I wrote this on my thread and thought it could be helpful if it's posted here as well.
My five cents!
'未刑丑 丑刑戌 戌刑未 為持勢之刑' or Ox-Dog-Ram punishmentThe words 持勢 mean:
持 - to grasp; to hold; support; manage; direct; maintain
勢 - power, force; tendency
Place them together and they literally mean, 'To hold Power'.
I was taught that individuals who had Ox-Dog-Ram in their charts are generally rude, rebellious, unreasonable, secretive, vindictive, possess 杀气 or cunning aura and muti-faceted personalities. (Quite Yi(乙)
Wood but read clearly and you'll know that it's not, but more than that - Different territoriy altogether.)
You guys may be thinking, 'This combination is basically an
Earth combination; Aren't Earth people suppose to be kind, supportive because it's nourishment'. Uh huhhh...true. But we're talking about the Earthly Branches here, not Heavenly stems of Wu/Ji and so there's no ceteris paribus ideality here.
Earth is also viewed as a Storage Pot (as you guys could understand better from another Thread on this in the forum as well -
http://www.fivearts.net/index.php?topic=917.0) and contains 'treasures' that will be apparent or released whenever there's a clash. Yes, like 未刑丑 丑刑戌 戌刑未 - looks like Chaos as it's three-way rampage but the aftermath is nothing but POWER.
First, let's recap what's in 丑(Ox), 戌(Dog) and 未(Ram).
丑(Ox) - 己, Main Qi
Treasures: 辛 癸
戌(Dog) -戊, Main Qi
Treasures: 辛 丁
未(Ram) - 己, Main Qi
Treasures: 乙 丁
Now, Earth is also characterised with thoughts (ie thinking), being emotional and storage of emotions basically. But when Earth is being clashed, hohoho...imagine the release of emotions and instead it'll be the 'hidden treasures' that characterises the Chart Owner. Alternatively, you could imagine such a Chart owner being an Earth person in facet, ie quiet, unassuming and rather 'soft' an individual.
But guys, don't you all agree that it's such individuals who are always most dangerous? You don't know what the hell they're thinking and there's no avenue to follow their train of thoughts. They hide schemes, plots or intentions so well that you would least expect the stings. But unassuming as you may be, when the sting comes it'll be a little too late.
After all, the 'hidden treasures' in the Earth include numerous of the scheming, manipulative, calculative and lethal stems of yeah yeah...辛Xin and 乙Yi. You would most likely have your hands full with either a 辛 or a 乙 so just imagine a Combo. Plus, with 丁Ding Fire things become even trickier. Such an individual in addition to the 乙 Wood ability already, will have a very sensitive gift of leverage ie have a good sense of when to retreat or attack. (important for battles!) - remember how Ding Fire can be a light that leads in darkness or a raging bush fire that wipes out land?
This is how 命理乾坤 describes the individual with this Tri-combination:
Fearless
Resistent against adversities and enemies
Hardworking and is able to survive under any circumstances
Is able to plot and win the favours via the gift of gab
Tricky
Scheming, adroit plotters and can be ruthless in achieving goals
Destructors who 'pour oil over fire'
Can be cheap and be involved in scandals
Extremely calculative and have a great eye for manipulation
Can be so intimidating even for the rich/influential
Owner of this combination is bad for spouse.
Toughens and empowers Owner's character.
On another negative note, 命理乾坤's descriptions has also rendered me with the idea that these individuals make the worst bullies and are more than capable in being mischievous trouble makers. Urghhh...I weren't want to cross them.
Cheers!
Scorpio.Matrix.