There are ten heavenly stems: A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren and Gui.
There are twelve earthly branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai.
sixty units can be produced by the sequential cooperation of the two, which is called sixty jiazi. The year, month, day, and hour of the birth were expressed by the cooperation of heaven and earth, which happened to have eight words, so it was called birthdates, and it was also called the four pillars of human beings.
the details are as follows:
1. chronological column
chronological column, that is, the year of birth is represented by branches. Note: The dividing line between the previous year and the next year is based on the intersection time of beginning of spring, not on the first day of the first month. If someone was born at 22: 17 on February 4, 2 in the solar calendar, because the lunar calendar was handed over to beginning of spring at 2: 32 on February 4, 2, this person's year column is the year of 2, not the end of 1999.
second, the moon column
the moon column, that is, the festival in which the trunk and branch indicate the date of birth. Pay attention to the fact that the monthly branch is not divided by the first day of each month in the lunar calendar, but by festivals. Before the handover, it is the festival of last month, and after the handover, it is the festival of next month.
The lunar calendar takes November as the sub-month, December as the ugly month, and January as the Yinyue, followed by Uzuki in February, Chenyue in March, Mitsuki in April, Noon in May, No Month in June, Shenyue in July, Youyue in August, Shouyue in September and Haiyue in October. But the December mentioned by the phase is different, which is marked by the 24 solar terms.
in this way, as long as you know when your birthday is in the lunar calendar, you will know the earthly branch of the birth month.
Third, arrange the sun column
The sun column refers to the day when a person is born. The sun column records every 6 days. Due to the difference between big and small months and flat leap years, it is necessary to find a perpetual calendar for the sun column. In addition, the dividing line between the day and the day is divided by the hour, that is, before eleven o'clock, it is the hour of the previous day, and after eleven o'clock, it is the hour of the next day. Don't think that midnight is the dividing point of the day.
The calculation of heavenly stems and earthly branches's birthday is very complicated. It was decided by ancient physiognomists on a certain day, and then pushed down in turn. If you want to know the birthday, you can only look up the perpetual calendar, and it is a perpetual calendar compared with the yin and yang calendars. If you don't know how much your birthday is in the lunar calendar, you can check the perpetual calendar.
Fourth, the chronological column
The chronological column indicates the time when a person was born. An hour spans two hours in the lunar calendar, so there are twelve hours in a day.
Zishi: 23: -1: a.m.
Ugly time: 1: a.m.-3: a.m.-5: a.m.
Maoshi: 5: a.m.-7: a.m.-9: a.m.
Sixi: 9: a.m.-1: a.m. In ancient times, a day was divided into twelve hours, corresponding to the twelve branches of the earth, just now two hours is an hour. From 23: midnight to 1: am, it is ugly, from 3: to 5: is yinshi, from 11: to 13: is noon, from 13: to 15: is untimely, from 15: to 17: is bidding, from 17: to 19: is unitary, from 19: to 21: is garrison, and from 21: to 23: is haishi. These are the earthly branches of life. The dryness of life is calculated from the dryness of birthday.
V. Seeing whether the five elements are missing from birthdates
Knowing birthdates, we can infer the situation of the five elements. Generally speaking, as long as the five elements in the eight characters are even, it is a good life. It is not good if the sun's heavenly stems are too small or too many, but it is not good if there are too many sun-masters and many people give birth to them. Then, to judge what the five elements in eight characters lack, what they have more or what restraint to use, we need to carefully analyze the five elements in birthdates.
in the ten days of dry, A and B belong to wood, C and D belong to fire, E and E belong to soil, G and Xin belong to gold, and N and D belong to water. Among the twelve earthly branches, Yin and Mao belong to wood, Si and Wu belong to fire, Shen and You belong to gold, Hai and Zi belong to water, Chen, Shu, Ugly, but not to earth. In this way, according to birthdates, you can calculate what is missing in your life. Only when the five elements are complete can fate flourish.
1. When the sun is dry (A, B):
Born in spring: It is better to have fire and water, but avoid too much water and too much soil.
born in summer: you must have water to help you, and avoid too much soil and too much wood.
born in autumn: you must have gold to help you, but avoid too much gold. You must have soil and fire, but avoid too much water.
born in winter: fire is necessary, preferably soil and water.
2. When the sun is burning (C and D):
Born in spring: It must be C or Ding Huo at this time, mostly good, but avoid too much wood and soil.
Born in summer: You must have water to help you, and gold is your favorite.
Born in autumn: I like wood, but I don't like water and soil.
born in winter: you must have wood to help you, avoid water and gold, and like soil, water and wood.
3. When the sun is dry (e, e):
Born in spring: I like fire and wood, I like gold but little, and I don't like gold and wood.
Born in summer: I prefer water and gold to wood.
Born in autumn: I like fire and wood, but I avoid gold and water.
Born in winter: I like fire, more like fire and gold, and I like soil and wood.
4. When the heavenly stems are golden (Geng, Xin):
Born in spring: I like earth and fire, but I don't want earth and gold.
born in summer: you must have water to help you, and avoid more trees.
born in autumn: I like wood and fire, but I don't like soil.
born in winter: fire and soil must help each other. Avoid no fire, but there is gold and water in the soil. Avoid many trees without fire.
5. When the sun is dry and the sky is water (nonyl, cassia):
Born in spring: There must be soil to help. If there is fire, gold is needed, but avoid more gold.
born in summer: you must have gold to help you, and avoid many trees.
born in autumn: you must have gold to help you, and avoid soil, gold and water, like wood and fire.
Born in winter: You must have fire to help you. You like water more, but you should avoid gold more.
For example:
For example, if someone was born in the year of Ding Chou, the month of Gui Chou, the day of Bing Wu and the day of Ding You, then this person's birthdates is: Ding Chou, Gui Chou, Bing Wu and Ding You. According to the correspondence between heavenly stems and earthly branches and the five elements mentioned earlier, Ding belongs to fire, Ugly belongs to soil, decyl belongs to water, Ugly belongs to soil, C belongs to fire, noon belongs to fire, Ding belongs to fire, unitary belongs to gold, and the eight characters are four fires, two soils, one water and one gold. The sun is dry for fire C, and it was born in the ugly month, that is, December in winter. According to the above table, the most lacking is wood, but this character is four fires, and the sun is very dry. Such as year, month and day, but when born in Wuzi, the eight characters are three fires, three soils and two waters, lacking wood and gold.
some people say that you control your own destiny. In essence, this statement is correct, but it must be based on predicting your own destiny. If you don't know your own destiny, but want to control your own destiny, it's just empty talk and self-deception. The essence of self-criticism of eight characters is based on the change of yin and yang, the restraint of five elements and the time of birth, and it is a subject that teaches people to seek good fortune and avoid evil.