Birthday horoscopes, or eight characters, are actually another way of saying the four pillars in the Zhouyi terminology. The four pillars refer to the time of birth, namely year, month, day and hour. Humans use one word each for heavenly stems and earthly branches to express year, month, day and time, such as Jiazi year, Bingshen month, Xinchou day, Renyin time, etc. 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.
The four pillars are arranged in eight characters.
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.
Near Column
The Nian 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 based on the intersection moment of the Beginning of Spring. divided by the first day of the first lunar month. For example, someone was born at 22:17 on February 4, 2000 in the solar calendar. Since the beginning of spring in the lunar calendar in 2000 is 20:32 in the solar calendar, February 4, 2000, this person's The Year Pillar is Gengchen in 2000, not Mao in 1999.
The Moon Pillar
The Moon Pillar uses the stems and branches to represent the season of the year and month in which a person was born. . Note that the dividing line between the lunar stems and branches is 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, it is the festival of the next month.
January Yin month, February, Mao month, March, Chen month, April, Si month
From Beginning of Spring to Jingzhe, from Jingzhe to Qingming, from Qingming to Beginning of Summer, from Beginning of Summer to Mangzhong
May, Midday, June Month July Shen month August Unity month
From Mangzhong to Xiaoshu to Beginning of Autumn From Beginning of Autumn to White Dew From White Dew to Cold Dew
September Xu month October October Hai month November Zi month, twelfth month, Chou month
From the cold dew to the beginning of winter, from the beginning of winter to the heavy snow, from the heavy snow to the light cold, from the cold to the beginning of spring
Seasonal meaning:
The first month and the beginning of spring: "Li" means beginning, indicating that spring, when all things revive, has begun again, the weather will warm up, and all things will be renewed, which is a sign of the beginning of agricultural activities. The beginning of spring is February 4 or 5 in the Gregorian calendar.
The Jingzhe 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 Jingzhe is on March 6 or March 6 in the Gregorian calendar. 7th.
Qingming Festival in March: This solar term means that the temperature has warmed, the vegetation has sprouted, and the natural world has a beautiful and clear scene. Qingming is April 5th or 6th in the Gregorian calendar.
< p>The Beginning of Summer in April: This solar term indicates the beginning of summer, 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.Mangosteen in May: "Mang" refers to the fine hairs on the tip of the shell. In the north, it is the time when wheat is harvested and rice is planted, which is also the busiest time for farming. Eawn planting is on June 6 or 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
June Slight Heat : This solar term means that summer has entered, and the heat is approaching. Xiaoshu is July 7th or 8th in the Gregorian calendar.
The Beginning of Autumn in July: This solar term means that the hot summer is about to pass, and autumn will be clear and crisp. Start. Beginning of Autumn is August 8 or 9 in the Gregorian calendar.
August White Dew: This solar term means the weather is cooler. The moisture in the air often condenses into white dew on vegetation and other objects at night. White Dew is on September 8th or 9th in the Gregorian calendar.
September Cold Dew: This solar term represents the beginning of winter, indicating that the climate will gradually become colder. Cold Dew is on October 8th or 9th in the Gregorian calendar.
The Beginning of Winter in October: This solar term means that the refreshing autumn will pass and the cold winter begins. The Beginning of Winter is November 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar.
Heavy Snow in November : This solar term means heavy snowfall, which falls on December 7 or 8 in the Gregorian calendar.
Little Cold in December: This solar term means the beginning of the coldest season of winter, with frost, and Little Cold is January 5th or 6th in the Gregorian calendar.
The following is the lunar calendar from the beginning of the year.
Month/Year A Ji Yi Geng Bing Xin Ding Ren Wu Gui
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The first month of the year is Bingyin Wuyin Geng Yin Ren Yin Jiayin
February Ding Mao Ji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi Mao
March Wu Chen Geng Chen Ren Chen Jia Chen Bing Chen
April Ji Si Xin Si Gui Si Yi Si Ding Si
May Gengwu Renwu Jiawu Bingwu Wuwu
June Xin Wei Gui Wei Yi Wei Ding Wei Ji Wei
July Ren Shen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wushen Gengshen
August Guiyou Yiyou Dingyoujiyouxinxinyou
September Jiaxu Bingxu Wuxu Gengxu Renxu
October Yihai Dinghaiji Haixinhaiguihai
Winter moon Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi Jiazi
Twelfth month Ding Chou Ji Chou Xin Chou Gui Chou Y Chou
Arrange the sun column
Since February 2 of the third year of Duke Yin of Lu (722 B.C.), our country has never stopped recording the stems and branches. This is the only longest diary method known to human society so far.
The day pillar represents the day of birth of a person using the lunar calendar's stems and branches. The stems and branches record a cycle every sixty days. Due to the differences in the size of the month and the leap year, the day's stems and branches need to be looked up in the perpetual calendar.
< p>In addition, the dividing line between days is divided by sub-hour, that is, before eleven o'clock is the Hai hour of the previous day, and after eleven o'clock is the sub-hour of the next day. Don't think that midnight is the sub-hour. The dividing point of a day.Arrange the hour column
The hour column uses the stems and branches to represent the hour of birth. An hour spans two hours in the lunar calendar, so one day*** Twelve hours.
Zi hour: 23 o'clock--1 am Chou hour: 1 o'clock--3 am
Yin hour: 3 o'clock--5 am Mao hour: 5 o'clock-- 7 a.m.
Chen hour: 7 a.m.--9 a.m. Si hour: 9 a.m.--11 a.m.
Noon hour: 11 a.m.--13 a.m.