"How To Predict Chapter" 命理何知章

"Meng-li how to predict chapter 命理何知章" is a poem recited by street fortune-tellers in traditional China.  It has 30 topics and covers popular FAQ from clients.  There are 60 sentences and 420 Chinese characters in the chapter.  It could easily take two or more hours of live class to cover the topics involved.

Here I just translate the topics that do not need background concepts or historical info.  50% of this poem is translated.

何知其人离祖籍，年冲月提坐迁移。

How to predict one leaving hometown-- year pillar clashing month branch
何知其人成功名，三奇得地用神灵。

How to predict one succeeds in getting high official post--
何知其人是富豪，三合财局运气高。

How to predict one is a wealthy person-- 3-unities wealth combination in his/ her chart
何知其人富又富，财逢长生又遇库。

How to predict one is an uber rich--
何知其人喜花酒，桃花带水见癸酉。

How to predict one likes booze and prostitutes--  peach-blossom with water and gui-you in chart
何知其人爱小妾，正财旁落偏财坐。

How to predict one likes his concubine more--  pian-cai (-wealth) sits in spouse palace and zheng-cai (+wealth) in elsewhere
何知其人贵无比，杀刃相济龙德临。

How to predict one with high status in military--
何知其人贱且淫，命坐伤官色中滚。

How to predict one is deprecatory and lustful--  daymaster sits on shang-guan (+output)
何知其人贫又贫，比肩叠叠克财神。

How to predict one is uber poor--  numerous peer stars controlling wealth elements
何知其人没有钱，财星偏偏逢比肩。

How to predict one has no (or cannot keep) money--  wealth star/s running into peer stars
何知其人寿元高，三命生旺难不招。

How to predict one living a long life--
何知其人命早夭，命星死绝运也消。

How to predict one dies prematurely (short life expectancy)-- 
何知其人运不通，五行颠倒八字中。

How to predict one lacking good luck--
何知其人运气来，长生沐浴一路排。

How to predict one has good fortune coming--
何知其人吉带凶，八字暗藏一煞星。

How to predict one has an auspicious life but also with misfortune--
何知其人凶带吉，官杀争混有印医。

How to predict one has an inauspicious life but also good fortune--
何知其人富后贫，先遇财星后劫神。

How to predict one getting rich and then poor--  running into wealth luck and then -peer luck
何知其人贫后富，食神化劫生财路。

How to predict one being poor and then rich-- 
何知其人发科甲，官格逢印人人夸。

How to predict one excels in academic examinations--  

何知其人怀技艺，食伤得用且有气。

How to predict one has special talents or craftsmanship--  output elements are favorable with support
何知其人得贤妻，正财得位助夫基。

How to predict one getting a good wife-- +wealth (zheng-cai) sits in spouse palace
何知其人妻不贤，坐下偏官不安然。

How to predict one getting a wicked wife--  -power (qi-sha) sits in spouse palace
何知其人出身微，年遇凶神父母亏。

How to predict one has a humble origin--  year pillar elements are unfavorable
何知其人兄弟殃，月逢七杀又见伤。

How to predict one has sibling/s died prematurely--  qi-sha (-power) in month pillar and shang-guan (+output) in the chart
何知其人婚不顺，日犯差错受困顿。

How to predict one has marital problems--
何知其人子忤逆，时上无情又无义。

How to predict one has rebellious children--  hour pillar elements are unfavorable
何知其人儿女孝，福神入命把恩报。

How to predict one has filial children--
何知其人琴瑟和，财官相生婚宫谐。

How to predict one has a harmonious marriage--  +wealth and +power stars nurture each other with no clash or combination in spouse palace 
何知其人性好嫖，酒色猖狂妻财摇。

How to predict one indulging in paid sex--
何知其人爱赌钱，太阴偏财两结缘。

How to predict one likes gambling--

Like any other poems or "trick songs" in Chinese metaphysics, this poem does NOT specify the conditions or context to apply any of the poem contents.  You need to read the whole Bazi chart to determine if the contents here can be applied or not.

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Life and Death in 4-Pillars

Recently a student wants to know if my "4-Pillars Bootcamp+" course covers "life expectancy" topic.

Here is my answer, "The topic is not covered directly. It is hidden under the chapter on health and sickness.  I don't want students to scare people predicting when they will die.  A few weeks ago I have written about how modern technology screws up Bazi's/4P  predictions of death in the 4P-Bootcamp discussion list.  Many sickness that were once not curable 40- 50 years ago are now 'easy fixes'".

The student has replied, "But let me be more precise what I'm looking for. In the book 'Sanming Tonghui'  book 7, the chapter 4 is about: 'analysis of long lives and early deaths'. I saw that referenced in another book, but I neither have that ancient book nor could I read it as it is in Chinese. Do you maybe have that translated somewhere ? Or the approach referenced or explained ?" (Note: "San-ming Tong-hui" is a 4P classic written in Ming Dynasty or 1700's)

I have checked this ancient book.  It has only a few pages on the topic.  The author had referenced other books of the time (1700's) using non-standard methods such as na-yin of the year pillar.  No wonder it is not referenced much in modern 4P literature because it is not logical.

4P view of long life and few sickness is pretty simple:  When a 4P chart has all the five elements and the flow of qi is smooth, the person will likely live a long life.  Of course, this does not take into consideration the effects of karma debts and other factors like geographical locations, which may explain why people with the same birthday live different destiny and died earlier or later.

People with lots of clashes and penalties in their 4P charts are likely to die prematurely.  People with strong day-masters are likely to die outdoor (accidents) and weak day-masters are likely to die indoor (sickness).

This student wrote back. "I'd be interested not in an event based 'when which things will happen' approach but in addition to that something more to the point of life expectancy.

In the last few years I had 2 friends who survived a heart attack due to modern emergency medicine. However, 3 month later they died from a completely different, but terminal disease.

Another friend also had a heart attack with temporary death and already survived for a long time. I believe that the length of life is somehow predetermined and if it is your time to go, it is your time to go. You can only extend it by a rather small time (like the first 2 friends I'm referring to)"

Yes, when it is your time to go, you can't escape.  There are many stories in Buddhist literature about people who were supposed to die young but not-- because of the good deeds they have done.

"If you can share with me as a bonus how to at least roughly determine the life expectancy, that would be much appreciated ?" The student asked.

This is probably not necessary.   Life expectancy is the underlying implication on every 4p reading.  You just look for years when "things" will happen.  This includes death.  But a responsible 4P reader will not say "death" but "hurdle" or "major obstacle in life".  So as not to incapacitate or scare the client to death and make it into a self-fulfilling prophecy.  After all, 4P is not 100% accurate (or it is a science and not metaphysics).  A good 4P reader is to make negative predictions "inaccurate" by steering his clients away from the energies that will make negative predictions happen (this is what my "Destiny and Luck Management" course does mostly).

Birth chart is like your "pre-heaven" blueprint that may not necessarily materialized completely as planned.  4P reader has no control on what you will do with your life (and affects the original blueprint).

Years ago I had a strange business idea of advising life insurance companies to examine insurance policies based on 4P check of likelihood to die young. They will take only people who will be likely to live long and rarely get sick, so that the company can offer good pricing to them.  But this is "discrimination" and cannot be practiced in USA.

I would like to quote a famous Chinese saying to end this discussion:

"How can one understand death when living is still a mystery?" (不知生, 焉知死)

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