The Chinese Fortune-Telling System - BaZi Method

The Chinese
Fortune-
Telling
System

BaZi Method

By G L Golding
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Table of Contents

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THE CHINESE FORTUNE-TELLING

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BAZI AND

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When we talk about fortune-telling,

people usually classify it as a divine or
superstitious idea. For those who have
not studied the Chinese Fortune-
telling system in depth, perhaps this is
the case. But today, many scientists
and philosophers accept the
possibility of the existence on a
predetermined or “mapped”
individual life path— fate in advance.
Researchers are now about to prove
that the relationships between our
fate are defined by nature, that is, a
combination of the time, day, and year

of our birth. And most importantly, by

studying the BaZi method, one of the
most historically proven Chinese
fortune-telling systems, you will soon
be able to understand and realize that
the practice is not a form of
superstition. Learning the principles
and logic of the system could be a key
for you to unlock your inner potential
and to decode your life. This book will
allow you to acquire the mystery of
the Chinese fortune-telling system
that has always been secretly and
mysteriously related to people's

destiny and life.
In life, we are consistently in doubt
and often encounter times when
things seem to go wrong and there is
nothing we can do about it. There are
a few main reasons that people seek
fortune-telling: because they are lost,
indecisive, conflicted, or wonder
about what lies ahead of them. We
always hear about people saying
success depends on your luck. Even
the famous Donald Trump said,
“Everything in life is luck.” Luck is the
ingredient of someone’s success. So
this will lead us to the question:

Do I have the luck?

We all know that luck, be it good or
bad, occurs beyond one's control,
without regard to one's will, intention,
or desired result. The partial reason
that fortune-telling has become most
popular is because many people want
to know their fate. Indeed in the
concept of Chinese fortune-telling,
there is a belief that our life is
predetermined and we all have our
own destiny. Everyone comes to this
world with a purpose, we are all
unique in our own ways, and everyone
is better at certain things than others.
Some people come for fortune-telling

because they feel a sense ol
uncertainty or insecurity or are

perhaps unsatisfied with their present

situation. The right attitude of seeking

answers about your life is to accept

that:

1. All things come with good or
bad. Nobody will have a perfect
life. Even most of the rich and
famous people we hear about
have suffered when they were
young.

2. When we change our heart
and thoughts, we change
everything.

3. Outstanding is good, but

being ordinary is great.
According to Wikipedia, Chinese
fortune-telling is the practice of
predicting, interpreting, and
understanding a person's life. For
many years, there were a few
misconceptions of Chinese fortune-
telling. It was known as a form of
superstition, a type of religion that
was unsustainable because it usually
invoked deities or spirits. The study of
the ancient Chinese fortune-telling
system of BaZi, however, is a process
of gathering one person's information
and further analyzing it to form a
detailed report of that person based

on the day, time, and year that he was
born. Using a specific formula, it
provides information about a person's
personality, interests, abilities, career,
and wealth. For a master who
practiced Chinese fortune-telling back
many years ago in China, it is a form of
science taught from the oldest beliefs
of their ancestors. During that time,
many emperors in China recruited the
best masters to help them make
special decisions. Historically, the
components that make up those life
studies involve I Ching, which deals
with the five elements, the outcome of

sun and earth, known as horoscopes.

Recently, BaZi and I Ching have been
adopted as methods of fortune-telling.
It started to draw attention to the
world, including the Western
countries. Nevertheless, the practice
of fortune-telling is not an outdated
custom It is a way for many traditional
Asian families to continue with their
beliefs. It has indeed proven that the
popularity of fortune-telling has
spread widely not only within China
but also Japan, India, and many
countries. In this book, we are going to
learn about BaZi, derived from the
influence of I Ching, a method of

interpreting a person's life, fate, and
BaZi (also known as the Four Pillars of
Destiny) was taught by Xu ZiPing (#&
+) from The Scholarly School
begun during the Song dynasty. It
emphasizes interpreting our life
journey by code, a secret code that
each of us owns. It is believed that
everyone has their own code from the
day they are born, a birth code that
they belong to. And these codes could
help you understand the relationship
between your ability, interests, and
paths that you choose. Many
researchers further consider that luck

or destiny is also deeply affected by

the environment, place, and people we
encountered in our life. When two
persons share the same birth day, they
might have a different life or
circumstance due to the environment
and people surrounding them. This is
why each of us has our own life,
making us all unique. We cannot
assume that the same birthday will

have the same fate, luck, or life.

So why do we bother to find out?
According to the book of Tao, the code
of your life is the key to your life.
Finding out your BaZi life chart could
help you understand your inner
strength and weakness. Having the
key of your life could allow you to
release that inner strength so that you
might know and utilize it. At the same
time, you could also change the ways
to make things work for a better

outcome.

So is interpreting life's code a
superstitious approach? As the great
Tao master said, “A great man should
know his life, but not be mastered by
his fate.” So, there is really no harm
knowing one’s fate. But he should
learn not to just listen to what was
told and allow fate to manipulate. The
philosophy and idea is to always try
your best, and the results are up to
heaven (or the God that you believe

in) to decide.
BaZi, in Chinese, is translated as Eight
Characters; it also has another name
known as The Four Pillars of Destiny.
Although there are only eight
characters in a BaZi chart, the
character of the relationship is
complex because it integrates with the
combination of the yin and yang, the
Five Elements, and Lunar
mathematical theory. It has been
regarded as China's important

traditional astrology.
There are many schools that carry out
the studies of BaZi; each has its own
method of interpreting it. But for all
means of practices, the BaZi basic
theory includes yin and yang, the

Lunar, horoscopes, numerology, etc.

The ancient theories of the BaZi and
elements has spread widely since the
olden days. Researchers and followers
today continue to investigate and
study the ancient theories. In fact,
there are no unified understandings
since the old theories have been
passed on with many changes and
improvisation, which have resulted in
a large variety of theories available.
This has made it extremely difficult to
learn and has also, in some way,
contributed to the failure and

accuracy of the prediction.
The Chinese, in ancient times, used
information obtained from a person's
BaZi to find symbols and direction for
their future undertakings and decision
making. The emperors of many
dynasties hired the most skillful
masters to help them predict things.
Commoners used BaZi and feng shui
to learn how to improve their lives.
They created a model of human
quality of life that depends on three
main factors: Heaven Luck, Earth
Luck, and Man Luck.

The three main factors are determined

in the following ways:

Heaven Luck - The Heaven
Luck is your pre-destined plan
that heaven has for you. This is

an uncontrollable factor.

Earth Luck - The Earth Luck is
the place that you are born,
which impacts your life and
decisions you make. You can
change it by applying feng shui
or sometimes by moving to a

new environment.
Man Luck - The Man Luck is
the aspect of your work,
education, and relationships. At
some point you get to decide
the things you want, and all of
these decisions will impact

your life.

BaZi, or the Four Pillars of Destiny, is a
Chinese conceptual term that
describes the four components
creating a person's fate or destiny.
You can consider this as a map of one
life journey. Be it good or bad, people
do not have a choice about the path
that was given to them. The four
components within the moment of
birth are year, month, day, and time
(hour). Because the four pillars is so
relevant, the concept is also used as a
form of component for other methods

of fortune-telling practices, such as zi

wei dou shu (EMCEE) within the
realm of Chinese astrology.

First we introduce the concept of The
Five Elements and The Eight
Characters that are used to interpret

one's life and fate.

The Five Elements, also known as Wu
Xing (1.17), consists of:

x
Fire N Huo
Earth fu Tu
Metal & Jin
Water |7K Shui

Fig 1.1

The Five Elements is an ancient
Chinese concept that is widely used in
philosophy and Chinese medicine. It's
the relationship between nature and
the rise and fall of the Five Elements.
Nature changes not only affect the fate
of the people but also make
everything in the universe loop

endlessly.
The principle of five phases describes
two cycles of interactions between the
phases: a generating or creation cycle,
known as “mother-son,” and an
overcoming or destruction cycle,
known as “grandfather-nephew.”
Generating

The five elements are usually used to
describe the state in nature:
Wood/Spring: a period of growth,
which generates abundant wood and
vitality.

Fire/Summer: a period of heat, which
supports the fire and energy.
Metal/Autumn: a period of fruition,

which harvests crops and bears fruit.

Water/Winter: a period of retreat,
where things are silent and still.
Generate/Create (this cycle might
also be called “beget” or “engender.”

Wood feeds Fire;

Fire creates Earth (ash);

Earth bears Metal;

Metal carries Water (as in a

bucket or tap, or water

condenses on metal);

Water nourishes Wood.
Destruct/Overcome (This cycle
might also be called “control” or

“restrain.”)
Wood parts Earth (such as
roots; or trees can prevent soil
erosion);

Metal chops Wood;

Fire melts Metal;

Water quenches Fire;

Earth dams (or muddies or

absorbs) Water.

Refer to Figure 1.2, which reflects the
relationship between different
elements.

Five Elements Generate:

Gold -»Water

Water - Wood

Wood — Fire

Fire — Soil

Soil -» Gold.

Five Elements Destruct:

Metal >< Wood

Wood >< Earth

Earth >< Water

Water >< Fire

Fire >< Metal.
To understand how the BaZi is being
structured, we first need to follow a
formula and arrangement for each of
the characters in a specific format. The
format of BaZi is structured with 4
Heavenly Stems and 4 Earthly
Branches. We will examine each of
these in later chapters. To arrange
your life palm, or BaZi, you will also
need a Chinese Thousand Years
calendar. You will refer to this tool for
the dates of the elements you belong
to according to the specific day that
you were born. Alternatively, I have
created online software that aims to

help readers arrange their BaZi. Feel

free to try it out! As a beginner, relying
on a computer is not a bad idea for a
quick start. Ultimately, it is the
objective of this book to help readers
understand the basic structure and
concept of BaZi and how it is
accountable when used with the
historical books and information

passed down by our ancestors.
[f you have never learned the eight
characters, or BaZi, it is essential that
you must first understand the five
elements nature. You will notice as
soon as you start to plot your BaZi
that each element has a relationship
with all the others. We use the
outcome of these combinations to
interpret how it impacts our lives.

First we start with the easiest way to
render the character of the heavenly
stems and to understand the
interactive relationship of the Five
Elements represented to each word in

the Earthly Branches.
Hour | Day Month | Year Ten Current
iE Master | BH 4E Years | year /|»
FES KE |
Your | Yourself | Parents | Grand-
Child parents
Spouse
Fig 2.1

These columns represent:

1. The Hour that we were born
2. The Day that you were born
3. The Month that you were born
4. The Year that you were born

5. The Ten Years Period, which
provides information about your ten
years luck indicator

6. The Current Year Period, which
provides information about your year
luck indicator for a particular year

Each of the pillars also represents the
relationships between your
grandparents, parents, spouse, and
your child. In brief, the BaZi obtains all
the information that actually derives

from us.

Completed BaZi Chart

A complete BaZi consists of the
following:

1. The eight characters (J\F)
of BaZi or Four Pillars of
Destiny.

2. Early childhood luck period
or “Tong xian” (FER).

3. Decade (10 years) luck
period or “Ta Yun” (Xi) luck.

4, The yearly luck.
The BaZi, or Chinese Four Pillars of
Destiny, is a branch of study of
Chinese metaphysical science. The
Four Pillars Chart is derived from the
date of birth of a person using the
Chinese Lunar-Solar Calendar. By
formulating the BaZi chart, we can use
it to study the characteristics of an
individual and their fate and luck. The
relationships interact between the
individual and the surrounding

environment.

Within a BaZi Chart, the Day Master is
considered the most important
element, which represents yourself.
The quality of the Day Master will
determine (by year or each ten years)
the outcome of your fate and luck. And
the people who have the same cycle of
the luck for Strong Day Master versus
a Weak Day Master are totally the

opposite.
The Ten Years Cycle (FE)

This represents the luck period of an
individual. It changes every ten years.
By using the BaZi's ten years luck
cycle, we could further interpret and
analyze an individual's future luck of
each period of ten years or more. A
person’s BaZi chart includes a reading
of his/her Health, Wealth, and
Relationship. The ten years luck cycle
can be good or bad depending on its
relationship (destroy or embrace)

with the Day Master.

The Four Pillars chart can also
forecast the strength and weakness in
our destiny, which represents the ups
and downs of life, by comparing the
interaction of the Four Pillars chart

with the Ten-Year Luck Pillars.
Knowing the elementsStem The structure of BaZi:

and Branch (RTH) Ten Heavenly Stems (+X) :

FH (jia)
The above four characters in the chart .

Zi (yi)
are the Stem (CK1), or “tian kan.” The A (bing)

7 (ding)
below four characters are the Branch i
(Hi), or “de zi.” 2 Gn

BE (géng)
Day Master (H 7t) * (xin)

T (rén)
The Day Master ( FH 7t), or “Ri Yuen,” is 2 (aul)

the day stem. This represents our self

Twelve Earthly Branches (+ #137)
element. The strength of this Day ;

Master is the most important part of

SN
the chart as it indicates your favorable 1 (chéu)
stars and unfavorable stars. #1 (y in)

gi (mao)

f=

(chén)
=| (s1)

Fo (wl)

# (wei)

i (shen)

BE (you)

2 (xa)

% (hai)
There are Ten Heavenly Stems (Fig
2.2) and Twelve Earthly Branches (Fig
2.3). They have either (-)Yin or
(+)Yang properties as well as an

elemental property of the Five

Elements as shown in the table below.

Ten Heavenly Stems

Jia |(+)Yang [Wood
Yi Z, (-)Yin Wood
Bing A |(+)Yang |Fire

Ding T [{(-)Yin Fire

Wu [X |[(+)Yang |Earth
Jig |Yin |Earh
Geng EE |(+)Yang |Metal
Xin % |(¥in [Metal
Ren + [|(+)}Yang [Water
Gui & |(-)Yin [Water

Twelve Earthly Branches

Water : Rat
(Yin Earth Ox
(+)Yang [Wood Tiger
(Yin [Wood abbit
(+)Yang [Earth Dragon
8) Fire Snake
Fire Horse
Earth Goat
Metal onkey
Metal ooster
Xu 7X. (+)Yang Earth Dog
Hai % [C7 [Water ig

Analyzing a BaZi Chart

Earlier on, we mentioned the Ten
Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly
Branches characters that make up a
BaZi chart. Once we have the chart
done, we are now ready to delve
deeper into what each of the elements
means pertaining to the information

about a person.
Ten Heavenly Stems

The Ten Heavenly Stems and the
Twelve Earthly Branches are a “must
know” if you are to practice BaZi
reading. The reason for this is that
each of the characters represented by
the Heavenly Stems and Earthly
Branches allows us to analyze in-
depth and gain a better understanding
about a person's character, potential,
and destiny with the elements that

appear on his/her BaZi Chart.

The Heavenly Stem of your day of
birth is referred to as the “Day
Master.” Your Day Master represents
your nature, characteristics, behavior,
and even your appearance. All the
elements that surround it will impact

you in either a bad or good way.
Characteristics of Different
Day Masters

Jia (FF) - (+)Yang Wood

Jia Wood Day Masters are commonly
steady, outspoken, and righteous with
strong willpower. The Wood Masters
are intelligent and artistic. They also
tend to be conservative and reluctant
to make changes.

Characteristics

Steady, Strong Willpower, Outspoken,
Righteous, Intelligent, Artistic, Morals,
Reputation, Responsible, Honorable,
Sympathize, Willing to Help Others,
Stubborn, Unable to Compromise, Not
as Quick-Witted, Unable to Adapt to
Changes.

Yi (4) - (-)Yin Wood

Unlike the Jia Wood people, the Yi
Wood people are defined by their
flexibility and adaptability. A Yi Wood
person has the ability to adapt to
changes quickly and is able to avoid
trouble by doing so. Sometimes they
tend to change their minds quickly
and can be difficult to keep up with
them.

Characteristics
Sensitive, Quick-Witted, Adaptability,

Modest, Meticulous, Flexible, Realistic,
Timid, Dependent, Creative.
Bing (IN) - (+)Yang Fire

Bing Fire types are usually generous
and open. They can be vibrant,
vivacious, gloomy. They can be poor
when it comes to expressing their
feelings. Bing Fire people are
generally sincere, upright, and noble.
They are sentimental, charitable, and
usually passionate about a cause, a
belief, or a principle.

Characteristics

Open, Generous, Warmth, Passion,
Enthusiasm, Leadership Qualities,
Straightforward, Amiable, Bighearted,
Energetic, Enthusiasm, Reckless,
Impatient, Self-opinionated, Mood
Swings, Conceited.

Ding (1) - (-)Yin Fire

Ding Fire people are careful and
meticulous. Sometimes, they are quite
fickle minded. Ding Fire people
usually are good leaders or
businesspeople because of their
detail-oriented, calculative, and
sentimental characteristics.

Characteristics

Conservative, Courteous, Passionate,
Quiet, Warm, High Tolerance Levels,
Attentive, Careful and Cautious,
Thoughtful to Their Loved Ones,
Protective Attentive to Details.
Wu (JX) - (+)Yang Earth

Wu Earth Day Masters are almost
always steady, reliable, and
trustworthy. Wu types, however, tend
to be too stubborn and inflexible.

Characteristics

Trustworthy, Optimistic, Open-
Minded, Steady, Carefree, Strict,
Honest, Stability, Slow, Stubborn,
Willful, Self-Centered.

Ji (E) - (-)Yin Earth

Ji Earth people are very productive
and resourceful. Ji Earth Day Masters
are usually kind and are people you
can rely on. Ji Earth people are always
understanding and able to accept
others. Sometime they lack
adaptability and are unable to make
quick decisions.

Characteristics

Understanding, Versatile, Steady,
Kind, Hardworking, Flexible, High
Adaptability, Unfocused, Compromise
Easily.
Geng (Bt) - (+)Yang Metal

Geng Metal represents the axe or
sword. They are tough and able to
tolerate hardship and withstand
difficulties. Geng Metal people value
friendship, and they can be great
leaders with their strong characters.
But sometimes they can be inflexible
and too impulsive when making

decisions.

Characteristic

Strong, Sharp, Determined,
Straightforward, Strong-willed,
Enthusiasm, Determination,

Cleanliness, Strong Sense of Justice,
Chivalrous Heart, Stubborn, Careless

Xin (3%) - (-)Yin Metal

Xin Metal represents Gold. The Xin
Day Master usually loves being in the
spotlight. Xin Metal people are quite
sentimental but can sometimes be
annoying due to their craving for
attention.

Characteristics

Sensitive, Unique Opinions,
Approachable, Helpful, Sharp, Quick,
Attractive, Sociable, Self-Respect,
Indulge in Vanity, Willful, Stubborn.
Ren (FE) - (+)Yang Water

Ren Water represents water of the sea
or river. The Ren Water Day Masters
are adaptive, intelligent, and always
seem to be on the move. They are,
however, often rebellious and dislike
being made to settle down.

Characteristics

Enthusiasm, Sociable, Adaptable,
Clever, Intelligent, Inspiring
Leadership Qualities, Willful, Lazy,
Carefree.

Gui (2) - (-)Yin Water

Gui Water represents rain or stream
water. The Gui Water people are
introverts and are good at imaginative
and creative thinking. The Gui Water
people can be very weak when it
comes to managing their feelings and
may engage too much in negative
thinking.

Characteristics

Steady, Peaceful, Diligent,
Hardworking, Endurance, Introvert
Personality, Cleanliness, Honest,
Down to Earth, Nervous, Innocent,
Sensitive, Pessimistic, Negative
Thoughts.
Twelve Earthly Branches

How to Check BaZi

BaZi and Family Members

In your BaZi, your career, love, and
family information can be interpreted

in the following way:

Hour Day Month year 45 Ten |Current
gs: Master |g ears Year /|\&
AE RHE
our [Yourself |Parents|Grandparents
Child
Spouse

Fig 3.1

Fig 3.1: You can see in the BaZi (Four
Pillar of Destiny) that each of the
pillars represents a person or your
family members. The BaZi uses the
elements to further analyze the
relationships between these members
in your life. Believe it or not, it is
usually able to achieve 80 percent

accuracy!
Eight characters and the elements
tend to unite as the basis of
numerology, or fortune. The five
elements is an ancient Chinese
concept of a substance. For
philosophy, Chinese medicine, and
divination, this refers to the five
elements: metal, wood, water, fire,
earth. That nature consists of five
elements with the rise and fall of the
five elements, and nature-produced
changes not only affect the fate of the
people but also make everything in

the universe an endless loop.
Today, the use of the Chinese calendar
is relevant for some East Asian
holidays, such as the Chinese New
Year, the Duan Wu festival, and the
Mid-Autumn Festival. In astrology, it is
used to choose the most auspicious
date for a wedding or the opening of a

business.
In China, the traditional calendar is

known as the “agricultural calendar”

(2% /4[7) while the Gregorian

calendar is known as the “common
calendar” (&J&//A[F), or “yang

calendar” (f2/& /FH[7). For more than

two thousand years, since the time of
Emperor Wu of Han, the month
containing the winter solstice has
almost always been the eleventh
month. (This means the new year
starts on the second new moon after
the winter solstice unless there is an
eleventh or twelfth intercalary month,

in which case it starts on the third

new moon). The Chinese system of
timekeeping is based on the Heavenly
Stems and Earthly Branches.

There are Ten Heavenly Stems and
Twelve Earthly Branches. They have
either yin or yang properties as well
as an elemental property of the Five

Elements.

The stems combine with the branches
in a sequence shown below to form a
cycle of sixty combinations known as
the “Sixty Jia Zi.” Refer to Fig 4.1 for

The Sixty Jia Zi Table.
Fig 3.2 - The relationship between the stem of the year
and the stem of the month.

Fig 3.3 - The relationship between the stem of the day
and the stem of the hour.

Wh | J Geng! Xin | Ren | Gui l Jia | Yi | Bing | Ding | Wu | Ji

Geng | Xin | Ren | Gui | Jia Yi Bing | Ding | Wu Ji | Geng | Xin

Ren | Gui | Jia Yi | Bing | Ding | Wu Ji | Geng] Xin | Ren | Gu

Chinese Lunar-Solar Time and
the Hour

In Chinese astrology, BaZi (Four
Pillars of Destiny) relies on the
comparison of the Chinese Lunar-
Solar Time to determine the related
hours, day, month, and years for the
BaZi chart. Hence, it is a very
important step for building a BaZi
chart. Without it, or even with the
wrong information, it will not be
possible to achieve the mission of

decoding BaZi.
As the basic guideline for the reader
who is keen on reading BaZi as a
profession, the basic components of
the BaZi of the Ten Heavenly Stem and
the Twelve Earthly Branches are
important items that one needs to
memorize. For both BaZi and feng
shui, the Twelve Earthly Branches are
used to represent the year, month,
day, and hour, whereas the Ten
Heavenly Stems are used to represent
different elements that you have
learned in earlier chapters. The
Heavenly Stems and the Earthly
Branches are the codes with

characteristics representing the

different five elements. It could also be
used to represent times, places,
directions, animal zodiac signs, and so

on.
Plotting BaZi Chart - Year Pillar

The process of plotting a BaZi chart
will involve using a Chinese Thousand
Year calendar for finding the Day
Master. Referring to the Chinese
Thousand Year can be hard for
beginners. Although the Chinese
Thousand Year Calendar is used
widely in Asian countries, they are
mostly only available in Chinese or
Japanese languages. And therefore, I
have created an online calculator to
help you get started with your BaZi

chart.

In your BaZi chart, the months, days,
and hours that are used are derived
from the Heavenly Stems and the

Earthly Branches.

First thing we will need to obtain is
the date of birth, hour of birth, and the
gender of the person whose BaZi chart
we want to plot. This is the essential
information required. The date of
birth is according to the date as
indicated on your birth certificate and

not the Lunar Calendar.
For example, we want to plot a BaZi
chart of a person born on October 20,

1981. First, we draw a table as

follows:

Hour [Day Month A |Yearff
(Master) 8
=)

The pillar for the hour, day, month,
and year is based on the combination
of Heavenly Stems and Earthly
Branches, known as Sixty Jia Zi (FH).
You can infer that the Sixty Jia Zi is
made up of tables of different
Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.
Each component runs in sequential
order to pair up with one another
throughout the sequence, which

eventually makes up the entire table.

The Heavenly Stems (+X)
consists of the following:

Ho (jia)
Z (yi)
Pi (bing)
T (ding)
7% (win)
2 Gi)
BE (géng)
3 (xin)
+ (rén)
% (gui)

The Earthly Branches (+ _#1%)
consists of the following:

(zi)
(chou)
(yin)
(mio)
(chén)
(si)
(wit)
(wei)
(shen)
(you)
(x11)
Z% (hai)

SFE EH FON SHH

Hence, to obtain a pillar of the Sixty Jia
Zi, we combine the Heavenly Stems
and the Earthly Branches to get the

table as shown on Fig 4.1.

The sequence of the Heavenly Stems
and Earthly Branches continues to run
until it reaches Gui-Hai (%$X%), the
sixtieth pillar, and the sequence
restarts from the first pillar again. It is
called Sixty Jia Zi because it starts

from the Jia Zi pillar and it has sixty

pillars.
Fig 4.1 The Sixty Jia Zi Table

Yi

Jia¥in

Gui-Chou

Ren-Zi

The Time Chart

The time chart for BaZi refers to the
different Earthly Branches, which is

associated with a different set of

timing.

Twelve Earthly Branches

(+H)
Timing
- (Zi)
23-1

[l- (Chou)
1-3

i (Yin)
3-5

Ji (Mao)
5-7

Jie (Chen)
7-9

2 (Si)
9-11

I+ (Wu)
11-13
F (Wei) 2. Month of October is J%
13-15

Sh =
ER Be 3. Day of the 20th is FE

PH (You)

.7=i 4. Time at 10:00 a.m. is %X[.
x (Xu)

19-21 :

% (Hai) (Refer to the Stem of the Hour

21-23
Table to find the first letter,

How to Plaga Baz) then refer to the Twelve

To plot the year pillar of the natal
Earthly Branches chart for the

chart, we find the Sixty Jia Zi pillar for
second letter.)

the year 1981. Using the Chinese

Thousand Year Calendar, we find:
Finally, the BaZi chart for birth day on

October 20, 1981, at 10:00 a.m. should

1. The year 1981 pillar is =P
look like this:
Hour &f Day (Master)H | Month f | Year
(¥)

% gui 2 xin Kwu 2 %in

Es 7 wei Fi xu BH you

ak

£10 2

04

1

Refer to the Chinese Thousand Year
Calendar to plot a BaZi Chart.

How to Find the Ten Year Luck
Cycle

By referring to the month pillar on the
individual BaZi chart, you will be able
to determine the next ten years cycle

on the chart.

This consists of:
1. Determining the order
2. Calculating when the cycle

starts based on your birth

The rules are:

Forward-Left-to-Right: Yang Male
Day-Master/ Yin Female Day-
Master

Reverse-Right-to-Left: Yin Male
Day-Master/ Yang Female Day-
Master
Heavenly Stems (+XF):

Tding|@bing|Zyi  1¥ja_ 1Zqui FEren [xin {Bgen {24 [wu
1988] 1998] 2008] 2018] 2028] 2038] 2048] 2058] 2068] 2078
Branches (+ Hh) :
Byou |mshen|mwel |Fwu JES IRChen|Gimac [Ein |Rchou Ez
1088] 1998] 2008] 2018] 2028] 2038] 2048] 2058] 2068] 2078]

1. Use the table below to find
the next character element that
is next/before your month
pillar and write it down by

following the rule sequence.

2. To determine when the luck
cycle starts, we use the day of
birth minus the next Lunar-
Solar Calendar season
transition day and divide this
by three. Then we round up
from the results to determine
the actual year that the first

pillar should start.

For example: October, 20 1981- 10:00
a.m.

October 20 - October 9 = 13 days

13 days / 3 = 4.3. After rounding-up,

his luck-cycle starts at four years old.
Strong Master versus Weak
Master

As mentioned earlier, the behavior
and good elements found for a Strong
Day Master work entire differently as
a Weak Master. We shall start by
applying the Strong or Weak Day
Master Season Table to determine its

relationship to the BaZi chart.

Often, some practice BaZi by simply
referring to the season of the month to
determine a Strong or Weak Day
Master. But due to the complication of
the four pillar structure, the
relationship between the rest of the
elements within the pillars will also
impact the strength of the Day Master.
Hence, it is not sufficient to compare
the element of the Day Master with
the season that one was born in. A
more detailed method will be
sometimes required for BaZi. You will
later notice it requires a lot of practice
to be able to judge the complicated

BaZi of one person. A good way to
your BaZi:

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Fig 4.2 The Strong or Weak Day Master Season Table

time.

and start building your skills over

start is to refer to the BaZi software

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Using the Strong or Weak Day Master
to Determine One's Favor Elements

Once you have found out the sign of
the Day Master, the next step will
allow you to find out the favor
elements that will strengthen or
weaken a Day Master. It is important
because it will allow you to realize the

quality of a person's BaZi and his/her

information.
Strong Day Master
° Likes - Wealth

Element/Seven

Killings/Eating God

. Dislikes - Resource
Element/Friend
Element

Weak Day Master

. Likes = Resource
Element/Friend
Element

. Dislikes - Wealth
Elements /Seven
Killings/Eating God
Moving on to the next chapter, we will
discuss the characteristics of the
elements in a BaZi on Ten Gods to help
you understand the different ways it
behaves for a Strong or Weak Day

Master.
The Ten Gods, sometimes known as
Ten Deities, is the representative of an
element that appears in the BaZi. The
information is technically information
derived from the birth
date/hour/month/year of a person.
To determine a Ten God in a BaZi is
not as hard as interpreting them. The
Ten Gods Details section below makes
it easy for you to reference. Please
also note that the term “Gods” is just a
name; it is statistical in nature and
does not represent anything religious.
The naming of the BaZi elements
sometimes can be misleading or

confusing, but it generally is only

meant for identification purposes.

Different people may have a different
understanding of the wording, so the
translations can sometimes be very
confusing. The translated terms
should not influence the perception of

the readers and students.
The Ten God Table

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Ten God Details

The Direct Star (IEE)

[n the male BaZi, it represents his son.
For a female BaZi, it represents her
husband.

Characteristics of the Direct Officer
The Direct Officer represents status,
rank, reputation, ethics and law,
discipline, order, regulations, rules
and so on. Direct officer also means
that the attitude of management
capabilities and constraints can force
open behavior, noble reputation,
outstanding credit, elegance, and

dignified and candid manners.
Advantages of the Direct Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage such as
upright, honorable, kindhearted,
polite, law-abiding, enthusiastic
service, rational, and self-discipline.
Leadership can win the respect of

others.

Disadvantages of the Direct Star
When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit a shortcoming such
as inflexible, stiff, rigid, cautious,
legalistic, , always worried about
everything, does not trust, and
indecisive. They often miss good
opportunities in their life.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in politics, public
officials, government agencies, legal,
judicial, company executives and so on
with the nature of the administration

or management of the industry.
The Seven Killing Officer ({R'E)

For a male, it represents his daughter.
For female BaZi, the appearance of it
represents her lover.

Characteristics of the Seven Killing
Star

The Seven Killing Star represents
authority, rebel forces, extreme and
adventurous, courageous and brave.
But also self-willed, , wanton, fiery
impatience, arbitrary, adventurous,. It
also represents lack of consideration,
which often results in loneliness and
helpless situations.

Advantages of the Seven Killing Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantages, such as
courage, good intuitive judgment,
high-spirited, and able to overcome
difficult challenges with their
revolutionary spirit and rebellious
character. Most with the good Seven
Killing Star have excellent talents in

governing, making them great leaders.
Disadvantages the Seven Killing
Star

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit a shortcoming,
such as extreme rebellion, and bring
troubles. It will make a person feel
lonely and helpless, revengeful, and
often dissatisfied with the reality of
situations, with many ups and downs
in their career path. The Seven Killing
Star will usually act impulsively or
recklessly, which is suitable for

engaging in demanding work.

Suitable for Industry

Best engage in military, police,
athletes, surgeons, marketing director,
reporter, detective, and other difficult

and highly challenging work.
The Direct Resource Star (IEF)

Direct Resource Star is the kind star. It
represents the mother of a male or
female BaZi.

Characteristics of the Direct
Resource Star

Direct Resource Star represents the
credibility and knowledge, which
implies power. It is a symbol of good
qualification, gentle, elegant, kind,
attention to spiritual life, outgoing and
also good luck, longevity, and

prosperity.

If a Direct Star appears on the same
column or is a close neighbor in a
person's BaZi, the positive will be
strengthened and become more

apparent.
Advantages of the Direct Resource
Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as being
smart, elegant, kind, and attain
learning to enrich themselves. They
are usually people who are elegant,
able to self-motivate, with a noble
character, enjoy pursuing new
knowledge and gaining people’s trust

in them.

Disadvantages of the Direct
Resource Star

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as too dependent, develop lazy
habits, always reluctant to themselves,
easily detached from reality.

Suitable for Industry

Should be engaged in cultural,
educational, academic, religious,
charitable, and other industries that

have need of love and care.
Indirect Resource Star (fH)

Indirect Resource Star can be
considered as the stepmother for both
male and female. If there is no Direct
Resource Star found in a person's
BaZi, it can then be referred to as the

mother.

Characteristics of the Indirect
Resource Star

Indirect Resource Star represents
talent and knowledge. Although its
nature is different from the Direct
Resource Star, the Indirect Resource
Star has an excellent ability to
comprehend thinking but in a rather
unusual approach. They like fantasy
and have creativity, design, and
planning talent. They do not practice
in the general way of thinking. Their
unique form of new ideas and
creativity are engaged in research
work, and, therefore, the Indirect

Resource Star is a symbol of creativity.
The Indirect Resource Star people
usually are attached to fantasy and
have a shortcoming of not being
realistic. They do not enjoy being
sociable or with a crowd, and they can

be indecisive and often in a dilemma.

Advantages of the Indirect
Resource Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as
thinking delicately, witty, sensitive,
high morals, insightful, and creative.
They are superb in unique thinking
and are able to approach things with
different techniques. But often feel
insecure. They have a unique form of
thinking, which makes them good at
development of new planning and
design, and are creative with

products, technology, or methods.
Disadvantages of the Indirect
Resource Star

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as paranoid, extraordinarily
weird, living alone or having a poor
community life, as they do not like to
socialize. They lack patience. Self-
centered and like to ignore the

opinions of others.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in specialized or
professional aspects. An occupation
that could highlight individual
performance, such as research,
invention, design, creation, science
and technology, martial arts,
performing arts, marketing, direct
marketing, advertising, models, ****

stars and other special industries.
Direct Wealth Star (IEE?)

Direct Wealth Star represents a wife
in a male BaZi. In a female BaZi or for
a male who does not have an Indirect

Wealth Star, it represents a father.

Characteristics of the Direct Wealth
Star

The Direct Wealth Star represents
uprightness, righteousness, and hard
work. Therefore it is a symbol of
prudent fiscal integrity. The Direct
Wealth Star can distinguish clearly
between right and wrong, diligence
and frugality. They are endowed with
the gift of good financial management
skills and usually are able to

accumulate wealth.
If there is a “Food God” located next to
or close neighbors with the Direct
Wealth star, the positive power will be
strengthened to make them become
rich.

Advantages of the Direct Wealth
Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person's BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as hard-
working, upright, and righteous, and
they usually have strong family values.
They have good economic concepts to

make them good executives.

Disadvantages of the Direct Wealth
Star

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as turning into a miser. They can
be ruthless to friends and relatives,
especially to those who need help and
support. They lack the courage to
pursue change or unable to break
through in life.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in sectors such as
finance, financial, business, store,
shop, accounting, and financial

management.
Indirect Wealth Officer (Rt)

Indirect Wealth Officer star represents
the father for the BaZis of both men
and women. For a male BaZi, it can
also sometimes represent their lovers.
Characteristics of the Indirect

Wealth Officer Star

Indirect Wealth Officer star represents
heroic and generous, capable, fame
and fortune, helpful and romantic.
People with this star usually gain
popularity easily, especially the
female, and are very sociable, have
good financial know-how and vitality
to overcome problems that come to
their lives.

Advantages of the Indirect Wealth

Officer Star
When the Direct Star is not being:

destroyed by any element in a
person's BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as able
to create opportunities for
themselves, able to seize the
opportunity to earn money, or manage
to get things done neat and quickly
and without being dragged.

They have great energy, business
acumen, quick wit, generosity, and are
passionate, courageous, optimistic,
and enterprising, and are not afraid of

setbacks.

Disadvantages of the Indirect
Wealth Officer Star

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as being too generous, lack of
financial management sense, wasteful,
extravagant spending. For male or
female, it can sometimes represent too
many affairs that affect their marriage.
Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in commercial
activities, such as business, trade,
factories, investment, stocks,
securities, and other high-risk

activities.
The Cooking God Star (&71#)

The Cooking God star is the star of
passion. In a female BaZi, it represents
her daughter. To a male BaZi, it
represents the peace and inactive.

Characteristics of the Cooking God

The Cooking God represents a
person’s hidden talent, conservative,
cheerful, stable life, smart, and self-

sufficient.

Advantages of the Cooking God

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person's BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as
cheerful, clever, delicate, focusing on
the lifestyle, emotional, and good

prosperity.
The Disadvantages of the Cooking
God

When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as pretentiousness, emptiness,
and sometimes unable to vent their
inner feelings.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in industries such as
services, diplomacy, public relations,
business, hospitality, teaching, and

technology.

The Injured Officer Star ({£'E)

The Injured Officer is a Talent Star,
which represents the son in a female
BaZi. For a male BaZi, it represents the
abilities.

Characteristics of the Injured
Officer

The Injured Officer represents that a
person has outstanding talent,

business sense, smart, and intelligent.
Advantages of the Injured Officer

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as talent,
versatile, appearance, and intellectual,
clever, able to create wealth, lofty
ideals, desire, ambition, and

leadership.

Disadvantages of the Injured officer
When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as self-centered, ruthless,
stubborn, and unable to accept others’
advice. They tend to be unfocused and
often make things beyond their ability,
which leads to failure.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engage in the industry of
literature, art, philosophy, attentive,
and sentimental industries, such as
artists, musicians, writers, performing

arts, script writing.
The Friend Star (ttJE)

The Friend Star represents siblings or
friends for the BaZis of both males and
females.

Characteristics of the Friend Star
The Friend Star stands for “Shoulder”
in Chinese, which means equal status,
friendship, self-awareness, and self-
esteem. With strong self-awareness
and self-esteem, one is always eager to

keep pace with others.

Advantages of the Friend Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as
optimism, perseverance, independent
self-centred and strong-willed. Self-
confident and able to stick to their
posts and work hard to achieve their

goals.
Disadvantages of the Friend Star
When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as self-consciousness, arrogant,
stubborn, conflict, unable to get along
with family members, unable to obey
the guidance of the supervisor.
Women who do things arbitrarily will
sometimes have problems in their
love relationship.

Suitable for Industry

Best to be engaged in partnerships,
lawyers, accountants, politicians,

family business, and negotiations.

The Robbing Star (£184)

The Robbing Star represents the
younger sibling to the BaZi of males
and females.

Characteristics of the Robbing Star
A Robbing Star often hides the true
colors and has the potential of a self-
centered character and possesses a
deceiving appearance. It is difficult to
understand the complexity of their
personality.

Robbing often has strong jealousy,

never admits defeat, has ambition, and

is bold.
Advantages of the Robbing Star

When the Direct Star is not being
destroyed by any element in a
person’s BaZi, the person will be able
to exhibit its advantage, such as often
prominent and has a unique character
of their own style. In life, they easily
make friends, and also easily lose

friends.

Disadvantages of the Robbing Star
When the Direct Star itself is strong or
has destroyed the harmony of the
BaZi, it will exhibit the shortcoming,
such as dual personality (both the yin
and yang nature), the heart is often
self-contradictory, self-conflict. They
are temperamental and are often
volatile and sometimes jealous of
others’ success.

Suitable for Industry

Best to engaged in the aspect of
leadership, decision making,
wholesale chain, government officials,
highly competitive area, and business

executives.
Five Elements Interactions

Fig 5.1

Combination & Clash
In the BaZi, there are some special

circumstances that might cause the
elements to change their nature. The
term is known as combinations and
crashes, which indicate when they
attract or repel between two Heavenly
Stems or two Earthly Branches met

within a BaZi chart.
Below are some of the rules to be
observed when analyzing a BaZi chart.
These combinations indicate a
powerful network or special
relationships. When such a
combination occurs in a BaZi chart, it

will become the element favorable or

unfavorable to the Day Master.

Shen Monkey ZiRat Chen Dragon

Hai Pig Mao Rabbit Wei Goat

Yin Tiger Wu Horse XuDog

Si Snake You Rooster Chou Ox

Fig 5.2

The Three Harmony Combinations
will turn into powerful elements when
a special structure of elements are
combined. The Directional
Combination is similar to Three
Harmony Combination that represent
the Earthly Branches in season in a
BaZi chart. Note that not all
circumstances will result to a

combination.
Mao Rabbit [Chen
Dragon - :

(March) (April) Zi Rat * Chou Ox = Earth |
Yin Tiger [+ Hai Pig = Wood
Mao

WuHorse [Wei Goat Rabbit + Xu Dog = Fire
Chen

1

ime) (uy) Dragon |+ You Rooster | = Metal

You Rooster |XuDog Si Snake |+ Shen Monkey| = Water
Wei Goat |+ Wu Horse = Fire

{September} {October}

Zi Rat Chou Ox
Fig 5.4

(December) (January)

The Six Harmony Combinations often
occur when a Day Master meets a
Fig 5.3 certain ten-year cycle or during a
particular year. This is why we
sometimes hear there is good or bad

year for a certain horoscope.
Clashes in BaZi

A Clash in a BaZi occurs when two
repelling elements meet. A clash in a
BaZi represents obstacles and
hardship for the Day Master.
Depending on the type of clash, a
person can experience difficulties in
relationships, lose someone, or even
encounter accidents and illness. Note
that not all present elements might be
a clash if it appears in the one person’s
BaZi. The relevant elements will have

to be next to each other to be effective.

Clashes Relationships

Fig 5.5
Six Clashes
Rat Z Horse
Ox 2 Goat
Tiger # Monkey
Rabbit Z Rooster
Dragon # Dog
Snake # Pig

Fig 5.6
Case Study and Ta Yun

An example of one famous Hong Kong-
born movie

star/director’s BaZi Four Pillars of

Destiny and his

Ta Yun.

He was born April 7, 1954, is a Hong

Kong movie star, stuntman, actor, and

director.
His BaZi Four Pillars of Destiny is
quite unique, and he was ranked
number one in the 2010 Chinese Rich
& Famous list, published by Forbes
(Chinese) magazine. He has a high
celebrity income and enjoys a very
successful career.

We will leave the Hour Pillar blank
because we do not have the

information.

Let's see the information given about
his wealth luck. (Chart 1. His BaZi

table. )

Based on the Strong and Weak Master
chart, we can see that he has a Weak

Day Master. For Weak Day Master,

“Rob wealth” Jie-cai (#)) and “Friends”
Bi-jian (I) are his money stars.

Note that a person might not born to
be rich. But he/she will still stand a
good chance when the opportunity
and time is right for them. In his
unique BaZi formation, his wealth
elements appeared on his chart. He

will be very rich between his ten-

years cycle of 1993-2003.
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His ten years luck cycles (Ta
Yun):

- From his first ten years luck (1963),
it shows that he did not have early

high education.

- The following ten years luck (1973),
with his fame and recognition stars
dominating, he became internationally
famous. He enjoyed a successful

career.

- The third ten years luck (1983)

shows strong money stars.
shows
money.

his
money stars,

original
resulted

stars,
his money luck is still very strong.

having the good luck of making lots of

- The fourth ten years luck (1993)
combination and transformation into

The fifth ten years luck (2003) shows

in him still

with

Ten years luck cycle

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5 (BR) 7 kings ED (Hh) Direct Resource BE (3) Indirect Resource £8 13h) Robwealth HE (th) Friends

BE si 4 wis FR wei 8 shen BH you

EB (3h) Direct waslth BRT (7) Indirect wealth LE (2) 7 Blmes HR 8) TRillings BED [2 Indirect Resource

EE (E; Directoflicer +3 (3) Things BEF) ingirocs wealth BE 7) indirect weaith

iF 8) (5B) Direct Resource HE (B) Food god BR (8) foodgod
Can I change my luck?

Once you have found out about your
BaZi chart, the result could be either
satisfying or disappointing. The
purpose of understanding your BaZi
or destiny is to allow you to know
what is the “pre” condition and
internal factor of yourself. This could
help you to be prepared, though you
still have to go through it. But you can
minimize the effect or misfortune
through using feng shui, hard work,
determination, charity work, and

prayer.
In the Chinese beliefs, our life is
influenced by the following main five

factors:

“etn 3m = XUK o URRDE TER

* Destiny

Destiny and Luck cannot be changed.
Our destiny code can help us to assess
the “Strength” and “Weakness” of this
natural born good or bad elements we
have. By knowing our destiny, we can
prepare and then try to adapt to
circumstances accordingly.

* Luck

In order to achieve success, we not
only require a good life destiny, we
also need good luck. Everyone will
need to have a smooth ride during our
journeys in health, career, wealth, and

relationships. In Chinese and

Japanese, the word for luck is J

(wun). 1# can be good or bad. But i# is
customarily followed by another
word, 4 (qi), which means energy or
air. The Master of Tao once said that

when a person is able to #5 (control

your energy), they will be able to
attract good luck or good fortune. This

is similar to the belief that when one
has the positive energy, they will
attract positive energy and become
strong. As long as you adopt the right
attitude and always try your best, you
will be able to create the causes and

conditions for your life.

* Feng Shui

Feng shui is about environment
conditions that will influence one
person. Create the best environment
to suit yourself, because when our
luck is down, feng shui can help to
reduce the effect of bad things and

enhance the effects for a better life.

+ Charity

Be kind and charitable. If you can
make contributions to the society, you
generate good cause and effect known

as “karma.”

* Education

Education opens the door to many
opportunities for a better life and
future, and it helps us become better

people.
Appendix

Ten Heavenly Stems Table, Page 55
Twelve Earthly Branches, Page 56/ 71
Stem Year / Month Relationship tables
for Bazi Chart, Page 80

The Sixty Jia Zi Table, Page 90

The Strong / Weak Day Master Table,
Page 101

The Ten God Relationship for Day
Master Table, Page 108

Three Harmony Combinations Table,
Page 148

Directional Combinations Table, Page
150

Six Harmony Combination Table, Page
151

Clashes Relationships Chart, Page 153

References:

http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cal
endar

http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luck

http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_tel
ling

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