Four Pillars of Destiny - The Basic

In Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny, the birth hour is very important in relation to analysis the Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny Bazi Chart.

The Solar Time should be used in Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny.

In Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny, there is a saying: “If the birth hour or birth time is faked, the destiny is not true.”

Time in Chinese character written as “ ”, It is formed by three different characters.
1. The Sun. ()
2. The earth or land. ()
3. the inch. ()

By putting these three Chinese characters together, it becomes the time character. So the "time" which has a meaning of: “The Sun shines on every inch of the land”. It implies the solar time.

In Chinese Astrology Bazi, 12 Earthly Branches are used to represent time. (Year, Month, Day & Hour). In Feng Shui, the12  Earthly Branches represent time.

There are also 10 Heavenly Stems.

If you want to learn Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny or Feng Shui, firstly you must remember the 10 Heavenly Stems and the 12 Earthly Branches by heart. The 10 Heavenly Stems (HS) and 12 Earthly Branches are the basic units for the Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny and Feng Shui. They are like A,B,C in English.

One Heavenly Stem & one Earthly Branch make a Pillar in Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny chart.  There area Year, Month, Day and Hour Pillars in the Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny natal chart.

60 Pillars in Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny

There are total 60 Pillars arrangement from 10 Heavenly stems and 12 Earthly Branches. LCM (10,12) is 60.

These 60 Pillars are not only for representing the year. It also represents the Months, Days and Hours too.

In Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of destiny there are 60 Year Pillars x 12 Month x 29.53 Day  x 13 hour pillars. There are over 275,000 natal charts.

Why use 29.53 days and 13 hour pillars ? Chinese lunar calendar some months have 30 days and some months have 29 days. (average 29.53 days). There are morning rat hour pillar and midnight rat hour pillar makes 13 hour pillars in a day.

Since the Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches are codes in Chinese Astrology. I called them the fate codes. They are not mystery at all if you know how to interpret those fate codes.

The Heavenly Stems and the Earthly Branches are the codes with characteristics of Yang, Yin, Five Elements, Times, Places, Directions, Animal signs, Bonding, Attraction, Expel, Helping, Reduce and so on.

By understand the basic codes, we will be able to decode our own or someone’s Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny.
Together with the Chart, the Earth Luck must be incorporated into the Chinese Astrology Chart. The Earth Luck (the Social trend) is progressing with time such as technological advancement, medical breaking through are factors should be added in to the chart for prediction. For example, here is a Female chart. This chart was handed to me by one of my students. He wanted me to have a look of this chart.

I had a look then I told my student that this person in 2006 had an abortion and since her health is not too good.
My student confirmed with the owner of the chart.

The answers were correct.

Then, he thought for a while and asked me why it was an abortion but why not giving birth to a baby. He knew in Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny, the Abortion and Giving birth to a baby have same kind of signals.

This is a very good question. Obviously he is using his brain.

My answer to him was if this person was born 60 years ago in 1927. She would have giving birth to a baby in stead of an abortion. Reading a Chinese Astrology Bazi Four Pillars of Destiny chart we need to incorporate the Earth Luck (the social trend) into it. It is because nowadays, the average marriage age is higher. The sex mindset is more opened. If it was 60 years ago, she would be married and having kids. But now the society has changed.

He nodded.