{"id":6151,"date":"2019-11-19T06:46:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T06:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/four-pillars-of-destiny-ba-zi-ba-zi\/"},"modified":"2019-11-19T06:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T06:46:42","slug":"four-pillars-of-destiny-ba-zi-ba-zi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/four-pillars-of-destiny-ba-zi-ba-zi\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Pillars of Destiny – \u516b\u5b57 Ba Zi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>Even today, when people talk a<\/em>bout Chinese Astrology, it is a common misco<\/em>nception that the animals assigned by year are the o<\/em>nly signs of the zodiac. Many western des<\/em>criptions of Chinese astrology draw solely on this system. In fact, there are also animal signs assigned by mo<\/em>nth (called inner animals) and hours of the day (called secret animals).<\/span>

<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>Four Pillars of Destiny is a Chinese term that comprises of four elements of a person’s destiny or fate. The four compo<\/em>nents are taken from the moment of birth. They are the <\/span><\/span>year<\/a><\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>, <\/span><\/span>month<\/a><\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>,<\/span> <\/span>day<\/a><\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>, and time <\/span><\/span>(hour)<\/a><\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>. Each of these elements are im<\/em>portant in Chinese astrology, the zodiac and fortune telling.<\/span>

<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>The term Four Pillars of Destiny come from the Chinese:<\/span>

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\u65f6\u8fb0\u516b\u5b57
shíchen b\u0101zì
Hour of the Eight characters

\u56db\u67f1\u547d\u7406\u5b66
sì zhù mìngl\u01d0xué
The Four Pillars Life-ology

\u5b50\u5e73\u547d\u7406
z\u01d0 píng mìng l\u01d0
The Four Pillars of Life<\/span><\/p>\n


<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>Commo<\/em>nly referred to by the shortened names of "Four Pillars" or "b\u0101 zì" these charts include both the element (Ten Heavenly Stems) and zodiac animal (Twelve Earthly Branches) of the year, month, day, and hour of birth, giving eight characters.<\/span>

<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>Ten Heavenly Stems are the yin and yang compo<\/em>nents of the Five Elements: Yang Wood, Yin Wood, Yang Fire, Yin Fire , Yang Earth, Yin Earth, Yang me<\/em>tal, Yin me<\/em>tal, Yang Water, Yin Water.<\/span>

<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>The Twelve Earthly Branches are more popularly represented by the twelve animals of the Zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.<\/span>

<\/em>portant; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>The culture of Chinese Fortune Telling (\u4e2d\u534e\u5409\u7965\u6587\u5316 Zh\u014dnghuá jíxiáng wénhuà) is ba<\/em>sed on five principles that to the skilled can be judged from the balance found in the Eight Characters determined by the Ten Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches that are associated with the time and date of your birth. The five principles are:<\/span>
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• Fu, \u798f (fortune) signifying luck;
• Lu, \u7984 (affluence) for fame and recognition;
• Shou, \u5bff (longevity) for health;
• Xi, \u559c (happiness) for joy;
• Cai, \u8d22 (wealth) for abundance and riches.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n