Ba Zi

Ba Zi4 Pillars 10 Gods

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1 Symbolic Stars 11.1 Symbolic Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1.1 Nobleman Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.2 Academic Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.3 Sword Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.4 Prosperity Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1.5 Peach Blossom Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 General Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.1 General Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.2 Talent Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.3 Travelling Horse Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.4 Robbing Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.5 Death Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.6 Flower of Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3 Heavenly Virtue Stars and Monthly Virtue Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.4 Solitary Star and Lonesome Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.5 Three Extraordinary Noblemen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6 Sixty-Year Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.7 Heaven Void . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Heavenly Stems 32.1 Heavenly Stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 Heavenly Stem Combinations and Clashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 Earthly Branches 43.1 Earthly Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.2 Earthly Branch Interactions (Combinations and Clashes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.3 Hierarchy of Earthly Branch Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.4 Prerequisites For Interactions To Be Successful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 Hidden Heavenly Stems in Earthly Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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5 Hsia Calendar 75.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.2 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.3 Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5.4.1 1900s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4.2 1910s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4.3 1920s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.4.4 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4.5 1940s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4.6 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4.7 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4.8 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.4.9 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.10 1990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.11 2000s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.12 2010s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.13 2020s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.14 2030s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4.15 2040s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

5.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

6 Hour Pillar 116.1 Hour Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.2 Hour Pillar Listed For Every Day Heavenly Stem (HS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7 Luck Pillar 127.1 Luck Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.2 Heavenly Stem of the Year Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.3 Earthly Branch of the Month Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.4 Starting Age of the First Luck Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.5 List of Luck Pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

7.5.1 In A Forward Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137.5.2 In A Reverse Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

8 Life Cycle 148.1 12-Stage Life Cycle Of The Self Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

9 Hidden Stems 159.1 Hidden Stems in Earthly Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

10 Aspects Of Life 1610.1 Aspects Of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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10.2 Male Elemental Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.2.1 For a man with a Self element of Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.2.2 For a man with a Self element of Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.2.3 For a man with a Self element of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.2.4 For a man with a Self element of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.2.5 For a man with a Self element of Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

10.3 Female Elemental Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1610.3.1 For a woman with a Self element of Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.3.2 For a woman with a Self element of Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.3.3 For a woman with a Self element of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.3.4 For a woman with a Self element of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.3.5 For a woman with a Self element of Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

10.4 Representations of Family Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.4.1 Stages of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1710.4.2 Family Groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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12 Date Selection 1912.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

12.1.1 Column Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912.2 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

12.2.1 Date Selection By Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912.3 Abbreviations, Signs And Symbols Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

12.3.1 Brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912.3.2 Prosperity Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.3 Year Asset or Storage Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.4 Heavenly Doctor () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.5 The Earthly Branch Of The Personal Year Pillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.6 Clashes () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.7 Three Killings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012.3.8 Extinction Star () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.3.9 No Wealth Days () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.3.10 Four Separating Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.3.11 Four Extinct Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

12.4 Relationships of Heavenly Stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.4.1 Combinations of Heavenly Stems () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.4.2 Clashes of Heavenly Stems () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

12.5 Relationships of Earthly Branches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.5.1 6 Combinations of Earthly Branches () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.5.2 3 Harmony Combinations of Earthly Branches () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.5.3 6 Clashes of Earthly Branches () . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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12.6 The 12 Day Ocers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

13 List Of Ba Zi 23

14 House of Life 2414.1 House of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

14.1.1 Earthly Branch (EB) of the House of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2414.1.2 Heavenly Stem (HS) of the House of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

15 House of Conception 2515.1 House of Conception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

16 Kua Number 2616.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.2 Favorable Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

16.2.1 Favorable Directions Of The West Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.2.2 Favorable Directions Of The East Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.2.3 Names of Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

16.3 1920s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.4 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.5 1940s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.6 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.7 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.8 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.9 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.101990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.112000s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.122010s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.132020s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.142030s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2616.152040s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

17 120-Year Basic Components Table 27

18 Seasonal Cycle 2818.1 Seasonal Cycle of the Five Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2818.2 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

18.2.1 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2918.2.2 Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2918.2.3 Content license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 1

Symbolic Stars

Ba Zi | Heavenly Stems | Earthly Branches | Hsia Calendar(Xia Calendar) | Hour Pillar | Luck Pillar | Life Cycle |Hidden Stems | Seasonal Cycle | Symbolic Stars | AspectsOf Life | Date Selection | List Of Ba Zi

1.1 Symbolic StarsSymbolic Stars are activated when they appear in theLuck Pillar or the Year Pillar of a Ba Zi chart. For ex-ample, a person with H2 as the Day Heavenly Stem, andE7 on any of his Earthly Branches will have an AcademicStar. Similarly, a person with H6 as the Day HeavenlyStem, and E1 and/or E9 on any of his Earthly Brancheswill have a Nobleman Star.

1.1.1 Nobleman Star

A person with the Nobleman Star is intelligent, and willget a lot of assistance from people around him.

1.1.2 Academic Star

A person with the Academic Star is intelligent, and willenjoy tremendous academic success.

1.1.3 Sword Star

A person with the Sword Star is strong-willed, and willhelp the weak to ght the powerful.

1.1.4 Prosperity Star

A person with the Prosperity Star is strong-willed.

1.1.5 Peach Blossom Star

A person with the Peach Blossom Star is attractive, sexy,seductive and exhibits strong sexual desires. This personalso enjoys good social standing.

1.2 General StarsThe key element of General Stars can be either the DayBranch or the Year Branch. For example, if the Day orYear Branch is E1, and there is an E5 in the Hour Branch,it implies that there is a Star of Arts in the Hour Pillar.

1.2.1 General StarThis Star symbolizes Wealth, Prosperity, and the proba-bility of a good political career.

1.2.2 Talent StarThis Star symbolizes unique ideas, talent, skill, art, mu-sic, design and aesthetics of a talented person. Also canmean smart, philosophy, metaphysics, religion, knowl-edge, psychic nature. Life can live up to its highest po-tential to reach the goal. There is also a tendency towardsbeing a loner, a monk or a hermit.

1.2.3 Travelling Horse StarThis is a good Star, symbolizing overseas working oppor-tunities, travel and migration. However, it has the ten-dency to destroy other good stars, and aggravate the in-uence of bad stars.

1.2.4 Robbing StarThis Star symbolizes as person who is sharp and smart ifit is a favorable Star. On the other hand, if it is unfavor-able, it implies being robbed, though not necessarily inthe literal sense.

1.2.5 Death StarThis Star symbolizes as person who has courage and abil-ity in planning if it is a favorable Star. On the other hand,if it is unfavorable, it implies being lawsuits and misfor-tune to ones spouse.

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1.2.6 Flower of Romance

This Star symbolizes Internal Romance (a loving rela-tionship between husband and wife, if it appears on theYear orMonth Branch. On the other hand, This Star sym-bolizes External Romance (extra-marital aairs) if itappears on the Hour or Day Branch of a persons Ba Zichart.As given in the above table, the "Location of the FlowerofRomance" depends on theYear of Birth. For example,for a person born in the Year of Snake (E6), E2 or E9, thefavorable direction for activating the Flower of Romanceis in the South (E7).

1.3 Heavenly Virtue Stars andMonthly Virtue Stars

Heavenly Virtue Stars and Monthly Virtue Stars are aus-picious Stars, and they imply the help of benefactors whena person is in danger. For example, if a person has aMonth Branch of E2, and H7 appears in any of the fourHeavenly Stems, then the person has a Heavenly VirtueStar.

1.4 Solitary Star and LonesomeStar

A person with a Solitary or Lonesome Star may appearsolemn and unfriendly. It symbolizes doom for fam-ily members; a Solitary Star symbolizes misfortune toparents, and a Lonesome Star symbolizes misfortune tospouse. For example, a person with E2 in a Day Branchor a Year Branch, plus a E3 in any other Earthly Branchis deemed to have a Solitary Star.

1.5 Three Extraordinary Noble-men

The Three Extraordinary Noblemen are the Heaven,Earth and Human Extraordinary Noblemen. These Starssymbolize a person who is extremely intelligent, gifted inmany areas, knowledgeable, learned and generous. Hewill have great achievements, and no adverse forces cancause him harm. If the Heavenly Stems are not in theorder shown in the table below, these Stars are less eec-tive.

1.6 Sixty-Year CycleThe Sixty-Year Cycle is an innite cycle, and can be ar-ranged by Earthly Branch (E1-E10) as shown in the ta-ble below. An odd-numbered Earthly Branch is alwaysmatched with an odd-numbered Heavenly Stem, and aneven-numbered Earthly Branch is always matched withan even-numbered Heavenly Stem. For example, a yearcan have a Stem and Branch combination of H1-E1 orH4-E4, but cannot have a Stem and Branch combinationof H1-E2 or H4-E1.

1.7 Heaven VoidWhen the above Sixty-Year Cycle is arranged by Heav-enly Stems (H1 to H10), six groups of Earthly Branchesappear, as given in the following table. The Heaven Voidconsists of the bottom two rows, where are no HeavenlyStems tomatch the Earthly Branches, as indicated by "X".The presence of Heaven Void is like a catalyst, and it canmoderate or reverse the eect of an auspicious or inaus-picious Star. For example, if there is both an auspiciousStar and a Heaven Void in a Ba Zi chart, the auspiciousStar will be less benecial. Similarly, if there is both aninauspicious Star and a Heaven Void in a Ba Zi chart, theinauspicious Star will be less harmful.To determine the presence of the Heaven Void in a BaZi chart, look at both the Stem and Branch of the YearPillar and both the Stem and Branch of the Day Pillar.After this, look at the Earthly Branch of the other pillarsto determine whether the Heaven Void is found.For example, if the Year Pillar is H1-E1 (in Group One),then Heaven Void falls on E11 and E12, so if the MonthBranch is E11 or E12, then Heaven Void is located in theMonth Pillar. Similarly, if the Day Pillar is H2-E10 (inGroup Three), then Heaven Void falls on E7 and E8, soif the Day/Month/Year Branch is E7 or E8, then HeavenVoid is located in theDay/Month/Year Pillar respectively.

Chapter 2

Heavenly Stems


2.1 Heavenly StemsThere are ten Heavenly Stems (represented by theacronyms H or HS) used in the construction of theFour Pillars of Ba Zi (), a method of Chinese Div-ination based on a persons date and time of birth. Forexample, both the acronyms HS1 and H1 representthe rst Heavenly Stem, namely "Jia" (Yang Wood), asshown in the tables below.

2.2 Heavenly Stem Combinationsand Clashes

Notes:

1. In the above table, 5Com means the 5 Combina-tions of two adjacent Heavenly Stems. These com-binations result in a good structure of a persons BaZi

2. Clash means that the Heavenly Stems clash witheach other in the Ba Zi, when they are next to eachother. Clashes will result in a poor structure of apersons Ba Zi.

3. If there is a Clash of two adjacent Stems, as wellas a Combination with another Stem, the Clash willnot occur, as Combinations take precedence overClashes.

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Chapter 3

Earthly Branches


3.1 Earthly Branches

There are twelve Earthly Branches (represented by theacronyms E or EB) used in the construction of theFour Pillars of Ba Zi (). For example, both theacronyms EB1 and E1 represent the rst EarthlyBranch, namely "Rat" (Yang Water), as shown in thetables below.Notes:

1. The Chinese terms used for the animal mnemonicsare not words used for the animals themselves. Forexample, the Chinese word for Rat is "" and not"". Similarly, the word for Horse is "" and never"", as shown in the table above. The animal signsare therefore used purely as a memory aid, and carryno inherent meaning. In other words, the physical ormental characteristics of a person cannot be inferredfrom the animal sign under which he/she is born. Forexample, it cannot be inferred that a person born un-der the Ox sign is strong, or that a person born underthe Tiger sign is ferocious. Such facile inferencesare invalid.

2. In translating the Earthly Branch fromChinese to En-glish, only one word is used, although the Chineseterms could be translated into English in more thanone way. For example, the Chinese term for Goatcould equally mean ram or sheep in English, theterm for Rat could also be translated as mouse,and the word for Metal is sometimes translated asGold, as the same Chinese character is used forboth. In addition, the term Five Elements could betranslated literally, and perhaps more accurately, as"Five Movements".

3.2 Earthly Branch Interactions(Combinations and Clashes)

In the table below, combinations and clashes refer to thetype of interactions between two or more of the fourEarthly Branches (the hour, day, month and year earthlybranches) found in a persons Ba Zi chart.Combinations refer to auspicious interactions, andclashes are inauspicious interactions. For example,in Row 1, combination(E3,E4,E5) means that if thebranches E3, E4 and E5 are found in a persons Ba Zichart, it is an auspicious sign. On the other hand,clash(E1,E7) in Row 7 means that if the branches E1and E7 are found in a Ba Zi chart, it is an indication ofan inauspicious chart.Combinations may result in a new element being formedin a chart. For example, combination(E12,E4,E8) inRow2 will result in the formation of the new element"Wood", as indicated in the table below.

3.3 Hierarchy of Earthly BranchInteractions

The following is the hierarchy of Earthly Branch interac-tions, ranked in descending order of importance. For ex-ample, Seasonal Combination is more important, andwill override Three Combinations, which in turn willoverride Three Persecuting Clashes.

1. Seasonal Combination2. Three Combinations3. Three Persecuting Clashes4. Six Clashes5. Half Combination6. Self Persecuting Clash7. Six Combinations8. Conicted Clashes

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9. Related Clashes

3.4 Prerequisites For InteractionsTo Be Successful

The prerequisites for interactions to be successful are:

1. Three Combinations: For a front-half or rear-halfcombination to be successful, the resultant element(Water, Earth, Fire, Wood, or Metal) must bepresent in any one or more of the Heavenly Stemsof the Ba Zi chart. For example, a half-combinationof E1 (Yang Water) and E9 (Yang Metal) will re-sult in the Water element. If the Water element isfound in any of the four Heavenly Stems, then thishalf-combination will be eective (the branches E1and E9 need not be next (adjacent) to each other inthe Ba Zi chart for the combination to be success-ful). Conversely, a combination of E1 and E9 willnot be successful if the element Water is not foundin any of the four Heavenly Stems of a persons BaZi chart.

2. Six Clashes: For a Six Clash to be eective, thepair of contributing branches must be next (adja-cent) to each other in a Ba Zi chart. For exam-ple, the clash of E7 and E1 will be eective if E7is on the Hour Earth Branch and E1 is on the DayEarth Branch. On the other hand, the clash of E7and E1 will not be eective if E7 is on the HourEarth Branch and E1 is on the Month or Year EarthBranch.

3. Six Combinations: For a Six Combination to beeective, the pair of contributing branches must benext (adjacent) to each other in a Ba Zi chart. Forexample, the combination of E2 and E1 will be ef-fective if E2 is on the Hour Earth Branch and E1is on the Day Earth Branch. On the other hand, thecombination of E2 and E1 will not be eective if E2is on the Hour Earth Branch and E1 is on the Monthor Year Earth Branch.

4. Seasonal Combinations: For a Seasonal Combina-tion to be eective, the three contributing branchesneed not be next (adjacent) to each other in a Ba Zichart.

3.5 Hidden Heavenly Stems inEarthly Branches

For every Earthly Branch, one or more Hidden HeavenlyStems may be found. In the evaluation of a Ba Zi chart,both the Earthly Branches and Hidden Heavenly Stemsare taken into account.

The "+" sign in the table below represents Yang, and the"-" sign represents Yin. For example, "+Wood denotesYang Wood, and "-Water denotes Yin Water.

3.6 References1. http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/

gem-projects/hm/0203-1-44-heavenly_secrets/heavenly_secrets.pdf

Chapter 4

Hsia Calendar


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Chapter 5

Hsia Calendar

5.1 IntroductionThe Hsia Calendar () is also known as the Ten Thou-sand Year Calendar (). Unlike the Chinese LunarCalendar, the Hsia Calendar is a Chinese solar sexage-nary calendar system, based on a cycle of 60-years.

5.2 PurposeFor a given date and time of birth, the Hsia Calendar isused to obtain the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Brancheswith which to construct the Four Pillars of Destiny ()of a person. The Four Pillars of Destiny are also known asthe Ba Zi (), literally the Eight Characters of a personsbirth. In ancient China, one use of this form of divinationwas to select a suitable marriage partner.The Four Pillars of Destiny are the Year Pillar, theMonthPillar, the Day Pillar and the Hour Pillar. Each Pillar ismade up of two components, namely the Heavenly Stemand the Earthly Branch, both of which are read from theHsia Calendar.The Hsia Calendar is also used in various types of FengShui, or Chinese Geomancy, such as the Flying Star FengShui.

5.3 SeasonsThere are twelve Seasons (SS) used in the Hsia Calendar.These are based on the relative position of the sun.

5.4 YearsThe following is a list of Gregorian calendar years repre-sented in the Hsia Calendar system:

5.4.1 1900s

1900

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

5.4.2 1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

5.4.3 1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924

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1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

5.4.4 1930s

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

5.4.5 1940s

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

5.4.6 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

5.4.7 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

5.4.8 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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5.4.9 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

5.4.10 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

5.4.11 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

5.4.12 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

5.4.13 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029

5.4.14 2030s 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039

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5.4.15 2040s 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048

5.5 References Joey Yap, The Ten Thousand Year Calendar - YourDenitive Reference For Feng Shui and Chinese As-trology, JY Books Sdn Bhd; 3rd edition (2004).ISBN: 9834076150

Vincent Koh, Hsia Calendar: 1924-2024, AsiapacBooks (1998). ISBN: 981229077X

Chapter 6

Hour Pillar


6.1 Hour PillarThe Hour Pillar is used in the construction of the FourPillars of Ba Zi (), a method of Chinese Divinationbased on a persons date and time of birth:

The Heavenly Stem of the Hour Pillar is obtainedfrom the intersection of the column (Heavenly Stemof Day Pillar) and the row (Time of Birth). For ex-ample, for a person born between 5pm-7pm, with aHeavenly Stem of the Day Pillar of H3, theHeavenlyStem of the Hour Pillar will be H4.

The Earthly Branch of the Hour Pillar is obtainedfrom the last column (Earthly Branch of Hour Pillar)of the above chart. For example, if the HeavenlyStem of Day Pillar is H3 and the time of birth is6.23pm, then the Hour Pillar is H4, E10.

6.2 Hour Pillar Listed For EveryDay Heavenly Stem (HS)

1. Hour Pillar For Day HS12. Hour Pillar For Day HS23. Hour Pillar For Day HS34. Hour Pillar For Day HS45. Hour Pillar For Day HS56. Hour Pillar For Day HS67. Hour Pillar For Day HS78. Hour Pillar For Day HS89. Hour Pillar For Day HS910. Hour Pillar For Day HS10

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Chapter 7

Luck Pillar


7.1 Luck PillarThe Luck Pillar (, Ta Yun) of a persons Ba Zi chartgives an indication of a persons luck in periods of 10years each. The Luck Pillar is plotted based on the fol-lowing:

7.2 Heavenly Stem of the Year Pil-lar

7.3 Earthly Branch of the MonthPillar

There are 12 Earthly Branches as follows:Using the Monthly Pillar of a Ba Zi chart, the rst luckpillar will be the next Stem & Branch of the above charts,in either the forward or reverse cycle.For example, a male born in a Yang year (or a femaleborn in a Yin year) will follow the forward cycle, and ifhisMonth Pillar is HS8 and EB6, then his rst Luck Pillarwill be HS9 and EB7.Similarly, if a female is born in a Yang year (or a maleborn in a Yin year), her luck will follow the reverse cy-cle, and her rst Luck Pillar will be HS7 and EB5, if herMonthly Pillar is HS8 and EB6.

7.4 Starting Age of the First LuckPillar

Each Luck Pillar lasts 10 years. The rst ve years arecovered by a Heavenly Stem, and the next ve years by anEarthly Branch, and this is repeated for each subsequent

Luck Pillar. The starting age of the Luck Pillar is basedon the date of birth in the Hsia Calendar. The followingvariables are used to derive the Luck Pillar:

1. The gender of the person

2. The Yin or Yang of the Heavenly Stem of the yearof birth

3. The Monthly Pillar of the Ba Zi of the person

4. The number of days to the preceding or followingHsia Season, from the date of birth

There are two possibilities, (A) and (B), as given below:(A)For amale born in a Yang year (that is, the Heavenly Stemof the Year Pillar is Yang), the method is to look up hisdate of birth in the Hsia Calendar, count forward, andobtain the number of days from his date of birth to thenextHsia Season, where Early Spring is represented by 1,Mid Spring by 2, Late Spring by 3, ... etc. For example,if Joe is born on 28th August 2000 (where the MonthlyPillar is HS1 and EB9), then the rst day of the followingHsia Season is 7th Sep 2000, and the number of days is10.The starting age will be 10 divided by 3, rounded to thenearest integer, which is 3. The Heavenly Stem of Joesrst ve years will be from 3 to 7, and the Earthly Branchof his next ve years will be from age 8 to age 12. TheLuck Cycle or Luck Pillar is plotted from right to left, asthe age increases, beginning from the next (in increasingorder) Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of his MonthlyPillar.The above calculation also applies for a female born in aYin year.The Luck Cycle : H2-E10, Age 3, Forward(B)However, for a male born in a Yin year, or a female bornin a Yang year, the counting is in a backward sequence.The counting starts from the date of birth backwards tothe preceding Hsia Season. For example, if Joe is bornin a Yin year, the counting will start from 28th August

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2000 backwards to 6th August 2000, giving a total of 22days. In this case, the starting age will be 22 divided by 3,which is 7 (rounded to the nearest integer). The HeavenlyStem of Joes rst ve years will be from 7 to 11, and theEarthly Branch of his next ve years will be from age 12to age 16.The Luck Cycle or Luck Pillar is plotted from right to left,as the age increases, beginning from the next (in decreas-ing order, since Joe is a male born in a Yin year) HeavenlyStem and Earthly Branch of his Monthly Pillar.The Luck Cycle : H10-E8, Age 7, Reverse

7.5 List of Luck Pillars

7.5.1 In A Forward Direction

7.5.2 In A Reverse Direction

Chapter 8

Life Cycle


8.1 12-Stage Life Cycle Of The SelfElement

The Self Element is the Heavenly Stem of the Day Pillar.The Self Element is combined with the Earthly Branchof each of the Pillars (Year, Month, Day, Hour), and theintersection of these gives the Life Stage as depicted inthe chart below:For example, if the Month Pillar is H3~E4, then the SelfElement is H3. If the Year Pillar is H10~E1, then the LifeStage for the Year Pillar is H3~E1, and from the abovetable, it is depicted as Conception which is bestowedwith a Weak status. This process of obtaining the LifeStage is then repeated for each of the four pillars.

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Chapter 9

Hidden Stems


9.1 Hidden Stems in EarthlyBranches

Each Earthly Branch in the four Pillars will have one ormore Hidden Heavenly Stems.For example, if the Earthly Branch of the Month Pillaris E11, then the Hidden Heavenly Stems are H4, H5 andH8 for theMonth Pillar. If the Earthly Branch of the DayPillar is E10, then the Hidden Heavenly Stem is H8 forthe Day Pillar.

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Chapter 10

Aspects Of Life


10.1 Aspects Of Life

The columns Opposite Gender" and Same Gender" re-fer to the Yin or Yang of the Self element as compared tothe Yin or Yang of the other element, such as the Wealthelement. Gender here refers to Yin or Yang, not male orfemale.For example, for a man with a Self element of YangMetal, his element of Direct Wealth will be Yin Wood,and his element of Unexpected Wealth will be YangWood.For a man with a Self element of Yin Metal, his elementof Direct Wealth will be Yang Wood, and his element ofUnexpected Wealth will be Yin Wood.

10.2 Male Elemental Relationships

10.2.1 For a man with a Self element ofMetal

10.2.2 For a man with a Self element ofWood

10.2.3 For a man with a Self element ofWater

10.2.4 For a man with a Self element ofFire

10.2.5 For a man with a Self element ofEarth

10.3 Female Elemental Relation-ships

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10.3.1 For a woman with a Self element ofMetal

10.3.2 For a woman with a Self element ofWood

10.3.3 For a woman with a Self element ofWater

10.3.4 For a woman with a Self element ofFire

10.3.5 For a woman with a Self element ofEarth

10.4 Representations of FamilyRe-lationships

10.4.1 Stages of Life

10.4.2 Family Groupings

Chapter 11

Date Selection


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Chapter 12

Date Selection

12.1 IntroductionIn Chinese divination, the selection of an auspicious dateis based on the Hsia Calendar. Auspicious dates are se-lected for marriages, job applications, business transac-tions, signing of agreements and other important events.The general strategy to select a good or auspicious day isto follow these steps:

1. For a particular period (week/month/year), rststrike o the days that are generally inauspicious,such as [Danger] or Three Killings days.

2. By comparing with a persons Ba Zi, strike o thosedays that are personally inauspicious, such as Ex-tinction Star (pX-) days.

3. After narrowing down the search, the remainingdays are probably usable if not auspicious. Select theremaining days that auspicious, such as [Success] orGood Asset days, and/or those that are personallyadvantageous, such as Combination (pGC-) and/orHeavenly Doctor (pGH-) days.

12.1.1 Column HeadingsThe signs/symbols (Three Killings, Good Asset, Success,etc) that indicate whether a day is auspicious or inaus-picious may appear under any Column Heading (Year,Month, Day, Season, etc) in a table for convenience ofrepresentation only. As a calendar with listings by date,all signs/symbols refer to the day itself, and may not in-dicate any relationship whatsoever with the columnunder which it appears. For example, the personal Ex-tinction Stars are put into the Season column for conve-nience only, as it makes the table more compact; the Ex-tinction Stars do not have any relationship with the Sea-son. If an Extinction Star is to be put into a column thatrepresents a persons Ba Zi, namely one of the 10 Heav-enly Stems, an additional 10 columns will have to be in-cluded, making the table unwieldy. This problem will becompounded if the same logic is applied to the EarthlyBranches, and 12 additional columns will need to be in-cluded. Column proliferation is avoided by simply en-closing the signs/symbols within round or square brack-

ets, then putting them into existing columns in the tables,with the understanding that all signs/symbols have mean-ing only within the context of the date (row) itself. Inother words, these signs/symbols within brackets can beput under any other column without altering their mean-ings.

12.2 YearsThe following is a list of Gregorian calendar years thatmay be used for the selection of auspicious dates in theHsia Calendar system:

12.2.1 Date Selection By Year

12.3 Abbreviations, Signs AndSymbols Used

The use of abbreviations, signs and symbols is to min-imise the size of the date selection calendar, whilst facil-itating understanding without bloat.

12.3.1 Brackets1. [] - Square Brackets are used to indicate eects that

are solely dependent on the date itself, and are inde-pendent of a persons Ba Zi. Within square brackets,capital letters are acronyms for the Pillar and Stem/ Branch of the Date. For example, MH refers tothe Month Heavenly Stem of the Date, and YErefers to the Year Earthly Branch of the Date.

2. () - Round Brackets are used to indicate eects thatare dependent on BOTH the date and a persons BaZi. Within round brackets, the small letter p im-plies that the eect is personal to a persons BaZi. The other small letters are acronyms for the Pil-lar and Stem / Branch of a persons Ba Zi chart. Forexample, mh refers to the Month Heavenly Stem,and de refers to the Day Earthly Branch of a per-sons Ba Zi.

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The use of square and round brackets, together with theuse of capital and small letters, are designed to help areader to rapidly decipher and understand the usefulnessof a day in date selection.

12.3.2 Prosperity StarsGPS-" represents a Good Prosperity Star, and is an aus-picious day for investments. For any particular Date, theProperity Star is computed using the Heavenly Stem ofthe Year and the Earthly Branch of the Day. For exam-ple, GPS-DE5 means there is a Prosperity Star on thatday, where the Day Earthly Branch has a value of 5 (rep-resenting Dragon).

12.3.3 Year Asset or Storage StarGA-" represents Good Asset (Year Asset or StorageStar) days. For example, [GA-DE2] represents a YearAsset Day, with a Day Earthly Branch of 2 (representingOx).

12.3.4 Heavenly Doctor ()pGH-" are days of the Personal Good Heavenly Doctor,when the Month Earthly Branch (the Earthly Branch ofthe Month of Birth in a persons Ba Zi), combines withthe Heavenly Doctor Star in the Day Earthly Branch (theEarthly Branch of the Day in the respective Date). Forexample, pGH-me12 represents an auspicious date fora person whose Ba Zi has a Month Earthly Branch with avalue of 12 (representing Pig).

12.3.5 The Earthly Branch Of The Per-sonal Year Pillar

pGC-ye1 (2, 3,... 12) : This is the Personal Good Com-bination day for someone with an Earthly Branch of 1 (2,3,... 12) in a Ba Zis Year Pillar. It indicates that thecombination between the Earthly Branch of the Day (forthe respective Date) and the Earthly Branch of Year (ina persons Ba Zi) is auspicious. For example, pGC-ye6is an auspicious day for a person whose Ba Zi has a YearPillar where the Earthly Branch is 6 (representing Snake).

12.3.6 Clashes ()Clashes With The Year

XY-" : These inauspicious days, also known as YearBreaker days, are days where the Earthly Branch of theYear clashes with the Earthly Branch of the Day. Forexample XY-10 means that the Earthly Branch of theDay is 10 (representing Rooster), and this clashes with the

Earthly Branch of the Year, resulting in an inauspiciousday.

Clashes With The Month

XM-" : These inauspicious days, also known as MonthBreaker days, are days where the Earthly Branch of theMonth clashes with the Earthly Branch of the Day. Forexample XM-9 means that the Earthly Branch of theDay is 9 (representingMonkey), and this clashes with theEarthly Branch of the Month, resulting in a bad day.

12.3.7 Three Killings

X3-" : These inauspicious days are known as YearlyThree Killings Days, and represent the clash of the Ele-ment of theDaywith the 5-Element Structure of theYear.For example, X3-Wood means the clash of the Day El-ement of Metal against the Wood Structure of the Year.These are inauspicious days.There are four frames (structures) of the Three HarmonyCombination of the 12 Earthly Branches:

1. Water Structure - consisting of Dragon (E5), Mon-key (E9) and Rat (E1). The Water Structure clasheswith all Fire Elements, namely Snake, Horse andGoat (E6, E7, E8).

2. Wood Structure - consisting of Goat (E8), Pig (E12)and Rabbit (E4). TheWood Structure clases with allMetal Elements, namely Monkey, Rooster and Dog(E9, E10, E11).

3. Fire Structure - consisting of Dog (E11), Tiger (E3)and Horse (E7). The Fire Structure clashes with allWater Elements, namely Pig, Rat and Ox (E12, E1,E2).

4. Metal Structure - consisting of Snake (E6), Ox (E2)and Rooster (E10). The Metal Structure clasheswith all Wood Elements, namely Tiger, Rabbit andDragon (E3, E4, E5).

For example, on 1st Jan 2012, the year is a Rabbit Year,and this belongs to the Wood Structure. All days withMetal in its Earthly Branch will clash with the year WoodStructure. 1st Jan 2012 has an Earthly Branch of 10(Rooster - Yin Metal) and this clashes with the WoodStructure. The 3 Killings [X3-Wood] is indicated for thisday.X4-" : These are the Three Killings Days of the Month,and represent the clash of the Element of the Day withthe 5-Element Structure of the Month. These are inaus-picious days. For example, [X4-Metal] means that theDay Earthly Branch clashes with the Metal Structure ofthe Month Earthly Branch.

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The Three Killings Days are obtained from the followingtable, by comparing the Earthly Branch of the Year orMonth against the Earthly Branch of the Day:

12.3.8 Extinction Star ()pX-" : This is known as the Extinction Star Day whenthe Qi in a persons Ba Zi is old and worn out. For ex-ample pX-dh8 represents an Extinction Star Day for aperson whose Ba Zi has a value of 8 (representing Xin -Yin Metal) in his Day Heavenly Stem (also known as theHeavenly Stem of the Day Pillar), and this represents aninauspicious day for the person.

12.3.9 No Wealth Days ()XX-10Bad : These very inauspicious days are knownas the No Wealth Days, the Big Disaster Days or Ten Fe-rocious Days. These are generally inauspicious days foreverybody.

12.3.10 Four Separating DaysThese four days are best avoided for important matters.They are March 20, June 20, September 22 and Decem-ber 21. The Four Separating Days are one day before:

1. Spring Equinox2. Summer Solstice3. Autumn Equinox4. Winter Solstice

12.3.11 Four Extinct DaysThese four days should not be used for important matters.They are February 3, May 5, August 8 and November 7.The Four Extinct Days are one day before:

1. Coming of Spring2. Coming of Summer Solstice3. Coming of Autumn Equinox4. Coming of Winter Solstice

12.4 Relationships of HeavenlyStems

Heavenly Stems have relationships with each other. Thepositive relationships are known as combinations, and thenegative relationships as clashes. Combinations result inauspicious days, and clashes result in inauspicious days.

12.4.1 Combinations of Heavenly Stems()

1. Yang Wood combines with Yin Earth

2. Yin Wood combines with Yang Metal

3. Yang Fire combines with Yin Metal

4. Yin Fire combines with Yang Water

5. Yang Earth combines with Yin Water

12.4.2 Clashes of Heavenly Stems ()1. Yang Wood clashes with Yang Metal

2. Yin Wood clashes with Yin Metal

3. Yang Fire clashes with Yang Water

4. Yin Fire clashes with Yin Water

12.5 Relationships of EarthlyBranches

Earthly Branches have relationships with each other. Thepositive relationships are known as combinations, and thenegative relationships as clashes. Combinations result inauspicious days, and clashes result in inauspicious days.

12.5.1 6 Combinations of EarthlyBranches ()

12.5.2 3 Harmony Combinations ofEarthly Branches ()

12.5.3 6 Clashes of Earthly Branches ()

12.6 The 12 Day OcersThe 12 Day Ocers () refer to the 12 types ofQi or energies that may exist in that day. These genericenergies are common to everybody on that day.

1. Establish () - suitable for getting en-gaged/marriage proposal, starting a new job/schoolterm, business transactions, medical treatments.NOT for funerals.

2. Remove () - suitable for cleansing activities, end-ing a relationship, dieting, medical excisions, demo-lition or repair works. NOT for marriage, adoption,ocial openings, starting a new job, travel.

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3. Full () - suitable for bountiful outcomes e.g. o-ical openings, house-warming party, install newequipment. NOT for marriage, legal settle-ments/lawsuits, starting a new job.

4. Balance () - suitable for outcomes that arefavourable for both parties (win-win) e.g. marriage,travels, situations where one needs to balance againsta more dominating power. NOT for lawsuits.

5. Stable () - suitable for activities with lasting eects(long-term) e.g. marriage. NOT for projects to becompleted quickly, jobs with no prospects.

6. Initiate () - suitable for activities that commencesomething (new beginnings). NOT for travel andmoving house. Not a superior day.

7. Destruction () - suitable for destroying somethinge.g. building demolition.

8. Danger () - to be generally AVOIDED.9. Success () -MOST auspicious, POSITIVE and has

MULTIPLIER eect. Suitable for all activities thatrequire positive outcomes e.g. marriages, move intonew house, start construction. NOT for lawsuits.

10. Receive () - suitable to attain something/rewards.NOT for medical treatments or visiting the sick.

11. Open () - suitable for oce opening, house-warming, starting work, marriage, starting a newjob/school. NOT for groudbreaking.

12. Close () - to be AVOIDED for activities of signif-icance.

Chapter 14

House of Life


14.1 House of Life

14.1.1 Earthly Branch (EB) of the Houseof Life

The Earthly Branch (EB) of the House of Life is found atthe intersection of the Earthly Branch (EB) of the Monthof Birth (in the Monthly Pillar) and the Earthly Branch(EB) of the Hour of Birth (in the Hourly Pillar).

14.1.2 Heavenly Stem (HS) of the House ofLife

The Heavenly Stem (HS) of the House of Life is found atthe intersection of the Heavenly Stem (HS) of the Year ofBirth (in the Yearly Pillar) and the Earthly Branch (EB)of the House of Life.

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Chapter 15

House of Conception


15.1 House of Conception

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Chapter 16

Kua Number


16.1 Introduction

TheKua number of a person is determined by his/her yearof birth in the Chinese Hsia calendar. For example, if amale is born between 5th Feb 1928 and 3rd Feb 1929,then his Kua number is 7. A female born in the sameperiod will have a Kua number of 6. The Kua numberis used in ancient Chinese divination and Feng Shui orChinese geomancy.

16.2 Favorable Directions

The Kua number can be depicted in a magic square(where the sum of any 3 numbers whether horizontally,vertically or diagonally is always equal to 15) and is usedin Ba Zi divination to indicate the good or favorable di-rections of a person born with this Kua number.

16.2.1 Favorable Directions Of The WestGroup

Kua numbers 2,5,6,7 and 8 belong to the West Group,and the good or favorable directions of people born withthese Kua numbers areWest, South-West, North-West andNorth-East.

16.2.2 Favorable Directions Of The EastGroup

Kua numbers 1,3,4,9 belong to the East Group, and thegood or favorable directions of people born with theseKua numbers are North, South, East and South-East.

16.2.3 Names of DirectionsIn the above table, the top four are considered good di-rections, and the bottom four as unfavorable directions.

16.3 1920s

16.4 1930s

16.5 1940s

16.6 1950s

16.7 1960s

16.8 1970s

16.9 1980s

16.10 1990s

16.11 2000s

16.12 2010s

16.13 2020s

16.14 2030s

16.15 2040s

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Chapter 17

120-Year Basic Components Table

Ba Zi | Heavenly Stems | Earthly Branches | Hsia Calendar(Xia Calendar) | Hour Pillar | Luck Pillar | Life Cycle |Hidden Stems | Seasonal Cycle | Symbolic Stars | AspectsOf Life | Date Selection | List Of Ba ZiThe 120-Year Basic Components Table spans the years1912 to 2031. The basic 60-year cycle that is repeatedendlessly may be taken as starting from 1924 to 1983.Each year is given a name, consisting of the name of theHeavenly Stem followed by the name of the (Animal Signof the) Earthly Branch. For example, 1983 is knownas the Wood Rat () year, and 1983 as the WaterPig () year. For simplicity, the complete name is fre-quently not used, and is shortened to Year of the Rat orYear of the Pig respectively. In the table below, E isthe acronym for Earthly Branch and H is the acronymfor Heavenly Stem.

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Chapter 18

Seasonal Cycle


18.1 Seasonal Cycle of the Five El-ements

The Season of Birth has the greatest impact on the BaZi. For example, if a person is born in Spring, thenWood prospers, Fire is born, Earth dies, Metal is impris-oned, and Water retreats. The term All Seasons referto the last month (the third month) of every Season, whenEarth prospers, as Earth is the transition element betweenany two Seasons. For example, when Metal (Autumn)changes toWater (Winter) the transition element is Earth.

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and 4pillars Ba Zi/Aspects Of Life Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ba_Zi/Aspects_Of_Life?oldid=2478579 Contributors: Cheryl2012 and By-

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ByGrace and Anonymous: 1 Ba Zi/List Of Ba Zi Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ba_Zi/List_Of_Ba_Zi?oldid=2498625 Contributors: 4pillars Ba Zi/House of Life Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ba_Zi/House_of_Life?oldid=2452395 Contributors: Cheryl2012 and By-

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Symbolic StarsSymbolic StarsNobleman StarAcademic StarSword StarProsperity StarPeach Blossom Star

General StarsGeneral StarTalent StarTravelling Horse StarRobbing StarDeath StarFlower of Romance

Heavenly Virtue Stars and Monthly Virtue StarsSolitary Star and Lonesome StarThree Extraordinary NoblemenSixty-Year CycleHeaven Void

Heavenly StemsHeavenly StemsHeavenly Stem Combinations and Clashes

Earthly BranchesEarthly BranchesEarthly Branch Interactions (Combinations and Clashes)Hierarchy of Earthly Branch InteractionsPrerequisites For Interactions To Be SuccessfulHidden Heavenly Stems in Earthly BranchesReferences

Hsia CalendarHsia CalendarIntroductionPurposeSeasonsYears1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s2030s2040s

References

Hour PillarHour PillarHour Pillar Listed For Every Day Heavenly Stem (HS)

Luck PillarLuck PillarHeavenly Stem of the Year PillarEarthly Branch of the Month PillarStarting Age of the First Luck PillarList of Luck PillarsIn A Forward DirectionIn A Reverse Direction

Life Cycle12-Stage Life Cycle Of The Self Element

Hidden StemsHidden Stems in Earthly Branches

Aspects Of LifeAspects Of LifeMale Elemental RelationshipsFor a man with a Self element of MetalFor a man with a Self element of WoodFor a man with a Self element of WaterFor a man with a Self element of FireFor a man with a Self element of Earth

Female Elemental RelationshipsFor a woman with a Self element of MetalFor a woman with a Self element of WoodFor a woman with a Self element of WaterFor a woman with a Self element of FireFor a woman with a Self element of Earth

Representations of Family RelationshipsStages of LifeFamily Groupings

Date SelectionDate SelectionIntroductionColumn Headings

YearsDate Selection By Year

Abbreviations, Signs And Symbols UsedBracketsProsperity StarsYear Asset or Storage StarHeavenly Doctor ()The Earthly Branch Of The Personal Year PillarClashes ()Three KillingsExtinction Star ()No Wealth Days ()Four Separating DaysFour Extinct Days

Relationships of Heavenly StemsCombinations of Heavenly Stems ()Clashes of Heavenly Stems ()

Relationships of Earthly Branches6 Combinations of Earthly Branches ()3 Harmony Combinations of Earthly Branches ()6 Clashes of Earthly Branches ()

The 12 Day Officers

List Of Ba ZiHouse of LifeHouse of LifeEarthly Branch (EB) of the House of LifeHeavenly Stem (HS) of the House of Life

House of ConceptionHouse of Conception

Kua NumberIntroductionFavorable DirectionsFavorable Directions Of The West GroupFavorable Directions Of The East GroupNames of Directions

1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s2030s2040s

120-Year Basic Components TableSeasonal CycleSeasonal Cycle of the Five ElementsText and image sources, contributors, and licensesTextImagesContent license

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