What is Lu Feng Kong Jie (Lu Meets the Voids)?

Lu Feng Kong Jie (Lu meeting Kong and Jie) is a combination where things come in and go out again: Lu Cun or Hua Lu brings gains, while Di Kong or Di Jie in the same palace takes part of them away. It is very common, about 1 chart in 4 has it in some palace, so what matters isn't whether you have it but which palace it is in. To find yours, draw your chart.

How Lu Feng Kong Jie forms

The condition is: the same palace has a Lu star and Di Kong or Di Jie. A Lu star means Lu Cun or any star taking Hua Lu; one of Di Kong or Di Jie is enough.

Di Kong and Di Jie are placed by the birth hour: both start from Hai, Di Jie counting forward and Di Kong backward, so people born in the Zi hour have both in Hai, people born in the Wu hour have both in Si, and other hours split them to either side. Lu Cun depends on the birth-year stem, and Hua Lu on which star the year's stem transforms. When these happen to overlap, you have Lu Feng Kong Jie.

By this broad detection, about 28% of charts have it in some palace; in the Life Palace it is much rarer, about 1 in 40.

What the classics say, and how Xingge's detection differs

Among the patterns listed in volume one of the Quan Shu is one called "Lu meeting two killers," with the commentary:

The Lu star sits in voidness and also meets the killer stars Kong and Jie.

This condition is stricter than Xingge's: the Lu star must first "sit in voidness" (fall into Jie Kong or Xun Kong) and then meet Di Kong or Di Jie, both layers at once. Xingge's detection only looks at a Lu star sharing a palace with Di Kong or Di Jie, so it is far more common than the classical definition. If your Lu star also falls into Jie Kong or Xun Kong, that is closer to the classics' meaning; read it together with Lu Feng Jie Kong or Lu Feng Xun Kong.

The ancients paid close attention to every kind of "void." The Xing Xing Fu in volume one says "stars are judged at Miao or Wang, and fear voidness most": even the brightest star can't work if it falls into the void. Di Kong and Di Jie mean something similar: not making things go bad, but making them hard to keep.

How to read it today

Lu is income; Kong and Jie are leaks. Together, the common picture is:

• You earn it but can't keep it. Income is decent, but unexpected expenses and last-minute costs keep eating into it.
• Gains come suddenly and go suddenly. A bonus or an opportunity arrives as a pleasant surprise and is gone or changed before long.
• Lots of ideas, fewer that land. Di Kong and Di Jie also stand for inspiration and unconventional paths, so gains are often tied to new ideas: some work out, some come to nothing.

Xingge reads Lu Feng Kong Jie as: gains arrive, and slip away easily; when money comes in, set some aside first, and don't put everything on one thing.

In different palaces, the leak runs in a different direction:

• Wealth Palace: big flows of money both in and out; this is where an untouchable account matters most.
• Career Palace: the results of your work are easily shared out to others, or the direction changes halfway.
• Property Palace: home and property are harder to hold on to, with plenty spent on moving and renovating.
• Fortune Palace: the urge to enjoy yourself, and the spending that goes with it, often exceeds the plan.

What loosens it

• Only one of Lu Cun and Hua Lu meets Kong or Jie. The other Lu star is elsewhere, so there is still a steady route to gains.
• Only Di Kong or only Di Jie. One is lighter than two.
• Hua Ke, Zuo Fu, You Bi, Tian Kui or Tian Yue in the same palace. Someone helps you patch the leak.

On the other hand, if that palace also has Hua Ji: Hua Lu meeting Hua Ji should be read with Lu Feng Chong Po, and Lu Cun meeting Hua Ji is Yang Tuo Jia Ji.

How to check whether you have Lu Feng Kong Jie

1. Draw your chart and find which palaces Lu Cun and the star marked "Lu" are in.
2. See whether those palaces also have Di Kong or Di Jie.
3. If so, that palace is where you need to "set some aside first."

The Six Malefic Stars lesson covers Di Kong and Di Jie's personalities more fully, and the Lu Cun and Tian Ma lesson covers Lu Cun.

Common questions

What does Lu Feng Kong Jie mean?

Lu Cun or Hua Lu sharing a palace with Di Kong or Di Jie. Lu stands for gains and Kong and Jie for coming to nothing and wearing away, so together gains come in and slip away easily. The modern reading: when money comes in, set some aside first, and don't put all your resources on one thing.

Is Lu Feng Kong Jie common?

By Xingge's detection, about 1 chart in 4 has it in some palace, and about 1 in 40 in the Life Palace. The Quan Shu's original "Lu meeting two killers" requires the Lu star to fall into voidness first and then meet Di Kong or Di Jie, which is much stricter, so far fewer charts meet the classical definition.

Does Lu Feng Kong Jie mean you can't save money?

No. It says gains in that palace slip away more easily, not how much you earn. Many people with this combination earn well; they just need a steadier saving habit, such as moving a portion into an untouched account as soon as pay arrives.