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Pre-Course Material 課前手冊

Thank you for signing up for Module 1 of Mastery Academy’s BaZi Mastery™, Intensive Foundation Course. To ensure that you obtain the best possible learning experience, it is highly recommended that you familiarise yourself with the content of the material included in this Pre-Course Booklet. Important Pre-Course Work: 1) Introduction •

How to Succeed in the Class: Before, During, and After

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What is BaZi Destiny Analysis?

2) Five Elements 3) 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches 4) Practise Sheet 5) How to Plot a BaZi Chart

Please do your best to acquaint yourself with the method of plotting a BaZi Chart, as you’ll need to attend the class with your chart ready at hand, as well as to memorise (or at the very least, familiarize yourself with) the Chinese Characters, as well as the Elements of the 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches before your BaZi class. In the Introduction, I have outlined for you the ways in which you can prepare for the class to ensure an outstanding learning experience. Making the effort to learn and memorise this information beforehand will ensure a smoother learning experience for you. Please come prepared for the classes with having at least read the Pre-Course Booklet from start to finish. All the best in your BaZi studies! 謝謝你參加了玄明館的八字精華系列的第一單元:密集基礎課程。為了確保你獲得最佳的學習經驗，強烈建議你閱 讀這本課前小冊子的內容材料。 重要的課前功課： 1) 簡介 • 如何在課程上取得成功：之前，期間和之後 • 什麼是八字命運分析？ 2) 五行 3) 十天干和十二地支 4) 練習表 5) 如何排八字圖 請盡量用自己熟悉的方法排一個八字命盤，因此在參加課程前你需要準備自己的八字命盤在手上，以及在上課前 要記住（或最起碼熟悉）十天干和十二地支。 在簡介裡，我已為你概述其中應準備的知識，以確保你能有更好的學習能力。 事先努力學習及記下這些內容將讓你能有順暢的學習經驗。請至少閱讀完這本課前小冊子好讓你能有備而來。

願你在八字學習中一切順利！

Joey Yap

Founder & Principal Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics™

How to Succeed in Class – before, during, and after! Before Before you attend BaZi Mastery Module 1, you will need to: 1) Read the notes provided in this Pre-Course Booklet to lay down the groundwork for your future studies. Everything contained here are the essential pre-requisites to mastering BaZi, so making the time and effort to master these basics now will ensure a smoother, easier time for you later! 2) Fill in the Practise Sheet. Practice writing the Chinese Characters to learn the BaZi Language. The practice writing sheets are provided in this Booklet. Knowing these Chinese Characters relatively well will make it easier for you to absorb the material in your classes as your study proceeds. 3) Plot your BaZi chart using the directions given to you in this booklet. You will need to bring this chart with you on the first day of the class. 4) Obtain and read the necessary books as reference for your BaZi studies: i. BaZi – The Destiny Code ii. BaZi – The Destiny Code Revealed iii. The Ten Thousand Year Calendar The books are available at www.masteryacademy.com

During While attending your class, it will be helpful if you could: 1) PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT. Put in the required effort needed to master the basics, understand the concept of BaZi and by being familiar with the Chinese characters, you will learn the BaZi language needed to understand the class, even if you have knowledge in the Chinese language, you too should fill up your Practise Sheet as these characters are not normally used. It will become much easier once you delve into the material, and the pay-off is worth it. But you must be willing to put in the necessary legwork at the start. 2) Participate. The success of the class depends a lot on student involvement and participation, so raise your hands, voice out concerns and thoughts, discuss, debate, and deliberate! 3) Try as much as possible to refer not to your own BaZi chart, but to the charts of others (plot charts for family, friends, and loved ones). Doing this as practice greatly facilitates your learning process. You will find it much easier to grasp and understand the material when you practice on the charts of others as opposed to your own. This is one of our insider student tips, and thus an invaluable one for your future use!

After After your class is over, it will be good for you to be on top of your material and studies (paving the way for future BaZi learning) by maintaining ‘good BaZi habits’ such as: 1) Reread the entire course material and workbook from start to finish. 2) Then, do practice analyses on your own BaZi chart, as well as many charts belonging to friends, family and loved ones. The best way is to approach these charts as if you didn’t know them at all. Don’t let what you know about them influence you in any way; analyse the charts impartially and without bias. Be objective and dissect those charts using the exact principles and methods you were taught. 3) You might want to consider pursuing BaZi Mastery Module 2 immediately after this. Module 2 contains much of the “juice” of BaZi study in terms of reading and analysing BaZi charts. Consider taking Module 1 and 2 together to obtain a firmer grasp on BaZi Destiny Analysis. 4) Meet the students in class and get into study groups. This will help you progress further as well.

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如何在課程上取得成功：之前，期間和之後 之前 在你參加八字精華系列的第一單元前，你將需要： 1) 閱讀這本課前小冊子的內容以奠定學習基礎。這裡的全部內容是掌握八字學必不可少的先決條件， 希望你現在能花些時間和精力來學習這些基礎知識以確保學習過程更容易及順暢！ 2) 填寫這本小冊子裡的練習表。練習寫八字語言的漢字，了解這些漢字好使你更容易在學習過程中吸 收八字內容。 3) 跟隨這本小冊子的指示排出你自己的八字命盤。你需要在第一天上課時把自己的八字命盤帶來。 4) 獲取所需的書籍來閱讀以作為八字研究的參考： i. 八字 - 命運密碼 ii. 八字 - 命運解碼 iii. 萬年曆 這些書可在網站購買: www.masteryacademy.com

期間 如想在課程中學習自如，你應具備： 1) 熟能生巧。你需要掌握基本知識，理解八字的概念並熟悉華語漢字，你將需要學習八字的語言，即 使你會漢語，你也應該練習這些字符，因這些字符並不常使用。只要你深入研究內容，學習就會變 得更加容易，你所付出的代價將會是值得的。但你必須願意在開始時就全心投入學習中。 2) 投入參與。課程的成功需要依附於學生的參與，所以請常舉起你的手，多發問並說出你的想法、多 討論、辯論和審議！ 3) 除了自己的八字命盤外，請盡量嘗試研究別人的命盤（排出家庭成員、朋友及親人的八字命盤）。 這樣的練習法，可大大提高你的學習過程。你會發現它更容易掌握和理解，多研究別人的命盤練習 法，是給學生的內幕提示之一，也是你將來寶貴的用法之一！

之後 完成了課程後，如想要更有能力掌握八字內容和研究（為未來鋪好八字學習道路），你必需維持‘好 的八字生活’習慣， 例如： 1) 重讀整個課程的教材和練習。 2) 然後，練習分析自己的八字命盤，以及分析更多屬於朋友、家人和親人的命盤。最好的方法是接觸 更多你所不認識的人的八字命盤。不要讓你對他們的認知而影響你的分析方式;要公正和沒有偏見 的分析八字命盤。要客觀的使用完全相同的原則和你所被教導的方法去分析這些八字命盤。 3) 你可能需要考慮立即參加八字精華系列第二單元。第二單元包含大部分八字研究方面的精華和閱讀 分析八字命盤。考慮共同參加第一單元與第二單元以使你能更穩固的掌握八字命運分析。 4) 多與課堂上的學生接觸並參與研究小組。這將幫助你取得更高的進展。

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What is BaZi Destiny Analysis? 甚麼是八字命運分析? Man is always fascinated by the great mysteries of life. Often, we wonder what our purpose in this world is. For centuries, the Chinese have studied this question of the ‘Meaning of Life’ and accumulated much knowledge in the course of their research. By studying the interaction between Man, the environment, time and the Universe (often called Heaven), a pattern began to appear to the sages. This pattern represents the cyclical influence of the energies in the Universe imprinted on us during the time of our birth. This information is encrypted or coded in the form of Eight Characters (BaZi 八字). Thus the study and practice of BaZi calculation is to allow us to decrypt this code and reveal our destiny. BaZi is like a diagnostic method designed to understand the condition of the patient or the person. Feng Shui is like a prescription used to treat a problem or condition the person may be suffering from. It is common knowledge that many well known Feng Shui Masters are also BaZi Masters. Or at least, they are good in one form of a Destiny analysis technique, like Purple Star (Zi Wei 紫微) System.

The Eight Characters or Ba Zi represents the static chart of our destiny. (The eight characters are called our ‘Ming’ or Life.) Our Life Path or Destiny is calculated in what we call the dynamic pillars where they represent 10-year periods of our life. These pillars are known as Luck Pillars. Luck Pillars can be considered the Luck factor. If we have a good natal chart (Good Life Chart), we need to be supported by the right luck in order for its true potential to be realised. Conversely, a mediocre Life Chart can be helped by a good set of Luck Pillars. With a good Life Chart, Bad Luck Pillars are not too ruinous as opposed to a Bad Life Chart entering Bad Luck Pillars. The bumpy roads and smooth sailing journeys of our life, all depend on the quality of our Luck Pillars. Each Pillar is made up of two Characters: a Heavenly Stem and an Earthly Branch. Their elements generally govern the 10 years of a person’s life with the influence being more pronounced in the Heaven Stem for the first 5 years and the Earthly Branch for the subsequent 5 years. A common question often asked by students is this: Do I need to study BaZi in order to practice Feng Shui? So, it was no surprise to me when a student posed this question to me over lunch the other day. Why the need to study our destiny? • It helps you plan your Feng Shui prescription for the long term. • It helps in making informed decisions - by understanding our cycle of good and bad fortune, we are able to undertake proper planning and execute the right decisions that bring us the best possible outcome.

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What is BaZi Destiny Analysis? 甚麼是八字命運分析?

• Let’s maximize our potential - We can capitalize on good luck cycles for entrepreneurial ventures or investment decisions. - We can reduce risk by being cautious and reducing our exposure during downward cycles. • Understanding relationships, understanding others - People react and respond differently to different people in different time periods. By understanding the cosmic relation between yourself and your family or partner, you can foster better communication and improve relationships. • Choosing the right career - Knowing which type of career or industry is suitable for you could be a very important step in your life. Why not choose a career where you can perform at your peak, where you’d enjoy your work and where you can excel? • Interacting with people around you - BaZi allows us to understand the influence of people around you in your family or at work. Undoubtedly, we are very much influenced by our group of friends and family. Who is helpful and who is unknowingly impeding your progress?

人們總會對生命中的奧妙有著很多幻想。例如，有時候我 們會想，人生存在世的意義是什麼呢？長久以來，中國人 都在研究“生命的意義”，並且累積了不少的知識。 經過長時間的研究，中國人發展出了一套關於人，環境， 時間和宇宙（也稱為天）之間所有關係的獨特模式。這套 模式根據我們的出生時間，計算出宇宙能量對我們的週期 性影響。而這些資訊就隱藏在我們的八字密碼裡。所以，學 習和實踐八字計算，就能夠解開當中的密碼，進而了解我們的命運。 八字就像是一種用以了解病人病情的分析方法。而風水就是針對病情，給予最正確治 療的方法。通常，風水家也是八字專家。或者應該說，真正的風水家至少也應該專於 一種命理分析法，例如紫微斗數。 八字能夠將我們的命運展現在圖表上。（這八個字代表了我們的命。）在八字裡，每 十年為一個大運，而我們的命運就是從大運中計算出來的。 大運會影響我們的運氣。即使一個人的命好，也需要有好的運氣才能發揮他的潛能。 相反的，如果一個人的命八字不好，好的大運將有助於他的命運發展。但是，壞的大 運對一個命好的人影響並不會太大。 我們的命運道路是平坦或崎嶇，全看大運的好壞。每個柱中會有兩個字：天干和地 支。每個運主宰十年的運氣。

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What is BaZi Destiny Analysis? 甚麼是八字命運分析?

我們為什麼要研究命運呢？ • 一個了解自己命運的人，就能夠設計出適合長期使用的風水格 局。 • 對於命運預測的事情作出正確的決定 - 如果我們能夠預測什麼時候會行好運，什麼時候會行霉運， 我們就能根據最有利的條件作出最正確的決定。 • 全力開發個人的潛能 - 行好運時，在事業或投資上大膽地作出決定。 - 運氣不好時，能夠小心行事和減低風險。 • 了解人際關係 - 在不同的時間，人與人之間會有不同的接觸方式。了解你 和家人，夥伴之間的關係將有助於改善及加強你的溝通方 式。 • 選擇最有前途的事業 - 事業是人生重要的一環，你可以從命運預測中知道最適合你的行業，進而選擇 你最能表現，最享受以及最能大放異彩的事業。 • 了解身邊的人對你的影響 - 八字能夠令你了解身邊的人對你的影響。當然，影響我們最深的，一定是朋友 和家人。但，你可知道那一些人對你有幫助而那一些人會阻礙你的發展呢？

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The Five Elements 五行

Metal

Fire

Wood

The theory of the Five Elements is the backbone of all Chinese Metaphysical studies – Feng Shui, Astrology, Chinese Medicine and even Martial Arts. I cannot overstate the importance of grasping the Five Elements when it comes to BaZi. The principle of the Five Elements is the core science of decoding a person’s Destiny Code.

It is supposed to be a translation of the Chinese term Wu Xing, which means the Water Earth five transformations or five phases. The Five Elements – Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Metal – are in fact the result of the interaction between Yin and Yang Qi during the five different phases – they are transformations of Qi. The Five Elements represent certain key attributes in a person’s chart. For example, Water represents a person’s wisdom. The Five Elements each have three distinctive reactive relationships with each other: a Productive relationship, a Controlling relationship and a Weakening relationship. We refer to these as the Productive Cycle, the Controlling Cycle and the Weakening Cycle.

所有的中華玄學，如風水，天星學，中醫術，甚至武術，都是以五行為骨幹的。 在八字學裡也一樣，五行的基本原則就是解開一個人的命運密碼的主要橋樑。 五行 - 金，木，水，火，土，是陰氣和陽氣在五種不同形態下互相交流所產生的 結果。五行是氣的轉變。 在命盤中，五行各自代表了某些特質，如水代表智慧。 五行之間有三種不同的聯繫：相生關係，相克關係以及洩秀關係。

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The Five Elements 五行 Productive, Controlling and Weakening Cycle 相生，相克以及洩秀關係

Productive Cycle 相生

Fire

The productive cycle is a phase where the Elements support and strengthen each other. In this phase, the relationship is supportive, giving, attractive, pleasing and generous. This cycle is in harmony and in constant movement. In the productive cycle, the elements feed and support each other. The Qi flows smoothly. Wood

生

Earth

PRODUCTIVE

相生關係就是說五行之間相互支持以及強化。五行相生代表了支 持，貢獻，吸引力，高興和大方的關係。這種協調的關係是常動 的，氣因此能夠順暢地流動。 Water

Metal

Controlling Cycle 相克

At first glance, the word ‘controlling’ sounds negative. Many newcomers to the subject of Five Elements tend to see ‘controlling’ as something unfavourable or despotic. This is far from the truth. In the context of the Five Elements, ‘controlling’ merely means to guide and to keep in order. So remember, it is fine to ‘control’. Control brings order and direction to an element. Thus it is always desirable to have appropriate controlling element in your BaZi.

相克’總是給人負面的印象。尤其是五行的初學者，通常都會篤 定’相克’就是不好的事情。其實，這是錯誤的觀念，’相克’ 只是五行中的一種關係，沒有所謂的好或壞。所以，相克未必是 不好的。八字中如果有適當的相克，就能夠保持五行的平衡。相 反的，過多的相克就會產生過多的約束和過熱現象，帶來憎厭， 憤怒以及焦慮。

Fire

Wood

剋

CONTROLLING

Water

Earth

Metal

Weakening Cycle 洩秀

The third cycle is called the Weakening Cycle. Once again, do not jump to conclusions about ‘Weakening’ being negative just because it weakens. Remember, in BaZi we are striving for balance.When an element in the chart is excessively strong, it should be weakened to a certain extent so that there is balance among the elements. Weakening actually means an element has “produced” another element. It is like a product or an invention. Energy is consumed to generate something.

五行間的第三種關係就是洩秀關係。千萬別有先入為主的觀念， 認為'洩秀'就一定是不好的。在八字中，我們追求的是平衡，因 此沒有所謂的好與不好，只有'適當'或'不適當'罷了。適當地刪 減一些有害的因素，使之不至於過度，是為平衡。但是，若某些 不利的因素被不恰當地增添，就會令之失去平衡。

Fire

Wood

洩

Earth

WEAKENING

Water

Metal

打個比喻：當其中一種五行過強時，就有洩秀的必要，以減弱它 的力量來保持五行的平衡。 洩秀的意思就是讓五行中的一種元素'生'另外一種元素，前者因 此而消耗能量以及轉弱。 All right reserved worldwide. Copyright © 2009 - 2011 by Joey Yap

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The Five Elements 五行 Practise Sheet 練習表 Test your memory! Fill up the below Productive, Controlling and Weakening Cycle. 測試你的記憶！填寫以下相生，相克以及洩秀關係。

Productive Cycle 相生

Controlling Cycle 相克

Weakening Cycle 洩秀

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The Five Elements 五行 Practise Sheet 練習表 1

2

3

5

4

6

7

8

Metal 1

4

2

3

Wood 2 4

1 3

Water 1

2

3

4

Fire 1

2 3

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Understanding the BaZi Chart 瞭解八字命盤 A BaZi chart comprises of Four Pillars. Each pillar consists of two characters – one at the top, one at the bottom. The top character is known as a Heavenly Stem (Tian Gan 天干) and the bottom character is known as the Earthly Branch (Di Zhi 地支). To avoid confusion, don’t think stem or branch – think Heavenly (as in above) and Earthly (as in below) to guide you as to which is what. A complete BaZi chart has four sets of characters – Four Heavenly Stems and Four Earthly Branches.

八字命盤裡有四柱，每柱分上下各一個字。上面部分的字稱為天干，下面部分的字則稱 為地支。如果你覺得‘干’和‘支’有點混淆，那你不妨以‘天’和‘地’來區分這兩個部分吧。 一個完整的八字命盤有四對字，也就是四個天干與四個地支。

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

壬

辛

己

丑

卯

子

Ox

Rabbit

Rat

Ren

Day Master 日主

Xin

辰

Chen

Dragon

戊 Wu

Ding

Bing

丙

乙

子

亥

戌

Zi Rat

12

丁 Hai Pig

Xu Dog

庚

Geng

Ji

Chou

年 Year

Mao

Zi

Luck Pillar 大運

甲

癸

壬

辛

酉

申

未

午

巳

辰

You Rooster

Shen Monkey

Wei Goat

Wu Horse

Si Snake

Chen Dragon

Yi

Jia

Gui

Ren

Xin

庚

Geng

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The BaZi Language 八字語言: The Ten Heavenly Stems 天干 The Heavenly Stems are known as prevailing Qi or surface Qi. In the context of BaZi, the Heavenly Stems represent external perceptions of a person – in other words, what a person shows on the surface, in terms of character, personality or outlook. The Heavenly Stems show characteristics, personality or outlook that everyone - friends, family, acquiantances - can see and perceive.

天干也稱為透露出來的氣或象。在八字學中，天干代表了一個人的外部形象。因 此天干顯示的是這個人的特質，性格與外表，換句話說，就是所有讓其他人看得 見，感覺到以及透露出來了的事情。

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

Heavenly Stems in your BaZi Chart 在八字命盤中的天干

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Getting to Know the Ten Heavenly Stems 認

十天干

A little pointer before we begin to learn more about the Ten Heavenly Stems. The study of BaZi is one that requires a little bit of imaginative capability and a little bit of logical deduction. It is a right brain and left brain study – you need to be able to ‘picture’ a BaZi (you’ll understand why in a minute) and see the elements in pictorial form. So as you go through this section, don’t just focus on the text. Remember also to try and get a mental picture of the Ten Heavenly Stems as they are described to you. To help you along, I’ve included some pictures.

學習八字需要同時擁有豐富的想像力和邏輯思想。此外，你也必須同時使用左腦和右腦-也就是在 腦海裡排出以及分析八字。 當你閱讀這個部分時，不要只是注重文字上的表達，你也必須嘗試在腦海裡想像十天干是什麼樣子 的。以下是有關十天干的扼要：

甲 Jia

Yang Wood

乙 Yi

Yin Wood

丙 Bing

Yang Fire

丁 Ding

Yin Fire

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甲 (pronounced as ‘Ji’ + ‘Ark’) represents Yang Wood. Jia Wood should be visualised as a great big tree – think California Redwoods, think teak trees, think towering solid oaks. These trees are hard and unyielding.

甲代表陽木，有參天之勢，如加里福尼亞紅木，柚木，橡木 等。這種木堅硬以及根深蒂固。 乙 (pronounced as ‘yiii’ or the letter ‘e’) represents Yin Wood. If Jia Wood is a great solid redwood tree, then Yi Wood are the leaves, flowers, small bushes, twines and vines and grass. It is flexible and malleable.

乙代表陰木。如果甲木為堅固的紅木，乙木就是樹葉，花 朵，草叢，攀藤植物以及草地了。它長得柔軟，靈活度也 高。

丙 (easy – pronounced as it appears!) Bing represents Yang Fire and is the fire of the sun – it is bright, vibrant, warm, life-giving. Its function is to bring sunshine and brightness to the world.

丙代表陽火，為太陽之火。它光亮，活躍，暖和，有生氣。 它帶給世界陽光與光明。

丁 (easy also – pronounced as it appears!) Ding fire is Yin Fire and is the fire of the candle – a small flame but illuminating in the darkness.

丁代表陰火，為燭光之火。它的亮度雖然小，卻能照亮黑 暗。

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Getting to Know the Ten Heavenly Stems 認

戊 Wu

Yang Earth

十天干

戊 (pronounced ‘Woo’) Wu is Yang Earth and represents large boulders, big rocks or large stones. It is solid, heavy and unmoving.

戊是陽土，代表巨石。它堅硬，笨重以及穩若磐石。

己

己 (pronounced with the same tone as the letter ‘G’) Ji is Yin Earth and represents soil, sand or soft earth. It is fine and porous.

Ji

Yin Earth

庚

己為陰土，代表田地之土，沙以及軟土。它細小以及可滲 水。

庚 (pronounced ‘Gh-ung’) Geng is Yang Metal and represents raw iron or a large axe. It is hard, tough and unfinished.

Geng

Yang Metal

辛 Xin

Yin Metal

壬 Ren

Yang Water

庚是陽金，代表生鐵或大斧。它是堅硬，粗糙以及未完成 的。

辛 (pronounced ‘Sin’) Xin is Yin Metal and represents fine jewellery, necklaces and beautiful rings. It is shiny, sparkling and glamorous.

辛為陰金或珍珠金，代表高級的珠寶，項鍊以及戒指。它閃 亮以及高貴。

壬 (pronounced ‘R-urn’) Ren is Yang Water and represents the waters of the ocean, waters of the lake or the powerful gushing waters of a river.

壬是陽水，也是河流之水，代表海洋，湖泊與急流之水。

癸 Gui

Yin Water

癸 (pronounced ‘Kway’) Gui is Yin Water and represents water from rain clouds, mist, dew or frost.

癸是陰水，代表雨水，霧水，露或霜。

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The 12 Earthly Branches 十二地支 Earthly Branches 地支

子

Animal Sign 生肖

Element 陰陽屬性

Pronounced as ‘Zh-er’

鼠 Rat

陽水 Yang Water

Pronounced as ‘Ch-o’ as in the word ‘go’

牛 Ox

陰土 Yin Earth

寅

Pronounced as ‘Yeen’ as in the word ‘seen’

虎 Tiger

陽木 Yang Wood

卯

Pronounced as ‘Mow’ as in the word ‘how’

兔 Rabbit

陰木 Yin Wood

Pronounced as ‘Ch-earn’ with a silent ‘r’

龍 Dragon

陽土 Yang Earth

Pronounced as ‘Sir’ with a silent ‘r’

蛇 Snake

陰火 Yin Fire

Pronounced as Woo

馬 Horse

陽火 Yang Fire

Pronounced as Way

羊 Goat

陰土 Yin Earth

Pronounced as ‘Sh-earn’ with a silent ‘r’

猴 Monkey

陽金 Yang Metal

Pronounced as YOU

雞 Rooster

陰金 Yin Metal

Pronounced as ‘Shoot’ with a silent ‘t’

狗 Dog

陽土 Yang Earth

Pronounced as ‘Hi’ as in hi !

豬 Pig

陰水 Yin Water

Zi

丑

Chou

Yin

Mao

辰

Chen

巳 Si

午 Wu

未 Wei

申

Shen

酉 You

戌 Xu

亥 Hai

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The 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干 甲 Jia

陽木 Yang Wood

乙

陰木 Yin Wood

丙

陽火 Yang Fire

Yi

Bing

丁

陰火 Yin Fire

戊

陽土 Yang Earth

Ding

Wu

己

陰土 Yin Earth

庚

陽金 Yang Metal

Ji

Geng

木 Wood

火 Fire

土 Earth

金 Metal

辛

陰金 Yin Metal

壬

陽水 Yang Water

Xin

Ren

癸 Gui

陰水 Yin Water

水 Water

The 12 Earthly Branches 十二地支 子 Zi

丑

Chou

寅 Yin

卯 Mao

辰

Chen

巳 Si

午 Wu

未 Wei

申

Shen

酉 You

戌 Xu

亥 Hai

鼠 Rat

Dec 7 - Jan 5

陽水 Yang Water

11 pm - 12.59 am

牛 Ox

Jan 6 - Feb 3

陰土 Yin Earth

1 am - 2.59 am

虎 Tiger

Feb 4 - Mar 5

陽木 Yang Wood

3 am - 4.59 am

兔 Rabbit

Mar 6 - Apr 4

陰木 Yin Wood

5 am - 6.59 am

龍 Dragon

Apr 5 - May 5

陽土 Yang Earth

7 am - 8.59 am

蛇 Snake

May 6 - Jun 5

陰火 Yin Fire

9 am - 10.59 am

馬 Horse

Jun 6 - July 6

陽火 Yang Fire

11 am - 12.59 pm

羊 Goat

July 7 - Aug 7

陰土 Yin Earth

1 pm - 2.59 pm

猴 Monkey

Aug 8 - Sept 7

陽金 Yang Metal

3 pm - 4.59 pm

雞 Rooster

Sept 8 - Oct 7

陰金 Yin Metal

5 pm - 6.59 pm

狗 Dog

Oct 8 - Nov 6

陽土 Yang Earth

7 pm - 8.59 pm

豬 Pig

Nov 7 - Dec 6

陰水 Yin Water

9 pm - 10.59 pm

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The BaZi Language 八字語言 Practise Sheet 練習表 Practice writing the Chinese Characters here, as it is a necessary step toward gaining full comprehension of the BaZi Language. 練習寫以下的漢字，因為這是理解八字語言必要的步驟之一。 2

1

East 1

3

5

4

Yang Wood

1

East 3

Yin Wood

1

3

2

South 1

5

Yang Fire

1

South 3

4

2

Yin Fire 5 1

2

3 4

Center

18

Yang Earth

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The BaZi Language 八字語言 Practise Sheet 練習表 1 3

2

Center

Yin Earth 1

West 1

2

4

3

5

6

7

8

7

8

Yang Metal 1 2

West 3

3

4

5

6

7

Yin Metal

1 2

3 4

North 1

Yang Water

1

North 3

2

3

4

5

6

Yin Water

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The BaZi Language 八字語言 Practise Sheet 練習表 1

North 2

Rat

2

3

Yang Water

1

2

3 4

North East 1

Ox

Yin Earth 1

North East 3

Tiger

2

Rabbit

2

20

6

5

7

8

9

10

11

3

4 5

Yin Wood

1

South Dragon East 1

4

Yang Wood

1

East 2

3

2

3

4

5

6

7

Yang Earth

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The BaZi Language 八字語言 Practise Sheet 練習表 1 2

South Snake East 3

3

Yin Fire 1

2 4

3

South 2

Horse

Yang Fire

1

South West 1

Goat

2

3

4

5

Yin Earth 2 1

South Monkey West 3

3

4

5

Yang Metal

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Yin West Rooster Metal 2

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The BaZi Language 八字語言 Practise Sheet 練習表 6 1

3

2

5 4

North West 1

Dog

Yang Earth 1

North West 3

Pig

3

2

4

5

6

Yin Water 5 1

4

2 3

North

22

Gua 1

6

7

Water

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 The core component of a BaZi reading is the BaZi Natal Chart. The second component of a BaZi reading are the Luck Pillars. These two components are derived from the Time and Date of Birth of the individual. Here is an example of a BaZi Natal chart with its Luck Pillars. Please take note of these terms as they will be used in the following explanation.

八字命盤分為兩個主要的部分：第一個部分是由四柱所組成，為之命盤。第二個部分 則是顯示大運，稱之為運盤。現在，我們先學習如何排出主要的命盤吧。

BaZi Natal Chart 八字命盤 時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

天干

天干

天干

天干

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

地支

地支

地支

地支

Hour Pillar

Day Pillar

Month Pillar

Year Pillar

時柱

日柱

月柱

年柱

Luck Pillar 大運 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Age 歲數 Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Heavenly Stems Stems Stems Stems Stems Stems Stems Stems Stems

天干

天干

天干

天干

天干

天干

天干

天干

天干

Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Earthly Branches Branches Branches Branches Branches Branches Branches Branches Branches

地支

地支

地支

地支

地支

地支

地支

地支

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 The BaZi Natal Chart 八字命盤 A BaZi Chart is always presented in the following format:

一個八字命盤通常是如此呈現出來：

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

Heavenly Stems

天干

天干

天干

天干

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

Earthly Branches

地支

地支

地支

地支

Hour Pillar

Day Pillar

Month Pillar

Year Pillar

時柱

日柱

月柱

年柱

The top four characters of a BaZi chart are called Heavenly Stems (天干) and the four characters below are called Earthly Branches (地支). These Eight Characters are paired to form four pillars. This is why a BaZi is also known as Four Pillars. These Pillars are known as the Year Pillar, the Month Pillar, the Day Pillar and the Hour Pillar.

八字命盤的上面部分的四個字稱為天干，下面部分的四個字則稱為地支。四對字組 成四柱，因此八字也稱為四柱命理。這四柱就是年柱、月柱、日柱與時柱。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 First, you will need to have the relevant birth data to plot your BaZi chart. This would be your date of birth (year, month and day), your time of birth and gender. Here’s the check list: 1. Name: 2. Sex: M / F 3. Date of Birth: Day_____ Month_____ Year_____ 4. Time of Birth: Fill in the Western (Gregorian) birth details. The following section will show you how to convert the data into the Chinese Solar equivalent.

首先，你必須要有自己的生辰八字，才能排出命盤： 1. 姓名 2. 性別 3. 出生日期 4. 出生時間 如果你的出生日期是以西歷書寫的，請根據接下來的步驟，將它轉換成陽曆。

Step 1 步驟一: Preparation 準備功夫 4.30pm 時 Hour

20 日 Day

2 月 Month

1967 年 Year

Draw the diagram above. This will provide you with guidance when filling in the BaZi characters and ensure no mistakes are made. Each BaZi comprises of Four Pillars – a Year Pillar, Month Pillar, Day Pillar and Hour Pillar. Using this diagram, fill in the birth data so that you plot the chart sequentially and in a systematic manner. Write the Month in numerical figures on top to help you remember the date you are plotting. (ie: February 20, 1967 at 4.30pm. )

先畫出以上的圖表，再有次序地將八字填寫在圖表的格子內。八字命盤分為年柱， 月柱，日柱與時柱，共四柱。將你的西歷出生日期寫在圖表之上，避免混淆。（如 1967年2月20日，下午四時半）

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 2 步驟二: Check the year 檢查年份 In the Western Gregorian calendar, a new year is celebrated on the 1st of January of each year. The Chinese Xia calendar also has the same tradition of transiting each year at the same date, which is February 4. Contrary to popular misconception, you do not use the Chinese New Year as the transition date for each year. That is because we do not use the Chinese Lunar calendar for BaZi. We only use the Chinese Solar Calendar. So, if a person is born on February 6, 2004 he or she is definitely born in the Year of the Jia Shen 甲申(Wood Monkey). However, if he or she is born on February 3, 2004 then he or she is born in the Year of the Gui Wei癸未(Water Goat).

在西歷中，新年總是落在每年的1月1日。中華夏曆（陽曆）也有類似的情況，新 年落在2月4日。有一點必須注意的是，陽曆的新年並不是農曆新年。八字是根據 陽曆而行的，因此在八字中，農曆新年並不是年與年交替的第一天。 所以，如果一個人在2004年2月6日出生，那他就一定是出生在甲申年（木猴） 了。但是，如果一個人出生在2004年2月3日，計算他的八字時，他就是出生癸未 年了（水羊）。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 3 步驟三: Identify the Year Pillar 找出年柱 Once you have ascertained the correct year of birth, copy down the Year Pillar in the Year Box of the Diagram. Using our example of February 20, 1967 at 4.30pm, this person’s Year Pillar would be Ding Wei 丁未 or Fire Goat. So, write Ding Wei 丁未 in the Year Pillar. 在找出正確的年份後，將它寫在八字命盤中的年柱。 例如，如果一個人出生在1967年2月20日，下午4時30分，這個人的年柱就是丁未或火羊 了。

Clear and Bright

26th day

19hr 45min

星

Star

戌 Xu

ऌፉ

Gregorian

正月大 1st Mth 壬寅 Ren Yin 五黃 Five Yellow 驚蟄 雨水

Spring Equinox

Awakening of Worms

15hr 37min

14hr 42min

11th day

申 Shen

干支

26th day

星

S/B

Star

未 Wei

ऌፉ

Gregorian

月干支

Month 九星 9 Star

Rain Water

節氣

11th day

Season

16hr 24min

申 Shen

干支

星

S/B

Star

䑅ፉ

Calendar

3

11

甲戌

8

2

9

甲辰

5

初一 1st

3

3

12

乙亥

9

2

10

乙巳

6

初二 2nd

4

3

13

Bing Zi

初三 3rd

5

3

14

Ding Chou

6

3

15

Wu Yin

Yi Hai

Jia Chen Yi Si

丙子

1

2

11

Bing Wu

丁丑

2

2

12

Ding Wei

7 8

戊寅

3

2

13

初四 4th

戊申

9

初五 5th

己酉

1

初六 6th

庚戌

2

初七 7th

辛亥

3

初八 8th

壬子

4

初九 9th

癸丑

5

初十 10th

甲寅

6

十一 11th

Wu Shen

7

3

16

己卯

4

2

14

8

3

17

庚辰

5

2

15

9

3

18

辛巳

Xin Si

6

2

16

1

3

19

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

17

Ren Zi

2

3

20

癸未

8

2

18

Gui Chou

3

3

21

甲申

9

2

19

乙酉

1

2

20

丙戌

2

2

21

Bing Chen Ding Si

Ji Mao

Geng Chen

Gui Wei Jia Shen

4

3

22

5

3

23

Bing Xu

Ding Hai

6

3

24

7

3

25

8

3

26

Yi You

丁亥

3

2

22

戊子

4

2

23

己丑

5

2

24

Wu Zi

Ji Chou

3

31

丁巳

9

十四 14th

戊午

1

十五 15th

己未

2

十六 16th

Wu Wu Ji Wei

25

Geng Shen

2

26

Xin You

Geng Yin

庚申

3

十七 17th

辛酉

4

十八 18th

壬戌

5

十九 19th

癸亥

6

二十 20th

甲子

7

廿一 21st

壬辰

8

2

27

Ren Xu

癸巳

9

2

28

Gui Hai

甲午

1

3

1

Gui Si

Jia Wu

乙未

2

3

2

丙申

3

3

3

丁酉

4

3

4

戊戌

5

3

5

5

4

1

6

4

2

7

4

3

Ding You

8

4

4

Wu Xu

Yi Wei

Bing Shen

Jia Zi

乙丑

8

廿二 22nd

丙寅

9

廿三 23rd

丁卯

1

廿四 24th

戊辰

2

廿五 25th

Yi Chou

Bing Yin Ding Mao Wu Chen

Grand Duke:

4

十二 12th 十三 13th

2

Ren Chen

29 30

7 8

Yi Mao

7

Xin Mao

3

乙卯 丙辰

6

27 28

3

Jia Yin

庚寅

3 3

2

Xin Hai

辛卯

9 1

3

Ji You

Geng Xu

Fire Goat

丙午

丁未

丁 未 Ding Wei

2

Jia Xu

1967

二月大 2nd Mth 癸卯 Gui Mao 四綠 Four Green 春分 清明

僇 丙

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時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

丁 未 Ding

Yin Fire

Wei

Goat

Yin Earth

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 4 步驟四: Identify the Month Pillar 找出月柱 The Chinese Xia calendar also has a monthly transition point. Although this date does vary, it does not vary significantly, usually it is plus or minus a day. Use the table below as a rough guide but always refer back to the actual Ten Thousand Year Calendar to be sure.

中華夏曆也計算每個月的交替日。通常月與月之間的交替日都是落在同一天，最 多也只是相差一天而已。以下的圖表可供參考，但要知道特定年份的月份交替日 時，我們還是應該使用萬年曆的。

Spring 春

寅

卯

辰

Yang Wood

Yin Wood

Yang Earth

February 4

March 6

April 5

Yin Tiger

Mao Rabbit

Chen Dragon

Summer 夏

巳

午

未

Yin Fire

Yang Fire

Yin Earth

May 6

June 6

July 7

Si Snake

Wu Horse

Wei Goat

Autumn 秋

申

酉

戌

Yang Metal

Yin Metal

Yang Earth

August 8

September 8

October 8

Shen Monkey

You Rooster

Xu Dog

Winter 冬

亥

子

丑

Yin Water

Yang Water

Yin Earth

November 7

December 7

January 6

Hai Pig

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Zi Rat

Chou Ox

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 For the purposes of plotting a complete BaZi chart, you need the Month Pillar of course. To get the complete Month Pillar, with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, you will need to refer to the Ten Thousand Year Calendar. Going back to our example of the person born 20 February 1967 - to get the month pillar, first, turn to the page for the year 1967. If you are using the Joey Yap Ten Thousand Year Calendar, it is on page 284. (Note: The page number is correct based on the 4th Reprint edition of the Ten Thousand Year Calendar.) Now, from our little quick Monthly Transition Dates table above, we know that this person is born in Tiger Month. But what is in the Heavenly Stem of this Month Pillar? Look down the columns till you find February 20. If you look at the top of the column, you will see the Month Pillar for that Month. It is Ren Yin 壬寅.

排命盤的其中一個步驟就是找出月柱的天干與地支。這時，你就需要使用萬年曆了。 回到之前我們提過的例子，如果要知道一個出生在1967年2月20日的人的月柱，就必須打開萬年曆 裡，1967年那篇。如果你正使用 Joey Yap 萬年曆，請翻開第284頁。（注意：此頁數以Joey Yap萬 年曆第四版為標準） 如果你還記得之前的圖表，你就立刻知道他是出生在寅月的。我們現在翻開萬年曆，找出2月20日 的位置，再往上看，就會發現他的出生月份是壬寅了。

Clear and Bright

26th day

19hr 45min

星

Star

戌 Xu

ऌፉ

Gregorian

正月大 1st Mth 壬寅 Ren Yin 五黃 Five Yellow 驚蟄 雨水

Spring Equinox

Awakening of Worms

15hr 37min

14hr 42min

11th day

申 Shen

干支

26th day

星

S/B

Star

未 Wei

ऌፉ

Gregorian

月干支

Month

九星 9 Star

Rain Water

節氣

11th day

Season

16hr 24min

申 Shen

干支

星

S/B

Star

䑅ፉ

Calendar

甲戌

8

2

9

甲辰

5

初一 1st

3

3

12

乙亥

9

2

10

乙巳

6

初二 2nd

4

3

13

丙子

1

2

11

丙午

7

初三 3rd

5

3

14

丁丑

Ding Chou

2

2

12

丁未

8

初四 4th

6

3

15

Wu Yin

戊寅

3

2

13

戊申

9

初五 5th

7

3

16

己卯

4

2

14

己酉

1

初六 6th

8

3

17

庚辰

5

2

15

庚戌

2

初七 7th

9

3

18

辛巳

Xin Si

6

2

16

辛亥

3

初八 8th

1

3

19

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

17

Ren Zi

壬子

4

初九 9th

2

3

20

Gui Wei

癸未

8

2

18

Gui Chou

癸丑

5

初十 10th

3

3

21

甲申

9

2

19

甲寅

6

十一 11th

乙酉

1

2

20

乙卯

7

十二 12th

丙戌

2

2

21

丙辰

8

十三 13th

丁亥

3

2

22

丁巳

9

十四 14th

戊子

4

2

23

戊午

1

十五 15th

己丑

5

2

24

己未

2

十六 16th

庚寅

6

2

25

庚申

3

十七 17th

辛卯

7

2

26

辛酉

4

十八 18th

壬戌

5

十九 19th

癸亥

6

二十 20th

Yi Hai

Bing Zi

Ji Mao

Geng Chen

Jia Shen

4

3

22

5

3

23

6

3

24

Ding Hai

7

3

25

Wu Zi

8

3

26

9

3

27

1

3

28

Yi You

Bing Xu

Ji Chou

Geng Yin Xin Mao

Jia Chen Yi Si

Bing Wu Ding Wei Wu Shen Ji You

Geng Xu

Xin Hai

Jia Yin Yi Mao

Bing Chen Ding Si

Wu Wu Ji Wei

Geng Shen Xin You

壬辰

8

2

27

Ren Xu

癸巳

9

2

28

Gui Hai

2

3

29

Ren Chen

3

3

30

Gui Si

4

3

31

甲午

1

3

1

甲子

7

廿一 21st

5

4

1

乙未

2

3

2

乙丑

8

廿二 22nd

6

4

2

丙申

3

3

3

丙寅

9

廿三 23rd

丁卯

1

廿四 24th

戊辰

2

廿五 25th

Jia Wu Yi Wei

Bing Shen

丁酉

4

3

4

戊戌

5

3

5

7

4

3

Ding You

8

4

4

Wu Xu

Jia Zi

Yi Chou

Bing Yin Ding Mao Wu Chen

丁 未 Write the characters for Ren Yin 壬寅 in the Month Pillar Column

將壬寅寫在月柱上 時 Hour

Grand Duke:

11

Fire Goat

3

Ding Wei

2

Jia Xu

1967

二月大 2nd Mth 癸卯 Gui Mao 四綠 Four Green 春分 清明

僇 丙

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

壬 丁 Raen

Ding

Yang Water

Yin Fire

寅 未 Yin

Wei

Tiger

Goat

Yang Wood

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 5 步驟五: Identify the Day Pillar 找出日柱 Finding the Day Pillar is quite easy. Just look up February 20 in the February month column. On the right hand column is listed the BaZi for that day.

只要有萬年曆，要找出日柱並不難。我們再以2月20日為例子，先從萬年曆表中，查出2月20日的位 二月大 2nd Mth 正月大 1st Mth 置，然後往右看，就能找出這天的陽曆了。 月干支 Clear and Bright

26th day

19hr 45min

星

Star

15hr 37min

14hr 42min

申 Shen

干支

Rain Water

26th day

星

S/B

Star

節氣

11th day

Season

16hr 24min

未 Wei

申 Shen

ऌፉ

干支

Gregorian

星

S/B

Star

䑅ፉ

Calendar

2

3

11

甲戌

8

2

9

甲辰

5

初一 1st

3

3

12

乙亥

9

2

10

乙巳

6

初二 2nd

4

3

13

Bing Zi

丙子

1

2

11

Bing Wu

丙午

7

初三 3rd

5

3

14

Ding Chou

丁丑

2

2

12

Ding Wei

丁未

8

初四 4th

6

3

15

Wu Yin

戊寅

3

2

13

戊申

9

初五 5th

7

3

16

己卯

4

2

14

己酉

1

初六 6th

8

3

17

Geng Chen

庚辰

5

2

15

Geng Xu

庚戌

2

初七 7th

9

3

18

Xin Si

辛巳

6

2

16

Xin Hai

辛亥

3

初八 8th

1

3

19

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

17

Ren Zi

壬子

4

初九 9th

2

3

20

Gui Wei

癸未

8

2

18

Gui Chou

癸丑

5

初十 10th

3

3

21

甲申

9

2

19

甲寅

6

十一 11th

4

3

22

乙酉

1

2

20

乙卯

7

十二 12th

5

3

23

Bing Xu

丙戌

2

2

21

Bing Chen

丙辰

8

十三 13th

6

3

24

Ding Hai

丁亥

3

2

22

Ding Si

丁巳

9

十四 14th

7

3

25

Wu Zi

戊子

4

2

23

戊午

1

十五 15th

8

3

26

己丑

5

2

24

己未

2

十六 16th

9

3

27

庚寅

6

2

25

Geng Shen

庚申

3

十七 17th

1

3

28

Xin Mao

辛卯

7

2

26

Xin You

辛酉

4

十八 18th

2

3

29

Ren Chen

壬辰

8

2

27

Ren Xu

壬戌

5

十九 19th

3

3

30

Gui Si

癸巳

9

2

28

Gui Hai

癸亥

6

二十 20th

4

3

31

甲午

1

3

1

甲子

7

廿一 21st

5

4

1

乙未

2

3

2

乙丑

8

廿二 22nd

6

4

2

丙申

3

3

3

丙寅

9

廿三 23rd

丁卯

1

廿四 24th

戊辰

2

廿五 25th

Jia Xu

Yi Hai

Ji Mao

Jia Shen Yi You

Ji Chou

Geng Yin

Jia Wu Yi Wei

Bing Shen

丁酉

4

3

4

戊戌

5

3

5

7

4

3

Ding You

8

4

4

Wu Xu

時 Hour

日 Day

Jia Chen Yi Si

Wu Shen Ji You

Jia Yin Yi Mao

Wu Wu Ji Wei

Jia Zi

Yi Chou

Bing Yin Ding Mao Wu Chen

月 Month

丁 未

Grand Duke:

Fill in Yi Mao 乙卯 into the Day Pillar of your diagram : 將乙卯寫在圖表的日柱上:

Awakening of Worms

Fire Goat

2月20日是乙卯日。乙為陰木， 卯則是兔。因此，這一天就是木 兔日了。

ऌፉ

Spring Equinox

11th day

九星 9 Star

Ding Wei

You will find that February 20 is a day of Yi Mao 乙卯. Yi乙 is Yin Wood, while Mao 卯 is Rabbit. So this is a day of the Wood Rabbit.

戌 Xu

Gregorian

Month

壬寅 Ren Yin 五黃 Five Yellow 驚蟄 雨水

1967

癸卯 Gui Mao 四綠 Four Green 春分 清明

僇 丙

年 Year

乙 壬 丁 Yi

Raen

Ding

Yin Wood

Yang Water

Yin Fire

卯 寅 未 Mao

Yin

Wei

Rabbit

Tiger

Goat

The Heavenly Stem of the Day Pillar in every chart is known in BaZi terminology as the “Day Master”. In this case, the Day Master is 乙 Yi Wood.

Yin Wood

在八字學中，日柱的天干也 稱為日主。因此，乙卯日的 日主就是乙了。

卯

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

日 Day

乙 Yi

Day Master 日主

Yin Wood

Mao

Rabbit

Yin Wood

Different charts will have different Day Masters. As you progress through this book, you will learn the significance of the Day Master. But for now, just learn to identify the Day Master.

不同的八字命盤就會有不同的日主。當你的八字學問有更多進展時，你就會知道日主的特點了。但 是，現在你只需找出日主就可以了。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 6 步驟六: Identify the Hour Pillar 找出時柱 Next, to ascertain the Hour Pillar, you have to do a little bit of cross-referencing. The following table is known as the Five Rat Chasing Day Establishing Hour Table. (You can found this table in Joey Yap Ten Thousand Year Calendar) It is duplicated here for your easy reference.

接下來，我們就要找出時柱了。右邊的圖 表稱為“五鼠遁日起時表”，（你可在Joey Yap 萬年曆裡找到）可供各位作為參考

To ascertain the Hour Pillar of a BaZi, you will need to reference two pieces of information: the time of birth and the Day Master. Take note that the Chinese Day has 12 hours only so each ‘hour’ comprises of two Western hours. So a person born at 7.30am and a person born at 8.30am both would be considered born in the Hour of the Chen 辰(Dragon). From our example of February 20, 1967, 4.30pm, we can, using the table, in page 53 ascertain that this person was born in the Shen 申 (Monkey) Hour. So fill in the Hour Branch as Shen 申 or (Monkey) Hour .

Five Rat Chasing Day Establishing Hour 五鼠遁日起時表 日 Day

Wu

Yang Earth

壬

Xin

癸

Ren

Yin Metal

戊子

戊

Ding

Yin Fire

辛

Geng

Yang Metal

丙子

丁

Bing

Yang Fire

庚

Ji

夜子

丙

Yi

Yin Wood

己 Yin Earth

Gui

Yang Water

庚子

Yin Water

壬子

甲子

11 pm 11.59 pm

Ye Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Jia Zi

Late Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

Wood Rat

12 am 12.59 am

Zi

Jia Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Rat

Wood Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

1 am 2.59 am

子

甲子

丙子

戊子

庚子

壬子

丑

乙丑

丁丑

己丑

辛丑

癸丑

Chou

Yi Chou

Ding Chou

Ji Chou

Xin Chou

Gui Chou

Ox

Wood Ox

Fire Ox

Earth Ox

Metal Ox

Water Ox

寅

丙寅

戊寅

庚寅

壬寅

甲寅

3 am 4.59 am

Yin

Bing Yin

Wu Yin

Geng Yin

Ren Yin

Jia Yin

Tiger

Fire Tiger

Earth Tiger

Metal Tiger

Water Tiger

Wood Tiger

5 am 6.59 am

Mao

Ding Mao

Ji Mao

Xin Mao

Gui Mao

Yi Mao

Rabbit

Fire Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Metal Rabbit

Water Rabbit

Wood Rabbit

7 am 8.59 am

Chen

Wu Chen

Dragon

Earth Dragon

9 am 10.59 am

Si

Ji Si

Xin Si

Gui Si

Yi Si

Ding Si

Snake

Earth Snake

Metal Snake

Water Snake

Wood Snake

Fire Snake

11 am 12.59 pm

Wu

Geng Wu

Ren Wu

Jia Wu

Bing Wu

Wu Wu

Horse

Metal Horse

Water Horse

Wood Horse

Fire Horse

Earth Horse

未

辛未

癸未

乙未

丁未

己未

Wei

Xin Wei

Gui Wei

Yi Wei

Ding Wei

Ji Wei

Goat

Metal Goat

Water Goat

Wood Goat

Fire Goat

Earth Goat

1pm 2.59 pm

卯

丁卯

辰

己卯

戊辰

巳 午

辛卯

癸卯

乙卯

庚辰

壬辰

甲辰

Geng Chen

Ren Chen

Jia Chen

丙辰 Bing Chen

Metal Dragon Water Dragon Wood Dragon

己巳

辛巳

庚午

癸巳

壬午

申

壬申

甲申

Shen

Ren Shen

Jia Shen

Fire Dragon

乙巳

甲午

丁巳

丙午

丙申

戊午

戊申

庚申

Wu Shen

Geng Shen

3 pm 4.59 pm

Monkey Water Monkey Wood Monkey

5 pm 6.59 pm

Rooster

7 pm 8.59 pm

Xu

Jia Xu

Bing Xu

Wu Xu

Geng Xu

Ren Xu

Dog

Wood Dog

Fire Dog

Earth Dog

Metal Dog

Water Dog

9 pm 10.59 pm

Hai

Yi Hai

Ding Hai

Ji Hai

Xin Hai

Gui Hai

Pig

Wood Pig

Fire Pig

Earth Pig

Metal Pig

Water Pig

酉 You

癸酉

乙酉

Gui You

Yi You

Bing Shen

Fire Monkey

戌

甲戌

亥

丁酉 Fire Rooster

丙戌

乙亥

Earth Monkey Metal Monkey

Ding You

Water Rooster Wood Rooster

戊戌

丁亥

己酉

辛酉

Ji You

Xin You

Earth Rooster Metal Rooster

己亥

庚戌

壬戌

辛亥

癸亥

Day Master 日主

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

乙 壬 丁

古代中國人設定一天有十二個時辰，每個時 辰等於兩小時。因此，出生在早上七時半或 上午8點半的人，同樣是出生在辰時。 舉個例子，一個出生在1967年2月20日，下 午四時三十分的人，根據之前的圖表，他出 生在申時。因此，他八字命盤上的時支就是 申了。

乙

Jia

時 Hour

Now, ascertain the Day Master by looking at the Day Stem. In the case of our example, the Day Master is Yi 乙.

要找出八字中的時柱，就必須知道兩個重要 的訊息：出生時間與日主。

甲 Yang Wood

Yi

Raen

Ding

Yin Wood

Yang Water

Yin Fire

申 卯 寅 未 Shen

Mao

Yin

Wei

Monkey

Rabbit

Tiger

Goat

Yang Metal

Yin Wood

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

現在就讓我告訴你如何以日主找出時柱的天 干吧。在這個例子中，日主為乙。 All right reserved worldwide. Copyright © 2009 - 2011 by Joey Yap

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 From the Shen 申 (Monkey) Hour, slide your finger vertically across the columns until you come to the Pillar for Yi 乙. You will find that the Hour Stem is Jia 甲 (Yang Wood). Fill in Jia 甲 into the Stem of the Hour Pillar.

你可從五鼠遁日起時表中，找出申時與 乙日的相交點，就是時干了。而這個例 子的時干就是甲（陽木），再將甲寫在 時柱的天干裡就可以了。

Five Rat Chasing Day Establishing Hour 五鼠遁日起時表 日 Day 時 Hour

己 Ji

11 pm 11.59 pm

夜子

我將會舉出幾個例子，讓你能夠多練 習，並更加熟悉如何排盤。

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丙

Yi

Bing

Yang Fire

庚

辛

Geng

Xin

Yang Metal

Yin Metal

戊子

庚子

丁 Ding

Yin Fire

戊 Wu

Yang Earth

壬 Ren

Yang Water

壬子

癸 Gui

Yin Water

甲子

Ye Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Jia Zi

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

Wood Rat

子

12 am 12.59 am

甲子

丙子

戊子

庚子

壬子

Zi

Jia Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Rat

Wood Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

丑

乙丑

丁丑

己丑

辛丑

癸丑

Chou

Yi Chou

Ding Chou

Ji Chou

Xin Chou

Gui Chou

Ox

Wood Ox

Fire Ox

Earth Ox

Metal Ox

Water Ox

寅

丙寅

戊寅

庚寅

壬寅

甲寅

3 am 4.59 am

Yin

Bing Yin

Wu Yin

Geng Yin

Ren Yin

Jia Yin

Tiger

Fire Tiger

Earth Tiger

Metal Tiger

Water Tiger

Wood Tiger

5 am 6.59 am

Mao

Ding Mao

Ji Mao

Xin Mao

Gui Mao

Yi Mao

Rabbit

Fire Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Metal Rabbit

Water Rabbit

Wood Rabbit

7 am 8.59 am

Chen

Wu Chen

Dragon

Earth Dragon

9 am 10.59 am

Si

Ji Si

Xin Si

Gui Si

Yi Si

Ding Si

Snake

Earth Snake

Metal Snake

Water Snake

Wood Snake

Fire Snake

戊午

卯 辰 巳

1pm 2.59 pm

這就是出生在1967年2月20日的人的八字 命盤了。

丙子

乙 Yin Wood

Late Rat

11 am 12.59 pm

Practice makes perfect so I’ll run through a few more examples here, to help you understand more about plotting the chart.

Jia

Yin Earth

1 am 2.59 am

This is the BaZi chart for someone born on February 20, 1967 at 4.30pm.

甲 Yang Wood

丁卯 戊辰 己巳

己卯

辛卯

癸卯

庚辰

壬辰

甲辰

Geng Chen

Ren Chen

Jia Chen

Metal Dragon Water Dragon Wood Dragon

辛巳

癸巳

乙巳

乙卯 丙辰 Bing Chen

Fire Dragon

丁巳

午

庚午

壬午

甲午

丙午

Wu

Geng Wu

Ren Wu

Jia Wu

Bing Wu

Wu Wu

Horse

Metal Horse

Water Horse

Wood Horse

Fire Horse

Earth Horse

未

辛未

癸未

乙未

丁未

己未

Wei

Xin Wei

Gui Wei

Yi Wei

Ding Wei

Ji Wei

Goat

Metal Goat

Water Goat

Wood Goat

Fire Goat

Earth Goat

申

壬申

甲申

Shen

Ren Shen

Jia Shen

丙申

戊申

庚申

Wu Shen

Geng Shen

3 pm 4.59 pm

Monkey Water Monkey Wood Monkey

5 pm 6.59 pm

Rooster

7 pm 8.59 pm

Xu

Jia Xu

Bing Xu

Wu Xu

Geng Xu

Ren Xu

Dog

Wood Dog

Fire Dog

Earth Dog

Metal Dog

Water Dog

9 pm 10.59 pm

Hai

Yi Hai

Ding Hai

Ji Hai

Xin Hai

Gui Hai

Pig

Wood Pig

Fire Pig

Earth Pig

Metal Pig

Water Pig

酉 You

戌 亥

時 Hour

癸酉

乙酉

Gui You

Yi You

Bing Shen

丁酉 Ding You

Water Rooster Wood Rooster

甲戌 乙亥

日 Day

Fire Monkey

Fire Rooster

丙戌

戊戌

丁亥

己亥

月 Month

Earth Monkey Metal Monkey

己酉

辛酉

Ji You

Xin You

Earth Rooster Metal Rooster

庚戌 辛亥

壬戌 癸亥

年 Year

甲 乙 壬 丁 Jia

Yi

Raen

Ding

Yang Wood

Yin Wood

Yang Water

Yin Fire

申 卯 寅 未 Shen

Mao

Yin

Wei

Monkey

Rabbit

Tiger

Goat

Yang Metal

Yin Wood

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Example 2 例子二: March 26, 1956 at 9.30am. Step 1 步驟一:

Draw the BaZi diagram below on a piece of paper. 畫出以下這個八字圖表。 時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

Step 2 步驟二:

Check for the correct Animal year – since this person is born well past February 4, there is no problem with the Year Pillar. 找出這個人的正確生肖-確定這個人是出生在2月4日之前，還是之後。

Step 3 步驟三:

Look up the year 1956 in the Ten Thousand Year Calendar. If you are using the Joey Yap Ten Thousand Year Calendar Book, 1956 is on page 238. You will see that 1956 is the year of Bing Shen 丙申, the year of the Fire Monkey Shen申. 從萬年曆中，找出1956年的對換表。在Joey Yap萬年曆中，1956年是在第238頁。這一年是丙申，火猴年。

正月小 1st Mth 庚寅 Geng Yin 二黑 Two Black 驚蟄 雨水

Clear and Bright

Spring Equinox

25th day

9th day

3hr 32min

23hr 21min

寅 Yin

ऌፉ

Gregorian

子 Zi

干支

星

Awakening of Worms

Rain Water

23rd day

9th day

22hr 25min

0hr 5min

亥 Hai

ऌፉ

S/B

Star

Wu Yin

3

2

12

戊寅

Gregorian

12

3

13

己卯

4

2

13

3

14

庚辰

Geng Chen

5

2

14

3

15

Xin Si

辛巳

6

2

15

3

16

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

16

3

17

Gui Wei

癸未

8

2

3

18

甲申

Jia Shen

9

3

19

乙酉

Yi You

3

20

Bing Xu

丙戌

3

21

3

22

3

23

3

24

3

25

3

26

3

27

3

S/B

己酉

節氣

Season 星

Star

䑅ፉ

Calendar 初一 1st

Geng Xu

庚戌

2

初二 2nd

Xin Hai

辛亥

3

初三 3rd

Ren Zi

壬子

4

初四 4th

Gui Chou

癸丑

5

初五 5th

17

甲寅

Jia Yin

6

初六 6th

2

18

乙卯

7

初七 7th

1

2

19

Bing Chen

丙辰

8

初八 8th

2

2

20

丁巳

9

初九 9th

丁亥

Ding Si

Ding Hai

3

2

21

戊午

1

初十 10th

戊子

Wu Wu

Wu Zi

4

2

22

己未

2

十一 11th

己丑

Ji Wei

5

2

23

庚申

3

十二 12th

庚寅

Geng Shen

6

2

24

辛酉

4

十三 13th

辛卯

Xin You

Xin Mao

7

2

25

壬戌

Ren Xu

5

十四 14th

壬辰

Ren Chen

8

2

26

癸亥

6

十五 15th

癸巳

Gui Hai

Gui Si

9

2

27

甲子

7

十六 16th

28

甲午

Jia Zi

Jia Wu

1

2

28

乙丑

8

十七 17th

3

29

乙未

Yi Wei

2

2

29

丙寅

十八 18th

3

30

丙申

Bing Yin

9

Bing Shen

3

3

1

丁卯

1

十九 19th

3

31

丁酉

Ding Mao

Ding You

4

3

2

戊辰

2

二十 20th

4

1

Wu Xu

戊戌

5

3

3

己巳

3

廿一 21st

4

2

己亥

Ji Hai

6

3

4

庚午

4

廿二 22nd

4

3

庚子

Geng Wu

7

3

5

Xin Wei

辛未

5

廿三 23rd

壬申 癸酉

4

4

4

5

Ji Mao

Ji Chou

Geng Yin

Geng Zi

Ji You

Yi Mao

Yi Chou

Wu Chen Ji Si

辛丑

8

3

6

Ren Shen

6

廿四 24th

壬寅

9

3

7

Gui You

7

廿五 25th

Xin Chou Ren Yin

丙 申

So, write Bing Shen 丙申 in the Year Pillar of your diagram. 請將丙申寫在圖表的年柱上。 時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

Grand Duke:

1

Bing Shen Fire Monkey

3

子 Zi

干支

月干支 Month 九星 9 Star

1956

二月大 2nd Mth 辛卯 Xin Mao 一白 One White 清明 春分

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年 Year

丙 Bing

Yang Fire

申 Shen

Monkey

Yang Metal

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Identify the Month Pillar. 找出月柱

此人出生在3月26日，也就是卯月（兔）。 接下來，從萬年曆1956年的篇幅中，找出3 月的天干。

25th day

9th day

3hr 32min

23hr 21min

寅 Yin

ऌፉ

Gregorian

子 Zi

干支

星

Awakening of Worms

Rain Water

23rd day

9th day

22hr 25min

0hr 5min

亥 Hai

ऌፉ

S/B

Star

Wu Yin

3

2

12

4

2

13

戊寅

Gregorian

3

12

3

13

己卯

3

14

庚辰

Geng Chen

5

2

14

3

15

Xin Si

辛巳

6

2

15

3

16

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

16

3

17

Gui Wei

癸未

8

2

3

18

甲申

Jia Shen

9

3

19

乙酉

Yi You

3

20

3

九星 9 Star

節氣

Season

子 Zi

干支 S/B

己酉

星

Star

初一 1st

Geng Xu

庚戌

2

初二 2nd

辛亥

Xin Hai

3

初三 3rd

Ren Zi

壬子

4

初四 4th

Gui Chou

癸丑

5

初五 5th

17

甲寅

Jia Yin

6

初六 6th

2

18

乙卯

7

初七 7th

1

2

19

丙辰

8

初八 8th

丙戌

Bing Chen

Bing Xu

2

2

20

丁巳

9

初九 9th

21

丁亥

Ding Si

Ding Hai

3

2

21

戊午

1

初十 10th

3

22

戊子

Wu Wu

Wu Zi

4

2

22

己未

2

十一 11th

3

23

己丑

Ji Wei

5

2

23

庚申

3

十二 12th

3

24

庚寅

Geng Shen

6

2

24

辛酉

4

十三 13th

3

25

辛卯

Xin You

Xin Mao

7

2

25

壬戌

5

十四 14th

3

26

壬辰

Ren Xu

Ren Chen

8

2

26

癸亥

6

十五 15th

3

27

癸巳

Gui Hai

Gui Si

9

2

27

甲子

7

十六 16th

3

28

甲午

Jia Zi

Jia Wu

1

2

28

乙丑

8

十七 17th

3

29

乙未

Yi Wei

2

2

29

丙寅

9

十八 18th

3

30

丙申

Bing Yin

Bing Shen

3

3

1

丁卯

1

十九 19th

3

31

丁酉

Ding Mao

Ding You

4

3

2

戊辰

2

二十 20th

4

1

Wu Xu

戊戌

5

3

3

己巳

3

廿一 21st

4

2

己亥

Ji Hai

6

3

4

庚午

4

廿二 22nd

4

3

庚子

Geng Wu

7

3

5

辛未

5

廿三 23rd

4

4

辛丑

Xin Wei

8

3

6

壬申

6

廿四 24th

4

5

壬寅

Ren Shen

9

3

7

Gui You

癸酉

7

廿五 25th

Ji Mao

Ji Chou

Geng Yin

Geng Zi

Xin Chou Ren Yin

時 Hour

日 Day

3月是辛卯月（金兔）。請將辛卯寫在月柱 上。

Ji You

Yi Mao

Yi Chou

Wu Chen Ji Si

月 Month

丙 申

䑅ፉ

Calendar

1

Grand Duke:

It is the month of Xin Mao 辛卯 (Metal Rabbit). Fill in Xin Mao 辛卯 in the Month Pillar.

Spring Equinox

月干支 Month

Bing Shen Fire Monkey

Since this person was born March 26, we know that they are born in the Month of Mao 卯 (Rabbit). Now, check the month of March 1956 to determine what the Heavenly Stem of this Rabbit Month is.

Clear and Bright

正月小 1st Mth 庚寅 Geng Yin 二黑 Two Black 驚蟄 雨水

1956

二月大 2nd Mth 辛卯 Xin Mao 一白 One White 清明 春分

Step 4 步驟四:

年 Year

辛 丙 Xin

Bing

Yin Metal

Yang Fire

卯 申 Mao

Shen

Rabbit

Monkey

Yin Wood

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Yang Metal

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 二月大 2nd Mth 辛卯 Xin Mao 一白 One White 清明 春分

Identify the Day Pillar 找出日柱

Clear and Bright

翻開萬年曆中的同一頁，3月26日是壬辰日 （水龍）。

將壬辰寫在日柱上。

25th day

9th day

3hr 32min

23hr 21min

寅 Yin

ऌፉ

Gregorian

子 Zi

干支

Awakening of Worms

Rain Water

23rd day

9th day

22hr 25min

0hr 5min

星

亥 Hai

ऌፉ

S/B

Star

Wu Yin

3

2

12

4

2

13

戊寅

Gregorian

3

12

3

13

己卯

3

14

庚辰

Geng Chen

5

2

14

3

15

Xin Si

辛巳

6

2

15

3

16

Ren Wu

壬午

7

2

16

3

17

Gui Wei

癸未

8

2

3

18

甲申

Jia Shen

9

3

19

乙酉

Yi You

3

20

3

子 Zi

干支 S/B

己酉

九星 9 Star

節氣

Season 星

Star

䑅ፉ

Calendar

1

初一 1st

Geng Xu

庚戌

2

初二 2nd

辛亥

Xin Hai

3

初三 3rd

Ren Zi

壬子

4

初四 4th

Gui Chou

癸丑

5

初五 5th

17

甲寅

Jia Yin

6

初六 6th

2

18

乙卯

7

初七 7th

1

2

19

丙辰

8

初八 8th

丙戌

Bing Chen

Bing Xu

2

2

20

丁巳

9

初九 9th

21

丁亥

Ding Si

Ding Hai

3

2

21

戊午

1

初十 10th

3

22

戊子

Wu Wu

Wu Zi

4

2

22

己未

2

十一 11th

3

23

己丑

Ji Wei

5

2

23

庚申

3

十二 12th

3

24

庚寅

Geng Shen

6

2

24

辛酉

4

十三 13th

3

25

辛卯

Xin You

Xin Mao

7

2

25

壬戌

5

十四 14th

3

26

壬辰

Ren Xu

Ren Chen

8

2

26

癸亥

6

十五 15th

3

27

癸巳

Gui Hai

Gui Si

9

2

27

甲子

7

十六 16th

3

28

甲午

Jia Zi

Jia Wu

1

2

28

乙丑

8

十七 17th

3

29

乙未

Yi Wei

2

2

29

丙寅

9

十八 18th

3

30

丙申

Bing Yin

Bing Shen

3

3

1

丁卯

1

十九 19th

3

31

丁酉

Ding Mao

Ding You

4

3

2

戊辰

2

二十 20th

4

1

Wu Xu

戊戌

5

3

3

己巳

3

廿一 21st

4

2

己亥

Ji Hai

6

3

4

庚午

4

廿二 22nd

4

3

庚子

Geng Wu

7

3

5

辛未

5

廿三 23rd

4

4

辛丑

Xin Wei

8

3

6

壬申

6

廿四 24th

4

5

壬寅

Ren Shen

9

3

7

Gui You

癸酉

7

廿五 25th

Ji Mao

Ji Chou

Geng Yin

Geng Zi

Xin Chou Ren Yin

時 Hour

日 Day

Ji You

Yi Mao

Yi Chou

Wu Chen Ji Si

月 Month

丙 申

Grand Duke:

Write Ren Chen 壬辰 in the Day Pillar.

Spring Equinox

月干支 Month

Bing Shen Fire Monkey

Next, find the Day Pillar. Look up March 26 in the Ten Thousand Year Calendar and check the corresponding BaZi for the date. You will see it is Ren Chen 壬辰 or Water Dragon.

正月小 1st Mth 庚寅 Geng Yin 二黑 Two Black 驚蟄 雨水

1956

Step 5 步驟五:

管 仲

年 Year

壬 辛 丙 Raen

Xin

Bing

Yang Water

Yin Metal

Yang Fire

辰 卯 申 Chen

Mao

Shen

Dragon

Rabbit

Monkey

Yang Earth

Yin Wood

Yang Metal

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 6 步驟六:

Five Rat Chasing Day Establishing Hour 五鼠遁日起時表

Identify the Hour Pillar 找出時柱 This person was born at 9.30am which, as we can see from the table, is the Si巳 (Snake) Hour. To find out the Heavenly Stem of the Hour Pillar, look at the Day Master, which is the Day Pillar’s Heavenly Stem. It is Yi 乙.

從以上的圖表中，我們知道上午九時三 十分是巳（蛇）時。接下來，我們需要 知道的就是時柱的天干了。先找出日 主，在這個例子中，日主（也就是日柱 的天干）是壬。

日 Day 時 Hour

己 Ji

11 pm 11.59 pm

夜子

在同樣的圖表中，找出壬和巳的交接位 置，也就是乙巳。因此，時柱的天干與 地支就是乙巳。

丙子

乙

丙

Yi

丁

Bing

Yin Wood

Ding

Yang Fire

庚

Yin Fire

辛

Geng

Yang Metal

壬

Xin

Ren

Yin Metal

戊子

戊 Wu

Yang Earth

Yang Water

庚子

壬子

癸 Gui

Yin Water

甲子

Ye Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Jia Zi

Late Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

Wood Rat

子

12 am 12.59 am 1 am 2.59 am

甲子

丙子

戊子

庚子

壬子

Zi

Jia Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Rat

Wood Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

丑

乙丑

丁丑

己丑

辛丑

癸丑

Chou

Yi Chou

Ding Chou

Ji Chou

Xin Chou

Gui Chou

Ox

Wood Ox

Fire Ox

Earth Ox

Metal Ox

Water Ox

寅

丙寅

戊寅

庚寅

壬寅

甲寅

3 am 4.59 am

Yin

Bing Yin

Wu Yin

Geng Yin

Ren Yin

Jia Yin

Tiger

Fire Tiger

Earth Tiger

Metal Tiger

Water Tiger

Wood Tiger

5 am 6.59 am

Mao

Ding Mao

Ji Mao

Xin Mao

Gui Mao

Yi Mao

Rabbit

Fire Rabbit

Earth Rabbit

Metal Rabbit

Water Rabbit

Wood Rabbit

7 am 8.59 am

Chen

Wu Chen

Dragon

Earth Dragon

9 am 10.59 am

Si

Ji Si

Xin Si

Gui Si

Yi Si

Ding Si

Snake

Earth Snake

Metal Snake

Water Snake

Wood Snake

Fire Snake

戊午

卯 辰 巳

丁卯 戊辰 己巳

己卯

辛卯

癸卯

庚辰

壬辰

甲辰

Geng Chen

Ren Chen

Jia Chen

Metal Dragon Water Dragon Wood Dragon

辛巳

癸巳

乙巳

乙卯 丙辰 Bing Chen

Fire Dragon

丁巳

午

庚午

壬午

甲午

丙午

Wu

Geng Wu

Ren Wu

Jia Wu

Bing Wu

Wu Wu

Horse

Metal Horse

Water Horse

Wood Horse

Fire Horse

Earth Horse

未

辛未

癸未

乙未

丁未

己未

Wei

Xin Wei

Gui Wei

Yi Wei

Ding Wei

Ji Wei

Goat

Metal Goat

Water Goat

Wood Goat

Fire Goat

Earth Goat

1pm 2.59 pm

This is the BaZi chart for someone born on March 26 at 9.30am.

Jia

Yin Earth

11 am 12.59 pm

Now, run your finger vertically across the columns till you get to Ren 壬 you will see it is Yi Si 乙巳. Write Yi Si 乙巳 in your BaZi diagram.

甲 Yang Wood

申

壬申

甲申

Shen

Ren Shen

Jia Shen

丙申

戊申

庚申

Wu Shen

Geng Shen

3 pm 4.59 pm

Monkey Water Monkey Wood Monkey

5 pm 6.59 pm

Rooster

7 pm 8.59 pm

Xu

Jia Xu

Bing Xu

Wu Xu

Geng Xu

Ren Xu

Dog

Wood Dog

Fire Dog

Earth Dog

Metal Dog

Water Dog

9 pm 10.59 pm

Hai

Yi Hai

Ding Hai

Ji Hai

Xin Hai

Gui Hai

Pig

Wood Pig

Fire Pig

Earth Pig

Metal Pig

Water Pig

酉 You

戌 亥

時 Hour

癸酉

乙酉

Gui You

Yi You

Bing Shen

丁酉 Ding You

Water Rooster Wood Rooster

甲戌 乙亥

日 Day

Fire Monkey

Fire Rooster

丙戌

戊戌

丁亥

己亥

月 Month

Earth Monkey Metal Monkey

己酉

辛酉

Ji You

Xin You

Earth Rooster Metal Rooster

庚戌 辛亥

壬戌 癸亥

年 Year

乙 壬 辛 丙 Yi

Raen

Xin

Bing

Yin Wood

Yang Water

Yin Metal

Yang Fire

巳 辰 卯 申 Si

Chen

Mao

Shen

Snake

Dragon

Rabbit

Monkey

Yin Fire

Yang Earth

Yin Wood

Yang Metal

這就是出生在1956年3月26日的人的八字 命盤了。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Exceptional Circumstances Early/Late Rat Hour The Rat Hour (11 PM – 12:59 AM) theoretically saddles two days. Accordingly, the Rat Hour has TWO BaZi characters – one for Early Rat Hour (12 AM – 12:59 AM) and one for the Late Rat Hour (11 PM – 11:59 PM). A person is considered to have been born in the Early Rat Hour if they were born between 12 AM and 12:59 AM on June 16, 1976. They are considered to have been born in the Late Rat Hour if they were born between 11 PM and 11:59 PM on June 16, 1976. For the Early Rat Hour, the method of plotting as explained above for the Hour Pillar applies. For the Late Rat Hour, refer to the Late Rat Hour column reproduced below, the Five Rats Chasing Day Establishing Hour Table. Using the Day Master, ascertain the correct BaZi characters for the Late Rat Hour. Example: For a person born at 11:01 PM on June 16, with the Day Master Geng 庚, the Late Rat Hour is Wu Zi 戊子.

特殊情況 早子時／夜子時 子時（11pm - 12:59am）理論上坐落在兩天。因此，子時有兩個八字，一個用於凌晨的早子時（12am 12:59am）和晚上的夜子時（11pm - 11:59pm）。 所以出生在6月1976年，凌晨12am-12:59am的人將歸為早子時，如果他們出生在6月1976年，晚上 11pm-11:59pm，那他們就是屬於出生在夜子時。 對於早子時，時柱的排法就會跟隨上面所解釋的。 對於夜子時，你就需要參照以下的五鼠遁日起時表裡的夜子時欄列。依據日主，確認夜子時的正確 八字。 例子：對於一個出生於6月16日晚上11:01pm，隨著日主是庚，夜子時就是戊子了。

Five Rat Chasing Day Establishing Hour 五鼠遁日起時表 日 Day 時 Hour 11 pm 11.59 pm 12 am 12.59 am

甲

乙

Jia

Yang Wood

己

庚

Ji

Yin Earth

夜子

Yi

Yin Wood

丙子

Geng

Yang Metal

戊子

丙 Bing

Yang Fire

辛 Xin

Yin Metal

庚子

丁 Ding

Yin Fire

壬 Ren

Yang Water

壬子

戊 Wu

Yang Earth

癸 Gui

Yin Water

甲子

Ye Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Jia Zi

Late Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

Wood Rat

子

甲子

丙子

戊子

庚子

壬子

Zi

Jia Zi

Bing Zi

Wu Zi

Geng Zi

Ren Zi

Rat

Wood Rat

Fire Rat

Earth Rat

Metal Rat

Water Rat

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 The Luck Pillars 大運 The Luck Pillars consist of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in sequence based on your BaZi Natal Chart. It is always presented in the following format:

運柱包含天干和地支，它的順序是依據你的八字命盤而行。它總是如此呈現： Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Age 歲數

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Heavenly Stems 天干

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Earthly Branches 地支

Step 1 步驟一: • The Luck pillars always start from the furthermost right column. • You need to determine if the Luck Pillars are plotted in a Forward or Reverse cycle. This would be based on the Gender of the person as well as his/her Year of birth. • Plot the Luck Pillars using the BaZi Natal Chart’s Month Pillar as the reference point.

• 運柱是從最右邊的排列開始的。 • 你需要確定運柱是應該順排或是逆排。這將需要依據個人的性別以及他的出生年份。 • 使用八字命盤的月柱作為排大運的參考點。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 2 步驟二: In order to plot the rest of the Luck Pillars you must then establish whether the Luck Pillars are a Forward Cycle or a Reverse Cycle. This will determine the sequence of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches as they move from right to left. For the forward sequence, please refer to the chart below.

接著要排其餘的運柱時，你需要確認是順排或逆排。這將決定自右向左移動的天干和地支的序列。 對於它的序列，請參考以下圖表。

The 10 Heavenly Stems 十天干 (

( Forward cycle 順排

)

甲

乙 Yi

Bing

Ding

丁

戊

己 Ji

Geng

庚

辛

壬

癸

Yang Wood

Yin Wood

Yang Fire

Yin Fire

Yang Earth

Yin Earth

Yang Metal

Yin Metal

Yang Water

Yin Water

Jia

丙

Reverse cycle 逆排)

The 12 Earthly Branches 十二地支 (

Wu

Xin

Ren

Gui

Reverse cycle 逆排) ( Forward cycle 順排

)

子

丑

寅

卯

辰

巳

午

未

申

酉

戌

Chou Ox

Yin Tiger

Mao Rabbit

Chen Dragon

Si Snake

Wu Horse

Wei Goat

Shen Monkey

You Rooster

Xu Dog

亥

Zi Rat Yang Water

Yin Earth

Yang Wood

Yin Wood

Yang Earth

Yin Fire

Yang Fire

Yin Earth

Yang Metal

Yin Metal

Yang Earth

Yin Water

Hai Pig

First you must find the polarity of the individual’s Year Heavenly Stem and determine if it is Yin or Yang. For the polarity of the Heavenly Stems please refer to the chart. Then you need to refer to the table below:

首先，你必須找出個人年柱天干的屬性，並確認它是陰或是陽。請參閱圖表找出 天干的陰陽屬性。然後，你需要參考以下的圖表：

Yang Stem and a Male 陽干並是個男性

Forward Cycle

Yin Stem and a Female 陰干並是個女性

順排

Yin Stem and a Male 陰干並是個男性

Reverse Cycle

Yang Stem and a Female 陽干並是個女性

逆排

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 For our example, a male person born in a Geng (庚) Year will follow the forward cycle. His luck pillars are in a forward sequential order based on his original Month Pillar.

在我們的例子中，這個男性出生在庚年將遵循順排。他的大運也就依據他的原本月柱順排著去。

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

壬

辛

己

丑

卯

子

Ox

Rabbit

Rat

Ren

Xin

辰

Chen

Dragon

戊 Wu

Ding

Bing

丙

乙

子

亥

戌

Zi Rat

丁 Hai Pig

Mao

Forward cycle 順排

Zi

甲

癸

壬

辛

酉

申

未

午

巳

辰

You Rooster

Shen Monkey

Wei Goat

Wu Horse

Si Snake

Chen Dragon

Yi

Xu Dog

庚

Geng

Ji

Chou

年 Year

Jia

Gui

Ren

Xin

庚

Geng

If the individual is a Female then her Luck Pillars will look like this:

如果這個人是女性，那麼她的大運則是如以： 時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

壬

辛

己 Ji

Geng

丑

卯

子

Ox

Rabbit

Rat

Ren

Xin

辰

Chen

Chou

Dragon

庚

辛

午 Wu Horse

Geng

40

年 Year

庚

Mao

壬

癸

甲

乙 Yi

Bing

未

申

酉

戌

亥

Wei Goat

Shen Monkey

You Rooster

Xin

Ren

Gui

Jia

Xu Dog

Hai Pig

Reverse cycle 逆排

Zi

丙

丁

戊

子

丑

寅

Zi Rat

Chou Ox

Yin Tiger

Ding

Wu

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Calculating the age limits 如何計算‘起運歲數’ Now, the Luck Pillars, which tell us WHAT kind of luck a person is undergoing, are not much use unless we know WHEN the years are good and when they are less favourable. Therefore, the final step in plotting the dynamic aspect of a BaZi chart is to calculate the Age Limit. The Age Limit marks of the blocks of Luck Pillars. Each Luck Pillar is a block of 10 years but what we need to know is WHEN that block of 10 years starts and ends, which is the Age Limit. Age Limits vary from person to person - they can range from 0-10 for each block. The most important piece of information for calculating the Age Limit is the Day of Birth and whether the Luck Cycle is a Forward or Reverse Cycle. Now, here’s how we calculate the Age Limits Step 1: Determine if it is a Forward or Reverse Cycle. Step 2: Calculate the number of days between the Date of Birth and the nearest Forward or Reverse Monthly Transition Date. Exclude from your calculation the day of birth. Step 3: Divide the number of days between the Date of Birth and the nearest Monthly Transition Date by 3.

現在你已經可以透過運柱看出自己將會行什麼樣的運了，但是，你可知道確實在什麼時候這 些所謂的‘好運’或‘厄運’會降臨在你身上嗎？ 因此，下一步我將教你如何計算‘起運歲數’。‘起運歲數’是一個週期，它代表運的起點 及終點。每一個運柱是10年，而‘起運歲數’，就是清楚地顯示了這個運柱在那一年開始， 又在那一年結束。 每一個人的起運歲數都不同 - 它可以是0-10，也可以是15-24歲。所以，如果想要找出自己 的起運歲數，你就必須利用你的出生日期，然後排盤。在排盤之前，你必須確認自己的大運 是順排還是逆排。 要計算出自己的’起運歲數’，只要根據以下三點就行了： 1. 確認一下自己的大運是順排還是逆排。 2. 找出和自己出生日期最相近的交節日。如果是順排，就找下一個最相近的交節日，如果 是逆排，就找上一個最相近的交節日。 3. 把出生日期和交節日相減，找出差異的天數，然後除於3。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Transition Date

Earthly Branch of the month

Seasons

The above chart is a quick reference for the Monthly Transition Dates. You should always double check the Monthly Transition Date using the Ten Thousand Year Calendar. (Sometimes the transition date varies by a day, so to be sure, check it up.)

以上圖表可以讓你快速參考每一個月的交節日。但由於交 節日會隨時日更改，建議你多運用萬年曆查看交節日，以 確保不會出紕漏。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Let's look at a couple of examples so you can get an idea of how the calculation works: 讓我們來看看一些例子： Male born May 14, 2004 at 5.14am. 男性，生於2004年5月14日， 早上5時14分 Hour

Day

Gui

Yin Wood

Si

Yin

Chou

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

Tiger

Ox

Bing Yang Fire

Yi Yin Wood

Zi

Rat

Yang Water

Si

Snake

Hai

Pig

Yin Water

Shen

Snake

Yin Fire

Monkey

Yin Fire

Jia Yang Wood

Xu

Dog

Yang Earth

Jia

Yang Wood

Yang Metal

Gui Yin Water

You

Rooster Yin Metal

Ren Yang Water

Shen

Monkey Yang Metal

Xin Yin Metal

Geng Yang Metal

Wei

Goat

Yin Earth

Luck Pillars

Ding Yin Fire

Yin Earth

Earthly Branches

Mao

Rabbit

Wu Yang Earth

Ji

Yin Water

Yin Wood

Year Heavenly Stems

Yi

Month

Wu

Horse

Yang Fire

Step 1 步驟一:

Determine if it is a Forward or Reverse Cycle. This person is born on a Wood Monkey (Jia Shen 甲申) Year. He is a Yang Male. Accordingly, his Luck Cycle is a Forward Luck Cycle. 確認一下大運是順排還是逆排 這位男士出生於木猴（甲申）年，因此他是陽男。順排

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Step 2 步驟二:

Calculate the number of days between the Date of Birth and the nearest Forward or Reverse Monthly Transition Date. The number of days from May 15 and June 5, the nearest Monthly Transition Date going through the FORWARD cycle is 22 days, counting from May 15th onwards.

找出和自己出生日期最相近的交節日 既然是順排，就找出下一個最相近的交節日，也就是6月5日。

Step 3 步驟三:

Divide the number of days between their Date of Birth and the nearest Monthly Transition Date by 3. 22 divided by 3, which is 7.3. Round up 7.3 to the nearest number, which is 7. His Age Limit starts from the age of 7. He will enter his first luck pillar at 7 years old. His next Luck Pillar is 17 since Luck Pillars are in blocks of 10 years. 把出生日期和交節日相減，找出差異的天數，然後除於3。 從5月15日開始計算，一直到6月5日，天數的差異是22天。將22除於3，得到的結果是7.3，進位值 是7。 結論就是這位男士的‘起運歲數’，從7歲開始，每一個運柱的週期為十年，因此他的下一個運柱 就是從17歲開始。

The Age Limits for the Luck Pillars 87

Yin

Chou

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

Tiger

44

Ding Yin Fire

Ox

67

57

47

37

27

Bing Yang Fire

Yi Yin Wood

Jia Yang Wood

Gui Yin Water

Ren Yang Water

Zi

Rat

Yang Water

Hai

Pig

Yin Water

Xu

Dog

Yang Earth

You

Rooster Yin Metal

Shen

Monkey Yang Metal

17

Xin Yin Metal

Wei

Goat

Yin Earth

7

Geng Yang Metal

Luck Pillars

Wu Yang Earth

77

Wu

Horse

Yang Fire

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Here's another example, but this time, a Female born August 14, 1971 at 7.18am.

以下是另外的例子：女性，生於1971年8月14日，上午07點 18

Hour

Day

Wei

Yin Fire

Chen

Dragon

Yang Earth

Gui Yin Water

Ren Yang Water

Mao

Rabbit Yin Wood

Monkey

Yang Metal

Xin Yin Metal

Yin

Chou

Yang Wood

Yin Earth

Tiger

Hai

Shen

Goat

Yin Earth

Ox

Pig

Yin Water

Geng Yang Metal

Zi

Rat

Yang Water

Ji Yin Earth

Hai

Pig

Yin Water

Wu Yang Earth

Xu

Dog

Yang Earth

Ding Yin Fire

Luck Pillars

Si

Snake

Jia Yang Wood

Yin Metal

Earthly Branches

Chen

Dragon

Xin

Yang Fire

Yin Metal

Yang Earth

Yi Yin Wood

Bing

Xin

Yang Water

Year Heavenly Stems

Ren

Month

You

Rooster Yin Metal

Step 1 步驟一:

This is a lady born in a Yin Year so she is a Yin Female and her Luck Cycle is a Forward Cycle.

確認一下大運是順排還是逆排 這位女士出生於陰年，因此她是陰女。順排

Step 2 步驟二:

We count the number of days from August 15th until September 8, the nearest Monthly Transition Date going through the FORWARD cycle. The difference is 25 Days.

找出和自己出生日期最相近的交節日 既然是順排，就找出下一個最相近的交節日，也就是9月8日。

Step 3 步驟三:

25 divide by 3 is 8.3, rounded off to the nearest number is 8. Accordingly, her age limit starts with 8 and she enters her first luck pillar at 8 years old.

把出生日期和交節日相減，找出差異的天數，然後除於3。 從8月15日開始計算，一直到9月8日，天數的差異是25天。將25除於3 ，得到的結果是8.3，進位值是8。 結論就是這位女士的‘起運歲數’，從8歲開始，每一個運柱的週期為 十年，因此她的下一個運柱就是從18歲開始。

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How to Plot a BaZi Chart 如何排出一個八字命盤 Practise Sheet 練習表

Plot your own BaZi chart here 排出你個人的八字命盤: Name 性名 : ____________________________ Sex 性別 : ____________________________ DOB 生日 : ____________________________ Time 時間 : ____________________________

時 Hour

日 Day

月 Month

年 Year

Stem

天干 Branches

地支

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What’s Next? 下一步是什麼？ After completing the practise sheets and exercises, your next step will be to commit the BaZi language to memory. Learn 1 character a day and you would have reached your goal in no time at all! Before you come to class do read up on The BaZi Destiny Code and The BaZi Destiny Code Revealed. This will greatly help you in your studies. Do check with your Organiser the details of your course dates, timing and venue and plan to arrive 30 minutes before your course starts. Do bring along your BaZi chart, 10,000 Year Calendar, pens and a notepad to jot down additional notes. You are now ready to embark on the fascinating study of BaZi! See you in Class! 在完成練習表和訓練後，你的下一個步驟就是全心全意記牢八字的語言。每天學習一個字 符，你就會達到你的目標了！ 在你還沒來上課前，請先閱讀《八字命運密碼》與《八字解碼》。這將大大地幫助提高你的 學習能力。 記得向你的主辦單位查詢詳情，如你的課程日期，時間和地點，並預前三十分鐘到達課室。 記得攜帶你的八字命盤，萬年曆，鋼筆和一個記事本以記下更多的額外附加內容。 現在就開始準備研究引人入勝的八字學吧！

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Reference

Reference 參考 Earthly Branches Six Clashes 地支六沖 子 Zi Rat

丑

Chou Ox

寅

Yin Tiger

卯

Mao Rabbit

辰

Chen Dragon

巳

Si Snake

沖 Clashes

沖 Clashes

沖 Clashes

沖 Clashes

沖 Clashes

沖 Clashes

午

Wu Horse

未 Wei Goat

申

Shen Monkey

酉

You Rooster

戌 Xu Dog

亥 Hai Pig

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Reference 參考 Ungrateful Punishment 無恩之刑 寅

Yin Tiger

巳

Si Snake

申

Shen Monkey

Ungrateful Punishment 無恩之刑 Ungrateful Punishment 無恩之刑 Ungrateful Punishment 無恩之刑

巳

Si Snake

申

Shen Monkey

寅

Yin Tiger

Bullying Punishment 恃勢之刑 未

Wei Goat

丑

Chou Ox

戌 Xu Dog

Bullying Punishment 恃勢之刑 Bullying Punishment 恃勢之刑 Bullying Punishment 恃勢之刑

丑

Chou Ox

戌 Xu Dog

未

Wei Goat

Uncivilized Punishment 無禮之刑 子 Zi Rat

卯

Mao Rabbit

Uncivilized Punishment 無禮之刑 Uncivilized Punishment 無禮之刑

卯

Mao Rabbit

子 Zi Rat

Earthly Branches Self Punishment 地支自刑 辰 Chen Dragon

午 Wu Horse

酉 You Rooster

亥 Hai Pig

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辰

Self Punish 自刑

Chen Dragon

Self Punish 自刑

Wu Horse

Self Punish 自刑

Self Punish 自刑

午 酉 You Rooster

亥 Hai Pig

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Reference 參考 Earthly Branches Six Harms 地支相害 子

未

Harm 害

Zi Rat

寅

Wei Goat

巳

Harm 害

Yin Tiger

申

Si Snake

亥

Harm 害

Shen Monkey

丑 Chou Ox

卯 Mao Rabbit

戌

Hai Pig

午

Harm 害

Wu Horse

Harm 害

Chen Dragon

辰 酉

Harm 害

Xu Dog

You Rooster

Earthly Branches Combinations 地支六合 子 Zi Rat

寅 Yin Tiger

卯 Mao Rabbit

辰 Chen Dragon

巳 Si Snake

午 Wu Horse

+ + + + + +

丑 Chou Ox

亥 Hai Pig

戌 Xu Dog

酉 You Rooster

申 Shen Monkey

未 Wei Goat

土

=

Earth

=

Wood

木

火

=

Fire

金

=

Metal

水

= =

Water

日月 Sun and Moon

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Reference 參考 Heavenly Stems Combinations 天干合化 甲 己 Jia

Ji

乙 庚 Yi

Geng

丙 辛 Bing

Xin

丁 壬 Ding

Ren

戊 癸 Wu

Gui

甲

Jia Yang Wood

乙

己

Ji Yin Earth

庚

Yi Yin Wood

Geng Yang Metal

丙

辛

Bing Yang Fire

丁

Xin Yin Metal

壬

Ding Yin Fire

Ren Yang Water

戊

癸

Wu Yang Earth

Gui Yin Water

土

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Earth

=

Metal

=

Water

=

Wood

=

Fire

金

水

木

火

Heavenly Stems Clashes/Controlling 天干相沖相剋 甲 庚 Jia

Geng

乙 辛 Yi

Xin

丙 壬 Bing

Ren

丁 癸 Ding

Gui

甲 戊 Jia

Wu

乙 己 Yi

Ji

丙 庚 Bing

Geng

丁 辛 Ding

Xin

戊 壬 Wu

Ren

己 癸 Ji

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Gui

甲

Jia Yang Wood

乙

Yi Yin Wood

丙

庚

Geng Yang Metal

辛

Xin Yin Metal

壬

Bing Yang Fire

Ren Yang Water

丁

癸

Ding Yin Fire

Gui Yin Water

甲

戊

Jia Yang Wood

Wu Yang Earth

乙

己

Yi Yin Wood

丙

Bing Yang Fire

丁

Ding Yin Fire

戊

Ji Yin Earth

庚

Geng Yang Metal

辛

Xin Yin Metal

壬

Wu Yang Earth

Ren Yang Water

己

癸

Ji Yin Earth

Gui Yin Water

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Reference 參考 Earthly Branches Destruction 地支相破 子 Zi Rat

申

Shen Monkey

辰

Chen Dragon

午

Wu Horse

寅

Yin Tiger

戌 Xu Dog

Destroy 破

Destroy 破

Destroy 破

Destroy 破

Destroy 破

Destroy 破

酉

You Rooster

巳

Si Snake

丑

Chou Ox

卯

Mao Rabbit

亥 Hai Pig

未 Wei Goat

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