What it means
Indirect Resource produces the Day Master in the same polarity: for Gap (Yang Wood), 壬 (Yang Water). The support is real but comes at an angle. Where Direct Resource is school and the mother, Indirect Resource is the book found by accident, the unusual teacher, the skill nobody asked you to learn. Tradition reads it as a stepmother or a distant mother.
It is associated with intuition and with fields off the main road: medicine, religion, philosophy, divination, the arts, research and technology.
Which stem is your Indirect Resource
A ten god is a relationship, so it depends on your Day Master. Find your Day Master on the left; the stem on the right is your Indirect Resource. A branch counts as Indirect Resource when its main hidden stem is that stem.
| Day Master | Its Indirect Resource |
|---|---|
| 甲 Gap (Yang Wood) | 壬 Im (Yang Water) |
| 乙 Eul (Yin Wood) | 癸 Gye (Yin Water) |
| 丙 Byeong (Yang Fire) | 甲 Gap (Yang Wood) |
| 丁 Jeong (Yin Fire) | 乙 Eul (Yin Wood) |
| 戊 Mu (Yang Earth) | 丙 Byeong (Yang Fire) |
| 己 Gi (Yin Earth) | 丁 Jeong (Yin Fire) |
| 庚 Gyeong (Yang Metal) | 戊 Mu (Yang Earth) |
| 辛 Sin (Yin Metal) | 己 Gi (Yin Earth) |
| 壬 Im (Yang Water) | 庚 Gyeong (Yang Metal) |
| 癸 Gye (Yin Water) | 辛 Sin (Yin Metal) |
How it works in a chart
- It controls the Eating God. When it does so strongly it is called the Owl (梟神, Hyosin), and the pattern is “the owl steals the food” (倒食): thinking that gets in the way of ease, appetite and output.
- Indirect Wealth restrains it, bringing a drifting mind back to practical matters.
- Like Direct Resource, it absorbs Seven Killings and turns pressure into insight.
When it works well
- Original thinking and a quick grasp of difficult subjects.
- Depth in one specialised area.
- Comfort with being alone, which long study requires.
What to watch
- Starting many things and finishing few once the interest moves on.
- Suspicion and second-guessing.
- Isolation, and irregular habits of eating and sleeping.