Birthday horoscopes, or eight characters, are actually another way of saying the four pillars in the Zhouyi terminology. The four pillars refer to the time of birth, namely year, month, day and hour. Humans use one word each for heavenly stems and earthly branches to express year, month, day and time, such as Jiazi year, Bingshen month, Xinchou day, Renyin time, etc.
There are ten Heavenly Stems: A, B, C, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui
The Five Yang Stems: A, B, and Wu , Geng, Ren. Five Yin stems: Yi, Ding, Ji, Xin, Gui.
There are twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.
Yang branch: Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen, Xu. Yin branches: Chou, Mao, Si, Wei, You, Hai.
The year a person is born is represented by the stems and branches. Note that the dividing line between the previous year and the next year is divided by the intersection of the beginning of spring, not by the first day of the first lunar month. For example, someone He was born at 22:17 on February 4, 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Since the beginning of spring in the year 2000 in the lunar calendar is at 20:32 in the Gregorian calendar, February 4, 2000, this person's year pillar is Gengchen in 2000, not 1999. Already Mao.
Use the stems and branches to indicate the season of the year and month in which a person is born. Note that the dividing line between the stems and branches is not based on the first day of each month in the lunar calendar, but based on the festival. The month before the festival is the previous month. The festivals are the festivals of the next month. The first month is Jian Yin, the second month is Jian Mao, the third month is Jian Chen, the fourth month is Jian Si, the fifth month is Jian Wu, the sixth month is Jian Wei, the seventh month is Jian Shen, and the eighth month is Jian You. , Xu was built in September, Hai was built in October, Zi was built in November, and Chou was built in December. It is different from the cooperation with Tiangan.
For example, Jiayin, Bingyin, Wuyin, Gengyin, and Renyin are all the first lunar month
The first month and the Yin month are from Beginning of Spring to Jingzhe, the second month and Mao month are from Jingzhe to Qingming
The third month The month of April is from Qingming to Beginning of Summer
The noon month of May is from Mangzhong to Xiaoshu and the last month of June is from Xiaoshu to Beginning of Autumn
The month of Shen in July is from Beginning of Autumn to White Dew, August and You month, from Bai Dew to Cold Dew
September, Xu month, from cold dew to Beginning of Winter, October, Hai month, from Beginning of Winter to heavy snow
November, November month, from heavy snow to light cold. The Chou month is from Xiaohan to the Beginning of Spring
The following is the lunar chart from the beginning of the year.
Month/Year Jia Ji Yi Geng Bing Xin Ding Ren Wu Gui
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The first month of the year is Bingyin Wuyin Geng Yin Ren Yin Jiayin
< p>February Ding Mao Ji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi MaoMarch Wu Chen Geng Chen Ren Chen Jia Chen Bing Chen
April Ji Si Xin Si Gui Si Yi Si Ding Si
May Geng Wu Ren Wu Jia Wu Bing Wu Wu Wu
June Xin Wei Gui Wei Yi Wei Ding Wei Ji Wei
July Ren Shen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wu Shen Geng Shen
August Guiyouyiyidingyoujiyouxinxinyou
September Jiaxu Bingxu Wuxu Gengxu Renxu
October Yihai Dinghai Jihai Xinhai Gui Hai
Winter month Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi Jiazi
The twelfth lunar month Ding Chou Ji Chou Xin Chou Gui Chou Yi Chou
Use the zodiac signs of the lunar calendar to represent the day when a person is born. One day. The stems and branches record the day cycle every sixty days. Due to the different sizes of months and leap years, the daily stems and branches need to be looked up in the perpetual calendar.
In addition, the dividing line between the day and the day is divided by the sub-hour. , that is, before eleven o'clock is the Hai hour of the previous day, and after eleven o'clock it is the Zi hour of the next day. Don't think that twelve o'clock at midnight is the dividing point of the day.
Use the stems and branches to represent a person's birth hour. An hour spans two hours in the lunar calendar, so there are twelve hours in a day.
Ziu hour: 23 o'clock--1 am Chou hour: 1 o'clock--3 am< /p>
Yin hour: 3 o'clock - 5 am Mao hour: 5 o'clock - 7 am
Chen hour: 7 o'clock - 9 am Si hour: 9 o'clock - 11 am
< p>Noon hour: 11 o'clock - 13 am Noon hour: 13 o'clock - 15 amShen hour: 15 o'clock - 17 am You hour: 17 o'clock - 19 am
Xu hour : 19 o'clock - 21 p.m. Hai hour: 21 o'clock - 23 p.m.
Time table from sunrise:
Hour/Day Jia Ji Yi Geng Bing Xin Ding Ren Wu Gui
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Zi Jiazi Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi< /p>
Chou Yi Chou Ding Chou Ji Chou Xin Chou Guichou
Yin Bing Yin Wu Yin Geng Yin Ren Yin Yin Jiayin
Mao Ding Mao Ji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yimao
p>Chen Wu Chen Geng Chen Ren Chen Jia Chen Bing Chen
Si Ji Si Xin Si Gui Si Yi Si Ding Si
Wu Gengwu Renwu Jiawu Bingwu Wuwu
Weixinweguiweiyiweidingweijwei
Shen Renshen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wu Shen Geng Shen
Youguiguiyouyiyiyoudingyoujiyouxinxinyou
Xujiaxu Bingxu Wuxu Gengxu Renxu
Hai Yihai Dinghai Jihai Xinhai Guihai