Ken's Cyber Cave: Bazi questions on changing luck pillar

Thursday, August 16, 2018

Bazi questions on changing luck pillar

Note: Below are some questions from "4P Bootcamp" discussion group.

Is the age in which the luck pillar changes Chinese age or western age?

It is based on solar calendar. To calculate the first 10-years-luck (10YL), yang male/ yin female (based on birth year) count the number of days and hour from birthday/hour to next solar terms (3 days= 1yr, 1 Chinese hour= 10 days). Yin male and yang female count the number of days and hour from birthday/hour BACKWARD to previous solar terms. For detail calculation, consult your basic Bazi textbooks.

Some say Chinese and others say western (age). That can make a significant difference sometimes.

It is always presented using the stem of the first year of one's 10YL. For example, my 10YL starts at every jia-year..... This confusion is due to the way traditional Chinese method of counting age is different from westerners. Chinese baby is already one year old when s/he is born. Hence in some Chinese Bazi software, the year daymaster (DM) clashing Grand Duke is 12x+ 1 whereas Bazi software written by westerners is 12x. Chinese way of counting the age of a dead person is even more bizarre-- the dead guy gets 3 bonus years-- one year each from heaven, earth and himself. So if a person is dead at 68, his reported age of death would be 71 by the funeral home.

In the year of change, if it happens to be in the middle of the year, do the old/new pillar switch off/on or there's a mixing of energy for the whole year?

You separate the year, so you may have half a year in the old 10YL and another half in new 10YL.

When 10YL switches, good or bad things are likely to happen, especially if the switch is from one region to another or "changing corner luck" (from hot to dry, for example, from wei to shen (fire to metal region)-- if the new region is favorable (great!), if unfavorable (pray or take my "Destiny and Luck" course)

Events are more likely to happen in the beginning or end of a 10YL. There is a saying about 10YL, "男怕交运，女怕脱运. Male is afraid of changing 10YL. Female is afraid of the end of a 10YL."

How soon will the new luck pillar be felt before the actual change takes place especially corner luck?

This is hard to say, but it is pretty common to see someone suddenly dies/suffers major mishaps or become filthy rich/ famous overnight when the annual luck or 10YL switches. 10YL is the "big environment". Annual luck is the trigger. Activation depends on, I guess, the differentials in strength between favorable/unfavorable elements. If there is an overwhelming imbalance and/or 3+ branches got clashed, events may happen faster.