Rarity：Common · about 4 in 100
This is a life that builds steadily and comes into its own in the later years. The verse promises a spouse who is honored and children who bring pride, with a deep contentment running underneath it all. Good fortune is not a single lucky break but a steady undercurrent present throughout life, and wealth is described as flowing freely, like water from a spring, rather than arriving in a sudden windfall.
The Chinese original is shown first; the English lines are Guanyitang's own translation.
Progress may feel gradual at first, but the trajectory bends upward, with recognition and standing growing stronger as the years go on. This favors patient builders over quick sprinters. Choosing paths where reputation and relationships compound over time — rather than one-off wins — suits this fate well, since the verse points to flourishing that arrives fully in the later years.
Money is pictured as a spring rather than a storm: steady, renewing, and unlikely to run dry. This suggests income that keeps replenishing itself, through work, relationships, or accumulated goodwill, rather than one big lucky strike. The abundance described is described as present throughout life, so saving and reinvesting during earlier years helps the later flow feel even fuller.
There is an underlying ease and contentment here, a person who is not driven by anxious striving but who trusts that things will settle well in time. This calm can be a real strength. The one thing to watch is complacency — abundance that flows steadily can be taken for granted, so it still deserves attention and care rather than passive waiting.
The verse speaks warmly of an honored spouse and children who do well, framing the household as a source of quiet pride rather than struggle. Contentment at home seems to grow alongside outer success, suggesting that family life and personal fortune rise together rather than pulling in different directions.
The foundations are laid without great drama; life moves along steadily while the bigger rewards are still forming beneath the surface.
Momentum builds, relationships and reputation deepen, and the abundant fortune described in the verse becomes easier to feel and use.
This is when the fate truly flourishes — honor within the family, ease of heart, and wealth flowing steadily like a spring that keeps giving.
Since the verse compares wealth to water from a spring, treat it like one: keep the source clear and unclogged rather than letting it sit idle. Regular, modest effort to maintain relationships, skills, and savings will keep that flow steady, so the honor and abundance promised for later years arrive as fully as the verse suggests.
Want to know which years run smoothly and which call for care? Cast a BaZi chart from the same birth details to see the ten-year cycles and each year.
About 3.51% of all combinations of the four weight tables give this total (a share of combinations, not of people).