Mr. C,
Thanks for your complimentary notes. It is encouraging to meet another fellow blogger who shares the similar interest in Chinese Metaphysics. A visit to his blog does reveal his deep interest in Bazi, most and foremost as what he has put it, being a Chinese Businessman and mildly superstitious. For sure the destiny of his has taken him to another level, beyond the necessity of KanYu or even Bazi to manifest. A close reading also revealed his quest for the mastery of Bazi from the collections of books in this field to engaging his private consultant and attending courses. This is in fact, remarkable for a man of his stature to put his thought in deciphering chart liked Obama and Mc Caine, as I knew of students whom had attended the highest module available in this field from the self claimed best academy in town, yet could not even decipher a simple chart. On this account, I took a liberty to give a close view into his blog entries and summarised herewith are my opinions of which I hope could lead to a future discourse in Bazi: -
It states, “…The candidate, had a strong water chart (which would compliment me, as I am weak), and needs fire (which I have plenty). SO as far as compatibility goes, we are a match. He has very clear rooted wood elements in his chart but his wealth element is weak (but not missing)… “ . Complementary is, firstly, not view in this manner. His element will not be passed over to anybody. Similarly, your element will not benefit him. One has to read his pillar against yours, to find a common ground as to what do you expect from him and what would he expect in return from you. The question is which pillar to view? Secondly, if an element is not found either in stems or in branches, does it means to be absent, entirely? Think again, why the pillar comes in stem and branch, not stem or branch. The 10 gods are your reference points.
Reverse engineering would be a good method to gauge one’s ability to decipher Bazi accurately given a context of a known biography. Similarly, the strength of a chart is determined by the acid test of reverse engineering, looking at a past event to foretell a future, through the luck pillars matching the real life path of a person. However, with a missing pillar, usually the hour pillar, the entire reading may be distorted. A weak chart would have been taken as a strong chart and vice versa especially when it could be a super weak chart or an extremely strong chart. This is a caveat. You will just need to be more selective in assuming the hour pillar.
A well written book on Bazi, may even tell you what is the criteria of a strong and a weak chart. These, as stipulated as in season, in formation and in location, yet these books fail to tell you, it is strong but yet weak or weak but sometimes strong, to a level, strong or weak is no longer relevant, the chart has to be balanced, meanings thermostatic reliance liken to your air conditional remote control. Precisely mind boggling to even note that a polar bear needs Sun in the pole, otherwise, with the absent of wood, life will be short, a Wu day master must be square chin and big sized or even when to take Yi wood as a blade of grass or a stalk of rose? Entirely absurd, yet one has to pay exorbitant prices to learn this and would one pen it in a book at a fragment of the price? Not logical.
If it is good that we decipher the chart, according to the way we want the chart to be. Again, put oneself to the other person’s shoe and think, before we screwed up their lives by not giving them a rightful opportunity to be employed, to marry others, to live with their children, or simply to have a decent life, think again, that no matter who we were, consultants, practitioners, masters, grandmasters, employers or otherwise, we are not GOD. So, the caveat is the same, don’t play GOD. The sword cuts both ways. By the same token, if ZiPing, the great grandmaster of this art, lived a short life, it has its reason. Compassion is still the best principle in the art of Bazi.
I hope my response would not have sound overly critical, as I am exhausted in being toyed around by the “greatest” academy in town. It would be refreshing if you could pen the use of Bazi in your daily endeavours of managing and running a public listed company, in real life served raw, for the posterity of many.
Warmest Regard,
Ar. David Yek Tak Wai
Thanks for your complimentary notes. It is encouraging to meet another fellow blogger who shares the similar interest in Chinese Metaphysics. A visit to his blog does reveal his deep interest in Bazi, most and foremost as what he has put it, being a Chinese Businessman and mildly superstitious. For sure the destiny of his has taken him to another level, beyond the necessity of KanYu or even Bazi to manifest. A close reading also revealed his quest for the mastery of Bazi from the collections of books in this field to engaging his private consultant and attending courses. This is in fact, remarkable for a man of his stature to put his thought in deciphering chart liked Obama and Mc Caine, as I knew of students whom had attended the highest module available in this field from the self claimed best academy in town, yet could not even decipher a simple chart. On this account, I took a liberty to give a close view into his blog entries and summarised herewith are my opinions of which I hope could lead to a future discourse in Bazi: -
It states, “…The candidate, had a strong water chart (which would compliment me, as I am weak), and needs fire (which I have plenty). SO as far as compatibility goes, we are a match. He has very clear rooted wood elements in his chart but his wealth element is weak (but not missing)… “ . Complementary is, firstly, not view in this manner. His element will not be passed over to anybody. Similarly, your element will not benefit him. One has to read his pillar against yours, to find a common ground as to what do you expect from him and what would he expect in return from you. The question is which pillar to view? Secondly, if an element is not found either in stems or in branches, does it means to be absent, entirely? Think again, why the pillar comes in stem and branch, not stem or branch. The 10 gods are your reference points.
Reverse engineering would be a good method to gauge one’s ability to decipher Bazi accurately given a context of a known biography. Similarly, the strength of a chart is determined by the acid test of reverse engineering, looking at a past event to foretell a future, through the luck pillars matching the real life path of a person. However, with a missing pillar, usually the hour pillar, the entire reading may be distorted. A weak chart would have been taken as a strong chart and vice versa especially when it could be a super weak chart or an extremely strong chart. This is a caveat. You will just need to be more selective in assuming the hour pillar.
A well written book on Bazi, may even tell you what is the criteria of a strong and a weak chart. These, as stipulated as in season, in formation and in location, yet these books fail to tell you, it is strong but yet weak or weak but sometimes strong, to a level, strong or weak is no longer relevant, the chart has to be balanced, meanings thermostatic reliance liken to your air conditional remote control. Precisely mind boggling to even note that a polar bear needs Sun in the pole, otherwise, with the absent of wood, life will be short, a Wu day master must be square chin and big sized or even when to take Yi wood as a blade of grass or a stalk of rose? Entirely absurd, yet one has to pay exorbitant prices to learn this and would one pen it in a book at a fragment of the price? Not logical.
If it is good that we decipher the chart, according to the way we want the chart to be. Again, put oneself to the other person’s shoe and think, before we screwed up their lives by not giving them a rightful opportunity to be employed, to marry others, to live with their children, or simply to have a decent life, think again, that no matter who we were, consultants, practitioners, masters, grandmasters, employers or otherwise, we are not GOD. So, the caveat is the same, don’t play GOD. The sword cuts both ways. By the same token, if ZiPing, the great grandmaster of this art, lived a short life, it has its reason. Compassion is still the best principle in the art of Bazi.
I hope my response would not have sound overly critical, as I am exhausted in being toyed around by the “greatest” academy in town. It would be refreshing if you could pen the use of Bazi in your daily endeavours of managing and running a public listed company, in real life served raw, for the posterity of many.
Warmest Regard,
Ar. David Yek Tak Wai
8 comments:
Hi David,
Came across your blog. Great to see someone else applying Chinese metaphysics to their profession! You seem to have been doing this for a while. Where and who did you learn from? Cheers and keep it up the articles.
Hi,
You have a wonderful blog on Bazi. On a second note, from the way you decipher Bazi, I knew for sure you have taken the approach propagated by the academy in town. It is good that you know how to read a chart, of which many fails even when they had reached the fourth level. BTW, I came from a humble lineage, you don't get it from the WWW. As for the others, I knew what directions these academies are heading, thus I dedicated my time, instead echoing what they said, I might as well debunking their myths and dogmas, hopefully good souls liked yourself will come by and throw us some light. Same to you keep up blogging, Bloggers unite!
Cheers
Hi David,
I like your philosophy. I'm pretty much that way, too. Not a conformer.
How long have you learn fengshui? Did you just read it up or learn with anyone? My goal is not really to preach Bazi or Fengshui, but to apply. Don't want to be a fortune teller! :-) That's why the 'applied' portion is important.
Cheers.
Hi,
You need to belong to a lineage with a real master if you want to know the real stuff. Before you do that you must learn to protect yourself first, otherwise you will suffer the consequences.
Being good is not good enough, that is what I had in mine when I pen the blog entry called Folly.
I will pen a blog specially for you.
Cheers
Hahahah...just read your blog entry. You must be pissed off at the academy.
Yup, I paid a lot of money. But I'll earn it back. Imagine, how much is this art worth to me....priceless, if I can ultimately just select the right people to do the right job. Not acting as GOD, no one can, just an employer.
Yup, you are right abt elements can't jump from one chart to another, but afinity to me is like Kam Cheng. The last you need, is to find someone who continuously is at odds with you.
BTW you write very very well and please continue to comment. There's only one way to learn, and it's through been expose to the people in the know. Cheers,
Honestly, I have nothing against anyone. They could be earning big bugs, but the fundamental of Yi is important. This art is not handed down for that reasons. It is an art based firmly on Dao and De. Hope you can understand.
I guess, you are able to grasp the art of reading Bazi. So, what is your next goal? Doing KanYu?
Hi David,
I'm one of those frustrated student. I want to know so much abt the chinese culture and history. I see so much knowledge in been able to go into the classics and more.
That's why I can only 'apply' rather than excel, which I believe that's why there's a difference between academic institutions and experiences (not necessarily good or bad).
I'm curious abt your chart? Are you a resource type person? PROFOUND thinker.
We should meet for coffee someday.
Cheers.
You can save your money if you decided NOT to go to the academy. The one in town is not my preferred choice.
If you learn it the right way, you will be able to apply immediately with results within 2 weeks. So don't waste your money unnecessarily.
We shall meet up sometime over a cup of coffee and I will relate to you some fundamental with no obligation.
Cheers
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