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Birthday What do "birthday" and "eight characters" mean?

Birthday, or eight characters, is actually another way of saying the four pillars of Zhouyi. Four pillars refer to the time when a person was born, that is, year, month, day and hour. When people use "heavenly stem" and "earthly branch" to represent year, month, day and hour respectively, such as Jiazi Year, Shen Bingyue, Xin Ugly Day and Renyin Time. There are two words in each column and eight characters in four columns, so fortune telling is also called "measuring eight characters" According to the relationship between yin and yang attributes and the five elements of heaven and earth, it is inferred that human body is responsible and blessed. However, what I want to talk about here is not how to "measure eight characters", but how to calculate eight characters.

Four-column eight-character arrangement

Four pillars refer to the year, month, day and time when a person was born. Four-column arrangement refers to finding a person's date of birth. It is mainly divided into four steps.

Chronological column

Chronicle, that is, the year when a person was born, is represented by branches. Note that the dividing line between last year and next year is based on the intersection time of beginning of spring, not on the first day of the first month. For example, if someone was born at 22: 00 on February 4, 2000 in the solar calendar, because the lunar calendar was handed over to beginning of spring in 2000 at 20: 32 on February 4, 2000, his chronological column is 2000.

Moon column

Moon column, that is, the festival when a person is born, is represented by stem and branch. Note that the branches and branches of the month are not divided by the first day of each month in the lunar calendar, but by festivals. The festival before the handover is the festival of last month, and the festival after the handover is the festival of next month.

January silver moon February Uzuki March Chen Yue April Mitsuki.

From beginning of spring to Jing Ke, from Jing Ke to Qingming, from Qingming to Long Summer, from Long Summer to Foolish.

May, afternoon, June, no month, July, application, August, whole month.

From Miscanthus to summer, from summer to beginning of autumn, from beginning of autumn to Bailu, from Bailu to Cold Dew.

September, moon, October, moon, November, December, ugly moon.

From cold dew to beginning of winter, from beginning of winter to heavy snow, from heavy snow to slight cold, from slight cold to beginning of spring.

The significance of the festival:

Beginning of spring in the first month: "Li" means the beginning, which means that the spring of the revival of all things has begun again. The warmer weather and the revival of all things mark the beginning of farming activities. February 4th or 5th of the solar calendar is the beginning of spring.

February: Spring thunder begins to roar, waking up insects and small animals that are dormant and hibernating in the soil. Winter eggs are about to hatch. This solar term means that spring is getting stronger and the temperature is rising. The surprise is on March 6 or 7 of the Gregorian calendar.

Qingming Festival in March: This solar term means that the temperature gets warmer, plants germinate, and a beautiful and clear scene appears in nature. Qingming is April 5 or 6 in the solar calendar.

Long summer in April: This solar term means that in long summer, hot weather is coming, and agricultural activities have entered the busy season in summer. Long summer falls on May 6th or 7th of the Gregorian calendar.

Miscanthus Maydis: "Miscanthus Maydis" refers to the fine hairs at the tip of the shell. In the north, it is the time to cut wheat and plant rice, and it is also the busy season of agriculture. Miscanthus is on June 6 or 7 in the solar calendar.

Summer in June: This solar term indicates that it has entered a midsummer day, and the heat is pressing. Summer falls on July 7 or 8 of the Gregorian calendar.

Beginning of autumn in July: This solar term means that the hot summer will pass and the crisp autumn will begin. August 8th or 9th in Gregorian calendar is beginning of autumn.

August White Dew: This solar term refers to the cold weather, and the water vapor in the air often condenses into white dew on plants and other objects at night. The Millennium falls on September 8 or 9 of the Gregorian calendar.

Cold dew in September: This solar term indicates the beginning of winter, indicating that the cold degree of the climate will gradually increase. Cold dew falls on June 8 or 9 in Gregorian calendar, 10.

Beginning of winter in October: This solar term means that the crisp autumn days have passed and the cold winter has begun. Beginning of winter in the solar calendar is165438+1October 7th or 8th.

1 1 month heavy snow: this solar term means heavy snow, and the solar calendar is 65438+February 7 or 8.

Slight cold in December: This solar term indicates the beginning of the coldest season in winter, with frost. The slight cold is 65438+ Gregorian calendar1October 5th or 6th.

The following is a monthly table from the beginning of the year.

Month/year methyl ethyl heptyl propyl octyl butyl nonadecyl decyl decyl

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In the first month, Bing Shen Yin Wu Yin Gengyin Renyin Jiayin.

In February, Ding Mao has been established, Xin Mao has been established, and Gui Mao has been established.

March Chen Wu Chen Geng Ren Chen Chen Jia Chen Bing

April, it's been a long time.

May Wu Geng Renwu Wu Jia Bingwu Wuwu

In June, Wei Xin returned to Wei B. Wei was not finished.

In July, Ren Shen Shen Jia Shen Bing Wushen Gengshen.

In August, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best, you are the best.

In September, Jia Xu, Bing Xu, Wu Xu, Geng Xu and Ren Xu.

October B Hai Ding Hai Ji Hai Xinhai Gui Hai

Winter Moon Bingzi Wuzi Gengzi Renzi Jiazi

In the twelfth lunar month, ugliness is ugliness, ugliness is ugliness, and ugliness is ugliness.

Sun ranks

Since February of the third year of Lu Yingong (722 BC), it has never stopped recording the days of cadres and branches in China. This is the only longest method known to human society so far.

The sun column refers to the day when a person is born on the basis of the lunar calendar. The solar column is recorded every 60 days. Because the month is different from the leap year, the sun column needs to find a perpetual calendar.

In addition, the dividing line between day and day is divided by hours, that is, before eleven o'clock is the hour of the previous day, and after eleven o'clock is the hour of the next day. Don't think that midnight is the dividing point of a day.

Timetable column

The time series represents the time of birth with branches. One hour in the lunar calendar spans two hours, so there are twelve hours in a day.

Hours: 23: 00 am-1; Chou Shi: 65438+ 0: 00 -3: 00 am

Yin Shi: 3 am to 5 am Shi Mao: 5 am to 7 am.

7: 00 am-9: 00 am: 9: 00 am-1 1.

At noon:11:00-13:13: 00-15: 00.

Application time:15am-17am:17am-19am.

Time: 19 pm -2 1 hour: 2 1 pm -23 pm

Timetable after sunrise:

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Zi Jia zi bing Wu zi Geng zi ren zi

Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly

Yin Bing Yin Wu Yin Geng Yin Ren Yin Plus Silver

Mao Ding Maoji Mao Xin Mao Gui Mao Yi

Chen Wuchen Chen Geng Renchen Chen Jia Chen Bing

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Wu Gengwu Wu Jia Wu Bing Wu Wu Wu Wu.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Ren Shen Shen Jia Shen Bing Shen Wu Shen Geng Shen

You are right, you are right, you are right, you are right, you are right.

1898 reform movement.

Hai yi hai ding hai Ji hai Xin hai GUI hai

Take a friend of mine as an example: My friend was born on August 27th, 1984, which was the year of Jiazi (as found in the book); According to the rhyme of the standing moon column, we can know that his year number is A, so the moon starts with C, so his standing moon column is A; Accordingly, his daily column is Ghost Silk (seen in the book); According to the rhyme of the time column, his time column knows that it is a dry day of the sun, and the time column should be Chen Wu. In this way, his date of birth was excluded: "Jia Zi returned to Chen".

Children are the hope of every parent. As soon as the baby is born, there will be an accurate time. Birthday, as the ancients often said, contains the basic state of celestial bodies when a person is born, and also contains a person's future destiny.

In order to get the correct time of birth, the sundial is the most accurate measurement during the day. When the clock time is the artificial average time and the regional standard, it is necessary to calculate the "apparent solar time difference" according to the solar terms (ecliptic) and the "local longitude time difference" according to the place of birth, so as to get the real astronomical birth time.

Push the midnight method (is it appropriate? ):

Midnight is different from prime time, and the deduction method is slightly different. The time to check on the children starts at eleven o'clock in the evening and ends at one o'clock. People who give birth between eleven o'clock and twelve o'clock at night are at midnight. When it comes to being the son of tonight, it belongs to today. After twelve o'clock, it is tomorrow. The so-called midnight is today's evening, not tomorrow's morning. Tomorrow is early, not tonight. There are two o'clock at a time, the night before one o'clock and the morning after one o'clock The way to escape from work is slightly different from the way to get up in the morning. We must escape from another world after escaping from the stone sea.

For example, in the year of Bingwu, the month of Geng Yin, the ugly day, after eleven o'clock, before twelve o'clock, born at night. As the song goes: B Geng C for the first time. When it is the second day (Zhengzi), Ding Chou, Wuyin, Jimao, Chen Geng, Xinsi, Guiwei, Shen Jia, Yiyou, Xu Bing, Dinghai and Coconut must be Wuzi.

Kexuan Lecture: Every afternoon 1 1: 59: 59, 59 seconds, it is a night child, which belongs to yin; That is, the last four quarters, the original amount today. If it starts from 12 to 1 2, it will be early tomorrow morning, and the next four hours will belong to Yang, which will not be easy for thousands of years.

Since ancient times, when Jia has started to play Jiazi, the original Jiazi leaves are the same, so it is possible to add leaves.