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Opportunity

Piān Cái (Indirect Wealth)

Opportunity is one of the ten roles: how a character in the chart relates to your Day Master. Classical books call it Indirect Wealth.

Flexible money and chances: side projects, deals, reach

What it stands for

Traditional formula: Male

It brings extra income and good deals. It also speaks of your father.

Traditional formula: Female

It brings extra income and good deals. It also speaks of your father.

In each pillar

Year pillar

Stem

Market day

A busy market square hums with chatter and coins changing hands. Indirect Wealth, the star of opportunity and open hands, shows openly in your childhood, up to about sixteen. Traditionally it points to a lively early home, often with a father or family who traded or travelled.

You probably grew up around movement and chances, and you tend to be at ease with people.

Hidden stems

A coin in an old coat

Think of finding a forgotten coin in an old coat pocket. Hidden in your childhood pillar, Indirect Wealth gives a quiet sense of luck and resourcefulness, up to about sixteen. It often shows later as a knack for spotting chances others overlook.

A feel for opportunity tends to have started early, and it quietly grows with you.

Month pillar

Stem

Casting a wide net

Imagine casting a wide net into a lively river. Indirect Wealth shows openly in your career and family pillar, ages about seventeen to thirty-two. It traditionally brings business sense, contacts and chances, with income that can rise and fall like the catch.

Your young adult years tend to bring opportunities through people, and saving in good seasons helps.

Hidden stems

The side door

Some of the best chances come through the side door, not the front. Hidden in your career pillar, ages seventeen to thirty-two, Indirect Wealth gives a talent for side projects and unusual income. Traditionally it rewards curiosity, as long as you keep track of what goes out.

Early in your working life you tend to find extra chances off the main road.

Day pillar

Hidden stems

A picnic for the whole park

Think of someone who packs a picnic big enough for the whole park. Indirect Wealth sits hidden in the seat of your partner, most active around ages thirty-three to forty-eight. Traditionally it brings a sociable, generous home and a love of good times, with some care over spending.

Your home life tends to be warm and open-handed, and a shared budget keeps it relaxed.

Hour pillar

Stem

Shutters up every morning

Picture a shopkeeper who still opens the shutters every morning, just for the love of it. Indirect Wealth shows openly in your later-life pillar, from about forty-nine on. It traditionally brings ventures that carry on later in life, and generous ties with children.

Later life tends to keep chances coming, and you enjoy sharing what you have.

Hidden stems

Seeds saved in a jar

Think of a jar of seeds saved for next spring. Hidden in your later-life pillar, from about forty-nine on, Indirect Wealth gives quiet resources that come into view with time. Traditionally it points to unexpected help in later years, often through family or old contacts.

Your later years tend to hold some pleasant surprises, often from people you already know.

Absent

The daily bread

A baker who sells the same good bread every day doesn't need lucky breaks. Indirect Wealth, the star of windfalls and side chances, is missing from your chart, even hidden.

Money tends to come to you through steady effort rather than lucky breaks, and that is a sturdy road.

The other roles

Ten roles