Ten Gods and Family Roles (十神與六親)
Use classical Ten-God family correspondences as a conditional chart lens while accounting for pillar, palace, strength, school rules, identity, and privacy.
Overview
Classical Bazi assigns certain Ten-God relationships to family-role questions, but the mapping varies by tradition, the reader’s reference rules, and the person being discussed. A responsible reading identifies the exact stem, pillar or palace, strength, relations, and timing, then treats the correspondence as symbolic context rather than proof about a real relative’s identity, health, behavior, or fate.
At a glance
- Reference
- Day Master and declared reading convention
- Chart evidence
- Ten God plus pillar or palace
- Capacity evidence
- Season, roots, reveal, relations
- School variance
- Gendered and role mappings are not universal
- Timing
- Luck contacts are temporary overlays
- Boundary
- No fact about a relative is proven
Declare the correspondence table before applying it
Classical sources contain role mappings that may differ by sex-based conventions and lineage, so the adopted table must be visible rather than implied.
Modern family structures, self-identified roles, guardianship, adoption, and same-sex relationships cannot be forced into an unspoken binary scheme.
- Name the school and reference convention.
- Let users define relevant family roles.
Combine the Ten God with position and condition
A family-role question should identify the relevant label, pillar or palace, hidden or revealed status, strength, and relation network.
One label appearing several times does not mean several literal relatives, and an absent label does not mean a person is absent.
- Trace exact chart evidence.
- Reject one-symbol literalism.
Treat timing as a theme, not an event certificate
Luck cycles may contact a family-associated function and make the topic more salient for a bounded period.
The overlay cannot establish illness, death, reunion, conflict, inheritance, pregnancy, or another person’s decisions.
- Attach dates and source layers.
- Keep event claims conditional.
Protect relatives who did not consent to analysis
Do not diagnose, accuse, rank, or reveal sensitive information about family members from someone else’s chart.
Use direct communication, records, medical or legal evidence, and safety support for real family decisions.
- Avoid third-party profiling.
- Prioritize consent and verifiable facts.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》六親十神諸論：傳統親屬對應建立在十神、柱位與命式條件之上A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》六親、男女命與宮位諸論：不同傳承及命例有不同對應和限制A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology十神六親頁標示傳統、流派與歷史性別框架，禁止推斷現代家庭身分、親屬存在或關係品質OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.