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Chinese Value System

Chinese value Destiny so highly that it is the FIRST in ORDER of their TOP priorities, SECOND: Luck and THIRD: Feng Shui.

Discover your Destiny is a complex study of a person's date of birth, astrology sign and the Five Elements.

Destiny and Luck are Innate Factors

The belief that Destiny and Luck are innate factors.

Feng Shui, Education and Philanthorpy?

Non-innate factors: Feng Shui, Education and Philanthropy combined can contribute to a person's success! Therefore, a person's life is influenced by his birth date (Your Destiny) while good Feng Shui and hardwork will contribute to a happy life.

Pillars of Destiny

In Chinese astrology it is vital to know the Eight Characters of your horoscope, these being the characters for the HOUR, DAY, MONTH and YEAR of your birth.

Each of the HOUR, DAY, MONTH and YEAR of your birth will have a combination of the Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch, giving a total of eight characters.

Take the example of a person known as Mr Samuel Richard, Male born on 6 March 1970 at 3.00am. With the resulting eight characters, namely falling under hour, day, month and year:-

Samuel Richard's Eight Characters of Birth Chart:-

	1st Pillar	2nd Pillar	3rd Pillar	4th Pillar
	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heavenly Stem Elements	wu yang EARTH	yi yin WOOD	wu yang EARTH	geng yang METAL
Earthly Branches Elements	yin yang WOOD	you yin METAL	yin yang WOOD	shu yang EARTH

Why is it called Eight Characters?

By looking at the above Chart, you will notice that there are 4 columns X 2 rows = Eight Characters. It is easy to understand why the Chinese call this theory simply as a person's Eight Characters.

Is the Eight Characters also known as Four Pillars of Destiny or Pillars of Destiny?

Yes! The Eight Characters is also known as the 4 Pillars of Destiny or simply as Pillars of Destiny because there are a total of 4 columns that make up the above table. Imagine each Column as a Pillar = Four Pillars.

In Mandarin, it is also called Pa-Zhi or Ba-Zhi which is a direct translation of the English word Eight Characters. Traditionally it was usually written from Right to Left but not important here as it is simply the way Chinese write.

It is the most accurate divinity method available in the world.

The Four Pillars of Destiny is considered by many as one of the most accurate methods of divinity in the world. It is based on the ancient Chinese Book of Changes or IChing, the principles of yin and yang, the 5 elements as well as the art of Chinese astrology. Thus it is not based on random set of predictions but a well defined set of various Chinese theories.

What are the uses for knowing my Pillars of Destiny?

1. Finding a name for a newborn child.

In the past, it was a tradition of many Chinese officials, parents or grandparents to consult an expert on Pillars of Destiny to draw up and intepret a newborn's `Eight Characters'. This is to look at the child's `strengths' and `weaknesses' (if any) e.g. in one case, the child was born `lacking' the water element and the parent choose a name with Chinese Character of "Water" for his name.

The parent of the child would then keep their child's Pillars of Destiny Report for future reference or safekeeping.

2. House Planning and Decoration.

In the above example, the child lacks the Water Element and this information would be useful when he plans his house and decoration/renovations. It would thus be beneficial for his house to have more of either the Water element or Metal element to compensate this.

As the child is a Wood person his personal colours are green or brown.

3. Fortune-telling by 10 year periods.

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4. Create Company Logos based on your suitable elements.