Analysis of the Gengzi Hour on Liuding Days
Original Text
六丁日生时庚子，身衰鬼旺暗中藏；月无救助多贫夭，得坐身强又吉昌。
丁日庚子时，身绝鬼旺，丁以庚为财，癸为鬼，子中有癸，丁火无气，不能助扶。若通身旺月，有倚托者贵，更行身旺运，大贵；反是，贫夭下贱。
丁丑日庚子时平，通木火气，或行身旺运，贵。亦有亥子年月贵者，以丁火阴柔，不怕水乡故也。
丁卯庚子时贫，辰戌丑未，偏官有制，午月乾强，春身旺，俱吉。秋冬平常。忌癸巳月，破祖凶；己未月，刑伤；甲申月，刺面血光死。
丁巳日庚子时，春旺，夏强，俱贵。秋冬平常。四季月，制伏得中吉。子辰，行西运，四五品贵。
丁未日庚子时，辰戌丑未月，偏官有制。午月乾强，贵。馀月有制伏，吉；戊子，文章显秀。忌戊申月，夭；丙戌月，刑；辛丑月，刑凶。
丁酉日庚子时，辰戌丑未月，刚明特达，贵。辰巳年月，贵尊相府。忌甲寅月，破败恶死；癸巳月，离乡恶死；乙酉月刑死。
丁亥日庚子时，五十后大旺。辰戌丑未月，吉。寅午年月，贵。忌庚寅月，恶死；庚申月，身不全死；辛酉月，破败。
庚子时逢日是丁，火落江湖暗复明；四柱若兼冲克破，读书到老只虚名。丁日时逢庚子，日乾丁火光辉。火胎金绝有盈亏，妻妾不能全美。有克有刑冲破，就中文福难齐。相生相救贵人提，此命先难后易。
Interpretation
For those born on the sixth day of the six - Ding days at the Gengzi hour, their vital energy is weak while the inauspicious influence is strong and hidden. If there is no assistance from the monthly element, they will mostly be poor and die young. But if they have a strong vital energy, they will be lucky and prosperous.
On the Gengzi hour of a Ding day, the person's own qi is exhausted while the "ghost" qi is prosperous. Ding takes Geng as wealth and Gui as the "ghost". There is Gui in Zi, and the Ding fire has no qi and cannot offer support. If the person's qi is prosperous in the corresponding month and has some support, they will be noble. If they then experience a period when their qi is prosperous, they will be extremely noble. On the contrary, they will be poor, have a short life, and be of low status.
On the day of Ding Chou and at the hour of Geng Zi, it is considered average. If one has a connection with the qi of wood and fire, or experiences a prosperous personal fortune in the fortune - cycle, they will be noble. There are also those born in the years or months of Hai or Zi who can be noble. This is because Ding fire is gentle and yin in nature, and is not afraid of the water - dominated environment.
In the Dingmao year and Gengzi hour, one may be poor. For those born in the Chen, Xu, Chou, or Wei months, if the partial official star is restricted; those born in the Wu month with a strong heavenly stem; and those born in spring with a prosperous body, all these situations are auspicious. In autumn and winter, the situation is just ordinary. It is taboo to be born in the Guisi month, which will lead to the ruin of the family fortune and is inauspicious; in the Jihai month, there will be punishment and injury; in the Jiashen month, one may die from a bloody disaster with a scar on the face.
On the day of Dingsi and at the time of Gengzi, if it is spring, one will be prosperous; if it is summer, one will be powerful, and both will bring nobility. In autumn and winter, it is just ordinary. In the four seasons' months, if one can be well - controlled, it will bring good fortune. If one is born in the combination of Zi and Chen and walks the western fortune, one can reach the fourth or fifth rank of nobility.
On the day of Dingwei and at the time of Gengzi, in the months of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, the partial official star is under control. In the month of Wu, if the heavenly stem is strong, it indicates nobility. In other months, if there is control and suppression, it is auspicious; for the combination of Wuzi, it shows outstanding literary talent. The month of Wushen is to be avoided as it may lead to an early death; the month of Bingxu brings punishment; the month of Xinchou brings punishment and misfortune.
On the day of Dingyou and at the time of Gengzi, in the months of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, one will be straightforward, intelligent, and outstanding, and will achieve high status. If the year and month are Chen and Si, one will hold a noble position in the prime minister's office. It is inauspicious to be born in the month of Jiayin, which may lead to ruin and a miserable death; in the month of Guisi, one may leave one's hometown and die miserably; in the month of Yiyou, one may die due to punishment.
On the day of Dinghai and at the time of Gengzi, one will become extremely prosperous after the age of fifty. If one is born in the months of Chen, Xu, Chou, or Wei, it is auspicious. If born in the years and months of Yin and Wu, one will attain nobility. However, it is taboo to be born in the month of Gengyin, which may lead to a miserable death; in the month of Gengshen, one may die with an incomplete body; and in the month of Xinyou, one will face ruin.
When the hour is Gengzi on a Ding day, the fire falls into the rivers and lakes, dimming and then brightening again. If the four pillars of the birth chart are combined with clashes, restraints, breaks, one will study all one's life but only gain an empty reputation. When it's a Ding day and the hour is Gengzi, the Ding fire of the day stem shines brightly. The fire is in the fetus state and the metal is in the state of extinction, showing gains and losses. One's wives and concubines cannot all be perfect. With clashes, restraints, and breaks, even the literary blessings cannot be complete. If there is mutual generation and rescue and help from noble people, this life will be difficult at first and then easy.