Ten Gods and Patterns
Ten Gods and Patterns Introduction
Explore the Ten Gods in BaZi — the symbolic forces that describe personality, relationships, and life patterns.
Reading Human Nature Through Structure
Within the logic of BaZi, the Ten Gods (十神) are not deities, but symbolic roles —
ten expressions of how the Five Elements interact with your Day Master, the self-element at the core of your chart.
Each “God” represents a specific way energy moves in relation to you:
creation, control, support, and transformation.
Together, they form a living network that describes your personality, motivation, and relationships.
For example:
Direct Resource (正印) symbolizes knowledge, nurture, and trust in intuition.
Output (食神 / 伤官) reflects creativity, expression, and independence.
Wealth (正财 / 偏财) reveals one’s attitude toward value, responsibility, and the material world.
Power (正官 / 七杀) represents discipline, leadership, and how you respond to authority.
Companions (比肩 / 劫财) illustrate how you connect with others — cooperation or competition.
The Ten Gods create patterns — recurring combinations that explain why people behave, feel, and think in particular ways.
These patterns are not moral judgments, but reflections of balance:
when the Five Elements interact harmoniously, energy flows naturally; when they conflict, tension invites awareness and growth.
In modern terms, the Ten Gods system functions like an archetypal map of human psychology — a structured, symbolic model of how energy expresses itself through character and experience.
To study the Ten Gods is to understand not just what happens in life, but why —
revealing the structure behind choice, emotion, and destiny itself.
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