A Chart with an Uncertain Birth Hour: How to Fix the Chart?
AI translated from the original Chinese.
Generated by Gemini
When people consult me about Zi Wei Dou Shu, I ask them to obtain a birth certificate. Only with a confirmed time of birth can the birth hour be determined. Determining the hour takes a few things:
- Place of birth
- Year, month and day of birth, down to the hour and minute
With this information, the correct birth hour can be determined from the tables.
This case was quite special. The subject was born right at the boundary between two hours. The birth certificate records the birth in the 申 (Shen) hour, but just 17 seconds earlier would belong to the previous hour, the 未 (Wei) hour. So even with a birth certificate, there was no way to be sure which hour it was.
Generally, when a baby is born, the time the doctor writes down is the moment the pen touches paper, which means the actual birth should be earlier than that. And the birth hour should be counted from the baby's first breath in this world. So I judged it should be the 未 hour, not the 申 hour. Even so, the chart still had to be verified.
To verify a chart, as my teacher taught, the subject needs to provide three major events:
- Health: around age 20, on a rainy day, slipped on a slope and injured the spine, spending a great deal of time and money on rehabilitation.
- Specialty: trained in design.
- Currently: runs a blog.
The 未 Hour Chart
Health: the 辰 Palace
- 巨門 (Ju Men), 火星 (Huo Xing) and 擎羊 (Qing Yang): "hanged for life," meeting 地空 (Di Kong), 陰煞 (Yin Sha) and 大耗 (Da Hao)
Don't be frightened by the phrase "hanged for life." Forming this pattern does not mean one will actually be "hanged"; the phrase mainly expresses hardship and being in a bind.
- 地空: the image of a misstep, stepping onto nothing.
- 陰煞: sudden, unexpected misfortune.
- 大耗: spending a great deal of money on it.
- 巨門: besides "hidden water," water also governs "bones."
This fits perfectly with slipping, injuring the spine, and spending a lot of time and money on rehabilitation.
Specialty: the 辰 Palace
- 巨門 in 辰 or 戌 is in a weak position, but for people born in a 辛 year it transforms into good fortune and prosperity.
The subject was born in a 辛亥 year, which fits exactly. The 辰 Palace holds 紅鸞 (Hong Luan), and the 三方四正 (three-sides-four-directions) also show 天喜 (Tian Xi), 咸池 (Xian Chi) and 天姚 (Tian Yao), revealing the subject's talent for beauty. The 擎羊 (Qing Yang) and 陀羅 (Tuo Luo) seen here are read as technical skill.
Running a Blog: the 亥 Palace
- 亥, 卯, 未: the double-star 殺破狼 (Sha Po Lang)
The subject's zodiac sign is the Pig, that is, 亥, so the 亥 Palace can be our focus. In particular, 亥 and 卯 show 文昌 (Wen Chang) and 文曲 (Wen Qu), a knack for writing. Meeting 左輔 (Zuo Fu) and 右弼 (You Bi) as well means the writing covers a broad range.
From this, being born in the 未 hour fits the subject better.
The 申 Hour Chart
- Health: 巨門 has 陰煞 and 大耗, but no 地空, so the image of a misstep is missing.
- Starting from the 辰 Palace, we still see 鸞, 喜, 咸, 姚, the four romance stars, the same as in the 未 hour chart, so this cannot decide it.
- The subject is a Pig; looking at the 亥 Palace, there are 左輔 and 右弼, but without the support of 文昌 and 文曲, the image of writing does not show.
So the 未 hour chart fits the subject better.
Verifying a chart is a tedious process, but a difference of one hour often produces a different destiny. So, want to talk Dou Shu? Bring an accurate and detailed birth time first!