According to the Eastern tradition of Feng Shui, not only does each year correspond to a specific zodiac patron, but also the month, day and even time of day. And based on the characteristics of the character of this patron, a specific time will impose a number of obligations and rules on a person. And if you learn them and learn how to use them correctly in everyday life, you can significantly improve your reality.
Hour of the Snake
9:00-11:00
A period of active intellectual activity. Wisdom and insight will help solve pressing problems. During the hour of the Snake, Water signs should listen more to their sixth sense - their intuition at this time is sharper than ever. The Snake endows representatives of the element of Air with eloquence - they can safely plan to hold negotiations or speak in front of an audience at this time. Earth signs need to avoid conflict situations in order to avoid unpleasant consequences. Signs of the fire element should not rush into making important decisions and should not rush into decisions.
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Hour of the Mouse 23:00-1:00
A restless, fussy, anxious time is the complete personification of its patron. Devote these hours to small tasks and painstaking work - they will go with a bang. Not the best time to try to sleep. Those who woke up at this time are drawn to have something to snack on, to “gnaw” on something. It is better not to give in to temptation and instead of looking in the refrigerator, read a book or listen to calm music.
Hour of the Ox 1:00-3:00
An excellent time for sound sleep and, paradoxically, intellectual work! The patron of these night hours, the Ox, will share with you calmness, thoroughness and perseverance. The pleasure you get from writing or simply keeping a personal diary will be stronger than at other times of the day.
Hour of the Tiger 3:00-5:00
During this period we see the most colorful and memorable dreams. Largely due to the fact that this time of day is ruled by the brave, energetic and unpredictable Tiger. If, due to circumstances, you are still awake, try meditation if possible. Light breathing exercises will help those who suffer from insomnia to quickly go to the kingdom of Morpheus.
Hour of the Cat (Rabbit) 5:00-7:00
The Cat's laziness will make waking up at this time very difficult - you just want to pamper yourself under the covers! To finally wake up, eat something crunchy, such as a cracker or raw carrot. Another “gift” of the star patron is capriciousness. Control yourself so that it does not become a reason for quarrels with others.
Hour of the Dragon 7:00-9:00
This is the time for active action and decisive action. Be on the move, communicate, learn the news, argue, defend your opinion. Now fortune will turn its face to energetic and enterprising people. Sleep at this time will be restless, you may have nightmares.
Hour of the Snake 9:00-11:00
A period of active intellectual activity. Wisdom and insight will help solve pressing problems. During the hour of the Snake, Water signs should listen more to their sixth sense - their intuition at this time is sharper than ever. The Snake endows representatives of the element of Air with eloquence - they can safely plan to hold negotiations or speak in front of an audience at this time. Earth signs need to avoid conflict situations in order to avoid unpleasant consequences. Signs of the fire element should not rush into making important decisions and should not rush into decisions.
Hour of the Horse 11:00-13:00
The hour of the diligent, independent, persistent Horse will be an excellent time for any activity related to physical labor. This period is also very successful for doing fitness or visiting the gym. What you definitely shouldn’t do at the hour of the Horse is to sort things out—it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to find a common language with a business or romantic partner now.
Hour of the Goat 13:00-15:00
The impulsive and slightly capricious Goat makes this period of time very tempting for conversations - we are drawn to chat with someone. If such a desire overtook you at work, then don’t be surprised that this time turned out to be unproductive. If possible, take a short break during the hour of the Goat and relax.
Monkey Hour 15:00-17:00
The restless, resourceful Monkey, as a rule, presents us with many surprises, and not always pleasant ones. Stay alert. Use dexterity and cunning to solve unexpected problems.
Hour of the Rooster 17:00-19:00
Time to remember your family and friends. Visit relatives, call them or just write a message. This will not be difficult for you, and they will be very pleased, since at the hour of the Rooster people subconsciously expect family support. Quite a good time for shopping.
Hour of the Dog 19:00-21:00
Peaceful and quiet time, which is best spent communicating with friends, since friendship, loyalty and devotion are the main values of the zodiac patron of the period. The Dog also advises Water signs to delve into the study of something new (foreign languages, professional literature) - Air signs - to devote time to hobbies. Representatives of the earth element should devote themselves to creativity, and representatives of the fire element should, if possible, engage in vigorous activity - sports or dancing.
Pig Hour 21:00-23:00
Best time to go to bed. The boar endows us with not very pleasant traits: touchiness and irritability. Sudden changes in mood and inconsistency in actions can cause a lot of trouble. If possible, do not plan important things during this time - allow yourself to relax.
Hour of the Dog
19:00-21:00
Peaceful and quiet time, which is best spent communicating with friends, since friendship, loyalty and devotion are the main values of the zodiac patron of the period. The Dog also advises Water signs to delve into the study of something new (foreign languages, professional literature) - Air signs - to devote time to hobbies. Representatives of the earth element should devote themselves to creativity, and representatives of the fire element should, if possible, engage in vigorous activity - sports or dancing.
You have an error.
From time to time we receive letters with the following content: “Your calculator calculated my card incorrectly!”, “On another calculator I have a different hour of birth!”, “Why does the hour of the Dragon not start at 7 am, yours is wrong!”, “They write me as a Dog, and I am a Pig”, “In my city it’s +4, but the calculator gives +3, this is wrong!” and so on.
Let's figure it out, are these errors or not?
Wrong year of birth?
This question is often asked by those born in January and early February. In Bazi, most Masters use a solar calendar, in which the beginning of the year ALWAYS falls on February 3-4. This means that everyone born BEFORE this date belongs to the animal of the previous year.
For example: 2022 was the year of the Pig, and 2022 is the year of the Rat. And everyone who was born in January 2022, as well as February 1–3, 2022, received a Pig in their bazi card in the year of birth. But after February 4 (the exact time can be found in the Chinese calendar), little Rats (Mice) began to be born.
Why do they think this is a mistake? Because on the Internet they often write about the beginning of the year according to the lunar calendar (the official new year in China); This date is floating, and most often falls in the interval from mid-January to mid-February. But we don’t use it to calculate Bazi!
If you are more experienced in Bazi and are looking for your date in a printed calendar, it is also easy to confuse the beginning of the month according to the lunar and solar calendars, especially since the Chinese calendar is lunisolar, that is, the column of the month most often begins with the first lunar day, and the solar beginning The month may even end up in a different column. You need to learn how to use a classic calendar, or take an adapted, solar-lunar one.
Wrong time of birth? Or In another calculator - another hour of birth!
Here we need to go a little deeper, the options for such discrepancies can be different:
- "China time" or local time?
If you read forums or books about the four pillars of fate, you have probably seen the sign:
And, of course, focusing on it, you expect to see the hour of the Dragon in the chart if you were born from 7 to 9 am, or the Dog if you were born from 19 to 21. But not everything is so simple.
Now it is customary to recalculate time to local time, taking into account longitude (by the way, even progressive Chinese Masters are beginning to use such recalculation). Therefore, it may turn out that a person was born at 8 am, but the hour of birth is not the Dragon, but the Rabbit or the Snake. Pay attention to the city of birth.
And this is correct if local time is used. And we recommend using it to calculate Bazi. If your Master taught you otherwise, simply do not check the “Local Solar Time” checkbox.
For advanced users: some consultants use True Solar Time, which also takes into account the change in the Earth's rotation speed throughout the year. It is also sometimes believed that latitude needs to be taken into account when calculating the duration of two-hour clocks (“rubber” clocks, variable hour branches), but in this case quite a lot of questions arise, especially for cities located beyond the Arctic Circle. If there are enough people interested, we will also include these possibilities in the calculator.
2.Place of birth
You have seen how critical it is to choose a city when it comes to local solar time. Therefore, an incorrect birth hour may appear if the city is not selected.
3.Daylight saving time and other time adjustments
If you manually calculate the hour of birth, do not forget that from time to time in cities they moved the time, changed time zones, introduced and canceled daylight saving time. All these changes are saved in the amendment databases. And if it is now +3 in your city, it is quite possible that at the time of your birth it was +4 and may result in a different pillar of the hour. To avoid searching for these changes, we have UTC Auto which determines UTC automatically depending on the year, date and time.
4 . It is important what calculation systems are used by the calculators on which you check the hour. In our memory, there are cases when the hour on another calculator was displayed incorrectly because:
- Only "Chinese time" was used, without adjustments
- “Curve” correction bases were used, with errors. For example, the Google database does not always take into account the history of time zone changes
- There were simply errors in the calculation algorithms
- Calculations were with true solar time or variable hour branches - always check which system is set
You can learn more about time in our free video Time Amendments.
When the time of birth falls on a change of year, season (month), day or hour, then in this case it is recommended to consider both versions of the chart.
Wrong month of birth?
This happens if you were born on the border of months. Typically, Chinese months begin from the 3rd to the 8th - the specific time of the shift must be looked at on the calendar. And if you are lucky enough to be born on the exact day when one month changed to another, you need to very carefully check the hour of birth and place of birth.
For example, a person was born on June 6, 1986. This is the day the month changes. For St. Petersburg, according to local solar time, the month changes at 3.44 am (attention - for another city the hour may be different!) This means that if the birth time is before 3.44, the month will be Snakes, and later – Horses.
Chinese astrological indicators of the day
The following steps will help you determine the animal sign of any day from 1931 to 2030. As a result, you will also receive the Element of the day. It will be needed later. 1. First, find the code number for the year of birth in table A. 2. Then find the code number for the month of birth in table B. 3. Add the two code numbers and add the birthday to them. 4. If the year is a leap year (the last two digits of the year are divisible by 4) and the date of birth is in March or later, add another 1 to compensate for the 29 days in February of a leap year. 5. If the sum is more than 60, subtract 60. If it is more than 120, subtract 120. 6. Find the number in table B and you will get the required data. Example
. What is the animal sign of June 25, 2010? 1. According to table A: code number 2010 - 47. 2. According to table B: code number June - 31. 3. Code number A = 47, code number B = 31, day = 25. 47 + 31 + 25 = 103 4. 2010 is not a leap year, there is no need to add one. 5. The amount is greater than 60, subtract 60: 103 - 60 = 43 6. Thus, June 25 is the day of the (Fire) Horse.
The secret to effective planning
The secret of success is that each lesson corresponds to the time period that is optimally suitable for it according to Feng Shui.
Any person periodically faces the fact that some work, which he previously could easily cope with, suddenly stops and does not proceed, no matter how much effort is put in. And the reason is just the wrong time of day for him.
The proverb says: “There is a time for everything.” And indeed it is. There is an ideal time for any kind of activity or work, from eating to magical practices. You just shouldn’t plan risky things during the hour of the Monkey in Feng Shui, but sort things out during the hour of the Horse.
Rat in Feng Shui - the meaning of the symbol
Symbol of prosperity
Remember the saying about a poor house in which even a mouse hanged itself from hunger? Rodents will never waste their time in a house that does not have suitable food for them. They come if they feel there will be something to profit from here! It is not surprising that the appearance of rats in the East is considered a hint of imminent prosperity, the acquisition or strengthening of material wealth.
About the rodent figurine
The rat figurine symbolizes not only wealth and prosperity, but also a brilliant career.
- When Buddha “assigned” certain years of the horoscope to different animals, the nimble rodent managed to bypass all competitors and was the first to approach the throne of the deity.
Such activity and perseverance were rewarded, and the Rat became the first astrological sign. Since then, her image has attracted people to success, giving them resourcefulness and energy reserves.
Where to place it?
Where exactly should such a talisman be placed?
- According to Feng Shui, the best sector for the Rat is the Southeast, which is responsible for wealth.
- It will turn out very well if the depicted rodent squeezes a coin in its paws.
- A figurine in the form of a black or blue water rat can be placed on the desktop in the northern room - in the Career Zone.
- Made of metal - in the North-West, in the sector responsible for studying and helping other people.
Another version about the 12 animals of the Chinese calendar.
The choice of 12 animals of the Chinese calendar was not accidental. Some of them were closely connected with the lives of the people themselves, while others were believed to bring good luck.
Dog, Ox, Goat, Horse, Rooster and Pig are the 6 animals kept in Chinese households. A famous Chinese proverb says: “Six animals in the house means prosperity.” This is why these six animals were chosen.
The other six - Rat, Dragon, Tiger, Rabbit, Monkey and Snake - are animals much loved in Chinese culture.
An important concept in the teaching is Yin and Yang. Therefore, the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac are divided on this basis. And also 6 pairs of animals were formed, where the qualities of one were opposite to the qualities of the other. In this way, Yin-Yang harmony was achieved, which is fundamental in all teachings. There are also 12 animals used in the Chinese horoscope.
The Yin and Yang of animals is determined by the number of their claws (paws, hooves). Even is pure for Yin and odd is pure for Yang. The animals in the zodiac are arranged in an alternating Yin-Yang order.
If you were born between 21:00 and 23:00
You're on your way to the stage. How could it be otherwise if the Sun itself protects you! Passion, love, children are the most important and exciting things in your life. You have mastered the art of flirting and coquetry from the cradle; most likely, this is your innate talent. While still sitting in the sandbox, you knew how to look at that boy over there and how to pout and then smile so that he would rush towards you as fast as he could and hit you with a shovel (or sprinkle sand). As you grew older, your talent in this area only blossomed; at school you regularly fell in love “forever.” Your life can by no means be called bland. You are constantly either madly in love, or disappointed in your love, or accepting someone else's attention and worship. And so all my life with a “blue flame”. Often you behave like a real movie star, with all the quirks, whims and flights of fancy, so you absolutely need an experienced director. Such a person can become your husband. He must keep the fire of your love alive so that relationships and feelings do not become insipid, otherwise you may get bored. Family friends may watch with bated breath the development of your relationship. In your case, as in a good theater, a dropped handkerchief or a glance at someone can cause a stormy scene of jealousy. If your spouse is a reasonable person, he will play along with you in every possible way up to a certain moment, and then say: “Stop, it’s off.” You need to be stopped in time and brought back to reality, otherwise you will get too carried away and actually run to get a divorce. Those born during this period are the best parents in the world. You love and moderately pamper your children, paying them a lot of attention. Moreover, relations with them remain invariably good, even in adolescence, when most other parents consider their offspring to be real fiends. You will never allow yourself moralizing lectures on the topic: “When I was your age, I didn’t kiss boys” and the like. The secret is simple - in fact, a lot of that cheerful and amorous teenager you were before remains in you. You remember very well how it was and can really help your child enter the new adult world. You generously and unobtrusively share your life experience with the younger generation. Children respect and trust you.
