Peach Blossom or Negative Romance

Note:  The follow excerpt is taken from the chapter "Peach Blossom or Negative Romance" in "4-Pillars Bootcamp" video correspondence course.

Peach blossom stars normally have negative connotation in 4P.  There are two major characteristics of peach blossom stars:

*    It is associated with sexual desire and alcohol

*    It is associated with indiscriminate spending

PEACH BLOSSOM STAR

The meaning of peach blossom star is identical to the “bath” stage of the “12 life stages” in Chinese metaphysics.  The second stage of luck of “12 life stages” is “bath”.  The original meaning of “bath” is that after day-master (DM, the principal of a birth chart) was born, s/he needs to take a bath everyday.  When one baths, s/he needs to undress.  So the meaning of “bath” is extended to mean “peach blossom”.  It has the connotation of being lustful.  But nowadays peach blossom also means positive or negative romance luck.

How to locate peach blossom in a 4P chart

To find if a DM has peach blossom, we use DM’s animal sign or year branch to check against the following table:

Year branch: Animal sign:	Hai/ mao/ wei Pig/ rabbit/ goat	Yin/ wu/ xu Tiger/ horse/ dog	Si/ you/ chou Snake/ rooster/ ox	Shen/ zi/ chen Monkey/ rat/ dragon
Peach blossom (branch of Month/ day/ hour)	Zi Rat	Mao Rabbit	Wu Horse	You Rooster

Month branch peach blossom is the strongest.  Please note that the idea of peach blossom star is just for reference.  It does not necessarily mean a person with peach blossom star will be lustful and wasteful.  Similarly, a person without peach blossom star can also be a lustful person.  We should check peach blossom with other stars within a chart before making any judgment.  Modern interpretation of peach blossom includes "sociability" or being popular among people.

Male peach blossom star

In terms of 4P, wealth stars (zheng-cai/ pian-cai) are considered the main peach blossom star and output star (shi-shen/ shang-guan) as the source of peach blossom. 

Wealth star is the “wife star” for male and can also be seen as “star of desire”.  Output star produces wealth star, so output star can be seen as “desire promoter”.

When output stars are strong with wealth star combines with other star, day-master's probability of running into romance or affair will be high.

So, you may ask, between wealth star and peach blossom star, which one is more powerful in bringing romance to a DM? 

A wealth star without clashes or damages is more powerful, even if he has no peach blossom star in his chart.

Normally or morally speaking, peach blossom is negative when DM is married and acceptable or even positive if DM is unmarried. 

The following are basic rules to make prediction about male peach blossom:

*        When DM’s chart has output stars (shi-shen/ shang-guan) and wealth stars (zheng-cai/ pian-cai) and runs into output and wealth luck pillar, he is likely running into peach blossom (romance or affair).

*       Male 4P chart with too much fire and parched earth but little or no water to cool down, its DM is likely running into peach blossom (romance or affair).

*       DM is surrounded by wealth stars (any wealth star) and the chart also has output stars, DM is likely running into peach blossom (romance or affair).

*       When a male 4P chart has two or more wealth stars combine with DM or day pillar, and the chart also has output stars, DM is likely running into peach blossom (romance or affair).

For more information on similar topics below,  please click the following link:

http://isfengshui.blogspot.com/2015/11/4-pillars-forecasting-boot-camp-plus.html 

CHAPTER 26:  GETTING MARRIED: WHEN?

MALE: MARRIAGE LUCK

*          Male late marriage or remains single

FEMALE: MARRIAGE LUCK

*          Female late marriage or remains single

FEMALE CHART WITH GOOD HUSBAND LUCK

CHAPTER 27:  SPOUSE PALACE

*       Implications deduced from the star inside spouse palace for Male DM

*       Implications deduced from the star inside spouse palace for Female DM

*       CASES

CHAPTER 28:  PEACH BLOSSOM OR NEGATIVE ROMANCE

*      PEACH BLOSSOM STAR

*      How to locate peach blossom in a 4P chart

*      Male peach blossom star

*      Female peach blossom star

PEACH BLOSSOM AND HORSE/ TRAVELING STAR

PEACH BLOSSOM BASED ON EARTHLY BRANCH OF DAY PILLAR

 

Ken Lai

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4P/ Bazi Terminology Conventions

The following is taken from the "4P Bootcamp" manual.  This is an update of an earlier version published a few years ago.

I wrote this because a software developer wants me to recommend his 4P software to my students.  The software is above average but the English translations of 4P terms are horrible and confusing, like translating day-master as "self" and bi-jian also as "self".  So you will find more than one "self" in a chart.

Let's begin:

There are no commonly agreed translations of 4P terms.  Different schools or teachers translate 4P terms according to his/her personal preferences.  There are three major rules used in translations:

1. Literal translations: This simply gives a faithful and very often, horrible (in terms of culture shock) translations of the terms. For examples, “shi-shen” is translated as “eating god”, “qi-sha” becomes “7-killings”, “shang-guan” becomes “hurting officials or officers” and the likes. Problem with literal translations is that it may bias student perceptions towards certain term as “bad” or negative because it sounds horrible. In reality, every one of the “10 gods” or "transformation stars” (my terminology) can be positive or negative depending on the composition of the 4P chart. Another common misconception is the ubiquitous uses of the term "god" in 4P, like "useful god" (yong shen), "enmity god" (chou shen) and the like, making 4P sound "religious" when it is actually more statistical and logical in nature.

2. Pin-yin translations: This gives a transliteration of the 4P terms like “shi-shen”, “zheng-guan” and etc. It takes some time to get used to these foreign terms. But it is great when you go back to the original Chinese texts or switching teachers/school.

3. Translation based on interpreted meanings: This translates the 4P terms based on the understanding of the translator. For example, shi-shen and shang-guan are translated as “output” stars. But different people have different understanding of the terms, so the translations can sometimes be confusing and shocking as well. Good translations under this should be “value-free” or NOT “value-laden”. It should also give meanings that are faithful or close to the original meanings of the terms. The translated terms should not influence the perception of the readers and students.

4. Mixing of all of the above

My personal bias is trying to make the translated terms as neutral as possible, so as not influence the reader's perception.  Each of these 10 "stars" or "gods" can be positive or negative depending on the combination of the natal chart and luck periods.  Ancient Chinese writers used the term “god” pretty loosely to draw attention.  In fact, the meaning has nothing to do with religion or gods or spirits.

In this course, we use both pin-yin and interpreted meanings approach.  The following table shows some major terms as translated by different schools:

Note:  top row is the convention used in 4P Bootcamp

4P TERMS: Stem/ Branch interactions

Five Stem Combinations (天干五合) -- combinations

Stem Clashes (天干相剋 )“ke” -- clashes and countering

Six Branch Combinations (地支六合) ”he” -- combinations

Six Branch Clashes (地支六冲) “chong” -- clashes

Branch 3-Meetings   (地支三会) “san hui” -- frame, directional combinations, regional combinations

Branch 3-Unities (地支三合)  “san he” -- 3-harmony, triangular branch combinations, 60-degrees combinations

Half 3-Unities (半地支三合) “san he” -- semi/half 3-harmony

Branch Six Harms (地支六害) “hai” -- harms

Earthly Branch Six Damages (地支六破) “po” -- destruction

Branch 3-Penalties (地支三刑) “san xing” -- punishment

Branch Self-penalties  (自刑) “zi xing” -- self-punishment

4P TERMS: Miscellaneous

Favorable element (“Yong Shen”) 用神 -- “useful god”: the element that a chart needs most

Unfavorable element (“Ji Shen” ) 忌神 -- “annoying god”:  the element that hurts a chart most

Supporting element (“Xi Shen” ) 喜神 -- “happy god”:  the element that nurtures the favorable element

Vengeful  element (“Chou Shen” ) 仇神 -- “vengeance god”:  the element that nurtures the unfavorable element

Trivial  element (“Xian Shen” ) 閑神 -- “trivial god”:  the element that does not affect Day-master much

Transformation platform (“Fa Shen”) 化神 -- “transformation god”:  the element needed for combination and transformation to take place

Profiles/ Chart type

Extreme strong专旺格 w/ Extreme wood 曲直格, Extreme fire 炎上格, Extreme earth 稼墙格, Extreme metal 從革格, Extreme water 潤下格 -- ultra-strong

Extreme weak 從弱格 w/ Follow wealth 從财格, Follow sha (power) 從杀格, Follow offspring 從兒格, Follow the powerful 從势格 -- ultra-weak

Follow the strong 從强格 -- follow strength

Qi-transformation 化氣格 JIA-JI EARTH transformation 甲己化土格 YI-GENG METAL transformation 乙庚化金格 BING-SHEN WATER transformation 丙辛化水格 DING-REN WOOD transformation 丁壬化木格 WU-GUI FIRE transformation 戊癸化火格 -- qi-transformation

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New easy to use 10K Years Calendar with 150 years of data— it handles both solar and lunar calendars,  good for any Chinese metaphysics date-related tasks (except QMDJ’s Ju# is not included).  It is also much easier to use than the previous version (also included in the course DVD) with dates shown using standard numbers and not Chinese numbers.

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Now the course manual has over 300 pages plus a 153 pages PDF file for the 10K Years Calendar.  Manual includes hundreds of tables and special cheat sheets that you will use like a Bazi dictionary all the time.  The course comes with 13 hours of menu-driven video with 50% of video covering materials not included in the manual.

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