The five elements, between heaven and earth, have different states in different time and space. Just as various substances have different prosperity and decline states at different times and environments.
The five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water will have five different states of prosperity and decline at different times and spaces.
The ancients expressed the five different states of the five elements in different seasons as “prosperity”, “phase”, “rest”, “prisoner” and “death”.
旺 “Prosperous” also know as 帝旺, sound is like an emperor, that is in a state of prosperity. Highest point of energy.
相 “Flourishing”, also can be view as “Prime Minister” assisting the emperor, is who is under one person and above all others.
休 “Rest”, alike decline or retirement status, weaken state.
囚 “Imprisoned”, weak, imprisoned or can be view as sickness state.
死 “Death”, lifeless state.
The status of the five elements in different seasons is as follows:
Spring: (February, March) wood prosperous, fire flourishing
Summer: (May. June) fire prosperous, earth flourishing
Autumn: (August, September) metal prosperous, water flourishing
Winter: (November, December) water prosperous, wood flourishing.
This is one method of divination in Feng Shui using the 12 earth branch with 12 officers of date selection to give an estimate of the energy level in each sector of the house / apartment.
This method uses the sitting of the house / apartment as the pivotal point in analysis.
Feng Shui is all about balancing a natural flow of energy called Qi. To have good feng shui is to invite positive energy or Qi into your home.
Feng Shui is not part of any religion or faith system, it is suitable for anyone who applies it.
1. Keeping the main entrance clean – if we see the property as a physical body, then the main entrance is like the mouth, nose and throat area of the human body. Keeping the doorway neat and tidy so you can properly welcome positive energy into your home. The shoes we wear could accumulate foul smell or bad energy and are not beneficial for your home. So it’s best to store these footwear in a shoe cabinet outside as it’ll help shield off unwanted energy.
2. Brighten the doorway – While this yin energy can help one to rest and relax, too much of it can lead to a depletion of positive (yang) energy. This may cause excessive stress, health issues etc. Having a well-lit and brighter doorway stimulates a positive and vibrant outlook towards life.
3. Sofa by the wall – Sofa is a place where we relax and chat with guests, family and loved ones. And having the sofa backing the wall allows us to be more grounded and engages in supportive conversation.
4. About full length windows – may result in overly yang energy in the house resulting in imbalance of Qi. Nonetheless, this depends on the windows to living space ratio. Installing a day curtain would resolve this issue.
5. Living Room – The living room should be just as well-lit as your main entrance so that positive Yang energy can be invited into our home. Usually, the living room should be more lit than the bedrooms.
6. Stove – Kitchen is one important aspect in classic Feng Shui, where it represents health, femine aspect of the house. There’s a few classical theory behind stove position one if which if to place in inauspicious sector facing an auspicious direction. Other deem as a taboo to have stove in NW sector of the house.
7. Sink – In some Master’s perspective, sink and tap are the incoming water of the house. Although it is subjective, its ideally should be face to face with the stove. Even if there is, it’s still not a taboo, we can use potted plants to mitigate or it just means hubby and wife there will be frequent challenges to each other view points — isn’t that differences that make each other fell in love in the first place?
8. Fridge – Similar to stove theory, some Master’s think that the fridge shouldn’t be in the South sector of the house as it meant fire clashing metal or water clashing fire. Some Masters see fridge as water element and some sees as metal.
9. Work Desk / Study Desk – This is the productivity aspect of the Feng Shui, the desk location should be ideally in south, northeast, northwest or west sector (till end of 2044).
10. Less clutter is Good Feng Shui – It would be very challenging for one spouse make the other do the chores. But if less clutters, more space, better lighting, better ventilation and vibrancy allow Qi to accumulate and circulate in the house creates a better Feng Shui space ~ wouldn’t that spouse be more willing to help in the chores. Indeed, one key aspect for Qi to enters and circulate is space, decluttering and lightning.
East: 东方青龙七宿:角、亢、氐、房、心、尾、箕 角 (jiǎo) horn – wood Jiao 木蛟 • Marriage • Travel • Wearing new clothes • Groundbreaking works • Erecting the foundations of a building • Installing a door • Sewing/making new clothes • Moving into a new home
亢 (kàng) neck – metal dragon 金龍 • Marriage • Cultivating crops • Transactions that involve buying and/or selling
房 (fáng) house – sun rabbit 日兔 • Praying to ancestors/deities • Marriage • Erecting the foundations of a building • Moving into a new home
心 (xīn) heart – moon fox 月狐 • Praying to ancestors/deities • Moving into a new home • Travel
尾 (wěi) tail – fire tiger 火虎 • Marriage • Producing or making something useful
箕 (jī) basket – water panther 水豹 • Construction works • Opening or unveiling a pool/ pond • Installing a new door frame • Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door • Building a house • Acquiring/accumulating wealth
South: 南方朱雀七宿:井、鬼、柳、星、张、翼、轸 井 (jǐng) well – wood jail (àn) 木犴 • Praying to ancestors/deities • Cultivating crops • Construction works
鬼 (guǐ) ghost – metal goat 金羊 • Only for Burial
柳 (liǔ) willow – earth moose 土獐 • Neutral for all <except> construction and Burial
星 (xīng) star – sun horse 日馬 • Marriage • Cultivating crops
張 (zhāng) extend – moon deer 月鹿 • Marriage • Launching a new business • Praying to ancestors/deities • Burial
翼 (yì) wings – fire snake 火蛇 • Not suitable for activities of any sort or nature
軫 (zhěn) chariot – water earth worm 水蚓 (Auspicious) • Acquiring/buying land • Enrolling at a new school • Construction works • Marriage • Sewing/making new clothes
West: 西方白虎七宿:奎、娄、胃、昴、毕、觜、参 奎 (kuí) legs – wood wolf 木狼 • Travel • Sewing/making new clothes • Home repairs
婁 (Lóu) bond – metal dog 金狗 • Marriage • Home repairs • Making/cultivating a garden
胃 (wèi) stomach – earth pheasant (zhì) 土雉 • Marriage • Burial • Official business
昴 (mǎo) Pleiades – sun rooster 日雞 • Marriage • Activities of any sort or nature
畢 (bì) net – moon raven (wū) 月烏 • Building a house/bridge • Burial • Marriage • Digging a well
觜 (zī) beak – fire monkey 火猴 • Unsuitable for activities of any sort or nature (this is an extremely inauspicious Constellation)
参 (cān) reference – water ape 水猿 • Travel • Installing a door • All sorts of construction works
North: 北方玄武七宿:斗、牛、女、虚、危、室、壁 斗 (dòu) dipper – wood Xie 木獬 • Making new clothes / Production • Construction works • Installing a new door frame • Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door • Installing a water feature or irrigation works
牛 (niú) ox – metal ox 金牛 • Neutral for all <except> Marriage and Construction works
女 (nǚ) women – earth bat 土蝠 • Neutral for all <except> Burial, lawsuit and Production
虛 (xū) empty – sun rat 日鼠 • Installing a new door frame • Re-aligning your home or office’s Main Door • Installing a water feature or irrigation works
危 (wēi) danger – moon swallow 月燕 • Neutral for all <except> Commencing construction, Burial, Re-aligning Main Door
室 (shì) camp – fire pig 火豬 • Marriage • Moving into a new home • Commencing construction • Praying to ancestors/deities • Digging wells
壁 (bì) wall – water armadillo (yú) 水水狳 • Marriage • Commencing construction • Burial
Four Extinct Days (四绝日)is one day before 立春 lì chūn, 立夏 lì xià , 立秋 lì qiū, 立冬 lì dōng. Fall on February 3, May 5, August 8 and November 7. There might be some +/- depending on the season (节气) for each year. These days should not be used for important personal activities or endeavors. Because the Qi (气) phrase is very weak or almost extinct on these days. Extinct means ‘to end’.
Activities that are undertaken on any of the Four Extinct Days will be doomed from the start and can only go down. The Four Extinct Days are not good days to use for any activity that involves growth or advancement such as marriage or important business transactions or contracts.
Four Separation Days (四离日)is one day before 春分 chūn fēn, 夏至 xià zhì, 秋分 qiū fēn , 冬至 dōng zhì. Fall on March 20, June 20, September 22 and December 21. There might be some +/- depending on the season (节气).
These days should not be used for any important personal activities or endeavors. But can be used for commencement of legal separation action or to end a relationship / harassment.
A simple poem in BaZi foundation yet many Practitioners nowadays are unaware due to the over reliance on online calculator and contemporary teachers skip the footwork and went straight into analysis and application.
When the year is Jia or Ji, February will start with Bing Yin (Tiger). When the day is Jia or Ji, the hour commence with Jia Zi (Rat).
When the year is Yi or Geng, February will start with Wu Yin (Tiger). When the day is Yi or Geng, the hour commence with Bing Zi (Rat).
When the year is Bing or Xin, February will start with Geng Yin (Tiger). When the day is Bing or Xin, the hour commence with Wu Zi (Rat).
When the year is Ding or Ren, February will start with Ren Yin (Tiger). When the day is Ding or Ren, the hour commence with Geng Zi (Rat).
When the year is Wu or Gui, February will start with Jia Yin (Tiger). When the day is Wu or Gui, the hour commence with Ren Zi (Rat).
Xuan Kong Da Gua (玄空大卦) or XKDG in short uses a series of hexagram to invoke certain energy. Simply put, each hexagram has a specific set of numberser and to invoke these energy, one needs to connect the dots — “a number game”.
甲癸申,(贪狼)1: Opportunity and Nobleman 坤壬乙,(巨门)2: Real Estate Wealth 子卯未,(禄存)3: Competition and Risk Taking 戌乾巳,(文曲)4: Academic Pursuit and Relationship 辰巽亥,(武曲)6: Corporate Governance and Authority 艮丙辛,(破军)7: Public Speaking and Communication 寅庚丁,(左辅)8: Cashflow and Career 午酉丑,(右弼)9: Investment and Reputation
Practitioners and Enthusiasts are often confused with this Xuan Kong Poem or Verse that points to a triangulation set up. This triangulation set up is somewhat similar to that of a spell circle in wicca.
From an application aspect, practitioner are often confused with whether to apply water or Qi as well as the “how to” in pinpointing the exact spot to apply the activation.
The key to the power of these energy resides in the 8 stars in Big Xuan Kong (大玄空挨星). And the application sits on the 64 sectors of Xuan Kong Da Gua (玄空大卦) ring.
First, the user needs to have some knowledge of XKDG and be able to determine the current period (upper cycle or lower cycle) we are at and apply the chart. In this XKDG triangulation application, one of the 3 spots needs to be a door or window, this is regarded as Qi Mouth.
In this period 8 (year 2023) and next year onward period 9 (year 2044 till 2063), we would be using lower cycle chart.
In the XKDG ring, the lower cycle chart has 2 sets of number. An upper number that relate to HeTu and a lower number that symbolise the luck period.
Taking Jia Gui Shen – 甲癸申 to trigger 贪狼 – “Greedy Wolf” for example, the upper number need to form a HeTu (16, 27, 38, 49), combo of 5-10-15. After this upper number set is determined, look at the lower number. When in the lower cycle the number 6, 7, 8, 9 is to apply fire or Qi while the number 1, 2, 3, 4 can apply water activation.
Of course, when one activates Greedy Wolf energy, one must be ready to take on new challenges in business or career when being thrown at. Each of these stars and its energy signature also have their flip sides and shortcomings.
This is (in a nutshell) the XKDG spell circle triangulation to activate the relevant energy to support the human activitiy and goals. Instead of doing the spell circle in wicca, the XKDG triangulation activates and draws in a larger amount of energy for manifestation in an enduring positive light perspective.
Important Disclaimer:Note that the above is not the full application and should be deemed as leisure reading.
Those endowed with Heavenly Doctors (天醫貴人) stars have a lot of affinity with the medicine, healing arts as well as hospital. Also denotes that one will not only be healthy and less sick, but also likely to become affinity with medicine and healing. At the same time, he will be particularly interested in philosophy, psychology or numerology. However, if the earth branch of the heavenly doctor is being clashed or punishedh, the chart will be weak and sickly, and will often deal with the hospital.
In addition, the noble person of heavenly doctor can also be used to choose a date. If the star of the nobleman of heavenly doctor falls on the day, this day is especially suitable for seeking medical advice, and one can meet good doctors, medicines and healing.
Explorers of Xuan Kong won’t be alien to one of the literatures called Xuan Kong Liu Fa (XKLF) or also known as the 6 Methods of Xuan Kong.
The 6 Methods of Xuan Kong comprises of 1. 玄空-Xuan Kong, 2. 雌雄-Ci Xiong, 3. 金龙-Golden Dragon, 4. 挨星-Ai Xing, 5. 城门-Chen Men and 6. 太岁-Tai Sui. Of which, the most useful and yet misunderstood is 挨星-Ai Xing.
While some authors downplay the early heaven ring, some Practitioners completely omitted it in assessment.
This 2 rings – Early and Later Heaven basically rooted back to an I-Ching fundamental. 先天为体,后天为用 – Early Heaven as the Body and Later Heaven as Use. Now, replace the word ‘Body’ with the word ‘Link’ and the word ‘Use’ to the word ‘Application’ and it will all be clear in our present context. Below is an abridged explanation for those with affinity to see this passage.
先天为体 (Early Heaven as Link)→Look at the Early Heaven ring (it comprises of a ring of numbers) on the compass to identify if the 2 Gua (卦) or sectors can connect. The key to connect is via combo (5, 10, 15), Same Numerals or HeTu (16, 27, 38, 49). For example, E2 and NE2 (卯 and 艮) is able to pair with 4,9 HeTu combo.
后天为用 (Later Heaven as Application)→ For those Gua (卦) or sectors that can connect, refer to the Later Heaven ring to see if it the Gua (卦) number is 1,2,3,4 or 6,7,8,9. And we apply water or fire activation depending on the period we are in. For example, E2 and NE2 (卯 and 艮) has the number 6 and 7, which is a lower cycle number; hence to apply air flow, Qi, movement, using of that sector or fire in form of candles. As per what the western world call: Direct and Indirect Spirit.
The important key or secret lies in the application of 挨星-Ai Xing resides in above image/ chart, where it narrates the 3 groups of gua (卦). Heaven and Earth Parent Gua (天地父母卦), Thunder and Wind Eastern Gua (雷风江东卦) and Mountain and Lakes Western Gua (山泽江西卦). The key is to use only those Gua that are of the same group. This alignment allows each gua to communicate with each other as they are of the same family. For example, the door is in the Xu-Dog sector. As such, Ren-Water sector can be activated to bring in Nobleman, Reputation and Business Prosperity.
With this the most useful and yet often misunderstood 挨星-Ai Xing application has been comprehensively explained and demystified. When applied with 玄空-Xuan Kong and 雌雄-Ci Xiong, the application of 挨星-Ai Xing will not just be confined to the house layout but be more dynamic.
Important Disclaimer:Note that the above is not the full application and should be deemed as leisure reading.
The 12 Officers Method of date selection relies on the alignment of ‘Month Commander’ (月令) to commence ‘Build’ or ‘Establish’ Day (建) date and sequentially allocates the rest of the officers to each dates. Example: June (午令) uses Horse (午) to commence Build or Establish Day (建).
12 Day Officers Sequence to plot: 建、除、满、平、定、执、 破、危、成、收、开、闭
There are 365 days in a year but 12 day officers, there will be 5 days that are misaligned. As such, some Build or Establish Day may not align nicely when crossing a new season or new month. How do we deal with those as practitioner?
Answer: Using Zhi Run (置闰) method, during each crossing of new season (节气), just need to repeat the previous officer 1x and the start of the new officer will be nicely aligned with the month commander (月令)
Xuan Kong Da Gua Date Selection converts the 60 pillars to XKDG hexagram (See Ref. Table Below). Using the ‘Upper’ and ‘Lower’ Gua Numbers to link or connect from Year Pillar to Month Pillar to the Day Pillar and to the Hour Pillar.
Pure Gua Structure (一卦纯请), is where all 4 ‘Upper’ or ‘Lower’ Gua Numbers are the same (i.e. 1-1-1-1).
HeTu Structure (河图), is where the numbers are linked by 1-6, 2-7, 3-8, 4-9 (i.e. 1-6-1-6).
Combo of Ten Structure (合十), is where the numbers are linked by 1-9, 2-8, 3-7, 4-6 (i.e. 3-7-3-7).
Kindred Structure (通气), is where the number are linked by 1-3, 2-4, 6-8, 7-9.
Mixture Structure, is where the numbers are linked by mixture of Pure Gua, HeTu, Combo of Ten, Kindred Structure.
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