On Women's Fate
Original Text
或问妇人何利？利在夫星。夫利，其妇必利；夫困，其妇必困。妇人从夫，先观夫星以定出身之贵贱，再看子星以察晚年之荣辱。官煞财得地，夫利也；食神得地，子利也。夫利则出身富贵，一生享福；子利则晚年厚养，褒宠诰封。然亦有旺夫者，以食生财，财生官故耳。反是则否。女命以克我者为夫，我生者为子，皆要得时，乘生旺之气。若旺气只聚于时，亦可用官为夫，不要见煞；用煞为夫，不要见官，一位为好。有两位官星，无煞以杂之，四柱纯煞，无官以混之，俱为良妇。更得本身自旺尤佳，但旺不可太过。食为子息。引时逢旺，再得二德扶身，乃夫贵子荣之命。不宜身旺，重叠暗藏夫神及伤官、七煞、魁罡相刑，羊刃太重，合多有情，皆主不美。岁运亦然。看有八法八格，须细详之。
Interpretation
Someone may ask what benefits a woman can get. The benefit lies in her husband star. If her husband has good fortune, she will surely have good fortune too; if her husband is in distress, she will surely be in distress. A woman follows her husband. First, observe the husband star to determine her social status at birth, and then look at the child star to examine her glory or disgrace in her later years. If the official, the seven - killing and the wealth stars are in a favorable position, it means good fortune for her husband; if the eating - god star is in a favorable position, it means good fortune for her children. If her husband has good fortune, she will be born into a wealthy family and enjoy a happy life throughout her life; if her children have good fortune, she will be well - provided for in her later years and be honored with imperial titles. However, there are also women who can bring good luck to their husbands, which is because the eating - god generates wealth, and wealth generates the official. Otherwise, the situation will be the opposite. In a woman's horoscope, the element that restrains her is regarded as the husband, and the element that is generated by her is regarded as the child. Both should be in a favorable time and have the prosperous qi. If the prosperous qi only gathers at the hour pillar, the official can be used as the husband, and the seven - killing should not appear; if the seven - killing is used as the husband, the official should not appear, and it is better to have only one such star. If there are two official stars without the seven - killing to mix, or if the four pillars are full of the seven - killing without the official to mix, the woman will be a good wife. It is even better if she herself is prosperous, but the prosperity should not be excessive. The eating - god represents children. If it is prosperous at the hour pillar and is supported by the two virtues, it indicates a life with a successful husband and glorious children. It is not suitable for the woman to be overly prosperous. If there are multiple hidden husband - related elements, or the eating - god that overcomes the official, the seven - killing, the conflict of the Kui - Gang stars, or too strong the yang - blade, or too many harmonious combinations, all these indicate an unfavorable situation. The same principle applies to the annual and monthly luck. There are eight methods and eight patterns to analyze, which need to be carefully studied.