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Many people who want to master eastern astrology, called Bazi , often do not understand why the components of the four pillars of destiny are divided into heavenly trunks and earthly branches. What is the difference between these elements of the natal chart, these people also cannot understand. To ensure that beginners do not have any questions, this article provides clarifications.
What are heavenly trunks?
If you look at your pillars of destiny, you will see signs at the top of each of the eight columns. They are called heavenly trunks. In the metaphysics of the East, it is believed that fate is given by heaven. Therefore, the upper elements of the pillars of fate are compared by the Ba-Tzu with tree trunks growing in heaven and descending with their crowns to the Earth, representing in the latter case earthly branches. The celestial trunks represent four elements, one of which relates to the hour of birth, another to the day, the third to the month a person was born, and the fourth to the year of birth. The main element is considered to be the element of personality (celestial trunk of the day), located in the pillar of the day - in the second column from the left.
Heavenly trunks
Most Bazi specialists are confident that the heavenly trunks can only combine and merge with each other. They believe that supposedly the earthly branches are not able to interact with the heavenly trunks. However, people who have extensive experience in deciphering the pillars of fate realized that the division into the energies of heaven and earth was invented by people and it does not correspond to reality. After all, energies are not really divided into categories and mix with each other or interact with each other, regardless of what type they are.
I support practitioners. After all, I myself was convinced that the division of elements into types is necessary only for people, so that it is easier for them to navigate in natal charts, but not for energies, for which there are no boundaries.
What are earthly branches?
As mentioned in the second part of this article, earthly branches, like heavenly trunks, arose through association with the trees growing in heaven. Therefore, the lower elements of the pillars are considered to be the crowns of trees, descending with their branches to the Earth. Each earthly branch relates to a specific birth date unit. The first left - by the hour, the second - by the birthday, the third - by the month and the fourth - by the year the person was born. Located on the right, the first lower element is the main element in Chinese astrology. After all, the Chinese are accustomed to considering the animal of the year, or, as it is also called, the demon of the year of birth, as the main unit of their date of birth.
Earthly branches
Masters of Eastern astrology believe that, like the heavenly trunks, the earthly branches can only combine and merge with each other. However, these are again the rules of Ba Tzu , which actually distort the essence of energies, their flows and mechanisms. Energies are not separated by any boundaries, therefore they reside in a dark substance - the basis of the entire universe; they exist in the subtle world where beings live, visible to clairvoyants and heard by clairaudient ones. And besides, energies influence all living and nonliving things that exist in the physical world. All living organisms live according to the rules of energies. The elements permeate everything and constantly interact with each other, without reacting to the boundaries invented by the astrologers of the East.
The main difference between earthly branches and heavenly trunks
Ba-Tzu masters strictly separate heavenly trunks and earthly branches according to their content. In Eastern astrology, it is believed that the celestial trunks are energies. That is, if fire is indicated as the personality element in the pillars of fate, then it represents the fire element. But the earthly branch of the Horse in the same pillar of the day does not represent the energy of fire, but is considered a cocktail of several energies. To find out what the demon called the Horse is made of, you should turn your attention to the hidden trunks of heaven. Full-fledged destiny pillar calculators usually indicate these hidden elements.
Masters of Eastern astrology, who have realized that these same hidden celestial trunks do not have a strong influence on energy, exclude the calculation of these elements when considering the pillars of the destiny of their clients. This approach is called simplified or Western. And experts who are accustomed to the old Ba-Tzu school analyze in detail each component of the hidden pillars in order to understand how they influence the heavenly trunks and earthly branches, and, accordingly, the fate of a particular person. These same hidden elements are energies similar to those that are designated in the Bazi as the celestial trunks.
Hidden sky trunks
Hidden celestial trunks can interact with each other, and as those who like to divide energies by type assure, these elements do not interact with other elements of the pillars of fate. That is, both the heavenly trunks and the earthly branches, according to these people, do not merge with the hidden elements. But as mentioned earlier in this article, energies actually have no boundaries. No matter how people try to organize information and sort it into shelves, coming up with many sometimes stupid rules, they are not able to influence the behavior of the elements that permeate the manifested and, in particular, visible space of the universe. Energies, regardless of where in the natal chart they are indicated, are able to interact with each other, creating energy mechanisms, and merge with each other, forming new elements.
When I consider the pillars of human destiny, I look at the main eight or six elements - the heavenly trunks and the earthly branches. And I only take into account the hidden celestial trunks, without including them among the main energy units. Recently I looked at the birth chart of a woman who has few elements in the pillars of her destiny that mean dating, a man and children for her. And in the hidden pillars she has enough elements that can contribute to new acquaintances, and there is also an element of her husband. However, the woman is already under forty years old, and she is still lonely and only dreams of her own family. And this happens all the time. The presence of hidden elements in the natal chart does not significantly affect the fate of a particular individual.
In Bazi it is believed that the heavenly trunks hidden in the earthly branches are, as it were, the essence of a particular person. Allegedly, the soul of each person is hidden in them. Therefore, masters of Eastern astrology often spend a long time and persistently understanding these elements, trying to understand their clients and help them understand their destinies. But as practice shows, there is no connection between the hidden pillars of fate and the inner world of a person. Therefore, it is better to use a simple scheme for determining the components of human energy, focusing only on the heavenly trunks and earthly branches presented in the natal chart. For example, the year of birth represents the physical shell of a person. The month represents the soul and character of a particular person. The day of birth is consciousness. And the hour is a subconscious incomprehensible to the human mind.
If in the year of birth there are two identical elements or feeding each other, then the person will most likely have a full-fledged body. But if these elements are not useful to him, then he will get sick. With beneficial elements, he will live his life, remaining full and healthy. If a Horse is present in the month of birth, then the person will be cocky, and if a Dog, then devoted to those with whom he is close. Heavenly trunks and earthly branches exist both in the day and in the hour of birth. Thus, the presence of a Pig on the day a person is born may indicate his ability to independently find the right decisions and influence others. And if this animal appears in the hour, this means that the person has a very developed subconscious and a rich inner world. Often such people have superpowers.
Lucky pillars, tacts or pillars of luck
Networks of Heaven and Earth
We continue to talk about Symbolic stars in Bazi. Today - about the star of the “Network of Heaven and Earth”. First, a little theory.
If the Bazi card contains a Dog and a Pig, then a Heavenly Network is formed . This is an image of a bird snare, a web in the air. Dog and Pig are in the northwest, in terms of direction according to the 24 mountains pattern. The Dog is associated with October, the Pig with November. In October-November, Yin is strong and Yang is weak. Therefore, the combination of these earthly branches is called the Network of Heaven or the Trap for a man.
When the Snake and the Dragon meet in a chart, the Earth Network is formed . Its image is a snare on the ground, a quagmire, a swamp where one can get stuck or become entangled. Dragon and Snake are animals of the southeast, Dragon - April, Snake - May. During these months and in this sector, Yang is strong and Yin is weak, so the bundle of these earthly branches is called the Earth Network or the Woman's Trap.
Any network or trap means that a person can get stuck in some difficult situations; it will not be easy for him to find an effective solution and way out of them.
If these symbolic stars are built into the map, then they will influence the person throughout his life. However, it is believed that in the case when a person was born on the day of Wood or Metal, the element of the birthday will be able to weaken the negativity from these stars, which means there will be fewer problems in life. And if the Networks come in a beat or a year, then their influence will be limited by time. In any case, meeting such a star is a reason to be vigilant, because prosecution, a fine, prison or illness may come into a person’s life. The combination of the Network with demons requires special attention; this may indicate accidents.
Let's look at examples of such combinations in cards. For example, it is considered bad luck for a man to have earthly branches亥and戍 in his chart. This is exactly the card that went to American actor Stephen Bradford Culp (born December 3, 1955)
In the earthly branch of the day there is Xu戍, and in the pillar of the month, which is responsible for work, there is Hai亥. During his studies, Stephen was considered one of the best and most talented students. But when he started acting, he only got minor roles, and his heroes, as a rule, quickly died. For Stephen, this became a kind of fate. In 2004, he got a role in the TV series Desperate Housewives, but here, too, his character died at the end of the season. In such roles, it was difficult for Stephen to fully reveal his acting talent. The thing is that the Dog and the Pig in the chart formed a trap or Heavenly Network, and it affected the houses of marriage and career. In this sense, it would be interesting to know more about Stephen Culp's family life. Wikipedia tells us that he is quite stable married and has two children. But it is also stated that he had a half-sister who became a murder victim in 2006 along with her husband and two daughters.
Fortunately, just based on a negative star, one should not conclude that a person’s life will necessarily be difficult and full of troubles. Thus, it is known that the following combinations can be difficult for women’s cards:
the card contains辰Dragon and pillars癸巳Yin Water on the Snake or丁巳Yin Fire on the Snake,
or the card contains巳Snake and pillars,丙辰Yang Water on the Dragon or丙辰Yang Fire on the Dragon.
But we have a very significant example of the card of Susan Essman, an American actress, comedian, producer and writer. Despite the presence of the Earth Trap in the map, Susan is quite successful.
Susan was born on May 31, 1955 into a strong middle class American family. She received a good education and starred in numerous films and television shows. In one of the interviews, the actress admitted that after the third season of the series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” she could not calmly walk down the street - people recognized her, stopped her, asked her to repeat her character’s catchphrase, and roared with laughter. Susan later wrote a book and was nominated several times for the Screen Actors Guild Award. She lives in a stable marriage and is quite prosperous both in her personal life and in her profession.
To summarize, we can say that even such negative symbolic stars as the Network of Heaven and Earth cannot be considered as a sentence. A reason to think and be more careful - yes. But under no circumstances should you predict a streak of misfortune for the owner of the card. As always, for an accurate forecast you need to analyze the map individually, take into account all the nuances and delve into the details of a person’s life. And it’s precisely the details that we lack when analyzing the cards of today’s heroes. Despite their popularity in their homeland, there is little information about them on the Russian-language Internet.
Do you have the Networks of Heaven and Earth in your maps, how do they manifest themselves? Write, it will be very interesting to know!
Good luck in analyzing cards and life!
Merging of heavenly trunks and earthly branches
As is clear from the previous part of this article, the rules of Ba-Tzu were invented by people, and are very different from what is happening in the universe. But since you still need to focus on something, you should know these rules. This part of the publication lists what is accepted as truth by the masters of Eastern astrology. So, according to the rules of Ba Tzu, the heavenly trunks merge with each other only in this way: - a yang tree merges with yin soil, creating earth; - Yin wood with Yang metal creates the metal element; - Yang fire and Yin metal are capable of creating water; - Yin fire and Yang water produce the wood element; - Yang soil with Yin water can create the fire element.
In fact, the energies of the heavenly trunks and earthly branches of the pillars of the destiny of an individual person can interact with each other and with the energies of space and time, creating the elements listed above. That is, a small tree, being the heavenly trunk of the day, can strengthen the metal in the energy of a person born in the year of the Monkey or who is in his home, in the corner of the Monkey. This can be tested in practice to verify the fallacy of dividing energies according to their belonging to earthly branches and heavenly trunks. For example, in 2016 - the Monkey, in March - the month of the Rabbit, it became very cold, only because the Yang metal of the Monkey created a strong metal element with the yin tree of the Rabbit. Here is an example of how the earthly branches created metal in the same way as the heavenly trunks do.
The order of the elements was invented by the Ba-Tzu masters in order not to get confused when trying to understand how the elements that are embedded in the pillars of fate interact with each other. However, these rules do not always help to correctly decipher the qualities of a person’s energy and his destiny. And besides, both are influenced not only by the time of birth, period and year of life, but also by the direction of relocation, place of residence and directions of daily movement. The body's energies and daily routine are also greatly influenced by places to sleep and work. That is, a specific corner of the room has a strong influence on a living being.
According to the rules of Ba Tzu , like the heavenly trunks, the earthly branches interact only with each other, creating new elements: - The Rat creates the earth with the Ox; - Tiger and Pig - tree; - Rabbit with Dog - fire; - Dragon with Rooster - metal; — Snake and Monkey — water; - Horse and Sheep - fire.
If you are depressed or suffering from edema, you should spend the whole day in the north-eastern room - in the Ox sector or next to a person who has an Ox in his pillars. This will help you get rid of unpleasant sensations. After all, the strong water of energy, which is not directly related to the Rat, is transformed into earth under the influence of the element of earth inherent in the Ox. That is, there is an interaction between pure energy similar to a heavenly trunk and the Bull, which is an earthly branch and a demon of the northeastern direction.
Demons of the pillars of fate can also combine three animals, forming new energies: - Monkey, Rat and Dragon create water; - Tiger, Horse and Dog - fire; - Pig, Rabbit and Sheep - tree; — Snake, Rooster and Bull are metal.
In the world of energies, the elements are combined with each other not according to the rules of Ba Tzu. For example, a person who has a lot of wood in the pillars of destiny and, in general, in energy, by drinking coffee and working in the Dog sector for about six hours, will provoke an increase in the fire element in his energy. In this case, a large amount of wood is not a Tiger, and coffee, which is related to fire, is not a Horse. However, these energies are capable of creating a strong fire element, just like the three demons Tiger, Horse and Dog. This example again shows that energies similar to heavenly trunks can combine with each other exactly like earthly branches.
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Symbolic stars Ba-ztsy Noble man (Star of the Aristocrat)
It is very useful to have such a star in your pillars, then in life someone will always help and provide protection.
If a Noble person comes in the pillars of luck, it means that during this period you can expect outside help. If this star is represented by an unfavorable element, then help may come late, or when the misfortune has already happened. The star brings achievements, fame, success, career advancement, good health, and mitigates the negative characteristics of bad stars. This is the strongest spirit of luck, symbolizes noble influential people, heavenly helpers, ready to help. But the person in whose chart there is such a star also has nobility and is ready to come to the aid of others. A strong star gives a pleasant appearance, dignity, style, and a clear understanding of the truth of things. imparts experience, wisdom, knowledge, but can also endow a person with strong stubbornness and arrogance. With this star, a person has the opportunity to make a good career, climb the career ladder, and his successes and achievements will be recognized by society. Traveling Horse
This star brings to its owner a tendency to move, to freedom, to progress, to exchange information, and endows a person with wisdom.
He does not like to be tied down, he strives forward, overcoming obstacles. There is a tendency to move, in the broad sense of the word, advancement in society. achieving a high social rank. Such a person is successful in the fields of transportation, diplomacy, and trade. If the star is in collision, then it is difficult to achieve great success, a person rushes aimlessly through life, worries, is afraid, runs away from problems, and isolation from society is possible. This star makes a person travel or move. Many horses in the map - a nomadic way of life. If the post horse represents the aspect of money, then this trip will be associated with earnings; if the horse represents resources, then the person will go to study or for new knowledge. If the horse represents the aspect of power, it means that there is a meeting with the authorities or employment. If the post horse is represented by an element of self-expression, then it will simply be a vacation trip. If a star stands in the pillar of the year and is represented in the element of wealth, then it gives a person the ability to accumulate and transfer to other people not so much material as spiritual wealth, investing in them his understanding and wisdom. This is an opportunity to travel abroad (and for work) even in difficult situations. If “traveling horses” collide, this means moving or changing jobs. If the element of power is affected, then a change of job. If it meets with the Star of Prosperity, it indicates that the person will earn money, especially in a distant (ALIEN) land. PEACH FLOWER
