劫财
jié cái · Rob Wealth
Rob Wealth (劫财, jié cái) is the Ten God sharing the Day Master's element with the OPPOSITE yin-yang polarity — for a 丙 (yang fire) Day Master, the yin fire 丁. The name is taken from the Wealth star's point of view: the San Ming Tong Hui explains the naming of the Ten Gods by saying that Wealth fears being robbed, and being robbed means being divided. The same book gives the mechanism concretely, describing the star as a younger sibling able to take the elder's Wealth.
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-08 · 3 min read
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| Day Master | Rob Wealth stem | Main-qi branch | Also hidden in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 甲 | 乙 | 卯 | 辰, 未 |
| 乙 | 甲 | 寅 | 亥 |
| 丙 | 丁 | 午 | 未, 戌 |
| 丁 | 丙 | 巳 | 寅 |
| 戊 | 己 | 丑, 未 | 午 |
| 己 | 戊 | 辰, 戌 | 寅, 巳, 申 |
| 庚 | 辛 | 酉 | 丑, 戌 |
| 辛 | 庚 | 申 | 巳 |
| 壬 | 癸 | 子 | 丑, 辰 |
| 癸 | 壬 | 亥 | 申 |
Rob Wealth is not 阳刃
The two are routinely treated as one term and the classical texts do not. Both the Ziping Zhenquan and the San Ming Tong Hui place 刃 one position ahead of the Day Master's 禄 and restrict it to the five yang stems, so a yin Day Master has a Rob Wealth star and, on this account, no 刃 at all. Rob Wealth is a Ten God, decided by element and polarity alone; 阳刃 is a relation between the Day Master and the month, with further conditions. This site's engine labels the pattern 羊刃格 wherever a Rob Wealth star holds the month's main qi, which is a naming convention for the pattern and not a claim that a yin Day Master has a 刃.
The San Ming Tong Hui also gives the condition that governs the star: where Wealth is heavy and the Day Master light, the peer is welcome; where Wealth is light and the Day Master strong, it is a liability. It adds that a Day Master without vitality is not harmed by a 刃 at the hour at all.
When restraint fails
The Ziping Zhenquan makes a point that is easy to lose: a chart can contain the star that restrains a 刃 and get no restraint from it. Where Seven Killings is revealed to restrain the 刃 and a Rob Wealth star is revealed alongside it, the two can bind to one another, and the book's verdict is that the Killings then have no restraining effect. Having a restraining star and having restraint are different findings.
Worked example
Worked example (solar 1985-06-06 18:00, male, computed by this site's engine):
Pattern: 羊刃格 · Strength: 偏旺 (engine verdicts)
A 丙 Day Master born in the 午 month, so the pattern is 羊刃格 and the Day Master is one of the five yang stems the classical restriction admits. The month stem 壬 is Seven Killings, which could restrain the 刃; the hour stem 丁 is Rob Wealth, and 丁 and 壬 combine. This is the case the Ziping Zhenquan names and rules on directly — the restraining star is bound and the restraint does not take effect. The engine judges the Day Master on the strong side, which is why whether the 刃 is restrained matters here at all.
Related terms
Classical sources cited
- 《三命通会·论古人立印食官财名义》
- 《三命通会·论阳刃》
- 《子平真诠·论建禄月劫》
- 《子平真诠·论四凶神能成格》
- 《子平真诠·论阳刃》
- 《三命通会·论羊刃》
Lookup tables are generated from this site's chart engine; quotations are verified against the cited works.
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