BaZi, one of two main forms of Chinese Astrology, is a very empowering tool indeed. One crucial point to note is BaZi's usage in our modern times. Unlike in ancient China, where resources were limited (for example, travelling to the next town or village was something that often took days or weeks), in our modern living, we have much more control of our decisions and actions. As a matter of fact, we often have much, much more control that we think we do!
Understanding one's BaZi is a powerful way of understanding our destiny and life on this planet we call Earth. The static, natal chart tells us our role (or roles) in life, our personality characteristics as well as the situations and circumstances around us, whereby the Luck Pillars (in reaction with the Annual Pillar) tells the changes and movements as we move through time. BaZi is a useful tool indeed, not just for prediction of events and outcomes, but also in understanding what makes us tick, our approach to life, our outlook and our innate skills and talents. BaZi (when interpreted by a neutral, competent practitioner) gives us an extremely objective view of things; one that is not tainted by self-delusion, fear or doubt which can typically skew the best of personality assessment tests.
One of the ways we can approach BaZi as a method of self-improvement is to examine the structure and profile of the person whose chart is being read. This enables us to zoom quickly into the dominant personality trait of the person, in addition to understanding the Day Master (which tells us his or her overall purpose). The profile is determined from reading the month of birth (that is, the season) which is the strongest influence in any chart vis-à-vis the Day Master. This profiling enables us understand the main character or "style" of the person in his or her thinking, outlook and approach in life as well as interaction with others (and really, with the world at large!) and is a substantial, extended understanding of the innate nature of anyone.
The 5 types of most basic profiles (namely Companion, Output, Wealth, Influence and Resource) will determine our dominant personality and really, our "destined" way of relating to the world at large. Once we understand a profile, we can extend this understanding and relate this overall "style", or affinity, to the key areas of our (earthly) life for example, in wealth generation, career choice, social and personal relationships - information that we can use then to improve ourselves, our circumstances and our attitudes to life.
For example, when it comes to wealth, our methods of acquiring, accumulating and managing wealth will differ from profile to profile -- BaZi profiling can tell us HOW best to approach these. Some people are better at managing others' money, some are "structured" to generate wealth by providing a service to others and yet there are others who essentially create wealth from their ideas, thoughts and inventions! Not only that, an in-depth understanding of our profile will help us make the BEST career choice (which often may not fall into the majority or norm as it were) that would ensure success, happiness and more importantly, personal fulfillment. Last but not least, as we are able to assess our personal "style" via BaZi, we can thus empower ourselves in order to relate better to others around us. Similarly, we can use profiling to understand OTHERS around us, therefore creating better and more harmonious relationships!
So you see, contrary to the old fuddy-duddy perception of Chinese Astrology, an updated and modern approach to BaZi is TREMENDOUSLY empowering and extremely useful in our 21st century lives!
Toh Kong Eu
MA Instructor
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