Destiny Reading for John Doe (3)

It happens that Bill Gates has the same Four Pillars chart as John Doe. Can we see how the chart fits his life?

In this third article of the series I will employ some technical terms so that it is easier for people who have studied Four Pillars to follow more closely.

When we read a chart, the best way to understand it is to see how the qi moves about in relation to the Day Master. Here in this chart the Day Master is Ren 壬. Since we are talking about the life of a person, it is natural to talk about fame and fortune, intelligence, support, friends and enemies, his character and way of doing things. Well, one path of qi flow is from Yi乙 to Bing 丙 that clashes the Day Master. This path indicates how he uses his talents to create his productions that turns into money pouring onto him. Also note that Yi for Ren Day Master represents performance unrelated to what he learns from traditional education. To understand this path, we have to assess the level of his intelligence and how abundant is the wealth. Yi wood sits right on the storage tank Wei 未 of wood but it is born at Hai 亥 indicating he has great creativity and abundant ideas. This idea turns into products that sell well and it is important to make good use of the money that comes to him in a clash that may be damaging if there is no path to drain it away. The next part of the path is to see how the wealth qi goes down to the three branches Wei 未and Xu 戌. Wei and Xu are the qi of power that provide a path for the surplus wealth qi to go but at the same time these branches contain good source of wealth qi. The more wealth is drained, the more will come to fill the space.

Now power does not appear on any stem in this chart. This indicates that he is a low key leader. The way to run his business is to provide a guideline for his employees to follow his vision of the market trend and the world of tomorrow. There is no need to exercise his power to run the company. It was wise for him to give up the post of CEO to someone he trusts when his company is well established. Instead, he becomes more involved in philanthropic activities and this is the right thing to do when there is too much money. The power in his chart is more inclined to fame rather than the literal sense of power. The fame then turns into support that appears on the hour stem Xin 辛. You can view Xin as his fans. Just count the number of users of his products – Windows, Microsoft Office, etc. The supportive qi then flows to strengthen the Day Master Ren and its root Hai so that he can withstand the potential damage brought by the clash with wealth. 

A look at the luck pillars should reveal more. Luck runs from west to south that helped him to develop silent leadership in his school days and then 30 years of tremendous wealth later when luck goes through Wei, Wu and Si. During Gui Wei and Ren Wu, the water meeting Yi to strengthen his production instead of attacking his wealth. He wisely provides people with support to create software that can perform on his platform. This turns potential competitors into partners. Even during the ten years with Ren clashing Bing, the damage is minimal as most of the force exerted by Ren turns into the year stem Yi that in turn strengthens the wealth stem Bing instead of taking it away. 

What about the more threatening Xin Si luck pillar? Xin combines with Bing that should also remove his wealth? Well, Xin has to clash against Yi on the Year pillar first before reaching Bing. The clash prevents Bing and Xin from combining and the wealth is intact. However, it indicates that his conservative thinking (Xin being Proper Resource) has a negative effect on his products. In fact, he underestimated the smart phone market and missed the train. However, the impact on his wealth is not too serious as his other products are simply cash cows. With the same reasoning, the intended clash between Si and Hai also does not happen as most of the energy of Si has been used up to strengthen the other three branches minimizing the impact of the clash.

The following website provides more detailed information about the life of Bill Gates:

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Destiny Reading for John Doe (2)

John Doe was born in a month that is considered untimely for him. This usually implies that he cannot enjoy what wealth can bring him. However, the hour of birth was excellent to compensate this. Since the hour pillar refers to what he can acquire after birth, this is particularly important. It gives him the sense of belonging and confidence to pursue what he likes. This will also allow him to enjoy the tremendous wealth that comes to him. What is on the month pillar is wealth in this chart and it comes in unbelievably huge amounts. If he was not born in this favourable hour, the wealth that comes will seriously hurt him physically and in other ways. 

The first three pillars in the chart provide him with a lot of power but it does not appear on the visible parts of the pillars. This means that he has strong ambition but he does not expose it to others. Even when he can easily acquire power because of his wealth, he does not behave like a powerful person. Rather he will assign the duty of leadership to others as long as they follow his line of approach. 

The wealth in this chart is further strengthened by his performance on the first pillar. The beauty of his output/performance comes from the two supports on the invisible parts of the year and hour pillars which form a valuable strategic relationship. The beauty lies on the fact that there is no conflict between performance and power. 

Resource in this chart appears on the hour pillar well supported by the month and day pillars from below. It is obvious that he comes from a good family that can give him full support when he was young and later he is also well supported by having a happy marriage. 

This is the chart of a successful man who has ambition but he does not show off or exercise his power visibly. Money is made by his production and it comes in such a way that few people can enjoy. What he learns in school is not responsible for his performance. He is just talented but he needs to make good use of his talent and convert it into remarkable production that brings money. Failing to do this will ruin the potential of the chart and his success will not be as spectacular. Normally wealth and knowledge are in conflict but in this chart the arrangement is perfect. They are both contributing to John Doe instead of hindering each other.

Examining how the luck goes along the path of his life should reveal more details. During the years between 37 and 47 it appears that he meets strong competition that may take away a lot of money from him. However, the strategically positioned output/performance on the first pillar turns things around. The competition only strengthens his production to make it a win-win situation for everyone.

At a glance, it appears that the 10 years between 47 and 57 bring him serious problems. His product is under attack and there will be a serious battle that affects the amount of money he used to make in these 10 years. Money matters will attack his confidence if not handled properly. Fortunately the strong power basis from his authority and fame can absorb the problem coming from the money battle. 

The situation is even more serious during the 10 years between 57 and 67. His talent and his products are losing lustre. There is also a serious challenge to his leadership. Since he has never been behaving like a dictator, the underground power struggle can be redirected in a peaceful way. However, if he cannot find someone to manage the business to catch up with the ever changing world, there is the danger of his products losing the leading position. This will affect the money and fame. He must change his direction and approach to develop new products in a revolutionary way.  

The 10 years from 67 to 77 shows even stronger performance. Great production is expected. Just wait to see.

The chart is one that has great potential to be the destiny chart of an extremely successful man. However, the chart structure also indicates strongly that the person must live a life according to the path suggested. Failing this, life will be entirely different.

Destiny Reading for John Doe (1)

What is a destiny reading? 

There are numerous different answers to this question depending on how one defines “destiny”. To me, destiny is just a wide path to walk on from the day a person is born until the day he leaves this world. He has freedom to choose to walk on which side of the path. There are also crossroads where he can make a choice about the path he is going to walk on for the rest of his life. There is just one thing that is fixed – what the person is about to encounter, including when there is a crossroad. The person is also destined to meet with other people who may have important influence on his life. However, his reaction to listen to or ignore these influences is his choice. His character may lead him to his choice but his character is also subject to change with time and space.

Destiny reading is to give guidance to people to make the best choice to improve his life. A lot of people have forgotten about the basic teaching of the Yijing – change is the word. We can talk about accuracy of what we are going to encounter but we cannot talk about accuracy of the outcome. Destiny is in our own hands although most of the time we are quite helpless when we want to make a better choice. We fail because of our inability we are born with. 

How to read the destiny of a person with the Four Pillars chart? Understanding the theory is a must but you really understand the theory only when you can forget about the complicated details. These details are to help you understand the theory but not the theory itself. Do not look at the finger pointing to the moon but look at the moon itself.

A destiny reading will be most uninteresting if you talk about the type of chart, the useful god (yong shen 用神), and a lot of other gods. It is even worse when you talk about direct and indirect whatever because the term is simply misleading. The so called 10 gods are ingredients making up the life of a person and therefore all directly affecting the person. “Useful god” is also not good translation because it does not bring out the real meaning.

So far are you following what I say? Then how to do a reading? I will demonstrate this with the Four Pillars chart of John Doe. There are thousands of people having the same chart. What are the similarities in their lives?

First of all, we have to point out that the chart consists of four columns or pillars similar to those supporting a house. Each pillar has a foundation below ground and a visible part above ground. The strength and beauty of the visible part depends on whether the foundation is solid and whether the entire pillar is made of good material. The foundation of the four pillars are inter-related. Whether the visible parts are well arranged will also determine whether the whole structure is good.

The next thing to mention is that the ingredients in life are labeled with everyday used terms: wealth, power, resource, self together with siblings, friends, enemies and colleagues, and lastly output or performance. We do not expect our readers (or clients if we do it as a professional) to understand the detail implication of these terms but they are definitely better than telling the reader or client that he is water and is ocean water and that fire is his wealth and his wife, etc. Imagine someone gives a reading saying that you are strong water and that more water brings bad luck to you. Are you going to advise him to stop drinking water?

Sometimes a diagram is better than a thousand words.

The third pillar counting from the right is most important as it represents the person and his marriage. Marriage to a person’s life is undeniably the most important support for the person. For someone who remains single throughout his life time, this support comes from his belief and we can say that he is married to his belief.

We must also emphasize on the importance of the month pillar, the second pillar from the right because of its intimacy to the third pillar and this is something born with that cannot be changed. The fourth pillar is also very important because of its intimacy with the third pillar again but it deals with what the person can do after birth. There is, of course, limitation to what a person can and cannot do and it is revealed by this pillar. 

So far, I think the man on the street can understand what I have been talking about. In the next article of this series, I will give a reading to John Doe based on his Four Pillars chart without all the uninteresting technical terms so that he can understand what I say.

Location

Like many other Chinese metaphysics enthusiasts, I was bothered by the fact that the same Four Pillars chart for people may lead to very different lives. The same house may bring happiness to one family but disaster to another. I tried hard to explain why this was so and could not get a satisfactory answer until I studied Da Liu Ren 大六壬 in the nineteen eighties.

There are twelve Heaven Generals 天將 headed by the Nobleman 天乙貴人. This is an important Shen Sha 神煞 that plays an
important part in various Chinese metaphysics studies. There is one very important sentence in the classics:

The Noble Spirit is noble when he lands on good grounds. When Nobleman is at the wrong location, he loses his nobility. When
added to the life of a wicked person, he brings disasters. When added to the life of a nice person, he brings fortune and the person will be loved by others all the time.

貴神得地則貴，失地則賤，加小人之命則生殃，加君子之命則降福，愛寵常合。

I almost exclaimed "Eureka!"

Most people focus on timeliness when they study Feng Shui or Destiny. The more important factor "location" is neglected.
Location here does not mean where the house is built and the surrounding forms. It refers to the occupants.

A house with good Feng Shui can help us to live with prosperity but what is more important is the qi that grows in our heart. If benevolence and love is always in our heart, then we can enjoy what good Feng Shui can bring to us. Otherwise, the timely fortunate stars may just be abused and they bring disaster.

Number 3 Lu Cun today is considered untimely. Yet we can play a gentleman's game to win a competition with the help of the star and achieve our goals. On the other hand, a robber can also be helped by this star to successfully rob a bank but eventually he will be arrested and cast into jail.

Location, location, location! How many Feng Shui master really know the importance?

When falsity is copied and adopted a thousand times, ...

Reading with one's brain and not one's eyes is the number 1 rule everyone must observe. The sad thing about Feng Shui education is the bad habit of "authors" copying mistakes from other books ruining the entire industry.

One such example is the teaching of timeliness of the nine stars in the San Yuan Jiu Yun system.

The first book that talked about this topic could have something like this:

If today we are in the 8th Yun 八運 of the Lower Yuan 下元, then the ruling star (Ling Xing 令星) is #8 White Star Zuo Fu 八白左輔. #9 Purple Star You Bi 九紫右弼 is the next ruling star while #1 White Star Tan Lang 一白貪狼 is the distant future ruling star. These three stars are timely. The current ruling star is Wang Qi 旺氣, the other two are Sheng Qi 生氣。

#7 and #6 are considered Weakening Qi 衰氣, #5 and #4 are Dead Qi 死氣 while #3 and #2 have been dead for a long time and are considered Sha Qi 煞氣.

So far, so good. Names, perhaps suggestive, do not really matter if the proper understanding is taken care of.

What is detrimental is the following "rule":

Stars have characters, some good, some bad. No star is perfect. When a star is timely, it exhibits its good nature and brings fortunate things to people. When a star is untimely, it exhibits its bad nature and brings misfortune to people.

Then a table describing the good and bad natures of the stars is given. Practicing Feng Shui becomes routine work following instructions to "activate" the timely stars and "cure" the untimely stars. This has the beautiful Xuan Kong Fei Xing Feng Shui 玄空飛星風水 degenerated to the lowest form.

To make the practice a little more complicated, the so called 81 combinations of stars are tabulated with the expectation of the star combinations explained and "cures" recommended.

Thus, stars are compared with fresh apples and rotten apples with the former giving nourishment to people and the latter poisoning people by the "dead qi".

Well, comparing stars with apples is not much better than comparing apples with oranges. The ancients, however, have already given sufficient suggestion of making a valid comparison. The term Ling Xing 令星 implies that the ruling star is timely and in power 當時得令. He is like the prime minister heading a government on behalf of the emperor. The other two timely stars become his assistance and learning how to rule and give orders to other stars. The untimely stars can be looked upon as officers not on duty. Does it make sense to you that officers off duty all become bad guys bringing people misfortune? 

It is really unfortunate that such false ideas have been spread because of "authors" copying the mistakes from other "authors".

No wonder there are "masters" openly denouncing the Fei Xing system. The reason is simple: I have been trying hard to convince the frog in the well the sea is much larger than the well. I have also been trying hard to tell summer insects that water will form ice in winter. All such efforts are in vain.

It takes a lot of courage to write this article. Well, I remember the teaching of the ancient saints: 自反而不縮, 雖千萬人，吾往矣!
 

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