Zheng Cai in Relationships

In the traditional assignment, Zheng Cai represents the wife in a male chart — the convention is explicit in the classical sources. The partner stars are assigned by gender in the traditional system: wealth for male charts, authority for female charts.

In the traditional assignment, Zheng Cai represents the wife in a male chart — the convention is explicit in the classical sources. Stating the convention plainly is more useful than silently modernising it — readers encountering the classical texts will meet it in this form.

The convention is stated throughout the classical literature and is a feature of the source material rather than a universal claim. It is grouped under Metal (金) in the five-element system.