Reading Order for Bazi Structures (格局判讀順序)
Follow a stable structure workflow from verified chart and Month Command through candidates, formation, damage, rescue, quality, timing, and limits.
Overview
A reliable structure reading follows a fixed order: verify chart inputs and the solar-term month; resolve Month Command and hidden qi; declare the school; select candidates; test exposure, roots, formation, damage, and rescue; compare strength, Useful God, quality, and alternatives; add luck timing; then state uncertainty and responsible boundaries.
At a glance
- 1
- Verify chart and Month Command
- 2
- Resolve hidden qi and select a school
- 3
- Generate and compare candidates
- 4
- Test formation, damage and rescue
- 5
- Assess strength, use and quality
- 6
- Add timing, uncertainty and boundaries
Start from reproducible chart data
Verify birth time, place, time zone, solar-term boundary, day boundary, and the resulting four pillars.
Resolve the month branch and hidden stems before applying any pattern terminology.
- Retain input and calculation provenance.
- Do not infer Month Command from a label.
Declare the school and build candidates
State whether primary qi, revealed month qi, mixed qi, or another sourced rule controls selection.
List every viable candidate and its exact Ten-God, root, and exposure evidence.
- Keep method and candidate separate.
- Preserve rejected alternatives.
Validate formation before ranking
Test required conditions, damaging relations, rescue, competition, strength, Useful God, purity, and quality in that order.
Use criterion-level evidence and show what would change the conclusion.
- Do not jump from name to grade.
- Publish counterevidence.
Add timing last and finish with limits
Overlay dated luck cycles without rewriting the natal structure and identify only exact activation or obstruction mechanisms.
End with uncertainty and explicit boundaries for medical, legal, financial, employment, relationship, and safety decisions.
- Keep timing source and dates.
- No guaranteed life events.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)《子平真詮》月令、用神、格局成敗與行運諸論：判讀有由月令到成敗救應的明確次序A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》旺衰、體用、源流、通關與歲運評註：力量、路徑、功能及時間層需依次核驗A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology格局判讀順序頁固定排盤、月令、流派、候選、成敗救應、品質、運、反證與責任邊界OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.