Your Wealth Element

The most common aspect that’s brought up in any BaZi consultation is usually wealth. While we know that wealth isn’t *everything*, money does, indeed, make the (practical) world go round!

While there are numerous considerations in assessing “Wealth” in any BaZi chart, the most basic is, of course, to examine the Wealth element. This is the element that is controlled by the Day Master. For example, if your Day Master is Gui or Ren water, then any fire element is your Wealth element.

We can surmise a few things simply by taking a closer look at the five element characteristics of each Wealth element. For example, Jia wood is the wealth of the metal Day Masters and by extension, is wealth that entails solid work and considerable effort. However, the potential “harvest” can be large! Yi wood as wealth, on the other hand, connotes wealth that comes from numerous off-shoots or of “smaller” endeavours which are widespread (take for example, publishing).

A few Day Masters have access to great, “unlimited” wealth and the Water Day Master is one of them! Bing as a wealth element implies wealth that can be limitless and is a result of perseverance, hard work and of something which is prevalent everywhere (read: Microsoft applications). The Water Day Master which uses Ding fire as wealth, on the other hand, is prone to fluctuating wealth levels due to the inconsistency and instability of Ding fire. Of course, once the timing’s right, then the sky’s the limit as when Ding fire is robust and blazing!

If Ding fire as wealth can be unstable, then what could be more stable that good, ole Earth? Wood Day Masters need to think and operate from a long-term perspective in their strategies for generating and accumulating wealth. Once in place, however, the wealth will be long-lasting. Wu earth as wealth implies larger quantities but which will require more work and effort to capture while Ji earth connotes a slightly more dynamic wealth source(s) of an “everyday” nature.

If Geng metal is your wealth element then once again, you have to persevere! To transform Geng metal into useful metal entails hard work and perhaps forcefully changing and improving some existing system. Whereas for Xin metal, you need your product to look good or be in work that entails cajoling, supporting and making others feel good.

Ren water is another Wealth element that can be colossal! However, logically speaking, Ren water is a much better wealth element for Wu earth that it is for Ji earth. Ren as wealth can also imply a widespread endeavour but one that needs effective channeling to the right markets and for correct purposes. Lastly, an Earth Day Master using Gui water as the Wealth element finds that although wealth can sometimes seem elusive and hard to capture, it often appears suddenly and can be from numerous sources – all of which usually readily available.