
|---|---|
| Wealth meets the Seven Killings | The Seven Killings show on a stem. Wealth feeds the Killings instead of the Officer, which the Zi Ping Zhen Quan lists as a way a Wealth structure fails; Output restraining the Killings or Resource absorbing them on the stems lightens this. |
| Peers rob Wealth | Friend or Rob Wealth shows on a stem. Your own kind comes to share the Wealth; an Officer on the stems can restrain them and lighten this. |
| Month branch clashed | Another branch clashes the month branch, shaking the structure at its root. |
We look at all of these on the stems only (Zi Ping puts weight on what shows), and we list them without passing a verdict. The factors that turn up most often on the stems of a Direct Wealth Structure in our sample:
| Factor | Share of Direct Wealth Structures |
|---|---|
| Peers rob Wealth | 47.9% |
| Output produces Wealth | 36.0% |
| Wealth structure wears Resource | 27.5% |
| Wealth meets the Seven Killings | 25.3% |
| Wealth produces the Officer | 18.0% |
The Direct Wealth Structure with a strong or weak Day Master
- Strong: A strong Day Master can hold its Wealth, and a Direct Wealth Structure most readily turns into real income and assets.
- Weak: With a weak Day Master, the Wealth is heavier than the self can carry, what the classics call "much Wealth, weak body." Resource and Peers should shore up the self first; the Wealth cluster goes into this in depth.
Structure and strength are read separately; for how strength is judged, see strong or weak Day Master. For the personality of the Direct Wealth itself, see Direct Wealth.
Gui Water with Wealth producing the Officer and wearing Resource
Born February 11, 1976, Wu hour (11 a.m.–1 p.m.)
- Taking the structure: Yin month hides Jia, Bing and Wu. The Main Qi Jia Wood does not show; the Middle Qi Bing Fire sits on the year stem. To Gui Water, Bing is Direct Wealth, so this is a Direct Wealth Structure.
- Making factors: Wu Earth on the hour stem is the Direct Officer, so Wealth produces the Officer; Geng Metal on the month stem is Direct Resource, and with a weak Day Master and no Peers on the stems, the Wealth structure wears Resource.
- Breaking factors: no Seven Killings on the stems, so Wealth does not turn to feed them; no Peers, so the Wealth is not split; the Yin month branch is not clashed.
- Strength: Gui Water is weak and favors Water and Metal. Wealth and the Officer both draw on the Day Master; the Geng Metal Direct Resource on the month stem is favorable and is what keeps this Wealth structure standing.
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A straight word: a structure is a chart's theme, not a label of rank
The classics often equate a structure that "holds" with wealth and rank, and a "broken" one with poverty and low standing. A reading closer to today is this: the structure tells you what a chart is built around, what holds it up, and where it is most easily thrown off. A structure that holds does not promise an easy life, and a broken one is not failure. Plenty of broken charts grow their real strengths in the work of mending the break. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment.
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Direct Wealth Structure FAQ
Does a Direct Wealth Structure mean I will be rich?
Not necessarily. A Direct Wealth Structure says the chart is built around management and income. Whether money follows also depends on strength: a strong Day Master can hold Wealth, while a weak one has more Wealth than it can carry and needs support first.
What does a Direct Wealth Structure fear most?
Peers robbing Wealth: Friend or Rob Wealth showing on the stems to split it. Next comes the Seven Killings showing, so that Wealth turns to feed them. An Officer on the stems restrains the Peers, and Output or Resource checks the Killings, lightening either effect.