Death Gate

One of the Eight Gates in Qimen Dunjia, an inauspicious gate. Governs decline, endings, and funerals.

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Detailed Analysis of Death Gate

Death Gate, belonging to the Earth element, is located in Kun Palace (2). Death Gate is a very inauspicious gate, representing death, ending, and stagnation. It also represents land and graves.

Basic Attributes

  • Element: Earth
  • Original Palace: Kun Palace (2)
  • Characteristics: Death, immobility, land, deities/buddhas.

Symbolic Characteristics

  • Figures: Corpses, butchers, landlords, old women.
  • Forms: Square, variegated, rotten, pitted.
  • Temperament: Rigid, stubborn, gloomy, ruthless.
  • Scenes: Graves, slaughterhouses, wastelands, cellars.

Qimen Application

  • Fortune Assessment: Very inauspicious. Unsuitable for most matters. Only favorable for mourning, inquiring about illness, hunting, and fishing.
  • Action Advice: Suitable for burial, sacrifices, blocking; avoid travel, seeking medical advice, marriage, and seeking wealth.
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