Birthday horoscope, referred to as horoscope, refers to the date of birth of a person according to the stem and branch calendar; year, month, day, hour, four stems and branches, each column has two characters, totaling eight characters. Birthday horoscopes play an important role in Chinese folk beliefs. Ancient Chinese Taoists and astrologers used them to predict a person's destiny.
The horoscope prediction technique continues to develop in practice, from Li Xuzhong’s three pillars, to Xu Ziping’s four pillars, to the four pillars of the sun and moon taught in human biorhythmology, with each step of advancement, They all contain the hard work of scholars and social practitioners of all generations.
To get the correct time of birth, ancient Chinese people believed that it was most accurate to measure with a sundial during the day. Clock time is artificial mean time and regional standard time. The "true solar time difference" must be calculated based on the solar terms (solar longitude) and the "local longitude time difference" based on the place of birth to obtain the true astronomical time of birth.
In the almanac, the stems and branches of the year and the day are basically included, and the celestial stems of the month and hour can be calculated based on the stems and branches of the year and day.
Chinese name
Birthdates
Foreign name
Birthdates
Pinyin
shēng chén bā zì
Pinyin
ㄕㄥㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄚㄗˋ
Abbreviation
Eight characters, four-column sun rhythm and moon rhythm
Method of inference
To calculate the lunar stems and branches from the year’s celestial stem, please refer to the first chart of the year’s lunar chart. If the year stem is A or Ji, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Bing Yin; if the year stem is Yi or Geng, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Wu Yin; if the year stem is B or Xin, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Geng Yin; if the year stem is B or Xin, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Geng Yin; If the stem is Ding or Ren, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Renyin; if the stem of the year is Wu or Gui, the stem and branch of the first month of that year is Jiayin.
Ziu Shi: 23 o'clock - 0:59 a.m.
Chou time: 1 o'clock - 2:59 a.m.
Yin time: 3 o'clock - 4:59 am
Mao hour: 5 o'clock - 6:59 am
Chen hour: 7 o'clock - 8:59 am
Si hour: 9 o'clock - 10:59 noon
Noon: 11 o'clock - 12:59 p.m.
Noon: 13:00 - 14:59 p.m.
Shenshi: 15:00 - 16:59pm
Youshi: 17:00 - 18:59pm
Xushi: 19:00 - 20:59pm
Hai hour: 21 o'clock - 22:59 p.m.
For the time stems and branches pushed by the sun and sky stems, please refer to the sun rising time table in the second picture.
If the day stem is A or Ji, the stem and branch of the day is Jia Zi; if the day stem is B or Geng, the stem and branch of the day is C Zi; if the day stem is C or Xin, the day stem is C The stem and branch of the hour is Wuzi; if the day stem is Ding or Ren, the stem and branch of the day is Gengzi; if the day stem is Wu or Gui, the stem and branch of the day is Renzi.
Calculating Rhythm
Tips
The formation of eight characters is a basic skill. With the development of modern science, many websites have provided online arrangement services, which is very convenient. In addition, there is a perpetual calendar application that can directly provide the daily zodiac calendar and convert different calendar dates. Arranging the four pillars is actually very simple. The secrets or technical content mainly include the understanding of the legislation of luck and the flow of time, and the relationship between the four or six pillars and the rhythm of luck. If you don’t understand your own Sun Law and Moon Law, the accuracy of your predictions will be greatly reduced.
Rhythm of year column
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