Transformation through Six Harmonies (六合合化)
Learn the strict distinction between a Six-Harmony pair and branch transformation, including school attribution, season, roots, hidden stems, blockers, and scope.
Overview
Six-Harmony transformation (六合合化) is a higher-threshold, school-sensitive decision applied after the pair itself is established. The target phase must be declared, seasonally viable, rooted or strongly supported, structurally continuous, and stronger than surviving source-branch evidence. Mixed evidence calls for harmony-only or partial status, not forced conversion.
At a glance
- Prerequisite
- A valid and sufficiently active 六合 pair
- School rule
- The target-phase attribution must be disclosed
- Threshold
- Season, roots, continuity, dominance, and cleared blockers
- Boundary
- Transformation is not automatic and not permanent across all layers
- Possible states
- Harmony only, directional tendency, partial transformation, or dominant transformation
- Recheck
- Timing activation expires when the supporting layer ends
Declare the target phase and lineage rule
Different schools can weight or explain branch conversion differently.
State the adopted pair-to-phase table before evaluating a chart.
- Publish the attribution rule.
- Do not hide school variance.
Demand multiple independent supports
Month Command, matching roots, exposed phase, hidden-stem continuity, and climate should converge.
One matching symbol is insufficient if the source branches remain strongly rooted in their original functions.
- Require season and roots.
- Compare target with source evidence.
Clear damage and competing structures
Clashes, punishment, break, rival assemblies, and strong counter-phases can weaken or redirect the pair.
Mixed evidence should return harmony-only, damaged harmony, or partial conversion.
- List every blocker.
- Prefer the narrower status.
Limit conversion to its supported layer
A timing branch may enable conversion only for that Luck Pillar or year.
六合合化 cannot itself guarantee a favorable event, relationship, income, health change, or personality trait.
- Date timing conversion.
- No life outcome by phase alone.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二六合與化氣諸論：有六合形式不等於化神主導，仍須得時得地並排除破壞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、源流與真從評註：氣勢轉化須有主導性、純度和連續通路，原根強留則不宜寬判A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology六合合化頁把配對、牽制、部分偏向和化神主導分級，公開未達條件與歲運可逆性OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.