==What is Bazi

What is Bazi? Four Pillars of Destiny Posted in Bazi and Four Pillars of Destiny Teaching by zipingbazi on October 21, 2009 Tags: Bazi, Four Pillars, Four Pillars of Destiny Four Pillars of Destiny is a Chinese conceptual term that describes the four components creating a person’s destiny or fate. The four components within the moment of birth are year, month, day, and time (hour). The four pillars is a component used alongside fortune telling practices such as Zi wei dou shu within the realm of Chinese Astrology. What is BaZi ( Four Pillars of Destiny) ? The origin of BaZi is attributed to Scholar Li Xuzhong of the Tang Dynasty (A.D 618-907). It was practiced by Xu Ziping in the Song Dynasty (A.D 960-1279). Some says this ancient Chinese Art is derived from the text of the Book of Oracles used for fortune telling. It is based on the same principles, using the 5 primordial elements for fortune telling. This Chinese system fortune-telling is been in used, consistently, for thousand of years through the winding course of its civilization. You can find this information in the official Chinese history records under the category Order of Five Elements, 五行令. Consulting a fortune-teller is a common practice and very much a part of the Chinese culture. From Tang dynasty onwards, four pillars started to play a prominent role in the fortune-telling industry in China along side Fengshui and Bagua. In a nutshell, BaZi analyzes the unique numerals of an individual’s birth data and gender then matches them to a matrix of metaphysical knowledge based on the Time and its elemental influences on him/her. Therein lays the fate and destiny of an individual, in the realms of BaZi. This method uses the 5 basic elements, e.g., wood, fire, earth, metal and water to represent one’s Four Pillars of Destiny. Here are a number of important ideas; 1. The 4 Pillars are allocated into the Year, Month, Day and Hour. Each pillar is represented by an element, as translated from one’s birth data. 2. Each pillar consists of the Heavenly Stem and the Earthly Branch. 3. The self-element is represented by the Day pillar of the Heavenly Stem and it is employed as a reference point in its inter-relationships with the other seven elements in the 4 Pillars for reading one’s destiny. 4. Regulating Useful God is unknown or it is a wrong concept as the concept was never introduced in the ancient Chinese Four Pillars Books. 5. Note: There is no translation of the ancient books of four pillars at present, so I can offer no recommending any readings for you guys. Beware that most of the resources you found on the website are far too shallow and incorrect. We’ll see if I can find time to write a teaching course on Four Pillars. Again the reminder is that Regulating Useful God is unknown or it is a wrong concept as the concept was never introduced in the ancient Chinese Four Pillars Books.

For the Chinese readers, the recommended readings are: 神峰通考 (Ming Dynasty), 子平真诠 (Qing Dynasty, where this is the only book you can find the concept of Auxiliary God mentioned and explained). Beware: Do not read any modern day translations of the books especially those done during the 1930s during Nationalist China Reign, they are all wrong! You will be badly misled by their translation! Before we introduce the Luck Pillars, I need to get some formality out of the way: The representation of the Four Pillars: Year Pillars: Year Heaven Stem: usually represents one’s mother’s parents Year Earth Branch: usually represents one’s father’s parents Month Pillars: Month Heaven Stem: usually represents one’s mother’s relatives and outer relatives Month Earth Branch: usually represents one’s father’s relatives and inner family members such as father, mother and siblings and so on. Day Pillars: Day Master: usually represents oneself Day Earth Branch: usually represents one’s spouse (after marriage) Hour Pillars: Hour Heaven Stem: usually represents one’s son, students/ disciples Hour Earth Branch: usually represents one’s daughter, son/daughter-in-law. There is more to that, this is just basic guidelines. Luck Pillars: Luck Pillars formed an integral part of Bazi and it is essential that all readers must at know how to use it. Calculating the Luck Pillars is quite a complicated procedure for those of you who do not use the Chinese calendar, you can simply find Bazi calculator online and get your Bazi and Luck Pillars.