Chart Patterns (Ge Ju)格局
The ten standard patterns: what forms them and what breaks them
What is Chart Patterns (Ge Ju)?
A pattern is the structural type assigned to a chart, centred on the god that emerges from the month branch. The common eight — Direct Officer, Seven Killings, Direct Wealth, Indirect Wealth, Direct Resource, Indirect Resource, Eating God and Hurting Officer — are named after the Ten God revealed by the month branch's hidden stems.
How it is used in a BaZi reading
Establishing the pattern is the backbone of a Ziping reading: see which god the month branch reveals, judge whether it is strong and whether anything has broken it, then decide whether the favourable element should generate it or restrain it. How clean the pattern is shapes the overall reading of a life's register and its likely direction.
Interpretive limits
"Formed" and "broken" describe the structure of a chart, not the success or failure of a life. Schools disagree about which pattern a given chart takes; in practice, overall circulation and whether the favourable element is effective matter more than the label.
All articles in this topic
Knowledge-base articles are written in Chinese, the source language of these classical texts.
- The Direct Officer Structure (Zheng Guan Ge): A BaZi Analysis of Order and Authority
- The Seven Killings Structure: The Path of High-Pressure Challenges and Transformation in Destiny Analysis
- Direct Wealth Structure: Unlocking the Path to Steady Wealth Accumulation
- The Indirect Wealth Structure: Uncovering the BaZi Mysteries of Wealth Flow and Seizing Opportunities
- Direct Resource Structure
- The Indirect Resource Structure: Unveiling the Mystery in BaZi
- The Hurting Officer Structure: Unlocking the Astrological Code of Innovation and Talent
- The Eating God Structure: Fortune and Creativity in BaZi
- The Yang Ren Structure: Fierce Flame and Unyielding Resolve in Destiny Analysis
- The Jian Lu Structure: A BaZi Interpretation for Entrepreneurs
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