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Wealth and salary encircle and protect; fortune and status combined
The Gong Lu pattern is an important configuration in Four Pillars fate study, mainly indicating wealth and emolument encircled and protected, enjoying both riches and honor. "Gong" carries the meanings of facing toward and flanking, referring to the Day and Hour pillars flanking the Lu position. For those whose chart carries Gong Lu, the Day and Hour pillars are like two hands cupped in protection, sandwiching the Lu position in the middle. Such people are prone to achieving success in career, gaining stable income and social status. They are diligent and enterprising in personality, especially hardworking and eager to learn, and grow braver in the face of setbacks.
"Gong Lu and Gong Gui, if filled solid then it is inauspicious. ‘Gong’ means to face toward and to flank. ‘Lu’ is the emolument at the stage of Lin Guan; ‘Gui’ is the nobility of the Officer star, or refers to the Tianyi Nobleman. There are five days and five hours of Gong Lu: Gui-Hai and Gui-Chou days and hours flank Zi Lu; Ding-Si, Ding-Wei, Ji-Wei, and Ji-Si flank Wu Lu; Wu-Chen and Wu-Wu flank Si Lu."
The ancients regarded Gong Lu as a special pattern in which the Day and Hour pillars flank and encircle the Lu position. "Gong means to face toward and to flank" vividly describes the image of encircling protection. Lu is the emolument at the stage of Lin Guan, representing salary and income; Gui is the nobility of the Officer star, or may refer to the Tianyi Nobleman. Classical texts particularly stress that "if filled solid then it is inauspicious": if the flanking position is filled by the Year or Month pillar, the configuration turns harmful. Only when the flanking position remains empty can its auspicious power be properly expressed.
In modern society, people with the Gong Lu pattern usually possess strong ability in managing wealth and resources, are good at seizing opportunities, and are likely to gain support from benefactors in business or the workplace, with flourishing financial fortune. Such people are diligent and driven, particularly hardworking and keen to learn, and they become more courageous the more they are tested, easily achieving outstanding success in their professional field.
"On a Gui-Hai day with Gui-Chou hour, it flanks Zi Lu; on a Gui-Chou day with Gui-Hai hour, it flanks Zi Lu; on a Ding-Si day with Ding-Wei hour, it flanks Wu Lu; on a Ji-Wei day with Ji-Si hour, it flanks Wu Lu; on a Wu-Chen day with Wu-Wu hour, it flanks Si Lu."
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