Following Child Pattern (Conger Ge)
Abandoning the self to follow the Child; clever and dexterous, with overflowing talent.
The Day Master is extremely weak, without root or vitality. Eating/Output stars form configurations in the branches and are strong in the heavenly stems. The whole chart is dominated by Eating/Output stars, and the Day Master has no choice but to submit to their momentum.
Pattern Characteristics
Those with the Following Child pattern are clever and dexterous, with overflowing talent and tremendous creativity and expressiveness. They are skilled at thinking and innovating, suited to art, writing, technology development, education, performing arts, and other industries requiring talent and creativity. They have lively and changeable personalities with agile thinking. In relationships, they are skilled at expression and communication, well-liked, though sometimes they appear浮夸 (fukua) due to excessive showiness.
Formation Conditions
Formation conditions: 1. The Day Master has no root or vitality; 2. Eating/Output stars form configurations or are in command in the branches; 3. Eating/Output stars are revealed and strong in the heavenly stems; 4. No Seal stars restraining Eating/Output or Sibling stars generating or supporting the Day Master. Breaking conditions: 1. Seal stars appear and restrain Eating/Output; 2. Sibling stars support the body; 3. The Day Master has root or vitality and does not submit; 4. Eating/Output are punished, clashed, broken, or harmed.
Case Study
For example, a Jia Wood Day Master born in the Wu month, where the earthly branches Yin-Wu-Xu form the Fire frame (Fire is Jia Wood's Eating God/Output), with Bing or Ding Fire revealed in the heavenly stems, the Day Master having no roots in Hai or Zi, and no Ren or Gui Water Seal Star. Once the Children-Following pattern is formed and the Eating God/Output luck cycle is encountered, it indicates outstanding talent and both fame and fortune.
How It Reads for Women and Men
For women: A Cong Er (following Output) woman's expression itself carries her fortune. Creative work, eloquence, teaching connect her talent directly to the market; independence runs strong. A partner who doesn't fence her expressive work suits the marriage. For men: For the Cong Er man, what he makes and says converts directly into influence. Founding, production, and publishing activate the structure. The better the Wealth star receives the Output flow, the more talent converts to result.
Strong vs. Weak Day Master
When the day master yields to the Output momentum and Wealth receives that flow, the structure completes as a cycle — expression generating wealth, wealth supporting further expression. Signs of breaking: a strong Resource star damming the Output severs the flow and collapses the pattern. Resource-heavy years warrant watching for creative blockage.