Bazi: Is a strong daymaster better than a weak one?

The first step of a Bazi reading is to determine if the client has a "strong" or "weak" daymaster (DM) by counting the supporting and non-supporting elements in the birth chart.  "Daymaster" is a term for describing the owner of a Bazi chart.

Unfortunately, the terms "strong DM" and "weak DM" seem to infuse value judgment to some clients.  They may think a "strong daymaster" is better than a "weak" one.

While there are some distinct personality and physical characteristics associated with strong and weak DM, they are by no means "better" or "worse" but "different". 

The ultimate yardstick to measure, regardless of DM strength ("weak" or "strong"), is if there are more favorable than unfavorable luck periods (10-years-luck) in a chart.  For example, the favorable elements of a strong metal person are non-supporting elements like fire, wood and water.  Unfavorable elements are supporting elements like metal and earth.

If this strong metal DM has mostly metal and earth luck periods, especially during his first few 10-year-luck periods, this DM will not have a good life.

On the other hand, if this is a weak metal DM, metal and earth are his favorable elements.  If his luck periods are mostly metal and earth luck, he will enjoy a good life despite being a weak DM.

Similar logic also apply to "chart quality".  One can have the chart of a king but with mostly unfavorable luck periods-- his life will not be better than a born humble person with favorable luck periods.  For examples, King Louis XVI was guillotined during the French Revolution and Tsar Nicholas II was assassinated in 1918.

"Good luck periods are more important than a good birth chart" is the saying in Bazi.

PS:  To find out if you have a strong or weak DM, read the following:
http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2018/05/wealth-enhancement-using-your.html

Ken Lai
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Bazi Characteristics of Childless Women

Below are the Bazi characteristics of women who are likely remain childless or at the most, giving birth to girls and not boys.

1.  Strong DM (daymaster, the woman) with strong resource stars (zheng-yin/ pian-yin) but no wealth star (zheng-cai/ pian-cai).  For example, strong Jia-wood DM with strong water but no earth.

2.  Weak DM with strong output stars (shang-guan/ shi-shen) but weak resource stars (zheng-yin/ pian-yin).  For example, weak Jia-wood DM with strong fire but weak water.

3.  Weak DM with strong wealth stars (zheng-cai/ pian-cai) meeting resource stars (zheng-yin/ pian-yin).  For example, weak Jia-wood DM with strong earth and water.

4.  Weak DM with strong power stars (zheng-guan/ qi-sha).  For example, weak Jia-wood DM with strong metal.

5.  Charts with any one of the following conditions:

• over-strong fire and dried earth
• strong wet earth and metal
• over-strong water floating wood
• freezing metal and cold water
• numerous resource stars
• over-strong power and wealth stars
• too many output stars

The reasons behind the above are given in my private Bazi discussion groups along with this article.  You can easily figure it out if you convert the transformation stars ("10-gods") into 5-elements relationship and yin-yang balance.

Ken Lai

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Bazi: Do you attract "mean people" or backstabbers 易招小人八字

Previous post has discussed about Feng Shui features that attract "mean people"-- people who displace you, push you around, backstabbing, blocking your advancement or simply make your life unbearable.

Besides blaming it on Feng Shui, your own Bazi chart can also be the reason for attracting "mean people".  Below are the Bazi characteristics of people who draw mean people.

Weak daymaster (DM) with strong power stars (zheng-guan/ qi-sha)
Strong power stars are unfavorable to a weak DM.  Weak DM is unable to control strong power stars.  In turn, these power stars will attack DM.  These power stars become "mean people" to him/ her.  On the other hand, if  DM is strong and able to control power stars (this depends on the DM strength and power star strength differential), this DM becomes a "mean person" to other people!

Strong DM with unfavorable peer stars (bi-jian/ jie-cai)

When a DM is strong, peer stars become unfavorable because they will make DM even stronger like an over-inflated balloon.  In this scenario, the negative aspects of peer stars will show up-- provocative, deceptive, manipulative, treacherous, instigative and the like.  Peer stars stand for friends, siblings, co-workers, and peer groups.  Hence this DM will suffer from these people representing peer stars or "mean people".

For Bazi and Feng Shui approaches to handle "mean people" problem, ask your teachers or take these courses:

“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 2: Basic Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
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Wealth enhancement using your personalized sound of wealth (Part II)

Previous article shows you how to figure out your daymaster element and DM strength of your birthday using bazi-calculator.com.  After you have found the data, check the following table to find your personalized sound of wealth:

Click table to enlarge

You should belong to one of the 5 groups listed above. Each group consists of two choices-- yang (element) or yin (element) like yang Jia-wood or yin Yi-wood.

Depending on whether you are a strong or weak DM, you check the appropriate column for your personalized sound of wealth.  For example, if you are a weak metal DM, your wealth sound is metal.

To summarize, if the "supporting elements" in your chart are:

• smaller than 39%-- you are likely a weak DM
• between 40- 50%-- about balanced DM or slightly tilted towards strong DM (if 45%+) or slightly tilted towards weak DM (if 40- 44%)
• larger than 50%-- you are likely a strong DM

If you are in the "40- 50%" group, you may use the sound for either strong or weak DM.  But it may be better to try the strong one first if your supporting score is 45%+ and then the weak one if the strong one does not work well (and vice versa for 44% or below).

HOW TO EXECUTE YOUR PERSONALIZED SOUND OF WEALTH
Your personalized sound of wealth must be generated by the hitting or striking of two identical elements.  For example, if wood sound is your personalized wealth sound, you must use two wooden objects to generate the sound and not use something like a wooden guitar or a flute.

To generate wood, metal and earth sound, the easiest and inexpensive way is getting a wind chime with corresponding element.  It needs more creativity with water and fire sound.  Below are some suggestions.  You can create your own sound generating devices.

• Metal sound:  copper bells, metal wind chimes, gone, cymbals   
• Wood sound:  wood/ bamboo wind chimes
• Earth sound:   clay/glass/ ceramic bottles wind chimes,  
• Water sound:  water fountain, fish-tank with air-pump
• Fire sound:  fireplace burning wood;  red painted wooden wind chimes

Ideally, put your wealth sound generator in your personalized wealth position (check my past articles for your position).  You can also put it close to where you sit or work most of the time.  I have attached a long pull string to my wooden wind chimes and pull it a few times when I feel bored or need to make wealth related decisions like buying stocks.

You cannot generate something (like wealth) from nothing. To activate this wealth exchange with the universe, make a small donation to your local charity.  

I do not explain the theories behind this personalized wealth sound or this article will be too long.  If you are really curious, take my "4-Pillars Bootcamp" video course listed below.

Do not expect huge money coming in.  This technique increases the personalized wealth energy around you to help you grab the otherwise missing wealth opportunities.  It may help more if you are in wealth luck period.  I have personally tested this technique for over a year and found it works pretty well.

Troubleshooting:  If your choice of personalized wealth sound does not work after a month or two,  you may have a "special" or non-standard Bazi chart.  Try the other personalized wealth sound (i.e., if you have tried the strong one and does not work, try the weak one).   If none work, you probably are in a wealth-losing luck period.  Please consult a Bazi reader or take my Bazi course.

Feng Shui precautions:  do not put your sound generator in San-Sha, Grand Duke, annual star 5 and 2 locations.  Check my past article on the exact locations for 2018.

Ken Lai

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Wealth enhancement using your personalized sound of wealth (Part I)

Today is your ultra-lucky day-- I will show you step-by-step how to figure out your own personalized sound of wealth to enhance your wealth luck.

The first step is to understand the "self" or daymaster (DM) in Bazi.  The second step is to find out if you have a "strong" or "weak"  DM.  The final step is to determine your personalized sound of wealth.

Bazi is based on 5-elements theory.  The 5-elements are: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.  Every person is assigned to one of these 5-elements according to their birthday.  For example, I was born in a metal day, so I am a "metal daymaster" (DM).

In Bazi, what I (metal person) control is my wealth.  Metal chops or controls wood.  So metal is my wealth element.  You will find out your wealth element following the tutorial below.   This tutorial is also helpful for you to understand my other articles on  Bazi topics.

HOW TO FIND OUT YOUR DAYMASTER AND STRENGTH
1.  Log in to www.bazi-calculator.com
2.  In the right-side of the screen panel box, select "Ken Lai Method".  No need to bother with anything else.
3.  Key in your birthday and hour in the left side of the screen.  Ignore the right side screen for "date to compare".
4.  Click the "calculate" box to get results.
5.  Scroll down the screen and see your Bazi chart in the left side with a table similar to the one here.
6.  The first box of second column (the one with "day master" in it) shows the elemental nature of your daymaster  (example here is geng-metal in grey color).  Below are the colors of 5 elements:

• Metal (Geng and Xin) in grey color (wealth is Wood)
• Wood (Jia and Yi) in green color (wealth is Earth)
• Water (Ren and Gui) in blue color (wealth is Fire)
• Fire (Bing and Ding) in red color (wealth is Metal)
• Earth (Wu and Ji) in yellow color (wealth is Water)

7.  Next to find if you are a strong or weak DM. Scroll down to the elongated box showing the words "DM strength", similar to the one below:

 8.  Below shows you how to determine if you have a weak or strong DM if your supporting elements is

• 25% or less = pretty weak DM
• 40% or less = weak DM
• 40- 50% = almost balanced DM
• 50%+ = strong DM
• 60%+ = strong DM

9.  This calculation is a rough estimation that is pretty accurate if you have a standard chart.  About 20% of Bazi charts are non-standard.

After you have found out your DM element and DM strength, come back next time to find out how to use your personalized sound of wealth to enhance your wealth luck.

Ken Lai

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How to determine current year is good or bad for you?

In Bazi,  one's natal chart determines the "quality" of the chart.  But it is only part of the destiny pie.  A "good quality" chart still "sucks" if its luck periods do not bring in the elements that the chart needs to prosper.

There are two types of "luck period"-- the "10-years luck" (10YL) and "annual luck" (AL).  10YL is calculated in terms of one's birth month, which is different from person to person.  10YL provides the backdrops or "climate" of one's luck within that 10-years period. 

Annual luck means one's overall luck for current year. In Bazi, everyone shares the same AL.  For example, current year 2017 is ding-you (fire-rooster) year.  Every person in the world is subject to the influences of the same annual luck of ding-you.  If fire and metal are favorable to one's chart, one will enjoy better luck within 2017.  If otherwise, one's luck will be below average.  The important thing about AL is:  Any fortune or misfortune will be triggered by AL because it brings the favorable or unfavorable elements to the chart.

In this post, we will keep it simple by focusing on how annual luck affects your luck:

1.  AL "fan-yin" or "fu-yin" 10YL:  "Fan-yin" means stem clashing stem and branch clashing branch between two pillars.  "Fu-yin" means two identical pillars.  Fan-yin and fu-yin usually are unfavorable to the daymaster (DM) and jinx his/her close relatives.
2.  Strong DM with AL brings in wealth, power and output (cai, guan and shi-shang) elements means favorable fortune for the year.  But if AL brings in resource and/ or peer (yin or bi-jian) elements, it means misfortune for the year.
3.  Weak DM with AL brings in resource and/ or peer (yin and bi-jian) elements means favorable fortune for the year.  But if AL brings in wealth, power and/ or output (cai, guan and shi-shang) elements, it means misfortune for the year.
4.  10YL is favorable with AL brings in zheng-cai (+wealth), zheng-guan (+power), zheng-yin (+resource), shi-shen (-output), and/ or bi-jian (-peer),  means current year fortune will be enhanced even further.  If AL brings in jie-cai (+peer), qi-sha (-power), pian-yin (-resource) and/ or shang-guan (+output), means current year fortune will be mixed with both good and bad fortune.
5.  10YL is unfavorable with AL brings in zheng-cai (+wealth), zheng-guan (+power), zheng-yin (+resource), shi-shen (-output), and/ or bi-jian (-peer),  means current year fortune will have minor fortunes but major mishaps.  If AL brings in jie-cai (+peer), qi-sha (-power), pian-yin (-resource) and/ or shang-guan (+output), means current year fortune will be very bad.
6.  AL stem/ branch combine with day pillar is generally considered good luck for the year.  AL fan-yin  (clashing stems and branches) or fu-yin (identical pillars) day-pillar is generally negative for DM because it affects DM and the spouse palace directly.  Usually this means something going on with marital relationship or personal sickness/ disaster.
7.  The stem and branch of AL are favorable elements ("yong-shen") of the natal chart would imply the year will be auspicious or fortunate.  If unfavorable ("ji-shen"), the year will be below average or unfortunate.

Anyway, the above is a rough guideline for making annual luck interpretations.  You still have to take the whole chart and both luck periods into consideration to make more accurate predictions.

Ken Lai

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