Summary of the Punishment Relationships among the Twelve Earthly Branches

  In the study of Bazi fortune-telling, the relationships among the Earthly Branches are relatively complex. Besides the relationships of generation and restraint, there are also the sayings of combination and transformation as well as harm and punishment. "Punishment" originally referred to restraint and also has the meaning of penalty.

In the field of numerology, "punishment" among the Earthly Branches means that the qi fields are not coordinated and they damage each other. Because there are three groups of mutual punishment situations, it belongs to the Three Punishments.

A Detailed Explanation of the Contents of the Twelve Earthly Branches' Punishment

1. The Three Punishments of the Twelve Earthly Branches
Yin punishes Si, Si punishes Shen, and Shen punishes Yin, which means that Yin, Si, and Shen punish each other.
Chou punishes Xu, Xu punishes Wei, and Wei punishes Chou, which means that Chou, Xu, and Wei punish each other.

2. The Mutual Punishment of the Twelve Earthly Branches
Zi punishes Mao, and Mao punishes Zi, which means that Zi and Mao punish each other.

3. The Self-Punishment of the Twelve Earthly Branches
There are the following situations of self-punishment: Chen punishes itself, Wu punishes itself, You punishes itself, and Hai punishes itself.

The Relevant Meanings of the Three Punishments of the Twelve Earthly Branches:
Punishment is very intense and indicates misfortune. It implies change and has the meaning of harm. It is often used when calculating health and work. Compared with the Six Clashes, the effects of generation and restraint are lighter.

The Main Events Related to the Punishment of the Twelve Earthly Branches

1. The Main Events Related to the Ungrateful Punishment
The Ungrateful Punishment includes Yin punishing Si, Si punishing Shen, and Shen punishing Yin. People who are punished in the Four Pillars or those who encounter punishment in the annual fortune and grand fortune are very cold in temperament, have the characteristics of being ungrateful, or will encounter being framed and dangerous things. If they are in the state of death and extinction in the Twelve Houses, women with such a Bazi will easily have miscarriages.

2. The Main Events Related to the Arrogant Punishment
The Arrogant Punishment includes Wei punishing Chou, Chou punishing Xu, and Xu punishing Wei. People who have this punishment in the Four Pillars will rely on their own power. Due to being too aggressive, they are prone to setbacks and failures. When they are in the same column with the Growth, Bathing, Official, and Peak states in the Twelve Houses, they are very resolute in spirit. When they are in the same column with the state of death and extinction, they are cunning or servile and often suffer from diseases and disasters. Women with such a Bazi will be very lonely.

3. The Main Events Related to the Impolite Punishment
The Impolite Punishment includes Zi punishing Mao, and Mao punishing Zi. People who are punished in the Four Pillars lack an independent and self-reliant personality, are inconsistent in doing things, are very stubborn, and often have troubles. People who have this punishment on their birthdays will have diseases in their spouses. If they have this punishment at the time of birth, their children will be weak and sick.

A Detailed Explanation of the Three Punishments of the Earthly Branches
When all the Earthly Branches that are continuously punished in the first place in the Bazi are encountered, it is called a Three Punishments Group, that is, the punishment among Chou, Xu, and Wei, the punishment among Yin, Si, and Shen, and the punishment among Zi and Mao. Since the punishing forces of the Earthly Branches in the Three Punishments Group interact with each other, the initiative of the punishment among the Earthly Branches in the Three Punishments Group can be regarded as a two-way effect.

The punishment among Chou, Xu, and Wei makes the earth element prosperous, so the combination of the punishment among Chou, Xu, and Wei is regarded as an earth bureau. It should be noted that when the water and wood elements in the Bazi are extremely prosperous, Chou, Xu, and Wei will also be broken by punishment, and thus the earth qi will become dispersed. At this time, there are very powerful mixed qi of gold and mixed qi of fire hidden inside the Earthly Branches of the Three Punishments Group. When the water element is prosperous or the gold element is prosperous in the Bazi, the mixed qi of fire inside will be punished away. When the fire element is prosperous or the wood element is prosperous in the Bazi, the mixed qi of gold inside will be punished away.