Common Mistakes in Ten-God Analysis (十神誤區)
Correct common errors including literal names, wrong derivation, count-only strength, fixed family and personality labels, automatic favorability, and timing events.
Overview
Common Ten-God errors include treating names literally, deriving from a branch without opening hidden stems, confusing polarity with strength, counting labels as power, equating a label with a relative or personality, declaring direct labels favorable and indirect labels harmful, and converting luck labels into events. The correction is to preserve derivation, occurrence, condition, method, counterevidence, and real-world boundaries.
At a glance
- Error 1
- Reading traditional names literally
- Error 2
- Skipping stem-level derivation
- Error 3
- Equating counts with strength
- Error 4
- Assigning fixed people or personality
- Error 5
- Treating labels as inherently favorable or harmful
- Error 6
- Turning timing labels into events
A traditional name is not a literal act or person
Rob Wealth is a same-phase relation, Seven Killings is an authority relation, and Hurting Officer is an output relation under fixed polarity rules.
Translate the name, preserve the Chinese term, and explain the structural direction before offering imagery.
- Lead with the derivation.
- Remove crime and harm implications.
Visibility and frequency are not total strength
A repeated or revealed label can remain out of season and unrooted, while a hidden label can command the month.
Use Month Command, roots, flow, control, relations, and counterevidence instead of fixed points or percentages.
- Assess each occurrence separately.
- Reject count-only scoring.
Chart relationships are not biographies
A family correspondence does not prove facts about a relative, and a personality image does not diagnose behavior or identity.
Structure, usefulness, and timing are conditional models, not records of employment, marriage, health, wealth, or morality.
- Protect third-party privacy.
- Let lived evidence outrank symbolism.
No label or timing layer guarantees an outcome
Do not promise profit, promotion, marriage, pregnancy, recovery, legal victory, or safety from a favorable label or date.
State uncertainty and direct users to relevant evidence and qualified professionals for consequential choices.
- Avoid certainty marketing.
- Keep interpretive content out of high-impact decisions.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》論日為主、十神、藏干與行運諸論：十神須依固定推導並分清原局與歲運A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》十神、六親、旺衰及格局諸論：名稱、數量、力量、人物與成敗不能互相替代A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology十神誤區頁逐項修正字面化、錯誤推導、計數化、固定人物人格、自動喜忌與事件化OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.