空亡

空亡, the void, is the two branches missing from the decade (旬) the day pillar belongs to.

Cutting the sixty in tens leaves twelve branches against ten stems, so two remain over, and those two are the void.

Where the month branch is void, the seat of parents and the place one belongs to is read as standing empty.

The seat of the Life Soul stands empty. The place one belongs to and the work one is given often turn without purchase — fill it with effort and little stays in the hand.

Better for this record to move about and learn than to be bound to a post.