Date: Aug. 26, 2005, hour of Dog Bazi: year 乙酉, month 甲申, day 壬午, hour 庚戌

Context: Predicting the winner of the ‘Super Girl’ (超级女生) contest.

After eliminating the contestant in red clothes, two contestants wearing the same color clothes remained. One of them was tall, and the other was shorter.

騰蛇

☵ 1

辛

戊

天柱杜門

白虎

☷ 2

丁

乙

天輔休門

九天

☳ 3

戊

丙

天蓬死門

空

九地

☴ 4

庚

H

丁

天任驚門

 5

癸

太陰

☰ 6

乙

癸

壬

禽芮

傷門

六合

☱ 7

己

辛

天英生門

值符

☶ 8

壬

D+

庚

天心景門

空

玄武

☲ 9

丙

己

天沖開門

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I used the Host-Guest (主客) principle. In this case, the tall one was designated as the Guest (客), and the shorter one as the Host (主). Because the Guest is Heaven, and the Host is Earth. Heaven is “high”, Earth is “low” – this is logical.

Acting spirits:

• Hour Stem (时干) represents the essence of this event/matter.
• Hour Stem on the Heaven Plate (天盘时干) represents the tall contestant (the Guest).
• Hour Stem on the Earth Plate (地盘时干) represents the shorter contestant (the Host).

Analysis:

1. On the Earth Plate, the Hour Stem in Palace 8 falls into Emptiness (空亡).
2. Plus, the Hour Stem Geng (庚) on the Heaven Plate in Palace 4 controls (克) Palace 8 — meaning the Guest has the advantage.

Result: The championship ultimately went to the tall singer.