Following Wealth Pattern (Congcai Ge)
Abandoning the self to follow wealth; skilled in business, wealthiest in the land.
The Day Master is extremely weak, without root or vitality. Wealth stars form configurations in the branches and are strong in the heavenly stems. The whole chart is dominated by Wealth stars, and the Day Master has no choice but to submit to the wealth momentum.
Pattern Characteristics
Those with the Following Wealth pattern have extremely strong business acumen and money-making ability, skilled at discovering and creating wealth opportunities. They have a keen sense for money, are skilled at calculation and investment, and are suited to finance, trade, investment, sales, and other industries directly related to wealth. They are realistic and practical, valuing material interests. In relationships, they are interest-oriented, skilled at befriending people who are beneficial to them, though easily criticized for being profit-driven.
Formation Conditions
Formation conditions: 1. The Day Master has no root or vitality (no Seal or Sibling support); 2. Wealth stars form configurations or are in command in the branches; 3. Wealth stars are revealed and strong in the heavenly stems; 4. No Seal or Sibling stars generating or supporting the Day Master. Breaking conditions: 1. Sibling stars appear to support the body (Day Master gains root); 2. Seal stars generate or support the Day Master; 3. The Day Master has root or vitality and does not submit; 4. Wealth stars are severely punished, clashed, broken, or harmed.
Case Study
For example, a Yi Wood Day Master born in the You month, where the earthly branches Si-You-Chou form the Metal frame (Metal is Yi Wood's Indirect Wealth), with Geng or Xin Metal revealed in the heavenly stems, the Day Master having no roots in Yin or Mao, and no Ren or Gui Water Seal Star. Once the Wealth-Following pattern is formed and the Wealth luck cycle is encountered, it indicates immense wealth and high nobility.
How It Reads for Women and Men
For women: A Cong Cai (Following Wealth) woman builds fortune by yielding to real flows — markets, demand, what people want. She moves flexibly toward where money lives instead of fighting rigid frames. Marriage suits a partner building shared economic ground. For men: The Cong Cai man rides the waves of business and investment. Rather than clinging to an organization, he offers himself in wealth's direction. With Output feeding Wealth, talent converts directly into assets.
Strong vs. Weak Day Master
When Wealth dominates and Output supports its flow, the following completes — yielding to the current carries great fortune. Signs of breaking: Companions resisting Wealth, or Resource severing the flow, collapse it. Companion- or Resource-heavy years call for reassessing one's footing.