According to Chinese astrology, a person’s birth date is divided into 4 heavenly stems and 4 earthly branches. Together they form the four pillars of destiny, which is a branch of Chinese astrology known as BaZi. The four pillars support the 4 heavenly stems and the 4 earthly branches in the BaZi birth chart and together form the year pillar, month pillar, day pillar and hour pillar.

However, when it comes to the hour pillar, it can be quite tricky as the Chinese astrology timekeeping method assigns an animal sign to a time interval in a one-day cycle. There are 12 animal signs in a day cycle just like there are 12 animal signs in a year cycle according to the Chinese calendar. Each day has 12 time slots and each time slot counts for 2 hours. There are a total of 12 time slots that make up the 12 animal signs in a day, starting with the Rat and ending with the Pig.

The day begins with the Rat hour, which occupies the time slot from 11:00 p.m. to 01:00 a.m. Unlike the Western calendar, which is based on the Gregorian timing system, the start of the day in the Chinese system is not as straightforward. According to the Gregorian system, the new day begins one second after 12:00 (midnight time). However, the Chinese system divides the midnight hour into Early Rat time and Late Rat time. If you are born at 11:00 pm, you belong to the early hour of the Rat. For a person born at 00.10 am, the late hour of the Rat is considered. The early rat hour starts from 11:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m., while the late rat hour starts from 00:00 a.m. to 00:59 a.m. This is a point of contention among practitioners. from Ba Zi. Should the early Rat hour or the late Rat hour be taken as the beginning of a new pillar of the day in a Ba Zi natal chart?

Chinese BaZi masters use a conversion manual known as the Ten Thousand Year Calendar to convert a person’s Western birth date into the heavenly stems and branches of the four pillars. For example, a person born on May 10, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. has the Earth Rat hour pillar, Wood Ox day pillar, Water Snake month pillar, and Metal year pillar. Rabbit. This makes it easier for Ba Zi practitioners to formulate their natal chart simply by knowing their Western date of birth. Whether they should follow the early Rat hour or the late Rat hour to determine the pillar of the day depends on the different Ba Zi schools of thought.

You must do a complete reading of your natal chart to know your luck for this year and the future. The Chinese Four Pillars of Fate is a fascinating art that can reveal your destiny through your date of birth. If you are interested in finding out what life has in store for you, you can get a free sample reading at http://www.bazidestiny.yolasite.com