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Introduction
Four Pillars is the ancient Chinese version ofAstrology, based on the year, month, day and hour of your birth. It uses the 12Earthly Branches (popularly known as 'Animals') and 10 Heavenly Stems,which are based on the 5 Elements (5 Yin elements and 5 Yang elements making10).
A pair (or one Branch and one Stem) is calculatedfor the Year, Month, Day and Hour of your birth, giving a total of 8 symbols orfour pairs - hence the 'Four Pillars'. The calculations are based onthe complex Chinese Lunar Calendar and require lots of different tables for eachsymbol.
The popular Animal sign is just one of thesesymbols, actually being the Earthly Branch of the Year of your birth.
Four Pillars Astrology provides readings for eachsymbol, divided into various categories:
Year - readings relating to your Familybackground, your inherited genes, your health and your ancestry.
Month - readings relating to your upbringing, including your Parents,your brothers and sisters and your schooling. Day - readings relating to your Self, your ambitions, life style, yourinterests and your dreams and desires. Hour - readings relating to your Life, your career and your futuresuccess.
Each symbol (Branch and Stem) is related to anElement (Fire, Water, Earth, Wood, Metal) and is also either Yin or Yang. TheFour Pillars also determines the Balance of Elements and the Balance of Yin andYang. It can tell you whether you have too much (or too little) of an element,or Yin or Yang, and you can then use Feng Shui to determine how best to improvethe balance.
For example, you may find that many of the Stemsand Branches of your Four Pillars reading are the Fire element. You can then useFeng Shui to tell you that using Water will help to reduce the Fire aspects andso improve your element balance.
The Four Pillarsprogram from Feng Shui for Modern Living does all the calculations for your anddisplays readings for each aspect of this ancient Chinese Astrology.
Using the program
Once you have downloaded and installed theprogram, select the Four Pillars program from the FSML start program group. Theprogram will the open a window on your screen with four large buttons across thetop of the window.
Four Pillars - click on this button tocheck the main four pillars readings. You can enter a birth date (day, month,year and hour) using the pick lists just below the main buttons. As you enterthe birth date, the symbols in the Four Pillars boxes will change to show theappropriate values for the selected date and time.
There are four boxes - one for Year, one forMonth, one for Day and one for Hour. Each box shows the Chinese character forthe Stem and Branch as well as the Chinese name (in italics), the Englishtranslation and the Yin or Yang Element.
If you hold the Mouse over any of the Chinesesymbols you will see a reading of the basic aspects of the symbol which you canrelate to the characteristics of the Pillar - e.g. The Year Pillar relates toyour upbringing.
The popular Animal is the lower symbol in thefirst (Year) box.
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Pillars Aspect - Clicking on this buttonlets you get more detail on each of the Four Pillars aspects, using the picklist at the top right of the window - selecting 'Year, Month, Day orHour'.
This window includes the 'Dominant'Element of the Four Pillars reading, which is the one which appears most in theStems and Branches, and is the Element used by traditional Feng Shui masters tocheck your compatibility with buildings and other locations.
Each symbol comes with a reading relating theStem, Branch or Element to the characteristics of the Pillar, and you should useyour intuition and experience to interpret the readings. Once you have checkedthe readings you will want to look at the Element Balance (see below) to see howto cure the readings you are not happy with, or to enhance the readings that youthink are good.
Element Balance - this button displays thebalance of elements, using stacks of Yang symbols - the more symbols shown, themore of the selected element you have in your Four Pillars reading. If you holdthe Mouse over any of the Element symbols, appropriate readings are shown in thelabels below. You can click on the 'Enhance' or 'Reduce'buttons below each element for advice on using Feng Shui to improve or cureelements in your readings.
The program also suggests some enhancements orreductions of elements in a column on the right hand side - clicking on the [+]or [-] buttons displays a 'pop up' window with lots of ideas for changing yourclothes, your colours, your rooms or your possessions.
Partner Aspect - this button is probablythe most interesting option within Four Pillars astrology as it allows you tocheck your compatibility with other people. This window has TWO sets of birthdate entry pick lists - one for your and the other for the person whosecompatibility you are checking.
As with the main Four Pillars, you can compareyourself using each of the Four Pillars aspects - Year for upbringing, Month forFamily, Day for Self and Hour for Life. Select the aspect from the pick listjust below the birth date entry. Each reading shows your compatibility based onthe Stem and Branch of the Pillar - and you get a 'Score' at thebottom of the screen (100% = totally compatible!)
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