Chief Deity (值符) element belongs to Earth; is like The Boss or CEO of a company. The leader of the 9 Deities, one of the most auspicious deities. The main qualities of Chief Persons are: wisdom, benevolent,charismatic, righteous, courteous, trustworthy, natural power and authority, confident, honest. Most importantly high morals and incorruptible.
Surging Snake (腾蛇) elements belongs to Wood; This deity is all about Intuition and occult- or spiritual personality, with a bag full of non-conventional wisdom, highly sensitive and can be scheming. They are quick learners and sharp thinkers and have the ability to concentrate in a powerful way, this focus gives them the ability to consider things in an objective way. Thus, they are strategist and tactician. Thus, they make suitable Astrology, Occult, Metaphysics or Feng Shui practitioners or personalities.
Great Moon (太阴) element belongs to metal, this deity possess the wisdom guide and always surrounded by a secretive aura. An auspicious power this Deity of Blessings is compared to the nature of the Moon, glowing in all its beauty, wrapped in the mysterious darkness of the night. Linked to softness in thoughts and emotions, Moon Deity is also about protection and refuge as well as actions in darkness and concealment, like espionage.
Harmony Deity (六合) belongs to Wood, governs relationships, marriage, happiness, communication and cooperation. Uncanny ability to calm and pacifying others, Harmony people tend to be negotiators and ready to resolve any conflict and bring people together. Kind and lively character traits, enjoy social gatherings and meetings where their networking skills show the best. They have an eye for talented people and their communication- and interpersonal skills will bring them great wealth and prosperity as networker, mediator, matchmaker, counsellor or manager.
Grappling Hook Deity (勾陈) belongs to Earth, this deity is the protector of elders and ancestors.As this Deity governs land, livestock, farmland, property and agriculture, these people have an affinity with Mother Nature and healing. Hook Deity make good doctors and healers with herbs. It is said that Grappling Hook’s qualities is their ability to access their past lives and being able to transcend into the spiritual world. And this provides them with an intuition and insight into the past and future.
The White Tiger (白虎) belongs to Metal, represent the one that controls all forms of energy, is vigorous and powerful. White Tiger, is intelligent, passionate, loyal, proactive, courteous, focussed and strong willed. Another remarkable trait is that this deity stands up for people who are oppressed. White Tiger is associated with aggression, destruction, rivalry, fights and ferocity.
Red Phoenix (朱雀) represented by Fire, a Deity of Culture, A deity of ‘spoken words’, communications, arguments, debates, art, documents, sealed information and intellectual property. Suitable for teaching, mentoring and influential leadership roles. Other areas include: lawyers, preachers, motivational speakers, journalists, journalist, debaters, marketeers.
Black Tortoise (玄武) represented by Water, swings both sides in divination; it is seen as law-breaker or law-keeper. Water represents wisdom and knowledge. Hence, is strong in mindreading, persuasion, winning arguments, fooling the opposition, deception and is great at presenting people with illusions.
Nine Earth (九地) represent Earth, they are resistant to change, so changes will not appear quickly. Nine Earth Deity is about long term planning. Motherly figure, natural growth – just like Mother Earths’ flowers and plants, agricultural, stability and effort, taking time and nurturing. Earth Deity is greatly concerned with medicine, wellness, morality and forgiving aspect just like Mother Earth.
Nine Heaven (九天) represent Metal, leadership and envision. For clear thoughts, beauty, happiness, intelligence, victory in battle and successful pursuit of wealth and fame, Nine Heaven is more active than Nine Earth Deity, less grounded than Nine Earth. Move towards Success, achievement, hard-working, disciplined, planning, sharp focus, helping others, reach targets and achieve goals, and looking for continuous improvement in their private and professional life, are positive traits of Nine Heaven.
Using an example: South facing house/ apartment in period 8 residing in 2019. Using period 8, start by plotting 戊 in palace 8, then follow thru 己,庚,辛,壬,癸,丁,丙,乙.
The Facing palace will start 值符. In this case, palace 9. With that, in clockwise cycle, plot out 腾蛇,太阴,六合,勾陈/白虎,朱雀,九天,九地.
Move in/ residing in 2019 己亥 look at the 60 甲子旬 to find the lead star, which is 甲午 that will reference to 辛. In that palace look for the base star, in this case is 天芮. In 值符 palace place 天芮 and continue in clockwise cycle plot out 天柱,天心,天蓬,天任,天沖,天辅,天英.
Using the star look for the corresponding heaven stem. On that stem look for the corresponding base door and plot it with 值符 palace. In clockwise cycle plot out 景,死,惊,开,休,生,伤.
With that you would have the QiMen Feng Shui Chart for South Facing apartment/ house for assessment.
Where to take compass reading + door vs balcony as facing shall leave it to each Practitioner/ Users.
拆補 (ChaiBu) also know as the Removal and Replacement Method of Qi Men Dun Jia in the Western Textbook. This is somewhat a newer system in the Qi Men calendaring system. It is not necessarily more convenient and easier to understand or calculate (although a lot of Apps on mobile devices uses this).
Practitioner and Consultant of the past argue the incongruence of 值潤 (ZhiRun). Hence, this is probability how the development of 拆補 (ChaiBu) system came about.
Practitioner and Consultant adopted the use of this calendar system because of its strict adherence to the 24 seasons (節氣). A relatively more discipline approach towards the allocation of the Yin and Yang Structures. Because of this, the 拆補 (ChaiBu) system seemingly works better with Divination side of QMDJ while 值潤 (ZhiRun) runs better with Art of War (AOW) application.
The first principle, in 拆補 (ChaiBu) system is to accord the Qi Men Structure/ Chart in accordance with the 24 Solar Seasons. This system dictates that if a day enters into a certain Season, one can utilise the Qi Men Structure / Chart of that particular Season.
There is no need for references to Ascending or Descending Qi. It will also simultaneously follow the second principle, which is the Stems and Branches system:
• If the first day branch is Zi 子, Wu 午, Mao 卯, or You 酉, it will use the Upper Yuan Structure,上元. • If the first day branch is Yin 寅, Shen 申, Si 巳 or Hai 亥, it will use the Middle Yuan Structure,中元. • If the first day branch is Chen 辰, Xu 戌, Chou 丑 or Wei 未, it will use the Lower Yuan Structure,下元.
In the Hour System of Qi Men Dun Jia, every Yuan (元) in use is related to the 24
Seasons, the 10 Day Stems and the 12 Branches.
Each Season has 15 days in total, where 5 days each are allocated to each Yuan (元) – Upper Yuan 上元, Middle Yuan 中元 and Lower Yuan 下元.
Based on the Chinese calendar, 1 year has 24 Seasons, and thus 15 days x 24 Seasons = 360 days per year. Shortfall of approx 5.24 days (i.e. 365.24 days per year, as the Earth orbits around the Sun).
Each Season’s transition
day will not meet with the Lead Day 符頭, which is the first day of the Upper Yuan.
3 possiblity:
1) 節氣 and Upper Yuan Lead Day (符頭 Fu Tou) falls on
the same day – which is Jia Zi 甲子 day, Ji Mao 己卯 day, Jia Wu
甲午 day, and Ji You 己酉 day – it is call ‘正授’
2) 符頭 Fu Tou is at the beginning of the
節氣, it is known as ‘超神’
3) 符頭 Fu Tou is towards the end of 節氣, it is refer to as ‘接氣’, this is the Qi Extension Method called 置潤.
置潤 is use to adjust the gap between Lead Stem 符頭 and
the Seasons 節氣. Just like the lunar calendar has a principle of 潤月.
It is important to note that the Qi Extension Method or 置潤 only happens in specific Seasons, like
Planting of Thorny Crops 芒種 and Greater Snow 大雪.
芒種 comes before 夏至 and is the last Season of 陽遁. 大雪
comes before 冬至, and it belongs to the last Season
of the 陰遁.
冬至 is the starting point of the 陽遁
夏至 is the starting point of the 陰遁
The principle of 置潤
is to adjust the gap between 符頭 and 節氣 in this 2 period so that it transit smoothly from Yang to Yin / Yin to Yang.
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