Saju and BaZi inherit 'special spirits' (神煞 Shensha) — symbolic labels for specific stem-branch combinations:

• Tianyi Guiren (天乙貴人) — Heavenly Noble; helpers in crisis
• Yima (驛馬) — Horse star; movement, travel
• Taohua (桃花) — Peach Blossom; romantic attraction
• Huagai (華蓋) — Canopy; solitude, art, spirituality
• Yangren (羊刃) — Sharp Blade; excess Day Master energy

Modern scholarly practice is split. Pro-Shensha: accumulated empirical observations. Anti-Shensha: late additions with weaker theoretical grounding than Ten Gods or Yongshen.

My take: useful as tie-breakers. Not load-bearing.

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