Interpretation of time and eight characters

The explanation of the constellation is to point out the year, month, day and time of birth. Astrologers refer to the date of birth as four pillars, each with its own heavenly stems and earthly branches, which is called "eight characters" to calculate people's fate. Mao Dun's "Remnant Winter" II: "Write your eight characters and add 500 yuan, and the grass man will help you eliminate the disaster, understand?"

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Explanation of time: In the old days, one day and night were divided into twelve sections, each of which was called one hour, which was combined with the present two hours and named after the earth. From eleven o'clock in the evening, it is noon from eleven o'clock to midnight, and noon from eleven o'clock to one o'clock. I ate the horoscope for half an hour and paid for the drinks. ; ; "Water Margin": the general explanation of the eight characters of time: Chinese character eight: using heavenly stems and earthly branches to represent the eight characters of the year, month, day and time of a person's birth, the fortune teller thinks that a person's fate can be calculated from birthdates; In the old days, it was also used for marriage fortune telling.