4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOTCAMP -- PLUS EDITION NOTES Plus edition gets these additional chapters: 1. New easy to use 10K Years Calendar with 150 years of data— it handles both solar and lunar calendars, good for any Chinese metaphysics daterelated tasks (except QMDJ’ s Ju# is not included). It is also much easier to use than the previous version (also included in the DVD) with dates shown using standard numbers and not Chinese numerials. 2. Special Bonus: 60 Binomial predictions based on day-pillar. Other schools have dragged this topic into a one-week course, making it sound like ambigious horoscopic reading with no focuses. We simply select the most accurate predictions based on case histories and shrink everything into 10 useful pages. 3. Special Bonus: Quantitative Bazi with an easy to use mathematical formula that converts a natal chart into numbers to calculate the strength of a daymaster. It troubleshoots borderline charts with amazing accuracy. Now the course manual is over 300 pages plus a 153 pages PDF file for the 10K Years Calendar. Manual includes hundreds of tables and special cheat sheets that you will use like a Bazi dictionary all the time. The course comes with 13 hours of video with 50% of video covering materials not included in the manual. The materials included in this course will take other schools 2 to 3 weeks of live seminars to cover. In addition, course fee includes membership to the 4PBC online discussion list. The message archive contains hundred of messages, new case materials and secrets too valuable to be included in this manual (so people who have not paid for this course will not get it). You can also ask questions and discuss issues with the instructor and other students on the list. 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

I

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

TABLE OF CONTENTS FUNDAMENTALS… . CHAPTER 1: HEAVENLY STEMS AND EARTHLY BRANCHES… . Introduction… . 10 Heavenly Stems… .  Representations of 10 Heavenly Stems…  Representations of 12 Earthly Branches… .  Interactions between 12 earthly branches… .  Hidden elements inside branches… . 5-ELEMENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAVENLY STEMS AND EARTHLY BRANCHES… . FIVE ELEMENTS SUMMARY… .

CHAPTER 2: 60 JIA ZI CALENDAR SYSTEM & 4-PILLARS CHART CONSTRUCTION… . 60 Jia-zi Calendar System… .  60 Jia-zi Table… .  Na Yin System… .  60 Jia-zi and Na-yin… . How to guess the stem of a year in western calendar… . Special years in the 60 years cycle … . 24 Solar Terms (Jie-Qi)… . Month pillar calculation (5-Tiger Dun Table)… Hour pillar calculation (5-Mice Dun Table)… . SAMPLE PAGE from Thousand Years Calendar… .

CHAPTER 3: HOW TO CONSTRUCT A 4P CHART USING A 10K CALENDAR… .  Check the year pillar… .  Check the day pillar… .  Check the month pillar … .  Check the hour pillar … .  Hour pillar calculation… .  Calculate 10-year luck pillar… . Minor luck pillars (child luck pillars)… . Life Palace— branch table… . Life Palace— stem table… . Conception palace… . Early and late Zi hours… . Birth hour and sleeping posture… Birth hour and birth order … . New for 2012: 10K Calendar with 150 years… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

II

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

CHAPTER 4: 4P TERMINOLOGY… . HEAVENLY STEMS (HS)… .  Five Stem Combinations (天干五合)… .  Stem Clashes (天干相剋 )“ke”(bi-directional)… . EARTHLY BRANCHES (EB)… .  Six Branches Combinations (地支六合) ”he”… .  Six Branch Clashes (地支六冲) “chong”(bi-directional)… .  Branch Six Harm (地支六害) “hai”(bi-directional)… .  Branch Six Damages (地支六破) “po”(bi-directional)… .  Hidden Elements inside Earthly Branches… .  Branch 3-Meeting (地支三会) “san hui”… .  Branch 3-Unity (地支三合) “san he”… .  Half 3-Unity (半地支三合) “san he”,,,,  Earthly Branch 3-Penalties (地支三刑) “san xing” and Self-penalties (自刑) “zi xing”… .  Penalty of Ingratitude 无恩之刑… .  Penalty of Upper-hand Bullying 恃势之刑… .  Penalty of impertinence 无礼之刑… .  Self-penalties (自刑) “zi xing”… .

CHAPTER 5: LIKES & DISLIKES OF 10 STEMS… . REPRESENTATIONS OF HEAVENLY STEMS- LIKES AND DISLIKES… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF JIA WOOD… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF YI WOOD… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF BING FIRE… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF DING FIRE… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF WU EARTH… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF JI EARTH… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF GENG METAL… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF XIN METAL… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF REN WATER… .  LIKES AND DISLIKES OF GUI WATER… .

CHAPTER 6: 12 LIFE STAGES… . Miscarriage and womb location… . 12 life stages… .

CHAPTER 7: 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS… . Basic principle behind the 10 transformation stars… . 10 transformation stars abbreviations and descriptions… . Yin-yang nature of 10 transformation stars … . Quick look-up of 10 transformation stars & stems… . Quick look-up of 10 transformation stars & branches… . Applying 4-Pillar terms to real life… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

III

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

 Metal day-master… .  Wood day-master… .  Water day-master… .  Fire day-master… .  Earth day-master… . Determinating the 6 relations (family members)… . 10 transformation stars and social relationship… .

CHAPTER 8: 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS: ADVANCED INTERPRETATIONS … .          

Bi-jian (BJ -peer): … . Jie-cai (JC +peer)… Pian-yin (PY -resource)… . Zheng-yin (ZY +resource)… . Shi-shen (SS -output)… . Shang-guan (SG +output)… . Zheng-guan (ZG +power)… . Qi-sha (QS -power)… . Pian-cai (PC -wealth)… . Zheng-cai (ZC +wealth)… .

MAJOR TOPICS… . CHAPTER 9: STEMS INTERACTIONS… . NURTURING OF STEMS…  Favorable element produces favorable element (“happy god”)…  Favorable element produces unfavorable element (“annoying god”)… .  Unfavorable element produces favorable element… .  Unfavorable element produces unfavorable element… .  “One star dual appearance”… .  All stems has same element… .  Intermixing of zheng and pian stars… . STEMS: CONTROLLING “ke”OR SUBDUING INTERACTIONS…  Favorable element controls favorable element… .  Favorable element controls unfavorable element… .  Unfavorable element controls favorable element… .  Unfavorable element controls unfavorable element… . CIRCULAR CONTROLLING INTERACTION (hui-ke 回克)… BI-DIRECTIONAL CONTROL (jia-ke 夾克)… RESTRICTING OF STEMS (zhi, 制)…  Shi-shen restricts qi-sha (食神制杀)… . STEM TRANSFORMATIONS (gan-hui 干化) …  Effects of stem transformations… .  Effects of positive transformations… .  Jealous combination (zhen-he 争合)… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

IV

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

 Jealous combination of month pillar… .  CONDITIONS FOR HEAVENLY STEMS TRANSFORMATIONS… SPECIAL NOTES ON STEM INTERACTIONS… . Additional rules for “ke”relationship… EXERCISE IN STEM INTERACTIONS.....

CHAPTER 10: BRANCH INTERACTIONS… . TYPES OF BRANCH INTERACTIONS: COMBINATIONS… CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION TAKING PLACE… . SIX COMBINATIONS 地支六合… . HIDDEN COMBINATIONS 地支暗合… . PREDICTIONS BASED ON BRANCH INTERACTIONS… . COMBINATIONS OF MULTIPLE ELEMENTS INTO ONE ELEMENT… . COMBINATIONS OF 2 ELEMENTS INTO 1 ELEMENT… .  Combinations of month branch: Multiple parents… .  Combinations of day branch: Multiple marriage partners… . PREDICTIONS BASED ON BRANCH INTERACTIONS… .  Earthly Branch 3-Penalties (地支三刑) “san xing”and Self-penalties (自刑) “zi xing”… .  Double-talk on 3-penalties… . CLASHES BETWEEN BRANCHES… .  Earthly branches six-clashes (地支六冲)… .  Chen 辰 clashes xu 戌 and chou 丑 clashes wei 未 … .  “Zi-wu-mao-you”子午卯酉 4 cardinal clashes… .  “Yin-shen-si-hai”寅申巳亥 4 sub-cardinal clashes… .  Formation clashes formation… . SUMMARY ON BRANCH INTERACTIONS… . MAJOR FORMATIONS… . SUPPORTIVE FORMATIONS (GONG-JU 拱局)… . HIDDEN FORMATIONS (AN-JU 暗局)… .

CHAPTER 11: DAY-MASTER STRENGTH… . DM STRENGTH DETERMINATION… . -- GAINING SEASON, GROUND AND POWER DEGREE OF DAY-MASTER STRENGTH… . STRENGTH OF STEMS… .  Parallel root-penetration: Both stem and branch are of the same element… .  Nourishing/supporting root-penetration: Stem is given support and nourishment by branch… .  Root-penetration via hidden element: stem obtains qi from hidden element of branch… .  Root-penetration via storage/tomb: stem obtains qi from storage/tomb of branch… . DETERMINING SEASONAL STRENGTH OF A DAY MASTER… . DM STRENGTH CALCULATION: 5-ELEMENT BALANCING APPROACH… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

V

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

SCORING TABLE FOR HEAVENLY STEMS… . SCORING TABLE FOR EARTHLY BRANCHES… .

CHAPTER 12: STANDARD PROFILE… .    

Seasonal adjustment method… . Support-suppress method … . Intermediary method… . Sickness and medicine method…

CHAPTER 13: NON-STANDARD PROFILE… .    

Extreme strong profiles 专旺格… Follow the strong profile 從强格… . Extreme weak 從弱格… . Qi-transformation 化氣格… .

CHAPTER 14: FAVORABLE ELEMENT (USEFUL GOD)… . Rating the quality of a favorable element… ..  FAVORABLE ELEMENT AND ITS PROTECTORS…  FAVORABLE ELEMENT IN STEMS… .  FAVORABLE ELEMENTS (2) IN THE STEMS… .  GENERAL FAVORABLE ELEMENT FORMULA… .  FAVORABLE ELEMENT (YONG SHEN) LOCATION AND PILLARS… .  FAVORABLE ELEMENTS AND STOCK TRADES… .  FAVORABLE ELEMENTS AND CAREERS… .

CHAPTER 15: PILLARS: DISCUSSIONS ON YEAR, MONTH, DAY & HOUR PILLARS… .    

YEAR PILLAR… . MONTH PILLAR… . DAY PILLAR… . HOUR PILLAR… .

CHAPTER 16: VOID AND DEATH BRANCHES… . VOID AND DEATH IN PILLARS… . VOID AND DEATH WITH 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS… . 10-YEAR LUCK OR ANNUAL LUCK ENCOUNTERS VOID… . HOW TO NEUTRALIZE VOID AND DEATH… . VOID BRANCH COMBINATIONS… .. VOID BRANCH “MUTUAL EXCHANGE”… ..

CHAPTER 17: LUCK PILLARS… . RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 4P CHART AND LUCK PILLAR… . BASIC RULES FOR ANALYZING 10YEAR LUCK… . BASIC RULES FOR ANALYZING ANNUAL LUCK… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

VI

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

CHAPTER 18: LUCK PILLAR STRENGTH… . ANALYSIS OF THE STRENTH OF 10 YEAR LUCK PILLARS… .  JIA-GROUP… .  YI-GROUP… .  BING-GROUP… .  DING-GROUP… .  WU- GROUP … .  JI- GROUP … .  GENG- GROUP… .  XIN- GROUP… .  REN- GROUP… .  GUI- GROUP… .

CHAPTER 19: EFFECTS OF LUCK PILLARS ON YEAR, MONTH, DAY AND HOUR PILLARS… .  LUCK PILLAR EFFECTS ON YEAR PILLAR… .  LUCK PILLAR EFFECTS ON DAY PILLAR… .  LUCK PILLAR EFFECTS ON MONTH PILLAR… .  LUCK PILLAR EFFECTS ON HOUR PILLAR… . EFFECTS OF 10YL AND ANNUAL LUCK ON 4P… . 10 YEAR AND ANNUAL LUCK CLASH/ COMBINE WITH 4 PILLARS… .

CHAPTER 20: ANNUAL AND 10-YEAR LUCK SECRETS… .              

DAY AND 10YL FU-YIN (same pillars)… . DAY AND ANNAUL LUCK PILLAR FU-YIN (same pillars)… . ANNUAL LUCK AND 10YL FU-YIN (same luck pillars)… YEAR PILLAR AND ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR FU-YIN (same pillars)… . MONTH PILLAR COMBINES WITH LUCK PILLAR … MONTH PILLAR COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR … . DAY PILLAR COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR … . DAY BRANCH COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR … . DM’ s STEM CLASHES ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR … . CONQUERING GRAND DUKE (clashing GD)… . ANNUAL AND DAY STEMS ARE IDENTICAL, BUT STEMS PENALIZE EACH OTHER… . ANNUAL AND 10YL PILLARS NURTURING EACH OTHER… . YEAR PILLAR BRANCH COMBINES WITH ANNUAL LUCK BRANCH… . ANNUAL LUCK PILLAR CLASHING 3-PENALTIES AND 6-HARMS… .

CHAPTER 21: FAMILY MEMBERS… . HOW TO ANALYZE ANCESTORS OR GRANDPARENTS… . HOW TO ANALYZE PARENTS… . HOW TO ANALYZE SPOUSE… . HOW TO ANALYZE CHILDREN… . HOW TO ANALYZE SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

VII

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

CHAPTER 22: CAREER LUCKS… .  Guan-yin (power and resource stars) mutual nurturing profile… .  Shi-shang (output stars) nurturing cai (wealth) profile… .  Bi-jie (peer stars) prosperous exclusively profile… .  Mixed profile… . WHICH TRADE OR CAREER?....

CHAPTER 23: WEALTH LUCK AND SIZE… .  Only strong DM can handle wealth… .  Weak DM with too many wealth stars— works hard for wealth… .  No wealth star in 4P chart— DM has no financial management idea… .  Wealth star has no root— cannot keep wealth… . HOW TO READ A RICH DM CHART… .  Strong DM with wealth stars and output stars to generate more wealth… .  Strong DM with wealth stars and output stars to protect the wealth… . HOW TO READ A POOR DM CHART… .  Strong DM with weak wealth stars and runs into peer star lucks… .  Weak DM with weak wealth stars being clashed… .

CHAPTER 24: HEALTH AND SICKNESS… . INTERNAL ORGANS AND 5 ELEMENT RELATIONSHIPS… . RULES FOR PREDICTING SICKNESS… .  Liver/ gallbladder problem example… ..  Spleen/ stomach problems example… ..  Heart problem example… ..  Lung problem example… ..

CHAPTER 25: ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES… .    

Lack of control on power stars (guan-sha)… . Yang-knife is clashed… . Branches are over-clashed… Annual and 10-year luck in disharmony… .

CHAPTER 26: GETTING MARRIED: WHEN?.... MALE: MARRIAGE LUCK… .  Male late marriage or remains single… .. FEMALE: MARRIAGE LUCK… .  Female late marriage or remains single… .. FEMALE CHART WITH GOOD HUSBAND LUCK… .

CHAPTER 27: SPOUSE PALACE… .201   

Implications deduced from the star inside spouse palace for Male DM… . Implications deduced from the star inside spouse palace for Female DM… . CASES… ..

4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

VIII

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

CHAPTER 28: PEACH BLOSSOM OR NEGATIVE ROMANCE… .  PEACH BLOSSOM STAR… .  How to locate peach blossom in a 4P chart… .  Male peach blossom star… .  Female peach blossom star… . PEACH BLOSSOM AND HORSE/ TRAVELLING STAR… . PEACH BLOSSOM BASED ON EARTHLY BRANCH OF DAY PILLAR… .

CHAPTER 29: PERSONALITY… 12 LUCK CYCLES— PERSONALITY MANIFESTATIONS… . NA YIN 12 LUCK CYCLES— PERSONALITY DESCRIPTIONS… 10 TRANSFORMATION STARS AND PERSONALITY… .

REFERENCE TABLES… . CHAPTER 30: BRANCH HIDDEN ELEMENTS, CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFORMATION, CLASHES & COMBINATIONS BETWEEN STEMS AND BRANCHES… .  

 

HIDDEN ELEMENTS & REPRESENTATIONS OF EARTH BRANCHES… . MONTHS THAT TRANSFORMATIONS CAN TAKE PLACE… . ---- HEAVENLY STEMS: months for transformation ----EARTHLY BRANCHES: months for transformation QUICK CHECK FOR HEAVENLY STEMS COMBINATIONS AND CLASHES… . QUICK LOOK-UP OF EARTHLY BRANCHES’CLASHES AND COMBINATIONS… .

CHAPTER 31: BASIC 60 JIA-ZI INFO… .    

60 JIA ZI VOID TABLE… . 60 JIA ZI STEM FAN-YIN (“TIAN-KE-DI-CHONG”) TABLE… . 60 JIA ZI STEMS AND BRANCHES NOURISHING/ CONTROLLING RELATIONSHIP… . GRADING PILLARS INTO 3 GRADES… .

CHAPTER 32: 60 JIA-ZI CLASHES, CONTROLLING & COMBINATION RELATIONSHIP… . CHAPTER 33: 4P CHART PROFILES… . “STRONG AND WEAK METHOD”… . STRONG DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS… . 4P PROFILES: JIAN LU (wealth 建祿) and YUE REN (month-knife月刃)… . WEAK DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS… . REGULAR 4P CHART PROFILE SPEED-CHECK… . EXTREME -STRONG DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS… . 4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

IX

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

Written by Ken Lai

EXTREME -WEAK DAY-MASTER COMBINATIONS… .

CHAPTER 34: FAVORABLE ELEMENT SELECTION… . REGULAR 4P PROFILE- FAVORABLE ELEMENT SELECTION… . SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: EXTREME STRONG PROFILE 专旺格… . SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: EXTREME WEAK PROFILE 從弱格… . SPECIAL 4P PROFILE: QI TRANSFROMATION 化氣格… .

CHAPTER 35: SHEN-SHA (DEITIES)… . SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE STEM OF DAY PILLAR… . SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF DAY PILLAR… . SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF MONTH PILLAR… . SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE BRANCH OF YEAR PILLAR… . NOBLEMAN SHEN-SHA BASED ON THE STEM OF DAY PILLAR… . ONE PAGE CHEAT SHEET FOR 4P CHART CALCULATION… .

CHAPTER 36: HOW TO USE THE CHEAT SHEET FOR 4P CHART CONSTRUCTION… . CHAPTER 37: STEPS IN DOING A 4P READING… . 

4P ANALYSIS EXAMPLE… .

CHAPTER 38: DATE-SELECTION METHODS… .        

1-2-3-SAT METHOD… . 3 DAYS AFTER A SOLAR TERM… . GOOD DATES FOR DEMOLISHING STRUCTURES OR HOUSE… . GOOD DATES FOR STARTING CONSTRUCTION… . AUSPICIOUS DATES FOR SETTING UP DOOR OR DOOR REPAIR… . GOOD DATES FOR HOUSE REPAIRS/ PAINTING/ REMODELLING… . GOOD DATES FOR SETTING UP BEDS… . GUI GU ZI DATE-SELECTION 鬼谷子… .

CHAPTER 39: ESSENTIAL CHINESE CHARACTERS For Feng Shui and 4 Pillars… . APPENDIX I : TERMINOLOGY CONVENTIONS… . APPENDIX II: SPECIAL BONUS — 60 BINOMIALS PREDICTIONS BASED ON DAY PILLARS… . APPENDIX II: SPECIAL BONUS -- QUANTITATIVE BAZI OR 4-PILLARS… . -- CHEAT-SHEET BAZI … .

4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

X

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

Written by Ken Lai

XI

© 2005- 2012, International School of Feng Shui, all rights reserved “4-Pillars Forecasting Boot-camp+”

4-PILLARS FORECASTING BOOT-CAMP + Licensed to:

Written by Ken Lai

XII