Jia Yin Decade Void: Zi and Chou (甲寅旬空亡子丑)
See why Zi and Chou are absent from the Jia Yin decade, its ten day pillars, and how OpenFate preserves the underlying branch evidence.
Overview
Jia Yin Decade Void: Zi and Chou is 甲寅旬空亡子丑. The final six-decade sequence is 甲寅、乙卯、丙辰、丁巳、戊午、己未、庚申、辛酉、壬戌、癸亥. Zi and Chou remain unpaired after the ten stems are used, making them this decade’s Void pair. OpenFate derives Zi–Chou from the Day Pillar, checks the year, month and hour branches and preserves Water, Earth, hidden stems and ordinary relations. It does not imply that resources, family, home, work or future events are empty.
At a glance
- Decade
- 甲寅 through 癸亥
- Void branches
- Zi 子 and Chou 丑
- Reason
- Zi and Chou remain after all ten stems are assigned
- OpenFate basis
- Day Pillar determines Zi–Chou
- Checked positions
- Year, month and hour branches
- Boundary
- Water, Earth and stored stems remain calculable
The final decade runs from Jia Yin to Gui Hai
Its ten pairs are 甲寅、乙卯、丙辰、丁巳、戊午、己未、庚申、辛酉、壬戌、癸亥. The remaining Zi and Chou branches receive no stem in this sequence.
This completes the six-decade table of the sexagenary cycle. Use the exact Day Pillar, not the visible count of Zi or Chou, to derive the pair.
- Match the Day Pillar to the ten-pair sequence.
- Return Zi and Chou without changing the natal pillars.
Zi–Chou Void does not nullify Water, Earth or storage
Zi still carries its Water role and Chou its Earth and hidden-stem structure. Season, roots, combinations and clashes remain available to the ordinary chart calculation.
Void interpretation comes after locating the actual matched pillar. Claims about resources, home, family or timing require other evidence and should be marked as school-specific.
- Preserve branch elements, hidden stems and interactions.
- Name the pillar before discussing symbolic implications.
OpenFate adds the marker without subtracting the branch
The engine derives Zi–Chou from a Day Pillar in the Jia Yin decade and records matches outside the Day pillar. The branch remains part of every other calculation.
The Wiki adds explanatory content only; it does not add cancellation, release or timing behavior, and it leaves saved reports untouched.
- Record both derived pair and matched source pillar.
- Keep all other deterministic evidence intact.
Zi–Chou Void is not a forecast of emptiness
It does not prove infertility, absent family, homelessness, debt, unemployment, depression, kidney or digestive illness, accident, disaster or death.
Medical, housing, financial, employment and relationship decisions require current facts and qualified advice. A Void pair cannot replace them.
- No family, housing, financial, medical or death prediction.
- No consequential decision from the marker.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷三「論空亡」以一旬十干配十二支解旬空，後續吉凶須另看柱位、刑沖及整體命盤，不能以兩支名稱取代全局判讀A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《五行大義》 (Essential Meanings of the Five Phases)《五行大義》卷二「論三奇」所列六旬空亡對：甲寅旬子丑空；甲寅至癸亥十組用盡十干後留下子丑A systematic historical synthesis of Five Phases correspondences and relationships.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology產品以完整日柱推甲寅旬子丑空，只記年、月、時支實際命中，子丑的水土、藏干、月令與互動照常保留；不改引擎或舊報告，並排除父母、子女、生育、財產、疾病、事故與死亡推斷OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.