Six Harms Star(六害殺)

Six Harms comes after the Traveling Horse and immediately before Canopy. It evokes returning weary from a long journey and looking inward, so it is sometimes read as intuition and healing that deepen in solitude.

One chart shows how to find it. Each Three Harmony group containing your birth year's branch has a designated Six Harms Star branch — Sin·Ja·Jin (申子辰) corresponds to Myo (卯), Hae·Myo·Mi (亥卯未) to O (午), In·O·Sul (寅午戌) to Yu (酉), and Sa·Yu·Chuk (巳酉丑) to Ja (子). If that branch appears anywhere in your Four Pillars, the Six Harms Star is present. Seowoon calculates symbolic stars using the day branch, while this chart follows the classical year-branch approach — both use the same chart.

It suggests perceptiveness, sharp intuition, and sensitivity to others' pain. Reflection that deepens during time alone is a defining trait.

It is associated with a special sensitivity in medicine·healing·counseling and other work involving people's pain, as well as an intuitive grasp of underlying problems.

Traditional readings caution against frustration when things repeatedly go off track, or exhaustion from carrying your worries alone. Practicing asking for help is a common suggestion.

It is considered a good fit for work requiring intuition and sensitivity, such as medicine·nursing·pharmacy, counseling·psychology, religion·meditation, and research·analysis.

In relationships, it suggests being attentive to your partner while finding it hard to reveal your own feelings. A common suggestion is to put those feelings into words.

Older readings associate Six Harms with a tendency to tire easily and suggest plenty of rest and physical care.

Health readings based on symbolic stars are traditional interpretations, not diagnoses. Have any symptoms evaluated through medical care.

“Having the Six Harms Star means frequent illness” is a common claim, but a symbolic star's name does not determine actual illness. Six Harms is one of twelve symbolic positions, and modern readings generally interpret it as a tendency toward intuition and caring for others.