BAZI KNOWLEDGE BASE
Goat, Pig and Snake: Repeated Wei, Implicit Hai/Si and Retention Variants
Goat, Pig and Snake refer to Wei, Hai and Si. The passage starts with Xin-Wei or Gui-Wei day and two or three Wei branches, invoking Hai and then Si through their opposition. Those targets are not automatically added to the actual four pillars (the chart’s four birth-time columns: year, month, day and hour).
What do Xin and Gui invoke through the two-step route?
Wei and Hai belong to the Wood-trine group, and Hai opposes Si. Xin invokes Bing Officer (the role family that controls the birth-day element, often interpreted through rules and demands) in Si; Gui invokes Wu Officer. With only actual Wei, this remains an indirect theory rather than a real Si–Hai clash already present.
Count the four natal branches, including the Wei Day Branch (the lower symbol in the birth-day column). This differs from the three-or-four Wei threshold in Mao/Wei Invoking Si.
Why keep You/Chou and You/Shen separate?
The prose lists You or Chou for retention; the following verse lists You or Shen. Chou belongs to the Metal-trine group while Shen has a Six Combination with Si. Their union is not one unchanged source rule.
The selected version matters when reading the cases: the first contains Chou, the second Shen. The examples show why the distinction changes the explanation.
What do the two source charts actually contain?
Both cases have compatible year/month and day/hour sequences, and their Wei counts are directly checkable. Those checks do not reconcile every prose and verse condition.
| Source pillars | Day | Wei count | Actual retention-related branch | Hai/Si |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jia-Xu (甲戌), Xin-Wei (辛未), Gui-Wei (癸未), Gui-Chou (癸丑) | Gui-Wei | 2 | Chou, listed in prose | Neither present |
| Geng-Shen (庚申), Gui-Wei (癸未), Xin-Wei (辛未), Yi-Wei (乙未) | Xin-Wei | 3 | Shen, listed in verse | Neither present |
Do the animal names describe personality or future events?
They are branch shorthand, not an attack story or a test of courage or relationships. Xin-Wei actually contains Ji Indirect Resource, Ding Killings and Yi Indirect Wealth; Gui-Wei contains Ji Killings, Ding Indirect Wealth and Yi Eating God.
The page explains a complex metaphor and two source accounts, without establishing promotion, wealth or a future incident.
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- Special patterns overview
Distinguish local configurations, whole-chart methods and source cases.
- Three or four matching branches in Mao/Wei Invoking Si
Compare a route with both a different count and intermediate branch.
- Officer and actual authority relations
Return the placement to the month and whole chart.