Wealth type in Chinese astrology — where your money comes from, where it lands, where it leaks
The seven wealth structures
Where money comes from, where it lands, where it leaks — classical Bazi sorts those relationships into seven structures. See which one reads like you.
势
Captain
Strong Self, Light Wealth (身强财弱)
The strength is yours. Money is not your subject; it follows what you do.
合
Partner
Peers Rob Wealth (比劫夺财)
Money moves between people. What you keep depends on whom you walk with.
载
Vessel
Wealth Heavy, Self Weak (财多身弱)
Wealth arrives in quantity; the test is holding it. Tending the vessel matters more than chasing more.
创
Maker
Output Produces Wealth (食伤生财)
Money comes from what you make. Your craft is the spring.
建
Builder
Wealth Feeds Authority (财官相生)
Money grows with the place you build, brick by brick, by structure rather than luck.
藏
Keeper
Wealth Vault (财库)
Your wealth has a vault: it keeps. Remember to open the door at the right time.
汇
River
Wealth Stars Form a Formation (财星成局)
The waters gather: a rare configuration that needs a riverbed wide enough to carry it.
Three questions about Bazi and wealth
What is a Wealth Vault in Bazi?+
Chen, Xu, Chou and Wei are the four storage branches. When the element your Day Master controls sits in its storage branch among your Four Pillars, with a Wealth Star hidden inside, you have a Wealth Vault: money keeps, and the door opens when a Luck Cycle or an Annual Luck clashes the vault. The calculator tells you whether you have one and in which pillar.
What is the difference between Direct Wealth and Indirect Wealth?+
Both are the element your Day Master controls; the difference is polarity. Opposite polarity is Direct Wealth: steady, earned, like a salary. Same polarity is Indirect Wealth: opportunity income, fast, like project fees, investments and windfalls. Most charts hold both; what matters is which one shows in the stems and which one has roots.
What does 'wealth heavy, self weak' mean?+
Strong Wealth Stars and a weak Day Master — the classics call it 'a poor man in a rich house': money is visible but hard to hold, and the test is capacity. It describes a structure, not whether you will have money; Resource and Peer cycles enlarge the vessel. In the calculator it is the Vessel type.