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Half Meeting (半會)

Learn how two adjacent members of a Three-Meeting seasonal group form a half meeting and how Month Command, continuity, and interference affect it.

Simplified Chinese
半会
Traditional Chinese
半會

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Overview

Half Meeting (半會) describes two compatible members of a seasonal Three-Meeting group, such as a pair within the winter Water, spring Wood, summer Fire, or autumn Metal assembly. It signals partial seasonal continuity, not a complete meeting. The exact pair, Month Command, adjacency, roots, exposed phase, missing member, and competing branch relations determine its strength.

At a glance

Structure
Two members of one seasonal Three-Meeting group
Groups
Winter Water, spring Wood, summer Fire, autumn Metal
Missing evidence
One seasonal member remains absent
Main context
Month Command and seasonal continuity
Interference
Clashes and stronger structures can interrupt the meeting
Boundary
Half meeting is not the same as half combination

Anchor the pair to a seasonal meeting

Identify the complete Three-Meeting group and the two members actually present.

Do not classify any two same-phase branches as 半會 without canonical group membership.

  • Name the full seasonal group.
  • Record the absent member.

Give Month Command and continuity proper weight

A pair aligned with the active season generally has more force than an isolated off-season pair.

Roots and exposed stems show whether the seasonal phase can operate beyond symbolic membership.

  • Assess seasonal command.
  • Check rooted and exposed support.

Distinguish meeting from trine and harmony

Three-Meeting groups follow seasonal continuity; Three-Harmony groups use birth, cardinal, and storage branches.

When the same branch enters another relation, preserve both labels and compare their actual support.

  • Use the correct parent system.
  • Do not cancel overlaps silently.

Keep partial assembly within its evidence

A timing branch may complete the meeting for a bounded period but does not rewrite the natal inventory.

半會 alone does not establish temperament, family unity, business success, or a specific event.

  • Date any timing completion.
  • Avoid outcome guarantees.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)
    卷二東南西北方局：寅卯辰等三會與兩支部分成局A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
  2. 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)
    「方局」：三會方氣、月令與成局條件A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
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