Bazi . Pictorial . Divination

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During a recent bazi workshop, I was introducing the concept of bazi being used as a form of divination technique vis-a-vis other common systems like King's Wen or I-Ching to the participants.

Such way of reading bazi does not require all 4 Pillars to be present. Depending on the subject matter, you can extract just one pillar for your reading. For instance, if you are asking about career prospect in 2011, we zoom into how your hour pillar interacts with the annual pillar of 2011. Sometimes, without knowing your bazi, I just look at today's day pillar and how it compares with 2011. If there is a clash or combination, chances are you will change job in the coming year. To know the cause of the change and how good is the prospect of the new job, you need to look at the 10 Gods involved.

It is of paramount importance for bazi students to learn and write the heavenly stems and earthly branches in chinese character. There are tell-tale signs that you can pick up just by looking at the shape of the chinese character especially if you are also into 测字 or in English I call it Word Divination. For example, if you wish to know the outcome of an event and you saw a 乙巳，chances are the event is going to take an unexpectable turn. If a lady comes to you and asks you what is happening to her now and you saw the word 申，you can instinctively tell her that she is expecting - and it will be a girl - when you also suddenly discover a spider on your table. This is the inexplicable part about chinese metaphysics which makes it so enigmatic or 玄 .

Intrigued by the concept of bazi divination, one of the ladies in the class volunteered to help her classmate M, who was seated on her right, to ask if she is able to have a grandchild in 2011. I did not have the grandmother-to-be's bazi. So, I asked the younger lady for her day pillar which is 辛巳. With that, we can extrapolate and say that M's day pillar is 庚辰 (which may not be her actual day pillar in her bazi) based on their seating arrangement.

When the lady popped the question, it was a 己丑 day. A 庚辰 lady's grandchild (her son's kid) is her resource star. Earth is so prominent at the point of divination. So, I told her to wait for good news.

In doing bazi divination, an important thing to highlight is that there must be a very specific question asked in order for me or for any bazi practitioner to give you a good answer. Such method of reading is very fluid but require one to be intuitive at that point in time.

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五术。武术

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Just came back from the soft launch of the 2nd edition of local celebrity cum martial art champion, Vincent Ng's fitness book "TEN". I was also there to do some fengshui fine-tuning for his new martial art school at Jurong East.

Incidentally, Wu Shu or pugilistic art, comes under the umbrella of the chinese 5 Arts - 山医命卜相 (Mountain, Medicine, Destiny, Divination and Physiognomy). Feng Shui falls under the category of physiognomy together with palmistry and face reading. On the other hand, pugilistic art belongs to the Art of Mountain. Anyway, all calls for balance of yin and yang.

Some pictures taken on the new place. I like the calligraphic "Wu" painted in gold against the black background.

Xuan Kong Da Gua Calculator for iPhone is launched!

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I am proud to announce the first i-Da Gua Calculator (copyright of DestinyAsia Global Consultancy) is now available in iTunes Store!

This app brings to you the fingertip convenience of deriving the individual hexagram's attributes such as :

1. Hexagram Family Element

2. Xuan Kong 5 Element Number

3. Period Number

4. Kinship
5. Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches in the 64 Hexagrams

Go to iTunes and seach for "Da Gua" to download.

Start touching on each yao to have fun!

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A Breakthrough in Learning Bazi

The recent 2-day Bazi Practical Workshop at Furama Hotel aims to open up new perspectives for bazi enthusiasts has concluded with positive responses from all participants.

Let's hear what all of them have to say. The most heartwarming and satisfying part for me is to see that many students came to tell me they have finally seen the light in the sea of darkness. Thank you particpants for taking time to attend this workshop. I have really enjoyed sharing and downloading all my knowledge to you.

“The case studies are very useful. It makes the lesson interesting and deepen my bazi knowledge within short period of time. Thank you for sharing the useful tips and you are a very good and patient teacher.” – Judith Ng

“Master Jo Ching is a good teacher. Very patient and detailed in his explanation. His useful tips really broaden our mind on bazi. Thank you Master Jo Ching. Will look forward to attend your future courses.” – Anne Sim

“Very easy to understand and practical workshop conducted by a sincere trainer.” – Samantha Ling

“A lot of case studies, information given and shared. Easy for me now to see weak or strong chart ; how to see positive or negative stars in relation to 10 Gods. Jo is very patient, shares a lot in class and he explains till we understand before he moves to another topic.” – Fiona Soh

“Thank you for sharing with us your knowledge. It has been enlightening.” – Bing Qiang

“I am able to read the heavenly stems at different angle and have better knowledge of the earth stars and strength of Daymaster.” – Lisa Low

“A lot of knowledge provided.” – Darren Soh

“You are great! Always willing to share. Jia You!” – Catherine Tay

“Great job Jo! I really learnt how to determine Daymaster’s strength confidently. The case studies are most useful to illustrate examples. Keep it up!” – Bean Chua

“Jo Ching is very patient and will give us many scenarios to make us understand the concept. He is very good and is not selfish in sharing his knowledge.” – Eleen Tong

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What is in my Bazi to be so flabby?

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Obesity - I am at risk. I stand at 1.7 m and weigh about 70kg. But my BMI says that I am inclining towards obese category. I just cannot slim down as much as I want even though I had gone through a punishing workout regime before. I look as if I have a beer belly and the sad thing is that I do not even drink!

Some of my friends including ladies eat alot, don't really work out alot and yet they have always looked trim and fit. I cannot even grab their love handle.

Sigh. What is in my bazi to be so flabby? How do we tell from bazi if someone is naturally shapely? And on the flip side, what is the culprit element that causes somone to grow fat easily?

Lets talk about ladies who are slender. Based on my experience, usually you can see the authority star revealing on the heavenly stems. If it is a strong chart that are surrounded by 7 Killing, the lady is not only slim but also voluptuous. More so if the Authority star is metal or fire. Presence of output stars also has some impact.

On the other hand, abundant earth elements in one's chart is almost always a tell-tale sign about weighty issue. He or she may not be fat but being fleshy is unavoidable. I seldom come across a thin person who has alot of earth in his bazi. But as a self-consolation, you can always say that it increases one's stability and trust level since earth represents trustworthiness. :)

So, fighting obesity can start from the womb. If you wish your children to grow up in good shape, then do make sure Authority star is present in their bazi.