Based on Chinese Astrology, a person’s date of
birth is divided into 4 heavenly stems and 4 earthly branches. Together they
make up the four pillars of destiny which is a branch of Chinese Astrology
known as BaZi. The four pillars hold the 4 heavenly stems and 4 earthly
branches in a BaZi’s birth chart and together they make up the year pillar,
month pillar, day pillar and hour pillar.
However, when it comes to the hour pillar, it can
be quite tricky as Chinese Astrology’s method of time keeping assigns an animal
sign to a time slot in a cycle of a day. There are 12 animal signs in a day cycle
just like there are 12 animal signs in a year cycle based on Chinese calendar.
Each day has 12 time slots and each time slot accounts for 2 hours. There are altogether
12 time slots making up the 12 animal signs in a day starting from the Rat and
ending with the Pig.
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The day starts with the Rat hour which occupies
the time slot from 11.00 pm to 1.00 am. Unlike the western calendar which is
based on Gregorian system of time keeping, the beginning of the day under the
Chinese system is not so straight forward. According to the Gregorian system,
the new day starts at one second past 12.00 (midnight hour). However, the
Chinese system breaks the midnight hour into early Rat hour and late Rat hour.
If you are born at 11.00 pm, you belong to the early Rat hour. For a person
born at 00.10 am, it is considered the late Rat hour. The early Rat hour starts
from 11.00 pm to 11.59 pm whereas the late Rat hour starts from 00.00 midnight
to 00.59 am. This is a point of contention among Ba Zi practitioners. Should the
early Rat hour or the late Rat hour be taken as the start of a new day pillar
in a Ba Zi birth chart?
Chinese BaZi masters use a conversion manual
known as the Ten Thousand Years Calendar to convert a person’s western birthdate
into the four pillars’ heavenly stems and branches. For example, a person who
is born on 10th May 2011 at 11.30 pm has the hour pillar of Earth Rat, the day
pillar of Wood Ox, the month pillar of Water Snake and the year pillar of Metal
Rabbit. This makes it simpler for Ba Zi practitioners to formulate their birth
chart by just knowing their western birth date. Whether they should follow the
early Rat hour or late Rat hour to determine the day pillar depends on the different
Ba Zi schools of thought.
You should take up a full reading of your birth chart to
know your luck for this year and the future. The Chinese Four Pillars of
Destiny is a fascinating art that can reveal your destiny through your date of
birth. If you are interested to find out what life has in store for you, visit my websites at http://www.bazidestiny.yolasite.com
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