Ordinary Bazi Structures (普通格)
Learn what ordinary structures mean in Bazi taxonomies and how Month Command, Ten Gods, roots, support, damage, and rescue determine actual formation.
Overview
Ordinary structure commonly refers to the regular Month-Command and Ten-God patterns used before considering exceptional formations. It is a teaching category, not a judgment that a chart or person is ordinary. Each candidate still requires formation, failure, rescue, purity, and quality checks under a named method.
At a glance
- Purpose
- Teaching and analysis taxonomy
- Usual basis
- Month Command and Ten Gods
- Before naming
- Verify exposure and roots
- After naming
- Test damage, rescue, purity and quality
- Comparison
- Special structures need stronger rule evidence
- Boundary
- Ordinary does not describe human worth
Use ordinary as a method category
The term groups the structures most often derived from the month qi and its Ten-God relationship.
Its exact membership depends on the author, so the adopted taxonomy must remain visible.
- Define the category before using it.
- Do not treat a modern list as universal.
Follow the same full validation process
Resolve Month Command, hidden qi, exposure, roots, support, control, and competing structures.
Then distinguish a candidate name from successful formation and a quality judgment.
- Use formation and failure checklists.
- Keep rescue evidence separate.
Consider special structure only when its rule is complete
An unusual symbol does not cancel a coherent ordinary structure.
A special candidate must satisfy every sourced threshold and survive counterevidence before replacing the baseline.
- Start from the lower-assumption model.
- Require explicit exclusion tests.
Ordinary is not mediocre
It does not imply average ability, low status, common destiny, or reduced value.
No taxonomy term should be used for hiring, credit, healthcare, relationships, or social ranking.
- Remove class and ability stereotypes.
- Keep real decisions outside the label.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)《子平真詮》月令取格及六格諸論：常規格局仍須逐格驗證成敗、相神與救應A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》常格、正格與取用諸論：常見分類不等於自動成立或固定吉凶A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology普通格頁說明「普通」只指常規判讀路徑，不是平凡、低價值或低成就標籤OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.