Yin-Yang Differences among the Ten Gods (十神陰陽)
Understand how polarity divides five phase relationships into ten names without confusing yin-yang with strength, gender, morality, or fortune.
Overview
Each Five-Element relationship to the Day Master has two Ten-God forms distinguished by polarity. The polarity comparison is fixed and produces names such as Friend versus Rob Wealth or Eating God versus Hurting Officer. It refines relational structure but does not rank one label as stronger, better, male, female, active, or passive.
At a glance
- Companion pair
- Friend and Rob Wealth
- Output pair
- Eating God and Hurting Officer
- Wealth pair
- Direct and Indirect Wealth
- Authority pair
- Direct Officer and Seven Killings
- Resource pair
- Direct and Indirect Resource
- Boundary
- Polarity is not strength or gender
Compare polarity inside the same phase direction
The relationship direction must remain fixed before polarity can distinguish the two names in its pair.
Comparing labels from different directions mixes two variables and cannot isolate a yin-yang difference.
- Start with the five functional pairs.
- Change only the polarity variable.
Follow the canonical lookup rather than intuition
Direct and indirect translations do not provide a universal shortcut because the traditional naming convention differs across pairs.
A complete Day-Master-to-stem table prevents silent reversals and keeps all five locales aligned.
- Resolve labels from the shared table.
- Preserve the Chinese source name.
Context can outweigh a simple polarity image
A rooted, seasonally supported indirect label may be more operative than a weak, unrooted direct label.
Visibility, pillar position, relation network, and timing determine expression after the label is derived.
- Assess capacity independently.
- Treat imagery as secondary commentary.
Polarity does not reveal sensitive traits
It cannot determine sex, gender identity, orientation, fertility, dominance, honesty, intelligence, or mental health.
Neither side of a Ten-God pair is inherently moral, modern, healthy, favorable, or valuable.
- Remove demographic stereotypes.
- Do not assign ethical rankings.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》十干陰陽及十神諸論：每一五行關係依陰陽同異再分成一對十神A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》天干陰陽體性評註：陰陽是符號分類，仍須結合旺衰與全局A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology十神陰陽差異頁分離陰陽分類、旺衰、吉凶與性別身分，避免把符號映射成人口屬性OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.