Wu Zi year | Gui Hai month | Ji Si day | Yi Hai hour | Qi Jiguang case
Qi Jiguang BaZi Case Study:
weak Ji earth,
and useful Si fire.
The commonly cited pillars are Wu Zi year, Gui Hai month, Ji Si day, and Yi Hai hour. Ji earth is born in Hai month, tends weak, and relies on Si fire for support, while Seven Killings appear at the hour.
What is Qi Jiguang's BaZi?
The common case uses Wu Zi year, Gui Hai month, Ji Si day, and Yi Hai hour. The key is weak Ji earth in Hai month, supported by Si fire in the day branch, with Seven Killings visible and Resource able to receive the pressure.
- Four Pillars
- 戊子｜癸亥｜己巳｜乙亥
- Day Master
- Ji earth
- Pattern
- Weak body with support / Seven Killings formation
- Keywords
- Useful Si fire, double Si-Hai clash, Killings and Resource
Verification and Profile.
A case starts with the person and the record. Qi Jiguang's birth data, Four Pillars, and biography give the reading its ground.
Qi Jiguang, courtesy name Yuanjing, art name Nantang, later Mengzhu.
Ming dynasty. Born in 1528 and died in 1588.
From Dengzhou, Shandong, with ancestral origin in Dingyuan, Anhui.
Anti-pirate general and military strategist, known for training troops and defending the northern frontier.
The birth record uses the first day of the intercalary tenth lunar month, Hai hour, Jiajing 7. Event ages follow nominal age.
The book cites Yuan Shushan's Mingpu and gives the solar date as November 12, 1528.
Sanming Tonghui also records the chart and notes Qi Jiguang as a famous military commander.
Supportive fire-earth totals four; opposing water-wood-metal totals eight. The Day Master is weak.
Si fire generates Ji earth, hides Wu earth as root, and is the Imperial Prosperity place of Ji earth.
Selected events are those that can be checked against luck cycles and years.
Four Pillars Snapshot.
The pillars stay compact. The main thread is Ji earth in Hai month, supported by Si fire and pressured by two Hai branches.
| Year Pillar | Month Pillar | Day Pillar | Hour Pillar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 戊子 | 癸亥 | 己巳 | 乙亥 |
| Rob Wealth / Jue | Indirect Wealth / Month Command | Day Master / Imperial Prosperity | Seven Killings / Late-life palace |
| Wu earth appears in the year; Zi hides Gui water as Indirect Wealth. | Hai month makes water prosperous and does not support Ji earth. | Ji earth sits on Si; fire generates earth and hides Wu as a root. | Yi wood appears as Seven Killings, and Hai again clashes Si. |
Day Master and Month Command.
The Day Master is Ji earth and the month command is Hai water. Only after this climate is clear does the day branch Si fire become meaningful.
Ji is yin earth: bearing, cultivating, and stabilizing. The reading asks whether it can carry Wealth and Officer pressure.
In Hai month, water is prosperous and earth is imprisoned. This sets the weak-body baseline.
The Day Master sits on Si. Si fire generates earth, and hidden Wu gives the body a root.
Yi wood Seven Killings appears, and Hai again clashes Si. This becomes a key clue for late-life change.
| Branch | Hidden Stems | Ten Gods | Growth Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zi | Gui | Indirect Wealth | Jue |
| Hai | Ren / Jia | Direct Wealth / Direct Officer | Embryo |
| Si | Bing / Geng / Wu | Direct Resource / Hurting Officer / Rob Wealth | Imperial Prosperity |
| Hai | Ren / Jia | Direct Wealth / Direct Officer | Embryo |
Strength and Momentum.
This case is ideal for reading strength: the supportive side is small, the opposing side is large, the month command does not help, but Si fire still gives a key support.
but weak with support.
Ji earth is born in Hai month, where water is prosperous and wood is active. The Day Master is clearly under pressure. Yet the day branch Si fire generates earth and hides Wu earth as a root, so the chart is weak but not unsupported.
In Hai month, water is prosperous, wood is active, earth is imprisoned, and fire is weak.
Water four, wood three, and metal one make eight parts on the draining or controlling side.
Earth three and fire one make four parts on the Resource and Peer side.
Si fire generates Ji earth, and hidden Wu in Si gives the Day Master a root.
The Day Master is weak. Fire and earth are preferred supports; this is not an ordinary strong-body chart.
| Level | Signals | Reading Principle |
|---|---|---|
| Extremely weak | No season, root, or support | Support matters more than further draining or attacking. |
| Somewhat weak | Some root or support, but no help from month command | Watch whether Resource and Peer can carry Wealth, Officer, Output, or Hurting Officer. |
| Balanced | Support and restraint are roughly even | Useful and unfavorable elements shift with the question and luck period. |
| Somewhat strong | Season or root is present, and support is clear | It may be drained or controlled; whether that harms the pattern is another question. |
| Excessive | Multiple supports stack up; ordinary control or draining is insufficient | Flowing the momentum is more natural than hard suppression. |
| Special prosperous | A frame or structure forms and the qi unifies | Follow the momentum; the greatest risk is a breaker of the structure. |
Five Element Flow.
Water and wood are strong while fire and earth are limited. Element counts matter only after season, roots, and flow are considered.
Hai month commands the season, with Zi and another Hai supporting water.
Yi wood appears as Seven Killings, and Jia wood hides in Hai as Direct Officer.
Wu, Ji, and hidden Wu in Si give some support, but not the month command.
Fire appears through Si and hidden Bing. It warms the chart and generates earth.
Geng hides in Si, but it is not the main line of the chart.
Ten Gods Axis.
Yi wood as Seven Killings appears in the hour stem. Water Wealth is strong, and Resource fire hides in the day branch. Military rank is read through Killings, Resource, and the body.
Wu earth helps the body, but it is farther away than the day branch Si fire.
Indirect Wealth appears in the month and gains support from Hai water.
Ji earth is weak, preferring fire and earth support, and avoiding excessive water and wood.
Seven Killings explains pressure, discipline, and a military theme, but it must be carried by Resource and Peer.
Officer star hides in Hai and joins Yi wood in applying pressure to Ji earth.
Direct Resource hidden in the day branch is the key to carrying the Killings.
Hidden Wu gives Ji earth a root.
Combinations and Clashes.
Wu-Gui combination softens one layer, but the two Si-Hai clashes keep the useful Si fire under pressure.
The year stem Wu and month stem Gui combine, adding a fire tendency and easing one layer of pressure.
The month and day pillars clash; the useful Si fire is directly struck.
The day and hour pillars clash again, pointing to late-life instability.
Si fire is both the useful support and the branch being attacked.
This remains supporting information, not a replacement for strength and useful-god reading.
Seven Killings is only an entry. The real question is whether a weak body has Resource and Peer to carry it.
This chart is weak with support: Si fire generates the body, and hidden Wu gives a root.
The numbers matter, but Hai month water prosperity and earth imprisonment decide the baseline.
The combination eases one layer, but the two Si-Hai clashes remain.
Pattern and Preferences.
Seven Killings can explain the military theme, but strength cannot be skipped. A weak body needs Resource and Peer to carry the pressure.
Yi wood Seven Killings appears in the hour stem, giving a clear military-pressure theme.
Ji earth is weak. Without Si fire Resource, Seven Killings becomes pressure instead of rank.
Si fire sits next to the Day Master, generates earth directly, and hides Wu as root.
Fire and earth support the body; excess water and wood are unfavorable, and heavy metal also drains.
This is not 'strong Killings equals nobility'. It is weak body receiving Resource and turning pressure into achievement.
Ji earth loses the season and faces a stronger opposing side, but Si fire still supports it.
Si fire generates Ji earth and hides Wu earth as root.
Seven Killings appears in the hour, but its value depends on Resource and Peer carrying it.
Fire generates earth; earth supports the body. Related middle-life luck periods are productive.
Too much Wealth and Officer-Killings pressure the weak body, especially when Si fire is clashed.
The useful god is also the attacked branch, making late-life turns very visible.
Luck Cycles and Years.
The natal chart is structure; luck cycles are time. Middle-life fire and earth help Si fire, while late-life clashes activate risk.
Water and wood remain heavy; early life is more pressure than support.
Chou gives some earth root, but Yi Killings still appears.
Bing fire appears and Yin hides Bing, supporting Si fire as the military line begins.
Ding fire supports the body while Mao carries Killings, so pressure and rank move together.
Earth strengthens, helping Ji earth carry Officer-Killings pressure.
Ji and Si seem supportive, but the luck Si clashes the hour Hai and activates late-life risk.
Listed for sequence only; he did not reach this luck period.
Life Events.
Anti-pirate campaigns, training, northern defense, transfer to Guangdong, dismissal, and death form the biographical frame.
Born on the first day of the intercalary tenth lunar month, Hai hour; pillars are Wu-Zi, Gui-Hai, Ji-Si, Yi-Hai.
Bing-Yin luck begins. Wood and fire can assist the useful Si fire.
Middle-life luck connects with the useful god, and military merit rises sharply.
The anti-pirate career reaches a high point.
Ding-Mao and Wu-Chen luck continue to support Si fire and earth.
Late-life change appears first through post and location.
Yi-You year restrains and draws away the useful Si fire.
Around Ding-Hai year, Hai water again clashes Si; three Hai branches press one Si.
Auxiliary Markers.
This case is not decided by auxiliary stars. Kong Wang, Imperial Prosperity, and Na Yin only add texture after the main line is clear.
Suggests a hollowing or loss around Hai-related positions, but remains secondary.
Si is the Imperial Prosperity place for Ji earth and the key support in the chart.
A cultural note; it does not decide the main reading.
It echoes the strong Hai water but does not replace stem-branch analysis.
A supporting observation beside the day pillar, not the main logic.
Appreciation Summary.
The charm of this case is how weak body, useful god, Seven Killings, clashes, and biography illuminate one another.
Ji earth in Hai month makes the weak-body reading clear; the subtle point is the single Si fire support.
Seven Killings is not merely ominous. When carried by Resource, pressure becomes discipline, rank, and organization.
Middle-life luck supports Si fire, while late-life luck activates clashes. Biography and structure echo each other.
This case trains the order of reading: season, sides, roots, useful god, then pattern labels.
The interest of Qi Jiguang's case is that weak earth does not mean helplessness. One Si fire connects the Day Master, useful god, pattern, military achievement, and late-life clashes.
Want to read your own chart in this order?
Start with the Four Pillars, then follow the Day Master, strength, Five Elements, Ten Gods, combinations, and luck cycles.
A real chart turns this reading order into a practical tool.