Void Branches (Kong Wang)空亡
The six void groups: how they are judged and what they affect
What is Void Branches (Kong Wang)?
Void branches (xun kong) arise from pairing ten stems with twelve branches: after each run of ten combinations, two branches are left with no stem to pair with, and those two are that run's void branches. The sixty-year cycle divides into six runs, giving six groups of void branches.
How it is used in a BaZi reading
The void is looked up from the run the day pillar falls in, and the chart's other branches are then checked against it. Tradition holds that a palace falling void loses force and its affairs turn changeable — a void Wealth star suggesting money that comes and goes, a void spouse palace suggesting a marriage that needs working at.
Interpretive limits
How the void is applied varies widely between schools, and there are several exceptions — "void yet not void" when the branch is clashed, combined or filled. It modifies a judgement; it does not constitute a conclusion on its own.
All articles in this topic
Knowledge-base articles are written in Chinese, the source language of these classical texts.
- Detailed Explanation of the Jia Zi Decan Void at Xu and Hai
- Detailed Explanation of the Void (Kong Wang) of Shen and You in the Jia Xu Ten-Day Cycle
- Detailed Explanation of the Wu-Wei Void
- A Detailed Explanation of the Jia Wu Decade Void of Chen and Si
- Detailed Explanation of the Void of Yin and Mao in the Jia Chen Ten-Day Cycle
- Detailed Explanation of the Void of Zi and Chou in the Jia-Yin Ten-Day Cycle
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