Wealth counters my mother Pt 2

Been taking a break from the busy-ness of July but tot i'd better get back to this...tho am definitely wondering how many of you actually read the past post...?

In a BaZi chart, each character or "Zi" (Ba means 8 to the unitiated out there) can represent a myriad of characteristics, people, images etc etc...that's why it's such a rich Life Philosophy!

Now, from a BaZi perspective, a wife or girlfriend is also represented by the wealth element. Before you feminists wring your hands in anger, take a step back and appreciate this from a traditional standpoint. While society has evolved, you gotta admit that a man's worth in ancient Chinese society (or any other ancient society really) is measured by how much wealth, assets that he owns. And by extension, when you're able to amass much wealth, naturally you're likely to be able to support a large polygamous family (with like dozens of kids or so). Now this may be a "dark age" concept but the *concept* remains unchanged. Remember, when we talk true classical Chinese metaphysics, we always refer to the original concepts but we APPLY them in the contemporary world we live in.

Ok, so wife/girlfriend = wealth. Eg. for a water guy (ie. DayMaster = water), his wife/gf is FIRE. Now, remember what is the mother element to a guy? Since the mother gives birth to the son, the mother is the resource element. Eg. if the DayMaster = water, the mother is represented by the METAL element. Can you now see that FIRE (wife/gf) counters the guy's mother ie. the wife/gf's monster-in-law (since the mother is represented by METAL)?

Of course, not every (poor) guy will experience this wife countering mother syndrome...it all depends on his BaZi chart and how the elements are placed etc etc...

BaZi, quite cool eh?