Birthday: we are commonly known as the eight characters, and the official name is: four pillars and eight characters.
Four pillars: Four pillars refer to the time when a person was born, that is, year, month, day and hour. Because it is four, it is called four pillars.
Eight Characters: The year, month, day and hour of birth are represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches, and each column contains eight characters, so it is called eight characters. For example, a person's eight characters: Jiazi Year, Bingshen Year, Xin Chou Year, Ren Year. As we can see, birthdates is the time when a person was born, which is expressed in heavenly stems and earthly branches.
Eight-character arrangement: listing a person's birth time with heavenly stems and earthly branches is the eight-character arrangement. Such as: Jiazi Year, Bingzi, Xin Chou Ri, Ren.
Measuring eight characters: analyzing the relationship between a person's eight-character life figures, judging the strength of life figures, finding out the favorite gods, and further understanding a person's innate information, such as poverty, wealth, misfortune and happiness, is measuring eight characters.
Because a birthday contains the basic state of a celestial body when a person is born. There are two words in each column and eight characters in four columns, so fortune telling is also called "measuring eight characters" According to the relationship between yin and yang attributes and the five elements of heaven and earth, it is inferred that human body is responsible and blessed.
Four-column eight-character arrangement
The arrangement of four pillars is the first step of pushing, that is, the four pillars are arranged according to the date of birth. Because the four pillars are composed of eight branches, they are also called eight-character arrangement. The arrangement of the four pillars on the date of birth is introduced below.
Chronological column
Chronicle, that is, the year when a person was born, is expressed in heavenly stems and earthly branches.
The division of a year is based on the beginning of spring, not on the first day of the first lunar month as ordinary people say. For example, someone was born on the third day of the first lunar month on 1998. Since beginning of spring on 1998 is 8: 53 on the eighth lunar month, this person's age column is Ding Chou in 1997, not Wuyin in 1998.
Moon column
The moon column, that is, the month when a person was born, is represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches.
The division of each month is based on festivals, with the first day of each month of the lunar calendar as the dividing line. Before the festival, there are festivals of last month, and after the festival, there are festivals of next month.
In the calendar represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches, a year begins with silver moon and ends with an ugly month.
Twelve throttle
January February March April May June July August September October 165438+ October 65438+ February.
Silver moon, Uzuki, Chen Yue, Mitsuki, wuyue, wuyue, Shen Yue, Moon, Moon, Son and Ugly Moon.
Beginning of spring Jing Qingming Long Summer Busy Middle Summer beginning of autumn Bailu Cold Dew beginning of winter Snowy Slight Cold.
Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar Gregorian calendar
February, March, April, June, July, August, September+October 65438+ October 65438+ February 65438+ October.
Fourth, sixth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, eighth, seventh, seventh and fifth.
Fifth, seventh, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, ninth, eighth, eighth and sixth.
For example, every year from beginning of spring to Jingzhe, it is silver moon, and the starting time is about February 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar year.
The significance of the festival:
Beginning of spring: "Li" means the beginning, which means that the spring of everything's recovery has begun again. The warmer weather and everything's recovery mark the beginning of farming activities. February 4th or 5th of the solar calendar is the beginning of spring.
Scared: Spring thunder began to roar, waking up insects and small animals that were dormant and hibernating in the soil. Winter eggs are about to hatch. This solar term indicates that spring is getting stronger and the temperature is rising. The scare is on March 6 or 7 of the Gregorian calendar.
Qingming: This solar term means that the temperature has warmed, plants are sprouting, and beautiful and clear scenes have appeared in nature. Qingming is April 5 or 6 in the solar calendar.
Changxia: This solar term means that summer begins, hot weather comes, and agricultural activities enter the busy season in summer. Long summer falls on May 6th or 7th of the Gregorian calendar.
Miscanthus: "Miscanthus" refers to the fine hairs at the tip of the shell. In the north, it is the time to cut wheat and plant rice, and it is also the busy season of agriculture. Miscanthus is on June 6 or 7 of the Gregorian calendar.
Slight summer heat: This solar term indicates that it has entered a midsummer day, and the summer heat is pressing. July 7 or 8 in the solar calendar is slightly hot.
Beginning of autumn: This solar term means that the hot summer will pass and the cool autumn will begin. August 8th or 9th in Gregorian calendar is beginning of autumn.
The Millennium: This solar term means colder weather. Water vapor in the air often condenses into dew on vegetation and other objects at night. September 8 or 9 in the solar calendar is the day when the Millennium comes.
Cold dew: This solar term indicates the beginning of winter, indicating that the cold degree of the climate will gradually increase. Cold dew falls on the 8th or 9th day of Gregorian calendar 10.
Beginning of winter: This solar term means that the crisp autumn days will pass and the cold winter will begin. Beginning of winter in the solar calendar is165438+1October 7th or 8th.
Heavy snow: this solar term means heavy snow, on February 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar, 65438.
Slight cold: This solar term indicates the beginning of the coldest season in winter, with frost. The slight cold is 65438+ Gregorian calendar1October 5th or 6th.
The moon stem in the moon column is different. Although it is not as fixed as the ground branch, it is also regular. Please refer to next year's monthly schedule.
Monthly table year by year
Month/year methyl ethyl heptyl propyl octyl butyl nonadecyl decyl decyl
In the first month, Bing Shen Yin Wu Yin Gengyin Renyin Jiayin.
In February, Ding Mao has been established, Xin Mao has been established, and Gui Mao has been established.
March Chen Wu Chen Geng Ren Chen Chen Jia Chen Bing
April, it's been a long time.
May Wu Geng Renwu Wu Jia Bingwu Wuwu
In June, Wei Xin returned to Wei B. Wei was not finished.
In July, Ren Shen Shen Jia Shen Bing Wushen Gengshen.
In August, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best.
In September, Jia Xu, Bing Xu, Wu Xu, Geng Xu and Ren Xu.
October B Hai Ding Hai Ji Hai Xinhai Gui Hai
Winter Moon Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi Jiazi
In the twelfth lunar month, ugliness is ugliness, ugliness is ugliness, and ugliness is ugliness.
This table is to find out whether each year is a year (whether the year column is a year or a year), the first month is Bing Yin, the second month is Ding Mao, and so on. For example, 1998 is Wuyin year, March is Bingchen month, 2000 is Chen Geng year, and August is Ding Youyue.
In addition, the following formula can help memory, also known as the "five tigers":
In the first year, C was the first, while in the second year, E was the first.
When Bing Xin was thirty years old, he searched for Geng soil and went down the river with Ding Yin.
If you ask Wu Gui where to start, Jia Yin is a good pursuit.
Usage of the formula: A has been a year, which is C in January, D in February, and so on.
Sun ranks
Rizhu, that is, the day when a person was born, is represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches.
Since February of the third year of Lu Yingong (722 BC), it has never stopped recording the days of cadres and branches in China. This is the only longest method known to human society so far.
The sun column refers to the day when people representing the main branches of the lunar calendar were born. Trunks and branches are recorded every 60 days. Because months are different from leap years, trunks and branches need to find a perpetual calendar.
In horology, the sun column starts clockwise from midnight to midnight, with twelve hours as a day, and each hour accounts for two hours. The dividing line between day and day is midnight, which is eleven o'clock in the evening. Before eleven o'clock is midnight the day before, and after eleven o'clock is midnight the next day. Please pay special attention to this point, and don't think that midnight is the dividing point of the day.
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Timetable column
The time column, that is, the moment when a person is born, is represented by heavenly stems and earthly branches.
In the current 24-hour system, one hour spans two hours, so there are twelve hours in a day.
The correspondence between time and time:
Zi Shi 23- 1 Dian Chou 1-3 Yin 3-5 Mao 5-7 Chen 7-9 Si 9- 1 1 noon1-kloc-0/3 Fei13-655.
The ancients divided a day into twelve hours, namely:
Those who crow in the middle of the night are ugly, those who are flat and straight are cloudy, and those who work at sunrise are hairy.
It's morning when you eat, morning in the corner, afternoon in Japan, and not lost during the day.
Those who feed the time apply, those who enter the day are one yuan, those who enter the night are happy, and those who decide are happy.
The earthly branches of the time column are fixed, but the heavenly stems are different. Please check the following morning wake-up schedule:
Sunrise timetable
Hour/day Hexadecylheptyl propyl octyl nonapentyl decane
Zi Jia zi bing Wu zi Geng zi ren zi
Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly
Yin Bing Yin Wu Yin Geng Yin Ren Yin Plus Silver
Mao Ding Maoji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi
Chen Wuchen Chen Geng Renchen Chen Jia Chen Bing
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
Wu Gengwu Wu Jia Wu Bing Wu Wu Wu Wu.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Ren Shen Shen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wu Shen Geng Shen
You are right, you are right, you are right, you are right, you are right.
1898 reform movement.
Hai yi hai ding hai Ji hai Xin hai GUI hai
In addition, the following formula can help memory, also known as "five mice escape":
A added one, and B heptyl C was the first one.
Bing Xin started from E, where Dingren Gengzi lived.
You can't do it, but you can't.
The usage of the above table and formula is similar to that of the month of last year.
for instance
Someone was born at 8 am on August 27th, 1984, and August 27th is July. This year is the year of Jiazi (found in the book); According to the rhyme of "Standing the Moon Column", we can know that his age is A, so his "Standing the Moon Column" is Ren Shen; Accordingly, his daily column is Ghost Silk (seen in the book); According to the rhyme of the time bar, his time bar knows that it is a dry day, and C coincides with the time, so the time bar should be C. In this way, his birthday is discharged: "Jia Zi doesn't want to apply for ranking, but it is still in the past." .