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Chasing Lu and Blocking Horse: The Jia-Xu, Ding-Chou and Gui-You Example
Chasing Lu and Blocking Horse uses neighboring branches as an image: the branch before Lu drives it forward and the branch after Horse holds it. For Jia-Xu the text gives Ding-Chou beside Lu at Yin and Gui-You beyond Horse at Shen. These are invoked relationships, not additional Yin/Shen birth branches or promised benefits.
Where does each part of the Jia-Xu example begin?
The references differ: Lu comes from Jia stem and Horse from Xu branch’s Yin–Wu–Xu group. Only then are the neighboring branches examined.
| Relationship | Lookup target | Given neighboring pillar | Branch distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jia’s Lu | Yin | Ding-Chou | Chou is one branch before Yin |
| Xu’s Horse | Shen | Gui-You | You is one branch after Shen |
Why not replace Ding-Chou and Gui-You with arbitrary Chou/You pillars?
Branch adjacency explains Chou and You, but not by itself the chosen Ding and Gui stems. The text gives complete pillars without a full generalization for all reference stems and positions. Keep that stated example instead of inventing a universal lookup.
Jia-Xu, Ding-Chou and Gui-You are not a complete four-pillar chart. Assigning birth positions would require the missing pillar and calendar compatibility; the passage establishes a local illustration.
If Yin and Shen need not appear, can they be added after the lookup?
No. The account explicitly does not require the direct Lu/Horse branch, which makes this an invocation. If Yin or Shen is actually present elsewhere, record that separately rather than counting actual and invoked forms twice.
This is also not an ordinary Six Combination: Chou/Yin and You/Shen are not combination pairs. The mechanism described is neighboring position, not a newly invented branch combination.
Which question can this account help answer?
When a reading claims Lu or Horse without the direct branch, ask for the reference, neighboring branch and historical method. This shows how that claim is constructed without converting absence into natal data.
The source’s favorable language does not replace evidence about work, money or travel. Where general rules are unstated, the known example should remain an example.
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- Special patterns overview
Distinguish local configurations, whole-chart methods and source cases.
- Lu and Horse Together: another stem’s Lu shares the Horse position
Compare adjacency with a shared position.
- Officer and actual authority relations
Return the placement to the month and whole chart.