The so-called "birthdates" is to transform a person's "date of birth" into a chart composed of "heavenly stems and earthly branches" according to a specific law, which is a chart that can analyze a person's future fortune. Because the "total number of branches" in this picture is just "eight", it is collectively called "eight characters" or commonly known as "birth". A person's horoscope contains four pillars, namely, annual trunk branch, monthly trunk branch, daily trunk branch and hourly trunk branch. Therefore, eight characters are also called "four pillars", and eight characters can also be called "four pillars".
In the future, when you see Four Pillars of Life, don't doubt that this is a lifestyle related to Four Pillars.
What are stems and branches?
The so-called "dry branch" is the abbreviation of "heavenly stem" and "earthly branch" There are ten kinds of heavenly stems and twelve kinds of earthly branches, so some people say "ten heavenly stems" and "twelve earthly branches" mainly because their numbers are ten and twelve respectively.
"Ten-day achievements" refer to: A, B, C, D, E, self, G, Xin, human and ghost.
The "twelve earthly branches" are: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.
In ancient times, the year and time were calculated by "branches", unlike now, the time was calculated by "numbers". For example, this year is "AD 2002", and if it is described as "dry branch", this year is "noon"! Similarly, last year was "200 1". Branches, last year was "Xin Si", the so-called "Si" is a snake of the zodiac, so last year was "year of the snake". This year 2002 is the year of noon, because noon is the horse of the zodiac, so this year 2002 is the year of the horse.
What is the eight-character structure?
As mentioned above, a person's "date of birth" includes the year, month, day and hour of his or her birth. According to these heavenly stems and earthly branches, things like "eight characters" were formed.