CHINESE ASTROLOGY – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

What is Chinese Astrology? 

Chinese Astrology is not an exact science nor is it an abstract art. It is an esoteric science that combines with the art of metaphysics. It is a field that mystifies the intellect who strive to make sense of things based on logic and reason. The ancient masters of this craft studied the configuration of the stars and wrote intriguing classical texts on the subject. The classical books that held the secrets to the destiny of man were protected by the sages under the domain of the Emperors. Back then, whoever held the key to such knowledge and wisdom ruled the world. Such a control over this form of science and art became the Holy Grail in the quest for power.

The century age old practice of Chinese Astrology has its roots in China 2,500 BC. In fact, the most popular form of Chinese Astrology readings is based on the Four Pillars of Destiny which originated and was popularized during the Tang Dynasty in China.

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The Four Pillars of Destiny also known as BaZi (Four Characters) is extremely complex and difficult for the lay person to grasp deeply. To the uninitiated, Chinese Astrology simply focuses on the characteristics of the animals in the Chinese Zodiac based on one's birth year. The twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac comprises in running order, the rat, the ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. But a Chinese Astrology reading or BaZi analysis conducted by an expert would go much deeper than explaining the general characteristics of the animal signs. Each BaZi reading or analysis will delve into not only one's birth year but also the month, day, and hour.

The core of a person’s traits and characteristic as deciphered from a person’s BaZi birth chart interprets the day stem instead of the year branch in predicting a person's career, wealth, health and relationship. It forms the foundation of the Four Pillars approach which incorporates also the stems and branches of the year, month, day and hour of birth.

This is why a comprehensive BaZi reading or analysis that applies to the Four Pillars of Destiny method needs to takes into account the hour, day, month, and year of birth of a person. It is much more detailed and accurate than a generic reading based solely on birth year. It is not a field of study that anyone can take. This esoteric art pose to be quite complex for the general populace to comprehend. As such, embracing the intricacies of the Four Pillars of Destiny method and mastering the art of BaZi will take years or even a life time. Therefore, a person who wants to learn and master Chinese Astrology needs a lot of patience and passion for unconventional knowledge or metaphysical art and sciences. It will teach you to look beyond the basic animal signs associated with the year of birth but the whole BaZi birth chart when understanding one's true character and destiny.

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CHINESE ASTROLOGY – ALL OUT OF LOVE

In Chinese Astrology, the birth chart of a person allows us to determine the quality of spousal relationship through an intricate destiny analysis. One of the branches of Chinese Astrology known as Four Pillars of Destiny or BaZi can reveal the luck of marriage of a person. 

In Ba Zi, the secret to unveiling the marriage luck is to examine the Spouse palace and the Spouse element. There are five elements and 12 animal signs in a BaZi birth chart. The relationship between the elements and animal signs within the Four Pillars of a BaZi birth chart can tell a lot about a person’s love life and relationship with people. 

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What happens if you have a negative interaction between the elements or animal signs in a BaZi birth chart? What can you do about it? In Chinese Astrology, it is believed that our luck can be altered by taking an action that pre-empt the likelihood of misfortune in a person’s love life. 

From the ancient Chinese perspective, a prediction from a BaZi analysis is not carved in stone but what we can choose to tweet luck in our favor by marrying or establishing a relationship at the right time. For example if the chart indicate a probable divorce if you marry before the age of 30, then you should marry later to avoid this destiny from becoming true.

However, you need to make sure there is a significant difference in age between two persons who are forming a conjugal union. According to the ancient Chinese, a lack of affinity for marriage can be improved if we challenge the norm. Usually, a man marries a spouse that is a few years younger than him.  

In order to break with the norm or convention and alter the spousal luck, a man should marry a woman who is considerably older than him or much younger than him. The age gap should be greater than 7 years or preferably more. 

Another way of challenging the norm is to ensure a significant difference in status. This is another variation of not following the norm. By this, a man need not be the bread winner or the one with the intellectual prowess or financial wherewithal. For example if the man is poor, the wife can be wealthy or highly educated. On the other hand, if the man is highly educated, the wife should have a lowly education.

For a woman to improve her chance of finding love instead of marriage, she can also be the second One. A BaZi birth chart of a woman with poor marriage luck implies that she will find it difficult to be the first wife or the legally recognized one. The ancient Chinese believe that you can have more success if you take up the role of the second wife, mistress or one that is not legally recognized. 

As for a man, what can he do if his BaZi birth chart revealed poor marriage luck? Going by the same unconventional rule, he can opt to marry a divorcee or a widow! Alternatively, he can also marry someone from a different race or culture. This is yet another variation of not following conventional rule. For example if you are a Caucasian, you can marry a Chinese, Japanese or a person of colored skin.

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CHINESE ASTROLOGY – WINNING PARTNERSHIP

In BaZi or Four Pillars of Destiny, the elements and zodiacs carry certain features, characteristics and structures that can foretell whether a person needs a partner or can be a compatible partner. 

When it comes to business, it boils to synergy between the partners’ ability, aspirations and what the others can bring to the table for a win-win partnership. This will ensure whether or not the parties can actually collaborate to make profit together.

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A person’s BaZi birth chart can reveal his innate character. Can the person take risks or averse to it? Is there a Rob Wealth or 7 Killings structure in the Ba Zi birth chart? In business, one needs to take calculated risks in order to go far. The person must have a keen eye for spotting opportunities and know how to capitalize on them in order to be competitive. Without such characteristic traits, it can pose a challenge to run a business and to sustain it. What if you do not have such qualities to be a businessman but possess creative intellect and ingenuity for ideas? Or you have technical knowhow and abundant knowhow but lack business acumen to start a business? Or perhaps you have strong networking ability and charisma to influence people but have poor money management skills? You can then look for a partner who possesses the skills and abilities you lack through Ba Zi compatibility reading.  

There are many factors that determine the success of a partnership but a BaZi analysis can bring forth the complimentary sets of skill of potential partners. The objective of finding a partner who is capable and suitable rest with the compatibility of the Ba Zi birth charts. One of the questions that beg asking - Is he or she the kind of person who can handle being in a partnership? Some people may have complementary strengths but simply do not have a collaborative spirit in them – it may not be easy for such as person to cooperate or work in a team as it does not come naturally to them.

In BaZi, the general rule is that Day Masters who are strong don't need partners as much as Day Masters who are weak, although there are exceptions to the rule.

However, there are practical reasons aside from Ba Zi’s perspectives that a person might want a partner. Some people can be a sole proprietor but simply want a partner because they don't want to do all the work. Some people may want a partner because they are short of capital and need financial backers.

From a Ba Zi stand point, a partnership can stand a better chance of success if there is compatibility between potential partners. It doesn't matter how well the partners leverage on each other’s skills or get along personally — there can be no lasting success in a partnership if one party is not hungry for success and the other party is very ambitious. This is when a Ba Zi analysis can measure the compatibility of a business partner based on complimentary skills and alignment of goals. Another important factor to consider for successful partnership is timing. In Ba Zi, a person is given luck pillars that determines the years when fortune can rise or fall in the pathways of life. To increase the odds of a successful partnership, the parties should go through favourable Luck Pillars at the time of a partnership and preferably their Luck Pillars should also indicate opportunities through partnership. They say timing is everything. It is also true in Ba Zi. With the right timing, a partnership is likely to be successful and profitable.

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Chinese Astrology – The Formula for Success

What is the Formula for Success? 

Can the true essence of success be captured through the ancient art of Chinese Astrology? What if success comes in a formula that is hidden in every person’s birth data and only revealed by deciphering the elements associated with the numbers? 

It is amazing how one’s birth data can holds the secrets to one’s future by turning the numbers into the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. In the realm of Chinese Metaphysics, these are the five elements that transform from one to the other as phases of energy in a cyclical process of production and destruction. 

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As we know it, Einstein’s famous equation, E = MC² calculates energy based on a mathematical formula.  In a similar way, the ancient art of Chinese Astrology uses a person’s birth data to calculate energy through the five elements. A person’s birth chart is generated by a formula that is based on the Chinese’s Ten Thousand Year Calendar. From this calendar, a person’s birth chart is plotted sequentially and systematically through a set of pillars known as the Four Pillars of Destiny or Ba Zi (a Chinese word for Four Characters).   Within these four pillars, the strength of the energy can also be determined by the strength of the element that represents it. These elements represent the quality of the energy in a person and it manifests itself in the form of attitude, behavior and character, all of which play a part in a person’s destiny. 

By analyzing the elements in a birth chart, a skillful Astrologer can uncover the hidden door to a person’s potential or downfall in life. And the key that opens the door holds the power to a world of possibilities. This is where dreams are made or squandered depending on the strength, quality and usefulness of the elements. Likewise, a person can find success in life through his or her ability, desire and strength of character. But what if the key to a person’s success is encapsulated in a formula just like Einstein’s quantum theory? Wouldn’t it be great to know that each person has a formula to success that is integral to its birth chart? Like quantum energy, the elements exist in the form of energy that is inseparable at birth and remains with a person for life. 

Through many years of painstaking research and after analyzing thousands of birth charts from people all over the world, we are now able to encapsulate the essence of success in a formula that holds the key to a person’s potential in life. This is a discovery that is fundamental to the development of human potential in many areas. One of the areas is a person’s career choice and how a person makes the most of his or her characteristic traits and ability to achieve success. The formula for success is unique to a person’s birth chart. And it can be used to a person’s advantage in the pursuit of power, fame and fortune and all that life has to offer.   

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FENG SHUI - FLYING STARS SYSTEM

According the Feng Shui Flying Stars system, there are two sets of stars which play an important role in the energy of a property. These stars are called Facing and Sitting stars. The former is also known as Water stars and the latter Mountain stars. The stars carry the number that ranges from 1 to 9 and are representations of energy or ‘qi’ in a property such as a house. 

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The stars form a sequence of numbers based on the nine sectors in a 3x3 matrix in accordance to a Feng Shui formula that takes the facing direction of the house as well as on the year of completion (or the year that it had a major renovation). 

The nine sectors of a house are also known as the nines palaces. In each of the palaces, the stars form a sequence of three numbers. The one in the center is called the period or time star. The one on the top right of the palace is the Facing Star while the one on the top left is the Sitting Star.

Together, these stars influence the energy of the sector they fly into whether good or bad. In Feng Shui Flying Stars system, time is divided into 9 periods of 20 years each. We are now in the current period that runs from 2004 to 2024. Whether a star is auspicious or inauspicious depends on its timeliness. The most auspicious star in this current period is star 8. This is because star 8 is considered timely since the current period is 8. The other stars that can be considered beneficial are stars 1 and 6. Generally, star 1, 6 and 8 are known as white stars and they exert positive energy in the sector that they occupy. Certain stars such as 2 and 5 are usually inauspicious except during period 2 and 5 respectively. The quality of the other stars such as star 3, 4, 7 and 9 varies depending on the period and the Flying Star schools that you practice. 

In Feng Shui Flying Stars system, the important sectors of a house are the main door, master bedroom and kitchen. This is because the luck of the household hinges mostly on the energy that flows through these sectors. 

Both Facing and Sitting stars are equally important. The main door which is said to be the “qi” mouth of a house represents the primary source of incoming energy. Therefore, it is best located in a sector with the most auspicious star 8. Since the main door is a vibrant passage way, it should tap into a Facing star which is activity related. This is because in Feng Shui Flying Stars system, the Facing Star is associated with career and wealth. Any movement or activity in a sector with a good Facing Star will activate the energy associated with career and wealth.  

As for the master bedroom, the occupants should tap into the Sitting Stars which are best located in inactive sectors. The head of the household who sleep in a master bedroom with the most auspicious star 8 can expect good health and relationship. 

However, in order to fully benefit from the energy of an auspicious star, the surrounding land forms has to be taken into consideration, both external and internal. For example, if there is a pond or lake in front of your house and there is also an auspicious star 8 located at the front door, you can usher in wealth luck by using the door more often as it will activate the star. The pond or lake provides external support as water activates Facing Stars. Likewise, if your bedroom is located in a sector with a hill or mountain and there is also an auspicious Sitting Star 8, you can reap good health and relationship luck. 

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