Shen-You-Xu Metal Directional Meeting (申酉戌金局)
Learn how Shen, You, and Xu form the autumn Metal Directional Meeting and how season, roots, dryness, storage, clashes, and other groups change its force.
Overview
Shen–You–Xu is the complete autumn Directional Meeting associated with Metal. The three branches establish membership, but effective Metal still depends on autumn command, roots, exposed Geng or Xin, climate, and continuity. Xu remains a mixed storage branch, and clashes or competing structures must be reported.
At a glance
- Members
- Shen, You, and Xu
- Seasonal direction
- Autumn and Metal
- Full-status rule
- All three distinct members in the evaluated layer
- Primary support
- Autumn command, Metal roots, and exposure
- Storage boundary
- Xu retains mixed hidden stems until conversion is justified
- Boundary
- Metal strength does not prove authority or wealth
Establish the complete autumn meeting
Locate Shen, You, and Xu and record whether any member is supplied by timing.
Full status needs three actual members; repetition and phase abundance cannot fill a missing branch.
- Verify distinct membership.
- Date temporary completion.
Test Metal season and structural support
Autumn command, rooted Metal, and visible Geng or Xin support a coherent Metal route.
Strong Fire, excessive moisture, weak roots, or discontinuity can reduce usable force.
- Assess climate and roots.
- Show counterforce.
Keep Xu storage and clashes visible
Shen can clash Yin, You can clash Mao, and Xu can clash Chen while each may enter other groups.
Xu is not emptied or converted merely because the meeting is named.
- Preserve storage evidence.
- Compare all active relations.
Avoid literal Metal outcomes
申酉戌金局 cannot alone predict law, surgery, money, leadership, separation, or autumn events.
Use the assembly as one structural input within roles, balance, timing, and lived evidence.
- No occupational stereotype.
- No high-stakes prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二西方一氣與地支會局：申酉戌為秋季金方，須察得令、金根、火制及辰戌沖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」與墓庫評註：方局成勢不能任意抹去戌中混合藏氣及其他有效關係A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology申酉戌金局頁分開三支共現、金勢、戌庫狀態和現實用途，不以金局保證權力或財富OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.