Fortune telling is a slightly mysterious metaphysics, based on the Book of Changes and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements systems. "Book of Changes" originated from Fuxi Bagua, and Fuxi Bagua originated from "Hetu Luoshu"; "Yi Xici Shang" said: "The river produces pictures, Luo produces books, and the sages follow them." From Hetu Luoshu to Bagua symbols Turning to the hexagrams and lines that explain the Eight Diagrams, we can see the development trend of Chinese culture. It is a way of thinking that draws on natural methods and enriches it with people's experience. The theoretical basis of fortune telling is "Yin Yang and Five Elements", which is the core of classical Chinese philosophy and a simple ancient materialist philosophy; Yin and Yang refer to two mutually opposing but interrelated forces that exist in everything in the world; the Five Elements are composed of It is composed of the operation and changes of the five basic substances of "wood, fire, earth, metal, and water". It emphasizes the overall concept; the confluence of the two major theories of yin and yang and the five elements forms the framework of traditional Chinese thinking. Based on the nature of yin and yang and the five elements and the principles of nature, it is transformed into the nature of the ten gods and the principles of human affairs to form a complete prediction system of fortune telling.
Forecasting is to find out the rules of the thing based on certain known conditions, and to predict the development trend of the thing based on the rules. In all things, there are both "fixed numbers" (regularities) and "variables" (irregularities). Predicting the "fixed number" side of something can be measured, but its "variables" cannot be predicted. Why? Is the "variable" side unpredictable? It is not difficult to understand after understanding the law of "Butterfly Effect". There are both fixed numbers and variables. This is the way of heaven and earth. Human beings are given their destiny by heaven, and the same principle applies. The theoretical source of all kinds of knowledge is the "Book of Changes". What is the "Book of Changes"? One is "change", a chaotic phenomenon. A small change can affect the development of things (butterfly effect); everything in the universe is fickle and changes all the time, and the same is true for personnel. The second is "simple", one yin and one yang, encompassing the principles of thousands of things; there is heaven and earth, there is male and female, there is up and there is down, there is front and back, they are all opposites and complement each other, and the unity of opposites. The third is "not easy". Although things in the world are complicated and changeable, there is one thing that never changes, and that is the law; the heaven and the earth move, the four seasons rotate, cold and heat alternate, winter is cold and summer is hot, the moon waxes and wanes, and the sun waxes and wanes. If things go astray, they must be reversed. This is the law.
The development of everything has "fixed numbers" and "variables". Fixed numbers have rules to follow, while variables have no rules to follow; fixed numbers contain variables, and variables contain fixed numbers. Regardless of the fixed number or the variable, the overall situation is the same. All remain unchanged. Most traders in ancient and modern times have not distinguished between fixed numbers and variables, confusing this concept. "Determined numbers" (regulars) can predict the development trajectory of things based on their regularity, while "variables" (irregular) cannot be accurately predicted due to their fickleness and too many variable factors.
Although everything is complex and ever-changing, there are also eternal laws. Since there is a regular aspect, its development can be calculated based on certain known factors of these things combined with Yili. trajectories and trends.
Take the Four Pillars and Eight Characters as an example. Among the many factors that affect people's destiny, they mainly include: Eight Characters, Feng Shui, social environment, historical background, people's subjective consciousness and other factors. People with the same four pillars and eight characters have different feng shui, social environment, historical background, subjective consciousness and different destinies. Calculating the four pillars and eight characters is just a calculation of the innate fixed factors among the many factors that affect a person's destiny. From this fixed number, the main line of his life's destiny can be reflected. This is only the main line of his destiny, not the whole of his destiny. Therefore, even if the four pillars and horoscopes are completely measured, it cannot be completely accurate in predicting a person's specific destiny, because the four pillars and horoscopes are only one of the main factors that affect a person's destiny, and there are many other fickle variables that have an impact on a person's destiny. When taking a test, those warlocks will definitely tell you how something will happen in certain very specific ways, but they are deceiving you. Have you read the weather forecast? Modern technology is so advanced that it is still impossible to accurately predict whether it will rain in a certain place on a certain day of a certain month with advanced scientific and technological means, because the wind and clouds are changing all the time. When broadcasting the weather forecast, you can only tell On a certain day of a certain month, there will be rain in some areas (in local areas, this range can be large or small), and there is rain in the forecast, but it is not certain whether it will actually rain. If there are signs of rain in the forecast, it can only mean that it will rain. The possibility is very high, and there will be situations where it is no less.
After understanding these things, it is not difficult to understand why people (such as twins) born at the same time, same year, same month, same day, same hour, have different destinies, and why things are sometimes unpredictable, because there are variables. In addition, the imperfection of the prediction theory system also determines the accuracy of predictions. Of course, in addition to these objective factors, the reason for the uncertainty is also due to the level of the forecaster. Due to the limitations of knowledge and cognitive ability, not many people in society really understand, and most of them seem to understand but not understand.