What Is Tiger Crouching in Dragon Pavilion (虎臥龍閣) in BaZi?
Learn the Geng-Shen and Xin-Mao Day–Hour rule, the source’s repetition emphasis, White Tiger and Dragon Pavilion imagery and product limits.
Overview
Tiger Crouching in Dragon Pavilion is the English name for 虎臥龍閣. Its rule is unusually narrow: a Geng-Shen person receives Xin-Mao in Day or Hour, which the source calls the proper form. The passage locates the White Tiger’s home at Geng-Shen and identifies repeated Xin-Mao as the Dragon Pavilion, so repetition is part of its explanation. This is not a generic interaction between the Tiger and Dragon zodiac branches, nor can Shen and Mao alone replace the complete pillars. OpenFate does not detect the formation.
At a glance
- Natal anchor
- Geng-Shen
- Required companion
- Xin-Mao
- Relevant positions
- Day or Hour
- Source emphasis
- Repeated Xin-Mao
- Noncondition
- Not the Yin Tiger and Chen Dragon zodiac branches
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate Tiger Pavilion detector
Use complete Geng-Shen and Xin-Mao pillars in the stated positions
The passage starts from a Geng-Shen person and requires Xin-Mao at Day or Hour for the proper form. It does not describe every position, reversed pair or other Geng and Xin pillar.
The phrase “Xin-Mao seen repeatedly” makes repetition relevant to the source image. It does not specify a universal minimum, conflict priority or what happens when only one qualifying pillar appears outside Day or Hour.
- Preserve both complete sexagenary pillars.
- Record Day–Hour placement and repetition without extending the rule.
White Tiger and Dragon Pavilion are labels, not zodiac substitutions
The source places the White Tiger’s home at Geng-Shen and interprets Xin-Mao as the Dragon Pavilion. These associations generate the title’s imagery.
Tiger does not mean the Yin branch here, and Dragon does not mean Chen. A chart containing Yin and Chen, Shen and Mao as branches only, or unrelated White Tiger markers does not satisfy the recorded form.
- Keep the symbolic label attached to its complete pillar.
- Do not substitute zodiac animals or generic symbolic stars.
OpenFate does not generalize one recorded pillar pair
The product can display Geng-Shen and Xin-Mao when they are calculated natal pillars. That display does not by itself add a classical-pattern result.
There is no Tiger Crouching in Dragon Pavilion detector. OpenFate does not infer missing repetition rules, add a White Tiger or pavilion score, or change reports and saved charts.
- Keep calculated pillars separate from the named pattern.
- No guessed repetition threshold, symbol score or report mutation.
Traditional reputation language is not a power forecast
The source associates the form with honor, public reputation and the authority to restrain others. These are premodern office judgments rather than measurable personal outcomes.
Do not infer authority, coercive power, office, fame, promotion, temperament, violence, income, wealth, relationships, health, safety or lifespan.
- No authority, office, fame, promotion or wealth guarantee.
- No temperament, violence, relationship, health or safety prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷六「虎臥龍閣」：庚申人得辛卯日時為正入格，白虎家在庚申、辛卯重重見之為龍閣，並載主貴有聲譽彈壓名臣之傳統結果語A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology庚申辛卯完整柱、日時位置與重見線索分列，不以寅虎辰龍、申卯單支或一般白虎神煞代替；來源未給重見門檻、其他柱位與衝突規則，產品未實作則不判、不加白虎龍閣分或改報告儲存，並排除權力控制官位名聲升遷脾氣暴力收入財富關係健康安全壽命推斷OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.