Ba Zi/Symbolic Stars

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Symbolic Stars

Day Stem	Nobleman Star	Nobleman Star	Academic Star	Sword Star	Sword Star	Prosperity Star	Peach Blossom Star
H1	E2	E8	E6	E4		E3	E7
H2	E1	E9	E7	E3	E5	E4	E7
H3	E12	E10	E9	E7		E6	E3
H4	E12	E10	E10	E6	E8	E7	E8
H5	E2	E8	E9	E7		E6	E5
H6	E1	E9	E10	E6	E8	E7	E5
H7	E2	E8	E12	E10		E9	E11
H8	E7	E3	E1	E9	E11	E10	E10
H9	E6	E4	E3	E10		E12	E1
H10	E6	E4	E4	E12	E2	E1	E9

Symbolic Stars are activated when they appear in the Luck Pillar or the Year Pillar of a Ba Zi chart. For example, a person with H2 as the Day Heavenly Stem, and E7 on any of his Earthly Branches will have an Academic Star. Similarly, a person with H6 as the Day Heavenly Stem, and E1 and/or E9 on any of his Earthly Branches will have a Nobleman Star.

Nobleman Star

A person with the Nobleman Star is intelligent, and will get a lot of assistance from people around him.

Academic Star

A person with the Academic Star is intelligent, and will enjoy tremendous academic success.

Sword Star

A person with the Sword Star is strong-willed, and will help the weak to fight the powerful.

Prosperity Star

A person with the Prosperity Star is strong-willed.

Peach Blossom Star

A person with the Peach Blossom Star is attractive, sexy, seductive and exhibits strong sexual desires. This person also enjoys good social standing.

General Stars

Day Branch or Year Branch	General Star	Star of Arts	Travelling Horse Star	Robbing Star	Death Star	Flower of Romance
E1	E1	E5	E3	E6	E12	E10
E2	E10	E2	E12	E3	E9	E7
E3	E7	E11	E9	E12	E6	E4
E4	E4	E8	E6	E9	E3	E1
E5	E1	E5	E3	E6	E12	E10
E6	E10	E2	E12	E3	E9	E7
E7	E7	E11	E9	E12	E6	E4
E8	E4	E8	E6	E9	E3	E1
E9	E1	E5	E3	E6	E12	E10
E10	E10	E2	E12	E3	E9	E7
E11	E7	E11	E9	E12	E6	E4
E12	E4	E8	E6	E9	E3	E1

The key element of General Stars can be either the Day Branch or the Year Branch. For example, if the Day or Year Branch is E1, and there is an E5 in the Hour Branch, it implies that there is a Star of Arts in the Hour Pillar.

General Star

This Star symbolizes Wealth, Prosperity, and the probability of a good political career.

Talent Star

This Star symbolizes unique ideas, talent, skill, art, music, design and aesthetics of a talented person. Also can mean smart, philosophy, metaphysics, religion, knowledge, psychic nature. Life can live up to its highest potential to reach the goal. There is also a tendency towards being a loner, a monk or a hermit.

Travelling Horse Star

This is a good Star, symbolizing overseas working opportunities, travel and migration. However, it has the tendency to destroy other good stars, and aggravate the influence of bad stars.

Robbing Star

This Star symbolizes as person who is sharp and smart if it is a favorable Star. On the other hand, if it is unfavorable, it implies being robbed, though not necessarily in the literal sense.

Death Star

This Star symbolizes as person who has courage and ability in planning if it is a favorable Star. On the other hand, if it is unfavorable, it implies being lawsuits and misfortune to one's spouse.

Flower of Romance

This Star symbolizes "Internal Romance" (a loving relationship between husband and wife, if it appears on the Year or Month Branch. On the other hand, This Star symbolizes "External Romance" (extra-marital affairs) if it appears on the Hour or Day Branch of a person's Ba Zi chart.

Year of Birth	Year of Birth	Year of Birth	Location of Flower of Romance
E1	E5	E9	West E10
E2	E6	E10	South E7
E3	E7	E11	East E4
E4	E8	E12	North E1

As given in the above table, the "Location of the Flower of Romance" depends on the Year of Birth. For example, for a person born in the Year of Snake (E6), E2 or E10, the favorable direction for activating the Flower of Romance is in the South (E7).

Heavenly Virtue Stars and Monthly Virtue Stars

Heavenly Virtue Stars and Monthly Virtue Stars are auspicious Stars, and they imply the help of benefactors when a person is in danger. For example, if a person has a Month Branch of E2, and H7 appears in any of the four Heavenly Stems, then the person has a Heavenly Virtue Star.

Month Branch	Heavenly Virtue Star	Monthly Virtue Star
E1	E6	H9
E2	H7	H7
E3	H4	H3
E4	E9	H1
E5	H9	H9
E6	H8	H7
E7	E12	H3
E8	H1	H1
E9	H10	H9
E10	E3	H7
E11	H3	H3
E12	H2	H1

Solitary Star and Lonesome Star

A person with a Solitary or Lonesome Star may appear solemn and unfriendly. It symbolizes doom for family members; a Solitary Star symbolizes misfortune to parents, and a Lonesome Star symbolizes misfortune to spouse. For example, a person with E2 in a Day Branch or a Year Branch, plus a E3 in any other Earthly Branch is deemed to have a Solitary Star.

Day Branch or Year Branch	Solitary Star	Lonesome Star
E12	E3	E11
E1	E3	E11
E2	E3	E11
E3	E6	E2
E4	E6	E2
E5	E6	E2
E6	E9	E5
E7	E9	E5
E8	E9	E5
E9	E12	E8
E10	E12	E8
E11	E12	E8

Three Extraordinary Noblemen

The Three Extraordinary Noblemen are the Heaven, Earth and Human Extraordinary Noblemen. These Stars symbolize a person who is extremely intelligent, gifted in many areas, knowledgeable, learned and generous. He will have great achievements, and no adverse forces can cause him harm. If the Heavenly Stems are not in the order shown in the table below, these Stars are less effective.

Types of Extraordinary Noblemen	Hour	Day	Month	Year
Heaven	-	H1	H5	H7
Earth	-	H2	H3	H4
Human	-	H9	H10	H8

Sixty-Year Cycle

The Sixty-Year Cycle is an infinite cycle, and can be arranged by Earthly Branch (E1-E10) as shown in the table below. An odd-numbered Earthly Branch is always matched with an odd-numbered Heavenly Stem, and an even-numbered Earthly Branch is always matched with an even-numbered Heavenly Stem. For example, a year can have a Stem and Branch combination of H1-E1 or H4-E4, but cannot have a Stem and Branch combination of H1-E2 or H4-E1.

Earthly Branch	Group One	Group Two	Group Three	Group Four	Group Five
E1	H1	H3	H5	H7	H9
E2	H2	H4	H6	H8	H10
E3	H3	H5	H7	H9	H1
E4	H4	H6	H8	H10	H2
E5	H5	H7	H9	H1	H3
E6	H6	H8	H10	H2	H4
E7	H7	H9	H1	H3	H5
E8	H8	H10	H2	H4	H6
E9	H9	H1	H3	H5	H7
E10	H10	H2	H4	H6	H8
E11	H1	H3	H5	H7	H9
E12	H2	H4	H6	H8	H10

Heaven Void

When the above Sixty-Year Cycle is arranged by Heavenly Stems (H1 to H10), six groups of Earthly Branches appear, as given in the following table. The Heaven Void consists of the bottom two rows, where are no Heavenly Stems to match the Earthly Branches, as indicated by "X".

Group:	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six
H1	E1	E11	E9	E7	E5	E3
H2	E2	E12	E10	E8	E6	E4
H3	E3	E1	E11	E9	E7	E5
H4	E4	E2	E12	E10	E8	E6
H5	E5	E3	E1	E11	E9	E7
H6	E6	E4	E2	E12	E10	E8
H7	E7	E5	E3	E1	E11	E9
H8	E8	E6	E4	E2	E12	E10
H9	E9	E7	E5	E3	E1	E11
H10	E10	E8	E6	E4	E2	E12
X	E11	E9	E7	E5	E3	E1
X	E12	E10	E8	E6	E4	E2

The presence of Heaven Void is like a catalyst, and it can moderate or reverse the effect of an auspicious or inauspicious Star. For example, if there is both an auspicious Star and a Heaven Void in a Ba Zi chart, the auspicious Star will be less beneficial. Similarly, if there is both an inauspicious Star and a Heaven Void in a Ba Zi chart, the inauspicious Star will be less harmful.

To determine the presence of the Heaven Void in a Ba Zi chart, look at both the Stem and Branch of the Year Pillar and both the Stem and Branch of the Day Pillar. After this, look at the Earthly Branch of the other pillars to determine whether the Heaven Void is found.

For example, if the Year Pillar is H1-E1 (in Group One), then Heaven Void falls on E11 and E12, so if the Month Branch is E11 or E12, then Heaven Void is located in the Month Pillar. Similarly, if the Day Pillar is H2-E10 (in Group Three), then Heaven Void falls on E7 and E8, so if the Day/Month/Year Branch is E7 or E8, then Heaven Void is located in the Day/Month/Year Pillar respectively.