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辰酉合金 Dragon-Rooster HexDragon-Rooster hex (辰酉合金) — earth refines into metal.BAZI · 六合 · BRANCH HEXES辰酉合金Dragon-Rooster Hex辰 Dragon · 酉 RoosterREFERENCE · BRANCH INTERACTION
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辰酉合金: Dragon-Rooster Hex (BaZi Branch Six Harmonies) 辰酉合金

辰酉合金 (Dragon-Rooster Hex) is one of the classical 六合 (Branch Hexes) configurations of the BaZi earthly branches. Dragon-Rooster hex (辰酉合金) — earth refines into metal.


辰酉合金 Dragon-Rooster Hex: classical reading

Configuration

辰酉合金 involves the following branches:

  • 辰 Dragon
  • 酉 Rooster

Combined element: metal

Classical register

Earth-generates-metal partnership: 辰 (Dragon, late-spring storehouse) hexes with 酉 (Rooster, peak yin metal). The classical reading emphasises refinement-style partnership — the earth's accumulated material gets refined by the metal's precision. Favourable for partnerships involving fine craftsmanship, legal work, and any cooperation requiring extraction of refined output from accumulated material.

How to read 辰酉合金 in a chart

The 辰酉合金 configuration activates when the involved branches appear together in the four pillars of a BaZi chart (year, month, day, or hour pillar). Practitioners read the configuration's register against where in the chart it appears: a clash between year and month pillars often relates to the family of origin and early-life environment; between day and hour, to spouse / offspring matters; in the luck-pillar transitions, to the timing of the configuration's activation across decades. Beyond presence-or-absence, the configuration's strength depends on the chart's broader elemental balance and the Day Master's structural needs.

Why generic Dragon-Rooster Hex interpretation fails

The 辰酉合金 register is one structural feature of a BaZi chart, not the whole chart. Whether the configuration helps or hurts a specific consultant depends on their Day Master, the chart's elemental balance, the Useful God, and the luck pillar currently operating. The same configuration can be highly favourable for one chart (e.g., a clash that releases stuck energy) and challenging for another (e.g., a clash that destabilises a needed pillar). Master Sean Chan’s BaZi consultation reads the full chart against your specific question.

Practical priorities

  • Identify whether 辰酉合金 is present in your chart. Plot your full four pillars via the free BaZi Calculator and check which branches appear in the year, month, day, and hour positions.
  • Check the configuration's location in the chart. 辰酉合金 reads differently depending on which two pillars hold the involved branches — year-month vs. day-hour vs. spanning across non-adjacent pillars.
  • Read the configuration against your Day Master. Whether 辰酉合金 helps or harms your chart depends on whether the elements involved support or oppose the Day Master's needs.
  • Book a chart-aware reading via BaZi consultation for high-stakes questions — the configuration's actual impact requires reading the full chart context, not just the pattern itself.

Frequently asked questions

What does 辰酉合金 mean in a BaZi chart?

Dragon-Rooster hex (辰酉合金) — earth refines into metal. Earth-generates-metal partnership: 辰 (Dragon, late-spring storehouse) hexes with 酉 (Rooster, peak yin metal). The classical reading emphasises refinement-style partnership — the earth's accumulated material gets refined by the metal's precision. Favourable for partnerships involving fine craftsmansh...

Is 辰酉合金 always favourable?

The default register is partnership / cooperation, but the actual impact on a specific chart depends on which elements are involved, where in the chart they appear, and what the Day Master needs. A hex that locks in an unhelpful elemental binding can constrain rather than support.

When does 辰酉合金 activate?

辰酉合金 activates whenever the involved branches are present in your chart's four pillars. Beyond that, the configuration can also be triggered by luck pillars (10-year periods) and annual / monthly transits — when an external branch enters that completes or strengthens the configuration. A BaZi consultation reads which transit periods are most-likely to activate 辰酉合金 for your specific chart.

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