BAZI KNOWLEDGE BASE
Pure Unity: Identical Pillars, Identical Stems and Identical Branches
Pure Unity discusses highly repeated four-pillar structures. The source first lists ten forms with the same full pillar repeated four times, then identical stems, called Heavenly-Origin One Qi, and identical branches, called Earthly Forms Alike. These are different levels of repetition, not interchangeable conclusions about the chart or a person’s life.
Which ten forms repeat the same complete pillar?
Each row means that the same complete pillar appears in year, month, day and hour. Each passes the year/month and day/hour pairing rules; no particular birth date is claimed to have been verified.
| Source form | Four complete pillars |
|---|---|
| Four Ren-Yin (壬寅) | Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅) |
| Four Xin-Mao (辛卯) | Xin-Mao (辛卯), Xin-Mao (辛卯), Xin-Mao (辛卯), Xin-Mao (辛卯) |
| Four Geng-Chen (庚辰) | Geng-Chen (庚辰), Geng-Chen (庚辰), Geng-Chen (庚辰), Geng-Chen (庚辰) |
| Four Ji-Si (己巳) | Ji-Si (己巳), Ji-Si (己巳), Ji-Si (己巳), Ji-Si (己巳) |
| Four Wu-Wu (戊午) | Wu-Wu (戊午), Wu-Wu (戊午), Wu-Wu (戊午), Wu-Wu (戊午) |
| Four Ding-Wei (丁未) | Ding-Wei (丁未), Ding-Wei (丁未), Ding-Wei (丁未), Ding-Wei (丁未) |
| Four Bing-Shen (丙申) | Bing-Shen (丙申), Bing-Shen (丙申), Bing-Shen (丙申), Bing-Shen (丙申) |
| Four Yi-You (乙酉) | Yi-You (乙酉), Yi-You (乙酉), Yi-You (乙酉), Yi-You (乙酉) |
| Four Jia-Xu (甲戌) | Jia-Xu (甲戌), Jia-Xu (甲戌), Jia-Xu (甲戌), Jia-Xu (甲戌) |
| Four Gui-Hai (癸亥) | Gui-Hai (癸亥), Gui-Hai (癸亥), Gui-Hai (癸亥), Gui-Hai (癸亥) |
How do identical pillars, stems and branches differ?
Looking only at stems misses branch differences; looking only at branches misses the changing stem relationships. These three source forms have compatible calendar pairings.
| Source example | Repeated feature | What remains different |
|---|---|---|
| Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅), Ren-Yin (壬寅) | Four identical full pillars | Timing remains a separate layer |
| Jia-Zi (甲子), Jia-Xu (甲戌), Jia-Yin (甲寅), Jia-Zi (甲子) | Four Jia stems | Zi, Xu and Yin have different contents |
| Jia-Yin (甲寅), Bing-Yin (丙寅), Geng-Yin (庚寅), Wu-Yin (戊寅) | Four Yin branches | Jia, Bing, Geng and Wu are different stems |
Does unity guarantee a better chart or an absent opposite branch?
The source gives differing evaluations and still examines month, hidden roles, following/transformation and timing. It supplies no uniform more-repetition-is-better rule.
Invoking You Lu from repeated Xin-Mao or Si from repeated Gui-Hai is an additional virtual account. Those branches do not become natal data. Distinguishing repetition, hidden contents and invocation is useful; rarity establishes no rank, health or marriage outcome.
Continue reading
- Special patterns overview
Distinguish local configurations, whole-chart methods and source cases.
- Two Stems Unmixed: alternating versus identical stems
Compare another repeated arrangement.
- Officer and actual authority relations
Return the placement to the month and whole chart.