What is Qi Meng Dun jia?

By Hu Xuezhi!

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Part 1! What is Dunjia?! Why Dunjia be Used for Divination?! Basic Background! Part 2! Part 3! Part 4!

! Part 1! ! What is Dunjia?! !

Qi Men Dun Jia (or Qimendunjia) is one of the three most powerful oracles--Tai Yee, Liu Ren and Qi Men---to know both good luck and bad luck in aspects of time and space(direction). Tai Yee is used to divine the big events that happen with contries, such as earthquake, big hurricanes, massacre, natural disasters, etc. Qi Men is generally used for military action and take what strategic methods in ever-changing battle field. Liu Ren is mostly used for divining the general daily events which means it is close to our daily life.!

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Qi means mysterious or strange in usual, but here, it means valuable or holy. Men means a gate, and Dun means hidden or escaped (to make hidden), and Jia is the first one of ten stems, which is considered as the most sacred in this method.!

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All the three oracles use very special chart to divine and give conclusion. Yes, all of them cannot do without Heavenly stems, earthly branches, Ho drawing, Luo Drawing, Eight Trigrams, Emblematic elements and divine number, etc.!

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Dunjia can be divided into Year School Dunjia, Month School Dunjia, Day School Dunjia and Time School Dunjia in terms of the time. In terms of reasoning methods it should be divided into Line-Up Palace Dunjia and Jump-in-Palace Dunjia.!

! Here we introduce Time School Dunjia, Line-Up Palace Dunjia.! !

People may ask when the Dunjia came into presence and why it existed. Nowadays many people believe Dunjia originated from milatary force arrangements in the battle field and such statements gained wide approval in the scholar circle.!

! In the very old book The Song from Old Fishing Man carried the following story:! !

XuanYuan Emperor fought a fierce battle with Shi You without results for many years. In a dream he dreamed Heaven gave him an oracle and XuanYuan paid respect in a sacrifice platform and practiced such arts latter and got a final success soon after. He ordered maliatary man Feng Hou to write down the arts in words and that was the beginning of Dunjia.!

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Also, it was Spring and Warring Times when the so many states fought endless battles to occupy territory and there was enough demand for application of such arts.!

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Also the book Arts of War carried similar words concerning the theory of Dunjia. Yet, most people don't understand the meaning exactly till now.!

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In Three-Dynasty Times the famous military counsellor Zhu Ge Liang applied Eight Trigram Arrangement in the battle field and won many times of success. !

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In Dun Jia(or Dunjia) theory, we use a kind of direction chart called Pan, which is drawed as a square divided into nine blocks( 3 x 3. eight directions and centre ). In each directional block, one of the eight gates is positioned. We put away Jia(because of its holiness) and use other nine stems to put them into Dun Jia Pan chart at first, and after several process of making, Jia comes into the Pan chart from one of the eight gates. And that's why this method is called Qi Men Dun Jia.!

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Later due to the wide application of Dunjia this divination approach gradually broke its own boundary and gained application in disease diagnosis, business desicion, agricultural divination, etc.!

! Why Dunjia be Used for Divination?! !

Any divination approaches, whatever forms they assume, are models set up to imitate the social society, the nature and the universe, etc. Dunjia is a mathematic and physical model set up by incorporating heaven aspect, earth aspect, human aspect and unexpected aspect, the time elements and space elements. There are basic nine Yang Dun Ju and nine Yin Dun Ju which provide us a dynamic unified model to imitate all transformations and changes for universal things. Therefore it can be used to divine the society, nature, individual life time or all which stays out of human's reasoning ability. By calculation we know there are altogether 216,000 Jus and ancient Chinese people hope that 216,000 Jus can imitate most part of situation in this practical world. !

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This is one of the most typical characteristics of Dunjia. In ancient age, those who won using Dunjia tried to keep it as top-secret, and suppressed Dunjia-masters to prevent from Dunjiasecret leaking to the enemies of the governors.!

! Many Dunjia-masters were arrested, but they'd never made the secret of Dunjia clear.! ! Basic Background! ! 1. Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams! 1-1. Hevenly Stems!

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Most people are familair with Heavenly Stems, there are Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui. For Western people, they may feel difficult to understand the meaning and remember them. In fact, ten Heavenly Stems have close connection with the movements of sun. It was heard that Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were created by Da Nao, a very mysterious figure in ancient China.The following lists the general meaning of ten Heavenly Stems:!

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Jia: Bud - the sign of growth! Yi: Sprout - the spread of growth, bursting forth from Earth!

Bing: Concentrated growth like fire in the house! Ding: Maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss.! Wu; Flourishing and nuturing! Ji: Full bloom! Geng: Harvesting and abundance. Fullness leading to changes! Xin: Dead heading, reformation! Ren: Sustenance, supporting life! Gui: Regenerating roots and preparation for spring! In terms of Five Elements attributes, ten Heavenly Stems fall in to the following category:!

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Chinese! Character! Pin Yin!Five Element! Attributes! Yin Yang! Attributes! ! Jia(HS01)! wood! yang! ! Yi(HS02)! wood! yin! ! Bing(HS03)! fire! yang! ! Ding(HS04)! fire! yin! ! Wu(HS05)! earth! yang! ! Ji(HS06)! earth! yin! ! Geng(HS07)! metal! yang! ! Xin(HS08)! metal! yin! ! Ren(HS09)! water! yang! ! Gui(HS10)! water! yin! !

! 1-2. Earthly Branches! !

Earthly Branches have close connection with the movements of moon. They are described as follows:!

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Zi: Young shoot of a plant! Chou: Young plant supported by stick! Yin: Celebration of spring and New Year! Mao: Life springing forth! Chen: Pregnant and timid! Si: 7 months pregnant with fully formed embryo! Wu: Summer solstice! Wei: Big tree with solid branches! Shen:Expansion! You: Harvest, celebration! Xu: Clearing and preparation! Hai: Conception, mating of yin and yang! In terms of Five Elements attributes, ten Earthly Branches fall in to the following category:!

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! ! ! Zi(EB01)! water! yang! Chou(EB02)! earth! yin! Yin(EB03)! wood! yang!

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Mao(EB04)! Chen(EB05)! Si(EB06)! Wu(EB07)! Wei(EB08)! Shen(EB09)! You(EB10)! Xu(EB11)! Hai(EB12)!

wood! earth! fire! fire! earth! metal! metal! earth! water!

yin! yang! yin! yang! yin! yang! yin! yang! yin!

! 1-3. Orientation Attributes for Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches! !

Orientation! Season! Heavenly Stems! Earthly Branches! East! Spring! Jia, Yi! Yin, Mou! South! Summer! Bing, Ding! Si, Wu! Center!End of each four seasons! Wu, Ji! Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei! West! Autumn! Geng, Xin! Shen, You! North! Winter! Ren, Gui! Hai, Zi! !

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1-4. The application of ten Heavenly Stems in Dunjia! Besides the time meaning represented by the ten Heavenly Stems, each Heavenly Stem has hidden meaning which denotes the personalized military force. Jia denotes the general who often hides in the military force arrangements. Just on account of this it is called Dunjia--Dun means hidden in Chinese, Jia indicates the first Heavenly Stem Jia. Yi, Bing and Ding are often called Three Wonders. In fact, they are three important assistant commanders close to the general. In modern military framework, they are similiar to the headquater, political department and logistic department. Sometimes we can understand them as the following below: Yi is the idea man, Bing is the general's bodyguard, and Ding is the logistic officer.!

! Sometimes we can regard the three as the arm forces often appearing suddenly.! !

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag of different color. ! Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just-yellow flag ! Ji, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy-yellow flag ! Geng, metal element, yang, holds up a just-white flag! Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy-white flag! Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just-black flag! Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy-black flag.!

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In the sixty Stems and Branches system, Heavenly Stems will repeat six times while the Earthly Branches repeat 5 times, forming sixty combinations as follow below:!

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Jia-Zi! Jia-Xu! Jia-Shen! Jia-Wu!Jia-Chen! Jia-Yin! Yi-Chou! Yi-Hai! Yi-You! Yi-Wei! Yi-Si! Yi-Mou! Bing-Yin! Bing-Zi!Bing-Xu! Bing-Shen! Bing-Wu! Bing-Chen! Ding-Mou! Ding-Chou! Ding-Hai! Ding-You! Ding-Wei! Ding-Si!

Wu-Chen! Wu-Yin!Wu-Zi! Wu-Xu!Wu-Shen! Wu(HS05)-Wu(EB07)! Ji-Si! Ji-Mou!Ji-Chou! Ji-Hai! Ji-You! Ji-Wei! Geng-Wu! Geng-Chen! Geng-Yin! Geng-Zi! Geng-Xu! Geng-Shen! Xin-Wei! Xin-Si! Xin-Mou! Xin-Chou! Xin-Hai! Xin-You! Ren-Shen! Ren-Wu! Ren-Chen! Ren-Yin! Ren-Zi!Ren-Xu! Gui-You! Gui-Wei! Gui-Si! Gui-Mou! Gui-Chou! Gui-Hai! !

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So, ancient Chinese people regard sixty years as one cycle. In one cycle Jia should appear six times, they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin. In them the Jia-Zi is the general, the other five are commenders. The six military officers should hide themselves each under a different flag and they should not change anyway. ! Jia-Zi hides under the just-yellow flag holding up by Wu! Jia-Xu hides under the deputy-yellow flag holding up by Ji! Jia-Shen hides under the just-white flag holding up by Geng ! Jia-Wu hides under the deputy-white flag holding up by Xin ! Jia-Chen hides under the just-black flag holding up by Ren ! Jia-Yin hides under the deputy-black flag holding up by Gui!

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1-5. Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. ! Nine Palaces derive from Luo Drawings. To fill in the numbers we can get the following chart imitating Luo Drawing:!

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4,! 9,! 2,! 3,! 5,! 7,! 8,! 1,! 6,! For the easy memory, we often recite them as: 9 up on the head and 1 down under my feet, left 3 and right 7, 4 and 2 on my shoulder, 8 and 6 are my feet. Correspondingly, the congenital Eight Trigrams occupy diferent palaces.!

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1-6. San Qi! San Qi means three high-valued wonderful commanders or enforcements and consists of (sun wonder), (Moon wonder) and (star wonder).!

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1-7 Liu Yi! Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag of different color, under which six Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin hide them. ! Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just-yellow flag ! Ji, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy-yellow flag ! Geng, metal element, yang, holds up a just-white flag! Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy-white flag! Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just-black flag! Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy-black flag. !

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PART TWO!

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2-1. The Arrangement of San Qi and Liu Yi in Nine Palaces ! San Qi and Liu Yi, nine in total, will fall into nine palaces in a succession. They are , , , , , , , , . Among them , , , , , , each has one Jia general or one of five Jia commanders hiding under it-they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia Chen and Jia-Yin. When Jia-Zi falls into one palace (for example, No. 4 palace) in a Yang Dun Ju, we call it is a No. 4 Yang Du Ju.!

! 2-2. Ju! !

Ju means situation. In Dunjia method, there are cyclic numbers on year, month, day and hour of Dunjia calendar. For example, Ju number of the date February 2, 1996 is 9, Yang Dun Ju. It means JiaZi falls in the No. 9 palace.To know one day is Yang Dun Ju or Yin Dun Ju and the Ju number people can look for the Dunjia calender. That is very important.!

! 2-3. Yin Dun and Yang Dun! !

There are two ways of heavenly Qi's moving, Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Both are concerned with moving of Earth around the sun.! Yin Dun! Yin Dun is a period from summer solstice to next winter solstice. When during the Yin Dun period, Yin energy is born and increasing its power day by day.! Yang Dun! Yang Dun is a period from winter solstice to next summer solstice. During the Yang Dun period, Yang energy is increasing.!

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This circulation of energy concerned with time can be comprehend as revolution of earth like following:!

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Ju Shu ( situation numbers ) consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. It goes descendantly under Yin Dun period, and ascendantly under Yang Dun period like following:!

! Yang Dun = 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! ! Yin Dun = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9! ! 2 - 4. General Pattern for Earthly Disk! ! ! ! ! Jia-Zi! Sun Wonder! Liu Yi! ! Yang Dun! Yin Dun! !

! ! ! Jia-Xu! Jia-Shen!

! ! ! Jia-Wu!Jia-Chen!

! ! Jia-Yin!Star Wonder! Moon Wonder!

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! 4! 6!

! 7! 3!

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! 2! 8!

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! 5! 5!

! 6! 4!

! 8! 2!

9! 1!

NOTES: Here the numbers above mean the number in the nine palaces.There are altogether 18 Jus, one Ju every five days.There are nine Yang Dun Jus and nine Yin Dun Jus.!

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2 - 5. Heavenly Disk!

The aboved knowledge talked about the Earthly Disk and how to arrange the Liu Yi and Three Wonders in nine palaces and that is not enough. In ancient China, people held all things have to accept influence from heaven, earth and artificial aspect. Heavenly Disk represents the influence coming from above. There are altogether nine stars, each stands for a different influence, here we call them as Zhi FuZhi Fu. Please read the following chart:!

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Eight! Trigram! Palace! Number! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7! 8! 9! Zhi Fu! ! Tian! Peng !

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Tian! Rui!

! Tian Cong! ! Tian! Fu!

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Tian! Qin!

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Tian! Xin!

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Tian! Zhu!

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Tian! Ren!

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Tian! Ying! !

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Tian Peng (): water element, corresponding to Kan trigram, has close connection to the appearace of theft. So, it is an inauspicious star. When Tian Peng falls in one palace, people should construct dam, or defence facilities or strengthen the stronghold in order to prevent something happening. It is not good to travel far or do business because the theft may happen.! Tian Rui (): earth element, Yin, has close connection with epidemic. So, sometimes we call it as a disease star. When Tian Rui stays in one palace, people should receive teachings or admonishment, make friends, stay in the original place, abstain from arm force deployment, no marriage, no quarrel, no travel far, no new construction, etc.! Tian Cong (): wood element, yang, has close connection with kind donation, doing kind deeds, or agricultural activities. It is an auspicious star. When Tian Cong dwells in one palace, it is good for military action, battle or fights. Beside these all is inauspicious.! Tian Fu (): wood element, yang, has close connection with cultrual education. It is a very ausoicious star. Whe Tian Fu dwells in one palace, it is auspicious for travel, business, marriage, construction, especially study progress, social status ascendence and culture and education development.! Tian Qin (): earth element, yang, auspicious for all things because it dwells in the central earth palace which can gives rise to all.! Tian Xin (): metal element, yin, has close connection with leadership capability, scheming, desease treatment and military deployment. t is an auspicious star.! Tian Zhu (): metal element, yin, has close connection with killings, strange things, mysterious matters, damage. It is an inauspicious star. When Tian Zhu falls in one palace, people should strengthen their garrison, train their forces, prepare for the bad. It is not good for travel far, do business, otherwise loss, injury, unfortunate things will happen.! Tian Ren (): earth element, yang, an auspicious star. When Tian Ren dwells in one palace, it is good for offering teaching to general people, pacificate people, crack down upon insurgence or mobsters. Also good for business, marriage, social status.! Tian Ying (): fire element, yin, has close connection with outragous behavior, heated situation, fire and blood. It is a neutral star. When Tian Ying dwells in one palace it is good for planing, dropping a visit to high officials, but it is bad if people want fortune, social status possession, marriage or travel.! 2-6. Human Disk! Human disk means the eight Gates which summarize all possible influence from human beings.!

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Num.! Gate! Direction! ! Summary! 8! Shen! (birth)! northeast! ! To generate energy for action of the day. It is an agent of Gen-Trigram, and also represents Chou-branch and Yin-branch. Generally speaking, This gate is useful for any purpose, especially for health.! 3! Shang! (injury)!east! ! To be injured or scratch something easily by mistake, because of hurry to the work or remainder of yesterday's tiredness. It is an agent of Zhen-Trigram, and also represents Mao-Branch. This gate is useful for hospitalization with operations.! 4! Du! (clumsy)! southeast! !

Start working of the day, but not smoothly done for complete. It is an agent of Sun-Trigram, and also represents Chen-branch and Si-branch. This gate is not useful for any purposes. This gate is only useful for running away, or arresting robbers.! 9! Jing! (prospect)! south! ! The most active time in a day. It is an agent of Li, and also represents Wu-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes.! 5, 2! Si! (slacken)! southwest! ! Sleepy for satisfaction from eating. It is an agent of Kun-Trigram, and also represents Weibranch and Shen-branch. This gate should not be used except burial.! 7! Jing! (surprise)! west! ! It's nearly the time to finish the work. As concentrations get declined, people are easily surprised at unexpected happenings. It is an agent of Dui-Trigram, and also represents You-branch. This gate is not useful for any purposes.! 6! Kai! (relax)! northwest! ! Return home after work of the day. It's time to go to bed. It is an agent of Chain-Trigram, and also represents Xu-branch and Hai-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes. Kai denotes all things are prosperous, metal elements,! 1! Xiu! (rest)! north! ! People are in sleep. It is an agent of Kan-Trigram, and also represents Zi-branch. This gate is useful for any purposes.! !

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2 - 7. Guard Disk! There are altogether 8 Guards used in Dunjia, which summarize the possible influence from mysterious aspect or celestial powers. We call them Zhi Shi Zhi Shi. In Yang Dun Ju the eight Guards will line up in the following sequance:: !

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Zhi Fu! Teng She! !

Tai Yin!Liu Ge!Gou Chen!

Zhi Fu! Teng She! !

Tai Yin!!

Zhu Que!

Jiu De! Jiu Tian!

! The eight Guards will line up in the following sequence in Yin Dun Ju:! ! Gou Chen!

Zhu Que!

! The following gives the explanation as to each of the Guard:! !

Jiu De! Jiu Tian!

! Zhi Fu (): earth element, central position, the commander of all other Guards. When it falls in one palace, all evil things will flee without any trace.! Teng She (): fire element, south, hypocratic and crafty Guard. Stands for hypocratic characters, acrimony speech. Responsible for strange, hypocratic and dreadful things.!

Tai Yin (): metal element, west, the sheltering Guard. Of obscure and invisible attributes. Where Tai Yin comes upon it is suitable for planning, scheming, plotting, etc. and for taking shelter and hide the military forces.! Liu He (): wood element, east, the protection Guard. Its character is unclouded and amiable. Where it falls upon it is suitable for marriage arrangement, discussing business, negotiation, etc.! Bai Hu (): metal element, west, atrocious Guard. Apt to killing in most of situation, Responsible for arm forces deployment, killings, epidemics, traffic accidents. Under it there hids Gou Chen.! Xuan Wu ():water element, north, crafty sycophant or thief. Prefer to stealing and clandestine love affairs. Responsible for thieft, going into exile, quarrel. Under it there hides the Zhu Que.! Jiu Di (): earth element, central position, the common mother of all things. Its charater is tame, quiet, pliable. Where it comes upon it is suitable for planting, dwelling, stationing arm forces.! Jiu Tian (): metal element, positioned high up as like the heaven. Valiant Guard. Very strong character and prefer to taking action. Where it comes upon it is suitable for deploying arm forces, battle, travel.! !

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3 - 1. How to Set Up One Ju?! On August 20, 2000 one person dropped a visit. The time is 4:10PM.!

! A. The First Step:! !

People should learn such basic methods used for finding the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch and that is very important for the Dunjia divination. Here people should look for a Chinese lunar calender to find the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of August 20, 2000. The result is: Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () day.!

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Then we should get to know the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the time 4:10PM. It is Jia-Shen () .!

! So, we get the result of Xin-Si () year, Bing-Shen () month, Yi-Mou () and Jia-Shen () time.! !

.The Second Step:! By looking over the twenty-four solar terms we know it is the term of Beginning of Autumn. Beginning of Autumn is divided into three durations: upper period, middle period and lower period, each lasting 5 days. August 20, 2000 is within the middle period and the beginning mark of the middle period is August 19, 2000, it is Jia-Yin () day. For all the three periods, we should use 2,5 and 8 Ju, Yin Dun. Accordingly we know August 20, 2000 is number 5 Yin Dun Ju.!

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Now we should proceed to arrange San Qi and Liu Yi in the nine palaces. Yin Dun Ju we should choose the number sequence of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 when we arrange San Qi and Liu Yi. Because it is number 5 Yin Dun Ju we should first place Jia-Zi (), the general, in the number 5 palace. Jia-Zi is hiding under Wu detachment, therefore we just write down Wu () in the number 5 palace. Then Ji () in number 4 palace, Geng () in number 3 palace, Xin () in number 2 palace,

Ren () in number 1 palace, Gui () in number 9 palace, Ding () in number 8 palace, Bing () in number 7 palace, Yi () in number 6 palace. Please see the following figure which shows the Earthly Disk. !

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D. The Fourth Step! We should learn how to find the Zhi Fu () and Zhi Shi (), then arrange all Heavenly stars and eight Gates in the nine palace. ! It is Jia-Shen time. Jian Shen itself is the beginning time for one time period and so we don't need to waste any time. The beginning time of Jia-Shen hides under Geng detachment in number 3 palace. Corresponding to number 3 it is nothing but Tian-Chong () Star which is the Zhi Fu (). Corresponding to number 3 it is Injury Gate () which is the Zhi Shi () .!

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Now we should arrange Heavenly stars in their regular sequence: Tian-Peng (), Tian-Ren (), Tian- Chong (), Tian-Fu (), Tian-Ying (), Tian- Rui () and Tian-Qin ()--they are always together-Tian-Zhu (), Tian-Xin () . They always line up in a clockwise sequence. Because it is Jia-Shen time which hides under the Liu Yi Geng () we should bring Geng with Tian-Chong (). Please see the figure which show how the Heavenly Stars arrange.!

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F. The Sixth Step! Now we should learn how to arrange eight Gates in nine palaces. ! We know the Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells in number 3 palace. The regular sequence of eight Gates is as follows: Xiu (), Sheng (), Shang (), Du (), Jing (), Shi (), Jing (), Kai (). Then please see the following figure:!

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G: The Seventh Step! This step we should arrange eight Guards in nine palaces. Here we should know Zhi-Shi () always follow the Zhi-Fu () to find its starting point, then line up the regular sequence clockwise in Yang Dun Ju and counterclockwise in Yin Dun Ju. Zhi-Fu () is Injury Gate () who dwells in number 3 palace, so the starting point of eight Guards sequence will fall into number 3 palace, it is Zhi-Fu (). Because it is a Yin Dun Ju we should line up eight Guards counterclockwise as follows: Zhi-Fu (Zhi Fu), Teng-She(Teng She), Tai-Yin (Tai Yin), Liu He (Liu Ge), Bai-Hu (Gou Chen), Xuan-Wu (Zhu Que), Jiu-di (Jiu De), Jiu-tian (Jiu Tian). Please see the arrangement results in the following figure:!

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Till now we finish setting up one Ju based upon the time, day, month and year when the people come upon for one time of divination. Yes, there are other variety of Ju settings but here we generally adopt the most popular time-school Dunjia. Then people should learn how to analyze such Ju. Please click Next Page below for more inforamtion.!

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PART FOUR !

4 - 1. How to Analyze One Ju. ! People should know the emblematic meaning of each sign used in one Ju and their interaction results. In one palace there stay Earthly disk, Heavenly disk, Human disk and eight Guards which summarize the possible influence that can have effects upon one situation. In ancient China, people hold the viewpoints that human beings are one part of the nature without any division. It is a complete entity. They also hold that the whole nature has its own pulse that beat continuously as like a human being. Ancient Chinese doctore can know the problem hidden in the body by feeling the pulse. Yet, how to feel the pulse of the nuture? And is it possible to do that? !

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Dunjia methods provide one tool for feeling the pulse of the nuture and from it some people can know something hidden in it. In fact, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches provide the very basic foundation for this to become true. The pulse of nature can show up with assorted presentation forms when tainted with different color and that is why Dunjia can offer so much useful tips when people want to know so many different things.!

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So, for the proper analysis of one Ju we have to know the meaning of each element staying in the nine palaces.!

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4 - 2. Eight Trigrams and Their Emblematic Meanings;! Chien Trigram ():!

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sky, sun, ice, hailstone and all that represents the behavior of heaven, sky, crown, etc.! president, father, the highest position, leader, old men, celebrities, goverment officials, male, senior, etc.! capital, big cities, places located high, impotant places, etc! northwest, high place! autumn, September, October, Beginning of winter, Xu-, Hai- in year, month, day and time in Chinese lunar calendar.! 1, 6, 4, 9! horse, elephant, lion, etc.! gold, jade, round objects, glass, fruits, cap, etc! head, right thigh, lung, bone, penis! white, red, brown! peppery taste! Kun Trigram ()!

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earth, cloudy day, foggy day, or all things that have the similar character of earth (tame, quiet, carry one all, noiseless, etc.)! princess,the first wife, the general people, mother, grandmother, old women,rural people, hypocrite, big belly, stingy people, the female, etc.! wildness, wild field, rural area, plain, etc.! southwest, north, lower position, the lowest lay.! June and July in Chinese lunar calendar, Wei- and Shen- in year, month, day and time in the lunar calendar system, Chen-, Xu-, Chou-, Wei- in year, month, day and time in lunar calendar system.! 2, 8, 5, 10! ox, female horse, cat, animals! cement, brick, clothes, soft things, things in earth, beef, food, pot, etc.!

belly, right shoulder, spleen, stomach, muscle, female genital organ, etc.! yellow, black! sweet tast! There are very long pages for other six trigrams and people can find them in other websites.!

! 4 - 3. Heavenly Stems and Their Emblematic Meanings:! ! Jia ()! !

wood, yang, east, bladder, head, sour, green, square, proud, hauty, become mainstay when it is its prime time, become useless when it is not its time for prime, become useless when incur much restriction, become homeless when it primes too much.! Yi ()!

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wood, yin, east, liver, nack, shoulder, pale green, sour sweet, tender. Becomes prosperous when its time come up, becomes withered when it is not its time for prime, capable to become a ridge beam but could not last long, tame, doctor, female, wife, etc.! Bing ()!

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fire, yang, south, small intestines, heart, chest, tongue, pale red, bitter taste, tame but adhere to own plan and ideas, Becomes astrocious and ruthless when its time is coming upon, becomes distressful when it is not its time for prime. Virgin, the third person in a marriage.! Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.!

! 4 - 4. Earthly Branches and Their Emblematic Meanings:! ! Zi ()! !

water, yang, north, pond, small river, women, theft, swallow, sweet potato, bat, snail, duckweed, etc. Stands for clever things and fortune when encountering fortune God and stands for obscene things or events when encountering evil God.! Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.!

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5. The Relationship and Interaction when Elements in Heavenly Disk Meets Elements in Earthly Disk!

! 5 - 1 Jia-Zi-Xu () in Heavenly Disk come upon to meet San Qi and Liu Yi in Earthly Disk.! !

Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Jia-Zi-Wu () in Earthly Disk. All things are unprosperous, the road is obstructed. Suitable for defence.! Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Yi () in Earthly Disk. Jia and Yi are wood, located in the east. Two dragons meet and all is prosperous.! Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Bing () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable for gendering Bing fire.! The dragon turns its head and it means good for the things people planned.!

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Jia-Zi-Wu () comes upon Ding () in Earthly Disk. Jia is green dragon, wood element, suitable for gendering Bing fire. It is suitable for paying a visit to big men in high position, good time for pursuring fame and fortune, but is easy to incur disputes when it is tomb time.!

What is Dunjia?!

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Qi Men Dun Jia (or Qimendunjia) is one of the three most powerful divination methods, the other two being --Tai Yee and Liu Ren. These divination methods are used to discern both good and bad luck in relation to time and space (direction). Tai Yee is used to divine events that affect societies, such as earthquake, weather effects like hurricanes, massacres, natural disasters, etc. Qi Men is generally used for military action but, can be applied to competitive environments in making the right strategic decision in ever-changing situations. Liu Ren is mostly used for divining general daily events that affect our own daily lives.!

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Qi usually means mysterious or strange, but in this context it means valuable or holy. Men means a gate, and Dun means hidden or escaped (to make hidden). Jia is the first of the ten Heavenly stems and is considered the most sacred in this method.!

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These three oracles use very special charts to divine and give conclusions. They all use Heavenly stems, Earthly branches, He Tu, Luo Shu, Eight Trigrams, Emblematic elements and divine number, etc. and most of these principles are explained below.!

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Dunjia can be divided into Year School Dunjia, Month School Dunjia, Day School Dunjia and Time School Dunjia in terms of time. In terms of reasoning methods it should be divided into Line-Up Palace Dunjia and Jump-in-Palace Dunjia.!

! Here we introduce Time School and Line-Up Palace Dunjia! !

Qi Men Dun Jia battle formationsPeople may ask when, how and why Dunjia came into practice. Nowadays many people believe Dunjia originated from military arrangements on the battle field and such statements have gained wide approval in scholarly circles. In the ancient book "The Song from Old Fishing Man" carried the following story: Emperor XuanYuan fought a fierce battle with Shi You for many years. In a dream he dreamt Heaven gave him an oracle and XuanYuan then paid his respects upon a sacrificial platform and practised such arts which soon brought success. He ordered his military man Feng Hou to write down these arts and this was the beginning of Dunjia.! The popularity of this method spread far and wide from the late Spring And Autumn To The Warring States period - a time when many states fought endless battles to expand their territories. Also Sun Zi's book The Art of War carried similar information concerning the theory of Dunjia. Yet, most people didn't understand the exact meaning until now.!

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In Three-Kingdom Times the famous military counsellor Zhu Ge Liang applied Eight Trigram or Ba Gua Arrangement on the battle field and won huge success. As a result, the book the "Three Kingdoms" is necessary reading for intelligence experts and politicians around the world.!

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Southeast Gate! South Gate! Southwest Gate! East gate! ! Pan - pictures used for illustration purposes only.! West Gate! Northeast Gate! North Gate! Northwest Gate! ! In Dun Jia (or Dunjia) theory, we use a kind of direction chart called Pan, this is drawn as a square and then divided into nine blocks ( 3 x 3. eight directions plus the centre ).!

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In each directional block, one of the eight gates is positioned. We put away Jia (because of its holiness) and use the other nine stems to put them into Dun Jia Pan chart at first, and after several process of making, Jia comes into the Pan chart from one of the eight gates. And that's why this method is called Qi Men Dun Jia. Later due to the wide application of Dunjia this divination approach gradually broke its own boundary and gained application in health diagnosis, business decisions, agricultural divination, etc.!

! Why is Dunjia used for Divination?! !

Any divination process, whatever forms they assume, are models set up to imitate the social society, nature and the universe, etc. Dunjia is a mathematical and physical model set up to incorporate Heavenly, Earth, Human and unexpected aspects, as well as time and space or directional elements.! There are nine basic Yang Dun Ju and nine Yin Dun Ju which produce a dynamic unified model to imitate all transformations and changes experienced in life. Therefore it can be used to divine for society, nature, individual life time or all which is unknown to Man. By calculation we know there are altogether 216,000 Jus and ancient Chinese people hoped that 216,000 Jus can cover most situations in this practical world.!

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One of the most typical characteristics of Dunjia was that in ancient times, those who used Dunjia tried to keep it top-secret, they subsequently suppressed Dunjia-masters to prevent Dunjia- secrets leaking to the enemies of the governors. Many Dunjia-masters were arrested, but they'd never made the secret of Dunjia clear. That is until now.!

! How to calculate the chart! ! 1. Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams- Basic Background! ! 1-1. Heavenly Stems! !

Most people are familiar with the Heavenly Stems, which are Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui. For Western people, may find it difficult to understand the meaning and to remember them. In fact, ten Heavenly Stems have close connection with the movements of sun. It was heard that Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches were created by Da Nao, a very mysterious figure in ancient China. The following list has the general meaning of the Ten Heavenly Stems:!

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Stems! Definition! Number / Element! Jia:! Bud - the sign of growth! S1 / Wood yang! Yi:! Sprout - the spread of growth, bursting forth from Earth! S2 / Wood yin! Bing! Concentrated growth like fire in the house! S3 / Fire yang! Ding! Maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss.! S4 / Fire yin! Wu! Flourishing and nurturing! S5 / Earth yang! Ji:! Full bloom! S6 / Earth yin! Geng! Harvesting and abundance. Fullness leading to changes! S7 / Metal yang! Xin! Dead heading, reformation! S8 / Metal yin! Ren! Sustenance, supporting life! S9 / Water yang! Gui:! Regenerating roots and preparation for spring! S10 / Water yin! 1-2. Earthly Branches!

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Earthly Branches have close connection with the movements of moon. They are described as follows!

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Animal!Definition! Element! Rat - Zi! Young shoot of a plant! B1 / Water yang! Ox - Chou:! Young plant supported by stick! B2 / Earth yin! Tiger - Yin! Celebration of spring and New Year! B3 / Wood yang! Rabbit - Mao! Life springing forth! B4 / Wood yin! Dragon - Chen! Pregnant and timid! B5 / Earth yang! Snake - Si:! 7 months pregnant with fully formed embryo!B6 / Fire yin! Horse - Wu! Summer solstice! B7 / Fire yang! Sheep - Wei! Big tree with solid branches! B8 / Earth yin! Monkey - Shen! Expansion! B9 / Metal yang! Rooster - You! Harvest, celebration! B10 / Metal yin! Dog - Xu! Clearing and preparation! B11 / Earth yang! Pig - Hai! Conception, mating of yin and yang! B12 / Water yin! 1-3. Orientation for the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches!

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Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches! Directions / Season of influence! Jia, Yi Yin, Mou! East / Spring! Bing, Ding Si, Wu! South / Summer! Wu, Ji Chen, Xu, Chou, Wei! Centre /End of each four seasons! Geng, Xin Shen, You! West / Autumn! Ren, Gui Hai, Zi! North / Winter! 1-4. Application of the ten Heavenly Stems in Dunjia!

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Besides the time meaning represented by the ten Heavenly Stems, each Heavenly Stem has hidden meanings, which denote military forces, operations or officers. So, Jia denotes the general who often hides in the military force arrangements. On account of this, this system is called Dunjia - -Dun means hidden in Chinese, Jia indicates the first Heavenly Stem Jia. Yi, Bing and Ding are often called Three Wonders. In fact, they are three important assistant commanders close to the general. In a modern military framework, they are similar to the headquarters, policy department and logistical department. Sometimes we can understand them as the following: Yi is the idea man, Bing is the general's bodyguard, and Ding is the logistic officer.!

! Sometimes we can regard these three as reinforcements that often appear suddenly.! !

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag of a different colour.! Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just yellow flag ! Ji, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy yellow flag ! Geng, metal element, yang, holds up a just white flag! Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy white flag! Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just black flag! Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy black flag.!

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In the sixty Stems and Branches system, Heavenly Stems repeat six times while the Earthly Branches repeat only 5 times, this forms a combination of sixty as shown below:!

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Jia-Zi! Jia-Xu! Jia-Shen! Jia-Wu!Jia-Chen! Jia-Yin! Yi-Chou! Yi-Hai! Yi You! Yi Wei! Yi Si! Yi Mao! Bing Yin! Bing Zi!Bing Xu! Bing Shen! Bing Wu! Bing Chen! Ding Mao! Ding Chou! Ding Hai! Ding You! Ding Wei! Ding Si! Wu Chen! Wu Yin!Wu Zi! Wu Xu!Wu Shen! Wu (S5) Wu (B7)! Ji Si! Ji Mao!Ji Chou! Ji Hai! Ji You! Ji Wei! Geng Wu! Geng Chen! Geng Yin! Geng Zi! Geng Xu! Geng Shen! Xin Wei! Xin Si! Xin Mao! Xin Chou! Xin Hai!Xin You! Ren Shen! Ren Wu! Ren Chen! Ren Yin! Ren Zi!Ren Xu! Gui You! Gui Wei! Gui Si! Gui Mao! Gui Chou! Gui Hai! So, ancient Chinese people regard sixty years as one cycle. In one cycle Jia should appear six times, they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin. In them the Jia-Zi is the general, the other five are commanders. The six military officers should hide themselves each under a different flag and they should not change in any way. ! Jia-Zi hides under the just yellow flag supported by Wu! Jia-Xu hides under the deputy yellow flag supported by Ji! Jia-Shen hides under the just white flag supported by Geng ! Jia-Wu hides under the deputy white flag supported by Xin ! Jia-Chen hides under the just black flag supported by Ren ! Jia-Yin hides under the deputy black flag supported by Gui!

! 1-5. Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams! ! The Nine Palaces is the Luo Shu chart shown below.! ! 4, 9, 2, ! 3, 5, 7, ! 8, 1, 6,!

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For easy memory, we often recite them as: 9 up on the head and 1 down under my feet, left 3 and right 7, 4 and 2 on my shoulder, 8 and 6 are my feet. Correspondingly, the congenital Eight Trigrams occupy different palaces.!

! 1-6. San Qi! !

San Qi means three high-valued wonderful commanders or enforcers, they consist of Sun wonder), (Moon wonder) and (Star wonder).!

! 1-7 Liu Yi! !

Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui are six detachments (We call Liu Yi), each holding up flag of different colour, under which six Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia-Chen and Jia-Yin hide them. ! Wu, earth element, yang, holds up a just yellow flag ! Ji, earth element, yin, holds up a deputy yellow flag ! Geng, metal element, yang, holds up a just white flag!

Xin, metal element, yin, holds up a deputy white flag! Ren, water element, yang, holds up a just black flag! Gui, water element, yin, holds up a deputy black flag.!

! It consists of Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui! ! The Arrangement of San Qi and Liu Yi in Nine Palaces 2 - 1.! !

San Qi and Liu Yi, nine in total, will fall into nine palaces in a succession. They are Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, Bing and Yi. Among them Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui have one Jia general or one of the five Jia commanders hiding under it-- they are Jia-Zi, Jia-Xu, Jia-Shen, Jia-Wu, Jia Chen and Jia-Yin. When Jia-Zi falls into one palace (for example, No. 4 palace) in a Yang Dun Ju, we call it is a No. 4 Yang Du Ju.!

! 2 - 2. Ju! !

Ju means situation. A Dunjia calendar, has cyclical numbers for the year, month, day and hour. For example, the Ju number for February 2, 1996 was 9. This is the Yang Dun Ju and at this time it falls in the No. 9 palace. It is essential that people consult the Dunjia calendar to know whether a day is either a Yang Dun Ju or Yin Dun Ju and what the Ju number is for this period.!

! 2 - 3. Yin Dun and Yang Dun! !

There are two motions of heavenly Qi, namely Yin Dun and Yang Dun. Both are concerned with the movement of the Earth around the sun. The Yin Dun period is from the summer solstice to the winter solstice and this is when Yin qi is born and becomes stronger day by day. Yang Dun is a period from the winter solstice to the next summer solstice and this is when Yang energy increases.!

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This circulation of energy concerned with time can be understood as the revolution of earth like following:!

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Ju Shu ( situation numbers ) consists of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The cyclical numbers descend during Yin Dun period, like following:!

! = 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! ! These ascend during the Yang Dun period! ! = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9! ! 2 - 4. General Pattern for Earthly Disk! ! ! Jia-Zi! Sun Wonder! Liu Yi! Wu! Yang Dun! Yin Dun!

Jia-Xu! Jia-Shen!

Jia-Wu!Jia-Chen!

Jia-Yin!Star Wonder! Moon Wonder!

Ji! 1! 9!

Ren! 4! 6!

Yi! 7! 3!

Geng! Xin! 2! 3! 8! 7!

Gui! 5! 5!

Jia! 6! 4!

Bing! 8! 9! 2! 1!

NOTES: Here the above numbers are placed in the nine palaces. There are 18 Jus in total, one Ju for every five days. There are nine Yang Dun Jus and nine Yin Dun Jus.!

! 2 - 5. Heavenly Disk! !

The Earthly Disk referred to above with the arrangement of Liu Yi and Three Wonders in nine palaces, is not enough as this only concerns matter, which is changed by astral influences over time. In ancient China, people held that all things are changed by Heaven, earth and the effect of man. The Heavenly Disk therefore represents this influence coming from above, via the electromagnetic spectrum. There are altogether nine stars, each represents a different influence, here we call them Zhi Fu. Please read the following chart:!

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Eight Trigram! ! Kan! Kun! Zhen! Xun! ! ! Qian! Dui! Gen! Li! Palace Number! ! 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! 7! 8! 9! Zhi Fu! ! Tian Peng! Tian Rui! Tian Cong! Tian Fu! Tian Qin! Tian Xin! Tian Zhu! Tian Ren! Tian Ying! Please see below for an explanation of these nine stars:!

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Tian Peng; has the water yang element, corresponding to the Kan Trigram, this star indicates theft. So, it is an inauspicious star. When Tian Peng falls in one palace, people should construct dam, or defence facilities and strengthen their stronghold in order to prevent loss or misfortune. It is not good to travel far, or do business because this symbol indicates loss.!

Tian Rui: earth element, indicates sickness. So, sometimes we call it the "disease star". When Tian Rui stays in one palace, people should receive teachings or admonishment, make friends, stay home, abstain from military deployment, postpone marriage, refrain from quarrels, long distance travel, new construction, etc.! Tian Cong: wood element, yang, indicates charity and donations, doing kind deeds, or agricultural activities. It is an auspicious star. When Tian Cong dwells in one palace, it is good for military action, battles or legal issues. For all else it is inauspicious.! Tian Fu: wood element, yang, has close connection with cultural education. It is a very auspicious star. When Tian Fu dwells in one palace, it is auspicious for travel, business, marriage, construction, especially study progress, increasing social status, cultural and educational development.! Tian Qin: earth element, yang, auspicious for all things because it dwells in the central earth palace which can give rise to all.! Tian Xin: metal element, yin, relates to leadership capability, scheming, medical treatment and military deployment. t is an auspicious star.! Tian Zhu: metal element, yin, indicates death, strange occurrence, mysterious matters, damage. It is an inauspicious star. When Tian Zhu falls in one palace, people should strengthen their garrison, train their forces, prepare for the worst. It is not good to travel far, do business, otherwise loss, injury or unfortunate things will happen.! Tian Ren: earth element, yang, an auspicious star. When Tian Ren dwells in one palace, it is good for beneficence and studying, settling disputes, legal enforcement's especially injustice's. Also good for business, marriages and social status.! Tian Ying: fire element, yin, indicates outrageous behaviour, heated situations, fire and blood. It is a neutral star. When Tian Ying dwells in one palace it is good for planing, visiting high officials, but it is unlucky for wealth, social status improvement, marriage or travel. ! 2 - 6. Human Disk!

! Human disk means the eight Gates which summarise all possible influence from human beings.! ! Number! Gate! Direction! Summary! 8! Sheng (birth)! Northeast! To generate energy for action of the day. It is an agent of Gen-Trigram, and also represents Chou-(B2) and Yin-(B3). Generally speaking, This gate is useful for any purpose, especially for health.! 3! Shang (injury)!East! To be injured or scratch something unnecessarily due to hastiness in finishing a task or, as a residue of yesterday's tiredness. It is an agent of Zhen-Trigram, and also represents Mao-(B4). This gate is useful for hospitalisation and operations.! 4! Du ! (clumsy)! Southeast! Accidents and mishaps with nothing running smoothly. It is an agent of Xun-Trigram, and also represents Chen (B5) and Si-(B6). This gate is unlucky, but it is useful for escaping or arresting robbers.! 9! Jing (prospect)! South! The most active time in a day. It is an agent of Li, and also represents Wu (B7). This gate is useful for any purposes.! 5, 2! Si (slacken)! Southwest! lethargy. It is an agent of Kun-Trigram, and also represents Wei (B8) and Shen-(B9). This gate should not be used except for burial.! 7! Jing (surprise)!West! It's nearly the time to finish work. As concentration dwindles, people are easily surprised at unexpected happenings. It is an agent of Dui-Trigram, and also represents You-(B9). This gate is not useful for any purposes.! 6! Kai (relax)! Northwest! Returning home after work and it's time to go to bed. It is an agent of Qian-Trigram, and also represents Xu-(B10) and Hai-(B11). This gate is useful for

any purposes. Kai denotes all things are prosperous, especially those concerning metal elements.! 1! Xiu (rest)! North! People are asleep. It is an agent of Kan-Trigram, and also represents Zi- (B12). This gate is useful for any purposes! 2 - 7. Guard Disk!

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There are altogether 8 Guards used in Dunjia, which summarise the possible influence by mysterious aspect or celestial powers. We call them Zhi Shi . In Yang Dun Ju the eight Guards will line up in the following sequence::!

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Zhi Fu! Teng She! Tai Yin!Liu He! Bai Hu!Xuan Wu! Jiu Di! Jiu Tian! The eight Guards will line up in the following sequence in Yin Dun Ju:!

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Zhi Fu! Teng She! Tai Yin!Liu He! Bai Hu!Xuan Wu! Jiu Di! Jiu Tian! The following gives an explanation as to the influence of each Guard:!

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Zhi Fu: earth element, central position, the commander of all other Guards. When it falls in one palace, all evil things will flee without any trace.! Teng She: fire element, south, Hippocratic and crafty Guard. Stands for hypocritical characters and acrimony.. Responsible for strange, hypocritical and dreadful things.! Tai Yin: metal element, west, the sheltering Guard. Of obscure and invisible attributes. Where Tai Yin comes upon it is suitable for planning, scheming, plotting, etc. and for taking shelter especially for military forces.! Liu He: wood element, east, the protection Guard. Its character is unclouded and amiable. Where it falls upon it is suitable for marriage arrangement, discussing business, negotiation, etc.! Bai Hu: metal element, west, atrocious Guard. Apt to killing in most situations, Responsible for armed forces deployment, killings, epidemics, traffic accidents. Under it there hides Gou Chen.! Xuan Wu: water element, north, crafty sycophant or thief. Prefers stealing and clandestine love affairs. Responsible for theft, going into exile, quarrel. Under it there hides the Zhu Que.! Jiu Di: earth element, central position, the common mother of all things. Its character is tame, quiet, pliable. Where it comes upon is suitable for planting, dwelling, stationing arm forces.! Jiu Tian: metal element, positioned high up as like the heaven. Valiant Guard. Very strong character and prefers taking action. Where it comes upon it is suitable for deploying arm forces, battle and travel.! 3 - 1. How to Set Up One Ju?!

! On 20th August 2000 a person dropped in for a reading. The time was 4:10PM.! ! A. The First Step:! !

To use this method you must learn the basic methods used for finding the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch for a particular day as this is essential for Dunjia divination. You should consult a Chinese lunar calendar to find the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch for 20th August 2000. The result will be: Xin-Si (Metal Snake) year, Bing-Shen (Fire Monkey) month, Yi-Mou (Wood Rabbit) day. Then we should get to know the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch of the time 4:10PM. It is Jia-Shen (Wood Monkey) .!

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Hour! Day! Month! Year! Jia (Wood yang)! Yi (Wood yin)! Bing (Fire yang)!

Geng (Metal yang)!

Shen (Monkey)! Mao (Rabbit)! Shen (Monkey)! Chen (Dragon)! So, we get the result of Xin-Si (Metal Snake) year, Bing-Shen (Fire Monkey) month, Yi-Mou (Wood Rabbit) day and Jia-Shen (Wood Monkey) hour.!

! B. The Second Step:! !

Before progressing to this step, you must become familiar with what is knows as the 24 solar terms or seasons, of the Chinese calendar, as this is an ancient way of plotting how nature changes throughout a year. However, the process of global warming has modified these dates somewhat, so you should therefore consult a Chinese calendar before proceeding with this method.!

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In Chinese! In English! Duration! 1. Li Chun! Beginning of spring! 4 Feb - 18 Feb! 2. Yu Shui! Rain water! 19 Feb - 4 Mar! 3. Jing Zhe! The movements of insects! 5 Mar - 20 mar! 4. Chun Fen! Spring equinox! 21 Mar - 4 Apr! 5. Qing Ming! Serene clarity! 5 Apr - 19 Apr! 6. Gu Yu! Grain rain! 20 Apr - 4 May! 7. Li Xia! Beginning of summer!5 May - 20 May! 8. Xiao Man! Surfeit! 21 May - 5 Jun! 9. Mang Chong! Grain in ear! 6 Jun - 20 Jun! 10. Xia Zhi! The summer solstice! 21 Jun - 6 July! 11. Xiao Shu! Little heat! 7 July - 22 July! 12. Da Shu! Great heat! 23 July - 6 Aug! 13. Li Qiu! Beginning of autumn! 7 Aug - 22 Aug! 14. Chu Shu! Heat ceasing! 23 Aug - 6 Sep! 15. Bai Lu! White dew! 7 Sep - 21 Sep! 16. Qiu Fen! Autumn equinox! 22 Sep - 7 Oct! 17. Han Lu! Cold dew! 8 Oct - 22 Oct! 18. Shuang Jiang! Frost descends! 23 Oct - 6 Nov! 19. Li Dong! Beginning of winter! 7 Nov -21 Nov! 20. Xiao Xue! Little snow! 22 Nov - 6 Dec! 21. Da Xue! Great snow! 7 Dec - 21 Dec! 22. Dong Zhi! Winter solstice!22 Dec - 4 Jan! 23. Xiao Han! Little cold! 5 Jan - 19 Jan! 24. Da Han! Great cold! 20 Jan - 3 Feb! By looking over the twenty-four solar terms we know that this date falls in the term of Li Chun "Beginning of Autumn". Beginning of Autumn is divided into three duration's: upper period, middle period and lower period, each lasting 5 days. August 20, 2000 is within the middle period and the beginning mark of the middle period is August 19, 2000, this was a Jia-Yin day. For these three periods, we should use the cyclical numbers of 2,5 and 8 Ju, Yin Dun. Accordingly we know August 20, 2000 is number 5 Yin Dun Ju.!

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Now we should proceed to arrange San Qi and Liu Yi in the nine palaces. As this date falls within the Yin Dun Ju we should choose the number sequence of 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 when we arrange San Qi and Liu Yi. Because it is number 5 Yin Dun Ju we should first place Jia-Zi, the

general, in the number 5 palace. Jia-Zi is hiding under Wu detachment, therefore we just write down Wu in the number 5 palace. Then Ji in number 4 palace, Geng in number 3 palace, Xin in number 2 palace, Ren in number 1 palace, Gui in number 9 palace, Ding in number 8 palace, Bing in number 7 palace, Yi in number 6 palace. Please see the following figure which shows the Earthly Disk.!

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Ji! 3!

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Gui! 2!

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Xin! 3!

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Geng! 5!

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Wu! 7!

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Bing! 8!

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Ding! 1!

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Ren! 6!

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You next need to learn how to find the Zhi Fu and Zhi Shi, then arrange all Heavenly stars and eight Gates in the nine palace. ! It is the Jia-Shen Hour. Jia Shen itself is the beginning of one time period and so we don't need to waste any time discovering Which Jia this time comes under.. The beginning time of Jia-Shen Hides under Geng detachment in number 3 palace. The Zhi Fu corresponding to number 3 is nothing the Tian-Cong Star. The Gate corresponding to number 3 is the Injury Gate this is the Zhi Shi .!

! E. The Fifth Step:! !

Now we should arrange the Heavenly stars in their regular sequence which is: Tian-Peng , TianRen, Tian- Chong, Tian-Fu, Tian-Ying, Tian- Rui and Tian-Qin --are always together in the same palace--Tian-Zhu, Tian-Xin . They always line up in a clockwise sequence. Because it is Jia-

Shen time which hides under the Liu Yi Geng we should place Tian-Chong at Geng). Please see below how the Heavenly Stars are arranged.!

! Ji! ! 4 Ji! !

Tian Fu! Gui!

! 9 Gui! ! Tian Ying! ! Xin! !

2 Xin! 5 Wu! Tian Rui Tian Qin!

! Geng! ! 3 Geng! ! Tian Chong! ! Wu! ! 5! ! Wu! ! Bing! ! 7 Bing! ! Tian Zhu! ! Ding! ! 8 Ding! ! Tian Ren! ! Ren! ! 1 Ren! ! Tian Peng!

! Yi! ! 6 Yi! ! Tian Xin! ! F. The Sixth Step:! !

Now we should learn how to arrange eight Gates in nine palaces. ! We know the Zhi-Fu is Injury Gate which dwells in number 3 palace. The regular sequence of eight Gates is as follows: Xiu, Sheng, Shang, Du, Jing, Si, Jing, Kai. Then please see the following illustration:!

! Ji! ! 4 Ji! ! Tian Fu! ! Clumsy gate (du)! ! Gui! ! 9 Gui! ! Tian Ying! ! Prospect gate (jing)! ! Xin! ! 2 Xin! 5 Wu! Tian Rui Tian Qin!

! Death gate (si)! ! Geng! ! 3 Geng! ! Tian Chong! ! Injury gate (shang)! ! Wu! ! 5!

! Wu! ! Bing! ! 7 Bing! ! Tian Zhu! ! Surprise gate (jing)! ! Ding! ! 8 Ding! ! Tian Ren! ! Birth gate (sheng)! ! Ren! ! 1 Ren! ! Tian Peng! ! Rest gate (xiu)! ! Yi! ! 6 Yi! ! Tian Xin! ! Relax gate (kai)! ! ! G: The Seventh Step! !

In this step we arrange the eight Guards in the nine palaces. Here we should know Zhi-Shi always follows Zhi-Fu to find its starting point. We then follow the regular sequence either clockwise in Yang Dun Ju or counterclockwise in Yin Dun Ju. Zhi-Fu is Injury Gate which dwells in number 3 palace. So the starting point for the eight Guards sequence will fall into number 3 palace, it is Zhi-Fu. Because it is a Yin Dun Ju we should line up the eight Guards counterclockwise as follows: Zhi-Fu, Teng-She, Tai-Yin Liu He, Bai-Hu, Xuan-Wu, Jiu-di, Jiutian. Please see the arrangement below:!

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4 Ji!

! Tian Fu! ! Clumsy gate (du)! ! Jjiu Tian! ! Gui! ! 9 Gui! ! Tian Ying! ! Prospect gate (jing)! ! Jjiu Di! ! Xin! ! 2 Xin! 5 Wu! Tian Rui Tian Qin!

! Death gate (si)! ! Xuan Wu! ! Geng! ! 3 Geng! ! Tian Chong! ! Injury gate (shang)! ! Zhi Fu! ! Wu! ! 5! ! Wu! ! Bing! ! 7 Bing! ! Tian Zhu! !

Surprise gate (jing)!

! Bai Hu! ! Ding! ! 8 Ding! ! Tian Ren! ! Birth gate (sheng)! ! Teng She! ! Ren! ! 1 Ren! ! Tian Peng! ! Rest gate (xiu)! ! Tai Yin! ! Yi! ! 6 Yi! ! Tian Xin! ! Relax gate (kai)! ! Liu He! !

We have just finished setting up one Ju based upon the time, day, month and year when the person arrived for divination. There are other arrangements of Ju settings but here we generally adopt the most popular time-school Dunjia. Next you have to analyze such Ju.!

! Analysis! !

To understand the results from the reading people should know the layered meaning of each sign used in one Ju and the results of their interaction, we list a couple of examples of this below. In each palace there are also the Earthly, Heavenly and Human disks with the Eight Guards, which summarize the possible influence that can affect a situation. In ancient China, people held the viewpoint that human beings are an integral part of nature. With mankind Nature is a complete entity. They also held that nature has its own pulse which beats continuously, just like a human being. Similarly ancient Chinese doctore could diagnose a problem hidden in the body just by feeling the pulse. Yet, how do we feel the pulse of nature? And is it possible to do that?!

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Dunjia methods provide one tool for feeling the pulse of nature and from this we can discover something hidden in it. In fact, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches provide the very basic foundation for this to become true. The pulse of nature can show up in so many different ways and that is why Dunjia can offer so many useful tips when people wish to know so many different things.!

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So, for the proper analysis of one Ju we have to know the meaning of each element residing in the nine palaces. This will be covered in a new correspondence course soon to be published, depending on your interest in this system. So if you would like to take this course please register your interest now by emailing Alan and we will forward details to you when the course is ready.!

! Pure Trigrams and Their Emblematic Meanings;! ! Qian Trigram:! !

Represents sky, sun, ice, hailstone and all that represents the behavior of heaven, sky, crown, etc. ! president, father, the highest position, leader, old men, celebrities, goverment officials, male, senior, etc. ! capital, big cities, places located high, impotant places, etc! Northwest, high place.! Autumn, September, October, Beginning of winter, Xu (B11), Hai (B12)- in year, month, day and time in Chinese lunar calendar.! 1, 6, 4, 9! horse, elephant, lion, etc.! gold, jade, round objects, glass, fruits, cap, etc! head, right thigh, lung, bone, penis.! white, red, brown! peppery taste! Kun Trigram!

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earth, cloudy day, foggy day, or all things that have the similar character of earth (tame, quiet, carry one all, noiseless, etc.)! princess, the first wife, the general people, mother, grandmother, old women, rural people, hypocrite, big belly, stingy people, the female, etc.! wildness, wild field, rural area, plain, etc! southwest, north, lower position, the lowest layer.! June and July in Chinese lunar calendar, Wei-(B8) and Shen (B9)- in year, month, day and time in the lunar calendar system, Chen-, Xu-, Chou-, Wei- in year, month, day and time in lunar calendar system.! 2, 8, 5, 10! ox, female horse, cat, animals! cement, brick, clothes, soft things, things in earth, beef, food, pot, etc.! belly, right shoulder, spleen, stomach, muscle, female genital organ, etc.! yellow, black! sweet tast ! 4 - 3. Heavenly Stems and Their Emblematic Meanings:!

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wood, yang, east, bladder, head, sour, green, square, proud, hauty, become mainstay when it is its prime time, become useless when it is not its time for prime, become useless when incur much restriction, become homeless when it is past its prime.! Yi!

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wood, yin, east, liver, back, shoulder, pale green, sour sweet, tender. Becomes prosperous when iwhen timely, becomes withered when it is untimely, capable to become a ridge beam but could not last long, tame, doctor, female, wife, etc.! Bing!

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fire, yang, south, small intestines, heart, chest, tongue, pale red, bitter taste, tame but adhere to own plan and ideas, Becomes astrocious and ruthless when its time is coming upon, becomes distressful when it is not its time for prime. Virgin, the third person in a marriage. ! Please browse other websites to know more about the explanation.! 4 - 4. Earthly Branches and Their Emblematic Meanings:!

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water, yang, north, pond, small river, women, theft, swallow, sweet potato, bat, snail, duckweed, etc. Stands for clever things and fortune when encountering fortune aspect and stands for obscene things or events when encountering evil aspect. ! Please browse other websites to discover more explanations.!