BaZi · Glossary
Yuan Chen
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-06-06 · 1 min read
元辰 (inauspicious shensha). How this site computes it, what the tradition reads into it, and how it differs by pillar position in a chart.
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
元辰者别而不合之名阳前阴后则有所屈屈则于事无所伸阴前阳后则直而不遂于事暴而不治难与同事故谓之元辰是以阳男阴女在冲前一位支辰阴男阳女在冲后一位支辰假如甲子生男与甲午对冲即乙未为正乙丑
亦谓之灾有五期者欤譬之癸亥生辛酉月壬戌日庚子时叶命四十嵗大运丁巳小运乙巳太嵗壬寅月建戊申日辰庚申是日也防神恶煞为灾集防于元辰此谓之煞防五期者也盖乙巳小运之火来生丁巳大运之土并来冲破癸亥本命三才之水絶于丁巳遇癸伤命于返吟之上巳中虽有驿马又为壬寅太嵗之刑害也月建戊申之土又来六害本命为水壬三才之生鬼叶庚申
催一生成败事多唐沈芝云阳刃勾绞返于身四位逢之定不伦或喜或凶无定凖破荡家财酒色人】祸败发于元亡妨害生于孤寡【祸败元亡者乃元辰亡神祸害凶败之杀也二杀共位故云祸败发于元亡也命逢决主灾祸兴发矣珞琭子云祸败发于元亡狂横起于勾绞采真歌云绝财单马元亡败鬼笑君王谩赐铜唐沈芝云最防者叠叠元亡徳防而必不为祸又孤害元亡
是以河公惧其七杀，宣父畏其元辰。
元辰解曰：子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥，如子年生见未字，丑年生见午字，寅年生见酉字，卯年生见申字，辰年生见亥字，巳年生见戌字，即是。
宣父畏以元辰；
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