Spirits and stars · Inauspicious
The branch one step before or after the clash of the year branch, the direction depending on gender. Traditionally read as a note on matters that stay stuck.
San Ming Tong Hui (Siku edition), volume 3 (Yuan Chen, also called Great Waste): "for a yang-year man or a yin-year woman it is one branch before the clash; for a yin-year man or yang-year woman, one branch after." Example: a jia-zi man takes wei; a yi-chou man takes wu.
Source: San Ming Tong Hui (Siku edition), volume 3
In practice it reads as a note to close out small pending matters rather than keep several open.
Listed as a note-only marker on the chart (not scored).
Rule of thumb: these markers are read from fixed classical tables, and the scores and advice come from a separate model. Both are laid out on the site, and neither is a claim about what will happen.
These readings follow the traditional Chinese system (BaZi / Zi Wei Dou Shu) and describe how the classics read a chart. They are not predictions and not medical, legal or financial advice, and no outcome is promised.
How is it taken?
From the year branch: one branch before the clash for a yang-year man or yin-year woman, one branch after otherwise.