Ten Evils Great Defeat: A frightening name for ten day pillars whose Prosperity falls in the Void
The classics say people born on these days handle money poorly and tend to lose the family inheritance; date selection also treats these days as unfit for travel, weddings or opening a business. This page lays out how to find it, what the old books say and a reading closer to modern life, with a lookup so you can check your own chart.
How to find Ten Evils Great Defeat
| Day pillar | Day stem’s Prosperity | Void of the day pillar’s cycle | Read about this pillar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jia-Chen 甲辰 | Yin 寅 | Yin 寅, Mao 卯 | Jia-Chen 甲辰 |
| Yi-Si 乙巳 | Mao 卯 | Yin 寅, Mao 卯 | Yi-Si 乙巳 |
| Bing-Shen 丙申 | Si 巳 | Chen 辰, Si 巳 | Bing-Shen 丙申 |
| Ding-Hai 丁亥 | Wu 午 | Wu 午, Wei 未 | Ding-Hai 丁亥 |
| Wu-Xu 戊戌 | Si 巳 | Chen 辰, Si 巳 | Wu-Xu 戊戌 |
| Ji-Chou 己丑 | Wu 午 | Wu 午, Wei 未 | Ji-Chou 己丑 |
| Geng-Chen 庚辰 | Shen 申 | Shen 申, You 酉 | Geng-Chen 庚辰 |
| Xin-Si 辛巳 | You 酉 | Shen 申, You 酉 | Xin-Si 辛巳 |
| Ren-Shen 壬申 | Hai 亥 | Xu 戌, Hai 亥 | Ren-Shen 壬申 |
| Gui-Hai 癸亥 | Zi 子 | Zi 子, Chou 丑 | Gui-Hai 癸亥 |
In every row, the day stem’s Prosperity Star falls in the Void: that is “Prosperity in the Void”. We derived it afresh from the Prosperity table and the Void formula, and got exactly these ten day pillars.
How we counted: 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, and checked each star by the formal method on this page.
What the classics say, and a closer modern reading
Traditional view: The classics say people born on these days handle money poorly and tend to lose the family inheritance; date selection also treats these days as unfit for travel, weddings or opening a business.
Modern reading: With Prosperity in the Void, a closer reading is that your own footing is harder to pin down: income rises and falls with circumstances, and spending runs a little loose. It looks only at the day pillar, and a chart’s wealth depends mainly on the Wealth stars and what is favorable, not on one day pillar.
Where it sits and how to read it
- When a luck pillar or annual pillar clashes the Void branch (“filling” it), tradition says the Prosperity comes back and your footing is steadier in that period; see the Void.
- In date selection, Ten Evils Great Defeat days are found the same way, by day pillar; see date selection.
- It overlaps with Kui Gang: Geng-Chen and Wu-Xu are both; see Kui Gang.
Always read a star back through the Five Elements and the Ten Gods. On a favorable element, helper stars get better and even ominous stars can become assets; on an unfavorable one, helper stars lose value and an ominous star’s reminder deserves more attention. For what each pillar stands for, see the four pillar palaces; for how to tell favorable from unfavorable, see favorable elements.
Is your day pillar one of the ten?
Enter your birth date (Gregorian calendar) to check all 22 common stars at once: whether you have each one, which pillar it sits on, and how it was found. Everything is calculated in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Uses your Gregorian birth date; the day changes at 11 p.m. with the late Zi hour. Without a birth hour, the hour pillar cannot be read.
Two common misunderstandings
Ten Evils Great Defeat means you did ten evil things.
The name has nothing to do with morals. It only labels the ten day pillars whose Prosperity falls in the Void; the ancients gave them a frightening name.
People born on these days will be poor.
Ten of the sixty day pillars belong to it, and by our count about 16.7% of people have one. Wealth depends on the Wealth stars, Day Master strength and what is favorable; see wealth luck.
Other symbolic stars
A straight word: symbolic stars are footnotes, not fate
Symbolic stars are labels the ancients pinned onto a chart, some auspicious and some ominous, but what really decides a chart is the strength of the Five Elements and how the Ten Gods combine. A helper star on an unfavorable element loses value; an ominous star on a favorable element can become an asset. Whatever stars you find, treat them as a reminder or a small bonus. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only.
Beyond Ten Evils Great Defeat, which other stars does your chart carry?
Symbolic stars are only footnotes. The in-depth reading starts from the Five Elements, the Ten Gods and what is favorable for you, and covers personality, career, love and money together.
Ten Evils Great Defeat FAQ
Which ten day pillars are Ten Evils Great Defeat?
Jia-Chen, Yi-Si, Bing-Shen, Ding-Hai, Wu-Xu, Ji-Chou, Geng-Chen, Xin-Si, Ren-Shen and Gui-Hai.
Why is it called Ten Evils Great Defeat?
In each of these ten day pillars the Prosperity Star falls in the pillar’s own Void, which the classics call “Prosperity in the Void” and link to money being hard to hold; hence the name “great defeat”. It has nothing to do with character.