Jian Lu Uses Wealth (建祿用財)
Determine whether a Jian Lu month structure can use rooted, reachable Wealth while managing Companion competition, Output supply, and Officer protection.
Overview
Jian Lu Uses Wealth (建祿用財) describes a Jian Lu or closely related month structure taking Wealth as a working focus. The Jian Lu label alone is insufficient: the Day Master’s seasonal root, Wealth strength and access, Companion competition, Output generation, Officer protection, climate, and timing all matter. It never guarantees money or business success.
At a glance
- Foundation
- The Day Master holds its Lu in the Month Branch
- Focus
- Direct or Indirect Wealth must be usable
- Supply
- Output may provide a reachable Wealth source
- Protection
- Officer may restrain Companion competition
- Break
- Rootless Wealth or excessive Companions can invalidate use
- Boundary
- No automatic income, ownership, or business success
Confirm Jian Lu before selecting Wealth
Verify the Day Stem’s Lu position in the Month Branch and distinguish Jian Lu from a loose strong-self label.
Classical Jian Lu and Yue Jie readings select a working role from exposed and effective Wealth, Officer, Seven Killings, or Output rather than stopping at the month name.
- Verify the Lu mapping.
- Do not treat the label as the useful role.
Test whether Wealth can be carried and reached
Identify Direct or Indirect Wealth, roots, season, exposure, distance, combinations, and whether the Day-Master side can sustain control.
A visible but rootless or blocked Wealth star is not an effective working focus.
- Require usable Wealth.
- Assess Day-Master capacity.
Audit Output supply and Companion competition
Output may generate Wealth, while Friend and Rob Wealth may contest it; Officer can sometimes protect the Wealth route by controlling Companions.
State every supporting and breaking condition, including when a period temporarily changes the balance.
- Trace generation and control.
- Time-bound period changes.
Separate Wealth symbolism from financial claims
建祿用財 does not prove earnings, assets, entrepreneurship, investment skill, inheritance, or a favorable financial period.
Money decisions require financial records, risk analysis, and qualified advice.
- No wealth guarantee.
- No investment advice.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)《子平真詮評註》建祿月劫：建祿與月劫可同論，須從透干支的財、官、殺、食另取作用，不以月令格名直接定用A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》建祿、財星與比肩劫財諸論：財須有根可用，並察食傷生財、比劫爭財、官星護財及日主任財能力A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology建祿用財頁逐項公開財星效力、競爭、保護與歲運期限，不把財星結構寫成收入、投資或致富承諾OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.