What is the eight characters?

The horoscope, to put it bluntly, is the time of birth, so it is also called a birthday, but the timing method of birth time is not the commonly used lunar calendar and solar calendar, but the Jiazi calendar, also called the dry calendar. This calendar is timed by eight characters, which are divided into four groups, representing year, month, day and hour, that is, year column, moon column, sun column and time column, so the eight characters are also called four columns.

The Jiazi calendar is based on the relative positions of the five planets, the sun, the earth and Jin Mu. The timing principle of Jiazi calendar is also the theoretical basis of eight-character numerology. According to the relative positions of the earth, five planets and the sun at the moment of birth, the fortune of a person's life is calculated.

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The eight-character numerology is said to have been created by Xu Ziping, a master of the Song Dynasty, so it is called Zi Shuping. Ziping's eight-character numerology only needs birth data to be discharged for four days, and * * * can calculate the fate, which is an extremely easy fortune-telling method.

Fortune-telling is rich in content. Studying fortune-telling is helpful to study the traditional culture and folk customs of China. The development of China's fortune-telling has a profound social foundation, that is, all beings generally agree with their fate and believe that there is an invisible force manipulating themselves.

Fortune-telling is the best reflection of China's folk customs and social mentality. China people have a strong sense of being an official, and it has always been the creed of scholars to "learn to be an official". There is no way for ordinary people to be promoted, but Huang Hu's dream has been passed down from generation to generation with endless aftertaste. Being an official is important, and this strong desire for "official standard" is reflected in numerology, that is, you are the best in life.