Common knowledge about birth dates and birth dates is actually another way of saying the Four Pillars in the Zhouyi terminology. The four pillars refer to the year, month, day, and hour of a person's birth. Humans use one word each for heavenly stems and earthly branches to express year, month, day and time respectively. Each column has two characters, and four columns have eight characters, so fortune telling is also called "testing eight characters". According to the relationship between the heavenly stems, earthly branches, yin and yang and the five elements' attributes, we can speculate on the faults, misfortunes and blessings of the human body. But what we are going to talk about here is not how to "test the horoscope", but how to calculate the horoscope. Four pillars and eight characters are arranged. The four pillars refer to the year, month, day and time of a person's birth. The arrangement of the four pillars refers to finding out a person's birth date and horoscope. It is mainly carried out in four steps.
The year column is the year column, that is, 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 the first day of the first lunar month. The month column The moon pillar uses the stems and branches to represent the festival in the year and month in which a person was born. Note that the moon stem and branches are not based on the first day of each month in the lunar calendar, but based on the festival. Before the festival, it is the festival of the previous month, and after the festival. The festivals for the next month. January, Yin, February, Mao, March, Chen, April, Si, from Beginning of Spring to Jingzhe, from Jingzhe to Qingming, from Qingming to Beginning of Summer, from Beginning of Summer to Ear, May, Midday, June, Wei, July, Shen. The You month in August is from Mishu to Little Heat, from Little Heat to Beginning of Autumn, from Beginning of Autumn to White Dew, from White Dew to Cold Dew, in September, Xu, October, November, November, Zi month, December, Chou month, from Cold Dew to Beginning of Winter, from Beginning of Winter to heavy snow, from heavy snow to light cold. The meaning of the festival from Xiaohan to the Beginning of Spring: the first month of the year and the Beginning of Spring: "Li" means the beginning, which means that the spring when all things recover has begun again, the weather will get warmer, and all things will be renewed, which is a sign of the beginning of agricultural activities. The Beginning of Spring is February 4 in the Gregorian calendar July 5th or 5th. The Waking of Insects in February: The spring thunder begins to roar, awakening the insects and small animals hibernating in the soil. The eggs that have spent the winter are about to hatch. This solar term indicates that spring is getting stronger and the temperature is rising. The Waking of Insects is on the 3rd day of the Gregorian calendar. March 6 or 7. Qingming Festival in March: This solar term means that the temperature has warmed, vegetation is sprouting, and nature has a beautiful and clear scene. Qingming is April 5 or 6 in the Gregorian calendar. April Beginning of Summer: This solar term represents summer At the beginning, the hot weather is coming, and agricultural activities have entered the busy summer season. The beginning of summer is May 6 or 7 in the Gregorian calendar. May awn seeds: "awn" refers to the fine hairs on the tip of the shell, and in the north it is harvested wheat seeds. The rice season is also the busiest time for farming. The rice season falls on June 6th or 7th in the Gregorian calendar. June Slight Heat: This solar term indicates that it has entered the summer season, which is very hot. Slight Heat falls on July 7th or 8th in the Gregorian calendar. Beginning of Autumn in July: This solar term indicates that the hot summer is about to end and autumn begins with clear skies. Beginning of Autumn is on August 8 or 9 in the Gregorian calendar. White Dew in August: This solar term indicates that the weather is cooler and the moisture in the air is cooler at night. White dew often condenses on vegetation and other objects. White dew falls on September 8 or 9 in the Gregorian calendar. September Cold Dew: This solar term represents the beginning of winter, indicating that the coldness of the climate will gradually intensify. Cold dew falls on September 10 in the Gregorian calendar. November 8 or 9. Beginning of Winter in October: This solar term indicates that the refreshing autumn will pass and cold winter begins. Beginning of Winter is November 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar. Heavy Snow in November: This solar term indicates that snowfall will be heavy. The heavy snow falls on December 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar. Xiaohan in December: This solar term indicates the beginning of the coldest season of winter, and there will be frost. Xiaohan falls on January 5 or 6 in the Gregorian calendar. The following are the starting months of the year Table. Month/Year A Ji Yi Geng Bing Xin Ding Ren Wu Gui First month Bing Yin Wu Yin Geng Yin Ren Yin Jia Yin February Ding Mao Ji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi Mao