Position
Jué Mìng
Severed Life
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In the classical sources
絕命星、破軍星也
It is the Jue-ming star, the Army-Breaker star.
古今圖書集成 卷676, 陽宅十書
About this entry
絕命 (jué mìng) is a name for a seat. The characters mean cut off and fate, and in 陽宅十書 they label the position held by the star 破軍, with the element metal. It is the fourth of the five unfavorable stars in the Ming book's list.
Its pairs run 乾 and 離, 坎 and 坤, 艮 and 巽, 震 and 兌, which are the east and west palaces joined across the two groups. We worked those pairs out from the verses ourselves. The book links it to years whose calendar branch is 巳, 酉 or 丑, and 破軍 is also the seventh of the nine stars.
The book's verse on the nine stars says this position brings harm to the household's people. The line gives no reasoning. It is the book's claim, not a forecast from this site, and questions about health or safety belong with a qualified person.
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