Hai-Zi-Chou Water Directional Meeting (亥子丑水局)
Understand the winter Water Directional Meeting, the role of cold and roots, and why Chou storage, clashes, warming, and competing groups remain relevant.
Overview
Hai–Zi–Chou is the complete winter Directional Meeting associated with Water. All three actual branches establish the meeting, while winter command, Water roots, exposure, temperature, and continuity determine effective force. Chou’s mixed storage, warming Fire, Earth control, clashes, and other groups remain part of the reading.
At a glance
- Members
- Hai, Zi, and Chou
- Seasonal direction
- Winter and Water
- Full-status rule
- Three actual, distinct branches
- Primary support
- Winter command, Water roots, and exposure
- Climate question
- Whether cold Water is usable or needs warming
- Boundary
- Water abundance does not guarantee intelligence or wealth
Confirm the complete northern meeting
Record Hai, Zi, and Chou with their pillars and natal or timing layers.
Two winter branches may reinforce a direction but remain an incomplete meeting.
- Require all three members.
- Do not infer an absent branch.
Evaluate Water and temperature together
Winter command, Ren or Gui exposure, and Water roots strengthen the route.
Severe cold can make warming relevant, while strong Earth, Fire, or damaged roots can alter usable force.
- Measure strength and climate.
- Separate abundance from usefulness.
Preserve Chou storage and branch conflicts
Hai may clash Si, Zi may clash Wu, and Chou may clash Wei or join a Metal trine.
The meeting does not silently erase Chou Earth or its mixed hidden stems.
- Map competing relations.
- Retain original branch data.
Keep Water symbolism non-deterministic
亥子丑水局 cannot alone prove travel, emotion, intelligence, fertility, wealth, or a Water-related event.
Practical conclusions require functional roles, balance, timing, and independent evidence.
- No personality stereotype.
- No event guarantee.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二北方一氣與地支會局：亥子丑為冬季水方，另察寒暖、土制、火調候與支沖A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》「方局」與寒暖評註：水勢得令仍須辨寒濕是否可用及丑中藏氣是否保留A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology亥子丑水局頁保留丑庫、巳亥午子未丑之沖及其他合局，不從水象推斷人格或事件OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.