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WHAT IS A FOUR PILLARS OF DESTINY READING
4 Pillars of Destiny or "Ba Zi" ("Eight Words") is an ancient Chinese traditional
metaphysical tool (a method of fortune telling/fate calculation) that helps us with
our destiny and future.
It is different from Western Astrology in that we do not need to plot the chart with
stars or planets. The other Chinese metaphysical tool, Zi Wei Do Zhu, does make use
of virtual stars.
The Four Pillars of Destiny is a profound Chinese technique for analyzing human fortune
based on a person's birth data. It is a fascinating system of fortune telling that not
only allows us to peek into our future, but also provides insight into human nature,
our individual in-born personality and potential, relationships with people, marriage
prospects, career directions, health, and the up and down fortune cycles in life.
When arriving at critical points in life, it is also a positive tool in problem solving
and decision making. The technique can be engaged to cast light on all kinds of problems,
such as investment decisions, changing jobs, disharmony in marriage life, financial problem,
choosing career direction, selecting partners and key personnel, etc.
What are the Four Pillars of Destiny?
According to Chinese belief, the moment a person is born determines the path of life
he will take. Simply, the 4P is a method of calculating and interpreting the 5 elements
of the qi you inhaled at the moment of birth. The uniqueness of this fascinating system
is that a person's birth data is transformed into 4 pillars of heavenly stems and earthly
branches. It stresses balance and harmony.
The term "Four Pillars" refers to the four vital pieces of information in one's birth data,
namely the Year, Month, Day and Hour of Birth. We then convert them into 4 pillars by using
the 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches in accordance to the Chinese Solar Calendar
(also known as Stem-Branch Calendar). Hence we have 4 pillars, namely the Year Pillar,
the Month Pillar, the Day Pillar and the Hour Pillar.
By converting them into the 5 elements and interpreting the interaction among these elements,
we can learn to understand the natural forces affecting our lives and fortune.
By using four pillars of destiny, much can be revealed about our life, including our family
background, relationship with our parents, personality, potential, health, marriage,
relationships, career, money, and probably more important, the up-down fortune cycles.
The famous teacher of war strategy, Sun Tzu, once said, "Victory in battle begins with
knowing yourself and knowing your enemy."
Four Pillars of Destiny is to study the energy chart of a person and to explore into his
probable path of life.
You may ask: "Is there anything anyone can do about bad luck years to avert or neutralize
the negatives, or does one have to be fatalistic and just wait for the good luck years?"
Knowing our own strengths and weaknesses, as well as others', we can change ourselves to
live around and accept others, know when to keep our mouths shut to avoid an unnecessary
confrontation, know ahead of time when we may have a possible loss of wealth (and thus not
invest heavily), and we can know when a good luck period is coming so that we can work
harder to obtain extra benefit.
To conclude, 4 pillars of destiny presents a method in which we can try
to decode the natal chart based on our time of birth, and to make use
of the information to enable us to understand
the potentials and cycles of our lives, and by making good use of those
information to enhance our life, health and prosperity.
By learning how the world's elements affect our lives, one is better equipped to make
sound decisions and pursue the right directions in life.
This knowledge will allow us to work within ourselves and our environment to maximize
positive potentials, while minimizing the negative.
So, where does all this lead? Knowing your favorable and unfavorable phases can help you
in many ways. You will know:
- What outside environments are best suited to you;
- What profession is suitable for you;
- With whom you are compatible;
- How to determine if a day, month, year, or 10-year period will be auspicious or inauspicious.
- Master Poh Wong
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