Yang Blade in BaZi: Day-stem table lookup — not month-command Blade, not Flying Blade
Yang Blade (the traditional “peak” branch keyed from the day stem) is a shensha mark (a table label from stems and branches). This site uses: Jia→Mao, Yi→Chen, Bing/Wu→Wu, Ding/Ji→Wei, Geng→You, Xin→Xu, Ren→Zi, Gui→Chou; it checks only year, month and hour branches, not the day branch. For yin stems it keeps Chen/Wei/Xu/Chou (traditional list), not the reverse-yin school. It does not enter strength or Useful-god scoring.
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At a glance
| Item | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Yang Blade hit | 461 charts, 23.1% | 100% match to site table |
| Hits that are strong | 65.9% | Weak 34.1% |
| Yang-stem hit rate | 23.8% | Yin-stem 22.3% |
| Hit branch unfavorable | 57.4% | Favorable 20.3%, Useful 10.1% |
| Ten-god on hit branch | Rob Wealth 39.8% | Direct Seal 21.5%, Eating God 11.2% |
| Month branch is Blade | 170, 8.5% | Yang-stem month Blade 81, 4% |
| Day branch sits Blade | 193, 9.7% | Site Yang Blade does not check day branch |
| Also Flying Blade | 73, 15.8% of hits | Flying Blade is the opposite branch |
- Yang Blade
- Day-stem table mark on year/month/hour
- Month-command Blade
- Month branch equals Blade — Jie Cai topic
- Flying Blade
- Opposite branch of Yang Blade
- Day stem
- The day’s Heavenly Stem — the Day Master
- Shensha
- Table labels; they do not rewrite Useful gods
How to look it up
Memorize the table, then scan three branches. Jia–Mao, Yi–Chen, Bing/Wu–Wu, Ding/Ji–Wei, Geng–You, Xin–Xu, Ren–Zi, Gui–Chou. Only year, month and hour count; a day-branch match is not recorded as Yang Blade here.
Yin stems use Chen/Wei/Xu/Chou on this site. Other schools reverse yin Blades; a mismatch is usually a school difference, not a broken chart.
Hits skew strong — strong is not the same as favorable
461 / 2000 charts hit (23.1%). Of hits, 65.9% are strong and 34.1% weak — same direction as “Blade means peak,” but one-third are still weak.
The hit branch’s element is unfavorable in 57.4% of hit points, favorable in only 20.3%. The hidden stem is most often Rob Wealth (39.8%). When strong, peers are often pressed; when weak, peers often help.
Month Blade, day-branch Blade, Flying Blade — keep them apart
The Jie Cai article’s “month-command Blade” is a yang Day Master born in a Rob-Wealth month. That case is only 81 charts (4%); any month-branch Blade (yin included) is 170 (8.5%), 80.6% of them strong. That is a ten-god / month topic, not this shensha row.
Day branch sits Blade in 9.7%. This site’s shensha row skips the day branch; read that under the spouse palace / roots.
Flying Blade (opposite branch) hits 24.1%. Both marks together are only 15.8% of Yang Blade hits.
How to read it
If strong, ask whether Officer/Seven Killings can govern the Blade. Peak without control is a sharper peer story — still secondary to Useful gods.
If weak, Blade is often help. Do not translate the scary name into disaster.
Year / month / hour hit shares are close (~8.1% / 8.5% / 8.8%); no pillar is “specially cursed” in this sample.
Two real charts
乙巳 乙酉 庚午 庚辰 (male, 1965-09-13 07:45 Beijing)
Month branch You is Geng’s Yang Blade; the chart is strong, Metal is unfavorable, and Officer/Killings are present. True solar time 07:35. Day Master Geng in a You month.
Support/suppress marks strong; Useful Fire, favors Water/Wood, avoids Earth/Metal — Blade Metal sits on the avoid side. Fire is available to drain and govern.
Read peak first, then control — not a blood-omen slogan.
壬午 戊申 丙辰 癸巳 (female, 2002-08-16 10:30 Beijing)
Year branch Wu is Bing’s Yang Blade, but the chart is weak — Fire helps. True solar time 10:11.
Useful Wood, favors Fire, avoids Metal/Earth. Same table, opposite reading from the strong chart above.
Shensha names the branch; favorability decides whether you want it.
Numbers
Hit 461 / 2000 = 23.1%; table agree 100%. Yang-stem hit 23.8%, yin-stem 22.3%.
**Among hits: strong 65.9%, weak 34.1%; branch element unfavorable 57.4%, favorable 20.3%, Useful 10.1%; clashed 24.9%.
Ten-god: Rob Wealth 39.8%, Direct Seal 21.5%. Month-branch Blade 8.5% (yang-stem month Blade 4%); day-branch sits Blade 9.7%; also Flying Blade 15.8% of hits.
Simulated charts: our BaZi calculator generated 2,000 random birth times (birth years 1950–2010 uniformly random, random birth time, half male/half female, Beijing true solar time), cast each chart and judged strength and the Useful element by traditional rules, then counted the results. These are simulated results, not a survey of real people and not a measure of prediction accuracy. Yang Blade checks year, month and hour from the day stem; yin stems use Chen/Wei/Xu/Chou. Favorability of the hit branch follows this site's Useful, favorable and unfavorable lists for that branch's element. Calculation version: our BaZi calculator after the Oct 15, 2026 update (the same rules the site uses now; rechecked with site version v73 on Oct 20, 2026), random seed 20261014. To reproduce: rerun the same version with the same seed and the results match exactly; you can check any single chart by entering the same birth time in our BaZi calculator.
Common view vs. our view
| Common view | Our view | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Yang Blade means blood and accidents | It marks peak; read strength and Officer/Killings | 65.9% of hits are strong; 34.1% are still weak |
| Yang Blade = month Rob Wealth | Month Blade is a subset; shensha can fall on year/hour | Month-branch Blade 8.5% vs shensha hit 23.1% |
| Yin Blades follow the same emperor-wang list | This site keeps Chen/Wei/Xu/Chou for yin stems | 100% table agree |
| Day-branch Blade counts as shensha Yang Blade | This site skips the day branch for that row | Day-branch sit 9.7% — read under day branch |
Common mistakes
- Yang Blade is an evil star: the name is loud; favorability still rules.
- People with Yang Blade are always violent: crude image-talk; governed Blade often reads as drive.
- Different software Blade = wrong chart: usually yin-stem school differences.
- Flying Blade and Yang Blade are one omen: opposite branches; both together only 15.8% of Blade hits.
FAQ
Is Yang Blade the same as Rob Wealth?
No. Rob Wealth is a ten-god; Yang Blade is a shensha table. Month-command Blade is a ten-god wording; this page is the day-stem year/month/hour mark.
Why do other chart write-ups give different yin Blades?
There is a reverse-yin school. This site’s appendix keeps Chen/Wei/Xu/Chou and uses the same table’s opposite for Flying Blade.
Does a day pillar sitting Blade count?
About 9.7% of charts sit Blade on the day branch, but this site’s shensha row does not check it — read roots / spouse palace instead.
Should I read Flying Blade together with Yang Blade?
You may compare them, but do not merge the names. Both together are only 15.8% of Yang Blade hits; read each hit branch’s favorability.